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CROWN and BRIDGE WORK a spectalty, . *Phone No. 88, Office: Over Bank of Nova Aiotle- Medical, (= MILVERTON, -- are advertisements muet! ] a / By Agronomist. -- 3 ly po BS a, i deplinca is for the use of our farm readers who want the advice Ps of rt on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. lf your stam Sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this Bpiamnns oe and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a aa de Cc er will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing 0., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. i f rater : ashes or muriate of potash is good when the manure is not rich in these ingredients. Apply it as a top dress- ing around the plants. = Turnips, Cabbage and Onions. The turnip is one of our best root- crops, and-one which has become a standby in many families, whe ea ay i se the only kind The early cabbage plants should be th heleonsider Ea : | set twenty inches apart jn the rows the ten ante ea ded into ond the rows two feet apart, as the or tur-| heads and root mast*are not so large nip and rutabaga, although properly eads and root mass*are not So Ars speaking the . latter name belongs | 28 are the late ones, which should be alone to the Swedish division of the set two feet apart in the rows and the yellow ones. The yellow-fleshed tur- rows two feet apart if to be worked nips are grown principally for winter) with the hoe; or, if to be worked with use, the white early ones being used the wheel-cultivator, make the rows for the all-season and early crops. three feet apart. The turnip is a gross feeder and de-! 'Dr. P. Le Tye \ Office: Pustic DRve SORT, MILVERTON 'Houra: 10 to12 a.m,, 2 to 4 pm, and 7 to 8 p.m. Legal H. B. Morphy, K.C. 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If I should die to-night there would be One favor leftone pleasure left to _ me, that, to come from out my : row cell In spirit form and see and wish you Pe ae To stand beside and still 2! nar- Pisce hear you jest and "And feel again your wholesome. fel- Le lowship-- 3 To see your smiles and. know your heart's rejoice, ONTARIO > - it will have received will improve its | rows .| which analyses 4-7-10; or, if mawure When setting out the early cabbage ISAS i Ca or oak cha wilh the ridges made at least the day "a hee elt The ah : vf 2S ba before and properly leveled. Go over at Rt iba ase tia ke preted them with a trowel or pointed hoe and 'oe before the planting ie done,.and seoop out a hollow at the right dis the soil in\the drills, when they have tance apart to set the plants. This een made, freed from small clods. jis better than making holes with the a ; ib for. pl q lanted fr For garden use make the drills a foot gibble "for. plaiitw transplanted Sx apart and an inch deep. : inne boxes or flats and also provides for hich have been growing on Sow the seed in the drills sparingly,} in two-inch pots. 4 dropping them about an inch apart,; This method of planting will allow and cover with fine soil and gently | the roots to remain in the same re- _ press down 'ever the top of the drills lative position they had before being with the back of a hoe or a piece of moved. This saves time in maturing. board. Germination will be hastened Plants pulled out of boxes and set 'if you keep the drills moist, but not jn holes, straight up and down, and | soggy, until the young plants appear. pressed tightly together, wif require When the plants get to a height of| time to readjust themselyes/to an al- an inch thinning should be done, This | tered environment and a distirbed is important and depends as to spac-| root-mass. There will be no trou- ing on the kinds planted. Most of} ble about continuous growth in the the early, flat. strap-leaved ones grow) case of those young cabbage plants to a diameter of three inches under) which have been growing on in small good cultivation, although most per-| pots, as they will not realize they sons begin to pick them when they|have been moved if the operation is are half an inch smaller, For this] skillfully done, so as not to disturb reason they should be thinned out to|the mass of white fibrous roots around four inches apart in the drills. -- If|the ball of soil in the pots. De-pot you are fond of turnip sauce and like|them by inverting the pot, when the the tops as greens used like spinach, | plant will come out in the hand when pick the turnips when they are two|struck against some solid substance. inches in diameter and thin them out The Culture of Onions question | t e inche in th rills. o three inches apart. in the drills A loose, sandy loam is best, well This will enable you to grow more in ; : the same space of ground Sia