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¥ and the greater the distance between the hills. For instance, in the South- "Early Valentine Bush Beans, ready Early Model Blood-red Table Beet Early Gem Red Table Carrot .»... Citron for Preserving, red seeded . Early Malcolm Sweet Table Corn Earliest Wayahead Head Lettuce QUICK-CROWI Prize Pickling Cucumber (great cropper) ..Pkg. 5¢, oz. 20¢, 4 ozs. 50¢ IE' NG SEEDS to pick In 35 days, 4 ozs. 15¢, Ib. 40c Pkg. 10c, oz. 20c, 4 ozs. 50¢ Pkg. 10c, oz. 30c, 4 ozs. 80¢ Br Pkg. 5c, oz. 25¢, 4 ozs. 85¢ .+..Pkg. bc, oz. 15¢c, 4 ozs. 40c Pkg. 10c, Ib, 40c, 5 Ibs. $1.90 Pkg. 10¢, oz. 30c, 4 ozs. 90c (like the sun, Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to writs to this department. Initials only will be published with each question and &nswer as a means of identification, but full name and address must be Given In each letter. Write on one slide of paper only. Answers will be Mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelops Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. -- § 'A. M. S.:--1. In the vacant spots in and the amount of work done. Part your flower border plant perennial of this water js derived from the food. phlox in white, pink and yellow. They | 4 A good ointment for dry skin is It ic always wisest to| , i buy large plants. 2. Soe is the | made of lanolin, two ounces; boro- best way to water plants. This not | &lyceride, one ounce; cold cream, § Early Hackensack (Sugar) Musk Melon Richard Seddon Bush Garden Peas only keeps them clean, but, as you know, plants absorb moistme through ounces, 5. Whether one should drink hot or cold water before breakfast de- ern part of the United States the' rows are frequently five feet apart and four feet between the hills. As] we come North this is reduced to at least 36 inches and some men even plant closer. The number of kernels to the hill and the distance apart depends very largely on the type cf corn and the fertility of the soil; ordinarily the richer the soil the closer the corn can| be planted. { H, B. says he wishes to get as much ripened corn as possible. If he does not care for the size of ears he can Select Yellow Dutch Onion Setts Ib. 35¢, 5 Ibs. $1.70 Earliest Scarlet Olive Radish Pkg. 5¢, oz. 10¢, 4 ozs. 30¢ Extra Early Milan Turnip (earliest grown) Pkg. 5c, oz. 20c, 4 ozs. 50¢ Giant White Feeding Sugar Beet, for cattle 4 ozs. 15¢, Va Ib. 26¢c, Ib. 45c¢. Rennie's Giant Yellow Intermediate Mange! Rennie's Derby Swede Turnip, for stock feed ...... .% Ib. 37¢, Ib. 70c Improved Jumbo Swede Turnip (Elephant) V2 Ib. 37¢, Ib. 70 "the pores o i | pends upon whether the gastric juice theron: pels leaves, Ud he ie i8 too acid or not sufficiently ecid. 4 8. Dahlia roots should not be put into | one's stomach does not make wAONg the ground until the weather is settled | hydrochloric acid, she should drink a (and the ground warm. They are very | little cold water half an hour betore liable to rot in wet and cold ground. 4. | meals, because this will stimulate . Did you ever try cannas for the large | gastric glands. If one has too sch | bed in the centre of your lawn? Can. |acid she should take a glassful of ho | nas being large plants need space to, Water half an hour before eating. Rennie's Kangaroo Swede Turnip (very hardy) ....' Ib. 35¢, Ib. 65¢ show up to the best advantage ad) H. M.:--If your little girl's school High Grade Compton's Early Yellow Flint Seed Corn Bus. $3.25 | require very rich loamy soil and "heat. | reports are not so good as you would 5 bus: for $16.40, | The flowers are very showy, but are |like, the reason may lie in her physical High Grade White Cap Yellow Dent Seed Corn ..... veaviny Bus. $2.75 | not suitable for cutting as they are so | condition. It is not at all likely that Earllest Six Weeks Seed Potatoes Peck $1.00, bus. $3.50 | tender and easily bruised. If the bed | she is wilfully lazy and inattentive. Extra Early Eureka Seed Potatoes Peck $1.00, bus. $3.50 {is eight or ten feet in diameter, place | The first step would be to have the V2 Ib. 25c¢, Ib. 45¢ er and plow in the ie does not have en- e the clover it the hay and sell th. ough stock to will pay him to make plant much closer than if it is lar, ~==it, and to buy feed and plantfood in the form of fertilizers. Since he Lttle manure I woiM advise pe a use a fertilizer containing 2 to 49% ammonia, 8 t012% phosphoric