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tant?" I used to ram 'er press about ensities of the Par." consider. roi'tteerirte pro} SELLING DIRECT FROM THE l FARM. h as the favorite indoor pastime a "rm-nu class of newspaper writ- s 'r, prupound problems something "If the farmer tteta one dollar I Mm“ Fur hie: potatoes, nnd the mun vim- In; ha: to pay four dollars for t' "amp, bushel at the store. who is r protiteer, the farmer or the mom- u position that every movement must haw mused srufrerintt to the bird. Sm! up .n tho crock: and novices th' ma? permit a draught ovor the roman. Some poultry houses do not have the an!- tightly joined to the oer-non: foundation. Place your bond near the wall do» to the floor on a wirdg dry and not if tho wind is blow- Ing mm. the poultry house Boor. Bach dnughta may est'" with that later (Mr-top Into ”up. Nothing makes poultr'y litter look Kim a manure heap quicker than I I :tzliy rod. Be aura that the suns of 'he rooting Paper are tightly soiled. A Male tar painted over the nuns a! , the roofing nails will help to seal t'rse :xnall cracks, Roplace torn nip: v; wuiet. sunny days. and it is rnaier . l m We a smooth job of puching. When making repairs on u poultry h. up "void dropping staples or small :..~"‘ in the litter or on the ground sts,' ”4.. the house. Bird. In attract- ad by bright pieees of metal and may oat such material. I one. killod a dumpy sedan! and found I long pin wnrking through the giant? Tn loch mu value In gesturlni Mound the oder stoves only next spring when a 'tround is frozen and covered with When buyine grit Ind oyster shell. IA convenient to lay in i few hun- "d pounds in the fall. Thla will .urnt the hopper. from standing my next winter when the mud: are "l for trips to town, ulthough the ', a need tho pit to grind their "- " A and weed the shell to cover the " a the mash more appetizing to the lt To obtain hoary production it Wcasary that the hens eat lame million of egg-producing food. The should be ttne and well distributed ugh the mash so individual birds not receive, In ovordou. f you do not buy cémmerclnl grit are. and lay in I supply of gavel the poultry before tho ground was. A little dry, clean and nth- l on n sunny {all (by will be of er eggs. "l to read tt good deal in the rut about the profiteerintt pro- l-s of the farmer. and in lot. considerably more about the wimp: propensities of the aver- mil dealer. Without entering a; urgmnent over the matter. hm to make the general obur- that farmers certainly have not rt-o,,'iU.evi, and that retail man, a"" trot us guilty as we wouldl Luna-r», I wish to discuss one; proposed remedies for narrow-| " spread between the buying; may: prices of farm products. l m very long ago writers for the' papers lreliexed they had hit; 'uc solution when they suggested nine-ct from the farm to the; wr. To help along, the govern- awrlupcd the parcel post, so that' Armor had to do was to drop ttl of potatoes into tho rural mail ml prNto, his marketing WIS While there undoubtedly in mum- marketlng of farm pro- imam in this manner. I have not l that the post offke has put' :io. wholesale or retail dealers are the products which people; tum-s can buy to advantawi Tom the farms? They no“! n- limited than we might atl '.' h stpchte. Potatoes. apples, titer, poultry. hams and bacon,3 it in mom all. Modern methodsi wring and distributing milk) ll» it almost impossible for any-‘ vpt a specialist to distribute! M to fresh meat, there are m would difficulties In the' pecially in summer. when meat' .2 keep. Potatoes and apples: ml examples of bulky commodi- u. h might conceivably be sold' lull. here attain we encounter! um. Dwellers tn tenant houses. militants of an. and apart-l have ro storage room for any- .tnky. Thvy are almost com- 'o buy in driblets at retail. ' those people who have cellars iiko to buy their potatoes and an! things like that direct, un-l wy can Inspect the commodity The mason is obvious. for there uttoe,n and potatoes. and apple. ,plxs, One farmer might sell ‘mled potatoes of the highest for a dollar a bushel, and his 'r" might charge a dollar for an lwd, inferior lot. Yet both are potatoes. When one buys at a "or" ho has some means of " quality. H A - poultrymen use one per cent. the dry mash u it’seems to Smmovdidaa In which tho POULTRY , 2. In his newspaper advertising and descriptive folders he must explain I just how this grading and packing has been done, and tell the