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acre. g - Answer:--The soil that you describe 'should produce'a rank growth of buck- wheat. The crop, however, is better suited to a clay loam. - If you seed "buckwheat on this soil, it should make sufficient growth to overcome the June grass, if the seed-bed is well pre- "pared. In view of the fact that your grain lodged so badly, I would advise ~ you to apply at least 200 pounds per acre of acid phosphate, which supplies phosphorus, the kind of plantfood that gives strength to the straw of the grain. This will give strength to the eat vines and will plump the buckwheat kernels. Silver Hull buck- is considered a good variety and es about five pecks of seed per Another good crop to use under onditions you describe would be rape. This can be sown broadcast in rows. Rape requires about five or six pounds of seed per acre if sown brgadeast, and three pounds if sown in drill ; Question--A.J.W.:--We expect to = erect a silo 10x32 feet. Have six and a half acres, about half of this field is sand loam and the other half is clay loam. We plowed down a heavy June grass and timothy sod last year and it J ly covered with manure. We red it again this winter and plant it for silage. 'we drill the corn and how much seed per acre? Would it pay to use some commercial fertilizer; if so how much and what analysis would you re- comm Answer:--In planting corn for sil- age, both drill and check-row systems are successfully used. The check- row system, which is really the hill system, allows of cultivating the corn poth ways. If the land is not very weedy the drill system is satisfactory, drilling it in rows about 80 inches apart. In drills it requires about 10 quarts to the acre. : To make sure of the germination, you would do well to buy the seed on the ear and test the ears for germina. tion. This can be done by taking out - six kernels from each ear, two from the tip, middle and butt, numbering the ear and placing' the kernels on a square of blotting paper or cloth, num- bering the square the same number as the ear. Place the cloth in a pan or large plate where you can keep .it p and warm, and inside of a week the bould have germinated suff to tell you whether'the ear is strong, weak or dead. Take the 'm mand strong ears and shell 'the put together and discard the ears that show very weak or dead kernels. It would surely pay you to 'fertilize your corn. For this purpose I would recommend the use of 200 to 800 pounds per acre of a fertilizer = Eis i iy F118 pes] 3 TH i g 5 : R {J 22 H if ¥ ET i fi ® 8 iF 7 Hit sHiLE 1.3: s=E8E § } g i i : i I y 22 £ Te E i = ~~ i& it i > 7 them any? with a heavy clay bottom. . Answer:--The wire worms = which effected your crops last year found a suitable home in the sod which was plowed-under. You are planning cor- rectly to plant this land to a cultivated crop this' year, since through cultiva- tion it seems possible to get rid of the wire worms. It is impossible for me to say whether the wire worms will take the beans or not this year, how- ever, thorough tillage of the soil in preparing the seed-bed will do a great deal to drive them out, as will also the application of 200 to 400 pounds of fertilizer per acre~when seeding your beans. of New Jersey, who made a careful study of the life history of the wire worm, strongly recommends fertilizers as a means of getting rid of the wire worm. The wire worm does not like fertilizer, and beside fertilizer gives added strength to the young growing crop and hence helps it to withstand light insect attacks, For your con- ditions, I would advise a fertilizer analyzing 1 te 2% ammonia, 8 to 12% phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash. This should be worked thoroughly into the soil before you plant the beans, by scattering it on the surface of the plowed land and harrowing it in thoroughly or by drilling it in, if you 3 tributing attachment. Cultivation and fertilizers are about the only things that you can do to combat the wire worm. I do not believe the dry weather has had very much effect on them. Question--R. W.:--We want to use commercial fertilizer on our bean land this year and we don't know just how much is best to put on per acre to get best results out of beans. Also, which would be best, to sow fertilizer broad- cast or in the hill] with beans? Our land is practically "clay land. * Answer:--For fertilizing beans on clay, soil, I would advise the use o from 200 to 600 pounds per acre of fertilizer analyzing 2 to 83% ammonia, 8 to 10%phosphoric dcid and 1 to 2% potash. This should be worked thor- oughly into the soil when you are pre- paring the seed-bed at least a week to ten days previous to planting, It can be spread with a lime spreader