acid,and ¥ be [uterds plant potatoes, truck crops, from 1 to 39% potash. This will supplement the plantfood in the soil and that turned under in his clover. It ig very questionable, and especially at the present. price of practically all farm feed and produce, if anyone can plow under a full crop of clover or any other cover crop, for that matter. Apply the-fertilizer at the rate of 200 to 400 Ibs. per._aere. Question--H. B.:--What distance any apart should the rows of Indian corn -- t A be planted and what distance in the ~rows? How many kernels should be put in a hill? I wish to get as much ripened corn as possible. Answer: --The farther the farther apart the south we go "rows of corn QF hry That some source of sediment in ilk does obtain even under the most L ofiditions possible in a cow is evident from an examination of any sediment disk through which the average milk has been passed, and there is no doubt that thorough straining will add 'to the cleanliness of the product even after all possible precautions have been taken. The ears that he desires. The Nebraska Experiment Station, U, 8. A, found practically the same yield but the weight of ears was less with four than with three and still less with five than with four. One plant to the hill gave but two-thirds as much corn as did three plants. Two plants gave 8,4 or 6. The corn was planted in hills three feet eight inches apart each vay. I would recommend that H. B. plant his corn 36 inches apart each way, un- less the soil is extremely fertile -vhen he might plant a little closer, and plant three to four kernels to the hill. If he wishes to drill it, the stalks should be ten to twelve inches apart in the row, unless the soil is exceptional- ly fertile, when this distance may be reduced to 8 to 10 inches. CS Rovfin's Sell off all hens in their third year, as soon as the rush of laying is over. The last call for hatching is now on. Chicks hatched after the first week in May cannot be expected to prove good winter layers. Brood chicks that are closely house- ed and fed too heavily are very likely to develop weight too fast in propor- that 8, 4 or 5 stalks to a hill gave 10 bushels less to the acre than did! Pakro Seedtape. Rennie's Seed Annual Free to AlL | Order through your LOCA | RENNIE'S SEEDS Also at Seed Corn and Potato Prices do NOT Include freight charges. "You plant it by the yard." | 2 pkts. for 25c. Ask for descriptive list. Wm. RENNIE Co., Limited King and Market Sts., Toronto MONTREAL WINNIPEG Cotton bags 30c. each extra. L DEALER or direct from VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL LESSON APRIL 29. Lesson V. Jesus Welcomed As King --John 12. 12-26. Golden Text--John 12. 13. Verse-12. The common people (mar- gin)--John is sharply distinguishing the masses from the "classes." 18. The branches--Specially as- sociated with Tamernacles, the most joyous of the Feasts. Hosanna-- "Save!" (Psa, 118. 26), a peayer ad- dressed to God. It had come to be used rather like our "Hurrah!" but with a religious tone, like "God bless | their foul work for them (John 11. 47- 63). Here they are pictured as in despair. No more vivid evidence could be given of the completeness of his | triumph. They little knew that the| appalling deed they contemplated was| to be the Divine way of truly enthron-| ing him over the world--a vaster world than they could see! ------p ee ---- The man who keeps cows is well fix-| | ed for raising hogs. Hogs will eat alfalfa hay, and pay well for it. Tha' was proved the rast winter on many farms where | economy was practised by substitut- | ing hay for part of the corn and tank- {age or other millfeed which it was customary to feed. It is essential that the brood sow be a ricinus (castor oil plant) in the family physician make an examination centre, surround with two circles of | for eye defects, adenoid growths, den- cannas, say, the inner circle King tal diseases, and things of that kind, Humbert, outer Alphonse Bouvier; and | If she is free from these, it will be geraniums for the base or outside |necessary to look elsewhere for the circle. As the canna is a tender | cause of her failure to do well at her plant it cannot be transferred to the |studies. In the first place, is she pro- permanent bed before June 1st. It|perly nourished? Does she take just flowers during July, August and Sep- | the right quantity of food at meals and