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They are present wherever these fruits are grown and are commonly found on the wild species of prunus. THé main facâ€" tor which regulates the amount. of damage they cause, is the weather. Absndant moisture in May and June results in heavy infection. Relatively dry weather often prevents the «pread of these fungi to the extent that no damage is caused. are Ma the mSuser Merar Prooucrs câ€"*". s MONTAEAL â€" TORONTO WINNIPEG yq q. np SMP Enameled Drain Boardâ€"Price $§%.90 SMP Enameled Sinks Entirely new tyr of Sink at a remarkâ€" ably low ‘wia. he base is rustâ€"resisting Armco Irom, coated with purest white enamel, same as refrigerators, electric ranges, etc. Sold compicte with all fitâ€" tings and instructions. The Best Sink Value Ever Offered Leaf Spot or Yellow Leaf of Cherries Ergot in Grain. The that the first application : as the petals are about : least a few days later. lication should be made three weeks later accordâ€" nount of wet weather. A tion just after the fruit d a fourth, three weeks Ivised if weather condiâ€" infection. Sulphur dust 10 parts arsenate of lead ve as the liquid sprays d reddish P Ilrop lat ze cause the ent p th pores as they adâ€" ves. Upon germâ€" nters the leaf tisâ€" lace of infection s appear in about ots turn later to h brown. In some on is slight «the g holes but where ifections have ocâ€" if soon turns velâ€" 1g? ve es spore cases wet weather in re shot out of 1 by the wind It10 the LLV T} es place a all and per Ol it irnish the is for the Th igus pest discased # on the hibernaâ€" pores t san ard the greatest decreases were with sugar mangels, swede turnips, sudan | rrass and hubam sweet clover. These ; coâ€"operative tests have had and are |still having a very marked influence en the farm crop production of this | povince, making the acreâ€"yields, of | ccreal crops especially, the highest in the Domini%n, with the exception of | Sritish Columbia. The coâ€"operative work of the Exâ€" perimental Union is having an enâ€" couraging and a substantial increase throughout Ontario. The volunteer coâ€"operative experimenters with farm crops have ‘already reached 2,696 which is 501 more than last year and 986 nfbre than the year previous, acâ€" cording to a statement made by Dr. C. A. Znvitz who is director of this work. The greatest increases in 1925 were made with oats, barley, fleld peas, soy leans, spring wheat, buckwi\eat. fela corn, neld beans and sweet corn a long period and to get the finest blooms, it has been found advisable to keep the flowers cut very close all the time. If blooms are left to fads on the plants, or seed to form, it will cause most of these annuals to stop blooming, or at least become less free. It is a case of the more flowers you use tha more you have to use. While many will continue to bloom and bear seeds, if the seeds are not left to form the strength that they require goes into making finer blooms of what comes after,. The sweet peas and vioâ€" lets, and, even tho pansies will not bloom for very long if all the seed pods are not kept from them. Most of the annuals can be mado to bloom urtil frost by picking the blooms beâ€" fore they fade on the plants, and if they grow stragg‘ly, cuiting back some of the flowering stems at the same time.â€"A. H. The summer bloorhiixg annuals are being used much for cut flowers these days, and to keep them in bloom for Increase in Coâ€"operative Farm Crop Experiments in 1925. of pole or limb, and the next time the hawk alights there to watch for his meal you will have him by the leg. This rarely fails. No bait is needed. Just a trap. Where hawks are very bad it is a good plan to scatter four Hawks almost always alight on a| dead stick or tree. If possible, find such a trce where the hawks like to light and watch for their prey. If no dead tree is at hand, fix tho trap where they sit waiting if it be a livei tree. A pole may be erected in thel locality where they lie in wait, Ieaving' it a while before the trap is arranged | so they get used to it. Put four nails about four inches from the top of thef pole or limb, which should be slightly fiattened to hold the trap. The nai]all are for the strings to be fastened. Get| a muskrat trap or a, soâ€"called, jump] trap. Set