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iiferent from Turning and ritant lift of y has to « scheme ndbividual, nhar monâ€" 14 woodâ€" ther workâ€" lon. "What certain apparel change red by y untâ€" A well th ort onseâ€" color harâ€" olor rk, but ed enmâ€" A 5 T y $ 1t a P or NO P a Nt t 1® Oa ® as it 1® sand. The sandy loam, then, may be c‘xd to be best for all kinds of root ops. Thorough preparation is of considerable importance. The land should be plowed or spaded deeply. All gra«s reots and sods should be removed for best results. However, in field culture this is scarcely posâ€" sible. We may say, therefore, that preparation consists of plowing and #xwing dseply, and continuing the Wwork until the ground is mellow and easy to work. A drill seeding maâ€" dhine is desirable for planting small seeds, as most of the root crops have fine seed. In early planting the covâ€" ering should be light, but it is imâ€" portant that the soil be firmly pressâ€" ed about the sced. Sugar beets, mangels, turnips and carrots for stock feedieg, and the various roots grown for human consumption all come under the same head and are grown practically in the same manâ€" dept} rots, or Cot top the gt rot the or t tabl« dug and t Xrown to : merica, seen in th vegetable _ | esweet taste ze a flavar One pocket of seed will grow all a large family will need, as the seeds wre small. Like the other varieties of parsley, the seed are slow in germâ€" Inating. Better put in a few radish seeds to mark the rows, so cultivaâ€" tion may be started before the weeds m a foothold. French endive is wn in the same manner as parsâ€" The Mps The various varieties of beets form en important garden crop. We may plant the seeds very early in the gpring and use the small roots carly m summer. One desirable thing about beet greens is the fact that they never grow tough. Even when the stems got large and the roots of gonsiderable size, the top cooks tenâ€" Ger and is palatable. Swiss chard is & kind of beet which does not form a root, but the leaves may be used for s all summer. New leaves grow fithe heart as rapidly as the old dnes aro removed. For the first beets, plant a smallâ€"topped variety, like Eclipse, while for the main crop and forâ€" canning, the wellâ€"known Deâ€" troit Dark Red is the best. Varieties I ‘ Th TY t 1 ets, and turnips, sal 1 parsley and Fr ast named is a sal; oots are grown frc t leaves for salad rinter. â€" The carrot winter use have long roots.| rOOT CROPS FOR HOME USE th the animal MUTT AND JEFFâ€"By Bud Fisher. clear ( NOTK Some Practical Garden Suggestions. th la imals tend .to keep and glossy. _ Here ns why we should table By CHARLES H. CHESLEY It tire n as it 18 in ft pl qut ing th Hors a These are of harder texture and keep better in storage than the lighterâ€" colored and softer sorts. ‘It has the added charm of | color. Although sturdily built, | these metal garden sets are deâ€" \licately _ proportioned, with \graceful lines and curves. \They are an investment in ‘both permanence and beauty. ‘When well painted, they withâ€" | stand all kinds of weather. The "average iron garden set conâ€" | sists of a round table and four «straight chairs. | M The turnip is a hardy vegetable and requires but a short season for development. It is a good plan to sow a few seeds early in the spring for early use. â€" Onions need to be planted early in the spring. The easiest way to get a crop is by using sets. These are small onions grown the previous seaâ€" son and developed this year to edible size. If seed is planted, put itâ€"in the ground very early and firm the soil around it. Pigeons feed on a wide variety of grains, but the best cereals for them are peas, wheat, barley and buckâ€" wheat. In a bulletin of the Dominion Department of Agricult#e on Pigâ€" eons. which deals chiefly with squabâ€" raising, â€" detailed instructions for feeding pigeons are given. The grain should be fed mixed, with peas formâ€" ing from 25 to 50 per cent. of the mixture, as no pigeon ration is comâ€" plete without them. Green, or new, unseasoned grain should not be used. Completely mature wheat is one of the best grains for pigeons, and bar: ley in limited quantities is a good summer feed. Clipped oats, or betâ€" ter still, groats, are recommended during the laying season. All grains should be fed in hoppers® which may be kept constantly before the birds. The bulletin, which will be found very useful by any person going in for squabâ€"raising, may be obtained from the Publications Branch, Deâ€" partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. Hen number 6, who has down a world‘s record in lumbia of 351 eggs in 365 Garden Furniture. Outdoor furniture is now