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m “on. la. " ht d.- l’dly up. bat In mun!- Iith " I realm. htaHO'l Bounc- h Intent meat of margin this are [ian N. " north I pushed won " 'tcation portion I much foe I m I but a "tnoe'. “my to Ivor n to} m. I. Idea to my. and “In ot taming ‘ovil Inch evolt am " a "tor. my on ', accept. " "" , an“ rlXand eforo t Mn in- English Moved a Engr nt. “a moo! wide 3341 w' od " using b Th.) , [not akin; HGT. bl" your Ot tttty at no " hey the nod I. m " a. USE? I Every farmer should Ino- what tertr.izer to use on his turn and why he is using it. The us. of humans has increased may during the lat decade but this inert“. in of little value unless the proper fertilizer VII: used. Efficient Farming decade but this increase is of little' As a general rule, applications of value unless the proper fertilizer " 'rotash have not shown prohtabte re- used. . 'turns for general crops on any but Buying fertilizers by the brand the lighter types of sands and sandy_ name has been a practice long follow barns. Here applications of from twol eli by farmers and should be dim.” four per cent. of potash has pro-l tinued if he is to ttet the most out of dueed good increases in some of the their use. Such names " “General small grains. Crop," "Wheat Grower," "Bean nnd The use of high analysis fertilizer is Beet 'S'pceiai," nre,often misleading an important consideration for the and do not give the farmer any idea farmer. A high analysis fertilizer l of the total plant food present or the on" where the percentage of nitrogen,i Amount of each of the important ole. Phosphoric acid and potash totals ttents. The law requires the nrtntrris {ounce} or more. In buying a high to be printed along with the name, analys fertilizer more of the farm- brand or trademark, but oftentimes er's dollar 'tetmtlty Ptys for the phmt this is not noticed until after the fer- food. The mt of mixing, tre11intr and :ilizer is purchased. l general overhead expenses is the same Knowing the analysis of fertilizer per ton of low grade as with grade. Univ l, will go a long "y townrd erent-' With I 1-8-1 selling for $29 per ton, iv: a more favorable attitude toward 811.50, or thirty-nine per cent. actual- tho Uri" of rennin“ but it is just as ly pays for the plant food, while sixty- mipii, rum, to know the kind of use one per cent. is used to pay other nec- min the different systems of farm- essary costs. Contrast this with a in; ml "te different types of soil. !2-i.6-2, just twice the strength. The A "omp!ete fertilizer is one eairr-' price of a 2-16-2 is say, $40.50; $23, im- nitcr,rrvn, phosphoric acid and or fifty-seven per eent.,G used to pay FEM! P.. These eonstituenta may vary, for actual plant food. We have, then. bu' as, 1M“ as the fertilizer contains a difference of eighteen per cent. in 1;; 'h, t"h it ie lt complete tiAiiiUCfnvo.r of the 2-16-2. On the other Any fertilizer which has only one or hand, the. cost of handling by the tu/r, o,e th We 1rorr,tituents is not a com-1 farmer will be lessened. He can use pi..." dimmer. Acid phosphate, sod-5 Just half as much 246-? as 1-8-1.and him t l rm». ammonium sulphate and the cost on the market Mt only thirty- mii'. ', ot" w.t-,i<h rt" are mt ohm- nine per cent more per ton. Crop," "Whent Grower," "Bean and Beet Special." are_often misleading and do not give the farmer any idea of the total plant food present or the amount of ml: of the important ele-' nents. The law requires the analysis to be printed along'with the name, brand or trademark, but oftentimes this is not noticed until after the fer- tilizer is purchased. l Knowing the analysis of fertilizer used, will 20 a long way toward creat- ing a more favorable attitude toward tho us!- of fertilizer, but it is just as i.rnportant to know the kind of use WHICH FERTILIZER SHALL I under the different systems of farm- ine, and the different types of so“. i A complete fertilizer is one carry- ing nitrogen. phosphoric acid and potash. These constituents may vary,“ but as long as the fertilizer contains all thr-n it is a complete fertilizer.’ Any fertilizer which has only one or two of these constituents is not a aD plete fertilizer. Acid phosphate, nod-9 ium nirrate. ammonium sulphate and moi-im- of potash. ete., are not eom; phee fertilizers and should not be used: as surh. They carry only phosphoric arid, nitrogen, nitrogen and potash“ respectivz'iy. Much unfavorable atti-I tad" has oceurred among farmers iii) Cause .mne of those fertilizers which'. carry only the one ingredient havel maxed as a "Cure All" for their crops.