or if you have a grain drill with fertilizer drilling attachment, it is well to apply it that way. The important point 1s to see that the fertilizer is evenly dis- tributed and thoroughly worked into the soil. 1 food if it is worked into the soil where it can dissolve so-that the plants can make use of it. It is not best practice to drill the fertilizer in with the beans. Broadcasting has been found to give best results. Gor Damp and Alth hr 1 causes of disease among'y , Idl ness is a disease breeder, busy fowls, a8 a rule, keeping .in good health, Filthy fuking vesgels dred 'undesir. e germs about as quickly as any- thing, germs often Pir in the scum that Is alowed 0 ateum ulate, Beep e hou oroughly ventil- ted during the month, for June has some very hot days and nights. June is a good month for caponizing e young cockerels. - keep in good he. 1th, a hen, jin its size, requires almost amount: of min. | the 'erent weeds. - get rid of the waste of the Dody by. means of the lungs, and therefore breathes seven timeg as fast ds heated, sweating animals. "For winter green feed there is noth- ing better than lawn clippings. The grass should be gathe as soon as cut, and spread out on a shed roof so Roth sun and air can strike it. As soon as it is thoroughly dry it should be raked up and packed in barrels for the winter. Care must be taken that it does not dry too much, or it will lose its strength and bleach out con- siderably. It should, however, be perfectly cured before storing away, or it may heat and spoil. | : ing, soak the grass in luke- warm water for about twelve to eigh- teen hours, after which either mix the mash or squeeze out the water and feed in troughs by itself. i 'are big enough. More money thei now - Fig Sar while. You you can tell what the wool market i are smarter : an most folks if will be six months from now. Nir times out of ten it is well to sell your clip so ter shearing. Sep Shand that are Siifty a good, thick-set growth of wool peut Sua pi linn lag tall Seeds Which sheep will not eat. th The late Prof. Smith |" have a grain drill with fertilizer dis- Tt is rich available plant-|i is SAD ah ier THE ] £5 if £ fe} 11: i | § § ed three-fourths full of clea: i] {used for 18 | pillars, cranl 1 eating dit - Young celery plants | | ed in the seed bed and ten days with a 3 of vitrio to fifty : Arsenate of lead Spray i codling m , CA hy flea beetles, browntail moth, gypsy and currant general use four pounds to fifty ons of water as soon as the insects appear. Repeat on later broods if needed. Arsenate of lead is deadly to human beings and must be used with care. Fruit and vegetables that have been sprayed 6 'must be thoroughly ° washed before they are used. For cabbage lite take a lump of salt- peter, the size of an egg, and put in a sprinkler of water. Sprinkle the cab. bage once or twice and there will be no more lice on them. : Bordeau mixture is a fungicide and & plant stimulant also, preventing blights and rusts during the growing season. During the growing geasen toma- toes, celery, asparagus, gmall fruits, beans, etc., will be benefited by spray- --~-- - .| ing with bordeau mixture. INTERNATIONAL LESSON JUNE 24. Lesson XIII. The Purpose of John's Gospel--Review--John 21, 15- 25. Golden Text John 20. 31. T words. He was not trying simply to Secure agaent to an bistro ist and stop there. or him the [of 12ith, was thal People. THeht have life. Unless faith transforms life, individual and social, it is not faith at all, but a mere imitation, To-day we need a conviction of the social vitality of Jesus's teachings. We want 0 mere applause for his leadership, ut a faith that will transform his principles into social living. 8. What kind of life? talking simply about life eternal as the end of faith, but of eternal life 1. A social faith. Both at the be- makes it clear that he is not writing simply a human record. the prophet backed his message "Thus said the Lord," so John sets life and the teaching of Jesus. Here is "the Word made flesh." Here is into character. Have we anything to add to that record? Is there any other body of evidence than John sessed which has come to us? Fras ave us has uman con- It more truth? Whgt John now been tested by the science through twenty centuries. has been further confirmed by the social struggle of that period. John's affirmation is increasingly the con- viction of the human race. Most of its leaders turn to-day to Jesus for guidance. The development of hu- man life is not away from his princi- ples, but toward them. With all the cross-currents, the drifts, and the ed- dies in the str of human progress, it yet moves clearly forward in the dircetion of his teachings. With an increasing ber of peopl tsid of the church developing