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SWeetens, g, not 7 would never advise a mixture phosphate and lime for the fol- reason; in making acid-phos- the manufacturer buys the raw: phosphate rock. ~ He grinds ae D and treats it with just "suffi- sphioric acid. cient acid to change jt from' the in. ) 1 these two soluble form to a form in Which 14 'from an analysis , ber cent to 16 io tudying only the solve bate of | 'ho. at-ito acid phosphate you are undoing cil ition 0 the '¢ cteri f00d-} exactly, what the manufactarer has | Deeds of the crops, which js about as | done. That is, the lime causes the © effective a means of approaching the soluble acid phosphate to turn back subject ag it would be for a livestock to the insoluble form. I would advise _ farmer to study only the construction! using upwards of a ton to the acre of or A His stable and Pay no attention to: ground limestone once in 3 or 4 years, ] ivesteck rations applying it any time of the season the crops are not growing; - preferably in the fall 86 that it can be worked into the soil, sweetening it during the . 1 herewith give the characteristic! -plantfood needs and general character | of the typical soils: or] . FARM CROP REQUIREMENTS vi (AVAILABLE) PLANTFOOOD Phosphori i "Medium Abundance Abundance . i 'Abundance . Potash Pai. » Abundance # + Small "Supply - Small 'Supply > Small' Supply. " Abundance ..... Small Supply. + Medium ra vuvas Small Supply their characteristic supplies of the essential plant- and Good Supply #97 Soil types differ in + foeds, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and pot -PLANTFOOD: SUPPLIES IN SOILS 4 ee Fair--Frequently Fair--Frequently ee : SM '"" unavailable ..,., 1 +. Muck and Peaty Soil, High REEEERVS 7 Very Shore _* With these two sets of Information fall and early spring. - "you can intelligently choose what will phosphate if you have added a consid- give you most profitable results. The/erable amotint of manure, it" is good "theory of fertilizer use being based practice to add 800 to 400 1bs. of acid . on soil analysis has been exploded 50 Phosphate to the acre in preparing Uiyears. fa A 'the soil for grain crops. This bal "2, Lime is good for clay §6il whether ork ploy 'or undrained, since lime tends | ¢ an' sour soils ar is should be the crumbs the seedbed texture is q AS A RTT - my Make Your Fa ES s to acid { 'plan. So two. years nt 135 per sent of it will dis} on to the parents = for approval iter. if dd 1 oy v LC Une, aliting that It earlier Lore F { soup,/or h Sh Ea nl 8. If you Seed Growers' As:ociation, Ottawa, A daa | for boys and girls. will ho send you (free) a "Guide| "dy and Improvement ot) . Seeds," specially prepared It is a very in- 1 | teresting booklet and will help you studies, . "On the days when I plan to have 'soup I aim to arrive at the" school- child's Boor 'meal---be.' house early, and put on the soup bone eacher began her e sually the mothers are versed in matters of so 1 realize the child's et of more nourishing food. + * TEs | Miss Marvin had always nursed en ambition to try out her Hot-hinch 'she was. in- y, the haunt- spired to direct action n her primer class, who: had to : two miles to school, = For the sake 6f pathetic little figures like this one, she resolved to undertake the work. She did not,~however, Bubmit her dozbn objections. In Aact, she talked ery little about it at all} until it was successfully launched, tactfully avoid. ing all friction. ' She simply "sawed wood." © ° oy] Soy 'Out of the proceeds of a schoal entertainment she bought a three-gal: i kettle for Then she quietly asked the: pupils each to bring a small quantity of vegetables to school. One child contributed two or three potatoes, "Another brought @ few carrots, a third supplied: an onion, and a fourth had a fine soup bone at home which was just . th thing for soup stock. " . These Materials were cooked: to- gether on the big flat-topped ve that heated the schoolroom, Thin tha school had its first hot stew. Fach cold -autuman or winter day they had e different dish--just one. Now jt a Taaton} Show: now rice 'séu; en barley squp, bean soup, hominy ot-stowed corn or tomatoes, canned by the pupils themselves in connection with their autumn school work under the teacher's supervision' and occasionally, just for a change, Migs Marvin to have hot chocolate or chocolate pudding. On one occasion winter one of the boys on his way to school caught a rabbit which the pupils skinned and cleaned, with the aid of the teacher, | and the next day the school savory rabbit stew. : The children were enthusiastic. They liked the feeling of this hot dish at noontime, and almost never forgot to bring their contributions. From the first, the parents were much interested and not at all inclin- ed to adverse criticism. What farmer a cup of rice, beans or a package of macaroni occasionally ? mother has been 80 eager to help that she has several times sent the school veal stock. Miss Marvin always keeps a record of what each child brings, so that no. family will ba called upon to give more than its share. At first the children were asked to bring saucers and spoons. Later on the citizens of the disfrict. formed a' community club, with the ~school- house headquarters, and the organiza- had a experi: | pot they, | pupils - when we fire | ing face of a frail, anaemic little boy | i walk to cook and prepare the vegetables, to be added later in the morning. The soup. cooks during. school hours, and is very little trouble. A small oil stove with one or two burners is the best to use, beeause the large heater gets too hot for the comfort of the! up enough to] keep the pot boiling. 