enjoy | Alled with humus and dressed with | z well-rotted manure, dug in the tremely the turnips when they are the best. Fr hi ley d ; If successional planting is done, you fo! t al PyrEuse "Eye try ees will have early ones coming on until is ashes and stabie manure can De | sed. the first ones of the late crop are} ", ; : : | ready for 'use. The manner of sowing will depens| | When sown in the garden in drills somewhat on how the garden is to be '| worked. If with a wheel hoe, the drills | the working of the soil should com- z | mence as soon as the thinning is done, may be made a foot to fifteen pear i 'l}apart. If worked entirely by hand, oo ster at tg ob gt emi ree set the drills eight to ten inches apart. | loose and the dust mulch on it all the Sow thinly in the drills, so as to ut {time as the hot weather approaches. about'half an inch apart, as it pays to | "To check turnips during the hot, dry | S°¥ plenty of seed to assure a good) eigen of midsummer means pithy stand of bulbs. ot tough roots. When the soil is to When sowing be sure to cover) Sead be wih ihest wos the deli he some with: fee sail. hs need eat be made far enough apart to require care, and is very important, enable it to be used, jas the yong seedling onions are very | {tender, and clods, even of small size, | {are an obstruction to their growth. Aj good plan is to fill a bucket with fine} soil, and go along the drills covering | \the seeds with soil sifted through the | fingers. Covering of the seeds must be fol-| lowed by pressing down the soil to; insure a good contact with the soil. As soon as the young seedlings | above the ground cultivation Weeds are the bane of They must be kept) the crop is in the while the! - Growing the Cabbage For the early crop of cabbage the soil should be as rich and mellow as you can make it, and should be of the kind known as "warm," which means one which lies well up and drains quickly after rains and gets the full effect of the sun all day. We in- crease the warmth of the soil for | early cabbage by ridging it--heaping show up the soil into ridges a foot high and | should begin. | of the same breadth. It also should | the onion crop. be light in texture or the plants will; out all \the time not mature quickly. Growing early | ground, and especially | cabbage is a "rushing" business. |onions are very small. | For late cabbage the soil should be| When hoeing by hand, work as | 'heavier and more retentive of mois-| closely to the row as you can without i ture and not so rich as for the early, disturbing the young seedlings. When as the crop has longer to mature, and they are four to five inches high you | if rushed is likely to burst open, which should commence to thin them out spoils its keeping qualities. An | before they get crowded. This is im- ordinary good garden loam which' portant and should be properly done. 'was heavily manured last season, or | The way professional onion growers for an early crop this season, should|do it is as good as any. They tie be good for late cabbage, as the tilth, burlaps over their knees, straddle the and proceed on hands and knees | texture. , as they thin out the plants. |. Where it is the intention to use com- | Thinning of the plants must be done | mercial fertilizer to improve the soil | properly. Carelessness at this stage 'for early cabbage, in case manure is| of the game will give poor results. | not very/ plentiful, give a dressing | A young onion is very tender, and if} | along the\ridges, to be raked in, of one care be not had when you attempt to} ; pull them out of the ground they will | | was used which was too strawy to | break off at the junction of the stem | i contain much ammonia, give a top pwn the bulb. If the bulb be allow- | | dressing of nitrate of soda around the} ed to remain in the soil it will crowd | | plants, when well established. Wood the others and make a poor crop. eee << -- -- --_ ; they immediately become. Strong. : | fertility will follow such an outing. O | Plenty of green feed is necessary to) | the production of fertile eggs. Beets. ggs;and mangels are good for this pur- this spring, hence an effort should be} pose. One of our poultrymen neigh- made to put as large a proportion of | bors last spring fed mangels until the | fertile eggs into the incubators as pos-| first of March and then the supply | sible; The time for hatching will soon! gave out and he-was obliged to sub-) be here and it is time to begin to give | stitute clover and alfalfa. Eggs put. the hens special care to produce fer-;in the incubator before the first of | tility. During the cold weather, when! March hatched more than one-third | the birds are closely housed, it is much ; more chicks than those gathered after | / more