‘ in [Wink iTrtilizers the farmer should consider the soil on which the crop is grown and the plant food re- quiremcnts of the crop. In general the use of phosphoric acid is profitable on all soils and on all crops. This can- not be said of the fertilizing constitu- ents, nitrogen and potash. However, if acid phosphate is used alone on some of the sandy soils, the results will not be as profitable as it would| be if some nitrogen were also used. The results from potash are variable but its use la highly recommended for leguminous crops. particularly alfalfa and sweet clover. On the silt loam and clay loam soils the main requirement is 'e,t',tt"t) acid. Potash gives some response to sugar beets and beans, but on these} crops it is often used in excessive amounts. Nitrogen is seldom needed where the farms are badly run, and green manures are not used in the ro. tation. Occasionally. where the soil is poorly drained or of a lighter phase. top dressings of nitrate of soda or sul- phate of ammonia, have shown very noticeable effeeta. These elects are not the same year after year. but will be dependent largely on the spring weather. If the spring is cold so that the nitrifying bacteria are not work- ing to their maximum, then applica- tions of an available form of nitrogen should be made. carry only the famed as a "Ca In using I shouid eonaider crop is grown quiremcnts of Nitrogen is the highest in cost of, any single element in eommereUr plant food and for that reason should, only be used when necessary. Fortu- nately. manures and legumes can be substituted as the source of nitrogen. It is impossible to supply enough nitrogen through the use of farm ma. mares except where large amounts of highly concentrated feeds are pur- chased. and then only what good care is taken of the manure to prevent leaching and loss of ammonia through fermentation. With the use of lime and innoculation. however. alfalfa and sweet clover can be grown on most soils. and therein lies the Iey to the nitrogen maintenance. However. this clover should be grown in the ro- tation and some turned under With the use of these'legumes and the ma- nure produced. the nitrogen bounce should be fairly well maintained. On the sandy soils a top-dressing of nit- rates in the spring is advisable in ad- dition to the above treatment. Where legumes and manure are not used it will be necessary to apply nitrogen each year; This nitrogen should not he applied in the fall in largo amounts. In the case. of spring crops it should be put on just before planting. On wheat or rye about twenty Pet' cent. of the application of nitrogen should he in the fall nml eighty per cent. in the spring when the plant begins to grow. Or._ the heavier soils that are badly run down and no legumes. nor little, if any. ma- nure nvailahle. it u sometimes profit- sble to use applications of nitrogen. legumes can ”all, be grown on the heavier types of soil without liming. Legumes and mnnure should take the [lace of rommorcinl nitrogen on these t',.rms. There in usually a large am- lun! of organic matter turned under on these soils. part of which is con- terted into nitrogen, (m the poorer' types of soil tt 2-"2-2 a r 2-16-2 fertilizer should be used f .r when or rye; on the better tyw rf boil acid Monte an be used just 53 well. For com or cats, acid “hos- plute is usually suffuUnt. For alfal- fa or clover. 50m potash should be used. If seeding alfalfa or clover alone. or with . nun. crop. such IS barley or call. In 0-1“ - be and no" profitably than the acid phos- JY First of all, molting hens should be have an abundance o, green feed. Try- m. l ing to molt out a bunch of hens on a " I dry bare yard is nothing short of sui- m1. cidal to the health and immediate pro- of' ductivity of the hens so treated. Ir_| Give them a good big range covered " ' with green grass, and above all things at have it adequately provided with " shade. plate. On the lighter soils the tr-u-t or 0-12-2 are to be preferred to the acid phosphate for B1ftstftt or clover standings. If the soils are very undy ind just limed, two to three per cent. of nitrogen will help the endings. _ It should be evident from the fore. going figures that it is cheaper to use high analysis than low analysis fer- tilizers. Where the difference in plant food is not so marked, the difference in saving, of course, will be less, but the higher the analysis of fertilizer the greater per cent of the farmer's dol- lar that will par for plant food. The general trend of fertilizer practices is toward high analysis goods. Using the high analysis material does not mean that the right analysis is being use, but it does go