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Mary, W: Kho SHADOW TEST Wenk Muscles Strengthened Headaches Cured, Cr SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! ————F-H. BASTENDORFF “Eyesight ina ae MILVERTON. ONTARIG Plour sacks make excellent dish well. a siould always te thoroughly coo! i a will help sharpen aa Diversified Farming. The planting of every crop that can be raised ot m the farm is what 2, poorible rim. 1 hav. long Ghat line and so far I have been bothered quite a lot, I believe, by the idea I have inherited—so dee Ser 5 en @ farm crop egetal takes more time for the san of ‘it than the crop comes to, then it is time to let some other fellow raise that crop and let me raise something gt jeans us a but we haven't just the right cont tions for growing the crop. We haye the elite for a dozen Sher crops that we can produce at a profit and also with pléasure, because it is a pleasure to grow a crop that yields well and brings a profit. We are told very often by wiser men dapt tain crops, We can’t get Je shat place that my neighbor can’t make go well, and he enn raise something that make a success S a iaclen of Ty as Wi sa ietiien artes little more intensively. That makes-a different line of crops fit eac} particular wi t sense enough to stop monkeying with a crop that does not pay arid start with one that is adapted to md my farm. can’t find that then I had better let someone else have the farm or let the farm hav eone else to run it. Either will allow both of us to serve our pur- pose better. Winter Injury to ater basen Address communications to eaner 73 pasiaide St. West, Toronto than we that we must not put all the) suily. eggs in one bi€ket. I will say that we ust not put our eg: basket, but when we find the right one, J ie stored in the soil that gradually i le- T can raise one or two crops on this| 1 To find the crop that’fits the farm,| no will come only| '¢# the beetles from’ leaving Sar a and thus infesting other trees, as well as to prevent the forma- other trees in the vicinity Hksy + ye attacked. This application made about May 1 and re- mel in one-month. ee Selling the Farm Piecemeal. I have seen-a lot of farms that are | being sol h their isn’t such an easy matter as i at first thought to keep from zee some of the farm as we go along. It is a pretty good farmer that has de- veloped a system that prevents this fact we all recognize. There | is ene available each year will not produce ee farm -will have been about all ‘armers hae isamed that it pays put back o1 e farm as much of e te plan lant foo cd el as they can conveniently, but still a good many n sideration. ‘These go right along e farm’ invests. He can build up ime but he knows that he will be thé loser for the time it takes him to do this. Now to keep the farm from losing any of its fertility we will be obliged eplace somewhat more than the manure st stock eating the: Cae ie pro do a bp judielonia Meeding of. Houehien fete as well as by growing legumes. of cambium next to the bark, the wood is brown and dry. Where such Sonata exist, it is very evident that’ rees were injured during the win- of 1917-1918. Although not present in all cases, many of these trees have numerous holes about the size of a Pry knittin; e burrows back of these holes one or os black pection will be found. Sometimes the: are so numerous that the inner, tank is completely honeycombed, This al leath of, ihe trees buts in in nearly if Bot all-cases re wers are discovered, it’ Mire ‘be nee that the trees fore been! winter-injured and the nu ers will be nearly in proportion the ene of the injury from the! injur trees are known.as_ trees which have been injured by the winter, stn-seald, or from other causes. e trees are badly injured, it will preve bn of she they should at once rned. However, in many cases the aad injury may not be’ very senious and if the beetles are Bae numerous, it! will be worth while to bn 25 to save| can be done by SA eh pe pagina during the early part o and ing a cover ci oa help in their ripeni moderate amounts of st stable manure, or commercial fertilizer, will also be helpful. nitro} ‘The shot ss borers found in the! over two d When There there vi ie little hope of saving mt the tion o! pe to other trees, composition and fermentation of the) ble io! Alfalfa is a very strong soil builder, for it not only takes nitrogen from | the air and stores it in its roots to | become a nd when we buy alfalfa to fee: ecare buying a valuable rel oe .