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up ly le uW The safety of the flock may/ be times out of ten it is well to sell your greatly insured by calling up the clip soon after shearing. sheep every night and shutting them _ Keep the little chaps that are thrifty into a tight fold. They soon get and have a good, thickâ€"set growth of the habit and are also more docile the wool on their backs. year around. A flock of shgep can _ If you want to see the lambs grow, not be made too tame. A wild flMki‘ive.them oats to eat often. _ is of less value and makes less growth| â€" There are less than ten per cent. of and shorter fleeces than a quiet one. ;all weeds which sheep will not eat. Unless you intend to keep the lambs| Cattle and horses eat only about half for home use, let the bucks go the win= . the different weeds. As long as the teeth of a sheep are strong and in good working order, it is reasonably safe to keep her. To keep in good h«.lth, a hen, in prop.:tion to its size, requires almost seven times the amount of fresh air that a horse neéeds. The horse sweats through his skin, but the fowl must June is a good month for-caponizing the young cockerels. Keep the houses thoroughly ventilâ€" ated during the month, for June has some very hot days and nights. Damp ard filth are the two prime causes of disease among poultry. Idleâ€" ness is a discase breeder, busy fowls, as a rule, keeping in good health. Filthy drinking vessels breed undesirâ€" ablee germs about as quickly 2s anyâ€" thing, germs often hiding in the scum that is allowed to accumulate. 300 pounds per acre of a fertilizer To make sure of the germination, you would do well to buy the seed on the ear and test the ears for germinaâ€" tion. _ This can be done by taking out six kernels from each ear, two from the tip, middle and butt, numbering the ear and placing the kernels on a square of blotting paper or cloth, numâ€" bering the square the same number as the ear. _ Place the cloth in a pan or large plate where you can keep it damp and warm, and inside of a week the kernels should have germinated sufficiently to toll you whether the ear is strong, weak or dead. â€" Take the: medium and strong ears and shell‘ them out together and discard the ears that show very weak or dead kernels. _ It would surely pay you to fertilize your corn. â€" For this pnrpou; I would recommend the use of 200 to Answer:â€"In planting corn for silâ€" age, both drill and checkâ€"row systems are successfully used. _ The checkâ€" row system, which is really the hill system, allows of cultivating the corn poth ways. If the land is not very weedy the drill system is satisfactory, drilling it in rows about 30 inches apart. _ In drills it requires about 10 quarts to the acre. loam. We plowed down a heavy June , This st grass and timothy sod lfast year and it the soi was partly covered with manure. We by scai have covered it again this winter and | plowed waut to plant it for silage. How ' thorou; should we drill the corn and how -lleh‘ have a seed per acre? Would it pay to use tributit some commercial fertilizer; if so how | and fer much and what analysis would you reâ€"| things commend? |wir. sw Questionâ€"A.J.W.:â€"We expect to reci a silo 10x32 feet. Have six and a half acres, about half of this field is sand loam and the other half is clay Answer:â€"The soil that you describe should produce a rank growth of buckâ€" wheat. _ The crop, however, is better suited to a clay loam. _ If you seed buckwheat on this soil, it should make sufficient growth to overcome the June grass, if the seedâ€"bed is well preâ€" pared. _ In view of the fact that your grain lodged so badly, I would advise you to apply at least 200 pounds per acre of acid phosphate, which supplies phosphorus, the kind of plantfood that gives strength to the straw of the grain. _ This will give strength to the buckwheat vines and will plump the buckwheat kernels. Silver Hull buckâ€" wheat is considered a good variety and | requires about five pecks of seed per acre. Another good crop to use underl the conditions you describe would be rape. _ This can be sown broadcast in‘ rows . Rape requires about five or,’ six pounds of seed per acre if sown | bnoadcast, and three pounds if sown ini drill. oats, but they grew