a long way in fol- lowirg good fertilizer practices In aging fertilizers it should be kept in mind that they will not overcome seasonal or climatic conditions, but when used with good Judgment and other good farm prtuttiees, they will prove profitable on moat Ontario The efheiener of fertilizers is de- pendent largely on the soil reaction. Oftentimes it ls necessary to apply lime first and if the soil is strongly acid, lime should be the f1rtrt consid- eration. T farms Hens will molt. It is a scheme of nature that they shall rest from the strain of egg production, build up their body weight which has decreased, renew ther yellow pigment in their bo- dies through the addition of fat, dur- ing which time they grow a new cont Ot feathers. I The blackberry. points out the Do-‘ minion Horticulturist, in his bulletinI on P,v.,h Fruits, is one of the easiest‘ fruits to propagate. The suckers,:' 'whlch are produced in great numbers,‘ (may be used, or if it is wished Gl , propagate a variety even more rapidly; :than by suckers, root cuttings can be’ ' planted. The roots, cut into pieces two' *or three inches long, may be taken' Ieither in the fall or in the spring and iplanted in nursery rows about three' kinches deep. After one season’s; I growth, if the soil has been Well culti-l ' vated, there will be good plants avail-’ able. i As the blackberry ripen' at a up. Though the length of the molt is primarily an inherited trait in that poor producers molt slowly and heavy producers molt rapidly, nevertheless the molt in any hen cnn be materially speeded up by providing a few essen- tial requirements. Increase the grain ration quite ml- terinlly to melting hens, thereby en- abling them to build up their body weight more quickly. Put into the lay- ing mash which you would normally feed them increased quantities of corn meal and Old Process oil meal. A good melting ration is one com- posed of three parts of cracked corn and one part of wheat as a scratch feed, and a dry mosh composed of 100 pounds of wheat bran, 100 pounds of wheat middlings, 100 pounds of ground oats, 200 pounds of corn meal, 100 pounds of meat scrap and 50 pounds of Old Process oil meal. If one has access to a considerable supply of sunflower seeds, I few'of them fed at intervals is an excellent prttetire. These rations just enumerated no m1 remvly rich in fat and oils which seem especially essential in eneourtt ing I quick rapid growth of fine qual- ity feathers. Anything which we can do to hasten the molt, and thus shorten the rest period, is an economically sound practice. Citfibtdhiii? The Blackberry. hg time of an "nr, when the “gum manure to most will will be found dr) er in umlly hot and dry, if there is' nimble- If planted in the "il the not a good supply of moisture in the! Inter, the better. Strong one-year soil the fruit will dry up. In selectingjauckers are the pest to plant. As a soil, one that will retain moisture blackberries require plenty of spuce. well should be chosen, while the soil the rows should be not less than eight should be rich in plant food, an ex- feet apart and the plants not less than m3 of nitrogen gbuld be nvoided as three feet apart ln the. rows. Where nus liable to induce late growth. the blackberry grows vigorously, four ‘Hence, bottom land should be avoided, feet apart is not too much. Lin most places. In good upland clay: -----+---- loam, one of the best soils for black-i Some men move through life " I berries, there is likely to be syffie.i.ent) band of music moves down the thor- plant food without too much _rtitro-v; oughfure. flinging out melody and har- Ken. The soil should be well preisared,' mony through the air to everyone far as for all other bush fruits, and a good and near who 1istens.---Henry Ward {applicntion of well rotted barnyard,Beeeher. Last year I judged the women's ex- hibits at four county fairs. At tine fair the interest seemed to centre on the bread, as several women asked how soon it would be judged, and by the time I came to it there was quite a crowd gathered. Each woman had her eye on one loaf which she thought best, and they watched eagerly as the general appearance, lightness, crumb, and flavor were scored. The little lady who won first had not said a word until the ribbons were pinned on, then she proudly announced the prize loaf was hers. Several women were anx- ious for her recipe. "But the recipe is not all, that " the simplest part," she explained. m is all in the way you handle the dough. Why, I even use a thermometer in the pan of water where I set my dough, to see that the yeast will not get chilled, ind another