| the same tim: contains pounds of gen, twenty-nine pounds of picgpinone acid, and sixteen pounds of po otush. Fattening animals ales} the eatest use o! in the feeds and return almost ninety per cent. of the plant food, and while dairy cows return a low pereentage t. RSME iefod on tho farhy acdconty the butterfat sold iss percentage re- turned altogether is high: From these ‘ordinary farm feeds n see we can supplement the fertilizer re- turned to the farms and. get profit ‘from ie ike of tha elds tbety ate other feeds as rich in plant food a = S nearly three times the amount. of roger, and this foul Wocldbewortt s a hundred pounds for the plant food returned if the en eae of properly £0 mure to the soil is not. all in the plant food that is returned, for humus is necessary to profitable production on any soil, an gét this humus, Bi Every erop we grow takes & orgs 2! amount of plant food from Be: ae hens carbon Isi HOPELESS But “Prult-g-tves” Brought : Healt and Strengitt “I am writing you to tel! yon that Towe my lifeto"Prait-ations”, This 4, medicine relieved me when given up hope of ever beiuig well. fruit jutees, id am now entirely well” e ROSINA FOISIZ. 50c.'a box, 6 me $2.50; trial size 250. At all dealers or send postpaid by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. es NOW of a marvel, and the ele vece by breeding of the average: her 200:egg mark was set as the Peace attainment. Now thousands of pure- lay 200 eggs a year, and the oal has been set much higher, which ion may* attain in in crease by 100. the number of eggs laid on the average by the hens of Canada. than 100,000,000 less hens in the world year this. means 000 ‘eggs less than it was five years paying. More hens and better hens, the kind that lay 200 eggs a year on ile aver- beeh ia therneed of the wo im see nm oes Poultry For France. Directors of the National steed Society of France have gu: granted a substantial credit by ose of acquiring breeding poultry for the restocking of the liberated pao: in France. This need was brought to the attention of the Federal reel of Agriculture by Monsieur M. Chev- Sige Se: tha el Canadien, the Minister referring Mon- try The "Council is now in communica- tion with fhe Avicultural Society of France and pending receipt of infor. mation as to. the quantity of the Ferént breeds required; the:Provincsl uneil 4 Go ap ange’ of the ing vey of their respectiv see ie arsine: “Ratchet WHE stock may be available for export. The varieties favored by the French are the Barred Plymouth Rock, the White Wyant dotte, Black Minorca and Rhode dent of the Council to the Provincial Departinents of Agriculture, Agricul tural Colleges, and the Canadian Press tor dOall Vouibtats Gabe Inthe 6 quiring of the nesessary information on negotiations with the Avi- to Be caters! Society of France, and to take advantage of the opportunity pres- ented to place Canada in a favorable HERCASE SEEMED | It is estimated that there are morej inwal a French: Government for te pur-| Pr sieur ieee to the National Poul- of oe failure, international light as a producer and| me may en ale CLLIOE INTERNATIONAL LESSON DECEMBER 28. The Training of Peter and John (Re- -yiew). Selection for Reading: I m 1: 1-9, Golden Text, Acts 1: 8. Peter a ee were Ue of their time--and-of their peo] Under the as ing and sane le of Jesus, and endowed with His Bpinit they rose ee such greatness that they may be regarded as belonging to every. g in the schol of Christ. redeemed them from littl nd narrowness and the selfishness a national pride terial ambitions « and hopes, and made them servants of humanity. e must remember that they were first of all Jews, with Jewish instincts and prejudices, knowin and custom: haying as their great most of their religious teachers were of the narrow and bigoted sect of the had foretold, who* would catablin a ingdom in Jevusalem and throughout the world. ‘They pelieval in the consummation of that lay in Pine service and that a kingdom over men won by self sacrifice and Above all, they. had wed by listening to Jesus, by Feline Him in His gentle minis- try to the multitudes who everywhere + Him, by walking and whicl made so m Father and loving service to one’s fellow. men, Phey-found “him ienéster mn party or sect or national differ- cross and buptennnig ietateytad'Th yobs ple, people of all classes and all sorts, and especially poor and ignorant. and | suffering people. And so they learned His lessons of service and of faith. The disciples were jesus in His days of apparent success, popularity, and power, and they: were with: Him 0 in His days of apparent defeat and They lea teadfast- ee His antaieete trust in 2 God, His ourage, His submistion of Himself to of God. of all to les son Re ie cross. great happi- ere were. mee assurances. ed and the i: re ante restore ie} as hem the centre of all true worship,| be: Hare's hiliren Left the Farm Clinchit’s t's Stayed at Home. Why? Farmer Clinchit