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ik i 13 dzgy §¥ with full wheat and rye, as d | see in answer to question No. 1. ~~. about twenty pounds to the acre. * order to make sure of a catch, I would the application of = at an even depth. not get it planted too deep. deep enough for clover seed, Jowing the rye, being sure that the/a plece of old meadow lizing the rye at the time of seeding and disc-harrow after plowing? sweet clover, I would advise drilling| (2) How deep should ~ 'or broadcasting the fertilizer before ed for potatoes? . you harrow the crop. The second us MN plowed under as soon as-it has crops? - ~ made maximum growth early in spring. Sweet clover will add consid- | horse feed for winter feeding? 6 the sweet clover bacteria live. se bacteria have the power of tak- «+ erable-Srganic matter and some nitro-| Answer: --In preparing your old gen, since it has on its roots, nodules meadow for a potato patch, I would five or gix inches deep. incorporating it in the roots of the clover than it was before. . Question--8. J.:--I would like to'Potatg scab spores. know how tb get a sure catch of clover largest yields of best and how to test seed. * I sowed four acres of rye on wheat stubble last fall and pastured it, Good stand of rye, and now I want to seed this rye with clover and a little alsike. - How would you do it to get best re- sults? Would you harrow it a little . and seed and then go over it with a seder? 1 also want to know how to feed | "barley. Which is the best oF y? "Which is the best barley fo sow, and wheré can I get it? Answer: --The answer to question No. 1 covers the answer to the first part of question No. 2, granted that your rye crop has not made too great ; ~ a growth. Ip 6 has made too gress a gro already to allow harrowing, pt clover seeding until season, Clover seed should be sown on top the winter wheat or rye as soon as the frost is out of the 8 to 4% ammonia possibly 1% potash. which will work it into the soil. scatter a light dusting of fertilizer all up the furrow. Follow this by put- fertilizer, then drop the potatoes and cover as usuak™ Potatoes should not be planted until there is reasonable certainty of the early sprouting tubers escaping, frost. J of Ontario, this would delay the plant- ing until early in May. Rye cut green makes a fair Jualny hay. If allowed to grow until it is thoroughly ripened, the straw is re- round in the spring. It should be| atively poor and lacks nourishment. ox ediately harrowed in. Henry, in his "Feeds and Faedings udes rye) says, "Cereal hay (which incl may often be advantageously employ- ed for horse feeding. However, rye should be used in moderation. In ac- tually practice we have found it to give horsés indigestion if they are al- lowed to feed too freely upon it. _ G Pout Hints on Goose Culture, - While geese live to a great age, the ers are; usually unreliable as eders after about nine years old. Barley is sown in the same way as wheat or oats; that is, if you have a grain drill suited to the sowing of ~. wheat or oats, it is also adjustable to the seeding of barley. " If not, pre- pare the seed-bed well and then scat- ter evenly 'broadcast a bushel and a pte "The sooner the pigs ave all out oft | Fen > 2 ng or | from fifteen to eighteen years of age. Ahab I ara] fo atom ok qvancin yours 8 5 . n pouch of considerable size. Geese do not reach maturity until their second or ti ear, - 1 'Answer: --Sweet clover can be seed best. time to seed it is early in spring. you have machinery for drilling the gucd, you can get a little evener dis- tribution and the seed will be planted Be sure and do Question--J. R. M.:--(1) I have which I sod: be plow- pears growth: of sweet clover should potatoes to get the best yielding (4) Does rye cut green make good advise plowing down the sod, about If the manure ' "ing nitrogen out of the soil air and of is well rotted; apply about five loads i to the acre, and then disk and harrow sweet clover plants so that the soil i3iibatio he Sal horaughly, It it is n hitrogen after growing sweet. fresh manure, not pu on your ieher in Bitfogen 4 potato patch, since it tends to harbor In order to get ality potatoes I work 20 Jus will 80 well 0.24 %in addition to z ; | the manure that you put on the soll, aces, Keep twa Horses and two eows.