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Â¥ P || 14 4 J | h l CcONDUCTED BY PROF. HENRY G. BELL The object of this department is to place at the serâ€" vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in c T e untteas BukHNehin« Comnany, Limited, Toron Copyright by Wiison E" L. G.: I set 65 trees (apples, pears, cherrties) two years ago; mulched cach fail with barnyard manure. Trees make a fair growih; ground grows medium intercrop. How much commercial fertilizer should 1 apply to each tree? Have some 2â€"10â€"2 on hand, or would nitrate be beiter? Answer: As your trees are young the fertility treatment should be en-t Wrely planned to force growth as rapidly as is consistent with well rounded material, being carefual not to force wood growth to such an exâ€" tent that the twigs will suffer during the sovere cold days of winter. . I would, therefore, advise the use of from 5 to 8 lbe, per tree of a fertilâ€" izer carrying 3 to 4 per cent. ammonia and 10 to 12 per cent, phosphoric acid. 2â€"10â€"2 fertilizer is better adapted to grain crops, but could be used with1 profit on orchard crops grown on a Sandy loam soil. You have not menâ€" tioned the type of soil and my reâ€" commendations are made assuming that the soil is an average loam. The use of nitrate alone, 1 am afraid, would cause too rapid a wood growth, leaving the wood sappy and in such shape that there would be a tendency to= it to suffer severely during heavy &4 5farm GCrop **.,** Querres ’TO". C. B.: What is the relative value for fesd in rips husked swoet corn and fi«!d corn? Cc Sweet 122 9.0 92 264 413 18 Field 90 65 18 212 13 22 Second, what is the value of the ear of sweet corn as compared with that of flint and dent corn? Here is Hweet 9.3 18 115 23 672 7.9| Â¥Wlint 105 156 101 20 709 5.0 Went 122 15 104 1.5 694 5.0 Of course the protein, carbohyâ€" drates and fat aro the feeding conâ€" stituents of value. The differences in these figures will give you the answer to your question. $. H.; I can‘t get clover or alfaifa to start on my soil. The soil is rather HNght sand. Would like to know what I should do to get clover and alfalfa to grow. Can alfalfa and clover be sown in the fall with rye? Answer: 1 would not advise sowâ€" Ing alfalfa or clover in the fall when seeding fall rye, but you could very well sow the alfalfa and .clovor seed en top of the stand of rye in the spring as soon as good growth has started. By a light harrowing of the erop you could readily work the seed -Mdem.ll deop into the soil, Excelâ€" lent stands of clover and grass seeds Rave been obtained by seeding at such a time either on rye or fall wheat. In preparing your ground apply a good dressing of lime this G#all, so as to sweeten the top aroas ef the soil where the young crop will wrow. Whon seeding your rye n_tply about 200 Tbs, per acre of a fertilizer amalyzing 3 per cent. ammonia, 8 per eent phosphoric acid and 3 per cent. potash. This material will give the #ye a goed vigorous start and will z.a. readily available plantfood the young clover and alfalfa as seon as you seed it in the spring. Â¥. B,: Please advise 1: what emmces hbeans to uet bugs in them, what dfi.h’mfl' : .a-.’.xztbo beans? At what are egga laid. in the 8 ?# If the begans wore carefully ‘ picked over and heated would the _ ones become bugâ€"reaisting? 18 t sauything that can be done to .cwhfllfi""’"‘“"‘ a bunch of beans? m‘. This material will give the!"""" .,...oodvlgoronoltartmdwillsfl" Te ie readily available plantfood| 8T» the young clover and alfalfa as| SY‘® seon as you seed it in the spring. pinn Â¥. B,: Pleaso advise 1: what | deer o t 23 t or and what becomes of the bugg after| D / _ Apswers bugs in your beans ‘:m, mfl Weavil. Thm:- “’.uufluvhmrunfimx- w.flb in the spring after the hh“f flowen](: m the young ve fo ge on HHinnre t fhe volngifed. As answer -dn.h-l.o';o in .