it and fasten to the top or five of theseâ€"tral buildings where hawk lie in wait. Trapping Hawks. Once a person asked what to feed their chickens so that if the hawks got them it would kill the hawks. This, was a "siunner," if the slang expr‘es-'t sion be allowed. I cou‘ldn‘t tell the answer. But I could tell how to trap the hawk quite easily. I shall tell it again here. This method was used in a certain locality where hawks woere: plentiful and in six years‘ time over| four dozen hawks were captured,‘ proving the efficiency of the plan. | 3. Badly infested hay lands should be burned over. 4. If seed is found to contain ergot, it should be immersed in a 20 per cent. sait solution ; the ergot floats up to the surface of the liquid and can be skimmed off, 2. Ergot may be lessened by cutâ€" ting susceptible grasses about flowerâ€" ing time, so checking the spread of the fungus. The following are the best precauâ€" lionary measures to adopt : 1. Fields should be examined occaâ€" sionally for the presence of ergot, and if large quantities are found the grass should not be used for hay or pasture. come thin and rough haired. Further symptoms are slow circulation in the extremities, gangrenous sores on the teats or mouth, and sloughing off of parts of the tail, ears or hoofs. Aborâ€" tion may also follow as an additional effect. The actual loss to the grain crop by this disease is slight, but the serious effect on cattle eating the ergotized grain, the losses from hay having to be destroyed becauzo of the presence of ergot in the grass, make the disâ€" ease a serious one, and. everyone should know the precautionary meaâ€" sures to adopt in order to get rid of it. The effect on anima‘s is that they beâ€" or other grasses are in flower, the very small spores or sedes of the funâ€" gus are blown on to the flowers, peneâ€" trating into them and causing the proâ€" duction of the ergot in place of seed. To complete the life history of the fungus, it lives over the winter in the ground, or in storage bins in the form of black, hornâ€"like body or ergot; in the spring‘ the ergot in the ground, either left there all winter or sown with the grain that spring, sends up one or several outgrowths with a knobâ€"like end; these produce an abunâ€" dance of smaller bodies, which in turn bear the spores, spoken of above, which are blown by the wind and imâ€" {fect the flowers opening that sammer. Picking the Blooms from Plants. these traps around the : are known to risen Jesus. It was Jesus whom Saul|l V. 26. Saul‘s difficulties were not saw at his conversion. He had thought, Over. The Christians in Jerusalem Jesus an impostor, his Messiahship a Suspected him. When he tried to join blasphemy, his resurrection a fiction.! their ranks they drew off in apprehenâ€" Now, with eves opened by the Spirit,| sion, afraid to believe in his protestaâ€" he saw that Jesus was indeed the tions of Christian fallh.fi Could the Messiah, raised and dwelling at God‘s leopard change his spots? they querâ€" right hand. Hence the Messiaship or ’Cd,W’t_!““ themselves. , Saviourship of the living Jesus is his|, V. 27. At that moment the greatâ€" :second great theme. qheart@td ::;‘ui magnam}]{m‘?‘s Bzrmiablz)m _ 3. Before his conversion, Saul had CAM® to the rescue,. Taking Saul by | thought that Jesus‘ death on the cross :.}m hang, ‘l’w brqilxgh{ -hx{nk;ofltl:e agos- | signified his rejection by God. Now,‘flfs'La"d he;y i v en “’dr; hi k &W‘ | the thinf which had been the "stumblâ€"| ! ed <t>r D 4 appenll'e ‘;w lg‘ a’mb o |ingâ€"block," as he calls it, becomes the‘ ©02d t0 Damascus, how i waked wied e ge s commissioned to preach, and what lfascl'natmg centre of all interest, and proofs of himself he had already given g::;:l gospel becomes a cross (cntredi:;f#)ggmscu& This introduction was § 4. Finaily, it was through a sP‘Titâ€"| Vs. 28â€"30. Saul had now liberty of |ual experience that Saul saw Jesus t9 | netion at Damascus, and a second time ‘be thus risen and glorified, and so he he showed his mettle by instituting a \looks to the Spirit for all power @nd, mission among the Hellenist Jews . wisdom, and preaches that man must (that is, Jews from foreign parts), at walk no longer by Law, but by the! Jerusrarm. These, however, laid a , Spirit. A lglot against his life. They regarded | These considerations heip us to iny as a renegade, a.turncoat, and understand the nature of that preachâ€"| once more Saut had to be rescued by ing to the Jews in Damascus and| the brethren, and brought down to Jerusalem which is referred to in the! Czsarea on the coast, where they deâ€" present lesson. ! spatched him to his natzive Tarsus. The Sunday School Lesson Saul Begins His Great Career, Acts 9 These considerations helip us to understand the nature of that preachâ€" ing to the Jews in Damascus and Jerusalem which is referred to in the present lesson. 