brought up four boys and three girls. p four the chee farm he did not know how to erysta'lize the sropoeltion and lay it before his father. In fact, he was afraid rae coe felt that Dad would not Farmer Hazie had only athetic, anyway. If . sters—a boy and a girl—and both left home as soon as they were old enough to. work. en he said vaguely: “Oh, well—yes, d the difference was largely a|1 guess so. But you won't get any- matter of just plain business. thing out it.” thing without a talk and a plain busi- ness. understandin: either pig nor “canning clubs had Or his father did ot*remember next fall that that acre e of corn belon; to the boy, and so ~ farm interests of Pag ets Ai pigs, calves, colts, the garden, certain fields, atin fruit) training, apart trees, certain crops. Before Pa Clinch-| staiding that it gives a family about it gave them an’ mals to aalle 2 or fin-} money matters, preety, and common anced their enterprises, as al-| interests. ways a talk about detelie, Taunt got Jews are capable business-men the colt he wanted, but rendered such-' and ‘women whi and-such return in work, while mat- ier of feed, pasture, care, and owner- were 2 de biel settled see eas of Af. ‘Milly got the ehickar money, it ws ssumed ceaponsilley siness matters, even in the ab- i Stract, is encouraged and becomes a habit. Jewish boys and girls grow up in an atmosphere of mental. rivalry, leanings to give and take, and also to Pharisees, ae their hope of salvation| Clinchit about household money,| be ex in the een of details. in the ected coming of clothes money, a: the number of men! 4Cari ihe to clear ‘ing and aawreary whom the prophets} coming in th shing: ae the, detail and exact easeieas a little fur- cultivation of Mae b itch, tr, But over in the Bast Fein nobody | knew where an; ildven have \ the faculty Little Hank Harte ened like a naturally, because in their liking for scudionn ekes coed ea ea ae SAIS Th rojan all simmer, raising a litter of| facts, ai ir Andevelo) and nt which would be-fol-| pigs, under the impression that they, powers of theorizing, they are scien- lowed by an eternal life of happiness| were his own, only t Dad| ti for all the goo sold them to the butcher just before] Farmingis certain); sin But ‘heme had very much to learn! fair time and didn’t remember giving} more complex in debe si very often, in of. Jesus Christ. They| them to Hank. Neither Mrs. Hazie| than industrial business, The farm had to learn tat true religion was} nor Charlotte ever had money for) family is an informal corporation. No, rd, no} atter of external ob-| themselves. They got clothes and aj “big business” corporation would run servances, that the hot fe of the} few trimmings of life on a tempera-! along without conferences, dk i mental plan, oe to whether Dad; agreement: -| Hazie felt pros oor less per ment mong idanibers of the CEM taeliyeaieen! clear as.a pig-club contract, They fevoSEht waclt ihtoge eh qu neh Bat all the details were discussed, and o scure points raised and settled, ya y other one thing to keep the boys and girls at home, SS ke Care of House Plants. fouse plants should be given water God, steadfast confidence in His eter-| sometimes a little shrewd bargaining.| c nal ss and power, faith ‘that| Pa and Ma Clinchit Deen marrf@idife, at intervals and in quantities suffi perseveres, is un , and fails) that way, when he provided so much! cient only, to, Nae Gay soil in the pots ot even in the presence of death of top "tor running the! from bee such ved| . The pots an not be kept stand- ing in saucers of water. | When the earth in the pots is Kept wet it is sure to become cold and s: and the plants will suffer. young: Clinthits “were “good “handa at Hydrated lime used in watering the business. In the industrial world they] Plants, once a month, at the rate of would have been capable ee all she sa for her own, and she Ted him to make} ite) | will peri the soil sweet or acuta, red, -| may carrie ae aastrs: ways came to you with a clear, well-| Providing they are not overw thought-out business ion. | ica When oi m had a et ne of t] big i a definite understanding with his 4 father, but also had deci wanted from Pa Gimcnie andy ‘S| || NEWTON WOOLLEN MILLS what he how and when, That gave a basi ABSOLUTELY PURE WOOL for going ahead oe getting results, Blankets, Yarns, and enjoying them one’s sel: But the poor Hazie temaiyi It ran something like a factory where every- is on a piece-work basis, and the boss likely to cut a piece rate overnight. Hank and Charlotte wand - have been as good hands at busin Flannels, Tweeds, as the Clinchit Spies it Sheetings and Wool Batts. ma@~"LIVB AND LET LIVE PRICES” He C. .