tember. Be careful to cut out all|of the kind suited to her age? She It en- | should not be permitted to nibble be- tween meals or to have too much MecL.:--1. Here is a remedy for |candy. Too much food causes poison- brittle nails which I hope you will find ing of the brain, while too little or of effective: Oil of pistache, % ounce; | unsuitable variety causes the brain to refined table salt, % dram; powdered | function freely owing to lack of resin, 3% dram; powdered alum, % | nourishment. In the second place, dram; white wax, 1% dvams; carmine, | are you allowing her to have too much 1% drams, Rub well into the nails |"fun" out of school? If she remains at bedtime, also after bathing the|up late at night, and does not get suf- hands. 2. Lotion for red, oily nose: |ficient sleep in a well-ventilated room, Sulphur precipitate, 1 dram; spirits of | she will be unfit for school' work be- camphor, 1 dram; glycerine, 1 dram; | cause of physieal exhaustion. As rose water, 4 ounces. After bathing | to automobile rides, it is true that they the nose in very hot water, mop the | furnish plenty of fresh air which is lotion on with absorbent cotton. 3.|good, of course, but long and frequent The amount of water required by the | rides keep the child in a state of body daily is sufficient to balance the | nervous tension and excitement, which loss through the slin, kidneys, lungs | is the reverse of good. In short, the and other exceretory organs. This manner in which you are bringing up has been shown to be about two and |the child must be scrutinized to dis- one-half quarts, the amount depending | cover the cause of her backwardness much upon the temperature of the air | at school. dried blooms and seed pods. FY freer blooming. co! me you do not deserve to be spanked. Em- meline does." { I then took Emmeline, who was ery- ing, and spanked her and put her to ) bed. presence of slime in the separator bowl after skimming is another sign "that some dirt has found its way into the milk betwecn the time of its se- tion to their strength. It will cost the farmer no more money to raise pure-bred poultry than od you!" He that cometh--The Messianic, fed a well balanced, succulent, nutri- name. In the name--Join with Bless- | tious, milk-producing ration while ' . |suckling the litter. Dairy by-pro- 14: Found--Mark tells us how. This | ucts, such as skim-milk, buttermilk . /OZIES | Laura came and told me the story. | Then I took her and Winifred to the barber shop, where Laura's curls were |cut off. When I returned, Emmeline The Rainy Day. cretion and its arrival in the machine, provided the receiving or supply can 'has been clean up to the time when separating started. The separator no doubt removes a great deal of the foreign matter that occurs, but is incapable of throwing out much of the undesirable bacteria that accompanies the dirt which en- ters the milk at milking time, so the importance of cleanliness in caring for the cow and for the milking uten- sils is very great indeed. The assurance that milk delivered at the dairy, where pasturization tak2s place, is free, or reasonably free, of sediment, should be worthy of con- by the wholesale purchaser , in his turn, should reap a bene- fit from the ultimate consumer to .whom he can guarantee this milk as having been clean, and thus safe from the time' it leaves the cow's udder un- til it arrives at the consumér's resid- ence. » The farmer's part of the undertak- ing to supply pure, wholesome milk must start with the taking of pre- cautions previous, even to the secre- tion, of the milk, He should satisfy himself fully that his cows are entire- ly healthly; and in order that the small amount of dust that will in- evitably get into the milk pail may be as harmless as possible, he must provide for a plentiful supply of sun-. light in his stables. Then if the cattle are always kept as clean. (or a | little cheaner ) all the year round, as they would keep themselves on a well-drained - pasture field, and the milkers to wear washed clothes, and take a bath quently, the chances of the satisfactory are pretty is ; "The Czar," bellowed the class. "Right! And what is his wife call- it will to grow scubs. Turkeys do best when kept separ- ate from chickens. If the two are kept together the turkeys are likely to take chicken diseases. Dampness, lice and filth are deadly foes to poultry of any kind. Since hens