thermometer in the oven. There is so much to know before you can make a perfect loaf!” The Jellies were the most interest. ine to judge, and, since you cannot tell without opening them, I first dipped up a little with a knife to see the tex- ture, for when there are many en- tries you can demand that the texture be perfect. A few glasses could be eliminated because they were cloudy, or tough, or syrupy; the others had to be scored carefully. The tasting never became tiresome, though one would think it a bit confusing to sample " teen plum Jellies. There seems to be some confusion as to the difference between conserves. as several glasses were entered in the wrong classes. Mrs. Kenton went to her county fair prepared to win. In the long winter evenings she had been busy crocheting articles listed in the old premium list and pretty sure to he in the next one; these crocheted things were intended also as Christmas presents. As soon as the new catalog came out she checked entries she intended to make. It was in August that she bought woolen material and made a school dress for her daughter. trimming it in red braid and carefully binding the seams. Of course it would win over some last winter's dress taken from the attic at the last moment. Not everyone would take the time to make a new dress to exhibit, but in that wny her daughter had it ready to wear on the first cool day. Mrs. Kenton started her canning] when the first tender asparagus show-l ed above the ground. Green peas“ sweet corn, beets-in fact, everything] from the garden was canned when at‘ its best. The fruits and vegetables‘ were graded as to size, perfection, and ripeness, as is customary in c'anning factories. That way the pieces in each jar were evenly cooked; there Were especially good jars for exhibit and for company, while others were for everyday. For exhibit, all the jars were uniform, wide-mouthed, and of clear glass rather than of glass having a blue tinge. Every week in the year Mrs. Ken- ton makes bread, cake, cookies, dough- nuts, and pies, standardizing the recipes and striving toward perfection. It is a sort of a game she plays with herself trying to make the bread just right every single time, and lucky is the person who happens in for a meal on the day she has baked. The night before she plans going to the fair she sets the sponge. at the same time setting the alarm clock for an early hour. She kneads the bread, and while it rises she makes two cakes, and as soon as they come out of the oven she builds up the fire to get the oven good and hot for the pies which she has rolled out from dough mixed and kept cool from the day be- fore. By the time the family is up for breakfast the bread is molded ready to go in the oven. She pro- ceeds with the baking until everything is in readiness to take. She says this early rising is better than baking the The preservation of the old household arts is one of the thing: which was featured "tit the recent Borttl Dublin horse show at Ballsbridge.. The Irish peasant Eamon are working on n his patch quilt. ,, V Ways to Make Money on Fair Exhibits BY DORIS W. McCRAY. Some men move through life as I bnnd of music moves down the thor- oughfare. flinging out melody and har- mony through the air to everyone far and near who listens.--Henry Ward Beecher. Women who win prizes in one de- partment seem to win in other things too, and it does not seem to be just luck. Finding that Mrs. Glbuey had won first in every kind of cake, I asked her for her secret of success. day before, as the cakes and pies reach the judges while they are still fresh. _ She says she always measures exactly; she Sifts the flour before measuring it, never thinks of dipping into the sack with any cup handy, but is careful to get the one measuring a half-pint. Women who win rizes in one t) JE'sus- 16-22. When Mohammed, permitted no partment seem to will.) in other things, V. 16. On the first Sabbath at Nil-Longer to age-k within the city of too and it does not seem to be just tsreth, Jesus attends the tsyrtttgotrurMeeen, prelc ed repentance and jude- 1 i, Fi di th t Mrs Gibne had service. It was the custom at such ment to the crowds gathered at fair- ue . ".1 mg Y. . k i", ked services. there being no off1eia1 mmlg-itime, his steps were dogged by Abu 1thlrhie') 'iv,g,','tkoipl,eg,',t.e' tM5 ltry. to call upon any tgtegcUtliihthtt his uncle, whevmxdih sport of er or r secre o s . ttion who Was present, to SP“ . . e eager prophet. hen e perse- She says she always measures congregation, end this courtesy ls herfeution become intolergble, the prophet exactly; she Sifts the flour before