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d have e face t. only east. rails, tanâ€" perty block. equip« ngland ket in of war and the plus and iins and Y ock and ere ses nt ack ‘s have als reâ€" r _ steel : allied * _ steel r than not in nate= meri« ling been ment lers 3 AND oONT. ay ed the their road ht ring could 4 in the v Addition of plantfood on next year‘s Storing Potatoes. bean crop. _ On light sandy soils, esâ€"| In storingâ€"potatces a cellar or half pecially if they are low in organic) cellar is best. ‘The material used in matter, it is profitable to topâ€"dress’building a storage house does not the land after plowing in the spring | greatly matter. â€" Either wood or stone with 6 to 8 loads of well rotted manure masonry will serve. ‘The material to the acre. â€" This should be suppleâ€"| should be waterproof. Depth under| mented by the addition of acid phosâ€"| ground is not of moment so long as it phate or a complete fertilizer high in is sufficient to insure against freezing. available phosphoric acid, at the rate| Of course if the storehouse is heated . of 200 to 400 pounds per acre, if you do not have to tonsider this. The | iargest yields of best quality are to‘ ordinary house cellar is safe enwfl: be harvested. The fertilizer, of in thil&‘,d the country, tbouch,' course, should be applied in the spring houses 1 a double *, the furâ€" . Buccessful hean grower« ..,1/" , " _‘ "T"4" With a double. cellar, the 1 ‘GCitIon of plantfood on next year‘s bean crop. â€" On light sandy soils, esâ€" pecially if they are low in organic matter, it is profitable to topâ€"dress the land aftor nkhnwintcs Se eelne ce ool Bik. ipnatnihtitts sds ap ds ind : rcics ic 413. 0% 24.3 i 11 8 11. Answer:â€"As a rule, beans shouldl"rd- 1 decided this afternoon upon not follow beans. They should rol-,' looking the field over to go over with low a cultivated crop like corn or| mower and clip it quite high, then topâ€" potatoes. Of course, if your soil is in dress it quite heavy. ~What would you good shape and you have used a larxe; advise? § amount of fertilizer this year, and if _ Answer:â€"I believe you have handlâ€" the beans have been absolutely free of| ¢d your new alfalfa field wisely. I disease, you may safely plant nnother.‘ would not topâ€"dress it too heavy with crop next year where these stand. The manure just at the present time, but last point is really the point of would give it a second top-dreuinz‘ greatest importance, since bean dis.| either late in the fall or early in the eases live in the soil for one or two SPring. My thought is that too h“VY’ years. . On your light sandy loam & topâ€"dressing might smother out soil you certainly will have to provide some of the tend.g plants. If after plantfood for next year‘s crop if you cutting and manuring, the crop does expect a good crop. The problem is not make a good healthy growth, 1 just the same as is faced in feeding would advise you to topâ€"dress still calves. _ If you expect the calf to do further with 200 lbs. per acre of fertiâ€" well from one year to another, you.'“ul" carrying 1 to 2 per cent. amâ€" have to look out to supply an abund-’m°n{l' and 10 to 12 per cent. phosâ€" ance of suitable food. _ Now fertiâ€" Phoric acid. This will tend to invigorâ€"| lizers are carriers of plantfood and al. ate the plant and give the crop ; though the plantfood which you:addâ€" strength to withstand winter condiâ€" 4 ed this year may not all have been| tions. used up, yet I am of the opinion that mm o lfprmnm mmz s s : you will find it profitable to make an * & addition of plantfood on next year‘s Storing Potatoes. Questionâ€"R.F.D.:â€"I have this year planted beans on heavy clover sod and have a fine crop of beans. I have b«l' told I could plant another crop of l beans next year without any added. feriilizer on this same soil. I would | like your advice on this subject. Anâ€" other question I would like to ask is, should I be compelled to use commerâ€" cial fertilizer? When is the best time | to use it, fall or spring? Should Ij drill it in or spread it broadcast, and | how much to the acre? This is a light Teant samd soil . workman mt couliints idns intetinagss :A 0 t &1 cut off a large percent. of the small roots between the rows. The roots are the conveyors of plantfcod. Then if you cut off the roots, you are to a certain extent starving the plant. From blossoming time to the filling of the pods of beans is a critical period for the bean crop. _ At such a time it requires a good supply of water; hence any injury to its root system should be carefully avoided. Another reason for avoiding cultivation at blossoming time is that there is a terdency during damp weather to spread bean disease, by the bean spores being carried by the cultivator or on the shoes or clothing of the cuitivation of beans, when the plant has made maximum growth, such as you will find at blossoming time, will cut off a large percent. of the small roots between the rows. The roots are the conveyors of plantfcod. Then if you cut off the roots, you are to a‘ certain‘ "extont <abknwoimor> Shoo LiBees~ cultivation of has made ma 1Nswer:â€"Gurowing beans should be cultivated very carefully.