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EEE a Es SS sh SA SSSR OA een Ea a ge TS SPR ES Ln and Stl | GPouli® stirred up, take 5 gallons from A put it into B and All up with "Likewise take 5 gallons from | i put it into C, filling this barrel . When you are ready #0 spray, back your spray up to bar- "and C, and if you have hose o same, allow them to empty nto the spray barrel anti r is full. This is ~~ exact] e strength you should use ~ for spraying. Before filling the spray A however, dissolve about a DUC paris green and strain it into the spray barrel. Also take an extra quart of concentrated lime and water out of barrel D and strain it ~~ _leide "and fungicide, which is what you want for your potatoes. If there ~ ~is any material left in the spray bar- rel, do not attempt to use it after it has been standing any length of time, because chemical changes will have place so that the material is spoiled, By keeping the stock solu- tion in the four barrels as described, you can keep the material indefinite- H. A. H.: What should I use in mix- ing a dry mash to feed growing chicks? They are eight weeks old now. What else should I feed in order to give them a balanced ration? Please 'give the approximate cost of the mash, Can buy a good commercial mash here for $4.50 per hundred pounds. Would you advise using this? The chicks ~ have plenty. of range. A good dry mash for chicks from weeks ¢ til laying time can nds each of wheat at middlings and y, and "one pound of bone seratch grain mixture can cracked corn. It is difficult to figure the approxi- mate cost of the mesh for publication a8 prices change rapidly and there is a variation in the prices charged for || should be cut before it is too woody vo it up to maximum worked ip by careful harrowing. .- ee ee---- W. Y. L.: Will sweet clover make good ensilage? ; : JErostest) . Answer: Sweet clover, if properly|® is v | handled, will make good ensilage. It 3 and should be put into the silo through a cutter much the same as corn is handled. Considerable - experience to be too soft, particu. : ways appeared | shows that ensilage of this character larly the aftermath of the first year's, readily eaten by live stock, and, in en : 'my opinion, should be of exceedingly|S°%ing: The actual gain per amb per @o0d feeding value. The ensiling of fF sored Or AoA Dau v7 dvd] sweet clover provides a very comfort-| "Lot Th a "lover th i able and profitable manner of handl- Sine bor S Fas on Clover oN ing fhe late crop of sweet clover, S4Me Years were founds which is frequently hard to cure as respectively. The average daily ga In, hy ue» on rape pasture per lamb has been ap-, KB: 1 have a piteo of land T would | nad one-third of; § ound, . B.: I have a p 4 wi i n cents per like to sow to alfalfa in July. I had) pound places a value of cver three! the soil tested for lime and was told| cents per day on the pasture for each it would take two and one-half tons of | lamb. limestone per acre.. Now it is a long| In one trial, where nine thin ewes way to draw the lime and I haven't| that had just weaned lambs were put got the time to do it, even if I could| on rape pasture, they gained in a get it, which ia Soubifal. J would like month 284 pounds of .86 per ewe to know much hydra ©| daily. Théy received some grain as a Youd ie necessary to get a good stand | supplement, and with ewes selling at a, ; | ben cents per pound, the pasture yield- newer: judg «| @d profitable returns. oy of i oe the ic Where rape thrives it is an excel- is decidedly acid, If you intend to lent annual pasture for sheep. --~W. H. 'grow alfalfa you will certainly have| Hicks, Supt. Experimental Farm, to correct this condition before it will| A€8ssiz, B.C. be successful, Regarding the amount Me STRT of hydrated lime you would have to Potato Leaf Hopper. add. If yow go by the figures given You can the potato leaf hop you in your test, you would have to by using Do mixture. The add 3,700 pounds of hydrated lime| formula employed" consists four per acre to provide the same sweet-|pounds of copper sulphate, four Frinds ening effect as you would get from|of unslaked lime to fifty gal of ground limestone. 