â€"fv;lf or early Auguost. Carbohydrates cF) 84 $ G© 1 Bfi & i: t care n-x-\;s{'bjefitraken not to have any fire in the vicinity when treating the beans. The treatment is lzelt carried out by pouring the bisulphide into saucers or deeper receptacles which are set immediately on top of the beans, After the liquid has been placeé, cover the barre! with several thicknesses of bag or closer woven material, or put an airâ€"tight top on the barrel. Since the fumes from the carbonâ€"bisulphide are heavier than air they sink down between the beans and kill the insects which have formâ€" ed within the seeds. Some bean growers find it good] practice just before seeding to empty‘ their seed lightly into a tub or bucket of water. The infected seeds are usuâ€" ally so light that they float. These can be skimmed off and the remaining geeds spread out to dry immediately. Among the most interesting tests carricd on by Pr. C. E. Saunders, Doâ€" minion Cerealist, described in his reâ€" cent bulletin ome Wheat, Flour and Bread, is that of the effects of storâ€" ago on wheat and flour. These tests covered a number of years, as many as thirteen as a matter of fact. He romarks that there seems to be a general opinion current among millers and bakers that flour from new wheat is of inferior quality for breadâ€"makâ€" ing, but that in the course of a very| few months, whether kept as wheat or flour, a considerable change takes place, and that it is believed that flour retains its highest baking qualities only for a few months. Pr. Saunders found that flour from Yellow Cross wheat, made from the 1905 crop, showed a baking strength of 86 in March, 1906, and of 104 in Flebruary, ‘1“9‘(.)7‘,'1.};;; Tasmania Red showed a baking strength of 95 in February, 1907, and of 101 in M;reb, 19_98‘;_ and Downy Riga, grown in 1900, 8) q strength of 81 in February, 1907, and |, of 104 in February, 1908. In order to| , study more thoroughly this important | ; problem of storage, seven kinds of ; wheat were chosen from the 1907 crop| j at Ottawa. Tables of results showing | , when ground and when baked indiâ€"| cate that wheat generally improved | ; by keeping a few years. Huron kept) , a month after grinding showed 82,), kept three months after grinding in! 1913 it showed 101 of baging strength.| . Red Fife under the same conditions é showed 838 in 1908 and 104 in 1913. Yellow Cross showed 74 in 1907, the year each sample was grown, and 102 in 1918. Staniey "A" showed 76 in 1908 and 96 in 1913. Chelsea showed | 84 in 1907 and 95 in 1918. Dawson‘s \ Golden Chaff showed 71 in 1907 and |Q1 in 1918. Turkey Red showed 88 in ;| 1909 and 101 in 1918, . Some samples ; mwed ‘better in intervening years | r only one month from grinding. 1| Red Fife, for instance, in 1910 showed ; | 108, Stanley "A" 100 in 1911, Chelsea ; | 102, also in 1911, and Turkey Red the 1| same year 103. mrag:.:f flour from y | only three kinds of w is tabulated â€"| owing to the degtmcti?n °!. other Wheat and Flous Storage. samples. These show that after the best year a gradual decline in baking strength takes place. All were ground Beptember 16 or 17 in 1907. In Januâ€" ary, 1910 and 1911 the baking WeJ3 amE ETT AER C CY T j strength of Huron had reached its pinnacle, namely 107; in 1912 it had decreased to 87. Red Fife‘s best year was 1910, when the strength was 109; in 1021 it was 95. The best year for Â¥ellow Cross was 1911, when the strength was 111. In January, 1921, it was 100. In 1907, the year of grindâ€" U & a ug n obsctnm | as 3 Wife‘s 98, and that of Yellow Cross 74. The decline of the baking strength after the peak year had been reached was more gradual in the case of Red Fife and Yellow Cross than in that of Huron. The city is a place where people must dwebs; the couniry a place where people may live. The rube farmer of ten years ago had to shave off his whiskers the other day because they kept blowing into his eyes when he drove into town in his $5,000 hypersix, and he was constantly rumning over newspaper at him. 9. o t iges f% / /.0 ‘ s. & se ~ e \ | ), in | Sss <# |; ron â€" | PR P > "'g | rder |\â€" w* 99 _" ‘l| menâ€" We * 7 / * ‘here P , ; ; ao â€" \ MA whemn 8 # fl l _ rumuning