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no eating rfect el dry oving laum ty ED olien Soft I‘n‘ nsz o t o# though ES and kly ‘OND est in rld. Ana ALN clad 413 sent in 4 he y » Answer: â€"â€" Strawberries are not overly particular as regards the soil in which they grow; however, they will usually do best on soil that is suitable for pota@Wes. _ They should vested if the oats instead of being; The starting point of success is first sown alone are seeded with ('anuda'm get the soil well pulverized and as field peas. | deeply as possible; second, to sow good Questionâ€"A. 8. L.:â€"â€"I am thilkil.iseeds; third, to use fertilizers liberâ€" of planting a few acres in strawberâ€"| ally. Using fertilizer is similar to ries for the market. What is the depositing money in a savings bank. best soil, fertilizer, and variety of | All the original deposit or investment plant and the best time to begin? A is returned and the liberal use of detailed answer will oblige. fertilizers pays many times better inâ€" Answer: â€"â€" Strawberries are not terest than any savings bank. _ It is overly particular as regards the soil folly to try to make good gardens in which they grow; however, they without the liberal us»> of fertilizers will usually do best on soil that is|and the hoe or some similar imple-: \Grain 10.4 3.2 11.4 10.% 5%.4 4.8 It is seen from the above analysis that oats cut in the green stage make a very good feed for all classes of livestock. They should not be fed alone to milk cows but supplemented with lfalfa hay and concentrates in the form of bran, cottonseed or oil meat. _ The chances are that better results will be secured and perhaps a larger quantity of food can be harâ€" vested if the oats instead of being sown alone are seeded with Canada fiekt pess. â€" ====> ® arkemds | Om ts Mi On t Questionâ€"J. G.:â€"What is the comâ€" parative foed value of oats cut while green and cured and ‘fed in the winter as hay, especially as a milk producer? Answer: â€" The following is the analysis of cats cut in the milk stage: Oats cut in hay in winter The same persistent methods apply to the killing of quack grass. â€" Howâ€" ever, if the quack grass is in sod it is best to plow the ground shallow durâ€" ing the summer, say about three inches deep. _ For this it is advisable to use a special type of plow with a Sceotch bottom having a real long gradually sloping moid board. This permits the easily turning of the sod. The next thing to do is, witkin a week or ten days, go on the land with a disc and thoroughly cut up the land. You should disc this every ten days or‘ two weeks until fall when the quack grass will be completely killed out. Don‘t count the number of times you go over the land. _ Keep on going, goâ€" ing, going until every spear of tho, grass is killed out. t e oig. mt e m No one method will work in ail soils, If his" land is late he will find it and in all locations, _ If the thistles more profitable to plant some of the are cut down and not a single spear alâ€" later varieties such as Sample, Wilâ€" lowed to come above the surface, they liam Belt, Commonwealth and Brandyâ€" must soon die from lack of power to | wine. _ Just as soon as the planting breaths in air and ability to digest is finished cultivation should begin. food. _ Usually some form of clean The first two or three cultivations cultivation is the best method either| should be rather deep so as to remelâ€" with a crop or by bare fallowing. The low the soil trodden down in planting. thing to do is to outline a systematic| All later cuitivations should be shalâ€" plan of attack and to keep in mind at|low. _ The land should be cultivated all times the fact that you must keep |at least every ten days and after each every leaf cut off. rain. ho dratctabiintonth.sedls is & i 01c2 Answer:â€"The killing of thistles and may prove _ profitable quack grass requires heroic methods. changed conditions pr Plenty of muscle, horse flesh or gasoâ€"; In selecting varieties line used through a tractor will kill should be guided more b them . The top of the plant serves‘ progressive growers in much the same purpose as the lungs ol! than by what catalogs animals, so that if the plant is deprivâ€" land is early he may ed of that vital part it must soon die. plants from the early If this principle is kept in mind both as Crescent, Barton‘s E. thistles and quack grass can be killed.