on range produce more eggs at a lower cost and fewer young hens die than do those kept in con- finement, poultrymen are urged to pro- vide outside yards with plenty of green feed for laying hens, Hens on range produce 15 to 44 per cent, more eggs at a feed cost of 15 to 36 per cent. less per dozen than hens kept in confinement. _ . - In Spring fowls require more care- ful attention than at any time in the year. All the accumulated debris of winter lies on the surface. Then comes a warm spell, and the surface of the ground gets muddy, hile the filth of winter sticks to everything that touches it. This is the time to keep the hens dry and to give them straw to stand on and to work in dur- ing the day. © There are two forms of strangles or distemper, viz.,-regular and irregular strangles . Fhe symptoms of regular | form are: cough, unthriftiness, fever, | difficulty in swallowing, nasal dis. charge, swellings between jaws or i throat, which form into absces- es in foal should be given, regu- r work but not overwork. usually could haul if was a case of deliberate fulfillment of | A hey together with meals such as rophecy: he would claim before the|°F W : Ln the peaceful royalty that the shots, grog sae han ley, oil sake animal suggested. e horse being an the li e, are all highly suitable) the symbol of war--it was used for | for the feeding of the sow at this sea- nothing else--the ass represented son. These are also splendid feeds peace: there is no suggestion of lowli-| for the litter at weaning time. If ness about it, however true it is that|dairy by-products are not available, he came in humility (Matt. 21. 6). digester tankage may to some extent ® See Zeek 3, 3 Re, tontext =k supplement these feeds. concern Ser Y Hy Is rot this the kind of "Second Kitchen slops, ground barley and I want the sun to shine again, I want the rain to stop. It marches like the feet of men-- Drop-drop, drop-drop, drop-drop! I do not like the rain a bit, I do not like the mud. The cows all turn their backs to it, And sadly chew their cud. I press my nose against the pane | said: "Mother, aren't you going to punish Laura?" "Look at her, Emmeiire, and tell me if you do not think she is punished enough," I answered. Emmeline looked at Laura, who was standing there feeling the head which the baile had robbed of its curls, She wak crying. Emmeline really felt sorry for Laura and promised that | common or sour varietie Coming" that we are called to think and pray and work for? It is an in- tensely practical ideal--which is more than can be said for some 'Second Advent" dreams. 16. _ Glorified--For John t "glory," or complete self-revelation, culminates on vary. 17. The crowd that saw the great Sign is busy telling those who had not mn it. solo. Here is the turning point of the story. The Pharisees are every- where the Lord's real enemies, who won their purposes by making the powerful but apathetic hie: y. do SWEET CHERRIES: § G. A. Robertson, Sweet cherries are yearly increasing in popular favor; and this popular favor will increase or diminish only as the product put on the market is good, thereby increasing the demand; or poor, thereby decreasing the consump- tion. Not many years ago the sweet and so-called sour varieties were mar- keted at ically the same price per basket; the sweets are much more dif- s; and an im- was given to planting sour 2 the sour cherries: : i 4 : | : 3 i this | shorts formed the greater part of the ration of a pig which took first prize at a recent show. , The pig had the run of an alfalfe pasture, with a stream at the foot of the hill in the same Jot. we fen The Height of Boastfulness. "Isn't Blower inclined to be just a little boastful 7" "Boastful? Well, I guess yes. Af- ter a beggar has touched Blower for a nickel, he will tell you that he has | just been giving a little dinner to an acquaintance of his." OILS AND VARIETIES St. Catharines. heavily and set freely; when in full bloom a few hours of Lot sunshine as- sisted by the presencs of myriads of bees will set a fair crop. This may be followed by a week or ten days of cold wet waather, with perhaps a few degrees of frost, but if properly set the calyx of the blossom forms a lit- tle blanket to protect the tender fruit, and this drops only as the cherry swells or as the stem of the improper- ly fertilized fruit shrivels and drops; Benes planting an orchard near a body of