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the white grub, and the addition of fertilizer will make the seed-bed all the more distasteful to this insect, as well as strengthen the growing "crop against the attacks of the white grub. fs "As to the best variety of beans, it is v impossible to make recommendations. } There are numerous varieties of two large classes; first, the bush beans; goeund, navy beans. Catalogs of any of the reputable seed houses recom- mend best varieties to grow: WY Question--R. G. K.:--What kind of a is suitable for asparagus? Is is a profitable crop? 1 Answer:--Any soil that is well «7 drained and is sufficiently open in tex- ture to allow the air to circulate with- in it, is suitable for the growing of asparagus. Speaking generally, asparagus does best on a sandy loam o> soil that has been deeply worked and carefully manured and fertilized. The asparagus crop does not begin to bear heavily until the second year. The 'crop is grown from seed, and the Peedlings are set out Jnioshe perman- s late in spring or early in fn The following spring they egin to bear. A well-prepared as- us bed will bear abundantly for 20 years, and when in its best bearing season, the crop may be cut twice a 1| just before cultivation begins. 4 to 5%. acid, and 8 a cultivation, the ked deep, but far void prove an old cut-over pasture that wery hilly, soil sandy, has never been planned to plant and sow, alfalfa at tle? Will above plan w bushel of barley to the acre and seed per ace. In preparing the ground, after it is plowed give it a dressing of about 6 loads of manure to the acre. At the same time spread about 1,000 ths. of limestone per acre and work these thoroughly into the soil. When of a fertilizer carrying 2 to 83% am- monia, 6 to 8% phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash. Harrow it well into the soil. This available plant-food will help the young alfalfa just like whole milk helps the young calf. If the alfalfa gets a good start it is about as good a drough resister as you can get. It is excellent stock feed but I fear if you pasture it with heavy stock there will be a danger of their tramping it out. Alfalfa does not bloat cattle after the dew is off it. Do not allow stock to pasture on it while it is wet with dew. : Question--L. C. P.:--What is your opinion in regard to the value of ever- bearing strawberries? 2 { Answer:--Everbearing strawberries are a novelty in much the same sense that Seven Headed Wheat is a novelty. week, "id They do not appear to have any great fsparagus yields and quality are'commercial valve, A bit of powdered charcoal beats most of the so-called bowel remedies that are on the market. 0 \ Lice, heat and too much food make the June chick's lifé a short and pain- ful experience. Feeding milk a time in the same dish without washing it, is the cause of a great deal of bowel trouble _ in the little chicks. ! Sometimes it is not the hen which needs doping half so much as it is the : master, and what he needs is a good mess of interest in his business. 1 {___ When you "don't understand what is 1 " with the chicks, just try g their runs. Many times the _ very earth where they are is foul and full of disease germs. : ¢ A dead crow hung Te { Tho cae of splint is concuseon ix "only when the horse is geing faster than a walk, more marked at a jog. The horse stands and walks sound. © If not lame leave alone, If lame apply as ice packs or celd water give a rest for a few days. If this does not cure, apply a blister. Oil cake added to will help up by the heels g in voc th near the chicken yard is a pretty good hint to the rest of them that they are not welcome guests, and the crows are smart enough to take it, too. Don't forget to give the poultry an extra allowance of* water this warm weather. They may be able to pick up a good share of their living now, but they can not pump water. Exposure to excessive heat, either in the house or in the run, is fatal, especially to overfat hens. Poultry is naturally hardy. Sup- plied with the proper food, confined to well-ventilated, clean and not over- crowded quarters, and kept free from lice, the flock can be continuously kept in good health. Through ventilation is what is aim- ed at in the use of open front poultry houses; not an excess of low tempera- ture. If this can be obtained in a moderately warm house, by all means have both. eT Sometimes a" horse over the tie rope in the stable; does it several times and you fear he will get into trouble. Just put him in a box stall for a few months and he will forget the trick. For the average 1,600-pound horse at hard steady work a ration of 20 whichsis about the work such a horse is capable of performing. - This washing shoul from two to four wi of the shoulders. of every color 'to horses of the safest ttrattive product. bl Fvery year the farmer wonders how =the pasture is going to hold out. ; safe guess that it will 5 "aug Be ready for overload the pastures. that seeding the alfalfa add about 800 lbs.