a clear faith in the leadership of Jesus, it is no time for the people in the church to question -the practicability of the ser- mon on the mount. They must develop a faith that shall triumphant- ly apply the principles of Jesus to the whole of life. 2. Why believe? John was not in- terested in developing faith for the mere sake of faith. The belief that 'he wanted was no mere reptition of ginning and end of his Gospel John of Just as with, forth the eternal sanction behind the, love their brothers are liars. the everlasting truth working itself; the Spirit led us in these twe cen. to go as far in case of necessity as the turies of Christian ni Ba | oo laying down of life. that begins here and now. The kind 'of living he wants is the kind that {Jesus taught and showed. In his epistles he makes it clear that it is a pure and brotherly lile. Those who profess to believe in"God and do not Those who do not love do not know God: they "are infidels, no matter what faith the may profess. It is an axiom wit John that a man who does not love his brother cannot possibly love God. This is to be no vague emotion: it is to be manifested in gifts. It is even Here is the test of faith: it must produce a pure, brotherly, serving, self-sacrificing life. These lives must be joined together in a social order, in states and nations and a world life which is organized in justice and righteousness and peace. 4. The challenge. Is the purpose of John in his Gospel being fulfilled to- day? This is the responsibility which the Gospel puts upon those whe hear Thi was Jesus' stern test. Well he knew the fatal facility of humanity to pass resolutions and then forget them. What jinppened to those who listened to his teachings and did them not, he set forth in the parable of the sower and of the men who built their houses on the rock and on the sand. He requires of those who believe in him that they translate his words into life; how .élse shall the kingdom of God come? This is his challenge: "Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" Either we accomplish the social living that, he taught, or we fail of fellowship, an the en is, "Ye did it not; depart from me. STse ued) Bruises of the heel will be indicated by lameness, tenderness upon pressure of the quarter of the sole, usually the de. In severe cases where pus is orming there will be tenderness ex- pressed when the heel is pressed. Remove shoe, pare the sole of the quarter well down to expose the corn and allow escape of pus if there be any, apply hot poultices until soreness disappears, then get shod with a leath- er sole between shoe and hoof and no pressure upon the quarter of the wall. When breeding the mares, bear. in mind that it pays to-have one breed in a community. The greatest progress in breeding is possible where farmers cooperate to produce the best of one breed. Neither mare nor foal is bettered when the colt follows the cultivator. Keep the colt penned in a roomy, well- lighted and ventilated box stall. Do not keep them apart for a half day the first time. . : Long-legged drafts ate not what the market demands. Don't breed that characteristic into the young animals. Select a low-set sire. Let the mare rest several weeks after foaling. Start gradually when putting her to work again. After feeding and brushipg the horses, furn them out in the pasture to rest for the night. Disinfecting the stables with coal- tar dips will go a long way toward protecting the horses from flies. Clean the stables every day in hot weather, i Condition in a horse is manifested by keenness for work, brightness of eye and bloom of coat. A horse, 1s capable of his greatest effort 'only when in condition. Before letting the colt to the mare at mealtime, partly milk out the udder. In hot weather let the mare rest and cool off a few minutes before the colt sucks. Colic often results from working a horse immediately after feeding. Al- low plenty of time at noon. " A good pasture 1s 3 pig's Paradies, If you want to get full value for your skim-milk, whey and buttermilk, let the pigs handle it for you. i The man ho buys' Snel gi facts Ss 8 © : 0 : arming hi ens de iia pron er's profit, jou: : co] 0 out, 'sw some thy By ig Soe fo to put gains hogs at the lowest cost. = IAT CEE Put theCasle onder hots he ples can help themselves. = Let them do the' ! 'time. Pigs may be more important than pedigrees, but it is a wise practise to look after' both in a pt 'A pedigree is valuable at selling time. 'a pure-bred herd. |, last resort. A cement tank, sunk ten or, twelve inches in the ground and filled with ¢lean cool water, answers much better. Sl Castrate the male pigs bef they are weaned, when they are about six or eight weeks old. Choose a clear | 4 day for the work. All whey from cheese factories and butter milk from creameries should be pasteurized before feeding to hogs. 