â€" Men ; who handle large areas of beans say that most of the work should be put on the seedâ€"bed and just. sufficient cultivation should be given to keep down the weeds. _ If you will carefully dig up a plant of beans you will find that its roots spread out fairly near the surâ€" face and sufficiently wide to extend over half the distance between the rows. This being the case, a doop‘ maléfucan. _0 m 2 1 Questionâ€"F.W.G.â€"I am told reâ€" peatedly that one should not cultivate beans after they bloom. They claim it is an old saying but cannot give any good reasons. Will you kindly advise me through your columns if there is anything to this and if so state why it should not be done. | The addition of 200 lbs. to the acre of fertilizer analyzing approximateâ€" ly 2 per cent. ammonia and 10 to 12 per cent. available phosphoric acid would insure a good catch, and would also assist the ripening of the corn. _ drill The seed should be scattered beâ€" tween the corn rows and then worked in by a levelling cultivator or a narâ€" row sectional harrow. It would be best done, of course, by a single row 3 zis Answer:â€"-Regarding sowing a covâ€" er crop in your corn at thi stage, I believe it will do no injury é the corn, You will gain in green material which you can plow under to improve the condition of the soif® _A good mixâ€" ture to sow is a bushel of rye to about three pecks of vetch. i 5 Wal Imnur ah.. t _ "L i.2 _SCf / WHE WoOrk, appiying â€" the run quite badly; but as you know, the ‘fertilizer broadcast and working it in corn crop this year is very late, and by harrowing and disking. _ When its value, if matured, will be greater fertilizer is applied with a grain drill than usual. Will the sowing of a covâ€" :at planting time it should be allowed er crop now interfere with, or detract to run in the. hole to each side of the in any way from the present crop ripâ€" ' one which drops the beans and not in ening early? _ And how much vetch the hole "dropping the seed. _ Some and rye should be sown per acre? isuccessfu bean growers go over the Answer:â€"Regarding sowing a covâ€" field twice, the first time drilling the er crop in your corn at this stage, I fertilizer and the second time sowing believe it will do no injury to the corn. the seed. This works the fertilizer You will gain in green material which into the soil and avoids the fertilizer you can plow under to improve the‘and the beans coming in contact, the condition of the soi® _A good mixâ€"| one with the other. While this method ure to sow is a bushel of rye to about takes twice the time it mixes the fertiâ€" hree pecks of vetch. |lizer thoroughly with the soil, and the The seed should be scattered be-"tender bean plants are never injured. ween the corn rows and then worked | Questionâ€"J.B.A.:â€"As I have a field n ".‘v’ & levelling cultivakie aw a was Eons nastd Pi s ooo Answe:: :â€"Growing be 2 . Oe OefefW.ljâ€"«â€"l have x Helk® fertilizer through the fertilizer attachâ€" of corn which is now clean and growâ€"| ment of the grain drill seven to fourâ€" ing very rapidly. I wish, however, to teen days before planting the beans. If Frow a green crop to plow under next no grain drill is available any broadcast year; and have a farm that has been distributor will work, applying the run quite badly ; but as you know, the fertilizer broadcast and working it in corn crop this year is very late, and by harrowing and disking. When ts value. if maturest wilÂ¥ lus sncamp id 20 1 PoecerH wusit Henry G. Bell. growers apply the nace in one me to the filling of| â€" Questionâ€"H.J.:â€"I am trying alâ€" is a critical period falfa this year for the first time withâ€" At such a time it out a nurse crop. I will give you a supply of water;| brief outline of what I did and ask to its root system your advice as to the next move. ‘ avoided. _ Another| Plowed seven acres this spring, three ing cultivation at'ucres bean ground last year, four is that there is a! acres twoâ€"year meadow ; worked it unâ€" damp weather to "til about June 25th; sowed . ground ase, by the bean limestone on it, using about ten tons d by the cultivator! to the seven acres. Then I inoculatâ€" or clothing wof the| ed alfalfa seed and put it on about ‘one peck per acre and dragged it in at :â€"I have this year| once with a pegâ€"tooth. The field is avy clover sod and heavy clay for the most part, with a beans. I have beenl few sandy places. The field is rolling another crop of 80 it is pretty well drained. The seed vithout any added came fine, a good stand. Toâ€"day the ime soil. I would| @lfalfa stands six to eight inches high | this subject. Anâ€"| and is commencing to blossom, but in } uld like to ask i,,’a good many places the leaves are : ed to use commer. turning yellow or pale green. Also}| en is the best gim,"quitel few thistles and ragweeds have /; pring? _ Should I; come up along with it. Now the ground | it broadcast, and Was so wet last spring that we could : e? This is a light not draw out manure and we have 200 t [spreader loads or better in our barnâ€" % ule, beans should yard. I decided this afternoon upon | t They should folâ€"| looking the field over to go over with | o Of course if the storehouse is heatod!through are desirable. you do not have to consider this, The’ Store only clean potatoes. ordinary house cellar is safe enough breathe. Dirt chokes thei in this part of the country, though,' tion. Cover the floor com; houses with a double cellar. the fur.