| Dunlap, Warfield and Questionâ€"M. C.:â€"Kindly tell me how 1 can get rid of thistles and quack grass. terial is not pastured down too close it will form a valuable addition of humus to the soil if turned down late in the fall. Land under such manageâ€" ment as outlined should be in good shape for next spring, if plowed fairly deeply in the fall. * goclumss oo eouey ind sow nuutsctnywuelnnd for pasture? By not pasturing it too close and turning it under in the fall, will land be in good shape for next year? Answer:â€"If you intend to summer fallow the land, I would advise you to plow it sooner than June, probably early in May, and keep it harrowed and disked about once in two or three weeks, so as to root up the young sprouting weeds and to preserve a dust mulch which will prevent the esâ€" cape of the water from the soil. If you wish to establish a temporary pn-! ture I cannot advise you better than to | try the mixture advised by Prof.{ Zavitz of Ontario Agricultural Colâ€" lege. _ He advises sowing 88 lbs. per| acre of a mixture composed of 51 lbs.| of oats, 30 lbs. of Early Amber suxni cane and 7 lbs. of common red clover. Professor Zavitz says to sow this early | in May. _ The oats and the Early Am-l ber sugar cane can be drilled ini through the regular grain drill and the | clover seed through the grass and clover seeder attachment of the min’ drill. _ At Guelph this mixture has been found to be ready to carry catâ€" tle late in June. _ This pasture has carried more than one steer to the| acre and in 1911 was successfully used | to maintain milk cows. _ If this maâ€" Questionâ€"W . E. A.:â€"Hav of land 1 do not wish to work son except to summer fallow plow it about June to kill w t Henry G. Bell. /’ ~‘“\ 14 milk stage and fed as E. A.:â€"Have a piece wish to work this seaâ€" HD oo Ety T ram.. _ ‘"@ Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To ronto, ang answers will appear in this column in the order in which they are received. As space is limited it is advisable where immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be mailed direct. The object of this department is to Service of our farm readers the advice :dflod authority on all subjects nertain ig . ,, â€""1 ‘arm readers the advice of an acknow!â€" d vice of an acknowlâ€" Fe. authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and A Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Beil. in Can I ment. \_ It costs time, labor or money to | plough or spade up a garden and to get the best return for the labor or expense it is absolutely necessary to | purchase seeds of the very best qualâ€" . ity. These can be_had from seedsmen ‘with established reputations. To sow cheap seeds or seeds of doubtful qualâ€" ity is to invite failure. | It is very gratifying after a seaâ€" son‘s hard work to harvest a large crop of flowers or vegetables of supâ€" erior quality and contemplate how well the work has paid. After the seeds begin to grow labor must be expended in cultivating and keeping the weeds down. There‘s rain in March and April wind; The snowstorms get all twisted, Which makes it clear that Maytime flowers Come forth quite unassisted. But I am sure that both these months Are failures as to weather, For every year they seem to get Most sadly mixed together. The people talk of windy March And of the April showers. And how these two are sure to bring The welcome Maytime flowers. If you will write and get the Annual Report of the Secretary for Agriculâ€" ture, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the year 1910, you will find therein two splendid articles on strawberry culture that go quite a good deal into detail regarding best methods of handling this crop. ‘ land is early he may find profitable plants from the early varieties such as Crescent, Barton‘s Eclipse, Senator Dunlap, Warfield, and Beder Wood. If his* land is late he will find it more profitable to plant some of the later varieties such as Sample, Wilâ€" liam Belt, Commonwealth and Brandyâ€" wine. _ Just as soon as the planting is finished cultivation should begin. The first two or three cultivations __In the choice of varieties, the soil, climate and market must be considerâ€" ed . Varieties, that under certain conditions of soil, climate and market, may prove profitable, may under changed conditions prove worthless. In selecting varieties â€"the beginner should be guided more by the advice of ‘ progressive growers in his community sÂ¥ .. 