'It is my opinion| Water. The spray should be. applied you would get a very good result from | to the under side of the leaves putting on from % to % of a ton of oughly, using at least 150 pounds pres- sure, ' This pressure gives a fine mist hydrated lime per acre before seeding gpray. At least Ee are with alfalfa. This can be done any recommended and a fourth t be time after the ground is plowed. The, given to advantage. Both er of lime. should be spread on top and|each row should be thoroughly spray- \ -ted to make the job.complete.. . - ae 'samples of any herd, the tester Seemingly: good farm management ing his any apparatus. : Particciars is the least expensive, the most profit- and exact instructions are given in| able, Yet the rarest practice on Can- ] "sin ¥ , you wise old owl, ii -Yould know you should say, 'To whom "ian The 1 'ype Hog 'in Demand, [¢d a part of the Persian Empire. In Jive of Ho ED may be Histo SE that a the expected in the hog trade, Mr. A. A. 5 MacMillan of the Dominion Live Stock! was very liberal to the Jews, grant- Branch, said that the hog producers|ing them a measure of religious of the Western peninsula of Ontario|freedom and a them to rebuild must decide on definite action along the ein doin Lx Poa om, oS Ezra, one of several lines. He might decide Lik ) 24; Bi 5; .6: 1) ommal > > Like other kings of the Orient, Darius to continue breeding the extreme thick was an absolute monarch and none smooth type and be prepared to ac-|could gainsay his word of command. copt the cut which the market willl Nevertheless he had been inveigled inevitably impose; he might infuse into issuing this command by a trap new- blood of the bacon type, and by|set Dn! Sorters and, When once rigid selection evolve a type closely|Promu h the decree could not | conforming to bacon requirements; or Jenealed, Ss The Jen go ions he might discard his present stock and | 1008 Were trapped in pits (Ezek. 19: start afresh 'with breeding stock of 4, 8), and, after their capture, were TevoRtizeg bacon type. a tee tn the Ep nD eo Suirons. a United States are recognizing the! sport of hunting. He will deliver thee, change in conditions and are develop-| Driver says, "The king hopes even ing a type to meet present require-| against hope that Daniel may by some ments. This, it might be remarked, is| Means or other be spared his fate. indicated by a rise in prices for United| V. 17. A stone, etc. By this means States bacon in England, although the the mouth of the den was secured, The prices are still considerably below stope, Which formed fhe sos i the those realized by Canadian bacon. The stone a id 1d a at, ieht point, however, is that if those across a oi the border engaged in the business are oe Sina 4 on outh of the Sen. eon g ® great stone w ams making improvements in order to re-|sepulchre of our Lord, Saft 27: 60. tain their position, Canadian hog-| Sealed it with his own signet. Hero-' producers cannot afford to stand still, dotus tell us that all the Babylonians Indeed market requirements have be-| Wore signets. They were cylinders, come such: that it is doubtful 4¢ in the Provided with a large hole which was : red through the core to .admit a near future it will be possible to pro-| (et woollen cord for suspension round duce the old-type hog with any pros-| the wrist and neck. The king's signet pect of a margin of profit. At the| denoted his authority and proprietor- same time study and thought-are ad-|ship. The stone was sealed with both visable in an effort to ascertain the|the king's signet and that of the best methods of selection and crossing | officials that neither coordinated with proper systems of Steal a march on the other. feeding. . IL. The Deliverance, 5 Another point made by Mr. MacMil-| :V, 18. "Danfel is more "ut" fest, lan is" that heavy and extra heavy though he is among lions, than Darius hogs generally constitute a loss te the! in his palace." Conscience-stricken farmer owing to the cost that is in-|at what he had done to him, the king volved in producing a hog weighing Passed a wretched night. Neither over 210 pounds. The weights from YeT® instruments of musick, ete, "The king did not indulge in his usual di- 160 to 210 pounds, as agreed upon for, versions" (Driver). select bacon and thick smooth grades, vy, 19, Morning came none too soon allow sufficient latitude in finishing 80 for the troubled king; at the first that all the pigs of a litter should pass streaks of dawn he hurried to the party might V.21. O king; live for ever, Daniel's Atos Tak, He for out, Daniels thrust him there 19 in a state of jeo- + ¥y WO! .M The id roperly mean Bling drs believ: ) {implicitly in the existence of angels. They were thought to be the agents by which God's designs are accoms in the world and frequently, as prs, they were said to have a part in God's ve acts. The book of Daniel, ularly the latter half) shows a belief in angels developed be. Yond that of the earlier writings. I s not said that Daniel saw the angel. Before him innoeency; inasmuch ag Daniel had disobeyed the decree by remaining faithful to his God. And