rather too rank and lodged, thereby killing out part of the secding â€"which caused the June grass to take a start and it has been left in that way ever since, so that it is now almost a solid June grass sod. _ Now if you believe that buckâ€" wheat would grow on this land then I would like to know what kind of buckâ€" wheat to get and how much to sow per acre. i years ago. _ After the beets I had field whi oats, but they grew rather too m.'ym old and lodged, thereby killing out part of | planted : the secding â€"which caused the June count of grass to take a start and it has been to pats o left in that way ever since, so that vlowed : Questionâ€"C,. K.;â€"I have a field of about forty acres‘of heavy June grass sod. _ The land is mucky, with clay subâ€"soil. 1 would like to know if buckâ€" wheat would be of any use to subdue the June grass on this land? I have a good crop of beets on this land seven fa (+ aused the Jun¢/count of wire worms I did not plant and it has been to pats or corn this Spring. I have it c since, so that|plowed again and intend planting to olid June grass beans, but some of my neighbors said lieve that buckâ€"|they would take the beans. _ Will this land then I ) they? If so, is there anything I can at kind of buckâ€" | do to prevent it? I do not find many x much to sow |now.~. Would the dry weather effect them any? _ The soil is a clay loam hat you describe | with a heavy clay bottom . growth of buckâ€"! Answer:â€"The wire worms which wever, is better | effected your crops last year found .__If you seed| a suitable home in the sod which was it should make | plowed under. You are planning corâ€" overcome the|rectly to plant this land to a cultivated bed is well preâ€"jcrop this year, since through cultivaâ€" e fact that your | tion it seems possible to get rid of the I would advise| wire worms. _ It is impossible for me 200 pounds per|to say whether the wire worms will , which suvpliell take the beans or not this year, howâ€" ‘ plantfood that | ever, thorough tillage of the soil in straw of the| preparing the seedâ€"bed will do a great strength to th',denl to drive them out, as will also will plump tho’the application of 200 to 400 pounds Iver Hull buckâ€" of fertilizer per acre when seeding ood variety and|your beans. _ The late Prof. Smith ‘ks of seed per|of New Jersey, who made a careful op to use under, study of the life history of the wire cribe would be i worm, strongly recommends fertilizers yn broadcast in | as a means of getting rid of the wire ; about five or ; worm. _ The wire worm does not like' e acre if sown fertilizer, and beside fertilizer gives! unds if sown in | added strength to the young growing lcrop and hence helps it to withstand Ne expect to light insect attacks. â€" For your conâ€"| Have six and ditions, I would advise a fertilizer ; of this field is | analyzing 1 to 2% ammonia, 8 to 12% | er half is clay phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash. | r a heavy June , This should be worked thoroughly into | ast year and it the soil before you plant the beans,|! i manure. We by scattering it on the surface of the |! his winter and plowed land and harrowing it in.‘ silage. _ How thoroughly or by drilling it in, if you i Keep the little chaps that are thrifty and have a good, thickâ€"set growth of ‘wool on their backs. _ If you want to see the lambs grow, | give them oats to eat often. _ There are less than ten per cent. of {‘all weeds which sheep will not eat You are smarter than most folks if you can tell what the wool market will be six months from now.~ Nine times out of ten it is well to sell your clip soon after shearing. ute they are big enough. More money in them now than there will be after a while . In feeding, soak the grass in lukeâ€" warm water for about twelve to eighâ€" teen hours, after which either mix the mash or squeeze out the water and feed in troughs by itself. For winter green feed there is nothâ€" ing better than lawn clippings. The grass should be gathered as soon as cut, and spread out on a shed roof so both sun and air can strike it. As soon as it is thoroughly dry it should be raked up and packed in barrels for the winter. _ Care must be taken that it does not dry too much, or it will lose its strength and bleach out