5 We P 1 I O) | 2y , 2« _ onIy takes from the soil| prod | about 85 cents worth of plantfood, yet ’ yield ]becnuse their growing season is so turn short, the soil must be well supplied | farm | with available plantfood. _ This is | wher | best done by getting the ground ready | try p ’l year ahead of time. â€" Pick out the. To |place where you expect to plant the | the c strawberries and cultivate it to a hoed { produ ’crop covering the ground before this | one n | crop is put in with anywhere from 20 find â€" to 40 loads of manure to the acre.'nol-lltl 'Abaolutely clean cultivation is neces-lcareh | sary in order to free the land of | could fweeds. If manure is available that low a is well decayed and free of weed seeds,‘ conse | ten to twelve tons to the acre may be’ the s | applied before planting the berries | excep ;and reâ€"enforced with from 1,000 to 2,â€"i to for .'000 pounds of commercial fertilizer to' when the acre. A good fertilizer for strawâ€" | think berries should analyze about 2 to 3 the q !percem. ammonia, 8 to 12 percent., The phosphoric acid and 4 to 6 percent.fclusiw potash, if it can be purchased. This in Ca analysis is suitable for a good snndy!encolu loam soil. _ If the ground is extra | farme thin and manure is not available a litâ€" f revent tle more ammonia should be used in | take e the fertilizer and more pounds to the| tion. acre applied . The ground should be plowed late in The the fall if possible and allowed to lt , duce 1 over the winter and preferably plowed | farm i again early in the spring and thorâ€" | what i oughly worked down to prepare a fine, sent f firm seed bed and to eradicate all the best pc weeds possible. fheag a be grown in a rich, friable seedbed well supplied with humus in order that there may be a reasonably good supply of moisture held in the soil. Strawâ€" berries are not very hard on the soil. A ton of strawberries is worth $200 and only takes from the about 85 cents worth of plantfood because their growing season is â€" oo _ # Use Fertilizers Freely. May Flowers say. If his place at the W MP e Cak a 7 ufihe: & en t + war ainl i nlatcanieanntvtatindth hoi hoh c _ On gne of these markets visited by |if producers are to get the return: tke writer there was hardly, a bird they ought. The demand for gooc | young or old that could not, by a very | stuff is steadily increasing and with i little attention, have been improved,| the price. _ Fifteen years ago farmâ€" at least in appearance. Chickens,era occasionally sold poultry for 6 tc were there in dirty crates, chickens of 8 cents a pound. â€"Now dressed pou!lâ€" all colors and sizes. _ There were old try sells for 12 to 20 cents »a pound hens that were lousy, hens with scaly | and in some cases much higher. There legs and some that looked as if they‘ seem to be few industries that promise might die before the axe came. There brighter prospects to the farmer than was not one live bird in the lot that!poultry managed on a business basis. one could relish on the table afterl In some sections farmers are coâ€" seeing it as it was. _ Nor were the operating, thus putting on the market dressed birds much better. They!: more uniform product in better conâ€" lacked that neatness and finish that dition and at less expense; more care makes one wish he were carving one is being taken in the production and for his dinner. Many were thin and finishing, and consumers are disâ€" those that were fairly well fleshed criminating more in the quality they were poorly plucked. _ The skin was purchase. â€" Some of the middlemen‘s torn or blotched from scalding, some commissions are being eliminated and were bled, some had lost their heads, the producer and the consumer are and some had thir necks dislocated. |coming closer together. | tent for the condition in which proâ€" duce arrived on the market and for the state in which it has been exposed for sale, even in some of our larger cities. w 9t A CASE OF CRATE FED, WELL PACKED CHICKENS. . Fourteen in this box but they are well fleshed, uniform in size and packed tight. ~| Wellâ€"finished broilers or roasters ‘/ cost less per pound to the producer +‘ than those that are poorly fleshed, and ~ they are much more palatable to the : consumer. _ Though he m#y have to ;‘ pay from 25 to 50 per cent. more per pound for such, as a rule the edible‘ ‘ portion really costs less. | ‘}’ The Old System of Marketing Drm-l | ed Poultryâ€"Its Defects. | _ _Possibly nineâ€"tenths of all the dressâ€"| | ed poultry produced has found its wayi to market through what is sometimes | | called "the system," the outstanding | | feature of which has been the lack of | system . The peddler or country| | store was the first handler; there was| \no encouragement to be careful, for[ the same price was paid for all, good | and bad. In some cases the proâ€" |ducer broke away from the system and shipped direct to the dealer but did not prepare his birds as he should.