considered quite as essential as indoor furniture. We have rainproof chairs and tables specially designed for outdoor use. And they are left outâ€" doors from early spring to late autumn. Painted iron furniâ€" ture is undoubtedly the most popular, because it is not mereâ€" ly weatherproof, but can be beautifully decorative as well. Pole wood cut from forest or pasâ€" ture makes good fuel, but some slab wood is needed to go with it. Small wood alone may prove to be a source of vexation and delay to the busy housowife. rt ; bred at the umbia and i How to Feed Pigeons. of the prov 18 o has been laying rd in British Coâ€" n 365 days. She veraity of British testimony to the NC | ANALYSIS. | ‘I. PETER HAS A DIVINE VISION OF ; chHuRIST IN mis GuoRy, Mark 9:2â€"8. ‘II. LATER REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPORT l oF THE VISION, Mark 9:9, 10; 2 \ _ Peter 1:16â€"18. | *, INTRODUCTIONâ€"Peter showed a re-l markable gift of "secondâ€"sight" or \spiritual intuition when he confessed |his faith in Jesus as the Messiah, ‘There was no outward resemblance ‘between Jesus and the traditional idea of the deliverer of Israel: and if Peter had gone no further than the ‘sight of his eyes, he would not have ‘divined the secret of Jesus. But Peter ‘had the inner vision which could disâ€" \cern the things of the spirit. He felt \and was thrilled by qualities in Jesus \which went deeper than reason and \which appeared to that same instinet ‘by which we feel and know God. And so he made his great confession. , Nevertheless, as we saw in last lesson, \Peter had still to be convinced of the necessity of the Cross. In the dalv"s following the confession, Jesus soug t |to instil this truth into the minds of ‘his disciples, Mark 8:34â€"38. ’ A week after Peter‘s notable conâ€" ‘fession occurred the divine illuminaâ€" tion of his mind which we call the | Vision of Christ Transfigured. Peter ‘and two of his fellowâ€"disciples saw in ‘vision the divine glory of their Masâ€" ter, and heard a voice, apprehended as | the voice of God, confirming their ‘faith that Jesus was truly the Mesâ€" !siah, and commanding them to take ‘ to heart his teaching about the Cross. | This experience, with what led up to i it and what followed from it, forms ' our lesson for toâ€"day. |I. PETER HAS A DIVINE VISION OF ] CHRIST IN HIs GLORY, Mark 9:2â€"8. | __V, 2. It is unusual to find an event ‘ in the gospels so closely dated as the \ Transfiguration. It is stated to have taken place "after six days," that is, six days after Peter‘s confession, which would seem to indicate how| ‘decply the eveys of that momentous week had entefed into the disciples‘| m’\ds. And, indeed, they might well \do so, for during these days Jesus: was incessantly teaching them out of | his own heart and from scripture the‘ necessity that he must suffer and die at Jerusalem. This was not welcome teaching to Peter and to the others;l hence they remembered it the better. | And this teaching, so hard to receive, became in turn the foundation of the heavenly vision which came to them on the sixth day. | _ Vs. 3, 4. If we remember that all through this week Jesus had been speaking about his death, and of the passages in the Law and in the Proâ€" phets which foretold its necessity, we will understand better the nature of the disciples‘ vision. First, they saw Jesus limself "transfigured," that is, revealed in his superâ€"human greatâ€" \ ness. He is no longer despised and \‘rejected," but clothed with celestial wlory. Secondly, they saw in vision Moses and Elijah, the representatives respectively of the Law and the Proâ€" phets, speaking with Jesus. This emâ€" bodies in visiqnâ€"form the fact of the testimony which scripture in all its |parts makes to the coming Messiah. Jesus had spoken much in the last few days of that testimony of Moses and the prophets, and now the disciâ€" ples see it all clearly. ‘ Vs. 5, 6. Peter, like a man in a ‘ dream, blurts out some foolish words ‘about making "booths" or tents for April 24. Peter at the Transfiguration, Mark 9: 2â€"10; 2 Peter 1: 16â€"18. Goldâ€" en Textâ€"A voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Beloved Son: hear him.