| o_ (Nopiyy of @ fertilize: carrying and from 8 to 10% available phosphoric acid, and Scatter 200 Ibs, of this fertilizer per acre over the ground before the last harrowing, At the time you are planting your pota- toes strike the plow furrows and then ting in a light covering of soil over the In the central part Females, however, have 'been bred 'at!' As a unnecessarily varieties. er late localities. equal in this res ent, ~ food next high food v. prod Ontario bushels. of To drills 28 inches apart. | 50 Dr os apatk from fi inches apart, running e to peak and 8-8 inch rods spaced inches apart running from end to pears undesirable Beans. Crop reports indicate what may amount to a desperate shortage in inter. What this coun- try needs more than anything else is crops in as small bulk ag possible; foor that will keep; food of minimum bulk which can be readily stored and shipped: : An acre of beans, yielding 28 bushels, produces as much heat and rgy-producing food as an acre of er 2% times as much flesh- ucing food as a 20-biishel-to-the- 81 gore crop of wheat. ' roduces over 800,000 The average yield is 16.8 bushels per 441 *"An 'acre of beans produces from 18 "small navy beans, or| CANADIAN GRAINS. rule an inch to an inch and a half is| Varieties Recommended For Use In Ontario, [ It is not the policy of the Experi- £5 rrows run with the rows and riot | want to plant potatoes. Have plenty | mental Farms to advise the cultiva- " aeross them. This harrowing will of manure for same. I want to plow bury the sweet clover seed and should potatoes in. Would you advise put- give it a good start. If you are ferti-| ting manure on sod, plow potatoes in,|in Canada, or which when tried have 1 shown no superiority over older and better known sorts. The varieties here recommended (8) When is the best time to plant] have been thoroughly tested and have ghown excellent they may not be adapted to every con- dition of soil and climate, they have demonstrated their large areas in the provinces for which they are recommended, : Other very good gorts, almost or quite equal to those mentioned, could have been added to the list, but it ap- to recommend an of on of new varieties of grain which have not yet been sufficiently tested qualities. suitability fo large number. Spring Wheat.--Red Fife and White Fife are good standard sorts but rath- in ripening in northern Huron, Marquis and Early Red Fife are earlier in ripening. All the varieties mentiohed are good for bread-making, but Huron is not It is, however, particularly vigorous and productive and is highly recommended. In extreme northern districts, Pre- lude will be found valuable if the soil is fairly rich and the rainfall suffici- pect to the others. In Southern Ontario, the very late variety, Blue Stem, gives good results, It is rather more resistant to drought than most sorts. ~Goose wheat is use-| "FOOD SHORTAGE SUGGESTIONS Beans Contain a Large Amount - Is Thereforé High. By Henry G. Bell, Agronomist, A 128 on 651,000 acres. 3 ney beans plants an While | beans begin h {nda te 3 ; tif i 13 gog fe.c 8 e| sucking on any nipple is likely to cause adenoids, enlarged tonsils, pro- truding teeth, and misshapen jaws. 3. Headache is not a disease, it is a symptom. When your head pains you, look for the cause. can be done in a good many ways without correcting the cause of the pain. But no real cure is made; you have only destroyed the danger signal which has been try- ing to tell you that something is the iin with you--that you are not a posts, dairy houses, ice houses, poultry houses and piggeries, springs, wells, cisterns and watering troughs, drains and septic tanks, bee cellars, bridges and culverts, chimneys, fireplaces, dip- ping vats, engine bases, feed troughs, porches and retaining walls. Ithy person. See a doctor. . N. M.:--It is usually advisable to allow children to have candy in mod- eration. Candy is largely sugar, and sugar has a high food value, as it sup- plies heat and energy. Most chil- dren over two or three years of age may usually be given candy in small amounts with one of their daily meals. It should be pure, hard candy that can be sucked, preferably homemade; not of the chocolate cream order that is usually macerated in the mouth and hastily swallowed. ful in extremely dry localities, though the price of this varjety is often quite low, ag it is not used for bread-mak- ing. | Kubanka, closely resembling Goose, makes excellent bread, but it is so different from ordinary wheats that millers object to grinding it. Goose is usually more productive than Kubanka. Oats.