1. TH®E OLD AFFILIATION. 20â€"25. V. 20. Saul delivered his first testiâ€" mony in the Jewish synagogues in Damascus, Many Jews were permanâ€" ently there, engaged in trade and commerce, but loyally maintaining their religious beliefs and institutions. Saui‘s message is given succinctly as "Jesus is the Son of God," that is Jesus is the .{‘romiud Messiah, the deliverer of the Jewish nation, and sole bringer of the kingdom of God. 2. This grace of God had come to him in and through the crucified and risen Jesyus. It was Josus whom Saul saw at his conversion. He had thought Jesus an impostor, his Messiahship a blasphem{, his resurrection a fiction. Now, with eves opened by the Spirit, he saw that Jesus was indoeed the Messiah, raised and dwolling at God‘s right hand. Hence the Messiaship or Saviourship of the living Jesus is his second great theme. 4. Finaily, it was through a spiritâ€" ual experience that Saul saw Jesus to be thus risen and glorified, and so he looks to the Spirit for all power and wisdom, and preaches that man must walk no longer by Law, but by the Spirit. % ANALYSTS. THE OLD AFFILIATION AND THE NEw. INTRODUCTIONâ€"In so energetic a nature as that of Saul of Tarsus the fact of Christian conversion immeâ€" diately shows itself in action, and Saul becomes a preacher of Jesus Christ. He feels naturally a special call to go first to the Jews, for he has disâ€" covered in his own tremendous experâ€" ience the powerlessness of Judaism to make the soul right with God. What was his distinctive message to his former associates in Judaism? We shall understand this best by reflectâ€" ing for a moment on the nature of his spiritual experience. \ 1. Saul‘s conversion signified above all an act of the grace or undeserved mercy of God. He had thought to attain to God by merit, but, instead of that, God had stooped down to him by grace, and overwheimed him by his mercy. So graceâ€"the grace of Godâ€"is Saul‘s first theme as a preacher. It might also be suggested that the litter from a hen yard or house makes ;e-xeellent orchard fertilizer if used _with judgment, basing one‘s decision | in the same way on the type of growth you are getting on the irees.â€"F. C. S, "Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap" usually brings us thoughts of future punishment for misdeeds we have done. Have we ever sowed good deeds? They belong in the "whatsoever" class, and have a ri ht tg xet,L great peace of mind from tfiat tho‘fi[flf; The high efficiency of liquid borâ€" deaux mixcure for the control of inâ€" sect and fungus enemies of potato foliage has been demonsirated in tests so often as to make its use general with potatoâ€"growers. Dusting has been used considerably, but carefully conducted tests over a period of four years show that the practice is not so e‘ficient as the liquid form of apâ€" plication. Where water is difficult to obtain, and in small fields where it is necessary to use hand apparatus, dusting in advisable. For areas largâ€" er than one acre and with water and a power sprayer available, then spray. nâ€"oâ€"â€"â€" ~dgezs l Try cutting hot steamed brown bread or steamed pudding with a clean string. It is much better than using a knife as it prevents the usual soggiâ€" ness.on the surface of the slices. To Spray or to Dust Potatoes ber of hens or take them out of the orchard aitogether for a season. Just how many hens one may profitâ€" ably have yrer acre of orchard will vary greatly with the soil. On a light, hungry, sandy soil one could safely use far more than on a heavier and more fertile soil. The decision should be made, just as we decide other types of orchard fertilizing, by watching the