‘ ‘\In many cases the b#ds were bought | lby a middleman on a commission| basis, ‘and too often the quality was not good and there was absolutely no grading. _ This system, or rather ; lack of system, in selling meant, and | still means, a lower net return to the | shipper, because of lack of uniformity,, | poorer quality and numerous commis-l' sions. Fortunately such producers are beâ€" coming fewer every year, but they have been responsible to a large exâ€" | _ The time it takes to prepare proâ€" duce before it is shipped from the farm is time well spent. _ No matter ,I what is being sold, it should never be _ sent from the farm until it is in the best possible condition. Especially is (this true when produce is intended for table use. There are comparatively few exâ€" clusive poultry plants, and experience in Canada, as a rule, has not been encouraging to that system. But farmers could make considerably more revenue from poultry if they would take even ordinary care in the preparaâ€" tion. b * Oeitiibiiititeinintfineindiite ons 4 Sutwdiees ic crasic sA c i To prove that producers do not put the care they should on their poultry products before offering them for sale, 1one may visit any market and he will find that a large proportion of the poultry exposed for sale exhibits a carelessness that no other business could stand. _ Good farmers who folâ€" low a systematic crop rotation, who conserve all the available moisture in the soil, who never market a bullock‘ except in a finished condition, seem to forget all their business principles| when poultry is being disposed of, and think only of getting rid of them in the quickest and easiest way possible. farm. _ This lack of "finish" 'i;;:;: where so clearly seen as in our poulâ€" try products_aa shipped to market. Putting the finishing touches on a product before offering it for sale yields the greatest proportionate reâ€" turn of any labor done on the average It Pays in Dollars and Cents To From the original drawâ€" ing by Dr. A. B. Wickâ€" Preparationâ€"Its Value. HOW TO KILL PREPARING POULTRY FOR MARKET (By F. G. Elford rs and Cents To Add~The Filiishing Touches To Produce Intended For Table Use. The illusâ€" tration _ reâ€" presents the roof of the bird‘s mouth and the veins, the lower jaw being removâ€" ed. The mark across the vein on the left side of the bird‘s neck (A) is the place to cut to bleed. The mark in the roof of the mouth (B) indiâ€" cates the place to enâ€" ter the blade to strike the brain. Dominion Poultry Husbandman.) being adopted. _ Conditions in some! | sections are greatly improved but the; "p1 [ work has only started and this M | proag ‘provement must become more general‘ that !if producers are to get the returns‘ of br ‘they ought. The demand for £000 | she y stuff is steadily increasing and with it ;mede« the price. _ Fifteen years ago farmâ€" The ers occasionally sold poultry for 6 to thers‘ 8 cents a pound. _ Now dressed POU!~| could }try gells for 12 to 20 cents a poundjhung, and in some cases much higher. Therei "PI seem to be few industries that promise‘ bread, brighter prospects to the farmer than | the old poultry managed on a business basis.| ave + In some sections farmers are coâ€" operating, thus putting on the market a more uniform product in better conâ€" dition and at less expense; more care is being taken in the production and ihe improved Systemâ€"Its Methods and Advantages. Thanks to demonstrational work ard to coâ€"operation among the proâ€" ducers, better business methods are ! Though it has been pointed out that |\ the producer might improve his proâ€" |\ duct and his methods of selling, it | must not be imagined that he alone is | guilty. Each person who handles the | product even to the consumer is someâ€" | times at fault. _ Though it is possible to improve the quality delivered by the producer, it too often happens that !stufl' that is good when it leaves the ’farm is spoiled before it is eaten. It might therei)re be noted that all, from the producer to the consumer, are more or less to blame for the conâ€" dition of the poultry market and every link of the chain should be strengthâ€" ened, though the wholesaler and the producer are the two most important. However, as it is the producer that we are writing this information for, it is his responsibility that we are emâ€" phasizing. f The Improved Systemâ€"Its Methods It is quite probable that many a chicken dinner has been changed to beef because of the way these products are exposed for sale and the producer is first responsible for this and is the heaviest