|- gets his foot|- pounds oats and 16 pounds good hay produces about 11,000 units of power, A careful daily washing of should- ers and withers with cold water or, better, cold salt water, «will cleanse and toughen the skin of the horse. be continued s, depending on the age of the horse and the condition The orientals have this saying: | "One should be slow to buy a chestnut| os |-horse, and still slower so sell one has hag proved to be a one. ppl | Lesson XIIL--The Risen Lord--John | butter the storekeeper i friend. With June pasture every possibility of turning It, adi leag SREP BH not material o mot try to speed up the separator, Sjene, We havo Bob, meets (OF gages, Men have thought before Sing, net. Taken, sway. Luke z \ Id do that, but & upolled away" pletures the manners i hat they were' way « very large. 9 apple trees that moved in a. / | 66 tells us it bur of only 10 to 20 per cent.; the | ' margin would be largely profit. Such 'an increase is not only a financial ' necessity but the patriotic duty of every dairy farmer. ! _ Feeding the Dairy Cow The milk produced by a dairy cow consumed plus the reserve of feed 'gets dry every summer.- The field is stored in the body as fat and flesh. As 'ply of nutrients in a less bulky form. an example of the latter it has been | farmed, think it will grow alfalfa. I shown that fresh cows may be fed on a fresh-is equivalent to several pounds a short variety, maintenance ration or even starved of grain after the cow has decreased cultivation. Is for several days, yet produce milk in | materially in her milk flow. . Feed there any drought resisting grass you fairly large quantities with, however, 1 pound of meal for every 3% pounds could suggest? Will a green alfalfa a proportional decrease of weight and milk produced; as her lactation period bloat cattle? Is alfalfa good for" cat- flesh. Again it has been proven that ' progresses decrease the meal gradual: cows of proper type having a store of Answer: --Believe your plan to get flesh before calving will not only milk ! milk produced. A fair average is 1 $b this land into alfalfa is good. Iwould more heavily but also more persistent- 14 not choose corn as a nurse crop. Bar-/ly during the succeeding milking balanced daily rations for the 1,000 ley is preferable. 'Sow about one period. It is clear, therefore, that this 'pound dairy cow suitable to the in- "supply of fat and flesh stored on the | with 1§ to 20 Ibs. of good alfalfa seed dry cow of dairy type will 'be drawh | different parts of Canada: . { upon when most needed and be either jglven off as milk or so take the place | of feeds consumed in supplying bodily needs that a larger proportion of these ii may be utilized for milk produc- on. : The dry cow receives little atten- tion from the majority of dairyfarm- ers. The thin cow at calving is in poor condition to make milk profitably and cannot produce the rugged healthy calf fitted to withstand the many calf ailments. Allow the cow four to ten weeks before freshening. A pound of meal a day during this dry period 1s worth as much as two or three pounds of meal fed after the cow has fresh- ened. On poor pasture, feed the dry cow green feed, silage or roots and a grain ration composed of two parts of any two of the following meals: bran, ground oats, ground corn, ground bar- ley, plus one part ground oil cake. To the thin cow feed 4 or 7 pounds daily; if the cow is in good flesh, give roughage as needed and 1 to 2 pounds daily of the above-mentioned grain mixture; if the cow is fat withheld the grain, but on the other hand do not sacrifice flesh or lose a thrifty condition. : Feeding at Calving Feeding the cow at calving requires special care, varying with the in- dividuality of the animal. Be sure that the condition of the bowels is nor- mal. Constipation at this time is apt to induce many troubles such as milk fever, caked udder, etc, After calving give a tepid drink contafning a hand- ful of linseed oil meal per pail of water, allow to rest quietly for twelve hours, after which give a warm bran mash, with two bran mashes on the second day after calving.~. Feed a limited supply--6" to 8 pounds--of clean preferably clover, Draw a little milk three or four times daily for the first three days; do not milk dry until after the third day, as such a procedure frequently brings on milk fever. On the fourth day start the dry meal ration consisting of 4 pounds | equal parts bran and ground oats. In- crease the quantity of grain and strength of the grain mixture to a full grain ration on or about the sixteenth | day after calving. Feeding the Fresh Cow The feeds consumed by a dairy cow in milk are utilized for two purposes, viz., the manufacture of milk and the maintenance of the body. The cow weighing 1,000 pounds requires the equivalent of 10 pounds clever hay and 10 pounds oat straw or 85 to 40 pounds of mixed pasture grass for mainten- ance alone. To this must be added | the feed to supply eneryg necessary-to manufacture milk. Hence it is evi- dent that the meagre feeding of cows -- '| practically the same maintenance re- production. 