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/ 3 | ¢ & al ¢ planted Ii ; i Be 4 3 i: 3 Bag ek it + 5 e ill and drills and finish the covering. This addition of available plantfood will, give the-crop a strong, vigorous start. This land would do well for beans, ; the spring wheat and\winter wheat |ecould be harvested together or not. yi if font fo a "Sith wheat = = 7, Prcent. Beotel afr crop : ad oe Water 4a "i 9.0 at Ha ae Buckwheat. yields from lo 40 Buckwheat quires fr 5 a addin] he gs! lie casted and worked into the crease the veness of hi wheat. A yield of 20 to 3 profitably than a yield of 10 bed by bushels hels Strong food is compact volume. Doan oe and reasonably large re | hence can be used to fill in in less than 100 days. sinh iin May Rat a H ar). (Heat and W Energy Pro- - ducer)... 7 bushels per acre. to b bushels of seed to the acre. 5 and. It produces larger pounds per ! ) sults, Bhs Should he. ited by Ww on the bu per acre. Finally, buckwheat should be sown later than corn and the small grains, It is therefore an excellent crop for "filling in" where other crops fail. ~Buckwheat is quoted in Chicago at $3.20 per bushel, Buckwheat Strong Points, Thrives on comparatively poor soil. 8. "where other crops fail." be toned. Plows: ' 2B 66.4 1.6 ields where acre' of fertilizer supply~ horic acid, gives good heat is sown, or b disking and i You can in- farm labor by fertilizing the buck- per acre uses the labor much more Te cent Food suited to storage, therefore, Makes quick be planted later than other crops; Buckwheat matures ng of spring wheat where winter wheat has killed out. It| |{ almost impossible to tell whether|- ' INTERNATIONAL LESSON should' ex; them not to ripen to- JUNE 3. gether. ou should sow the wheat at once. All™that is necessary to do would be to harrow or disk up the Lesson X.--Jesus Betrayed and Denied --John 18. 1-18. Golden out clover or manure, This land is quite sandy and Now, "loads of manure "would be the most profitable crop for me to raise, corn or potatoes? I raised corn on similar Ignd last year that went 60 crates to the acre, with manure. Would this ground hold moisture sufficient to grow a good crop of potatoes Cw Answer:--If you have potato seed, by all means potatoes would be the most profitable crop for you to grow on the land in question. I would re- 3 Cf nd adding fertilizer to the man- , as per answer to M. A, C. ! normal conditions you should have any trouble from lack of moisture. If you have to buy, potato seed, at present prices it may be more i profitable to grow corn, but this you will have -to decide from your own local conditions. If you seed it to corn, I would advise adding about 200 ~ pounds of fertilizer to the acre, spreading it broadcast and working it "© 7° into the ground before you plant the " corn. It should earry from 2 to 8% * ammonia and 8 to 10% phosphoric acid. : " Question--W, A. C.:--I would like to your opinion in regards to Jays. 'beans in hills, yield will be almost as they were drilled and fre- is not so like- pread from one plant to another. the drill be also Da n 'about 200 to "would 3 on C pounds of fertilizer to the acre.' | fertilizer may be put on broadcast and | worked into the ground before the beans are planted, or it may be put care is "| very: matter to 8 i ml cle Sniaing practically | I apply 12 good to the acre, which 1 | beets, the yield of corn was increased | either corn or beans could be planted ,| be put to corn and that beans be put | do well on freshly turned sod or ground and drill in the wheat. Per- "haps you will-be able to secure spring Text--Isa. 53. 3. | wheat seed in your community or from| Verge 1. .Brook--The term implies 'some of the elevator men. Unigsssa Juving that was ay except to ihe t rains. s 'estament name Kid- {you are able to get it"elose at hard it as alent name Ae word, as if meant#'Cedars Brook." A garden--An orchard in "a \place" (Mark 14, 32) called Gethsemane, the | will be too late to sow it. In such | cage, either buckwheat or beans will 'make a splendid crop. Infact, I | would prefer the planting of beans as i | temptation, that record that they all forsook him and fled, which ark places after his words, "But let the scriptures be ful- filled." 9. The Evangelist gees the Master purposed to kesp his disciples out of e might deliver them from evil and keep them for his work. We must assume that he made them understand it was his will that théy ghould hide from a very real danger: nothing less, surely, will explain their absence from Calvary. The one who, with the best of motives, ran into temptation unbidden, gained nothing but bitter experience from doing so. First he endangered himself and his comrades by hewing at* Malchus's head. Then, to preserve his conceal- ment, he three times disowned his Master. Better have "forsaken him and fled"--as Mark put it, who had himself probably done the same (Mark 14. 52). Of those--See John 17, 12. scene of the agony, which John dose not record (The New Century Bible). 