‘s.__ _3 _ _; _ _ 7 °0r com|j cutting and manuring, the crop does|, !"¢ temperature must be kept as ‘not make a good healthy growth, T low as possible without freezing. 6 would advise you to topâ€"dress still| , "NC &ir must be as dry as possible further with 200 lbs. per acre of ferti.| "ll the time. lizer carrying 1 to 2 per cent. amâ€"| *"@ Place must be kept dark, monia, and 10 to 12 per cent. phosâ€"| . Keep the temperature as near 32 phoric acid. This will tend to invigorâ€" deg. Fahrenheit as you can; the ideal ate the plant and give the crop range is between 30 and 86 Fahrenheit, strength to withstand winter condi.|Potatoes in large quantities will not tions. freeze at 28 deg. Fahrenheit if exposâ€" ed to this temperature for not more *s: than an hour or two. _ed your new alfalfa field wisely. I fwould not topâ€"dress it too heavy with _manure just at the present time, but would give it a second topâ€"dressing [ either late in the fall or early in the | spring. My thought is that too heavy, a topâ€"dressing might smother out | some of the tender plants. If after cutting and manuring, the crop does not make a good healthy growth, 1 would advise you to topâ€"dress still further with 200 lbs. per acre of ferti.| lizer carrying 1 to 2 per cent. amâ€" monia, and 10 to 12 per cent. phosâ€" as | | _ If the alfalfa crop has made a good strong growth and is well establishâ€" led, little injury will be done to the alfalfa by allowing it to come to seed, especially if after cutting the seed the crop is topâ€"dressed with manure or fertilizer so as to give it strength to meet the coming winter conditions. The hot weather avhich has just past should not have injured the seed prosâ€" pects unless the ground is very sandy and has dried out. |__Answer:â€"As a rule the second crop of alfalfa will produce the largest yield of seed in Canada; this for_ the reason that there are more bees at the time that the flowers of the second crop are in blossom than thore are for the same period of the first crop. The seed should be cut when about twoâ€" thirds of the pods are filled; otherwise the earliest filled pods will shatter and some seed will be lost. From two to five bushels per acre is an average yield of alfalfa seed. repmeaie M cun 226 on t acit css ind | _ _Questionâ€"J.B.A.:â€"As I have a field \of aifalfa which I think would yield larger returns as seed I take the libâ€" erty of writing you for information in regard to the same. If you will [' kindly answer the following questions I will appreciate it very much. (1) Is the second crop the one to cut for seed? (2) About how many bushels Per acre is an average yield? (3) Does it injure the future crops to cut it for seed? _ (4) Do you think the past hot weather has injured the prospects for seed? mE P es _is safe enouxh;'breathe. Dirt country,. though tion. Cover the z}"v the furâ€" fore you begin pu Other BE"t anch atha». P ir respirs.f.¢. . _‘ _ 1" it T2H0n. Of ‘six . pounds NOUEN/‘ breathe. _ Dirt chokes their respiru-tof corn and oats (oneâ€"half of each by hough ‘ tion. Cover the floor completely beâ€"{weight) daily shrunk an ‘average of : furâ€" fore you begin putting them on top of |82 pounds each during the spell of PC"t each other. severe weather on October 18 + on , There must be ventilation. If you are building a storehouse or semiâ€"celâ€" lar build it in line with the wind genâ€" erally prevailing through the winter. In spring leave the door open at night, closing it in the day. â€" Doors or win-J dows at éither end to secure a draught To figure space allow 1% cubic feet for each bushel of potatoes. There are three things to keep in mind: for vegetable storage, are particularly favored . , « iong turned toward Jerusalem, or to the| Long after Alan was in bed, wit] |Lesson XIII. Daniel In The Lions “’”‘5"" which signified a‘ turnin to-'his head on his pillow, but with hi + Denâ€"Daniel 6. Golden . | ward Jehovah. Tfiee timesâ€"Pegxa s’eyes wide open, he used to hear the l Textâ€"Psa. 34, 7. in the morning, at noon, and in tge boys playing ball in front of their According to Dan. 1. 21, Daniel con.| °VEDINg (Psa. 55. 17); Deliver=â€"Unâ€" h hid d seek d th tinued at tie\court of Babylon from| RD1G to save Daniel, the king seeks to NOUS®® Or hi iting HKe Indians" fug the days of Nebuchadnezsa? to {noss) cheer him. Chaniedâ€"That nothing houses, or shouting like Indians, just of Cyrus, who, according to the author, !&ht be done by the king or anyone| for fun. succeeded Darius, under whom the ©!%¢ to rescue Daniel. \Spring, summer, fall and winter, it events narrated in the lesson text are| _ 18â€"28. Contrary to all expectation,| was all the same while Alan was a litâ€" said to have taken place (Dan. 6. 