5 ~ | less per gallon. {ration given. 'raising or purchasing foodstuffs. advisable to balance the roughage Question--D. A.:--I want to im- of proper type is in proportion to feeds Lration and in addition to provide the quirements will induce heavy milk It is evident that milk produced un- der the lather conditions will cost much Rations for the Milch Cow In Stable. The Joustation principles of the suc- cessful selection of feeds and the feed- ing of cattle depend upon the palatability, variety, nutrition and ease of digestion, and succulence of the All these essentials of a well balanced ration for economic production must be considered when The most economical ration must have as a basis cheap but rich nutri- tious farm grown roughages such as clover or alfalfa hay, ensilage and roots. The Mberal feeding of meals is heavy milking cow with an extra sup- A pound of grain when the cow is ly to 1 pound for every five pounds of Following are a number of well dividual needs of farmers throughout No. 1.--Mixed hay 16 pounds, tur- nips or mangels 40 pounds, meal mix- ture composed of bran 4 parts, ground oats 2 parts, ground barley 2 parts, oil cake 1 part, cottonseed meal 1 part. This meal fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3% pounds of milk produced No. 2--Clover or alfalfa hay 10 pounds, mangels or turnips 30 pounds, oat straw 10¥pounds, meal mixture composed of bran 6 parts, ground oats 2 parts, linséed oil meal 3 parts, fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3% pounds of milk produced. No. 3.--Clover hay 12 pounds, corn ensilage 30 pounds, meal mixture com- posed of bran 7 parts, ground oats 7 parts, dried brewers grains 4 parts, cottonseed meal 2 parts, fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3 pounds of milk produced. No. 4--Mixed grass hay 10 pounds, oat straw or chaff 10 pounds, mangels or turnips 40 pounds, meal mixture composed of bran 3 parts, ground oats 3.parts, ground flax 2 parts, ground wheat 2 parts, fed at the rate of 1 pound per 8 pounds of milk produced. No. 6.--Brome hay 10 pounds, clover hay 6 pounds, gat straw or chaff 10 pounds, mangels or turnips 30 pounds, grain mixture composed of ground oats, barley and wheat, equal parts, fed at the rate of 1 pound per 3 pounds of milk produced. | * A plentiful supply of clean drinking water and salt is essential for greatest health and production, Feeding on Pasture Over large areas of Canada the milk produced on grass will always be the cheapest. Hence the proper care of pasture is most essential. If cattle are allowed on the pasture only after the grass is from 6 to 8 inches in height such pasture will yield most feed dur- ing the summer and will be best pre- pared to withstand drought. Natural pasture may be supplement- ed in the spring andsfall by sowing a patch of fall rye, or during the summer months by seeding an annual pasture mixture composed of oats and barley or a mixture of oats and clover, The most successful deirymen as a rule feed a limited grain ration even when the cows are on pasture. Bran 3 parts, cottonseed 1 part, or bran 2 parts, ground oats 2 parts, and gluten or ground peas, 1 part, will give excellent results, Supplementing Pastures In the shortage of grass provide good solling crops. Supplements to pasture are peas and oats seeded at different dates, second cut clover, corn and fall turnips fed with tops as) pulled. Summer silage, if available, is both superior to and cheaper than peas and oats. _ INTERNATIONAL LESSON ATONE. CL -- & 20, 1-18. Golden Text | 1 Cor. 15, 20. i ~ Verse 1, Combining this narrative with Those of Mark and Luks, re z y perha er Mary agdala tame alone before it was light, al ava a st risen n how ' . much of the of this chaptet of a group and answer to, 6 against its being secretly pushed aside and Yefilnced, 2. ey--The form of the phrase does not imply that she has any peo- le in her mind. It is the Aramaic iom literally rendered, and would e Lord has been taken RN We know not--=So the other! women are implied already. The details of the visit of Peter and John (verses 8-10) are peculiar to ohn"s Gospel. Luke mentions the visit of Peter only (Luke 24. 12); but here we have the whole scene pictured with all the vividness and exactness of one who stated what he himself saw and took part in (The Handy Com- 4. @ other disciple was still a eter perhaps a man in. the boy; Pi thirties. ~ Bb. Sto ing and looking in--One word In the Greek: Peter uses it (1 Peter 1. 