over newspaper who had been poking fun t How much should it weigh? How should it be fed? There is an atâ€" tractive set of Child Diet booklets available from the Public Health Deâ€" partment. Does the engaged girl want to ‘know "How to build the Canadian house‘" or "How to make a Canadian me"? There is in preparation that delightful Home Series, "The Little Blue Books" which aga‘n may be had for the asking by any Institute from the Department of Health at Ottawa. Do the girls want a place? There is the Girls‘ Branch or Circle. A Community Party. The successful Women‘s Institute \ believes vigorously in a balanced life | and a balanced Institute program. :x.cvk"""'i‘h;;er is Dr. MacMurchy‘s Canadian Mother‘s Book to be had for the asking in every Institute. fi& WT.;;‘E Institutes of Ontario "Something to see, something to hear, and something to do, and you will have an interesting meeting," say the members. Demonstrations accordingly are in high favor. The St. William‘s branch gave A remarkable demonstration, all. unâ€" The lightness of the potato crop in | Ontario and the eastiern provinces\ owing to the long continued drought earlier in the season will render it profitable to save all the tubers posâ€" gible. Reports from agricultural repâ€" resentatives indicate that even the light crop being harvested is in many cases affected with rot. It is useless to put away in permanent storage poâ€" tatoes that are affected with disease because those that commencte to deâ€" cay are likely to contaminate the rest \of the pile. If potatoes are found to be diseased at digging time a good plan is to fix up a place in the barn where it is dry and where frost can be kept out for a time, andâ€" spread the potatoes in shallow piles, If, hm:- C & P it s en r o / Ceee EeC tR MC es | d eep c d P‘ T ever, the crop is small and no rot is\ evident, the storing can be done ut well first as last in the cellar, Boxes or crates make better recepta.cloell than deep bins and are much to be preferred to keeping the potatoes in bags. Moreover, when the potatoes commence to sprout, as they will do during the winter, more especially in cellars where a furnace is operated, they will be more quickly noticed when in boxes and can be more expeâ€" ditiously handled from the hoxes than if the whole pile has to be turned over in order to take off the sprouts. The oftener the sprouts are removed as they appear the ‘better the potatoes will keep, but the better plan is to keep the potatoes so cool and dark | that sprouting is discouraged. It is | highly important that Iomtoeo be | stored only when quite dry. It will be well, more especially a yean like the present, to seo that the storage is as perfect as possible.. A dry, wellâ€"ventilated cellar is the best sort of storage to provide. The exâ€" Storing the Potato Crop. Why did you leave the farm, my lad? Why did you bolt and leave your Dad? Why did you beat it off to town Ard turn your poor old father down? Thinkers of platform, pulpit, press, Are wallowing in deep distress; They seek to know the hidden cause Why farmer boys desert their pa‘s. Some say they long to get a taste Of faster life and social waste, 1And some will say the silly champs Mistake the suit cards for their trumps, 7 In wagering fresh and germless air Against the smoky thoroughfare. We‘ve all agreed the farm‘s the place To free your mind and state your case. Well, stranger, since you‘ve been so frank Why Some Boys Leave the Farm While Others Stay at Home * .