'Tt would be eagy for any teacher to buy en oil stove with the proceeds of "a school entertainment. : My patrons are now talking about getting me one, - "The kitchen equipment {8 simple and requires-little oom. - We have a large cupboard for 'the lunch pails, one shelf of which is devoted to stor- ing the canned goods, beans, = rice, salt, sugar, and the like. In the cold weather we keep the vegetables and canned goods in a farmer's cellar near the schoolhouse, so they will not freeze)" 2 The cost 'of the hot noonday -lundgh- eon need not frighten any teacher or school board. "Miss Marvin has always avoided asking directly for money contributions from the parents, so the cost must be reckoned solely upon the donated. material, most of which comes "straight from the farm, with the expense of the middleman elimin- ated: She estimates that the vege- table soup may be prepared at an average ranging from' two to four cents for each child. To fill the three: gallon kettle full of hean soup, she 'uses about two pounds of beans, a large potato, and half a pound of salt pork; all of 'which means an expendi- ture of 66 or 60 cents for raw mater ials. In other words, from fifteen to twenty hungry pupils on a cold winter day may have a satisfying lunch of bean sotip for three or four cents apiece, * \ Other results of Miss Marvin's two years' experiment are greater inter- est of the pupils in their school work because of their improved physical condition--and greater interest of both parents and pupils in the chil. dren's diet. The cold linches which the youngsters "néw bring to school have distinctly improved, both ds to! quality and variety, showing an ef-| fort on the part of the mothers to provide daintier sandwiches, more fresh fruit, sauces and raisin bread, and the like. Better yet, the district has become! a fertile field for the propaganda of | juvenile good health. ~ Miss Marvin hes awakened much intelligent inter- est by distributing various pamphlets on nutrition. These contain sugges- tions for the school lunch, and tell| the Just what sort of food a child should have to keep him in the best of health nd spirits. She has also given out score cards for keeping "account of m child's .weight.- And more than one young-| ster has aequired the habit of weigh-| ing himself to see if he gaining those precious pounds which he needs to keep up a high standard of health. 'What's that?" he said to himself. Then he heard the sound again, ; Joyful thought flashed into his mind. "Coo chicky, cob chicky!" he |ealled in loud tones. i ather Time lost + 'The sound stopped suddenly. Then all at once a shrill little voice broke 'the silence. "Cut-Cut-cut-a-cutl" 'it cried. "Cut-a-cut!" Lie Donald made a dash for a barrel in the corner and jerked off the 'top. With a flutter and a squawk Snow- i flake flew up into his face. She was weak from hunger, but she perched 3: and pecked feebly at his in your laudable desire to work scientifically in your school garden. There is a section specially prepared for teachers as well. Nothing li getting started right, is there? High School Girl: Please sugges a unique way in which to tell fortunes at a Valentine party; also a new way! in which to match partners. Fill a dish with "hearts of lettuce' made of pale-gregn crepe paper, with! a "fortune" written on a slip of paper! secured to each leaf, Pass this dish! while refreshments are being served, and have each guests take a leaf. The! following fortunes are offered as sug- gestions; others hitting off the char-| actenistics 'of your guests may be; added: You will never be in danger of star- vation if you carefully follow the rule; of eating three full meals a day. Never 'wish for rain unless own a cance. Remember Noah! There is this about you that causes you to have a great knack in winning children--knick-knacks. 3 You will shortly take a great dis- taste for fish, while at the same time your next door neighbor will spend three hours a day at the piano aver) nothing but scales. Ten years hence you will own suffi- cient money to purchase China--at $12.60 a set. fy You have always been noted for your good taste in dressing--mayon- naise being your special forte. Your passage has been secured on you INTERNATIONAL LESSON, Stands up for "Truth and Honesty--Acts 5: 1-11. 