also before thee. His transgression of the decree wags not to be interpreted as an act of disloyalty to the king. In acting as he had done Daniel was not a rebel, V. 23, Because 'he believed in his God, Daniel's conduct throughout was a splendid adventure of faith. When, in the first instance, he disobeyed the decree, he must have believed that | his God would keep him and later in the den of lions he committed himself in trust to God's providence. . (See Heb, 11: 83.) Application. Daniel was a man of affairs, of pub- lic affairs. His was no cloistered vir- tue. He did not live a sheltered life; he was out in the open in the midst of crowding duties. He seems to have been Prime Minister, Minister of Home land Foreign Affairs, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. This busy man of affairs found time for the offices of religion; he was a man of, prayer. He truly believed in God, and was faithful. The best way to apply this lesson is to follow Dan- iel's example. Daniel's habit of prayer is the ex- planation of everything which you "admire in the man. Is he a man of courage? It is because he is a man of prayer. "Thy God whom thou servest con- tinually, he will deliver thee," said the {king to Daniel. It is not a thing in- +crediblee By what means the de- liverance was wrought we do not know | Various explanations have been offer- ed. Some find in v. 14, a suggestion that the king's effort "to deliver him" was not to change the edict, but to have the lions gorged that they were torpid and sluggish; others attribute it to Daniel's mesmeric psychic power; while others look for no human factor in the deliverance, content with Dan- within those weights, provided a fin- den of lions. ishing weight of 200 fo 210 pounds s,. aimed at. Any pigs that do not reach has been suggested that his agitated | that they have mot hurt me." We do 160 pounds when the bulk of the litter | behaviour indicates an impulsive na-| not need to determine whether the one average 200 pounds are either runts' ture, accustomed to let the feeling of | necessarily precludes the other, divine or unthrifty animals which could not! the moment sway it unchecked. The purposes in human life are often be finished for high class bacon. king . . to Daniel. Perhaps the in- | wrought by human agency. The thing = Eg eon, terior of the den was not visible to that really matters is that God does {iel's word, "My God hath sent His the pamphlet referred to which can|®dian farms. the king. He could pierce it with his deliver. be had on appleation to the Publica- tions Branch, Ottawa. mmf Diseases of Circular No. 1 (new series) issued by the Division of Botany of the Do-| * qu, handling of fruit in baskets is minion Experimental Farms is of the| _ utmost importance to raspberry grow. well worth the consideration of all ers. It treats of mosaic and ih ig growers of apples. Nowadays, when which have been found to be prevalent| the cost of most things is still ab- lin the Niagara district and the adja-| normally high, consumers do not care Sent eounies, es kinda of in, to purchase' fruit in large quantities, boro and EE ac and ape 1 AL ps whereas if there were an abundance Herbert, the last-mentioned only being of good apples in baskets the con- touched when adjacent to the other| sumption should be much more than sorts. Mosaic is easily recognized by| it is to-day. Many farmers have ap- the dwarfing of the canes, the sparse ples of a great many varieties which yellowish foliage and thin growth. The| are difficult to sell in barrels or boxes, leaves 'on the fruiting canes are only | whereas in baskets they could be dis- about one-half the size of normal| posed of much more readily. Local | leaves and show large green blisters| markets are often glutted with the or fine ling. The fruit on| apples which are sent in in bulk by a bush that has been diseased for more| the farmers, especially in summer and ! than a year is worthless, an d th | early autumn, and the prices obtained Handling the Fruit and Vegetable Crop By W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist voice but not with his eye. Is thy God| The Bible is rich in testimonies to .. able? The king had a sort of this fact. Paul (2 Tim., 4: 17), says ~~ | half belief in Daniel's God but yet he; of his trial before Nero and acquittal, was not sure whether He was stronger "I was delivered out of the mouth of than the lions. His question showed the lion," In this symbolic sense, how | that he was anxious to know whether often has the miracle been repeated. ' Daniel's God could avail him in the Most Christian people have had many V..20. With a. lamentable