customer ex- actly what to expect. He must say that his box of apples which sells for $4.00 cxpre. prepaid, has about so many apples of such and such . var- iety. and are about of such a size. In . other words, if your container holds two hundred Baldwin apples about [two inches in diameter, say so. quality varies, 1 am afraid, will never be sold direct in my large way. The only wny in which the farmers can get more money for these products is to have compulsory grading laws put upon the statute books, and have a strict, official supervision of all grades. In every city of my size there are always more or less people who are willing to pay a fancy price for ex- treme quality in supplies fer their table. These represent only a small class of the buyers of foodstuffs, but to the extent to which they buy, they are the best opportunity for direct marketing. Any farmer who believes that the spread between the price he receives and the price the consumer pays in too large. can sell direct at a profit if he keeps the following points in mind: 1. He must grade and standardize pick, and put only the best qualities upon the market. Calls and " sizes should go through the cider presses. Then he should have attractive labels printed, and label every single con- tainer. tsnd seal the containers. 3.119 must maintain the unme' standards year nfter ycnr; in other, words, do the same thing that they great wholesale houses do with their products. ' I The opportunity for extra profit in' this kind of direct selling is veryl large, but it is only fair to state thatI not many farmers who try it sueeeeed. In the first place, many of them are not good enough farmers to raise, crops of the desired quality. It is ab-l solutely useless to think for even _ minute that people in the city will fuss to buy direct unless they are going to, get better values than their stores offer. The only chance such a farmer will have to sell direct is to put up a sign so that passing motorists may stop, end even then not every one who stops will buy. The farmer who Is master of his' profession, and does raise the poultry, and make the butter, and produce the apples which deserve a quality price is not always a born business man, a man who knows how to advertise his products and how to deal with his customers. All of which brings us down to thel oft repeated statement of late that' the farmer's primary function is to produce his crops, and that experts ln marketing should do the selling. The exception, the man who combines the two faculties, will sell direct anywny. but the great rank and file will not be able to develop that side of their business. If there are windows in the sides or: back of the poultry house be sure that they are sealed tight. It does not take much of a draught to blow the heat out of tho open front of a poultry house. The construction of the open- front house ls wrong unless the house is sealed tightly on the other three r""---~-vr . V manta. It now becomes necessary that eggs intended for home consumption should be simillarly classified. By this step the consumer will have assurance that the eggs purchased are of the r class represented. This will result not only in his getting velue for hie money. but indirectly in increased egg consumption. The producer will also be benefited because he will be in a po- sition to realize the price that e high quality product should command over the poorer grades. This in itself should :do a greet deal to pines the poultry .industry on a more prosperous basil tin thin country. sides Soft lies the turf on those who find their rest ', Beneath our common motUr'a ample breast. Unnamed by meanness, wax-lee, or pride, l They never cheated, and they novel-i lied. They ne'er intrigued I rival to dim! place. l They run. but never betted on the nee; l Content with harmless sport and simple food, l, Boundless in faith and love and gretL tude; Happy the man. if there be any such, of whom this epitaph an say as much. --r.ord Sherbrooke. Eggs Now Retailed According to Grade. At the 1923 session of Parliament. legislation was secured to enlble the Dominion Minister of Agriculture to extend egg grading to the domestic Jade riiihiho, ttrUrtrte and ehtssifi- cation have been required for inter- provincial export and import ship- - . -_________ ALA; A Horse's Epitaph. EGG sAutumn's earliest frost had given I To the woods below Hues of beauty, such as Heaven l Lendeth to its bow. In the Dominion