conâ€" siderably . It should, however, be‘ perfectly cured before storing away, or_it may heat and spoil. l get rid of the waste of the body by means of the lungs, and therefore breathkes seven times as fast as heated, sweating animals. |\ _ Questionâ€"R. W.:â€"We want to use commercial fertilizer on our bean land this year and we don‘t know just how | much is best to put on per acre to get best results out of beans. Also, which would be best, to sow fertilizer broadâ€" . cast or in the hill with beans? Our |\ land is practically clay land. | _ Answer:â€"For fertilizing beans on clay soil, I would advise the use of from 200 to 600 pounds per acre of fertilizer analyzing 2 to 3% ammonia, 8 to 10%phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash. _ This should be worked thorâ€" oughly into the soil when you are preâ€" paring the seedâ€"bed at least a week to ten days previous to planting. It can be spread with a lime spreader or if you have a grain drill with fertilizer drilling attachment, it is well to apply it that way. _ The important point is I to see that the fertilizer is evenly disâ€"| tributed and thoroughly worked into the soil. _ It is rich available p]ant-’ food if it is worked into the soil where . it can dissolve so that the plants can make use of it. It is not best practice| to drill the fertilizer in with the beans. | Broadcasting has been found to givt;I best results. ‘ have a grain drill with fertilizer disâ€" tributing attachment. Cultivation and fertilizers are about the only things that you can do to combat the wire worm. I do not believe the dry weather has had very much effect on them . Questionâ€"A. C.:â€"â€"I have a five acro field which has a heavy sod about four years old which was turned down and planted to beans last year. â€" On acâ€" analyzing 2 to 3% ammonia, 8 to 10% phosphoric acid and 1% potash. This will start your corn crop off strong and vigorous, just the same as whole milk gives a vigorous start to your calves. If the corn drowns out, sow somo| A mixture recommended for hogâ€" rape for the hogs. Forage helps to|»asture is barley and rape, the hogs put the gains on hogs at the lowest to be turned on when the barley | is cost. ; |starting to shoot. If not overdone, Put the selfâ€"feeder where the pigs the barley will keep the herd going can help themselves. Let them do | till odd heads began to ripen, then the the work until marketing time. lzrnjn and rape make a good ration Pigs may be more important than / until after frost arrives. pedigrees, but it is a wise practise to Hogs on pasture require in for look after both in a. pureâ€"bred hel‘d.jgreamt profits:© in pork &m A pedigree is valuable at selling time. but a full feed is not economical when Hogs do not always use mud-holu]putm'h plentiful and grain high as the result of choice. _ It is often a priced." * â€" 7 ** The man who buys the stuff he feeds his hogs has only the feeder‘s profit. By growing the feed he has the growâ€" er‘s profit, too. A good pasture is a pig‘s paradise. If you want to get full value for your skimâ€"milk, whey and buttermilk, let the pigs handle it for you. |_ Bruises of the heel will be indicated | by lameness, tenderness upon pressure [ of the quarter of the sole, usually the | inside. _ In severe cases where pus is ‘forming there will be tenderness exâ€" pressed when the heel is pressed. Neither mare nor foal is betgtrbed when the colt follows the cultivator. Keep the colt penned in a roomy, wellâ€" lighted and ventilated box stall. Do not keep them apart for a half day the first time. a community. The greatest progress in breeding is possible where farmers cooperate to produce the best of one breed . « When breeding the mares, bear in mind that it pays to have one breed in Remove shoe, pare the sole of the quarter well down to expose the corn and allow escape of pus if there be any, apply hot poultices until soreness disappears, then get shod with a leathâ€" er sole between shoe and hoof and no pressure upon the quarter of the wall. 2. Why believe? John was not inâ€" terested in developing faith for the mere sake of faith. _ The belief that he wanted was no mere reptition of mon on the mount. They must deve]os) a faith that shall triumphantâ€" ly a{;p y the principles of Jesus to the whole of life. | Lesson XIII. The Purpose of John‘s ‘ Gospelâ€"Reviewâ€"John 21. 