of a problem to get eggs that will the mangels supply became exhausted. | It will not pay to waste many e | Some privilege of using a pure-bred bull on| i the dairy bs vegetables'? --sa: must be worked to capacity. thé'seeds sown are capable of producing sturdy, VERY back yard should be used for the cultivation of fruits and s the Food Controller's Bulletin. Market Gardens But all this effort is wasted unless vigorous plants. . Plant -- Rennie's War Garden Seeds and insure a full crop! _ Cabbage Cauliflower Regnie's Danish Resisting ....... ' Geler For Planting Mar. Ist : pr. 1 5 Order is # -BeleCt): 6.0. Gnion setae Radish--Cooper' Pansy--Rennie's Danish Summer Roundhead .10 ~ Drouth- mic cseel OTe y Paris Golden Vellow (Extra Rennie's Extra Early Red % Sparkler .05 Tomato-- Market 'King.... .10 Rennie'sImproved Beefsteak .10 ~ XX Exhibition Mixture....s¢e60 Sweet Peas--Rennie's XXX Spencer Mixture... Rasturtium--Rennie's XXX Chameleon Mixture. pkt. Hom Woz oz) %%b Se OO 2.76 o- \ 1.00 1.85 3.50 10.08 te cesda ple pkt. -05 .60 1.10 2.00 oz. ¥Y% tb, «0, 1,00 .20 65 -60 1.75 15 2.50 Yb. 3.75 2.20 pkt. 15 40 Stocks--Rennie's XXX Large Flowering Globe' Mixture..... LOOK FOR Our 1918 Catalogue should be in your hand by eke otbie p hee € 6 Re 50 5.9.5 0.09. 00.0.0880:0 7.009 9.0.9 R THE STARS-------*. now, Itis your patriotic duty to consultit at every opportunity. Our Government Insists we must pro- duce more. Start right, then, and be sure and sow good seed--RENNIE'S SEEDS. Look for the special star border , bargains in our se will pay you to do so, Catalogue--it / KOENG & M ALSO AT UMONTRE 4. AK LIMITED, TORONTO. VANCOUVER: | land face; another in which there ee ge 'Dr. Currier will answer ali signed | question is of general interest (it will | if not it will be answere ' pers closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe Address Dr. Andrew F. Currier, care of | West, Toronto. - is pe RR ; This is a skin disease whith is most common and mortifying to young peo- ple and it is so persistent that it often brings discouragement to both doctor and patient, a It is by no means limited to young people and when it occurs in the aged 4t sometimes ends in cancer. "The disease has a number of vavri- eties: one with an oily condition of the scalp extending to the forehead is' dandruff and loss of hair and crusts Land scales on the nose and cheeks; another with hard, horny masses on the face. ; In children there are mall Jumps' terial which when removed leave no scar. > Wens on the face and g¢alp belong to this class of diseases. The common form in young people is that in which the nose, face and forehead are cov- ered with black points or blackheads. tumors or pimples on the face and forehead and sometimes on the back, shoulders and chest. These pimples may be painful and, after discharging their contents, of- ten leave ugly scars. It is not strange that so disfigur- ing and troublesome an affection of throughout the season. soil. West Toronto Increase Yields Without More Labor -- You can raise greater yields without additional LAND, LABOR and SED, by using commercial fertilizer. | 'Harab- avies are perfectly formulated and mixed to insure a constant supply of plant food throughout the growing contain materials that will not only give the plant a quick start but must be compounded and formulated so as to keep it growing We have the special grade or analysis for your special crop and Let us send you free bulletin and prices. ONTARIO FERTILIZERS, LIMITED season. ®All good fertilizers must Canada x 4 | | SLD air | The starting of a pure-bred dairy | herd is expensive because the demand | for good: cows seems greater than the| supply. However, a farmer can start | 'a pure-bred herd on a small scale by | prospective buyer. purchasing heifer calves and then, breeding them to a pure-bred bull. It) is surprising how soon three or four| lyears pass by on a busy farm and | how much can be accompiished in that) time in the improvement of a dairy | | herd. The dairy cow produced on the farm | can be obtained for the least expense. | | The home-raised cow understands the | owner and he knows her characteris- tics. Also, there is a lot of satisfac- tion in producing good cows, for then you are sure to have them and if you) depend on buying the cows they may | be hard to find and you may not have | money available for their pur- chase. | A farmer who owns a pure-bred bull and furnishes service to the neighbor's herds should receive the squarest kind of a deal from the neighbor. This means that fees should be paid promptly and not neglected, as has been the case in some communities. , farmers never appreciate the es the a neighboring farm until the owne discontinues the privilege. Then