--Banner and Ligowo are two of the best sorts. Ligowo is slightly ii all ages are ty Invi 'write to this be publ anedwin nine 18 rile be tee ¥ Publishe on one of . Answe) iil be ris aie oul. Answers wil bel for this department to Mrs, Helen Law, 238 name and address must \ a cst 4, It.is not good form to ad~ wedding invitation "Mr, and rs. John Smith and family." one invitation to Mr. and. Mrs. John Smith with the name of the daughter ents, while another invitation should be addressed to the Messrs. Smith (the sons). C. F. J.:--1, If white silk waists after being washed in warm water are rinsed in warm bluing water they will not turn yellow. 2. One should never use the phase "respectfully yours" un- less writing a business letter. 8, Needles will not rust if they are kept in waxed paper. 4. Stale or other- wise unpleasant odors in the cellar can be eliminated by sprinkling the celler floor with unslacked lime, 8. When soot falls on a carpet throw salt on it to prevent it marking the carpet when being swept up. L. L. T.:--1. A thorough sun bath is the best thing for mattresses: Pil- lows should be hung in the shade as the heat of the sun brings out the oil in the feathers and will cause them to stick together. 2. The reason custard {and pumpkin pies raise in the centre {is because of air under the crust, | Grease the tin and lay crust on and { begin at one side and smooth to outer edge leaving no air bubbles in, then pierce crust in bottom. and sides with | @ small fork. Press the crust off with your hands instead of a knife. the earlier in ripening, but generally produces a smaller crop. Daubeney may be used where extreme earliness is desired. 0.A.C. No, 72, (a selec- tion from Siberian), is a very produc- tive, late-maturing variety. Barley.--Manchurian and Ontario Agricultural College No. 21 are recom- mended among the six-row sorts. Duckbill, and the best strains of Chevalier are recommended among the two-row sorts. . No varieties of beardless or hulless barley can be recommended. Success (beardless) 1s of very early ripening Text--1. Cor. 9. 25. habit. Verse 1. Woe--The Hebrew word Peas.--Among yellow peas, Arthur |thus translated is a simple interjection {s most highly recommended for earli- | indicating distress. rown of pride | ness and productiveness Golden Vine, | --Samaria, the capital of the northern Chancellor and White Marrowfat are| Kingdom, crowned the summit of a| also good sorts, - low hill, the sides of which were ter- | : raced with vineyards and garden: d | Prussian Blue, Wisconsin Blue and | ghout which fay a oh | ral English Grey are good colored peas.-- | Drunkards of Ephraim--The dissolute Experimental Farms Note, aristocracy of the capital city. The ilar fading Rewer of his glorious beauty-- ements of social decay and disin- Only one thing better than a good tegration were already evident on sheep--a better one. eyery hand. Housecleaning is in order. Have you Tr «+» INTERNATIONAL LESSON MAY 20 Lesson VIII. (Temperance Lesson)-- The Importance of Self-control Isaiah 28, 1-13. Golden 2. A mighty and strong one--Re- spring stable" cleaning? | ferring to the Assyrian power which had, your, pr. out, wash Be. hg to be kruent, in Jehovah's sweep out. No animal on the farm | 70% (OF inflicting chastisement on his is more worthy of a clean stall than 8. Trodden under foot--By the in- I ar nder foo y the in vading army of the enemy gt the time of the fulfilment of Jehovah's judg- ment against the nation. '4. The first-ripe fig before the sum- mer--It is a familiar fact that in Pales- tine, as in other fig-producing coun- tries, the main crop of figs is preceded by a few scattered first fruits. These "first-ripe figs" are still esteemed a great delicacy. Hosea, Micah, Nahum, ! and Jeremiah, as well as Isaiah, refer] to this early fruit (compare Hos. 9.! 10; Mic. 7. 1; Nah, 8, 12; Jer, 24. 2). 5. In that day--The day of judg- | ment and desolation. Will Jehovah| of hosts become a crown of glory--A' of Protein and Their Food Value ground limestone or % ton air-slaked lime to the.acre. residfie of seed-bed by plowing, disking and har-' uage to the remnant | vah shall re- rowing. the Jaithse) whom Ja hal 4, For best rosults, fertilize the [9¢em and to whom he himself will be- a aos pi he Ee ae fome a source of beauty, strength, and of fertilizer carrying 1 to 2% am-| monia, 8 to 10% phosphoric acid, and' Jerusalem among whom the priest and | 1 to 8% potash. This fertilizer is best applied by, because of their being drilling it into the seed-bed through! leaders of the people. the fertilizer dropper of a grain drill. | Who opposed Isalah in the name, of) } you do not have a drill, scatter the Sehovah; and claimed to have Je au evenly over the bean ground this iti dint - and work it into the soil by disking port of the aan Reel! up| and harrowing before the beans are strong