15â€" 25. Golden Text John 20. 31. 1. A social faith. Both at the beâ€" ginning and end of his Gospel John | makes it clear that he is not writing , Iaimply a human record. _ Just as Ithe prophet backed his messaie with, | \ "Thus said the Lord," so John sets | !forth the eternal sanction behind the | life and the teaching of Jesus. Here, is "the Word made flesh." Here is , the everlasting truth working itself{ into character. _ Have we anything | to add to that record? _ Is there nny‘ | other body of evidence than John gi)s- sessed which has come to us? asf the Spirit led us in these twenty cenâ€"| ’turies of Christian development into more truth? What John gave us has | now been tested by the human conâ€"| science through twerity centuries. . It has been further confirmed l?' the | social struggle of that period. olm’sl" affirmation is increasingly the conâ€"|. viction of the human race. Most of its leaders turn toâ€"day to Jesus for|. guidance. _ The development of huâ€"| man life is not away from his prineiâ€"| ples, but toward them. _ With all the|; crossâ€"currents, the drifts, and the edâ€"|] Cies in the stream of human progress, | { it yet moves clearly forward in the f dircetion of his teachings. With an |] increasing number of people outsidej; of the church develoring a clear faith|: in the leadership of Jesus, it is no 1 time for the people in the church to |I question th‘e practicability of the serâ€"|} _ Place the required amount of paste m a pail and add cold water gradually, slowly stirring until sufficient water has been added to produce a smooth milklike liquid. _ Pour this mixture through a fine wire strainer into the spray tank, which has previously been filled threeâ€"fourths full of clean water. Cucumbers and melons should be sprayed every ten days. Tomato plants should be sprayed as soon as set out and occasionally as requlred.i flea beetle begins operations as soon as the plants are four or five inches high and so do the potato bugs. Whether or not potatoes have been grown in the vicinity before, the bugs are sure to be on hand early in the season and crops can only be protectâ€" ed by spraying. Then, too, blight must be checked by a spraying every ten days or two weeks. Cover the plants thoroughly with the spray, the upper and lower surfaces of the foliâ€" age. Vitrio is a good preparation to use for this purpose or arsenate of lead and bordeau may be used. If vitrio is used ten pounds should be mixed with fifty gallons of water, For asparagus, beans, other garden vegetables, small fruits and â€" rose bushes, one pound of vitrio dissolved in five gallons of water will produce the desired results. As soon as potatoes are wellfi they‘shqpldA be sprayed. The li INTERNATIONAL LESSON JUNE 24. / Methods of Combating the Enemies of Plant Life in the Garden O.G5SE) THIS IS SPR AYING TIME â€" All whey from cheese factories and butter milk from creameries should be pasteurized before feeding to hogs. Castrate the male pigs before they are weaned, when they are about six or eight weeks old. â€" Choose a clear dry day for the work. last resort. A cement tank or twelve inches in the gr filled with clean cool water much better. Before letting the colt to the mare at mealtime, partly milk out the udder. In hot weather let the mare rest and cool off a few minutes before the colt sucks, Colic often results from working a horse immediately after feeding, Al. low plenty of time at noon. ; Condition in a horse is man by keenness for work, brightn eye and bloom of coat. A ho capable of his greatest effort when in condition. Disinfecting the stables with coalâ€" tar dips will go a long way toward protecting the horses from flies. Clean the stables every day in hot weather . After feeding and brushing the horses, turn them out in the pasture to rest for the night. Let the mare rest several weeks after foaling. _ Start gradually when putting her to work again. Longâ€"legged drafts are not what the market demands. _ Don‘t breed that characteristic into the young animals, Select a lowâ€"set sire. day? This is the responsibilitfl which the Gospel puts upon those who hear it, _ This â€"was Jesus‘ stern test. Well he knew the fatal