Live Stock Branch market reports dated August 16, there were several gratifying features., On the British market, Canadian bacon woe reported to have advanced tan shillings per long hundredweight dur.. ing the week, and to be in good de- mand, leaneat and lean being quoted " 115 shillings, prime at 110 to 115 shillings, and bales It 120 shillings. American bacon was quoted at 86 to 95 shillings and Danish at from 119 to 131 shillings. Canadian and Dan- ish quotations are nearer than they have been for some time. Our own markets all reported hogs stronger, the quotations generally be- ing a dollar in advance of the previous week. At Montreal various sales of off1eituly graded select hogs were made at $11.25 per hundred. The report states that drovers and other ship- pers had no difficulty in selling select bacon hogs at a much higher figure than unguided lots, and that the ques- tion of selling on a quality basis now rests with the producer. Indications " the close of trading for the week pointed toward strong prices for im- mediate shipments. The report from Montreal for the week ending August 16 also says there was Keener interest apparent in the lamb market. Buyers for the Amer- lean markets state that it is their 'i?) tention to ship lambs, to Boston and) New York as usual. Owing In large measure to lack of docking and alter- ing as well as to lack of weight and finish the average quality of the lambs was not as good as it might be. The average quality of breeding, however, appears to be improving each year. The most desirable lambs should weigh around M to 85 pounds at the market and should be docked and either ewes or wethers. ' We have been companying, for three months. with some of the great ones of ‘the early days of the Christian _C'hureh. To-day they are all before us. What an amazing diversity is here! Evidently devotion to the i,Christitut way does not destroy indi- i viduality. And how tremendously hu- 'man they all arptruly our brothers -and sisters. And Yet how rich in the fruition of lives ived humbly and faithfully in the service of our com- mon Lord! Cruelty ls bad" morals and bad manners. Public drinking places for animals are not to he found in many of our towns and villages. Farmers driving in from long distances have to drive far out of their way to the hotel in order to get a mouthful of water for their thirsty teams. Why not beautify tho towns of Ontario by a few artistic fountains? The Sunday School Lesson Review: Great Men and Women of the New Testament. Golden Text-Wherefore, seeing we also are Comp- ed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us-Heb. 12: l. Perhaps the best thing to do is to spend just a minute or two recalling and restating the outstanding message of permanent value which each life studied has given us, somewhat after the tollosyirttt_rturt.ttter.. . " TrJtirthe "Baptist-his fearlessneu and self-forgetfulness as he pioneered, the way to a higher and more spiritual life, -iiarr, the Mother of Jesus-her simple Nith In God and her mother love and f1delitr. . .. . Simon Peter-ao near to us all In human frailty and yet such In in- Ipintion in the haying of heroism and devotion attaine by a life finally Christ-mutated. _ _ - _ John the Apoatllr--tht mm of the loving heart, who bu shown us that love givetr insight, virility, gentleness, page: t.o l 11me JY.e. , . luv. ‘IVW Ill-l.llv. vuuu,” av..-.-..-.~, ‘77 T power to a human life. l LESSON VIII. The First Christian Matthew the Publiean---who foumrMavhtr. Why W“ Stephen chosen to the hi her mile. of values in life, and‘help the trpostus? (Acta 6: tr.) What ty'lu'd his life to the highest motive. led to his arrest? Why was he stoned Mnrv Masrdalemr-lovtt and zrati- to death? How did he,die? "iiiH, -iiaiaidnir-uvi; and grati- tude to the Lord uttering itself in nets of devotion and pt service: _ . "Mirihn and Marr-helping us to find tho true balance in life, and to put flt's.st thiryrs Irsrt: I put “not tun-.5" 11:51“ , _ Stephen the Martyr-tho boldness LESSON X. Paul the Dauntleu. and gentleness of a tspirit-filled life. What is the first mention made of Barnabas, the Gr/sat-Hearted-the Paul? What made him so bitter gracious generosity of a truly Chris- "ttt'tttit Christianity? Have some tian gentleman. tscholar tell the circumstances attend- Paul the Apostle-uttering, as per- ing Paul’s conversion? How did Paul haps no other, the passionate mission. the Christian show his zeal and cour- ary