growth of the trees. If the leaders are making around a foot of growth per year the hen population is about right. If it is more, reduce the numâ€" Without attempting to offer any advice as to whether it is desirable to combine fruit growing ‘with poultry, we may perhans make some suggesâ€" tions as to the relations of the hen to the apple tree, provided this comâ€" bination already exists. The most important one is to keep the apple trees in the majority. If the hen ica‘t too prominent she may do the trees a deal of good, not only in keepâ€" ing down certain insect pests but in kegpinguup the fertility of the soil. But like many other good things, it is very easy to overdo this one and get the soil of the.orchard tow fertile. In other words, although it is alHl right to keep hens in the orchard, it is a mistake to try to grow fruit trees in a hen yard. begins fis Great Career, Acts 9: 20â€"31. Golden Text â€"I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.â€"1 Cor. 2: 2. Hens and Orchards. MAY 24. who had won the chiefest of their enemies to himself, and who gave them richly of his Spitit. * V. 31. The lesson concludes with a comforting picture of the quiet times now experienced by the Church in Jerusalem, Judea, @and Samaria. They were no longer harassed by persecuâ€" tions, but gained time to be "edified." that is, Loie solidly built up in faith. It was a period of constructive work, marked by deep reverence for the God _ V. 21. No wonder that the Jews ofll food covered. + j Damascus were bewildered. They had : C}othes moths‘may be avoided by heard of Saul‘s reputation as a ham-} having the wooien garments clean| mer of the Christians, and were they| when they are put away and storingi not told just the other day that he, them in a light, airy place. Occus!on-l was on his way to institute a high ally during the summer I air the: foou: q°f,- nprlt;:figx:u:gm%? ]-(I:zg:’tfl;l woolens. Certain repellents aro ofrec-l he had abandoned his plans WOu]thhe ,’f the mothshha\e nok St&n';d“toi iave been surprising enough. But to WO*L Am'-ong these 1re mo R s1 find him preaching the Christian| Cedar shavings, tobacco,_ the printerss faith was amazing. They wondered| ink on newspapers, and insect powder. if they were in their wakin senses. |I have a new coilapsible cedarized| V. 22. Nevertheless, Saufpersisted,fchest of heavy paper in which I pack | and made his way in spite of this away our best coats and suits during gfi)v;i:hb::e}?;i:isfl.evegzo};:gl t"s usct;‘e"di the summer. For the girl who has no! » 6 S8 | & in argument against his opponents,{ hqpe Che?t ‘;gobd thef"’ qggad:eguco; | preaching always on the one theme_" tainers would be a splendid substitute.| V. 22. Nevertheless, Saul persisted, | and made his way in spite of this: Jewish scepticism." He had to standi alone, but he achieved notable success | in argument against his opponents, | preaching always on the one themeâ€"| that Jesus was the Christ. | © Vs. 23â€"25. Eventually Jewish resentâ€"| ment ripened into a plot against Saul‘s: life, but Saul got wind of it, and' though the city gates were constnntly1 watc%ed, he contrived, by the aid of some of his converts to escape ovor! the city wall, being lst down in a" basket attached to a rope. | II. tHE NEew ArFFILIATION, 26â€"31. | _ Have I let my horse=go too long ‘ with the same shoes? Removed shoes in cases of nail prick or founder? |Kept the animal standing on a dry board floor? Packed the hoofs with ‘Injurious packing substances ° and dressing? "Tubbed" a hurt hoof. in | dirty water or poulticed it with cow ‘dung? Used powdered bluestone for | scratches, stone bruises or suppuratâ€" l ing corns? It is not only the fertility of the egg that drops in hot weathor, but also tfie vitality of the chick, as the eggs are not strongly fertilized. Weather influences fertility. Cold and wet weaâ€" ther is worse than cold dry weather; and windy, cold weather is worse than cold and quist weather. February, March, April, May, Sepâ€" tember and October aro the best months for fertility of cggs. In these months it increases and ranges, acâ€" cording to the different breeds, from 60 to 75 per cent., and sometimes betâ€" ter. During the cold, wet days of November and December the fertility drops to 45 or 50 per cent.; in Januâ€" ary it increases again and by Februâ€" ary and March reaches 75 per cent. During July and August it goes down to about 60 per cent. i To bear these facts in mind, and act on them, may save the horse from many common foot troubles, difficult or impossible to cure, and from a lifeâ€" time of pain.