1-2. At the Apostles' Feet. The, money thus given for the common need was placed at the disposal of the prophets as the trusted leaders of the Christians. In chap. 6 the sto is told of difficulties and inequalities Peter which arose in the distribution of the pr money, and how an organization was, effected and g eels] oxticors wag 8 3- nted to relieve the apos | po which th ; much preferred. to have done by others. " Ananias and Sapphira "kept back rt of the price." They had a per- ect right to do this, for the money was their own. But they pretended they were giving all, that they might have the credit and the recognition due to such a generous gift. : They lied both to men and to God. Whether it was the shame and humiliation of e re of their falsehood or fear, excited by Peter's words, that divine vengeance might fall upon them, that caused the-death of both, or whether we must think of a direct act of divine judgment, the terrible tragedy of disgrace and have profoundly impressed the whole community. ster had taken his stand against falsehood, and for ab- solute truth and honor in all the trans- actions of the church. He had spoken in terms of the most extreme. abhor- rence and condemnation of the lie that had been told. The fate of Ananias and Sapphira stood, and con- tinues to stand, as a most solemn.and terrible warning to the liar, 'and especially to everyone who seeks by hypocritical falsehood to obtain a Te putetion for plety or a standing if the chu 0 y 8-6, To Lie to the Holy Ghost. The passage might be rendered "to try to] cheat the Holy Spirit." This is the' gin of the hypocrite. He fancies that he can deceive high heaven, or rather| he deludes hifffgelf into' believing that his fair show of piety is the real thing. and is acce| e to God:' There is] no more dangerotis or debasing form of living. ' Beter 4 hast het A man whom you do not porta ha TG is suggested upid's Quest ' way in which to mate : Each boy is handed a red hear whieh is written one of the (capital) in the word V-A T-I-N-E. Similarly each girl a white heart with a correspo: lgtter® (small). They match up: fot partners with their eyes open." Then they are blindfolded and separated an when the signal is given they are to to find their partners. The only words that are allowed to be spoken by the boys in this quest are, "Where are you?" and by the girls; ¥Come find me." These must be spoken in whispers. As soon as any of the boys. find their partners the bandages are removed from their eyes and they are allowed to withdraw from the quest, The first couple "out" lead to the dining-room and the last couple "out". must walk in the rear of the" line) About four persons are needed to as<) sist jin blindfolding the participants) ° and to keep them out of dangér. There should be ample floor space, the furni- ture being pushed back against the walls, out of the way. yah Worrled: The = affections of the young man to whom I am engaged have been won by another girl, Please Advise me what to do. - There is very little to do in suck a case as yours except to be tha: ' that the man's fickleness devel : before and not after marriage, when your plight would be far more seri- ous. Forget the unhappy circum- stance, find new interests, and real happiness will come and stay with you. : with reality; not shams nor hypo- isles Huth 2 nag was Jesus! Christ, absolutely real, sincere, and clear as the sunlight, making actions of His daily life e 'correspond to His words, He well and he lived well. truth speaketh a- U speaketh of his own; for he is a liar and the father thereof," Th Christlike character is one' of simply city and purity, without affectation' or pretence, t false pnide or boasting, The gifts which the Chuis< tian offers, the service which he renders, are in his thought and inten. tion offered to God. They a ompted by a heart of love, and- thelr best and greatest are Satpemed him to be but a smal return f , eo exceeding greatness of the love and the s ce of his Lord. : The ideal and the goal of all Chris- tian labor, and indeed of the labor of) all good men and women, is the build. ing of the city of God, into which no darkness and no sorrow shall enter,! nor anything unclean, nor "he that maketh an abomination and a lie/% The story of Ananias and Sapphira, however arth and Sruel it may id represents ti passion for rea and truth which already the apostles and their ' followers, When the church loses that passion it will lose its very life. For tru is life, life eternal. John in one eof} his epistles, gays, "Greater joy have death must *I none than this, to hear of my chil! dren walking in the truth." Again!- he says, "We know that the Son of; God is come, and hath given wu nl understanding, that we know that is true, and we are in him t is, true, even in his son Jesus Christ." And he speaks of truth as that "which' abideth in ue, and {t shall be with us for ever" It is by steadfast truth' and unfailing love that the city of God, the city of redeemed humanity, will yet be buflt--the 4 Ba walls are salvation and wh are praise. 7 « omarion Rust spote on clothes are often caused by the bluing, which contains . a compound of iron. When this is brought' in contact with soap it Pros duces rust spots. Hence it is well to; thoroughly rinse. all the * soap out of the clothes beforesbluing them. 5/,% DEBENTURES ~ Interest. payable: half yearly. The Great West Pern