â€"Mark 9: 7. Jesus and his glorified companions to st.a! in. He feels a religious ecstasy, and wishes it to continue. His soul, however, is too overawed for sensible speech. __ L on L aR mCs V. 7. Now comes the climax. The disciples are conscious of a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beâ€" loved Son: hear him." This means that they are now divinely convinced of Jesus‘ Messiahship. The words "hear him" contain the suggestion that what Jesus has said about his death corresponds with the will of II. LATER REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPORT oF THE VisION, Mark 9:9, 10; 2 Peter 1:16â€"18. V. 9. The vision passes, but coming down from the mountain, Jesus again speaks serious words about his death, of which the import is as follows. His Messiahship is a mystery, which canâ€" ATEUSOTENTICTCC TD SmE s B not be fulfy understood or disclosed until Jesus has laid down his life and risen to the life immortal. Then at last his disciples will realize what Sunday School Lesson “ 2 Peter 1:16. This passage is meant ) to show how clearly Peter understood ,, at a later time the mystery which had " once pez('lplexed him. The apostle tells " his readers that his gospel of "the ¢ power and coming of our Lord Jesus 4 Christ" does not rest on imagination, \but on spiritually experienced reality. |The gospel is not a cunningly inventâ€" led set of fables, but rests on truths F disclosed to the eyes of Jesus‘ followâ€" 3. ers both during his earthly life and 7t after the resurrection. Notice what 4 forms the core of Peter‘s gospel: "the |power and coming of our Lord Jesus | Christ." Christ is Lord of all, and >â€" his coming victory is assured. _ has only come to them by glimpses on the Mount. be Armdnaii e As 4 V. 0. But this thought of Jesus‘ death still perplexes the disciples‘ minds. Even yet they cannot underâ€" stand a Messiahship which is not of this world. a s 8 Vs. 17, 18: The apostle recalls the transfiguration _ experience, mentionâ€" ing especially the voice from heaven, It was a foretaste or anticipation of that heavenly glory in which the church now sees its risen Lord enâ€" throned. As such it constituted a very blessed experience, and a very strong and convincing ground of faith. The charmingly youthful. frock shown here is suitable for afternoon or evening wear and would be very attractive if fashioned of georgette, taffeta or satin. View A illustrates the effective use of allover lace for the yoke, front panel and sleeves. Quilled ribbon trims the flared cuffs finishing the sleeves, and the same trimming is fepeated on the skirt which is shirred to a slightly fitted bodice, having the closing at the left side. View B is the same frock made of one material with the sleeves omitted. The square neck, armholes, and skirt may be found with self or contrasting material or ribbon, thereâ€" by making this a simple yet exceedâ€" ingly smart frock. No. 1586 is for misses and small women, and is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. View A, size 18 (36 bust) requires 2% yards 39â€"inch plain material, and 1% yards allover lace. View B, size 18 (36 bust) requires 4 yards 39â€"inch material, or 2% yards 54â€"inch; 10 yards \%â€"inch ribbon is required for trimming. No hem is allowed on this dress. Price 20 cents the pattern. Our Fashion Book, illustrating the newest and most practical styles, will be of interest to every home dressâ€" maker. Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plainâ€" iy, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adeâ€" laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by Wilson Publishing Company return The pussywillows are unrestrained by the dogwood‘s bark. »aaf (.s ie TefhioN Eropate 3 s A GRACEFUL FROCK OF UNâ€" USUAL DESIGN. it There is something about the melâ€" BY ALICE STANTON ‘lownesl of spring days that proâ€" It is quite possible that every which must not be neglected. Weeds‘ foundly recalls our own "kidhood" woman who sees this article may uy,' must be kept down, for they are days. Perhaps it was the promise of "A busy woman surely I am." I|greedy feeders which take from the the barefoot hours ahead, or the do not mean the woman who is busy food provided for your plants and coming of the dandelions and green about nothing, still less the lady wholwill eventually choke them. Also, if verdure that made our childhood breakfasts in bed and spends the rest|the season is dry, water must be hearts so fluttery and our feet so of the day rushing about in a|given occasionallyâ€"not every day, tingly and impatient. frenzied attempt to catch up with her| which is actually bad for phmtsâ€"-! At school, we pondered over our social calendar. Ilperely when the ground has become books halfâ€"heartedlyâ€"waiting! waitâ€" I have in mind the woman who cooks the meals and washes the babies, the woman whose leisure is a precious thing, and who wishes earnâ€" estly to make it worth while, and yet must not take on anything weariâ€" some. The kind of exercise which the fostering of flowers may give her is just the sort to be a relaxation from exacting application indoors. If one has hours of work and minâ€" utes to play, it would seem wise at least for the first year, to choose