'A mixture recommended for hog- to be turned on when the barley is starting to shoot. If not overdone, the barley will keep the herd. going till odd heads began to ripen, then the - grain and rape make a good ration until after frost arrives. Hogs on pasture require grain for reatest profits in pork production, a full feed is not economical when Hogs donot always use n p horses eat only. about half, as the result of choice. It 3 Ca 3% he ; hn IN Ra pe pasture is plentiful and grain > ER pasture is barley and rape, the hogs| hods of Combating the Enentles of Plant Life in the Garden | L, T.x--For household ul the most effective and least i of fly nod niwpaopuopdve par sent sols of / iyde. To int ¢ water add three teas i Mercia 1 fgsmalichyde. « pensive, «and can be bought at any . one or more thin tdble tumblers and fill each™ one of them halt Ball or Joye, of the solu- on. a plece of tting paper into circular form, slightly smaller than an ordinary saucer. Place the blotting paper in the saucer and then invert the saucer over the tumbler; next, holding the hand on top of the tumbler and the saucer, quickly invert them. Then place .a match under the edge of the tumbler. That will break the air seal and allow the fluid to per- colate slowly into the blotting paper, and to keep it moist, so that the flies can drink from it. This solution at- tracts flies, and usually kill them with- in two or three minutes. "Reader">--1. When a person re- marks, "I am very gladI have met you, Miss B--," after having been introduc- ed to you, respond by saying, "I am sure the pleasure is mutual"; or, "I am glad to know you." There is no -set phrase for such i 2. To remove tar, apply turpentine or kero- sene, followed by soap and water. 8. Almond meal is an poder substitute for soap for use on the face. 4. To destroy roaches, dip slices of potata in arsenic mixed with sugar. Gather John is not! up every morning and drop into boil- ing water, as some" of the insects may still be alive. But never allow poi- son to lie around if there are children in the house. Paris green is anoth- er remedy, and pulverized borax is good. > "Subscriber": --1, The word "Argen- tine" means "silvered," and is as- sociated with the Plata River because "plata" means "silver" in the Spanish tongue. Thus the name given to the great South American country' took another form to describe the land {through which the Plata flows, 2. Mercury is the planet nearest to the sun. 8. A panama hat may be clean- '| ed by scrubbing with cormeal and wa- ter. 4. Red-bordered towels and naphins will not fade if a little borax (is put in the water to set the color. 5. will remove scorch marks from silk. 6. An invitation to a church wedding need not be acknowledged unless an in- vitation to the breakfast or reception is included. Wedding silver, linen, and all gifts intended for the bride should be marked with the initials of the bride's maiden name. Mrs, T.:--1, To clean a greasy car- pet, mix together whiting and corn meal, heat it and sift it thickly over the carpet; then cover with gasoline and rub hard until the gasoline eva- porates. 'Sweep clean and wipe with ® damp cloth, This should only be done in the open; as the danger of fire . from gasoline is very great. Be careful also in rubbing when the gaso- line has been applied. ' If<it is not possible to do the work in the open, use only the powder, allowing it to stand for several days, then remove and repeat the treatment until the grease has disappeared. 2. The red paint marks may be removed from your dark blue wool suit by rubbing the! spots with alcohol. "Lill":--1. No matter how careful one is when sewing, often an oil spot gets on a dress while making, if the machine has recently been oiled. As your fabric is silk, cover it thickly with powdered starch and leave for twenty-four hours. After the starch has been brushed off the stain will not be noticeable. Mrs, D. P.:--1. There is nothing that will take the taste of leeks from cream or butter. The best way is not to allow the cows to graze in weedy places. It is an argument in favor of cleaning up all the weeds on the farm, isn't ip? 2. A good style of dress for a two-year-old boy is dark colored knickerbockers buttoned to a white or light-blue waist with large pearl buttons. Sailor suits of white cotton with navy-blue collar, cuffs and tie are also suitable. They may be had readymade for $1.50 at the large department stores, in sizes for one and a half years and upward. 