drink--Judah, the spiritual | will increase i {but even here the besetting sin had| the ripening an Yields aug. hasten for a Jong time been drunkenness. Is ; Swallowed up of wine--Perhaps bet- In 'cultivating the crop, be careful ter, "confused with' wine," or Feholly to work the soil shallower each cul-| absorbed in their carousings," Err i tivation. Do sok cultivate after the! vigion--Deceive themselves with re- Buy he eh, see if possible Some, grows Slaim shat spraying bean], 5. ull of somit end Siihi om rans mixture 3 108 Tet reflecting vividly the awful gallons water) controls bean dis- revelations which they claim fo have received. Full of vomit and filthiness-- ate t circles of the capital city. We are eases Do not work among beans on a damp day or before the dew is gone.|shortly before the downfall of the em- The spores of bean diseases are car-' pire. A € ¢ ried on tools and shoes. Disinfect! 9: Whom will he teach knowledge? iby Sh en wf A PO nt ; $ ; a 1 ons. pia 1 lin to. 20, gallons - of Tiests whom he has thus severely re- i Beans may be more effective than 'buked bullets." : beans will supply, food material th their scoffing replies. The verse. | 10." Precept upon Jrecept; line upon | the better sheep like it. t | alfglfa and alsike are in such favor. with the boys, but divide the proceeds of the sales, too. , and who apparently interrupt pure air everywhere. SR i The cheapest winter feed. that can quotation continues through the next be produced for the dairy cow is combination of alfalfa and onsilage, ate the mocking, stammering words of drunken men as these mock the wearisome repetition of the prophet's warning speech. The meaning of the whole retort is: "Who are we that we should be lectur®d by this man? Are we newly born infants? Is it necessary to repeat over: and over again to us this message ds one | would teach a child?" | 11. Nay, but by men of stfange {lips and with another tongue--Or, | "for with stammering lips," The | quotation has ended and the prophet i replies to the mocking interruption of his hearers by pointing out that his | unwelcome and oft-repeated message will be followed by a severer word spoken by Jehovah himself Lo this peo- ple in a still more uncouth language, namely, the harsh and barbarous ac- cents of the Assyrian invaders. 12. This--The course of Xo ad- vocated previously by the prophet, is the rest, the only means of averting the impending disasters; and this alone is the one possible means of bringing refreshing to the exhausted nation. 13. Fall backward--Retreat from their haughty position and be cast down. Broken, and snared, and taken --Defeat and capture and utter de solation will be the inevitable outcome of the conflict which their apostasy from Jehovah will in the end bring them. , I It is a hard tug on ewes to suckle lambs almost as big as themselves, Separate them before the lambs are too big. Set your mind on wether for your own meat. meat in the world. The sweetest mutton ever made was from feeding barley with plenty of having a nice No finer 8. Prepare medium deep, fairly firm beautiful promise in figurative lang-' grass and hay. The finer clover is in leaf and stem, That is why The wool a sheep bears will pay its 7. Aud even these--The men at| Way on the farm. Get the sheep out onthe pasture | the prophet are especially referred to, while the bite is short. Give a good feeding of hay in the It was they! morning before turning to pasture. When the flock has been eating { roots, the change to the fresh grass is not §o relaxing. Any change in feed, ever from dry on the whole, hay to grass, should be made with planted. This available plantfood' still contrasted favorably with Israel, care. SH rrr I The cream from different breeds of cows does not churn alike. " The fat globules in the milk of a Jersey or a ] Guernsey cow are larger han those of other breeds, and conse- of things existing in aristocratic social] quently break more easily. If "the 'milk and cream containing reminded, as we read these words, of ; large fat globules and milk containing the similar state of affairs in Rome small fut globules are mixed, there will be a loss in the churning. It is all right to divide the calves don't forget to Health and wealth in stables with The one safe guide in : Br --The Hebrew of this verse gi d cies and oirslves. High pries ve ees of Fenced mancepiaien he 7 Sor', anos) praiuetion oan 5 'exact | fF 1 ; : $A 18 n | almost -- : "certain. They sre intended to mit. scales and test. ~ -~ Ta 'who have sent presents to Send written underneath that of her par- 5