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goNpucTED SY PROF. HENRY GQ. BELL thle dopartmant oto lace at the sar rg the advice of an ining alr to of The Wilson Publishi mpa 4a Ag iy is necessary rs will appear In nie co umn in the order received. 'When wr As space Is limited It is that a stamped and ad- iting kindly men. isable where be enclosed with the question, when answer will be mailed direct. er:--Labor conditions last fall A me from putting lime on wheat ground. Would it be pre 'to put lime on this spring, and Po in what .form, hydrated . limestone rock? "Answer:--Lime can be applied to round at any time during the when the crops are not grow- ' It will not injure your wheat in jimast to broaeast Time.on top of it soon as the ground is dry enough drive on in spring. Apply either ted lime or Zoend | limestone. 0 that it "will help the r condition of the soll if apply lime in that form. If, ever, it is an ordinary loam or plying ground limestone, corrects soil sourness, but hydrat- #d or burnt lime has the additional Hhction on the mechanical structure clay goil. SW. W.:--1 have about three hun- rods of fence to build and would to know how to treat the posts #0 they would not decay se quickly. Answer: --There is a creosote treat tment for fence posts which acts as a preservative. I do not have the exact proportions, but undoubtedly hard- ware or paint firms who se!l creosote material will have the exact mixture. R. R.;:--Corn smut was more severe fast year than we had ever noticed it before. What seed treatment can you recommend? I want to prevent this loss next year. Answer:--No successful treatment for corn smut has been developed as yet. Rotation of crops, good manur- ing and choice of strong vital seed are the only methods of reducing the floss from this disease as far as I know. B., H.:--My potatoes show brown, bran-like flecks in the flesh and the tubers turn black in cooking. What causes this and are they safe for feed? Answer:--From your description I cannot exactly determine what dis- ease is affecting your tubers since it may be one of two or three things, or it may be due to freezing, which has the effect of turning the inner part of the potato tuber black. By all means I would advise you to avoid using these potatoes for seed. Labor is costly and preparation of land is going to be high, therefore obtain seed which you know is good, so that or| your potato crop chance to id a profit this year. R. W.:--Is caustic lime. the same as hydrated lime, and will they answer the same purpose? Answer:~--Caustic lime is the same as hydrated Mme, both being the hydrate of calcium, Hydrated lime serves the same purpose as quick lime in the preparation of Bordeaux mixture. Of course, do not use hy- drated lime which has been for = long time open to the 'air, for the hydrate will have changed to the carbonate, which is not sufficiently active, J. F.1--We have some dry sandy land that has been cropped until the humus is nearly used up and it is difficult to get clover started and we are. thinking of growing somé crop to plow under to produce humus. What would you advise trying, blue- grass, or what we usually call June grass? Would you think it a serious matter to kill\it when preparing land for other crops? What would be best to sow? Answer: --Bluegrass or June grass makes a thick sod, but takes consid- erable time ~ to accumulate much humus. Why not seed your sandy soil to sweet clover if you want to add humus? This makes very rapid and extensive growth. To prepare your sandy soil for it, apply about 100 1bs. of lime to the acre as soon as spring opens. Work this into the goil well by harrowing so that the ground will be sweetened. Then, at the time of seeding, apply about 300 lbs. to the acre of a fertilizer analyz- ing 8 to 4 per cent.-ammonia, 8 to 10 per cent. phosphoric acid. This should give your crop a rapid, firm start. When it has become "established be careful to cut the clover early if you wish to use it for hay, otherwise it will become very woody. The sweet clover makes an extensive root growth which should add considerable humus to the soil. If you are anxious to use this soil for the growing of other crops two years hence, plow under the sweet clover when it has made a good growth, but be sure to work it thoroughly into the soil. The Farmer's Most Valuable Asset: ~~ His Boys and Girls It is time for more farmers to awaken to the fact that farms, like some of the industrial corporations, have two kinds of stock--the "pre- ferred" and the "common." The owner of the farm may so manage the busi- ness that . dividends on "preferred" stock--the good things of life that add to the comfort and happiness of his family---are reasonably certain. | But there is no known system of farm management that will make '"com- mon" stock dividends absolutely cer- tain. A sevére storm may ruin the crops, or disease destroy the animals before they are ready for market. If our farms pay only one kind of divi- dends let us make sure of some of the ood things of life that we ought to cashing in as we go along. The farm is not always a failure if it fails "to pay large dividends on its "com- mon" stock. It somehow appears that farmers, in some instances, néed to be with a spirit that Sonsidets in endeavoring to make the "common" stock of the farm pay dividends that they overlook entirely the "preferred" stock. It is probably due to this fact more than all others that the major- ity of desertions from the farm result. While many writers have told us how to feed, train and develop colts, calves, pigs and lambs, and to care for-our fields, it would be very inter esting, indeed, if some of our practi- cal farmer friends would write and tell us how they have managed to keep their boys and girls on the farm. Some live articles that would appeal to the high-spirited, red-blooded boys and girls from eighteen to twenty-one years of age, who know values and are capable of putting such knowl- edge into practical, every-day use. It is easy to secure wishy-washy stories of how Johnny and: Sally have been given runt calves and pigs, and who think that life on the farm is a most wonderful adventure when they get $8.47 of the proceeds when the animal is sold. We know of a few good farm- 5 whose families feel that they have "interest in the cow or brood sow ess of who may have owned the calf or pig. We want to hear will have every| In. 