extended to Jesus, about whose rttttltitu.r.n.ed on .him with a. fierce curse, measuring it never thinks of dipping work in other parts of the eountrr.wt.ti.eh, 'thtLt place In the .Koran, into the iliiii'iil'h' any cup handy, but the Nazarenes have heard. holds Abu lb " to etteeration, as is careful to get the one measuring a. v. 17. Jesus, at the groper moment, the Gospels brand Judas. h lf . t. [stands up to read, an the stander“; When the T911601} of Mohammed a -pm " Nt " hands him a roll of the prophet harsh. l got the upper hand, it was Just as m- "Then, too, Mrs. Gityt.ey added, a The roll, written on parchment, would,tolernnt as its persecutors had been. cake can just be ruined m the wrong he wound on two rollers, which the i“Throughout the land there shall be kind of an oven. If it is too hot, the reader holds in his two hands, and tre-l, no second creed," VII the prophet) cake cracks; there is much to knowltween them,‘on the uncoilLeel Rm“? tf/tly,'?, on his Pg!,', Red.i And theisenl‘y Cake cracns; there In InuLu w nuvvv “you” “I“... "" “K “mun“. run"... -- about ovens." lthe roll, is the passage which he wish- Women who love to do faneyworki?y to read. It is not certain whether have a good excuse for doing it when}the 9335880 w.h.ieh Jesus here "ilnd.s.s" they can win prizes at the fair and T chosen by himself or was J,tttee1b,,- still have the work left for themselves' an. ttic/lt 'ixt,11 tz"irgefdlrtg',',', or to use as gifts for their friends. the roll we); handed to him, it would be One year I exhibited a white slip open at the pro er lace. All the trimmed with Armenian lace sewed on more remarkable B it that the passe by hand, which took the prize overlto be read, supposing the lesson to a ones made much more elaborately of'a fixy.1 one, is o.ne in which our Lord colored silk. When I asked the judge saw, his own divine mission T'ft1,'sit how it happened, she said the white v!',. 18, 19. The .passage Itt "iah nsinsook, while it was dainty, could predict; tth,'iht'u,'2,t,i,htr by 2ectcf, be boiled when laundered, hence was gig-0:} galyattio: 2: 'ld,",',',',',',') J,e,,"t',- more sanitary. Judges consider P"°"prison of captive souls gore spieéht to ticability and wearing qualities as willthe blind. free the opiyregaed, and an- as mere beauty. If you can get a good nounce the year of God's redeeming result with less time spent on the favor. The terms, "poor," "etsptive," garment, so much the better, for the "blind," "oppressed," are to be spirit- number of hours spent in its construc- ually uryier.stood... We must think of tion does not count when a garment is those who In patient loyalty to God's in competition with others. truth, have tuAfered impoverishment and loss, or who conscious of the bur- -. _ . IHWTE‘SI anu Tnerr ca "at, unu Ll": heat .dreetr..sea", nnd for other dis, l are waiting for God toga: up his king’- tinetive tatting articles. The super- ?dom and to bestow on them his salva- intendent of the department called my tion: No wealth, no freedom, no sight attention to a camisole she Jliiijreé,l.i,'i the eyes, no wisdom, can compare and the way she showed it to me llwith the heavenly treasure of knowing suspected that she was trying to. ges‘Pod, 83d will-king in Y,. light"" of; It At one fair there was only one class for the "best tinting article." There were many entries, and it was a mis- take not having a prize offered for the Suspected that She was trying to gEL‘uW, an“ walnuts III Luv Ans-u. \n. nu» me to give it a prize. It barely missed Ilove. Here {has :ehiiee hiow_ the Load receiving third prize, and she demand- 1'tstgn"g'rt,'ly,ihi e " m .SSI0n to t e ed the reason why. Her mother his. Vs. 20-22. After the reading of the made it, and the work was beautifu lesson, the roll is wound up and given Then I explained that the material of Pe to the attendant. Jesus site down the camisole was cheap and 1.efs..t'd-ztaht usual posture of the teacher.-- tive, not. good enough to combine with and while every eye is flxed attentive- fine handwork, and that the pink rib-ll}! on him in a breathless silence, he hon was gaudy, spoiling the daintiness t.es:ri.ntt his. sermon PM! the .tenrpy, .“This day is this scripture fulfilled in of the garment. She was surprised " Wh f ll edi that these points were considered. your ears. . at o owe, Is not re- corded, but " left to our imagination. Next year I expeft to find the same The Nazarenes are astonishe " the yoke entered again, but attached m.“wcrds of grace" which flow from a different camisole. lJesus, but inwardly in their hearts A gingham apron unusually good in "hey are measuring hlm'all the time style did not get a prize; someone‘:ztht‘a'igagox’fiéfi‘i‘:,finghilii'gg {I'll wondered why, but ”Phi?