facili? of humanity to pass resolutions and then forget them. _ What happened to those who listened to his teachings and did them not, he set forth in the parable of the }sower and of the men who built their houses on the rock and on the sand. He requires of those who believe in him that they translate his words into life; how else shall the kingdom‘ of God come? â€" This is his challenge: "Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" Eitheri we accomplish the social living that, he taught, or we fail of fellowship, and’ the en is, ‘"Ye did it not; depart from | 8. What kind of life? _ John is not talking sim})ly about life eternal as the end of faith, but of eternal life that begins here and now. The kind of living he wants is the kind that ‘Jesus taught and showed. In his epistles he makes it clear that it is a pure and brotherly life. Those who profess to believe in God and do notl love their brothers are liars. Those who do not love do not know God: they are infidels, no matter what faith the may profess. _ It is an axiom witz John that a man who does not love his brother cannot possibly love God.l This is to be no vague emotion: it is to be manifested in gifts. It is even‘ to go as far in case of necessity as the laying down of life. Here is the} test of faith: it must produce a pure,| brotherly, serving, selfâ€"sacrificing life.| These lives must be joined together inl a social order, in states and nations and a world life which is organized in justice and righteousness and peace. 4. The challenge. Is the f{)_m' ose of John in his Gospel being ful lleé' toâ€" words. . He was not trying simgly to secure assent to an historical Christ and stop there. â€" For him the gurgooe of faith was that goople might have life. _ Unless faith transforms life, individual sand social, it is not faith at all, but a mere imitation. Toâ€"day we need a conviction of the social vitality of Jesus‘s teachings, We want no mere agplause for his leadeuhir, but a faith that will transform his principles into social living. | Bordeau mixture is a fungicide and a plant stimulant also, preventing blights and rusts during the growing season. During the growing season tomaâ€" toes, celery, asparagus, small fruits, beans, etc., will be benefited by sprayâ€" ing with bordeau mixture. | For cabbage lice take a lump of saltâ€" peter, the size of an egg, and put in a sprinkler of water. _ Sprinkle the cabâ€" bage once or twice and there will be no more lice on them. Arsenate of lead spray should be used for codling moth, caterpillars, flea_beetles, browntail moth, Eypsy moth, cucumber beetle and currant worm and curculio. _ If paste is used three pounds to fifty gallons of water should be used for codling moth and curculio. _ For canker worms, caterâ€" pillars, cranberry insects and leaf eating insects in general use four pounds to fifty gallons of water as soon as the insects appear. _ Repeat on later broods if needed. Arsenate of lead is deadly to human beings and; must be used with care. Fruit nnd| vegetables that have been sprayed‘ must be thoroughly washed before they are used. | Young celery plants should be sprayâ€" ed in the seed bed and at intervals of ten days with a mixture of ten pounds of vitrio to fifty gallons of water. ; tank, sunk ten he ground and water, answers is manifested brightness of A horse is only One farmerâ€"says "that with silage farm. and ~clover and aifalfa hay he had . been able to â€"bring a large herd of AseedinththMtwo dairy cows through the winter in good | thousand on the counter, To mal:> a real succéss at the fall shows, begin now to care for the proâ€" spective entries, _ It is no honor to win on an untrained, poorly fitted animal just because Competition is lacking. _ Make your entry worthy of the red ribbon if it is the only one in its class. o Keep all calf pails, ard the utenâ€" sils with which milk comes in conâ€" tact, scrupulously clean. Scald them with hot water and then expose them to the sun during the day. Breed the best to the best. Raise the calves; quit eating veal. Type is not the real test of a cow‘s value. The scales and tester are betâ€" ter indications. The big round O spoke first, makâ€" ing Dilly a funny little bow. "My dear Dilly," he began, just as if he were Oâ€"Mâ€"Eâ€"H