'Se past than their au profits if you install Cer Particulars Now g EERIE Itis easy SEE Sas & ndition is y be overcome -- reduction of og Cyenome by mal x The dary eu of Yqut act can be made to pay WH i The hear ac Ce : a Heh amie vo Taanan Er ow of Bk a2 and prolongs the acta: to make claims for seeds--it1s another thing to be able to substantiate them. We are emphatically able to make our claims good be- our record for "seeds that grow" has gone unbroken for 64 years. For seeds, bulbs, plants of all kinds, trust Simmers' goods. GROW! * Write for our handsome new 1920 Catalogue today. 2 JA. Simmers Limited, Toronto = 3 'Wheat bran, coarse i Wheat middling, fine ....... It. requires but a cultures 'are are put u Peas, Alsike "ALDIE" cultures of 'the ni for Inoculate Your Seed for Better Crops Inoculation consists | in a p ing be to he | Seed pure Special ie for CE ae ris Seed, and atta, Red Clover, Sweet Clover, Clover, and all other legumes. SEED INOCULATION IS ENDORSED BY THE PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE success has been obtained Shlengid ts, and a recent ead nt tes ' says tor the small amount involved in ff me and money it would seem advisible to in all legumes." ERICH, 1.00 EA HR CULTURE: or One Bushel of Seed. Ce a sent by mail with complete directions for thelr use. They are 1 6 months after they are made, Al al Clover from i kill readily, rite ot C "MONEY BACK IF YOU FAIL TO GET A GOOD CATCH." zi. MURDOCH ai587% INOCULATED, 1 LABORATORY --- GUELPH, ONT. and water is an excellent wash for ilies other something serious. | them Set 1; Set 2, and so given weight 'of this, that or the other feed and have no scales. at hand to weigh ib. If you have a "quart mea- gure handy, you can use.it to measure out the required weight. The quart weight of various feeds is as follows: Cottonseed meal ......-.....1:5 Ibs. Linseed-meal, old process ...1.1 lbs. Glutensmeal ..:...csei00ass.1.7 Ths: Gluten feed ....... servers 1.2 bs.) + 6 1bs. eiiree 8 Thee .1.1 lbs. Mixed wheat feed ........... :6 Ibs. Cornmeal .«1.5 Ibs. Oats . Rye bran Tey ot Gren Scour .off all the dead bark on the fruit trees which besides looking un- sightly, is a harbor for & great variety of insects and affords numerous crev- ices for water to stand in, Soft soap Wheat middling, coarse Weights for Barn Use. Frequently you may wish to use ai understan with a friend who mieten 'vescie at the criti- cal moment, 8. Yes, an invitation to dance 1s a courtesy and should he 50 acknowledged Merely to say you 'have hjoyed i is sufficient. To neglect provid a snitable lighting system for the home is a great mistake. The man who will not spend money for this purpose will likely have to spend more in correct- ing his children's eyes. Short-sightedness in school children is a very common -defect which in- creases with age. It is. due prinei- pally to poor school room lighting NS and to poor lights in the home. When a child reads by a poor light there is a tendency to hold the book near the eyes and near-sightedness is the re: sult. When go much money is being spent for all kinds of farm machinery, bet- "| ter live stock, good seed and other im- *| provements, "conditions in the should rot be forgotten, - 'Every far tem along with thé other modern don- veniences for the welfare and happi- negs of the whole family. Lighting * systems that are Worth while can be secured for a moderate cost. Nobody can 'afford to neglect this matter, iin INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 25. Ruth's Wise Choice, Ruth 1./ Golden Text, Ruth 1: 16. 1-3. The name Bethlehem signifies and Jo! TREN tribute to its merit as a dorsed by the best horsemen a lve ica. Buy it of your 4 BPOEN MEDICAL COMPANY), IN EVERY STABLE Spohn' s Distemper Compound is the one indispensable remedy for ¢ gon tious diseases among horses and Tus, and. cure for ts success as a 8 for more a Lwent Rok me men hy en in Amers son can tell his father his hopes, fears, plans and ambitions without fear of harsh reproval or unjust criti- cism. Some farmers are too proud té admit, even to their boys, that they have not made a Fees 0. their usiness. turally the boys think they are being treated unfairly when If the father has not made his vation should teach a their father is practicing economy! should not .be which to them savors of stinginesg. | lous and infec ar n yond. The district about Bethlehem, n Tt is rid oe Goshen, Ind, U.B.A, an indication that tile' drainage in the open fields may not be effective in removing surplus water from the soil; but such a conclusion is wrong. Indus 5 1 voted oun, hin diner practical "house of bread," but for once its supply of food had failed. From the neighboring hills the people could look ard over the great barren and rugged valley in which 2 Dead Sea lies, to the mountains of Moab, which rose like an immense wall be- in the country of the 'tribe of Judah, was called "Ephrath," hence the name Ephrathi ' "This "was the home of the ancestors of David, and the place where David was born. The family of Elimelech remained some time in Moab, in all about ten years. The HMashises. were near kins- folk of the people of Israel aud soos that she has no more sons to give For the Levirate law, see Deut. 25: 6-10: 14-15. Is Gone Back Unto Her Peo- ple and Unto Her God. Leaving het country would have meant for Orpah what it meant for Ruth, leaving the | sanctuaries and the service: 'of hed god. The sacrifice is too great and she turns back. Not so Ruth, whose great decision is now made. Naomi sincerely desires the welfare of both, but she knows what the choice in- volves, and is 'unwilling to take them whole-hearted, and irrevocable. Such experiences are mot uncommon upon our modern mission fields, where the. decision to follow Christ often meany parting. from kindred ad from i friends. 16-17. Whither Thou Goest wil - Go. - The simple eloquence of a warm, a true, and a loving heart is poured out in this declaration of Ruth's re- solve. No doubt Ruth had learned not only to know and to love Naomi, but also to know something of Naomi's God, who seems to her better by far than the god of Moab. 18-19, ; with her unless the choice is since: ere,