“ 1tinhi'jhl','d- willing or unable to realize that "the side of the garment wit its un me e son of Joseph" may also be God's Son seams was convmcing. The seams would pull out, and the garment would II. THE f.%I"io'f""'"' or' THE NA2- not wear well with many 1aunderings.l, ARENES, - ' . . One farm woman said to me: I Vie. 23, 24. The admiration, the " . . bo tvastonlshment, are momentary. The lhave learned several things a u words of Jesus provoke the inward sewxng. I found I had finished some comment, "But what are the using! of seams the wrong way, and have all his calling?" The Nazarenes share the sorts of ideas stored away in my mind common view, that the spirit of God about fancywork I am going to make. announces Itself. only in the extraordi- It is fun to exhibit, besides the pleas- In“? and ,tl"t,y.1t..E,t1o/y: They cannot ure of spending a cheque from the fair see that God s spirit ts supremely re- association. This year I am going to vealed m holy thoughts and' deeds, k M i which produce the sense of God a pres- buy a pressure coo er. Y prem l",', ence. Jesus is at once aware of this money is Just to be spent as I please. negative attitude, this .disposition to Beulah Batch, tl twenty-yearold say, "Physician, heal thyself,” and he girl, exhibited canned fruit and vege- recalls to his hearers the reception tables at six neighboring fairs last which Elijah and Elisha formerly met vear. While she had won prizes in the wrtlt 39°93 Iheir ou/n people. - Beulah Hatch, a twenty-yearuold girl, exhibited canned fruit and vege- tables at six neighboring fairs last year. While she had won prizes in the junior department, she had not mus- tered courage to compete with women twice her age. It was interesting to note that where she entered two jars of fruit one would take first and the other second prize. Where her mother had entered a jar, hers would receive second prize, and the blue ribbon would go to Beulah. The mother won $75 in prizes and Beulah won $150, with $25 for her fancywork in addi- tion. She is certain that it pays to exhibit at county fairs; but, like the woman said about ovens, "There is much to know about it." I. THE can ANNOUNCIIIN JESUS. 16-22. II. THE GREAT REFUSAL or THE ARIN-I, 23-30. The Sunday School Lesson if LAoomrram...-rt might have been _exp_ec_ted tlytt in. )4an, where he citi l Vs. 20-22. After the reading of the lesson, the roll is wound up and given pe to the attendant. Jesus sits down --the usual posture of the teacher.-- 'and while every eye is flxed attentive- li on him in a breathless silence, he begins, his sermon with the words, .“This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." What followed is not re- corded, but is left to our imagination. The Nazarene, are astonishe " the .“wcrds of grace" which flow from lJesus, but inwsrdly in their hearts (they are measuring hlm'sll the time by human standards, and "yinit, "h, ‘not this Joseph's son?" They are un- willing or unable to realize that "the son of Joseph" may also be God's Son II. THE GREAT REFUBAL or' THE NAZ- I ARENES, 23-80. Jesus Driven From Nazareth, Luke 4: 16-30. Golden Text He hath annointed me to preach the tro-k-Madre 4:18. Vs. 18, 19. The passage in rsaiah predicts the anointing by Jehovah, of a prophet who should preach glad tid- ings of salvation to the poor, open the prison of captive souls, restore sight to the blind. free the oppressed, and an- nounce the year of God's redeeming favor. The terms, "poor," “captive,” "blind," "oppressed," are to be spirit-" ually understood. We must think of those who in patient loyalty to God's truth, have suffered impoverishment and loss, or who conscious of the bur- den of sin, are yearning for forgive- ness. Such are God's "poor"--the term "poor" in the Old Testament, has a religious srenire,--God is their interest and their capital, and they are waiting for God to set up his king- dom, and to bestow on them his salva- tion. No wealth, no freedom, no sight ‘of the eyes, no wisdom, can compare {with theheovenly tteasyre_ot knoying Vs. 25-27. No prophet is accepted in his own country. When Elijah was fleeing from persecution, there was no home in Israel to which God could safely send him, and he was directed accordingly to the house of a widow at Zarephath in heathen Sidon. When Elisha was in Israel, the only leper cleansed was a heathen Syrian, named Naaman. Newman alone had faith in God's word, spoken through the pro- phet Elisha, and came to God from idols. God's messengers, the