something which will grow easily, bloom for a long period of time, and not require a constant cutting of blossoms or an unusual amount of water. Also, for the sake of that variety which is part of beauty, a plant which may be had in a variety of colors. HOW TO HAVE A FLO WER GARDEN BUSY WOMAN PLANS WITH CARE As to cutting, I do not mean that the blooms may not be cut, indeed, everything which grows is the better for itâ€"but I do mean that there are certain things, such as pansies and poppies, which it is imperative to cut daily, else bloom will cease altoâ€" gethar. It is well to remember that, ulthough this is a delightful task, it is exacting when time is to A flower in a stronger note which fulfills the same requirements is the nasturtium. â€" It is easy to raise from the seed and, if theso are bought by named varieties or by color, really exquisite shades may be yours. They should be set rather closer than peâ€" tunias, bectause the plants do not grow solarge. o be considered. BUY THE PLANTS. Perhaps the petunia fills all these specifications particularly well. It has only one limitation for our purâ€" pose: it is slow in getting under way and, if grown from seed, will leave the garden blossomless for the early months. My advice is to buy the plants, thus assuring early bloom. Set them about a foot apart; they will soon grow to a solid mass of foliage and bloom which is a delight to see. B3 " m Ew0 Zinnia is another gay thing which of late years has been gretfily imâ€" proved as to color. It does not bloom as freely as petunia or nasturtium, but is very hardy. It is better, alâ€" though this is not absolutely necesâ€" sary, if the blooms are cut, as each individual flower lasts a long time, cutting once a week is sufficient. If you have a bit more time, you may choose subjects which, although hardy, must have the blooms removed in order to insure flowers throughout the season. °A lovely combination is the deep bluo" bachelor‘sâ€"button and lemon calendula,. _ Bachelor‘sâ€"button is exacting as to cutting; it throws a mass of flowers and simply must not be permitted to go to seed, else the plants will feel that life‘s purâ€" pose is finished, and die. GOoOD COMBINATIONS. The ageratum and the impudent little dwarf marigol4 are pretty toâ€" gether. Ageratum is lovely with alâ€" most any flower in the garden. When it is grown among California popâ€" pies, the effect is beyond power of pen to describe. No matter what else you choose, do not neglect to scatter a few seeds of nicotiana about for the sake of its fragrance. The flower does not open in the daytime, in fact, hangs its head as if rather bored with life. Once the sun has gone, its starry white blossoms appear and its gift of enâ€" chanting perfume fills the garden with delight. When you develop the enthusiasm for gardening, which is one of the most satisfying of hobbies, you will probably find time to grow anything you want. Certainly you will get perennials ‘and make a planting which will give variety from frost to frost. _ After your plants are set or your seeds are up, there are only two tasks Luckily the Ash Man Hadn‘t Made His Daily Call. develop the enthusiasm The highest yielding series was the one receiving nitrate on September 15 and again just before bloom in the spring. There was, however, the report indicates, a noticeable iricrease ‘;due to the September application and an increase in all the nitrated series, : which became progressively more ‘marked as the application approachâ€" ‘ed the fruit budâ€"forming period. It (is added that the carly spring appliâ€" cation, even on soil of high fertility, has a tendency to cause increase in ‘size of fruit, which accounts for the |slightly greater yield shown in the ;t.abulu' statement of the report in the series September 15 and before lbloom. the season is dry, water must be given occasionallyâ€"not every day, which is actually bad for plantsâ€" merely when the ground has become dry. When watering, do it thoroughâ€" ly, and give ernough to reach at least two inches down. Water after sunâ€" set, and the following day loosen the ground on the surface. _ And mny your flower garden be of the best. Final results of experiments conâ€" ducted by the Horticultural Division of the Dominion Experimental Farm in strawberry fertilization are given in the report for 1925 of the Doâ€" minion Horticulturist, which can now be had free on application to the Publications Branch, Ottawa. The results consist of the effect of nitroâ€" genous fertilizer applications made at different times during the life of the plantation. The plots experimented with consisted of three fifteenâ€"foot rows on soil of high fertility. Each treatment or