2, Probably Judas went first to the house of the supper, and then went straight for Gethsemane. Jesus oft. | times resorted thither--This is one of | theinstdnces ofJohn's exact knowledge they can be put in any time up to the last of June, just so they have time enough te ripen off before frost. In this case the ground should be thor- oughly disked or harrowed up and worked down, after which the beans may be planted in rows 21 or 28 inches apart. A grain drill with of the grain tubes stopped up offers the best means of planting the beans. When planted: this way some fertilizer can _also be applied. The best way prob- | ably is to stop up the fertilizer tube ! directly. gver.the row _containing the beans but allowing the fertilizer to run down the tubes on each side of the one dropping the beans, Qugstion--J. B. H.:--Isn't it cofisid- ered poor policy to plant corn in ground that grew sugar beets last year, if only a light crop? There are two fields which are desired for corn and beans. One is sod and the oth- er grew beets last year, soil about the same, Both corn and beans require rich ground, which one will be best to follow beets? h Answer:--Regarding beans and corn following sugar beets, the U, 8. De- partment of Agriculture studied 115 farms and found that, following sugar Jerusalem life of our Lord.) All the _John only remembers that the spot was one belonging, it may be, to a friend or disciple, where Jesus was in the habit of goin, ciples, and that-Judas t the place and knew that he. would. robably find them there (The Handy ommentary). 8. The magnitude of the preparation made to overpower resistance was due to the fear that the Galileans would rally Yo him, Cohort (margin)-- Presumably the Jewish leaders had asked Pilate to put a company of his soldiers at their disposal, to arrest a dangerous character whom they would, of course, bring to him for trial. They would be under their own chiliarc Jrorse 12), but Judas was guide. Note ow eager the Jewish coalition was, each section sending its own servants. 6. We have not sufficient informa- tion to tell where the traitor's kiss comes in: this narrative is manifestly indepéndent, and the eye-witness who writes here does not seem to have seen that incident, which was Jeforted by Peter flicugh his pupil Mark, 6. This is told to bring out the absolute voluntariness of his surrend- er. "Once before, the majesty of his words had overwhelmed those who had come to arrest him (John 7, 46); and it would have been so now, had not he willed to be taken" (The Cam- Inldgo Bible). 8. This gives us the other side of the by. 12 bushels to the acre and beans 5 bushels. This would indicate that in the ground that was in sugar beets, From these figures we ought not to judge that sugar beets make the soil rich in fertility but rather because they are cultivated during the summer the soil is put in better tilth for the of the incidents which attended i E lists narrate the coming of it was, he came ve To with his dis. erefore knew flock would be finally weattered! Dan- The verb is changed to the active; there it is "not one of them was lost." 10. Having a sword--See Luke 22. 88. The earlier Gospels do not name the aggressor, nor the officious slave who thought to please his master by a special show of zeal. Peter fortun- ately escaped doing more damage. As near being de- tected (verse 26) and suffering for it. The Jewish leaders were contemptu- ously indifferent to the disciples: if they could smite the shepherd, the r to them came rather from the mob that followed. 11. Only Luke knows that Jesus healed Malchus. He got the detail-- so the present writer believes--from Paul, who was there and in the thick of it. He heard and quoted those last terrible words about "the authority of darkness" (Luke 22, 53; Col. 1. 13). The cu; ohn has not reported the Master's earlier use of this phrase (Mark 14, 36). 15. The other disciple was the auth- or (John 21, 24). He was known unto the high priest: the word is that of Luke 28. 49, and implies more than mere' casual acquaintance. That he was an eye-witness is much more im- portant than that he should be an apostle. Court--The quadrangle round which the house was built. 17. The maid--Compare Rhoda in Acts 12, 18. Thou also--She there- fore knew that John was one, "In the original the question is put in a form that suggests a Regative answer, 'Surely thqu art not' " { e New Cen- tury Bible). I am not--Peter prob- ably thought he would not be allowed to stay to' "see the end" (Matt, 26, 58): it was'a typical example of doing evil that good might come, growing of the following crops. I would recommend that the sod ground 'not here. Give each calf a chance to drink wa- tog Much fran the ool or rhino ter at least twice each day .~. 300 3 En 3304 ir eon, hslrao What the cream separator hag done high in phosphoric acid are used on the Ton Jarmers In sho way BF impigyed corn land and probably 200 to 250. on | &1i( A00T-S&VINE Methods of creaming the bea f Ss should be Milk; the milk machine will do in milk- e hi h good crops shou ing cows, which is one of the most secured this year. troublesouss jobs an " dairy farm. A : z a W. H, Johnstone Moqse Jaw, body b thelr ings, Should the fowl Sask., who uses a three-unit milking u when thus handled, a machine; says that two men can run ently. in.