prophets, found no faith among their own peo- plts,_buthr_d Co, turn tp the Gentiles. - Vs. 28-30. This prediction thait God will look past the Nazarenes in send- AN ALYSIS. AN NOUNCIIIN‘I‘ or ing the word of his ulvntion u re- gurded u unpnrdonnble, and the tur u'enu " that moment would have Noggin on themselves the guilt of mu er. Jesus, however, protected " by unseen hands, punc- unhnrmed throng; their midst. They are over- awed y something in his bearing, and INII'I‘Y. The Jew: and their kinsfolk, the Arabs, hare Ilwnys been - reru- cutors of my "new way" in re igion. Munwrh of that spirit are left in them pel__recorda. _ . . When the religion of Mohammed got the upper hand, it was just us in-l tolerant as its persecutors had been. "Throughout the land there shall be no second creed," was the prophet) behest on his death bed. And the early Moslems went forth in a religious frenzy offering to all, "Islam, exile, or the sword!" To Abu Bekr, the mildest of the Prophet's successors, even Mos- lems complained of the severity of Khalid (surnamed "The Sword of Allah"). "The sword of Khalid," they said. "dipped in violence and outrage, must be sheathed." “NW1," replied Abu Bekr, "the sword whie the Lord hath made bare against the unbeliev- ers, shall I shesthe the same? That be far from me." We ire just entering the fruit-show season, and from now on until De- cember. one is likely to encounter them anywhere. They are always interesting to the fruit enthusiast, and usually to the general public. and have certainly had an important influence in molding and developing our fruit industry; but one sometimes wishes that they might be managed differently in some respects. The two main objects in a fruit show ought to be, first, to educate the pro- ducer, enabling him to grow better fruit nnd prepnre it better for market; Ind "tond, to interest the consumer in fruit as an article of diet, convincing him of its value and educnting him as to ways in which it mny be used. The exhibits are not tsuft1ciently well labeled. The visitor wanders past the show of apple varieties with no- thing to tell him whether the big red apples which arouse. his enthusiasm and interest are Wolf River, Spltzen- burg or Wealthy. He doesn't know what the collections of varieties are intended to illustrate, and there is no- thing whatever to tell him what the exhibitors are trying to show in the package exhibit. In the writer's experience and ob- servation, the following are some of the most common ways in which the avenge fruit show full: down: It ii seldom that one tina, either of these objects very fully carried out in 3 fruit Show. There is not enough prominence given to fruit patch.“ end packed exhibits. These exhibit: are valuable to both the grower tutti the consumer if properly hmdled and lebeled, and they ought to be in every show of any site. There ought to be an exhibit of cooked fruit in every fruit show. Let people know that there nre other ways in which the apple may be used be- sides in pies. The exhibit of varieties of fruits on plates ought to be changed. More prominence should be given to collec- tions of commercial varieties. A prize offered for the best collection of five commercial varieties of apples has real value for anyone in doubt as to what he ought to plant. In many sections prizes for adver- tising exhibits may be made a valu- able feature. If growers are selling either at their farms or through local groceries, the exhibit may be one suit- able for a store window or a roadside stand,' and the competition may be am- ong the growers themselves, and many valuable suggestions may be passed on to lean ingenious people. Or, if the fruit show is in a city, the prizes may be offered to the stores which put on the best advertising dis- plays. In this latter case we not only get the advantage of passing on to other: good ideas in advertising, but we got the advertising value of the Doubtless many other improvements might be made. but if the above could be injected into our fruit shows it ought to put most of them on a more useful plane than they now occupy. we get the adverti exhibits themselves. Ancient Expert' in Dyes. The people ot Tyre were such ex- peru in dyeing that Tyrian purple ro. malnn unexcelied to this day. Head-hunting is still the main oc- cupation of the cannibal tribes of the Upper Amazon; the captured heads are shrunk until they are an "nay. It oranges. and then kept an ornantenU. l4. TORONTO This in a continuou- and decidodly important question. Ono never get: It lowed pmnently, and it require all of a mun'a best Judgment to dispose of it "on