1),.! Daniel was miraculousl delivered.| tle boy; his bedtime when he went to Under earlier kings Daniel had had| Inptrumcn;s of musicâ€"Wyord of uncerâ€" | sechoo] was eight o‘clock opportunity to prove his loyalty to the tain meaning; perhafis, dancing girls, Al 11 + i God of Israel as also his usequness to | or concubines. | The kin was so trouâ€" oo y _ ane h.e on o the kings; under Darius his faith was | bled that he did not fi‘d“l e in the ]gssons easily. _ Both his father and subjected to a new test. The situa. Usual diversions. Lamenta%]e_Bet- his mother told him that he was welli tion was this: The friendly attitude| ter, fained, or agonized. God _ . . |and that his eyes were bright and that . of Darius toward Daniel displeased 2N&g¢!â€"A full recognition that the deâ€" he learned his lessons so easily be-| the officials, who plotted against his liverance is due to divine i“te"fe"“""e-'muse he went to bed earl ight { life (verses 1â€"5). _ As a part of tfieir’The king rejoiced over the rescue of H £ O oL hh y every night. | scheme, they induced Darfus to sign a| Daniel and then ordered the accusers’ a t.hought they were mistaken, but | decree forbidding any man to ask an ,!thrown to the lions,. He also issued hg did not say so. Instead, he kept| i‘.‘}':ing 05 any god :5 mfanmexcept t{e a n‘c.;e]c‘ree edxnlt:lnfirl the God of Eaniel,lhl! thoughts about it to himself. | ing, for a period of thirty days & eaped new honors upon the latâ€" is grea (verses 6â€"9). _ At this point z'he na’r"-‘tel'- P :l"hen one day came his t lur-, _ The silage used in the test was a mixture of one ton of soy beans and cowpeas to two and a half tons of silâ€" age corn. There were nearly twice as many soy beans in the mixture as cowpeas. _ The silage corn was very uol inguy ce y e oi t Cem P amve, S ACOnr ~ ECEA 30 he,for profit have increased at a smaller pounds of butterâ€"f d.| cost of production. pounds of dry matte 1d Tests Show Advantages grain ration produce« Id| Several feeding experiments have milk and 8.9 pounds bâ€"| been held in v#grious sections of New’ The cost of feed per m| York State to determing just what of milk produced was 11| position silage may be made to oc-'silage ration and $1.02 is | cupy in the dairy cow‘s ration, and the’ ration.~The cost of ) |relative basis for feeding as compared | of butterâ€"fat was 13.1 r ) with purchased grains. In one ofisi]age ration and 22.1 s | these tests ten cows were used, reâ€" grain ration. The a: ) | presenting five different breeds, to deâ€" ,i fit per cow per mont! t|termine what effect the feeding of feed) was $5.864 wit} & more silage than is usually fed, with tion and $2.465 with ¢ \a corresponding reduction in the grain | tion. portion of the ration might have upon! Silage is a~Grain ) ) the production of milk, butterâ€"fat, gain | Comparing the aver t\ in weight, cost of ration, and con-iduct of each cow for ‘| sequent profit. | with her average daily ‘| The general plan of this experiment month previous to the | was to compare two rations which| tion (or the first mont | should carry as nearly as possible tfie! in the case of two cows |same amount of dry matter and nutriâ€"| the silage ration shranl ’ents. In one ration thesenutrients| in milk and gained 1.$ were to be derived largely from roughâ€" ’ butterâ€"fat production. Ilage, mainly silage; in the other raâ€" the grain ration shrank tion no silage was to be fed and as litâ€" | in milk and 14.18 in 1 tle roughage as seemed wise, the bulk | duction. Upon the cor of the nutrients being derived from;experiment each lot of c concentrates. _ The two rations fed)| to have gained in live w carried practically the same amount of ageâ€"fed cows an aver; dry matter. â€" In one over fifty per| seven pounds per head; cent. of this dry matter was derived cows an average of fifty from silage and less than eighteen per| The facts reported se cent. from grain. In the other over| the conclusion that silag fAftyâ€"seven per cent. of the dry matâ€"| to take the place of cons ter was from grain, no silage being ‘ that is being fed to dair fed_ $2 0000 t o s Te o 7 The prevailing high prices of grain feeds in &e face of very moderate prices paid for dairy products have reâ€" duced the dairy farmer‘s profits to a 'point where it is an open question with many whether it is possible to make the cow pay for the large grain ration ‘ necessary. _ Several dairymen have found that if they are able to dispense’ with half the grain he formerly fed without materially reducing the milk, production and butterâ€"fat, the chances | Order b Pure cane. "FINE*" granulagion. High sweetening power. 10, 20 and 100â€"1b. sacks 2 and 5â€"1b. cartons Do allyour preserving with inal pachgc; . Potatoes As A Grain Substitute ‘| â€" The exposure of young horses to the |short spells of severe weather which occur frequently during the fall, causâ€" es a shrinkage in live weight and is a hindrance to rapid and economical deâ€" velopment,. Older horses seem to stand this sort of treatment with less loss. . It it doubtless true that ahimall" become accustomed to winter weather | but frequent changes from fine fall weather to bad storms retard gains in colts, without shelter. . [ Four yearling Percheron fillies with ‘ an average weight of 1169 pounds on | pasture, with a ration of six pounds .