loser. ln{_e'rior Produceâ€"Who is to Blame? ’ The producer loses on this because the dealer loses on the poor quality and he cannot pay as much for the good, for on it he has to make good his loss on the poor; the bad produce has already cost for transportation which comes out of the producer; these poor quality birds are retailed and the producer again loses by the decreased consumption. _ Not a packâ€" age of dressed poultry is offered for sale but either helps or hurts the sell-l ing. of affairs. By more care in production, through coâ€"operation or direct comâ€" munication with better markets, better prices may be received by the producâ€" er and more satisfaction given to the consumer, but the first step is for the producer to produce a higher and more uniform quality, for all producers, whether their product is good or bad, lose on any bad produce that goes onl to the market. _ There is, however, no reason for letâ€" ting it remain there. _ The careful producer should get a higher price for his good quality products than does his neighbor who cares nothing about how his are produced or where they are marketed. Inferior Produceâ€"Who Loses Thereâ€" by? There is less reason every year why producers should put up wit} this state to explain. _ Possibly presentâ€"day conditions could not help but create a carelessness that has left the trade in its present state. Why_i_nte]ligent farmers will perâ€" sist in selling their poultry in anyâ€" thing bu_t the best of condition is hard Warm weather and long hauls, coupled Wwith rough handling in tranâ€" sit all have a share in depreciating the quality, but it must be borne in mind that produce never arrives on the market in better shape than it leaves the shipper. 20tmmeme®" * L4 If all the dressed poultry that goes Mothers and daugh into the market was of an appetizing department. initials or appearance and of good quality, the| answer as a means of producer would get a better price, and | .@!ven in each letter. W the consumer would be willing to pay| MAiled direct if stampec for something he could enjoy eating. W Address all correspc It is a good object lesson for the proâ€" codbine Ave., Toronto, ducer to see what his produce looks like just before it goes into the conâ€"| M. M.:â€"1. For a home sumer‘s hands. If he saw it, he bridal party should enter Bw;uld sometimes wonder how it the following manner: rings as big a price as it does. ‘;l’irm wgatheg and long#e hanle: ( man leads, followed by the C Ek "Please <give me a piece of your bread," said m big, old dog. The old "Please give me a piece of your bread," said the pigeon, as it flew down from the fence right by her side. The old hen was getting very angry by this time. _ She flew at the pigeon, and scared the littie thing out of the yard. ' é The Foolish Hen. l "Please give me a piece of your lbrend.” said the cat to the old hen , that was trying her best to eat a loaf of bread that was almost as big as she was. _ It was farmore than she â€" needed for herself. "Please give me a picce of your bread," grunted the little pig. But the old hen only ruffied up her feathâ€" ers, took her big loaf and turned off to one side where she thought she would not be bothered. The old hen only ruffled up her feaâ€" thers" and clucked something that could "hot be understood, so the poor, hungry cat had to go without. ;|__ 4. And I in youâ€"Just so Pau! is a1.| 2 redeemed. w« t ways setting by his great formula'ren}e nm!)mon °/ ‘‘in Christ" the complementary "Christ| _ 12. This tak in me." _ It was no figure of speech, "OPetition recs , or pious phrase: for him the Master !" his extreme , was literally living his human life thurch and nev ‘‘ over afain within his soul. _ And no.â€" ‘little childre , thing less will ever give real life to:The, f‘fmlé lo any of us. _ Except ye abideâ€""There | Christ is God‘s is this mysterious property in the the hitherto 1 ‘branches of the spiritual vine, that! Th,?“ shalt lo1 / they can cut themselves off, as Judas ; *°!f": compare + had done. _ Nature does something,' 13. This gl and grace does more; but grace may | bereavement f« . be rejected" (The Cambridge Bible). | the horror of | _ 5,, The vineâ€"The whole vine, inâ€" citing his own | cluding the branches. _ Paul has the their imitation, thought with another figure when he that he is abou calls the church the body of Christ, possible proof ‘each Christian being a limb or organ down his life f of it. â€" Do nothingâ€"The verb is tiat{ Centur'y Bible) of Matt. 3. 