perature, which will modify the tem- will often insure a crop when a few miles inland the few de- grees difference in temperature ma go on a picnic. bright and clear. ed, the lunch was packed, when Wini- fred suddenly exclaimed: I will tell you. mother never to go near the flypaper. Now Laura had not meant to disobey. She just thought she would like to count the flies on the flypaper before she went on the picnic. Until my nose is flat, But all I see is just 'he rain-- Pat-pat, pat-pat, pat-pat! she 'would not have "temper" again and she didn't. Laura was never mis- chievous again. We all missed the . picnic that day! I want the children out again, I want the weather fine. I don't know how to wait till then-- I want the sun to shine. Intended For Fortified Homes By Builder in Past Ages. When I Spank My Dolls. From my dolls I have chosen three (whom I consider sisters) of whom I am going to write a story. Emmelina, who is the oldest, is a lovely girl with long, dark curls. Unfortunately she has a high temper. The next in size Italy is a land of many leaning tow- {ers, among which the Tower of Pisa {and the fallen campanile at Venice are {the best known. The strangest of the leaning towers, ho vever, are the Torre Asinelli and the Torre Garis- enda in Bologna, which were erected in is Winifred, who is quite different|1109 and 1110 A.D. The builders in- from Emmeline. She has short light | tend>d them for fortified homes, of curls that shine in the sun like gold. which Bologna at one time possessed Winifred has a very loving disposition. | as many as two hundred. The gloomy, The . youngest daughter, Laura, has smooth-walled brick towers standing short, brown curls. She is a sweet, side by side make a strange impression mishievous little girl. upon the person who looks up at them One Wednesday we had planned to from the ground. Dante, in his In- Wednesday dawned | ferno, compared the giant Antaeus, We were all dress- | who was bending toward him, to the Torre Garisenda "when a cloud passes over it." The Torre Asinelli is three hundred {and twenty feet high and contains a | rough staircase of four hundred and | forty-seven steps. Fr:m the sum- i mit, which is four feet out of plumb with the base, you have a fine view of the city. The slant is unintentional, and wac probably caused by the sink- ing of the foundations. Torre Garis- enda is one hurdred and cixty-three "Where is Laura?" Where was she? The naughty girl! Little Laura had been told by her She knew where a sheet of flypaper | shorten it materially, if not destroy- ing it entirely for the season. Varieties: In choosing the varieties from a commercial standpoint, annual 'is the most desirable, and with this a fruit that is good size, color and flavor and also good in siping quality. The Sree should be a rapid grower, strong and hardy, The varieties that so far I have tried that conform to this standard named in the order of ripening are: Black Tartarian, Napoleon Bigarreau (white), Elkhorn and Windsor. I have also fruited of shih a » 8 1 21h was, so she went into the parlor, which was dark at that time, tumbled over a cushion on the floor and she fell. something sticky. upstairs and hid in a pretty brown curls one sticky mass. Emmeline looked in the closet where poor Laura was hidden. mess! cried? L out and was shaking her in a high' temper, when I, their mother, came in. ' Bro th » let bois e, Me dg go i ~ ed and asked me 1 4 spanked, but I said, "No, Laura, '.ucy variety Little Laura Her head went into Now she knew! Laura was frightened. She ran closet--her They hunted everywhere. At last "Laura Browne! You're a nice What has happened?" she With that she pulled Laura' and'when she saw- Laura and looked very Laura was frighten- if she was grive "ny Emmeline on ; build in 1110 A.D, feet high,--sixteen feet lower than the Leaning Tower of Pisa,--and it is ten feet out of plumb--only three feet less than the Tower of Pisa. When Ottone Garisenda began to he apparently wanted his house to surpass his neigh- bor Agsinelli's in oddity; and so he intenionally made his tower out of the perpendicular. He found it im- possible, however, to complete the tower at that angle, and had to cease work on it before it 'attained the height of its companion, It has been shown: that heredity in port whet seed is not so i good soil and cultural secd, gcoth soil and good cei t for more in crop pro