voice, . It angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, ...: | green leaves, unless they are' dug for, cooling it down as rapidly as possible terrible ordeal. | "such experiences. .and keeping it..cool. It is well to leave the potatoes in! CS I Ry the ground as long as there are any| he Growing and Watering of Celery. early use or sale, as during the cooler| (Celery is a vegetable that deserves weather of late summer and early| , place in both city and country gar- autumn there is usually a rapid de: dens. It has valuable medical pro- velopment of tubers if the tops are perties, and surpasses many of our still green. There may be little in-| vegetables when served either raw or crease of crop while hot, dry weather! cooked. lasts, but the season may end with a, Réguirements.--Celery will repay a good crop. Potatoes are usually safer jjperal outlay of labor and fertilizer. 'in the ground than anywhere else until 1 is a moisture loving plant, and a there is danger of their being injured gross feeder, and should have a copious by fall frosts, when they should be supply of water throughout the grow- dug in dry weather and stored in a! ing season. Any rich, deep, loamy soil dry condition. : will grow celery. A swamp or muck * Every effort should be made to have soil when drained can be fertilized to the onions thoroughly cured before give a satisfactory crop. . storing." In parts of Canada where; Varieties recommended. Among the the season is short they are often not! early varieties, Golden Self-Blanching, 3 hly mature when it is neces-| White Plume and Paris Golden are the > harvest them. When this is { Lest we have tried. They have aver- case they should be dried off as|aged about 1% pounds per bunch, or ch as possible in the sun before | over 9 tons of trimmed bunches ver 4 and when stored be spread, acre. The best main crop viricties in a dry frost-proof place. that we have tried are: Daniel Giant tions are not taken they Red, Winter Queca, Daniels Giant keep long. -~ | White, French Success and Pascal are fully grown and| Giant. Bunches of these average from show" signs of splitting and it is not| 1% pounds to 2% pounds each, or hoy Sens or th from 10 to 18 tons per acre, em, a good plan is! in ing of 'the' tle the apples well will: «of much pressing. In 5 Joosen the plants in the ground by| Seeding. The seed is sown in most twisting them. This checks growth districts about the first of April The and helps to prevent splitting. * | piants are pricked off int> boxes mmd Keep the celery growing well by| given: gentle bottom heat as soon as 1 to conserve they have made their seed leaves. Celery will mot stand any checking or stunting from seeding to harvest if a full crop. is to be secured, ] * Preparation of land. Early celery is grown in trenches four feet apart with the plants eight inches apart in single es five feet apart in double al- ouche ~TOWS 8 inches between e trenches are pre- plants growing all the time. Give a liberal supply of water containing liquid manure during every dry spell throughout the season. Treatment for insects and blight. A liberal sprinkling of soot on the foliage when damp with dew drives off the rust fly and snails. An excellent preventive mixture is made with-two-parts slaked lime to one part sulphur, when sown along the drill at the rate of one pound per | 100 feet of row, two weeks after trans- i planting. Salt is also good during dry weather; it is used at the rate of five pounds per 600 feet of row. Bordeaux mixture should be used regularly to prevent blight. It is seldom that either rows. The main crop is grown .in! insects or blight do much injury if the plants are kept growing vigorously. | Blanching. Earthing up is the | cheapest and best method of blanching | celery. Great care should be taken i to do it right. Some dont's: Do not earth up ex- 1 cept when the sun is shining brightly. Do not let any clay get between the , leaves of the plants! Do not press soil firm, so that it will bake. { On a bright, warm day, when the plants are 9 inches high, thoroughly ¢lean off all side shoots and discolored leaves and draw down gradually some of the find soil around the base of the | plants. 'Continue to earth up at in- i tervals as the nts grow until all | the soil to a depth of 3 feet has been used from between the rows, | Harvesting and storing. Soon after | there has been a number of light + frosts, to give the celery a nice nutty flavor, it should be lifted with a spade, leaving a lot of "soil on the roots. Stare about November 1, in Eastern nada, gin a cool, frost-proof cellar or pit. Pack the plants closely to-