8. There are two styles of hair-cut for little' boys; one being the close shave which the older boys favor and the other the Buster Brown or Dutch cut. A ; The Daisy Month. This is the best of all the months, For school is ending soon; And that is where it gets its name-- "The daisy month of June"! O0--M--E--H "0--M--E--H."" Dilly said the let- ters over and over to herself, "O dear! I can never make you spell anything," d | she thought, as she looked down at the black letters on their squares of yel- low cardboard. "Aunt Hannah said if I put you together right you'd make a word, but I've twisted you and turn- ed you and you won't spell a thing! Of course if you didn't have to make a and 'me' and 'he, but I can't think what you can be when I have to use all the letters!" Dilly was bending over a beautiful, shining mahogany table in a room where all the colors were soft and rich, and where a silver-voiced clock struck the quarter hours. 'Aunt Hannah's room was very still, even when she was in it, and now that she was gone Dilly longed to hear some sound. _ She thought of the noisy nursery at { home, and 'how she yvished she were there! But Billy had measles, and Dilly must stay at Aunt Hannah's until he was well, 0--M---E~--H the letters stared up at her, and she looked back at them in be- wilderment, for somehow they seemed to be speaking to her in tiny friendly voices. : The big round O. spoke first, mak- ing Dilly a funny little bow. "My dear Dilly," yo began, just as if he were four-letter word, I could spell 'hem'! much older than she, "I have known many little girls in my day, and I must say I never knew one with whom I would rather play than with you, Dilly, my dear. If it were possible, my friends and I would rise from our pasteboards and join you in some game, but we are hard workers, hard workers. We must always be busy in books and papers. Did you ever think how very, very many times we letters are used in a day? It is words, words, words, until there is seldom any rest for us. We should like to tell you the word you are trying to make of us, but that would be against the rules. Instead, we shall tell you some of the stories we make in books." The big O began at once with Old Mother Hubbard, told in a new and wonderful way; then the big M fol- lowed with a ightful tale of the garden of Mary, Mary, Quite Con- { trary. The E had been used so often {in the story of The Old Woman Who {Lived in a Shoe that he knew the names of all of the old woman's chil- dren, and he repeated them so fast that Dilly laughed merrily. At the | very last the H told Dilly all about i the hill where Jack and Jill had their famous tumble; he had been there and had seen the well. Just as DNly was imagining that she was looking: down into its cool depths something seemed to touch her, and there was Aunt Hannah lifting Dilly's head from the table, where it had fallen when she went to sleep! Aunt Hannah's jeweled hand turned the let- ters about until a beautiful word lay before Dilly's wondering gaze. "Yes, Billy is well, and you shall go to-morrow," said Aunt Hannah, Dilly smiled, for the word" Aunt Hannah had given her was H--0--M--E. What friends those letters had come to be! SF errr I Breed the best to the best. Raise the calves; quit eating veal. Type is not the real test of a cow's value. The scales and tester are bet- ter indications. Keep all calf pails, and the uten- sils with which milk comes in con- tact,.scrupulously clean. Scald them with hot water and then expose them to the sun during the day. To make a real success at the fall shows, begin now to care for the pro- spective entries. It is no honor to win on an untrained, - poorly fitted 'animal just because competition is lacking. | Make your entry worthy of the red ribbon if it is the only one in its class. » : One farmer says that with silage and clover and alfalfa hay he had high{ been able to bring a large herd of «| dairy cows through the winter in good N | condition; with fairly heavy produc- | tion and without much grain. i- Where chronic dysentery is present lin a dairy herd, try washing the cows' { udders with a two per cent. solution of {coal-tar disinfectant before allowing | the calves to suck. | Evey heifer calf killed means one {less cow. . Without any, restriction, ithe sale of calves and cows for meat can proceed so far that there will be | a serious shortage of cattle. = Already, | good cows never were so scarce and | high. . Any falling off in the production of ! live stock will be noticeable in grain farming, Without plenty of stock, | soil fertility .is difficult' to maintain | and high prices for foodstuffs coming from the soil are more likely. It is | apparent, that Something must be done to keep the productive animals on the {far ; > | | * A seed in the ground is worth two. | thousand on the counter. ' ' It is said that the juice of an onion =