impulse of his Lord, world-vision age? in heart, and world-conquest as his' LESSON XI. Warning and Encouro goal. ‘agement from the Life oLMark. Who John Mark--in spite of early hait-Iwas John Mark, and w at great op: ing, winning out along the path of Eortunity did he have? Wherein did humble and arduous service. , a fail? Who gave him a second Luke-the gracious and gifted phy- chance? Did he make good? What is sician. sympathetic, devoted in per-the chief lesson for us. sonnl friendship. making the Kingdom! LESSON XII. How Luke Helped of God his first concern. lPaul. What claim does Luke make for Timothy--throutrlt the influenre of himself as a writer? (Luka 1: 1-4.) his friend and spiritual father, Paul ‘What parables arc found only in catchin his spirit and the spirit of.Luke’a Goofel? his m3, and fulfilling a splendid, un-l, Lasso»: m. Timotlttg Trained to "lfltrh ministry for Jesus Christ. lServa. Who were Time " parenta? Lasso»: l. The Herald of the Chriat. What fine tribute did Paul pay to In what way did John prepare the Eunicegnd Lois? (2 Tim. 1: 6.) What why for Christ's coming? What is the quality in Timothf did Paul especially At "pm-e between real repentance and admire? What mtrortaqt telyudid Paul the Apostle-uttering, as per- haps no other, the passionate mission- ary impulse of his Lord, world-vision in heart, and world-conquest as his "si/ii/if/th'; Martyr-tho boldness tang genglenesspf 1irpiti!-.fi11td !ift., mason 1. The Herald of the Ch rut. In what way did John prepare the wa for Christ's coming? What is the dilx’rence between real repentance and simply being sorry for sin? LESSON I . Noglgla rt.t.eidteta in the Lila lmptongg Live Stock Tiuihi, What did Mary any: Early Frost. T.v9. H I LESSON IV. John, the Boson: Friend} hing to do is miof Jesus. What incident shows the or two recalling; tolerance of John when he first becamet landing message I disciple of Jesus? (Luke 9: 49-56.) i which each life;W!xat grea_t_ chgngg cam} over J.ohnri, --Whittier, SEPTEMBER 30 Betty’s Doll House. BY ELSIE PARRISH. Betty had a lovely doll house, but the little girl that lived next door did not have any. Betty's doll house had four rooms: a living room, a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom. The floor of the kitchen had real ollcloth on it " a tiny blue-and-white pattern. Every room was completely furnished. There was even a tiny telephone and a little piano in the living room. The bathroom had a. real bathtub with a tap, and if you put water in the tank attached to the tap, mu could turn the tap and water for the little china doll's bath would really run into the tub just as it does in a real one. When the doll house first came Bet- ty took good care of it. Every Mon- day and every Friday she cleaned the rooms and dusted the furniture and put everything in place. Yes, at first Betty was a good little housekeeper, but after a while she grew careless. She let the floors and furniture get dusty. Things were always upside down. The kitchen stove would some- how get into the bathroom and the bathtub into the living room, and the poor little china doll would be left in the water for days at a time. One day Betty's mother said, "I want you to lend your doll house to the little girl that lives next door for a whole month. I'm pretty sure she will take better care of it than you do." So Betty lent her doll house to the little girl next door for a whole month. Every Monday and every Friday the little girl next door cleaned the rooms and dusted the furniture and put everything into its place. and when- ever Betty went over to play with her she always found her doll house in perfect order. At the end of the month Betty be- gan to fuel ashamed of herself and to realize what a fortunate little girl she was to own such a lovely doll house. "After this I shall always take one! of it, the way you do; and you may' come into my nursery and play with; it every day. Then it will be almosti the same as if each of us had one of our very own," said Betty, and she smiled at tho little girl who lived next; door. I And that plan worked very well.--- Youth’s Companion. 1. When the angel announced the com- ing of Jesus, Luke 1: 26-M. 2. When Jesus was lost in the Temple, Luke 2: 41-52. 