8, and quite possibly we manâ€"It is safe ; should â€"render "produce nothing,"| . . oneâ€"the 1 | keeping up the figure. ’ 14. Friendsâ€" Il 6. This is the parable of John the connect Abraha Baptist (Matt. 3. 10). "A metaphoriâ€"| friend of God" |cal description of _ the fate which command. awaits an unfaithful disciple. He is 15. Here agi like a useless branch which is broken| ham comes in. off and thrown away, and after it Abraham that gets withered and dry is consumed ns]says Jehovah ( firewood." sn hone the 1 Pm PTPm EP CPATETITVE ETTE CEMCCUTS SS 0f . _ Uo nothingâ€"The verb is that{Centuriv Bible) No man . . . a|soon as possible. of Matt. 3. 8, and quite possibly we manâ€"It is safer to render no one . ;"‘h"“ld rendfir fi“produce nothing,"i # orlr‘gâ€"fl:’e worddmanJic not there. ® keeping up the figure. . Friendsâ€"So does James (2. 23) y fB 6. Th(l;{ is tl;xe x.ra)rableA of Johnh theg(f:onnzct i&léroadhnm'shx;eatdmme "the THE SEA WE LIVE in. aptist att. 3. 10). "A metaphoriâ€"| friend o " with his doing God‘s Tar. . p cal description of _ the fate which command. If Sea of Air Were Removed We ’awaits an unfaithful disciple. He is 15. Here again the case of Abraâ€" Would Freeze To Death. like a useless branch which is broken| ham comes in. _ "Shall I hide from off and thrown away, and after it| Abraham that which 1 am doing?"| We crawl about on the bottom of a gets withered and dry is consumed ns‘says Jehovah (Gen. 18. 17). _ Even sea of air. _ Only very recently have firewood." so here the Divine Friendship is\ we learned to ewim ir it We call 7. Observe how this illnminates; marked by Christ‘s taking them into the performance "flying." prayer, which is not mere petition, but confidence. _ That he would no long-, The gaseous mixture composing this a vital harmony with God. _ Such er call them ‘bondsmen" did not preâ€" ( air i finid and t union with God in Christ will make it vent them from claiming th,gt title qy 9C°8"® 0 Air is so fimd and trarsparâ€" impossible to ask what is out of acâ€" a glory; thus James 1. 1, Phil. 1. 1, ent that we hardly realize its presence. cord with the Will, except in the spirit| etc. Compare the phrase in a fine old Doubtless fishes, in like manner, are of Jesus in Gethsemane. _ If a man| prayer, _ cui servire regnare est, not conscious of the water in which thus blessed does ask something that "whose slaves are kings." \they swim. r is y F\dTOIIES J( P 20 2 OLP E2RCCIIUR HL UHC end. True vineâ€"The adjective "true," or "real," becomes here practically "ideal"â€"that which alone answers to all the thoughts the eye of Jesus sees in the parable. ’ _ INTERNATIONAL LESSON ‘ MAY 13. Lesson VILâ€"Jesus The True Vineâ€" John 15. 1â€"16. Golden Textâ€"John 15. 5. Verse 1. We have another instance here of John‘s halit of com ressinfi parables by fusing the para'i;le an the interpretation. Matthew would have omitted the references in these two verses to the Father and the So:), and added the exposition at the ceremony. _ After the father has givâ€" en his daughter in marriage, which he does by a simple nod of acquiescence when the clergyman asks who gives Ker in marriage, he steps back and 1 17 *~**â€"*. For a home wedding the, joins his wife, who is standing near. bridal party should enter the room in After the clergyman has IWG':’ ge the following manner: The clergyâ€"| ::.?;:mfn: °b:?§f;r;z§"fu::fzfl fnc: ’mun leads, followed by the bridegroom the guests, the best man bridesâ€" and best man. _ When he reaches the | maid taking their places, one on each place before which the bride and side of the newly married pair. â€" The bridegroom are to stand for the cereâ€"‘ family and friénds then advance to !mony he turns and faces the people|offer their congratulations and agter and the bridegroom and the best man | all have spoken to the bride and brideâ€" ‘stands at his left hand, also facingy‘g’room the wedding breakfast is servâ€" the guests. _ When they have taken ed, after which the happy pair, if in their places the bridesmaid enters the ;wedding clothes, change for travelling room, followed by the bride, who rests | costumes and depart amid a shower of ; her arm on the left arm of her father. i friendly confetti and old shoes. 2. As she advances and reaches the place | Displaying the presents is entirely a where the bridegroom stands he steps matter of personal taste. Some perâ€"| forward and offers her his left arm. sons do not care to do so, but it hn’ Her father steps to one side and the come to be considered quite the thing, bridesmaid steps to the side of the | and it is very pleasant for the guests bride, while the best man remains beâ€" | to see them, when they have been well side the bridegroom. All five now | arranged . It is in perfectly good face the clergyman, who performs the form, therefore, and is expected at ceremony. _ After the father has givâ€"|! most weddings. 