| machine, weigh milk and strip twenty in the sugar beet land as beans cows per hour. on thirty cows the first morning. A test bf the whole herd does not give the needful information; this . & matter of cow-testing is a striot ques Besides, | tion of individual capacity.. -Bixty patrons of two ereameries in Prince Ed Island averaged .884 pounds of fat per herd, after two rs. of cow-testing these sixty herds Y nds of fat; this is a pounds of fat per t : jure the bird. z Poultry roughly handled lose confi- in. their Stendari; and loss of QF Ts | He used the machine |. | andr relies row strips of {two / 1 Tomato Culture. Tomato seed sdwn in boxes in the house in March will produce plants! that will fruit the same season, Plants! ready 'to be set out cah be purchased from seedsmen. In buying plants lect strong, sturdy pldnts, avoiding tall drawn specimens that are fre- quently offered. Where tall, spindly plants of tomatoes must be used pinch off the top. This will check the up- right growth temporarily and give the' plants an opportunity of b ing stronger. It also causes them to branch. . There are several systems for grow- ing tomatoes. Some prefer the one stem system; one or two stems only are trained to a long stake. This keeps the fruit off the ground and lets the sunlight and air reach all sides of the plants. - : department. Initials only will be answer' as a Mone of identificatio plven in each ¥ Ais n each letter. Write Woodbine Ave, Toronto. ~ "Reader":--1. Eggs should be pre- served in water glass during March, * _ | April, May and June, when they are cheapest. 2. Protect the young cucumber plants' from the striped beetle by covering them with wire net- ting. Spray with Bordeaux-arsenate of lead as soon as the plants appear; again at the appearance of the third leaf and a third time before the plants begin to form runners. See that the spray strikes under the leaves as well as on top. For the cabbage worm, dust with tobacco dust, pyrethrum, hellebore or spray with arsenate of lead or powder with dry arsenate, "Enquirer" :--Balfour is pronounced Bal--as in balance--foor. It is very hard to convey the exact pronouncia- tion of Joffre by phonetics, but the J4 is soft and the re is hardly sounded at all; it is almost as though it was written Joff, with the ffs a mere breath. Viviani is pronounced Viv-g-an-e. J. DB. V.:--The following are the dates at which the several nations en- tered the European War: 1914, July 28, Austria and Serbia; August 1, Germany and Russia; Au- gust 8, France; August 4, Belgium and Great Britain; August 8, Montene- gro; August 23, Japan; November 5, Turkey. 19015, May 23, Italy; June 3, San Marino; October 14, Bulgaria. 1916, March/8, Portugal; August 28, Rumania. 1917, April 6, United States America; April 7, Cuba. A. J, L.:i--1. In the partly shaded location you describe, you should be able to grow lettuce, early or late cab- bage, cauliflower, or spinach. Do not try beans, eggplants, corn, tomatoes. 2. Dahlia roots need warm soil and warm weather, so it is not safe to plant them #this time. "School Girl":--The cause of the so- called "blackheads" is the clogging of the pores with dust and grease, which hardens and pits the face with tiny black specks. The first step is to thoroughly cleanse the skin. Every night wash thoroughly with warm of ing the plants when they are laden with fruit. Another method is to make a trellis the shape c. a funnel, setting this over each plant. A barrel hoop on supports is another form of the same plan. When grown on a large scale field culture is the system practised. The plants are set wut in long, straight rows, cultivated by horse, and the vines are given no support. This system may be used also\in small gar- dens. --s Beans a Valuable Crop. Beans have a two-fold value. They rank among the valuable foods, con- taining a higher percentagh of protein than wheat or oats, and even meat. Beans are also of value from a soil cultural aspect, as they belong to a most important class of agricultural plants termed legumes, which are cap- able of taking up indirectly the freo nitrogen of the air and storing it in tubercles on the root system of the plants in a available form of plant food fer future crops. The last week of May or the first week in June is usually the most suitable time for planting, although the time of planting may vary slightly according to district and "season, but should not be delayed after the soil has become warm and dry. Some of the best. yielding varieties of field beans are Pearce's Improved Tree. Bchofield Pea, Medium. or Navy, Common White Pea and white Wonder. These varieties require from 112 to 116 days in which to reach. the proper stage of maturity for harvesting. A Question of "I's" "Pink is the proper color," the little rabbit politely informed Araminta Jane. They were having a most de- stem is to get the plants eas by /running nar- wood along stakes about | and a half feet above the surface of the ground. Two strips are' run about two feet apart, braced with 088 sections very two feet to form |& rigid frame or trellis. The tomato of this : through the centre, and trained up the frame support. set out undér the middle eed] he 1 pen lightful afternoon tea. Dorothy Anne, who had been feeding them dainties-- bits'of cake, goosetea and crackers-- had quite suddenly decided to see whether any of her flowers were up and had leff the white rabbit and the hina doll together under a large tree in the orchard. ° "I am sure blue is the proper color," Araminta contradicted, * still