‘ C @itan dn ) s & ‘ Itep, _ ~ ")~ ~ ~/Cv ~â€"O3p90"M if8 idl=i« ‘Then one day camée his great surâ€" f * prise. _ It was in June, a few weeks T mm |haforg the long vacatio.., and just the m kind of day when everyone wishes to { be outdoors, evem the teachers. Birds ’were singing, and the air was sweet > ‘with the smell of roses. _A gentle' Colts show to best advantage if ibreeze, wandered into the schoolroom.i taught to stand and lead before they 2s if to call the boys and girls outside | are taken into the show ring. Teach to PlaYy. them to walk and go through all the’ The children were not studying thelr! paces to which they will be subjected lessons as if they cared at all who{ by the judges, Grooming the coat, General Wolfe was, or where the combing and decorating the mane and highest mountains are, or the longest | tail, add much to the appearance of a ‘rivers or the largest cities, or how to ;: show animal. FamsIt en Bidee No q1 By E. W. Gage. rative of the lesson text begins, Verses 10â€"17. Danicl continues his custom to pray to the God of Israel; he is discovered, and though the king seeks to save him, is finally thrown to the lions. Chamberâ€"Better, roofâ€" chamber; that is, a room raised above the flat roof of an Oriental house, a place of quietness and retirement. To-l' ward Jerusalemâ€"A standing custom in later Judaism to pray with the face turned toward Jerusalem, or to the 'temgle; which s%imfied a tummf toâ€" ward Jehovah. Three timesâ€"Per xags’ in the morning, at noon, and in the evening (Psa. 55. 17). Deliver«â€"Unâ€" able to save Daniel, the king seeks to cheer him. Chaniedâ€"That nothing might be done by the king or anyone li else to rescue Daniel. as hay, Wwill be possil')lé-t;';’;;ége; reâ€" duce the amourt of feed cost, and to increase the profits of the dairy herd. ’ The facts reported seem to justify the conclusion that silage can be made to take the place of considerable grain that is being fed to dairy cows in varâ€" ious dairy sections. Growing more feeds rich in proteinâ€"clover, alfalfa, soy beans, cowpeas, field peas, vetches‘ â€"and er:siloing them, or feeding them | _ Comparing the average daily proâ€" | duct of each cow for the entire test |' with her average daily product for the month previous to the change in raâ€" tion (or the first month of their test "in the case of two cows), the cows fed | the silage ration shrank 2.84 per cent. ‘lin milk and gained 1.89 per cent. in butterâ€"fat production. The cows fed the grain ration shrank 9.11 per cent. in milk and 14.18 in butterâ€"fat proâ€" duction. Upon the conclusion of the experiment each lot of cows was found to have gained in live weightâ€"the silâ€" ageâ€"fed cows an average of fortyâ€" seven pounds per head; the grainâ€"fed cows an average of fiftyâ€"seven pounds. k' The cows fed the silage ration proâ€" s duced 96.7 pounds "of milk and 5.08 rt pounds of butterâ€"fat per hundred pounds of dry matter; those fed the ’grain ration produced 81.3 pounds of :/ milk and 3.9 pounds of butterâ€"fat. l The cost of feed per hundred pounds of milk produced was $0.687 with the | silage ration and $1.055 with the grain 'ration. *~The cost of feed per pound |of butterâ€"fat was 18.1 cents with the ;silage ration and 22.1 cents with the grain ration. The average net proâ€"| |fit per cow per month (over cost of} l‘t'eed) was $5.864 with the silage raâ€"| low in dry matter, owing to an un fortunate season. The silage was found to contain 18.63 per cent. dry matter, 2.36 per cent. protein, 4.68 per cent. crude fibre, 0.92 per cent of fat, and 9.36 per cent. of nitrogen free‘ extract, being richer in protein and' poorer in carbohydrates than average corn silage on account of the admix-’ tue of soy beans and cowpeas. Silage is aâ€"Grain Substitute TORONTO the> grain raâ€" of| â€"Why sow choice wheat and 1;impthy,i of seed on land, and woeeds and yellow | 20 dock and plantain in the hoart? j T i POC "AbiDacn Merks lb dPings D: Chaut Whabres 4. !â€" Inexpensive sheds which will pro.lâ€"some of them deriving tl‘x‘e whole of ‘tect colts from wind, â€"rain, sleet, .,nd,’thelr sustenance from the air. They ! snow will prevent part of such loss in | are mostly tropical plants, ‘Theiz weight. Growing horses should not be flowers, in some instances, mimic butâ€" housed too closely and prevented from | terflies. ‘Altogether there is a good lming plenty of exercise, but fl.gy'deal of the weird about them. But ‘should not be subjected to extremely most remarkable of them all is the ; bad weather if they are expected to‘HOl, Ghost orchidâ€"so called because .m.ke satisfactocy grewth. ‘in each one of its beautifnl blascas. ‘tches, When Laura‘s and Mary Anna‘s big them / brother, Alan, was a little fellow, he r reâ€"| had to go to bed at eight o‘clock every id to|night except Friday and Saturday. He herd. | thought it was a hard thing to do, esâ€" â€"â€"» | pecially in the