3. The bride should en his daughter in marriage, which he acknowledge each present herself. If | does by a simple nod of acquiescence ' the donors are kind enough to think of when the clergyman asks who gives you, you should be gracious enough | Ker in marriage, he steps back andito acknowledge them yourself. f enmmmmmememmmmmnnmmemmmmmmmmemmmmmms......._______ 3. given in 22. j[,,3N* 0@ Identification, but full name and address must :: given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this department. initials only will be published wltyh each question and its answer ‘as a means of idantiGi=meian ,..,; @ ,, "_‘"} _ Cachn question anu â€"!"" s }/“ ' aAfy® g\f} ” QOUL _ !iiil..\g,q C J ,_,Qé[e.m Suoere . For a home wedding the a Conduciod hy ns Helon Law . something,| 13. This {reut verse _ sweetehs grace may | bereavement for multitudes of us in ze Bible). |the horror of this war. "In thus vine, inâ€" citing his own love as a model for il has the their imitation, he intimates . . . : when he that he is about to give the highest of Christ, possible proof of his love by la ing or organ down his life for them" ("Yhe §,w [ ote arerniramee e TT O ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS TORONTO The cat, the pig, the pigeon, the dog and the little bird all had a good feast off the old hen‘s loaf, and it was a long time before she was able to eat another crumb of bread. barrel of wi;r,"i‘a-;;ne;vl‘ pened along and took her dead . 27 _,_ * 2270 Z7 NCP Iright, instead of landing on the fence, she fell right into a barrel of water close by . The old hen called the cat to help her, she called the dog to help her, and she even pleaded, "O little bird, please help me! I am about to drown." They all worked as hard as they could to get her out, but they could not. _ Just as the poor old hen was about to sink to the bottom of the LC "H . _ |hen only ruffled up her feathers, as ;usual, and started at the big dog; but |he did not mind that. "If you will not | give me a piece, I will take it all," he said, as he started toward the big loaf. The old hen seized the loaf of bread in her mouth and started on a run, but the dog could outrun her. _ She saw that she would have to do someâ€" thing quick, so she spread her wings and tried to fly over the fence. _ But just as she got to the top of the fence a little bird pecked at the loaf; and away it went tumbling back to the ground; and in her fright, instead of § 004g070 F L - | Ine ramil& love of the disciples :(Z‘hrilf' i,f od‘s new way of teachi | 11. My joyâ€"Which was his alrendy ieven beyore he "endured the cross" | (Heb. 12. 2). Thegr are invited to "enâ€" ter into the joy of their Lord." The , words f)reaume that they have enough of it already to long for more: to see ‘a redeemed world has become a supâ€" reme ambition with them . | the hitherto . :m-l'it"air'l:.l:lemco:l.;::: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyâ€" self": compare 2 Pet. 1. 7. 12. This takes up John 13. 84; its repetition recalls the story of ‘John in his extreme age, carried into the church and never saying anything but, "little children, love _ one another." T{Ie familX love of the disciples of in e y se t y snE 2 EW |_ 9. Hath loved . . have lovedâ€" Read loved: as throut(hout John 17, | the Lord is sgeaking of his earthly life P0 lfing in the past. _ Abide yeâ€"This imp‘ies ‘:even‘ so must ye love me": i S o oys PV TOVe THe & his love for them must act and react. |My loveâ€"*"Primarily, the love which ‘I have shown, and, in a secondary sense, the love which I inspire. â€" So with his love in verse 10" (The New Century Bible). 10, Note how the idea of love as a mere emotion is put away: it is alâ€" ways and everywhere a productive power. _ ‘To keep his commandments not only proves our love for him, but secures his love for us" (The Cum-‘ bridge Bible). _ See especially Paul‘s desgrigt.ion_ of its energies in 1 Cor. 18.‘ 8. Is . . . gloriffiedâ€"The tense of the Greek is a little difficult, Proâ€" bably it means "has been this moment florlfied.” or received. _ The time of ruitâ€"bearing is seen so vividl by the Master (compare John 4. 35{ that it is spoken of as already present. Even in actual time, Pentecost was very near. _ The above interpretation of the tense is supported by the fact that it is used in John 13. 