â€"Dr. A. S. Alexander. Antiseptic foot packs are always preferable to "tubbing." Frog setons are useless. There is no such disease as "gravel," a term applied to supâ€" purating corns. Those are the questions I would ask myself about the blacksmith. Then, to be fair, I would ask these questions about myself: 7. Does he keep tha natural relaâ€" tionship between the length of the toe and the height of the heel? More and more blacksmiths do litte shoeing and know litt‘e about horses. If such a smith were shoeing an aniâ€" mal of mine I would ask myself seven questions as I watched him work: 1. How does heâ€" use the file? To rasp the wails of the hoof? A small notch under the nails for purposes of clenching, that is all that is needed. 5. Does he cut away the bars? This tonds to contract instesad of to "open" the heels. 6. Does he go in for too high heels and toes? Or heels and no toes? Or toes but no heels (calkinsy? 8. Does he cut into the frog? It is none too large as it is. Nature inâ€" tends it to touch the ground and act as a pad or cushion. 4. Does he severely pare away, thin or deeply burn the soies? 2.. Does he use too large nails too many? How‘s Your Blacksmith? Fertility of Eggs. or Carpet beetles enjoy woolen rugs, especially red ones. They cannot live in a home where a vacuum cleaner is used. If this type of cleaner is not Flour beetles and weevils are found quite commonly in flour and cereals during the warm weather. They have an uncanny liking for cornmeal. After one of these insects gets into the house it is difficult to exterminate its proâ€" geny. I examine all flours and cereals as soon as they are purchased and reâ€" turn the infested products at once. If the insects get a start I immediately dispose of the flour or ccreal and thorâ€" oughly wash the containers. The storâ€" age places I keep well ventilated, as these pests like damp, close quarters. Crickets seek houses for warmth and food. As you know, they freâ€" quently cut holes in fabrics. The best way to discourage them is to keep ail food covered. o My rule is to consult the druggistl when these creatures cause trouble, He can give information about fumi-i gation, and he carries in stock many| excellent powders and poisons for use in checking these invasions. | THE DISGUSTING FLY. ! Flies are bred in any filth they can| find. Consequently, keeping the farm| clean helps to keep them out of the| house. Screens and swatters are necâ€"| essities. Occasionally the home is lit-{ erally swamped with these disease; carriers; especially is this true before @rain or a cold snap. I frequently: burn or sprinkle insect powder about. This stupefies the flies, which are| swept up immediately and burned. Al poison I use effectively is one tableâ€" spoonful of formaldehyde added to one | and oneâ€"fourth cupfuls of cool water.| This I leave out in a flat dish all; night, as flies drink early in the morning. | I try to keep the attic, basement, cave and all parts of the house well ventilated. I whitewssh the cellar walls. I try to keep all foods and liquids covered securely and to disâ€" pose of waste quickly. I take parâ€" ticular pains to burn or to dry all damp cloths used in cleaning, because if left indoors they may harbor insect I used to believe fleas and flour weevils and bedbugs unfit for discusâ€" sion. But knowing as I do now how cosmopolitan these pests are, I am going to introduce to you some of the most persistent callers which have appeared in my house. Here they are: Flour weevils, crickets, bedbugs, fleas, ticks, ants, moths, cockroaches, flies, mice and rats. How to control them â€"that is my story, for not to check their ravages is dangerous. They peddle disease. I believe prevention the best method of control. Most of these creatures seek our homes for food, warmth and moisture; and some like darkness. Failure to provide these conditions naturally discourages the unwelcome visitors. Fresh Air and Starvation Diet Discourage