‘ With dad and me it‘s half and hali. The cow I own was onte his . calf. I‘m going to stick right where I am, Because my sheep was once his lamb. I‘il stay with dadâ€"he gets my vote, Because my hog was oncte his shots. No town for meâ€"I‘ll stick right here, For I‘m his tractorâ€"engineer. It‘s "evenâ€"split" with dad and me In a profitâ€"sharing company. . We work together from day ‘to dayâ€" Te‘ieve we, boys, it‘s the only way, known to themseives, to the rest ol] the province of a comn:unity party at; their last meet‘ng. ‘ Several new families, some of them from outside our own country, had! moved into the neighborhood, oeng family were leaving, another had been bereaved. It was the beginning of ‘ianother Institute year‘s activities‘ after the; harvest and the holidays.i u. . L onfi 0 2 aaus to beautifying the community cemeterâ€" ies, getting wholesome recreation and educative entertainment for this winâ€" ter, securing the Chautaugua for the five winter months, welcoming the newâ€"comers, and carrying out in pracâ€" tical ways the principle of the Instiâ€" tute, coâ€"operation. After a merry time over the reâ€" freshments, the party broke up at eleven o‘clock, refreshed and benefitâ€" ted by a wholesome evening‘s recreaâ€" }tion and wondering "where the time had gone so fast." 8 . s 0 yoes ie Ne es ROW BETYC Co PEsle And there was nobody to feel badly because he "hadn‘t * been invited to the party." The pense of providing a good system of ventilation would be soon offset by the better condition in which the poâ€" tatoes keep. Experiments carried on at Ottawa would indicate that very good results are obtained by providâ€" 1 20. (op: reradccusdt t Shhin EsAUSIT SUWR TEC TT Te uin w vin l P\ ing air space below and around the] potatoes stored. To do this slats| should be nailed a little distance apart | about four inches or more from the| wall. This will give a cireulation of] air behind the pile _ A temporary floor should be put down about six1 inches above the permanent floor with cracks between the boards. This will lpermit air to circulate under and through the pile. Then if large quanâ€" tities are to be stored together ventilâ€" ators of wood made of slats and runâ€"| ning from the top to the bottom of | the pile could be put in here and there|. through the pile. This, with the venâ€"| tilation afforded at the sides and bottom will give very good conditions for storing. If, however, as already pointed out, the quantity to be stored is small, it is more satisfactory to keep the potatoes in crates or boxes more particularly if disease is feared. The temperature in the cellar or store house should be kept as nearly 33 to 85 degrees Fmhrenheit as posâ€" sible. Not only will the disease and sprouting be delayed but the tubors | will keep much firmer than if a warmer temperature is allowed, To |keep the temperature down before | hard freezing weather arvives, it is | well to admit outside air at night, ; closing the windows or other openâ€" ‘| ings during the warmer hours of the day. Don‘t forgetâ€"the housewife is an important party in the farm business. The sting of a bee is only about oneâ€" thirtyâ€"second of an inch in length. T roll aside my hazy bank, The misty cloud of theories, And tell you where the trouble lies. Left my Dad, his farm, his plow, Because my calf became his cow. Left my Dad; ‘twas wrong, of courseâ€"â€" Because my colt became his horse; | I left my Dad to sow and reap, Because my lamb became his sheep; I dropped my. hoe and struck my fork Because my pig became his pork; The garden truck that I made grow. Was his to sell but mine to hoe; It‘s not the smoke in the atmosphere Nor the taste for life that brought me here; s Please tell the platform, pulpit, press No fear of toil or love of dress Is driving off the farmer lads, But just the methods of their dade. and hali. M In the interest of Baby who too often knows what n.u to be dandled and kissed but is made to suffer in its "little healths," we publish the following good Healthogram : I BABY WILL BE UNHAPPY AND Is given a pacifier. Is all Is taken up whenever he cries. Is fed Is kept up late. Is not Is bounced up and down. It tak Is dosed with medicines. Is teg Is bothered by flies and mosquitoes. Is not IT IS EASIER TO KEEP BABY WELL TH HE GETS SICK. Usually at this season of the year there is an increase in the amount of discease in the swine herds. The apgravating cause often is the chang: from dry to green corn. Hogs a¢â€" customed to dry feeds all summer are put upon green corn quickly withâ€" out being