-WAGNER Hank might develop an ambition to enter a prize acre corn contest. But Racaiee business ran at loose cids on af PORT ARG | NATURE'S MIRROR Pah Haines Bay; N.B.—Mr. McCulloch, Poultry Division, Depart-| at would not | | least not so quickly. Then tl makes the soil more suitable for the roots to penetrate and helps - nota) moisture, thus in a mechanical way, assisting in production. i ave systematically work 10) improve He oil continually we adding to ‘arm instead of selling! it off Plecemeal. Tt is like depositing money in the bank, but it is where we can be sure to oe ‘aw it wl ote it, and no abs! han pandits, or panics, can touch it. The Correct Posture. a correct Cri position a rot line dropped from the ear should fall just back of the first joint of the great toe. “Many persons ae with the hips placed so far for that if a plumb line were cropp ear it would fall 0 poate In this position ‘the ane is r abdomen pro- is carried Well forward, the Lips are held well back. The back is quite strongly concave and the anterior wall of the trunk is convex inal museles are well drawn in. This position may be secured without the id of an instructor by the following |g hod: Standing with ibe all or a door, pre | ahanlders peck af head and little fing each hand firmly against the! walle SOE aa the ahoniders ‘for~ vard away from tho wall by bending} the head backward gntil the eyes Joa roage up to the soiling, Waving. 2 | , hips and han’ pail ' cpa cheek nases, te fi the mus-| & abdominal muscles are Peron “| eases so Go. ive change ck tela, toss ribs Hee toawatd arvay from the wall, drawing, down the: chin Bay Hieeing the showers to mi The ‘poise cf ae boa cles PD; the swinging the pay set “the ists perfect standing and walking middle life wh cupations have been se dentaeyse ally those who have es paca dosk work, are. generally fl and round-shouldered Ne ‘a ve: ed degree. Not ye eaeay in ms the muscles and ieee have oceurred that the form of the bedy has become fixed id cannot be Liat) ly corrected. This | ea bd in uch he true ossification’ of the taken place. Even in ach case’, however, very great improve-| ment may he\sceured, and the benefit) to be de | ponheyess tlgat the off Putycexket beetc to ‘boil’ incold s of the trunk; then bring the head, Watcr. vil now be! e nearly correct, but slightly , National if Relax cating and the selection of bred- tos Sa nate while pe Wh ing the chest. soe si + ment of Se seaaee: ‘rederickon, | Que-—Dr, 8. Tatortone, Pointe Gat: ineau; obert Barnes, Health ot ‘Animas Beet, Ottaws an— Ere Vise pr, National pay: “Couneil, Brandon; Sask.—Mr, H. M. Arnaud, Sask. Prov: incis] Pouliey evo, 1 Raging; Alta. Baker rovineial 1912, amounted to 308,248 (Quintaux eres the exports for the same 51,155. In 1918 the im- ports fell to 71,162. and the exports 4,600. From these figures it will be seen that prior to the war France was a heavy importer of eggs, and no doubt efforts will be aaaile to ane toiled in the night, rowing against Seeernelal offeeea ot the ational contrary winds. ‘They saw Him glori-| alte y Cait dtc os folowes PEL. bs Ss pret a La sia ay er tauthien Vion, Pres, Naz| Foed multiplied in His hand and tional Poultry Counell, St, Louis; NS. th ; Se ON oe Hull, Poultry and P § there was the assu f His - ection from the dead, confirming andl ae [eel gia the faith that had almost} | crucified, U dia they lose hope of the coming king-| +H. of which they d x Jeu |failed them when they saw Him| F | ‘A great faith and a great love be-| came theivs, and a great desire to) minister in the we juman need | a iioy ind aéed Veab aduieternaae | dom, Still they cherished that hope, even believing that Jesus would som again to set u: ob: ‘that earthly kingdom| eamed. But nab had! ie “aa not by force of arms, by battles or ie: wars, that it learned that to know and to have pet t amie e thelr Baal | they. had heard. and seen, s they eae ag iiighE asele to belive ote thea rhe life and ober 2 seus) * the poultry population 3 eat she may be self-sustaining. Canada ‘should be in & position the breeding poultry required, but it e necessary an bea Braheh It’s only when that’s, over wit! hat I can sleep in ence ot = 3 RCM Frau fiche tia the ee tesektd alles a be to supply all! © for all interested | 117 “which we have heard: from Him 2 yor Waheed iat no darkness. at ¢ He who would know: ust seek tne Wghtcaud ‘walk an ir. ht Bs the Christ-like life. When 2 fur’ cost becomes creased, } oither from cate ane article upon hit or from erus he best metnod Dae vem ving such es is to thor- nite of t of HE the et oe Scio with © marae be placed: ir scold ine ae dur” Fy on summer. was to be won, but by leading all en! toa Counter | Check Books... 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