My Most Persistâ€" & ent Insect Callers. BY NELL B. NICHOLS. If at the end of the first year of available the rugs may be hung on my homemaking career anyone had the line frequently. In some cases it told me that some day I would be tellâ€" may be necessary to have the rugs ing about the insects which have visitâ€" dryâ€"cleaned and steamed. Before putâ€" ed my household I would have been ting the rugs down wash the floor horrified. with soapy water and kerosene and I used to believe fleas and flour have all the cracks filled. HOW I OUTWIT HOUSEHOLD PESTS uhn Aie. Piner: in t is +0 7i o 4 L7 Ontario is fortunate in having many Pure Bred Breeders of proven merit, and the stock they produce bring fame to Ontario. _ . P tss ho n ie 1 s e w c ut n t * _ Ontario farmers are rapidly getting the idea that the herd that pays is the only one to keep. _ Follow the lead of successful farmers by getâ€" ting good Pure Bred Bulls. Your Agricultural Representative knows the breeders of good bulls in your county. See him. GOOD RULLS PAY DIVIDENDS _ Many Farmers Buying Pure Bred Bulls ARIO é"’%;) LIVESTOCK rement Exi CommitteeA anai BEST TO FUMIGATE °©38â€"|_ Bedbugs migrate rapidly, making I0n8‘ the warfare on them continual in ome cities. Before moving into a house lconulning them it is best to fumiâ€" ent,‘ gate, Sulphur fumigation is good. well ; Washing the bedding and spraying the llar mattress with gasoline or benzine, ‘nd-hlvlng the windows open and no fire disâ€" in the room, will play havoc with this Pll'-I pest, The cracks in the fioor and the all mopboards must be treated. Equal use parts of carbolic acid and turpentine SeCt]'will kill bedbugs, as will insect powâ€" | der. I am glad that cockroaches are not abundant in most farm communities. They are such dirty insects that one hates to have them in the home. Here is how I fight them: The first night I sprinkle sodium fluoride around their haunts, the next night pyreâ€" thrum powder is used in the same manâ€" ner, the following evening pyrethrum powder is burned, and the next night sodium fluoride is again sprinkled about and left in the cracks and creâ€" vices for several days. If roaches are seen after this I sprinkle powdered borax about. A good cat is the best exterminator for mice and rats. Traps also are helpful. 1 always scald them after a rodent has been caught before setâ€" ting again. Rubbing a trace of rhoâ€" dium on the trap helps to attract rats, While ants are annoying, they are not so harmful to health as many other insects. I usually sprinkle red pepper on the shelves where they are bothering. If they are present in great numbers I burn insect powder every day for a week. Ants also disâ€" like the odor of camphor. The best plan to use in the control of ants is to destroy their hill. I have found that by pouring kerosene in every day for a week the hill will be vacated. Ticks from farm animals bother ocâ€" casionally. ‘This is the man of the house‘s problem. He will have to rid the farm animals of the pest. Freâ€" quently dogs and cats become infu:ted with fleas and carry the insects into the house. When the eggs laid on the floor begin to hatch, there is "a hot time for everyone," as my little broâ€" ther once said. The rugs have to be taken up and aired and the floors scrubbed with sompy water. Pyreâ€" thrum powder sprinkled around also is effective. with large rivets, soldered fiush. 100% sanitary. Cut out this advertisement. Show it to your regular dealer. He has our authority to give you a special low price on a pair of these fine pails. Bee the new SMP Dairy Pail next time you are in town. They are made of special gualâ€" A New Dairy Pail at a Popular Price SMP D AIR Y P AIL S TORONTO 174 _There is one thing about these inâ€" ‘decent plays and movies; if people Garden. I like a good perennial garden, It contains the asparagus, rhubarb, sage, and other herbs, and a good plot for horseradish. The latter is not reelly grown as a perennial but as it sprouts badly and becomes n pest if wther crops are planted where it has been once, I prefer to set it to horseradish each year, feeding it liberally, for the large roots planted will make ,a growth that will not take harm from the smaller growth of the rootlets rf: in the ground. Both asparagus, rhubarb want the soil very rich, and a heavy mulching with stable manure each winter is the best way to grow it Many use salt freely on the asparagus as it will keep weeds from growing, and does not harm the asparagus, Some have contended it is a benefit, but I think not.