31, 32, where also the Lord speaks of his object as attained. And be my disciples (marâ€" ?in)â€"A disciple who does not belrl ruit is not entitled to the name. God does not will, it shall be done unâ€" to him still, in that something better will come. Compare Paul‘s experiâ€" ence, 2 Cor. 12. 9. , Farmer Perkins hapâ€" [, and it was _ Nothing but the Infinite Pity is sufâ€" was able to ficient for the infinite pathos of huâ€" s "Eemeillh d out, almost e _ sweetehs des of us in "In thus a model for As one climbs a mountain or goes up in a balloon, the air becomes thinner, its density diminishing steadily until perhaps 150 or 200 miles from the surâ€" face of the earth there is virtually none of it left. _ It is reckoned that oneâ€"half of the entire bulk of the atâ€" mosphere is below the threeâ€"mile" level. The sea of air is a warm sea, cunâ€" serving the heat delivered by the sun upon the earth. _ If it were suddenly removed we should find ourselves exâ€" posed to the cold of outer space (466 below the zero of Fahrenheit), and would be frozen. A cubic foot of air weighs considâ€" erably over an ounce. <~A dryâ€"goods box three feet cube will contain 2 % pounds of air. This means, of course, at sea level. But the air is much denser than we imagine. A small child blows up a toy bailoon. _ Probably the air inside the inflated rubber bag is at a pressure of no more than two atmospheres, yet the balloon has become in effect a solid object that will resist a blov ># the fist. be the proper thing for farmers to supply themselves with tractors as ® Gasoline the Remedy. : The tractor plow is but a symbol. |The soul of the machine is the gasoâ€" lline engine, and an engine that can |haul a plow can operate almost every other farm implement. It can do more than this, it can take the backâ€" ache out of the farming, and make obsolete the phrase "a hornyâ€"handed son of toil." A son of toil who uses gasoline will be no more hornyâ€"handâ€" ed than a son of a gun. _ Thefarmer will then be able to appreciate his other natural advantages. _ He is not subject to regulation. Unions do not worry him. _ He can work as many 'hourl a day as he pleases. He can charge all the market will stand, in full assurance that the Government will not puttax on him like a race track or a munition manufacturer. _ In the ten years between 1900 and 1910, the railways of the United States doubled their ton miles; by practising similar economies, made possible by gasoline or kerosene, the farmer may do the same. _ In short, it would appear to add a half to our wheat yield. Of each five acres of feed used by each horse not an acre‘s produce is turned into power, and that power is among the least efficient known in meâ€" chanics. _ We dislike to eat horse meat, but what the horses eat would produce animal food to our liking." sider what a tremendous slack might be taken up in the release of oneâ€"quarâ€" ter of our cultivated land from the support of such wasteful power, The displacement of horse labor would enâ€" able us to double our corn crop, or to ’ In the course of the arguments he advances in favor of the tractors Mr. Bradford speaks of the tremendous waste due to the employment of horses to work the farms of the nation. He says: "It takes more land to support a horse or mule than a man. _ The usual allowance of land to support a man is something over three acres. A horse needs over five average acres, It takes at least 125,000,000 acres to support the horseâ€"power of our farms. Their feed alone costs $2,000,000,000, or"more than the total operating cost of all our railways. A horse averages three hours‘ work each day on a farm, at a cost of about 12 or 13 cénts an hour. _ Those who speak of the scarcity of food for men should conâ€" ‘problems in Canada as well as in the ‘United States. _ Mr, Bradford takes | the ground that the war has had but [a secondary effect upon agriculture, ‘and that if the worldisthreatened with | famine it is not on account of the war. His proofs, being derived from the United States alone, are not altogethâ€" er conclusive, but it is nevertheless asâ€" tonis‘ing to learn that in the two years before the war began the United States was consuming more fcod than it produced. In two years of the war the United States produced more food than it cosumed and exported 76 per cent. more. In an article entitled "Time and Tractors, the Essence of the Food Problem," in the New York Times, Mr. Edward A. Bradford discusses some phases of farming which are Displacement of Horse Labor Would ie Fesiers to Antrecs," HOW GASOLINE MaAY HELP THE FARMER SOLVES Supporting the Horses. soBLEM oOF TLLuNGg THE LAXD 1 4#3