allowed enough time for their digestive systems to become acâ€" eustomed to the radical change in feed. Then disease which had not ‘[becn able to get a hold upon the hogs when healthy begin â€" to affect the weaker ones of the herd. 1 & Cane cokec. Tukbeates P SNBD AC0J" When I am a little older I shall BABY WILL BE WELL Has the right food. Is kept dry and clean, Sleeps alone in a quiet, cool place. Is given pure, cold water to drink. Has a bath every day. Has his meals served on time. Breathes fresh air, day and night. Is dressed according to the weather. (OHO0OSE) Prevention of such consists in avoiding changes. By allowit two weeks time for green corn, with a gr% y CMmINCE AMIEME ND CCC SS uWl Prevention of such disease attacks | consists in avoiding too radical feed changes. By allowing ten days or\ two weeks time for the change to| green corn, with a gradual elimination | of dry grains, there will be less, chance of lowering the animal‘s reâ€" sistance to discease. Feed also with the green corn some protein feed, such as tankage or linseed meal. Experiâ€" ments show beyond a doubt that hogs so fed are healthier and make more rapid and cheaper gains than those fed on corn alone. "There isn‘t a lad but wants to grow Manly and true at heart, \ And every lad would like to know The secret we impart. He doesn‘t desire to slack or shirkâ€" Oh, haven‘t you heard him plead? He‘ll follow a man at play or work If only the man will lead." There are two ways Of selecting | good breeders; one is by trapnesting and the other by observation and study. That trapnests are of the greatest importance in this pnrtlculnr\ has been demonstrated by the experiâ€" ment stations and by others who make poultry raising a business. _ In trapnesting for the selection of breeders, attention must be given to other factors besides ability to lay. For instance, if a hen lays 200 eggs in a year, but has had some contagiâ€" "ne Azance aarlier in life, she should in a year, buy No# BR ""°"0 CGanl ous disease carlier in life, she should| not be permitted in the breeding pen because the disease is ligble to be transmitted to her offspring. A hen with a trapnest record of 200 eggs must necessarily be a healthy fowl, and with ordinary precaution one can not go far astray in selecting her for the breeding pen. In selecting by observation, health and vigor must be the main factors. The individual selected ghould be acâ€" tive and carry her body in an erect:! and proud fashion. The comb |honld1 be bright red in eolor, soft and velâ€" vety; the eyes should be steady and clear. A fowl that stands moping around or roosts in the daytime is either weak or sick, and should never | be selected, no matter what her record | may be. Although feathers are only a covâ€"| ering for a bird, some attention must be paid to them also, Good feathered birds not only look better but sell better. Size and shape are also imâ€" portant in a dualâ€"purpost hen; good, heavy layers, of large #ize and uniâ€" form shape, with vigorous constituâ€" tions, are the ideal stock to breed }from. A good layer can invariably be disâ€" tinguighed by her actions and willingâ€" ness to scratch for food, }f exurin . on the roost at night, it will be fou that she has a full crop. ‘This, too, is 2 good indication of health.= A hen may be compared to a small factory â€"â€"food is the raw material and ms‘ are the finished product. The output is greater when the factory runs 'm-l ciently and consumes larger ‘quantiâ€" ties of raw material. ¥€ A soft, red comb, !ylyt to one sicte (in singleâ€"comb varieties), a ient! 1C UICEDD® is my heritage when 1 play. ‘ cing, and when I go ! I want to hear good music, read the next generation of good books, see beautiful pictures. 1 want to build Houses and Roads is to leave the carth & and Railroads and Cities. 8 92 "atk in the woods, bathe ONTA RABY‘s HEALTHOGRANM K'Mm to Lead. SELECTING THE BREEDERS TORONTO THE BABY . bewaln. . scius. doaieioegitnas Ae t 4 P T wWELL THAN TO CURE HIM WHEN | things do you pray in a spirit of love ETS SICK. | toward everyone eo far as you know ? ==â€"'â€"_â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€""-â€"'""““‘=== The first words are ‘Our Father.