3. At the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee, John 2: 1-11. What is the last reference to Mary in the New Testaqyytt, Acts}: 12:. _ LESSON III. Peter’s Failures and Successes. What was Peter's great confessiori? (Matt. 16: 13-18.) How did Peter fail? In what sense did Peter become a fisher of men? LESSON V. Matthew Overcoming a Handicap. What was Matthew’s oe- cu tation? How would he find it diffl. cuft to follow Jesus? LESSON W. A Woman'a Grateful Service. What great thing did Jesus do for Mary? ow did she show her gratitude? What did Mary do on the morning of tle, Resereetior1.'. . lus5N VII. True Friandaht'p'i m TI Show " Margy ayd Mary. Hor. dig 1ttr,r1 /ifiil"iiy: Timothy "to do? ma Th1- 1o_thy may)" up to than dlfiuult ; iiiiiLiia , Shown b Martha and Mary. How dia, keeps me town mm In mm: we then an!“ differ from one another?! ready for any community gathering. What did Jesus ny about Martha's In return for this service they are al- worries? $1.1m l' 41-42.) What dif lowed the free use of the mu for In. Josua do or them? (John 11:31-46.) ',stitute functions. HIE" ff Yi"? show her gratitude?; Hillview Institute in Ternlsknmhut ( pr 142%?) _. _. . -. . h. has done vnlunbfe relief work for the LESSON IX. [low Bahzaban Showed Hitt Generous Spirit. In what way did Barnabas befriend Paul? (Acts 9: 26-31.) What fine thing is written of Barnabas in Acts 11:24? TORONTO Erin Instituto has on hand a "School Fund" of $185 which they are planning to use in furnishing 1 room in a new school which is now being built. Glen Allen Institute sent to the Northern fire sufferers 1 quantity of clothing and fruit valued at $400. Clifford Institute has put I piano in the sthool, pMvided plantar for the park and Hhuol, and is raising money for a skating rink. Mt. St. Louis Institute has I box for questions and suggestions at each meeting so that any member who is too shy to "speak out" may Mill give the others the benefit of her Heats. When a program is rather short this Institute reviews the lessons in sewing and home nursing given In their De- monstration Lecture courses. Rama Institute on the Indian Re- serve gave tooth brushes to the school children, helped a poor neighbor and contributed to the Orillia Memorial Hospital. Vellore Institute, after the North- ern Ontario flee, sent 8100 to a minitr- ter at Englehart to get tt church established, and at Christmas time they got good woolen stockings and filled them with Christmas trout; for the children of three Sunday Schools. Victoria Harbor Institute in work- ing to secure a dental clinic for their school choldren. Elba Institute in Dufferin put flrat aid kits in four schools. The Institute at Sunnidale Corners in East Simcoe bought chnirs for the town hall. Nottawa Institute put . light on a. bridge at a dangerous crossing. Magnetawnn Institute has given the school, a drinking fountain, . number of pictures 9nd , )ibrqry. _The_y_had 3 photograph of the sixty loo-1 boys in the army, framed and hung in the school. Hillview Institute in Temilhming has done "liable relief work for the fire sufferers. This Instituto supplied material for a hot lunch for their two school rooms last winter. They give special prizes to the school fair and last summer they bought flannel and made sport suits for the boys' I’m-mall team. Milberta Institute in Temiskomlng is making itself very helpful in “slat,- ing the members in making quilts. They have each meeting " the home of a member and after the progrnm they spend the afternoon in quilting for the hasten. This Institute also keeps the town hall in repair and The Institute at Elk Lake in Tem- iskaming has erected a fine Institute hall, equipping it with a piano, sent- ing and kitchenette. at a cost of $8,000. This Ull is open for the use of the community. This Institute grunge-e been to clean and plant the cemetery. They elm eontributed generously to the fire sufferers. South Yarmouth Institute has taken on rather heavy hospital work this year. having promised to raiae $1,000 for the London Memorial Hospital. A donation of canned fruit w“ sent to mother hospital, and a "Melon Show- er" given to the nurses. Gift: of clothing. bedding and money were sent to the Northern Ontario Are sutferers, a contribution made to tho Church Hall, quilts made for neody families and an autograph quilt mad. as a meana of raising money. Other funds were raised by a play, and a ban." and sale of homemade cooking at the. “Made in St. Thomas" exhibition. At the same time local affairs. me n'it "ttleeted. South Yarmouth is noted; bougon Watch the Mail It will bring you " once I copy of our booklet “Buying Bonds on the Partial .l'.t,g,",e,'d', Plan." There- in you will find a une. workab e plan for budgeting your Income and a simple method for the Investment of a monthly tsurptor---tu? matter how large or small ---irt bound ucuritiee. A Iyetemotlc programme of saving and investing a determined portion of your earnings in the foun atlon of an Independent income. Our Portinl Payment Plan will enable you to do this. During the next few month. you can become the owner of a nah $200, $500 or $1,000 bond. te send us your name and uddrcu on the coupon be ow and full particulars will be mulled to you. Addr-...............