spring and early sumâ€" mer. Perhaps if he had been a counâ€" ‘ s his try boy it would not have seemed so' rael;|hard; but he livedâ€"in the city, where ,lr‘l"ig | dozens of other boys were his near| ofâ€"last year, at an Experimental Staâ€" tion. _ Aged mares in foal lost only slightly during the same period. s | ica ccur j _ Ane°n one Gay came his great sur-( When the teacher said that, several ;{.l:{enr::n;::mell!?v k prise. _ It was in June, a few weeks |little girls turngd red, and at least one| Also, older people in their before the long vacatio.., and just the | boy looked fooh?h and ashamgd. But of a few additional years : kind of day when everyone wishes to!the teacher did not mention any!rch.n ed to reserve the ri gh |be outdoors, evem the teachers. Birds’names; she only said that she wu‘.mh,. unto themselves. B were singing, and the air was sweet / sorry that Alan was the only one Wh°1m.y not speak, it thinks, a with the smell of roses. A zentlo"dared to stand. _ Then l!ge advised ."fmore actively for its enfor breeze, wandered into the schoolroqm.,exeept Alan to open their books "‘d,‘ ness. _ And if youth has t} !gs if to call the boys and girls outside | study their lessons. But she to}d AlmI think for itself (and it ork | to play. ,to go home and have a good time; he it also has the right to speal ‘ The children were not studying their | had earned a holiday . ’ocenlomlly, and for pity‘s lessons as if they cared at all who Alan walked a step at a thm.â€"l ‘humanlty’l sake encourage ; General Wolfe was, or where the step at a time, politely,â€"until he if you would keep "tabs" . highest mountains are, or the longost.; reached the big outside door; then ba) thought in the hope of subt] rivers or the largest cities, or how to flew down the steps and ran home at and directing it. in the right snell Baidcwerds" the top of his spaed, to get into thie n 5 . Alan was thinking of his big broth-[uutomobflo on the front seat beside | er, Leb, who was Te Uhe WMohâ€"schanl |Y .n p... .3 " _ 1g_ 1 _,_ [3 0 86 ’ Alan was well, and he learned his lessons easily. _ Both his father and | his mother told him that he was welll and that his eyes were bright and that; he learned his lessons so easily be-[ cause he went to bed early every night. ‘Spring, summer, fall and winter, it was all the same while Alan was a litâ€" tle boy; his bedtime when he went to school was eight o‘clock. | _ _Long after Alan was in bed, with his head on his pillow, but with his eyes wide open, he used to hear the boys playing ball in front of their houses, or hide and seek round the houses, or shouting like Indians, just for fun. ‘ codna t oP ole ol the same school that Alan attended, | and they were allowed to stay up and | to play outdoors until nine o‘clock: every evening, and sometimes later. ] 141 neighbors. The qtl'aer boys went to e| E.B.S.:â€"1,. Here is a good recipe d for oatmeal muffins: Take oneâ€"half e|cupful milk, one wellâ€"beaten egg, one â€"| teaspoonful butter, one tablespoonful sugar, one cupful flour, into which hu‘ â€"| been sifted two teaspoonfuls baking | 3| powder and one cupful oatmeal mush., i"Stir well together and bake in hot > muffin pans in moderate oven. 2. ‘|Perspiration stains can be removed from a blouse by soaking in" strong! |salt water before washing. 3. The! |best and simplest way to mend a tornf‘ |net curtain is to dip a square of net || cut to fit into cold starch, lay) on the' wrong side of the curtain over the rent i and iron with a hot iron. 4. A letter | , |of acknowledgement for a wedding ) ; Jg'ift which has been sent by a whole'I "fami]y should be addressed to the | ; mother but should contain mention of I the other‘ members. 5. It is good | , form to display wedding gifts in afc room especially set apart for them. 6. | o When wedding gifts are on view thei’r‘ cards of the donors should be removâ€" c ed. 7. The best man usually takes! charge of the wedding ring and the | 5 clergyman‘s fee. F4 Daughter:â€"The author of "Martha By The Day" is Julie M. Lippmnn.’ This entertaining story may be had at any of the large bookstores for| sixty cents. l Stephanie:â€"A healing lip salve is‘ made of one ounce cold cream, 15| drops of tincture of benzoin and 80 drops of glycerine. Rub the eold | cream and glycerine together and then ’ |I incorporate the benzoin with the mass. | Rub with a spatula or flexible knife |‘ on a flat tile orplate. A mixture callâ€" l $ ed cream of roses is also good. Melt | 1 ‘an ounce of white vaseline and half an , & ounce of white wax and beat. When‘l nearly cold add three drops of attar |¢ of roses. I OR C ET Cmmmmmensmmendt P lohonnu“.fiundd!“mmymhm“"‘“ Cepartment . Initials ol:? will be published with each question and a enswer as a means of entification, but full name and addroks must Us given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will malled direct If stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. w < Ad‘f.“ ull Horraknandanas dan ahin _0R T â€"2 u3 COACOpEE SHV HuUure Address all correspondence for Woodbine Avs., Toronte. Alan‘s Great Surprise. ", "} 276 Nrothâ€"|automobile on the front seat beside| the high school.