temper-rm. Of com-u them are certain could- oration: which might be called general principles and which one may Bettie fairly definitely once for all. But even then them is a lot left to nettle; for when one has fUtishetd the Yellow Transparent: it in a question whether to begin on the Oldenburg or wait . week; and when the Oldenburgs an out of the way shall m and on the Walthiu or not? We may perhaps char the question up sometht by bnlnncing the argu- mentl in favor of picking apples early Igaimt those arguments which favor letting the apples hang on the tree: Ute. There are two min tenuous for picking apples early: first, that on. my get his apples on the market curly tutd while the price is still good: and second, that one avoids the loss from windfalls. The firtrt of these would usually ap- ply only to early varieties like Yellow Transparent 1nd Red Aswan-hm. When such varieties are In season the market is usually but Ind the first consignments may bring considerably better prices than Inter ones. As to the windfall question, it var- ies greatly in different sections. In many sections drop apples are almost I total loss. In such sections one would be jutstihed in picking early to make sure that his apples didn't get on the ground. In other section- drops bring I good price, especially the drops of only varieties, and one can "ord to take o fair percentoge of drops if he in securin; other advantages thereby. The two great arguments in favor of late picking are better color and larger applet. Apples color rapidly Just before they are ripe and, of eourae, a highly colored apple is very much mom attractive than a poorly colored one. And there is a very de- cided increase in the site of apple: during these last dayl of the ripening period, often more than enough to make up for any dropping that may occur. It il almost always true that he “and egg yield. expressed as an av- erage for each hens, is I reiiable indi- cator of profits when a eorapariscr. is ~being made bctweeu flocks that are 1.t.ite1t1y, managed. Flocks. that Rth 'rn high avenge egg yield show a rah.- tively high profit for the labor ex- lponded on them. Low-prodw"ing fax ks l show lower returns for the time spent. Then there in, of course, the quel- tion of the lubor available. If work in slack one. would be Justified in starting somewhat earlier in order to keep the men busy. i It is also true, however, "Eu-1 er pulses per hen increase as "in: _cis'd per hen increases. The amount of labor per hundred hem and the bed cost per hen go up in the samr way. IA. long " receipts ixtcmse A'.. the So there you Are! It in I eomplieat- ed question. Use the best judgment you have and go ahead. Don't forget, however, that it is generally better to pick too early rather than too late. M68 0: “stars. Another problem in this picking business is what to pick into. And here Again there Ire " least two skins to the question. On the one hind we have many growers using some type of picking bag, which has the great advnnuge of [curing both hands free for picking and, of course, insures that the recep- tacle is within any reach when the picker wants to put npples into it. Both of these men greater speed in picking. But along with this tspeed goes I considerably greater danger of lax-ailing the fruit. On the other hand we have growers who insist on I rigid receptacle in which to pick 3nd who never use any- thing but I swing-bail picking basket, and mny of them insist on its being at oak-stave basket. insuring a Imooth interior surface which won't bruise the apples. Some even go so fur a to pad the inside of the basket with burlap. thus insuring still greater safety to the fruit. In the final analysis this question of a picking receptacle narrow; down to this-if labor is source and speed is the prime requilite use the picking bag. But if one wants the fruit handled with the least possible bruis- ing, then some rlgid receptacle, basket or pl“, is to be preferred. One would naturally export tal cad: modph per hen to direct relation to the total mm yield. some time and by more than (-1»:th to can: the incleused exp-mm it follows that the extra time and money constitutes a good basin": invwstment. It is well to aim w hep Hm small“: numhr of hem poniblc for a given Ill. egg crop. Fewer hens kept and more eggs per hen meant eff-smut mamgt‘ment. A drove of "Boating islands" was re- cently encountered by n steamer of the coat of Borneo The largest wu about seven acre: in men, and con- tained irahn m‘over a hundred feet high. -. . .. . WHENSHALLWE PICK OUR APPLES? Fewer Hens-More Eggs. the to- bonr a val (-12:1- I) If} ,4A,