it oftéh means a return to scrub breed- ing or a long trip up the road. A| community-owned bull will be a fine | investment in every farming section. | The use of a tank heater in winter will make a saving in feed, as the cat- | Yr} | tle will not need so much to keep them | | in condition have to heat ice water after drinking ; as is necessary when they, it. Cattle will drink more water if | the chill is removed and this will cause; an increase in the milk flow. | The lantern is one of the tools of ; business on farms without | i electric lights. A strong wire stretch-| ing through the stable, or plenty of | substantial hooks will be needed to, keep the lantern from being tipped | over or kicked into the straw. | It will pay to attend some of the | pure-bred stock auctions in your | community even if you are not a| They furnish an} opportunity to study good cows and | compare them with the stock on the| home farm. It makes an interesting | day for a dairyman and it is a stim-| ulation for the business. The Week-End Chore Boy. Since the advent of the automobile, | many are the week-end trips taken by the farmer and his family, mar-} red only by the thought that one must | be left behind to' do the chores. More | trips would be taken if there was in| the neighborhood some trustworthy | boy to leave in charge while the} | farmer is away. i Herbert, an energetic western boy, | saw this need. He was dependable | and all the neighbors knew it. They | felt perfectly safe in leaving him to) do the necessary work, morning and | evening, and he never betrayed that| trust. He covered the distance on a} bicycle. | The service is one which every] farmer needs at some time, and he is | glad to pay well for the feeling of; security with which he leaves _his| home and stock, knowing they willebe | well taken care of. | The pay is a matter to be settled by | the individual, depending upon the| work. 'the skin | ge | working order | hours after birth. should make young people very miserable and unhappy. Sometimes this disease is caused by excessive secretion of the greasy ma- terial of the sebaceous glands. Or there may be an obstructiom in the outlet of the sebaceous glands which prevents the secretion from getting out, and so it accumulates and is retained until you squeeze the gland and force it out. onthe face, containing cheesy ma-' With them there may also be small | 'the service. Inflammation may occur in glands | that are thus obstructed in their function and you have the same trou- | ble that you would with a boil or an) abscess. \ It is not easy to say what causes | this disease. ~ Doubtless it is some) times due to germ influence, but 1) | be able to conform to By Andrew F. Currler, letters p be answere nally, if stamped, for individual cases © Wilson Publishing Co. do not believe this is the cause in Casey. ott A ee ae: What is very notewo thy is often associated. with indi with constipation, with the recurrir monthly disturbance in women, ar with improper habits of various kinds Those who have it should eat simple food, avoid pastries and swee cheese, nuts, fried greasy food, hot and imperfectly baked bread, and al- cohol in all forms. et Exercise is equalize the di in the face. Bathing is also importa warm baths are preferable they are more cleansing than cold. Applications of very hot, water the face and scalp are often useful in acne. cocie The diet should consist mainly of milk, eggs, cereals, fresh vegetables and a minimum of meat and fish. Avoid all food which you hay: found from experience to be constipat- ing, and use a mild laxative, lik castor oil or cascara, regularly and systematically if there is tendency to ae | constipation. 'The disease is not a dangerous one and is painful only in occasional in- stances, but when once acquired it 1 very apt to stay by one with great a persistency. QUESTIONS A A. D.--My husband was rejected nt ' Decause important and will stribution of the blood Pex '= ND ANSWERS. -- last fall when he tried to enlist, on. account of under weight. We werd both very much disappointed. could he increase his weight? Answer---I am very much interest- ed in every man who desires to enlist, How and I am particularly desirous to do- ean to help him get into If your husband wil in which 'cereals '(e#- milk, eggs and po- anything I follow a diet pecially oatmeal), tatoes, form the large st part, and will, | also, take a course of gymnastic exer. at a gymnasium, I three months he will the grmy re- gulations in regard to weight. T shall be anxious to know whether this experiment is working successfully, cises, preferably think in perhaps | | | i | In-foal mares may be worked to 'within two or three days of foaling. | Should work cease before that