very litely. P That was how it started! Both were sure they were right and soon they made such a noise that a little squirrel came to see what the trouble was. "Brown!" he maintained stoutly when 'they told him of the argument. A crow hopping after a fat worm; stop- ped. long enough to caw, "Black." And he was upheld by the raven, who hap- ed along soon after. "I'll go and ask the owl," offered the squirrel after they had argued them- |ing harrow. | Mathers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited 'to write to this published with each question and Ite m, but full name and address must b ] on pre side of paper only. Answers will be direct if stamped and ressed envelope Is enclosed. ess all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 238 water and a good soap. Dry skin cares. fully, apply to the spots an ointment made of 1 ounce soap liniment and 1 ounce ether well mixed, and allow it to vemain on during the night. Wash off in the morning with warm water and rinse with cold. Continue this treatment until the blackheads have disappeared. To contract the pores wipe "the face with a little alcohol or eau de cologne. Frequently pimples appear with the blackheads, and whén this is the case make an ointment the following ingredients, 2 grams' beta napthol, 20 grams sulphur pre- cipitate, 20 grams potash soap. Mix thoroughly and apply to the pimples at night. This preparation may be used at the same time as the black head ointment. Do not be discour- aged if you see no improvement in your complexion as the weeks slip by. It sometimes requires months to get rid of pimples and blackheads. "Perplexed":--1. A felon is an in« fection of the tissue around the finger mail. The constant applicatich of a wet dressing, equal parts of alcohol and water, may check it. If it pro- gresses a surgeon should be consulted, as the infection may cause great trou« ble. 2. Worry can check the secre- tion of gastric juices and also impair the normal motion of the stomach. 8. Greens and green vegetables are the best source of iron for blood building. 4. The eyes should have a rest from reading and from all kinds of fine work. Out-of-door recreation, such as gardening and almost any form of out- door employment will be found bene- ficial. "Housewife": --Onions and water will remove the smell of paint from a room. Slice several onions, put them in a pail of water and stand the pail in the closed room over night. W. A.;--Probably the reason baby cries when you lift him is that you hurt him by not lifting him properly. In lifting a baby, grasp the clothing just below the feet with your right hand, slip the left hand under the baby from below upward until the head is reached, supporting with the hand and lifting the child on the left arm. . After planting, but before the plants appear, which will usually be from i three to six days, depending largely {upon the weather, it is advisable to harrow the soil lightly with a slant- tooth harrow or even a light smooth- This operation will break the crust, destroy weeds, help warm the soil and stimulate rapid germination of the seed and growth of the plants. As soon as possible after the beans are up, and can be seen in the row, the single and two-row cultivators should be used. It should be the aim of every grower to keep the soil stirred on the surface. Thus as promptly /e&s practicable after each rain and in time to prevent the form- ing of a crust the soil should be stirred by means of the cultivator. The work of cultivation also should be kept well in hand early in the season so that little cultivation need be given after the blossoming stage of growth has been reached. meres If you are looking for speed you are most apt to find it in horses of the color we call "bay." If on account of the scarcity of pota- toes it becomes necessary to utilize culls for planting, every potato grow- er should keep in mind the years to come--by growing a special breeding plot from select seed. No great harm is likely to result in planting culls in flelds where the crop is to be harvest- ed strictly for market purpose, In sorting out the culls for general plant- ing, the best tubers may be selected for planting a seed breeding plot from which the 1918 seed potatoes(may be secured next fall. selves hoarse without coming to any agreement. "Surely I know, for she pick me out herself from brown and black-eyed dolls," Araminta sobbed. "Surely she must know that blue eyes are the "Dorothy, what color best!" Back scampered the little squirrel. "He says it's a question of 'I's'," he announced breathlessly. "Silly, isn't that what we all know. We mean the proper color for eyes." "Just then back from. the garden danced Dorothy Anne and Elizabeth and Ruthie, her little friends. "Oh, look at Dottie's new doll. Arew't her* eyes the most beautiful blue!" ex- claimed Ruth, picking up Araminta and dancing up and down with her. "But look at the cutie rabbit with its cunning pink eyes," Elizabeth said, do you think eyes ought tobe?" 3 i Dorothy locked carefully at the big brown eyes of both her little friends. "I----1" ghe started to say. To The little s waiting to hear the answer, suddenly chuckled to himself. "Now I know what the Owl meant," he whispired him, to the rabbit as he scampered Past 3 "Gage! pa