12) of angels stooping to look into the blessings of redemption, Entered he not in--He is restrained by. wonder, not unaccompanied, per- haps, Ld fear, at what he sees; ana waits for his friend and companion dreary aspect of a northeast bedroom, of pink and cream chints, and have (the woodwork painted ivory white. 'sure. 2. To brighten a shabby carpet, CM th s ang* : oie OF all apS epartment, JJatials Saye wil be Pp! swer as s ntification, Blvi hy Totton ; ot dian of arpeyrits on atte and addressed aes AA Woodbine Aver Toronto. - 3 - x { "Northland": --1. To brighten the choose paper of & warm creamy tan shade, and a rug of deep raspberry pink (a Scotch wool square is a godd choice), with curtains, cushions, etc. You will have a cheerful room, I am sweep the carpet carefully to remove all the dust, them go over it with a clean house flannel dipped in a pail of warm water, to which a cup of strong vinegar has been added. e flannel should be wrung as dry as pos- sible before it is applied to the carpet, which must not be moge than dampen- ed in the process. Let the carpet dry thoroughly before walking on it. 8, A cork pressed into a bright-colored celluloid thimble and the edges cut off even with the thimble will make a pro- tector for the end of a steel crochet hook. 4. Buttonholes can be strength- ened by running two rows of stitching around the edges. H.8.W.:--1. The origin of the ex- pression, "Getting down to brass tacks," has been explained in various ways. Probably it is derived from the custom of marking yards, feet and fractions of a yard on the edge of the counter in dry goods stores with brass tacks or "brass nalls." When the cloth is actually measured the trans- action has "got down to brass tacks." The expression therefore would seem to mean greater accuracy. 2, To clean furs: Before putting them away heat some clean fine sand or coarsely- ground corn-meal as hot as you can bear your hand in it. 'Rub it well into the soiled places, then shake it out, and beat and brush the furs till clean. side of paper all correspondence for this department to Mra. H are cordially invited to write to ublished ith each a ns ha but full y. Answers will envelope is enclosed. 3. Ground ginger is just as good for plasters as mustard, even better, for it "draws" as well and never blisters. 4. Collars of sheer material such as ninon, dan be cleaned by covering them with a layer of corn-meal and al lowing them to remain for a few, hours. 6. When washing delicately /colored frocks, bran water should be used in stead of soap. Tie wheat bran loosely in a thin cloth and rub the clothes with it, using lukewarm water. Rinse quickly and mang to dry in shade. "High School Girl":--Tha countries at war are Germany, Austriz-Hun- gard, Turkey and Bulgaria, opposed to Russia, France, Great Britain, United States, Italy, Japan, Serbia, Belgium, Montenegro, San Marino, Portugal, Rumania and Cubo. Panama, China, Brazil, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras. Liberia and Nicaragua have broken relations with Germany. E. K. M.:--1, The best book I know of is the "Canadian Soldiers' Mannal for French and German." The price is 25 cents, and it is 5% by 8% inches. Another good book is "French Self Taught," also 25 cents, size 5% x 2% inches. 2. Chocolate is a very suitable article of food to send to your soldier in a concentrated form, fat, protein and carbohydrate being present, with very little water. "Subscriber": --1. Joppa is a sea- port on the west coast of Palestine, about forty miles northwest of Jeru- salem, 2 Triegte is an important Austrian port on the Adriatic Sea. 8, The area of the German Empire in Europe is 208,780 square miles; in addition, before the war, there were colonies with an approximate area of 1,028,000 square miles. Re \NOr7Es The Cow that Liked Compositions. Caro had never written a composi- tion. At the city school nothing had ever been said about them. But here in the country, where they had lately come to live, every Friday was com- position day, and Caro was expected | to write something on the subject printed upon the blackboard "Cows," she read; and felt perplexed at once. "Make your compositions this week humorous, or funny, if possible," the teacher said, which sent Caro home in a puzzle, What was funny about a cow? After school the little girl took a paper and pencil and went out into the pasture back of the house to study their cow, and to write her composi- tion. Billy Carpenter had told her that cows sometimes chased people, but this cow that her father had just bought looked too clumsy and too lazy to run after anybody. So Caro sat down upon a big stone, and wrote "Cows" 'in big letters at the top of her sheet. Ths cow switched her tail from side to side, to drive off the flies, so pre- sently Caro wrote: "Cows are big animals, with