â€"â€"A. H. really lived like that they would not have any curiosity about seeing such things in pleys. Of course, we cannot be ideal, being human. But we wonder if it would not be a good thing to check up once in a while to see if we can not do something to bring ourselves a little closer to £:hidnl than we now are, Such a ing up might make us greater assets to the boys than we now are, and it wouldn‘t hurt dad a bit. And, lest we forget, that boy of yours has dad pretty well sizedâ€"up. He knows about where his dad stands in the rating of manhood. He knows when dad demands of son something that he does not demand of himse}{. And he knows at least a few things he has not told you. The one who wrote that must have been an idealist. Perhaps he had just become inflated with pride at the asâ€" rival of a baby boy. It is true that the ideal father is ail that the word father implies. He makes sacrifices, he has patience, he wants to heip his son to grow to worthy manhood, he chums with him and does those things which are &n inspiration to the boy. But how many of us are ideals? We just read a little ditty about dad. And being dad, we ought to be puffed up considerably. But, well, we‘re just not. This eulogy of the head of the house, if you please, says that even If dad is not dressed up like a shiek, he is your father and as such has struggled to keep things golng. And besides, he thinks you are the greatest boy on earth. It says he is "some man" instead of the "old man." In every community soil variations exist. Often these make possible speâ€" cial production, as in this case. It is for the highest good of the farming interests and of the consumers of the community, as well as to the personal advantage of the farmer to divert these lands to the purpose for which they are"best adapted. These special «ituations require farming and busiâ€" ness abllity of a high order, which fact protects the one who has or can acquire the necessary acumen to carry on these special lines successfully. GRASPING OPPORTUXNITY. Last week, while visiting with a farmer friend, we were informed that through the production of a superior grade of celery he had been able to capture the business of a city of four thousand population. His sales to the people of that city this season promâ€" ises to reach the two thousand dollar mark. This man has a few acres of soil quite different from ninetyâ€"nine per cent, of the land of that territory. By his own initative he has capitalâ€" ized the peculiar qualities of his farm, instead of trying to compete with neighbors on crops unadapted to this soil. The fact is that loads start hard. But, once under motion the momenâ€" tum carries them along with comparâ€" ativéely little extra pull. Modern losoâ€" motives have auxiliary engines to aid in starting heavy trains which, when moving, can be easily pulled by the main engine. This same principle holds good in other departments of life. The world‘s greatest automobile manufacturer reâ€" cently stated that the expense of shutâ€" ting down his plant was enormous. A commission man who is marketing a special brand of potatoes, remarked the other day to the writer that it was hard to introduce the brand; but, once started, the merit of the brand is carrying the business along easily. The farmer has the same principle to deal with. He must keep his crops going onte they are started, if he is to realize the largest profit. To stop their development means a loss of time that can never be regained, or additionat plant food to pull them back to normal. Economy demands a supply of fertilizing elements that will bring the crop through without a stop. Good farm management proâ€" vides such supplies, always. It was a common parlance among the teamsters in the lumber woods to say, "Keep the load mov‘ng." The idea was that if a team once stopped it would be impossible to start the load again without much trouble. Locating My Perennial KEEP THE LOAD JUST ABOUT DAD to the promâ€" dollar res of rao 2W ty