‘ % Loy J Then do you care deeply about the ’ / f h coming of God‘s Kingdom upon 4 ini 44 / j )j |earth? Are you working for it, giv= year c w ing for it, praying for it and trying unt . to make it come everywhere that The| L ) | your influence reaches? Is your first ue concern not to fail God in any of the I have a little garden. I planted lots of seeds And watered them and watched them And pulled up the weeds. And now I have a pansy And a pumpkin and a bean And three tall hollyhocks _ With leaves big and green And best of all, a daisy I found out on the hill I dug it up and brought it home, | _ And it is smiling still! short properiy far KB EqE REemie 200 OB 000C s Is fed at the family table. Is not kept dry and clean. It taken to the movies. Is tegsed and made to show off Is not a Fresh Air baby. The Frog Pond. F 1 wonder what is down that way, l In the water brown and deep? : What makes the little groggies say, "Krâ€"râ€"reke, kirâ€"râ€"reke, krrreke?" They hop along the bank and plunge, But soon they rise to speak. I think they say, "Come in and play!! i "Kyâ€"pâ€"reke, lrâ€"râ€"reke, krâ€"rrcke." | I wade around; they keep s0 still I cannot hear a peop. When I come out they raise a shout, "Krâ€"râ€"reke, krâ€"râ€"reke, krâ€"aâ€"rekel" They seem to play a funny game; It‘s like our hide and seek. Look, there sits Tad behind a pad, _ And calls, "Krâ€"râ€"reke, krâ€"râ€"reke!" â€" _â€"â€"â€"k,‘#â€"_â€"â€"â€" Ambition is a!ways attained by travelling a tedious, tiresome road. curved beak, lack of color in smnn,‘ wornâ€"off toeâ€"nails, are all indications of laying ability. It is said that hem‘. lose color in the shanks because t,hey\ lay it out of them; and the toeâ€"nails| are short ond worn as & result of much scratching. Observed from the side, a good layer bas a small head, rather round, *and the general appearance of the body is decidedly wedgeâ€"shaped beâ€" cause of the extreme fullness in its back. Largeâ€"headed birds with ovalâ€" shaped bodies ars never good layers. If a good layer is picked up the will be found to possess considerable weight for her size. Examination will show the distance between the \peMc bones for eggâ€"laying ability is a good method, but the inexperienced are likely to have difficulty at times! in estimating the distance, upochlly' if the hen is an old one with much‘ fat. The distance between the pelvic bones seems more than it is, for the| lower bone is forced down by ouper-* fluous fat. ‘ In selecting a male bird, find one which has good size and color and holds his body erect. Pick a hearty leater if possible, the tendency of males being to allow the hens to eat everything and have nothing for themselves. He should be of good mating qualities, not quarrelsome, land yet possess a fighting spirit, and be continually with the hens. Breeders do not require dlflcrent" Lousing from that of laying hens. They must at all times have fresh air and plenty of it. I believe that the correct type of house is the freshâ€"air one. More eggs are lost than gaincd.‘ considering the whole country, by keeping the fowls confined too much in warm, mild winter weather, "here must be a different method employed efi !«*l‘n‘ breeders than is vsed in feeding layers, the object beâ€" ins to projuse eggs wuz; rathes ‘uan many oww 6 a VMentlon should have heen made befor»s that ¢‘ther pulleis or hens are good as My Garden. lack of color in shanks, leis or hens are as but each must Lémled L2 .hmnmm“uo.“ JJF, HECECER® MRIICO O $ 2 ml. o.