long tails that go wigglety-waggle." Then she watched to see the cow do something funny, but all she did was to nibble at the grass. Pretty soon this went down on Caro's paper: "Cows eat all the time and never stop. They have big eyes that stare at you, and th®y have horns to let down the bars with when they go home at night. Our cow is red- dish, and isn't funny at all." Just then the cow walked off under a tree, and lay down chewing her cud. "Oh," thought Caro, "that is funny They do their eating first, and then they go and chew and chew and chew!" So she wrote down her dis- covery, adding, "I wish I could do that way, but mother makes me chew as I go along." A railway passed near the farm, and just then a whistle sounded shrilly not far away. It frightened the cow, and, getting on her feet in a hurry, she came bounding in Caro's direction at a lively pace. "Oh!" screamed Caro, and, dropping paper and pencil, she scampered away toward the fence. Safely on the oth- er side, she ventured to look back. The cow was inspecting the com- position. "Oh!" cried Caro again, and then louder, "Oh, my!" for the paper had vanished in her mouth! Caro went sadly home, to rewrite her composition in a safe place, and she added this to her first part: "Cows like compositions, for ours ate mine up." The next Friday afternoon, when all the twenty compositions were read, very funniest one there. Hoos) The percentage of tubercular hogs 'killed in the large packing houses has doubled in the last ten years, due no doubt, to the fact that a concerted effort to control the disease has not cular herd of cows in a community supplying milk to a creamery, may in- fect all the herds of hogs fed on the by-products of the creamery. Hogs do not usually contract the disease from other tubercular hogs, hence the problem of eradicating the lisease in hogs is largely a matter of avoidingnsterilized by-products from' creameried, feeding skim-milk from been made. Hogs become infected by following tubercular cattle or when fed unsterilized skim-milk or butter- milk from creameries. One tuber- the hollowed vault, a niche in the side] of which had held the sacred body. The description of the position of the ave clothes is forcibly argued (by | hn in The Risen Master) to im- ly a collapse as the body within them | ematerialized. That the "body of his glory" was not simply the "body of his humiliation" (Phil. 8. 21) re-| suscitated, is shown by the different guises in which he comes, and his en-| tire independence of material condi- tions, suddenly appearing and vanish- | ing again. What "vas mortal was swallowed up of Life the new body! was real (Luke 24. 89), but not of | this order. Paul is buildin entire-| ly on the facts of the Lord's resur-| rection when he argues so gnrncsti| the utter difference of the "spiritual, body" from that we know, 7. Rolled up, on means: fallen flat' and evenly: the, head t covered has not been with-; q or moved aside, but vanished into thin air." a. | 8. Saw, and believed--So even he! did not' attain the special blessing of Verse 20, But he believed after see- ing much less than others. : The scriptures--Acts 2. 24f. shows us which was in thought, and also interprets the must. © Fa argument of Jesus in: Mark 12. 26, that the (The. Handy mentary). . 6, Peter, with characteristic impul- siveness, unr "by the awe which had his young friend, way and enters' stoops to the lo ats resting on the impossibili objects of God's love should pass into nothingness, is basis of the ven- ing of uncooked garbage unless it is positively from a safe source. ture of faith in Psa. 16. Note that "the scripture" does not prove his res- urrection as something solitary: Paul's whole argument in 1 Cor, 15 is based on our solidarity with the Man from heaven, It is simply that name and address must be $7 elen Law, 238 the scholars voted Caro Clyde's the ' boy, as it contains much nourishment . a tubercular herd, allowing the hogs 'to follow tubercular cattle, or the feed- /, the principle holds infinitely more ob- Yously and inevitably in his case, and therefore his resurrection becomes the prime certainty. 11, Mary had returned to the cher after the hurryin, (16. 9) states definitely, gather from this section, that we Mary Magdalene: meeting are Cambridge Bible). heaven. ' . _Shelley's radiance of Baty which stains," 13. Mary, like the sisters at Be- sepuls apostles, Mark Kiely, what the risen Lord's first appearance was to details of the ven by John alone (The, - 12. In white--Always the symbol of "white "Life, the above theory, like.a dome of many-colored glass, thany (John 11. 21, 32), has but one thought, which repeats itself unchang- ed, 14. Knew not--As so often, for he was never known till the spiritual Where were the marks They were not there them appear! . eye could sce. In 'his 87, "He calleth his own them "