the letters stared up at her, and she looked back at them in beâ€" wilderment, for somehow they seemed to be speaking to her in tiny friendly voices. She thought of the noisy nursery at home, and how she wished she were there! But Billy had measles, and Dilly must stay at Aunt Hannah‘s until he was well. Dilly was bending over a beautiful, shining mahogany table in a room where all the colors were soft and rich, and where a silverâ€"voiced clock struck the quarter hours. _ Aunt Hannah‘s room was very still, even when she was in it, and now that she was gone Dilly longed to hear some sound. _ "Oâ€"Mâ€"Eâ€"H." Dilly said the letâ€" fers over and over to herself, "O dear! I can never make you spell anything," she thought, as she looked down at the black letters on their squares of yelâ€" low cardboard. _ "Aunt Hannah said if I put you together right you‘d make a word, but I‘ve twisted you and turnâ€" ed you and you won‘t spell a thing! Of course if you didn‘t have to make a fourâ€"letter word, I could spell ‘hem‘ and ‘me‘ and ‘he,‘ but I can‘t think what you can be when I have to use all the letters!" 1 P TDhirrt® «"Subscriber":â€"1. The word "Argenâ€" tine" means "silvered," and is asâ€" sociated with the Plata River because "plata" means "silver" in the Spanish tongue. _ Thus the name given to the great South American country took another form to describe the land through which the Plata flows, 2. Mercury is the planet nearest to the sun. 3. A panama hat may be cleanâ€" ed by scrubbing with cormeal and waâ€" ter. 4. Redâ€"bordered towels and naphins will not fade if a little borax for soap for use on the face. 4. To destroy rozhea, dip slices of potato in arsenic miked with sugar. _ Gather up every morning and drop into boilâ€" ing water, as some of the insects may still be alive. _ But never allow poiâ€" son to lie around if there are children in the house. Paris green is anothâ€" er remedy, and pulverized borax is _Reader":â€"1. When a person reâ€" marks, "I am very gladI have met you, Miss Bâ€"," after having been introducâ€" ed to you, respond by saying, "I am sure the pleasure is mutual"; or, "I am glad to know you." There is no set phrase for such occasions. 2. To remove tar, apply turpentine or keroâ€" sene, followed by soap and water. 3. Almond meal is an excellent substitute iT uin â€"Aptiniate uo cindt Bsns tthcs is 4s effective and least dangerous of fly poisons is theoneâ€"toâ€"five per cent. soluâ€" tion of formaldehyde. _ To a pint of | water add three teaspoonfuls of comâ€" mercial formaldehyde. _ It is not ex= pensive, and can be bought at any idrug store. _ Take one or more thin table tumblers and fill each one of them half full, or more, of the soluâ€" tion. _ Cut a piece of blotting paper into circular form, slightly smaller than an ordinary saucer. â€" Place the blotting paper in the saucer and then invert the saucer over the tumbler; next, holding the hand on top of the tumbler and the saucer, quickly invert them. Then place a match under the edge of the tumbler. â€" That will break the air seal and allow, the fluid to perâ€" colate slowly into the blotting paper, and to keep it moist, so that the flies can drink from it. _ This solution atâ€" tracts flies, and usually kill them withâ€" in two or three minutes. The Daisy Month. This is the best of all the months, For.school is ending soon; _ And that is where it gets its nameâ€" "The daisy month of June"! Mothers and daughters of all agos are cordlally Invited to write to thi* department. Initials only will be published m'c'n each question and It» answer as a means of Identification, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one,~ side of paper only. Answers will be N":c: :lnet !f stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. 7 L0 Eu0e Pomn oe®nee vevefe "C Eneesd. Address all correspondence for this department to Mres. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. <iO0 ARCHIVES TORoNTO _ Youwzr dfi oé/em A :â€"Fo_r !