-..,.................-.....,..................-........... Branch Mces: Mound, Lulu, Ottawa, New York, London, Eng. Kindly send me I copy of "Buying Bond. on the Partial Payment Pun." Name........,........... Mail the adig,ti,lius Jarvis 83 Sip,. News From Ontario For Home and Colmlry 293 Bay Street Toronto V for its good programs, it, keeps a. travelling library on hand for the use of the community and never full: to show some expression of sympathy in use of illness or bereavement. Hllyeon Dan. The halyccn dun are the seven days before and the woven days after the shortcut day. The hulycon. or King- msher, la suppoud to be breeding at this time, toe which mason the sea, for thin Mrtnight, is supposed to very conudmbly preserve a pexfec: calm. Women's Institutes. Whether " an in rags or in silks. In t hovel or . palace, it is a?! the same to Inimdl. They love and bust ua.--Udy Edward Cod}. “an"... -- -..._ n ~nâ€" -..-....._, 4m. "" nre KY hen: trt In egg pro-l Edna“; mull. A'S"g hon- gunk; " oo, proAt from every hon In an winter (,,r',t2'i',t',td. “i?“ Syn?" 1',tohntG'n'1et"i,r/ rm: n. u " trooonnn ni at“. ragw- "moo mo HEN" mu...‘ iof poultry ailing, one copy ot whloh 'wm be an! “comedy no to any. ireader of mu p.rg who Room Bitt hunt; ‘or more. 3:33 I ould " to a dung: or more I doun thin winter, This man: my prcMt to we poultry knpu who (pt. ‘ho PS",, Mr. Trafford telle how. If You' non euzckenu And wont mun to main mnnrv for you. out out Hill ad and mud n with vuur name It n whims! w H-nrv Trtstrord. Suite "OH. Hamid Bidl. 0mg. lmmmon. N. Y.. and a free n-npy of "THE 1.609 ECG HEN" vnll be Bent " The autumn than k with us! In ap- pmch Wu heralded, not many days ngo. By bazv skies that veiled the brazen run, And sen-like murmun from the rust, ling corn. And low-voich brook: that wandered drowsily By purpling chute” of the Juicy sswineiiUr iUGn tho vino. And now, 'tis here. --Wm. D. Gallagher. "Tho ("It trouble with the Roam-y bulinou No than been that t o lay- In. lite of a. hon I'll mo lhort." “)1 Henry Tufted. International Poultry Expert and Breeder, for bully ox‘mun yer., Editor or lacun‘ry 893cc”. New "stem of Poultry Keettmg--Get Doll-r I Donn Eggs-Parrot" Poul. trvm-n J Tho [VCPI'O pull“ lr, 160 an, " kept tho ucond you. a . max lay 100 more. Then. Ibo to“ to mm at. Yet, " nu bun scionu only "ttblitrhed that every outlet In born or hushed with over on. thouund minute as; germ. in her kiitertt--9pd Wm lay them on . highly prom-bl. Mm over a period of tour to It: yard time " liven proper How to work to Bet 1000 egg. from over! hen; how to (at funn- luyin. only; how to mnko the ol hem lay mu gaunt"; how to hop u? huvy en pro- auction alt thug?!) co d winter month. whoa on. are 7 [he-g: lrlplo egg pro. 1000 Eggs new}; 31er WP: Spain 1'li will ‘et te hm. hm back on thte, .1”. a not. than {any yum u on“ 's Sin“ Cutg it In. .been lymph. waxing. ugh-III C it h. b m In. i t /il'tlud',"t.l'S',la'fl tu'"s bland biWirGrihi." _ ___ - __ _ Get a aw . In It.'l"Wh'd'l'f. S'trctew, l Dm".ormlmdb , ttR. B. J. KIIDALL COUPAIV. (who. falls. tft., I)“. Kendall's Spawn: Treatment , TELLS HOW Back to Work "QUE NO. "--'8t, in Every Hen Even should we not have made pro- vision for 3 supply of 'qtHne-flonerine hardy perennials. n stock of which in easily raised from seed town in spring, we can still have I guy spring garden by freely utilizing trprimr-f1owerinq bulbs, of which them it quite I ur- iety for our purpose. To obtain a success of hulboua flow. or- throughout the spring months ll neither diffieult nor costly. and even if it is only for cutting that they no required, the pleasure of watching them grow more than replys no for the trouble and expense incurred In their planting and cure. Where it is desirable to have the beds and borders continue their " trsctive appeal-shoe. it is well to grow several different