time, | rations should be decreased material- | ly. Rations should consist' of bran, | oats, and other laxative foods. In- | foal mares should-be provided with | box stalls, if possible, sometime be-| fore they foal. These stalls should | be kept clean and properly disinfect- | ed. As soon after birth as possible the | foai's naval should be tied and disin-| fected with iodine or some other good | disinfectant. Careful attention | should be given to see that foal's di-' stive apparatus and kidneys are in} within twenty-four) Mares, after foaling, should be giv- en water, not too cold and not in too! large quantity. The ration for two | or three days should be comparatively | light, and similar in nature to that fed | before foaling. After normal con-; ditions seem to have been established the ration may be increased. "Be sure to keep the horses' manes | out from under their collars" was the} injunction I yeceived from my father many times, and also from other men} for whom I drove horses, says a farm) laborer. I always tried to do so, but the heavy-maned horses would get) their manes under their collars in| ; { | \eollar would not pull-on it. 'blers of uniform size spite of all I could do, and sore shoul- ders were sure to result. This was true until I found a better way. My father's way was to, throw the mane over the brid! hitched up. This did fairly well sometimes, but sometimes the mane got under the collar anyway. And if it got under the collar it made sore shoulders, even if one did stop and take it out every two or three rounds. One summer I began working for a farmer in another part Province. of solving this problem. When hé e checks~as he -- of the He had a different way -- harnessed a horse with a moderately long mane, he took it out from under the collar and laid it back over the collar and buckled the hame over it so as to hold it firmly between the col- lar and hame. the mane tight, but left a little slack so that the slight movements of the was all the attention the mane needed that day, and it never got under the collar, not even a few stray hairs. i (S@-- nee a ----{Yeo~ Interest the children on a storm He did not draw -- That: Sunday afternoon by dameing a suftici< ent number of goblets or flaring tum= to equal the a certain. piece of music. Tune the glasses to the piano partially filling them with water, Keep time to the musie by lightly tap- ping them with a buttonhook or the metal tip of a lead-pencil. Rock of Ages, written in two flats or key of B, requires but eight glasses. scale of a ceeenneemeratnnatnaeta teenie CA C8 AOC ts PREPARING FOR THE SPRING PICS By. N. A. Clapp. Notwithstanding the fact that the) great law-giver, Moses, taught the | children of Israel that swine flesh is ee " | A year's effort may be lost by neg- | lecting. brood mares at foaling time. | In view of the time which it takes to produce a foal, one can ill afford not! to give the necessary attention to the | animals. . A little care for the first | few nights will often save the entire | year's work. | : | | UNNY FOLD UPS CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED LINES | v FOLD 4 Polo + FOREWARDI ' ae. c, | BACK 1 meat | unclean and unfit for human food, the | modern hog has been so bred, fed and | developed that he has challenged the. approval of the modern civilized world | and stands to-day the most economical | producer among our domestic | animals. His flesh more closely meets | the needs of humanity under varying. conditions like well arranged enter- prises in times of peace and the bind-' ing necessities during -the periods of war. At the present time the pork meats | are the first to be considered by those | who are planning for the needs of the ; | allied armies now in the vari6us army feeds rich in¢carbohydrates. |eamps in our own country as well as, well to. giv those-in active service in Europe. Sta-| | pulky feeds which are r of good results. It helps to keep th sows in possession of themelves, pre- vents stiffness and forces a healthy cir: culation of blood throughout their whole system and the foetus will pa take of the same healthy condition. -- Feed For Brood Sows While the sows should have a variety of feeds to enable them to do the double duty of sustaining th selves and furnishing nourishment t the pigs which they are carrying, ference should be given 1e ¢ ich in protein Ground oats, wheat bran and middl- ings, with a small percentage of corn' meal, or whole corn, is better ¢ T e the grain feeds in th shape of sloppy feeds, and if by. . to the rather -- And hear your 'songs and raise my | hatch well than it is later when the! Cut bone is another food that will help s * : silent WOME | hens can get out on the ground. It! in producing fertile eggs. ; If you should die to-night what would | is almost uséless to set eges from a| It will pay to take special\care that > there be & Stee | flock that has been closely confined: the first eggs set are of strong fertili- Of fellowship and happiness for) for a long time. Under such-circum- ty. The early chicks will make the | : : H eee me ?