| Lee for the ride into the country! ‘ messemmmninstmemsitimemeiimmmmmmmmsscls2222222c22222200 & \Holy Ghost orchidâ€"so called because in each one of its beautiful blossoms | there sits a miniature dove, with outâ€" | spread wings, as if just ready to fly away. It is perhaps the most remarkâ€" able of nature‘s many curious imitaâ€" wip, | . Alan despised a lie; so he stood beâ€" with side his desk and tried not to notice his| that the boys who were his neighbors ' tlge were snickering behind their hands. heir |_ A moment the teacher waited, thinkâ€" ,thejing that others would stand; but no -‘“s"[one else rose. Alan stood alone. He .\ felt utterly miserable and wretched ~.‘t until the teacher said, "You may be: ht"se.ted, Alan." | t "°; Then came the great surprise: The | .\ teacher made a speech; she said she his knew that Alan always went to bed and early. _ How did she know it? Beâ€" | ”""’ cause he always came to school fresh DAt | and rested, bright of eye and ready| be',for work. _ She said she could tell ht. | who sat up late and who went to bed : b“tsearly by the work they did in school. °Pt/ She could pick them out and mme;’i | them if she chose. | tions. Orchid is Oddest of Plants, Oddest of all plants are the orchids. They grow in all sorts of queer ways â€"some of them deriving the whole of their sustenance from the air. They are mostly tropical plants, Theix flowers, in some instances, mimic butâ€" e 7 °C mEn scnool boys had a holiday must not be formed. that afternoon, and Lee had planned | _ The best time for talking over such to take the baby sisters, Laura and a fall from grace is after the storm, Mary Anna, in the automobile for l!whm all concerned are again in a ride into the country. Little'broflieripoised and serene humor. This is esâ€" Alan was thinking of that when thelpecially true and desirable where the |teacher said to all the children, "You |culprit is a serious offender and has .;'mny lay aside your books for a moâ€"| already had time to actually form the |ment, if you please." i !habit of impudence. |_ _ Quickly all the children closed their | _ ‘Thep there is the child, particularly |books and sat straight, glad to listen the very little person, who is apt to | to what the'teacher hnq to say; they | say very saucy things quite innocent. | were expecting a surprise. ‘The PSXt / ly, ‘Thig possibility must be taken inâ€" moment Alan wished that he was anyâ€" |to consideration before any punishâ€" where else except in that schoolroom, ment is meted out. Perhaps the exâ€" ’becauae this is the question that the planation to the child that Its snaarh |teacher asked: | 4 - "How many boys and girls in this room are in bed before nine o‘clock every nigh*t except Friday nights and Saturday nights? All who are, please stand." * | _ Mrs. C. D.:â€"Yes, there are munition factories in the towns you mention, ,but they in common with all other | plants in Canada just now are not enâ€" gaging any more workmen. On the | contrary th'eg are dismissing their‘ employees, as the supply of nmmuni-| tion is abindant and the demand is, !steadily decreasing. It would be bet. | ter to seek employment at some other occupation. | The high school boys had a holiday,! that afternoon, and Lee had plunned[ to take the baby sisters, Laura and Mary Anna, in the automobile for a! | The outcome of the plan has been | the establishment of a friendly circle that widens steadily, _ Good reading is put into the hands of appreciative people; the people themselves are brought into touch with others whose material needs are greater than their own; and the poor become the benefiâ€"| ciaries of a unique form of spontaneâ€"| ous giving. _A great deal more tl'um;‘| reading matter, in fact, is put into| circulation. The fines filled as real a need as the reading matter had filled; and since 'fthe farmers have begun to realize the fact, they carry their tributes straight "to the doors of the recipients. Scarceâ€" ly a week comes that the country peoâ€" ple of the magazine circuit fail to. bring in‘a little farm produceâ€"turnips or berries or, in early spring, samples’ of the new green vegetables that city | dwellers crave. | this department to Mra. Helon .’lortint and arranging the collection i / she divided it up with an eye to suitâ€" , "ability and variety, made each stack | y linto a neat package and distn’butedf a ‘the packages among the farm vehicles j | that stood hitched every day in the ,, market place and wagon yards. _ It;, | was not long before the farmers found | of 'her out and came to tell her what the S€ | contents of the bundles meant to them. | w/ |They passed the reading matter, they | y |said, from one family to another, 80 | w | that each might have the benefit of it us H\ll. 