‘, one best book M life, Mrs. Hilton." Mrs. Hilton‘s tired eyes filled vig mAYCB, AATEVORML® MMEWMC CE CC y L tears. "But I‘ve prayed and prayed and never got an answer. Surély prayer is the most important thing in the worldâ€"real prayerâ€"the kind that ©BHBC PSERR C ECCE OO gets answers. And I do want to learn. I‘ve bought all the books I could "Burn th her crisply. chemi a00 ELEDTY "Yesg but understand me, Mrs. Hilâ€" ton. There are some valuable books on prayer that have helped many peoâ€" ple. But you might read them all the rest of your life and never lurn‘:o ‘ su c l0 2@ osteatiar it dn We M tarct i W ous Adeniant PE Oe t pray. Prayer is a matter not of study but of practice." "I don‘t know what you mean. I always pray, un’ will be dfifl.,'u Mrs. Hilton‘s voice sounded hurt. "I am going to ask you some quesâ€" TE mb h ky LC sutg think them over and see WNCLIC! somewhere among them you do not find &n answer to your puzzle. For you are right about the importance dmyor.Wlnnmwlorceruin things do you pray in a spirit of love toward everyone eo far as you know * The first words are ‘Our Father.‘ Then do you care deeply about the coming of God‘s Kingdom upon earth? Are you working for it, giv»« ing for it, praying for it and trying. to make it come everywhere that your influence reaches? Is your first concern not to fail God in any of the tasks and the opportunities that He has put before you? Are you pressâ€" ing the great sorrow of the world to y “‘Yovt‘; I;I;i-(e it sound soâ€"hard," Mrs Hilton faltered. s -‘.‘?i;r;r'a't"fi'rst perhaps while we are wrestling with the envy, the jealâ€" ousy, the bitterness and the selfishâ€" Eoo y . Ee No PE ness that come betwoen our hearts and CGod‘s great love; but not bhalf so hard as going year after year without the knowledge that the inâ€" finite Father is working through us. And when that knowledge comesâ€" when we surrender the last thing beâ€" tween us and it, and his love comes fiooding inâ€"then we shall not need \nyaouionurtbmmd\uhowto pray, dear Mrs. Hilton." In many parts of Holiand, during the blooming season, the country apâ€" pears like a huge fiower garden. Up to the time of the late war, the choicâ€" est variecties of flowers grown from bulbs came from Holland. The fower farmers require much patience, as some of the choice bulbs take as long as seven years to mature. Many other \bulbc, from three to four years. The . gathering, sorting, packing and shipâ€" [ping are all important, and it reâ€" quires skilled workers. Since the war, many of our flower lovers have taken a greater interest in bulb culture and good results are being â€"accomplished. _ Flowers and shrubs greatly add to the beauty of a farm home. Keep plow colters sharp, especially on trashy ground. Sharp colters proâ€" It took the Roman farmer four and a half days to raise a bushel of wheat. The Canadian {armer does it in nine What would you think if your wife left her sewingâ€"machine out in all kinds of weather like you do your farm machinery ? * Storing pumpkins: Place them in a room or barn where they will not freeze or become too damp. Set them on a wire netting that is fastened on a frame or on an old wire cot or bedâ€" springs that clears the floor by two feet. The free circulation of the m around the vegetables prevents deâ€" Three farmerettes attired in overâ€" ells, filannel shirts, high boots, etc., arâ€" rived at Moose Jaw recently. They are Miss Madge Simpson, Miss Doris Horn and Miss Ann Guesk, graduates of the Angus Experimental Farm of British COolumbia. "What do they do*" they were asked. "Harrowing, stooking, binding, breaking, plowing and riding on any kind of a horse," was the ansâ€" wer. "We love the work and wouldn‘t live in a city," they declared, Efiwn stared at him. Gaskatchewan‘s live stock associaâ€" tlons are provinceâ€"wide and engage in mnfi activities for the betterment of the livestock of the province. Annual or foundation females as the case may be. These associations also make imâ€" interest themselves in the boys‘ and girls‘ stock jadging and feeding com« N0 Ond atiy .4 A Shi &N C trepid n 81 U li the s #f the vessel stoppe lowed i the of moven 1t a n ly be 1 many nurses will ac for the In where theat his w sure | the e vice pi B W1 ©U @ m doct the The lassed, perfo kept done al tion of Any . «acoust« of the rapid this uy 1« the he big th ¢] wit be V mm