\ouubpld use, the most Coniduced hy PNns Pelon LIauw |__Any falling off in the production of live stock will be noticeable in grain farming. _ Without plenty of stock, soil fertility is difficult to maintain ‘and high prices for foodstuffs coming from the soil are more likely. It is apparent that something must be done !to keep the productive animals on the | _ Evey heifer calf killed means one |less cow. _ Without any restriction, \the sale of calves and cows for meat ! can proceed so far that there will be | a serious shortage of cattle. Already, high condition, with fairly heavy producâ€" tion and without much E‘in_. Where chronic dysentery is present in a dairy herd, try washing the cows‘ udders with a two per cent. solution of coalâ€"tar disinfectant before allowing the calves to suck. Dilly smiled, for the word Aunt HMHannah _ had given her _ was Hâ€"Oâ€"Mâ€"E. _ What friends those letters had come to be! "Yes, Billy is well, and you shall go toâ€"morrow," said Aunt Hannah, ’ The big O began at once with Old Mother Hubbard, told in a new and wonderful way; then the big M folâ€" lowed with a delightful tale of the |garden of Mary, Mary, Quite Conâ€" | trary. The E had been used so often ’in the story of The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe that he knew the names of all of the old woman‘s chilâ€" dren, and he repeated them so fast that Dilly laughed merrily. _ At the very last the H told Dilly all about the hill where Jack and Jill had their' famous tumble; he had been there and had seen the well. Just n[ Dilly was imagining that she was looking down into its cool depths | simething seemed to touch her, and| there was Aunt Hannah lifting Dilly‘s head from the table, where it had fallen when she went to sleep! Aunt Hannah‘s jeweled hand turned the letâ€" ters about until a beautiful word lay before Dilly‘s wondering gaze. much older than she, "I have known many little girls in my day, and I must say I never knew one with whom I would rather play than with you, Dilly, my dear. _ If it were possible, my friends and I would rise from our pasteboards and join you in some game, but we are‘hard workers, hard workers. _ We must always be busy in books and papers. _ Did you ever“ think how very, very many times we letters are used in a day? It is wordu,‘ words, words, until there is seldom any rest for us. We should like to, tell you the word you are trying to | make of us, but that would be against the rules. _ Instead, we shall tell youl some of the stories we make in books." Mrs. D. P.:â€"1. There is nothing that will take the taste of leeks from cream or butter. _ The best way is not to allow the cows to graze in weedy places. _ It is an argument in favor of cleaning up all the weeds on the farm, isn‘t it? 2. A good style of dress for a twoâ€"yearâ€"old boy is dark colored knickerbockers buttoned to a white or lightâ€"blue waist with large pearl buttons. _ Sailor suits of white cotton with navyâ€"blue collar, cuffs and tie are also suitable. They may be had readymade for $1.50 at the large dePartment stores, in sizes for one and a half years and upward. ~ 8. There are two styles of hairâ€"cut for little boys; one being the close shave which the older boys favor and the other the Buster Brown or Dutch cut. "Lill":â€"1. No matter how careful one is when sewing, often an oil spot gets on a dress while making, if the machine has recently been oiled. _ As your fabric is silk, cover it thickly with powdered starch and leave for twentyâ€"four hours. _ After the starch has been brushed off the stain will not be noticeable. and repeat the treatment until the grease has disappeared. 2. The red paint marks may be removed from your dark blue wool suit by rubbing the spots with alcohol. a damp cloth. _ This should only be done in the open, as the danger of fire from gasoline is very great. Be careful also in rubbing when the gasoâ€" line has been applied. If it is not possible to do the work in the open, use only the powder, allowing it to stand for several days, then remove | is put in the water to set the color. 