'l:hey; reported also an unwritten| .. . worked law of their own makingâ€"that for every lost or badly injured book or magazine a fine should be paid, in the shape of a bit of farm produce, to be delivered to the giver of the books for the town poor among whom she magazines _tlut she could find. After |‘he nursery ~can distribute 200,000 | trees every year in this way. The nurâ€" |sery will also donate in 1917, 100,000 jand in the follo years â€" 200,000 trees to rural mun ities, schools, lpolicc farms, and other institutions., | _ The Uruguayan Government seeks to encourage tree planting, and the | National Nursery has supplied trees at a very low cost. In compliance with a recent decree, the nursery will in the future donate large numbers of U hew 3AE o2 ho 20 d nfuiniitncts...ieffcrinessicas 3 M 3 trees. ‘The decree provids that proâ€" prietors possessing up to 100 hectares (247 acres) of land will be supplied gratuitously with 100 trees and that k-" Then there is a soâ€"called impertinâ€" ,, ence or impudence that is the result !e‘Of injustice . Personally I would call ad'it "resentment." Indeed, I am temptâ€" ed to go a step further and call it )e“‘righteoua resentment," for, between l“’you and me and the lamppost, I can ‘not but side with the resentful : young people against the bald unfai;â€" _ ness of many parents. Every living i'; | thing, regardless of age, has theâ€"divine |right to resent injustice. There is but H‘one wholesome way to correct the "im. 4 pudence" resulting from such condiâ€" | | tionsâ€"correct first the cause; after e"'fh't' the child, if necessary. . But the “ atter correction, I think you will find, ”will automatically occur when you make the former, | _Also, older people in their arrogance _ of a few additional years are too inâ€" !climd to reserve the right of "free ‘, speech" unto themselves. But if youth \may not speak, it thinks, and all the more actively for its enforced dumbâ€" | ness. Andifmthllutberightto | think for itself (and it certainly has), itllnhuthcrichthlmk!orltull :eenionny, and for pity‘s sake and _ umanity‘s sake encourage it to do so if you would keep "tabs" upon that thought in the hope of subtly guiding u: d:ucdu it, in the right channels. | _ Then there is the child, particularly _ the very little person, who is apt to say very saucy things quite innocent. ly. This possibility must be taken inâ€" |to consideration before any punishâ€" ment is meted out. Perhaps the exâ€" | planation to the child that its speech l was saucy is all that will be necessary, Very often, too, when the impertinence has been intentional, the small child can be appealed to through its affecâ€" tions or emotions and can be dissuadâ€" ed from saying unkind or insolent things by the plea not to hurt mother or father or whoever the child may have spoken to improperly . more with the impudent child than -“ with the impudent child‘s parents. :. its | Why? Because the very fact that a ist be | child is impudent is almost conclusive M be |evidence that the parents themselves are at fault in that their training of " 35â€" the child has permitted, perhaps even :lneo“und, the unfortunate trait to ourish . After | One thing parents, to be successful reti0n | in theip "profession," must bear in §4itâ€"| mind is that respect begets respect. stack | Where there is mutual respect between buted|a chilg and its guardians there is no hicles {impudence or impertinence, for these t fl”;are but disrespect expressed. Having ~ t learhed this, the mothany "5, Purie e' There is scarcely a child who will c not blunder into an occasional indisâ€" -fcreet, even heated speech, but because »"of this a kiddie is not necessarily an ;,“impudent child."" It is only when such outbursts are habitual that a | child chrr be so called. Children are ’more or less primitive. Their emoâ€" ‘tions are constantly effervescing, and :such an effervescence must naturally be followed by an occasional foaming over or unnatural physical and nervâ€" ous derangement, Therefore, the parâ€" ent can afford to forgive occasional "exhausts," but always with a gentle and wisely worded reproof, perhaps even a sorrowful one, so that the chiid will be impressed with the important fact that the habit of such outbursts Tree Culture in Uruguay ;l I sincerely hope that you can answer !l“yu" to these self questions, but I rfdoubt it, for then you would scarcely |have occasion to read about "impudent "cbildren.” But if you cannot answer | in the affirmative and are seeking help |in the correction of juvenile impertinâ€" ence, know and remember wel} that a | child will almost invariably mirror jand copy your own attitude toward (him. Age, indeed, must no more be iimpertinent to youth than youth to age! P‘ is quite as great a breach of good breeding as impertinence to older peoâ€" ple. This idea inculcated at an early age is a rock foundation for courtesy and chivalry., Furthermore, boys and girls should be taught that impertinence to other children, younger, older or of the same age, is quite as great a breach of good breeding as impertinence to older peo. ple, . ‘This HMen INCOIARhnH xk as â€"hia _ ‘earned this, the mothers and fathers of impudent children should ask themâ€" selves, "Do we show him the respect which we wish him to show us? Do we speak to him in the tone of voice we wish him to use when addressing us? Do we treat him as courteously as we wish him to treat us and othâ€" ers?" Furthermore E‘z | f S &