-- : | stances the male birds are not active | layers worth keéping, thereforé hatch /marketed during the coming years. | ver hay, alfalfa and cornstalks to ¢ - Except, perhaps, to sit alone and stare) and it is almost fiipossltte'to ickiakt ety: oa . 5 Too many farmers are taking to the'on. Such feeds supply the mine : Across the board and see your vacant the feed to produce fertility. 3 f | plan of selling their grain instead of | mater needed at this,time and aids 4 chair, tor the felt hatohes: dre snules | marketing it at higher prices through} bulking the'feeds and promoting p | tisticians are careful to tell us that! Weather is severely cold it should | there is, and is likely to be for some) warmed before it is given each ti | time to comp, a shortage in the num- | The sows should be habituated | ber of, hogs that will be vaised and} eating some forage feeds, such as -, a he Wouldn't Lend His Ladders. os é : 'fect digestion. This part of the fee And, in the smoke, to see you kindly nes <CooPace, ae Or hear your | cheer i ' through the space Memory, and, while ~ stir, : = resounding £ my fancies ~ To dream alone of happy times that were! : 4 ee x * * If some must go and some must stay - behind-- 5. N; . Tf Fate must cleave the friendly ties that bind-- ould 1 ip gone! "John D. Wells. ast with love A Sas and Death should' pare needed than for later settings. We! Qnce a neighbor told me he would | {like the plan of having two mal¢s for ' be willing to lend anything around his! each pen and keeping one confined ev-| farm rather than his farm ladders. 1 j ery other day. In flocks of fifteen, | wondered just what he meant, but now | _or even twenty hens, the eggs should; {. know. The other day another; Seaecbe well if other conditions are fav-| neighbor fired up a new stove* in a | orable. Whenever the weather is} chimney thgt had stood idle for some | warm enough, -- the poultry should| time, and if a few minutes chimney, j have a chance to get on the ground.|roof and rafters were tumbling in a ' Seratching pens, where the breeder's} mass of seething flame, and not a lad- | ave kept, should have a dry earth floor | der nearer than a half a mile that 1 if possible. If rye was sowed in any | knew of, and no way to get to the of the pens last fall, the hens should|roof with a. bucket of water quickly and safely, Had there been a good ladder or two stored nearby 'in the 'have a chance to get at it when the weather will permit. If a warm ' spell comes on in winter, let out the birds and note how active and happy} could have controlled the fire and sav- ---------- ------ | ed $3,000 loss (no insurance). ; Next time among his prized posses- '| sions there will be an insurance policy _|and two good ladders.--G, W. B. place. 'barn, we who rushed to the scene} t fe ¥ 3 ~% os areal =, oA ES " ' "loge should be kept in a coal, dry} \ | the hogs. 'very unusual and extraordinary. For | | eight ) weeks the weather | severely 'cold. 'litters are pretty likely to spend mn ah aoe ee « ewiaple <a e € From Willie's work you might suppose Be wiser than he looks. -- = That he neglects his books. | -- But wait a minute--Willie may _ _er, when it is one of the worst things | tand every day, Precautions Needed | are' lent results are desired. ee Make the Sows Comfortable , has been, By all means make the gow ' Under such conditions | fertable by giving them a dry, sows that have been bred for spring' place in which to sleep and ety a during stormy weather. Do good deal of time in the nest and neg-| them be harrassed by other lect to take the proper amount of ex-| stock or compel them to re tics : (ing should not be neglected if exce' Conditions the present winter 3 re ;-ercise to enable them to impart life the boar or other pestering 'and vigor to the pigs. Inexperienced 'comfortable, quiet place in pig raisers may think they are doing sleep will help to cultiva well by the sows by keeping them con- -able disposition which wi fined to the pen during the cold weath- | degree be imparted to t Tf exercise is give that ean be done for them. The sows: feeds are used whic should have considerable exercise each stipation and ¢ en.if the weather is! furnished, good cold. To encourage exercise the pected. If sows may be compelled to go a consid 'tende a erable distance from the nest for th feed. Such a scheme will give re {gular exercise * and will be produgtive 7 ¢ f