kinds, so that the flowering period may be extended to its utmost. For Instance, hyscinths open their flowers first, then come the daffodils, followed by early tulips snd the poet's nercissus and. last of sll. the gorgeous Darwin. and cottage tulips. In addition to these oustsnd- ine bulbous flowers, there are seversl other miniature bulbous plants that are well worth including in our col- lection. using them to edge the bord- ers or to dot here snd there slant the side of the path, and to pleat in irre- gular patches in grass. This dwarf fsmily includes the crows. snowdrops. scillss. muscsris. tmowfukes and chionodostatr, sll of which are perfectly hardy. EXTENDING THE Hnwumw REASHN. The size of the bulbs may be taken as a guide to the depth at which they should be planted. The lnre" sized daffodils will push through fr,,. i'u'ht-e of soil easily, whereas the smaller and medium growers needs not be planted sny deeper than three to four inehes. y llyacinths are best set. fully tive inches 'ueep---that is, for the large or frrttt Maize bulbs; second sine one inch less. lTulips may average four inches for the early varieties sud five to six .inches for the Darwins. cottage and lather late sprts. Small bulbs of other learly species are planted two to three iinches; deep, according to their size. The distance at which the bulbs are set apart la largely a matter of taste and depends somewhat upon the ef- ects desired. If three distinct kinds are to be planted in a bed or border, three inches will be trufheient, for, as the early ones fade, the later bloom- ing kinds will continue the floral effect. " necessary, the tops may be removed as the Rowers die, but by so doing the value ot the bulb, if it is to do duty again the following season, is lessened. for the tops or leaves as they wither gradually give strength to the roots. furnishing the necessary food for next season's ftowerg. Overcrowding should be avoided. Thus we set hyacinths six inches apart, daffodils three ta four inches, according to the variety. and tulips four inches. Crocuses and other small hulhs look best planted rather closer and we allow them only about two inches. Hyacinth:, will always be the first favorite of those who Crow bulb:I in the home, but in addition to their value as I pot plant they are equally adapted for outdoor culture. It iI doubtful if any other bulbs give ttrcat- er Ill-round plenum than the hya- cinth. It is invariably a success any- where, Ind from the bedding point of view it is impossible to plant my- thing that will flower earlier, and, too, few other flowers approach it for rich coloring, and none in hardier. We might go farther and state that for bedding the hyacinth iI unaurpeeaed. The best time to plant is from Into September to the end of October. LIGHT SOIL II I”. There in one condition the hulbe rather object to, and that in I bIdly drained and very heavy Ioil, but this can be wily remedied by raising the bed a few inchee above the level in the first use, tuning a lighter soil Ind mir- ing with it I liberal quantity of led mold and wood aehee. or sand or road grit. Early or late blooming can to some extent be intl-need by depth cl Punting, Time in warm louder- where there in no greet danger from 11am (route, by letting the bulbe not 'more than three inehea deep. the time ‘of blooming is banned. In late and 'cold situations it is better not to on- courage early growth. in which rue ‘ they Ire beet planted quite deeply. five to six inches. They are perfectly herdy and the flower. rarely require any support; when planted deep. The di-unce npnrt must be left to Individual am, but if the best in to be corpetod with n wprirtirftowerlne plant, such " ponsieu of a color to central with the variety of hyacinth". nine inches will (in the desired “fact. Or the white rock cross is used to " vnnhge with Any of the ricireolored varietivs. In bed. devoted entirely to the hyacinth, or where I mused effect in desired, they should be spoon! six inches upon. SeopoUmine, the drug that in sup- posed to render its subjects inc-pubic of lying, does not find favor with :11 of the medical profession. Some phy- sician have lately pointed out that the drug in obtained from henbnno. deadly nighuhldr and prickly pear, that all it does V to produce intoxica- tion nnd - the victim to talk fru- lr. Them In no eertainty, they think. that the accused eHmiool will tell only the truth. Buh'l‘lntBI-hg GuySprin'l-‘Iowm ",3aW..' ‘0! pt