5. \It is said that the juice of an onion will remove scorch marks from silk. 6. An invitation to a church wedding need not be acknowledged unless an inâ€" itation to the breakfast or reception is included. _ Wedding silver, linen, and all gifts intended for the bride should be marked with the initials of the bride‘s maiden name. | Mrs. T.:â€"1,. To clean a greasy carâ€" pet, mix together whiting and corn meal, heat it and sift it thickly over the carpet; then cover with gasoline and rub hard until the gasoline evaâ€" porates. _ Sweep clean and wipe with cows never were so scarce and gross feeders and rob the garden plants of food and moisture they reâ€" quire. Dandelions, plantain and dock can bonbomtn-fiohn’: cutting them off below the crown. up the holes with earth Cut the weeds every two weeks and all will Keep The Weeds Down. Atuckthowudlu-oonufl:: appear in the garden. It is less w to keep a garden clean from the beâ€" ginning than it is after the weeds hnvemule;:oodltut. Weeds are _ Look out for the yellow striped squashâ€"bugs that attack melon, cuâ€" cumber and squashâ€"vines when the plants are small. The best prevenâ€" tive is to put a mosquitoâ€"netting tent over each hill, using two little sticks as supports, and covering the edges with soil to hold netting in place, Erect these tents as soon as the plants come through the ground, or sooner, and leave them in place until the vines begin to push for room. ‘Then store the netting for future use. Tomatoes should be cultivated as long as it is possible to get through without injuring the vines. _ In dry weather regular shallow cultivation will prolong the season, increase the ;:‘d and improve the quality of the 6. No grain crops should be grown in the orchard. _ It doesn‘t pay, Culâ€" tivated crops may do while the trees are young and their roots do not need all the space; but that time is soon over, and then.the trees should reign supreme. Cultivate the new strawberry bed and the bush fruits about once in ten days. But shallow, please! Surplus suckers in blackberry or red raspâ€" berry patches should be treated just like weeds; don‘t let the rows get too wide nor too thick. Late cabbage and caulifiower should be set in the field now. If the land was properly cultivated through May it will be in fine condition for the plants. _ In hot dry weather it is betâ€" ter to do the planting in the afterâ€" noon and water the plants as set. Doubleâ€"cropping may be followed to advantage in a small garden. Beans, corn, cucumbers, tomatoes and late celery follow the early crops very nicely . On nearly every farm there are piles of woodâ€"ashes thrown away and stable manure wasting, while barren fields cry out for both. Put them on the land . Burn the trash dragged out to the end of the field by the harrow. â€" Don‘t throw it in a corner to serve as a happy bug and slug harbor. Late or mainâ€"crop cabbage and celâ€" ery plants should not be set until the latter part of June or early in July. Begin thinning beets early. â€" Then the plants are tender, and how good they taste! Later they grow too tough for greens. Deep cultivation in the orchard may do more harm than good. Three inches is deep enough around treesâ€" once in two weeks. Aphis or green lice on roses or sweet peas may be kept in check by spraying with soap and water. Prune the lilacs and sweet syringa bushes as soon as they are through blooming. Be sure to make three successional plantings of sweet corn ten days apart. Berries intended for shipment should not be picked when they are wet with dew or rain. year, the hen gives an eggs almost double the size and weight of the proâ€" duct of her first year. In her first year the hen may lay an egg of good size, but that size will grow smaller. °Eg laid in the season may be a rich brown, but with each subsequent egg this coloring matter is largely drawn upon, and naturally the color weakens and the eggs become more pale. This is more noticeable in the case of heavy laying. _ Size of egg plays a similar part. _ The first pullet egg is small, veur ofeiiiimacedPrenpr ie 5 and as : becomes The color is given the shell of an egg by a pigment located in the lower sac gr egg organ. The first colored uk «huitg. <Tovo dusaints: Ds ced cent. water sixteen per cent. protein, thirtyâ€"three per cent, fat. â€" The duck egEg is fortyâ€"six per cent. water, sevenâ€" teen per cent. protein, thirtyâ€"six per cent, fat. The goose egg is fortyâ€"four per cent, water,.nineteen per cent proâ€" tein, thirtyâ€"six per cent. fat. The turkey egg is fortyâ€"eight per cent. water, eighteen per cent. protein, thirtyâ€"three per cent, fat. The hen egg is composed of fifty per In Orchard, Field and Garden. production continues the size 1 Weeds are Pea «y8 4