series, of which there were seven, was replicated three times, so that the yields recorded are from four widely separated plots of the same treatment. The series inâ€" cluded: not nitrated, nitrated at planting, nitrated one month after planting, nitrated August 15, nitrated September 15 only, nitrated Septemâ€" ber 15 .and before bloom, nitrated September 15 and in full bloom. _ Summarizing results as reported in 1924 and 1925, the Dominion Hortiâ€" culturist says in brief that nitrate of soda and other soluble @alts applied at planting may have an i:Lurious effect; on land in a fairly high state of fertility nitrate of soda may not cause any marked improvement even when applied two months after plantâ€" ing; on poor soils when the foliage shows a pale color nitrate of soda applied not earlier than one month after planting may cause a marked increase in early stolon formation, which will result in increased yields the following year; applications of nitrate of soda, even on land where mitrogen is not a limiting factor, from a vegetable response standpoint when \made about September 15, causes a marked increase in yield the following year; when manure is used better results have been obtainâ€" ed by applying in large quantities the year previous to some hoed crop, or when applied at planting time by plowing in rather deeply. A certain leisure of the homeâ€"maker for rest and growth is a vitally necessary thing. The only way for our homeâ€"maker to get her deâ€" served leisure is to arrange to make room for it on her daily program and to plan her days and deeds so as to spare this time of recuperation. System is as necessary in running a house as in running a departâ€" ment store. A large section of Labrador is new found land for Newfoundland, seU DCLUer ICSUIUNS HaVC DCoIH ODLBMEN= | > i by applying in large quantities ther| As the centuries pass and the world ear previous to some hoed crop, or »ges, whatever promises a renewal of ‘hen applied at planting time by youth, and the coming of new life to lowing in rather deeply. | old imstitutions, settled customs, and (Whrconitarnecroli e omnrmcenicse \nations restless and weary, takes on r # a fresh importance in men‘s eyes. l..euure El‘él}tll.l to Houseâ€" | â€"The outward aspect of the celebraâ€" wife. |tion of Easter, with flowers and i : ‘ music, rich gifts and gay apparel, is A certain leisure of the forever less than the deepâ€"hid intimaâ€" ‘ome'm?ker for â€"rest and,tions, which no words intoned and rowth is a vitally nece.sary;chanted are able to convey. The first H of altars is set up in every human hlng' Tbc only wayhfor ‘:iurlhoart; and the resurrection is that omeâ€"maxer tP get her Gd€â€"| of the individual life of every Easterâ€" erved leisure is to arrange to tide communicant. _ Pagans made j ‘1,, their high festival of Easter before nake room dfotr it l‘;n l’;\el’ :jially ‘the churches hallowed and beautified rogram and to plan hetr a):’ | the observation. Even primitive manâ€" nd deeds so as to spare thlslkind. dimly groping toward a farâ€"off, ime of recuperation. System| ira:'i'ible prossms felt but not ;-liz- + + ed, was stirred by the coming of the t as nec?mry '.n running a!lpring to a reverence for a nameolese ouse as in running a dePal't' spirit, and to a renewal of an aspiraâ€" nent store. tion inextinguishable in man‘t heart e M adiney ~ARCapcane till life is ended. Strawberry Fertilization. L {4?2/._'51: |_At school, we pondered over our ‘books halfâ€"hcartedlyâ€"waiting! waitâ€" ‘ing! We must have hbeen peculiar specimens of spring fever as we ‘chewed on our penny cedar lead penâ€" cils, glanced at the coaxing sunâ€"and lmmnwhflo studied "jography." We felt toward geography as the little girl did about the cow. She didn‘t like milk; she didn‘t like butâ€" ter; she didn‘t even like cottage | cheeseâ€"so she folt the cow could "go ‘to grass" as far as she was conâ€" ‘oomed. To day, nerhaps, most of us have children of our own. We are learning more and more each day about the eccentricities of childhood. Se it is, and so it should be. We are learning indeed, that: "It takes a heap of livin‘ in a house to make it home." When parents aro rearing their children, if they could catch a vision of their compensating years, the ones beyond, they would shoulder their reâ€" sponsibilities more sturdily and hapâ€" pily. They would have greater strength for the increasing burdens, more incentive to "carry on." There will be perplexing momenta when company comes and one of them will be sure to say: "Why can‘t we have this sometimes when company isn‘t here?" There will be the ardent ~to»achâ€"aches which start at 7.39 und abate shortly after the other children have gone to school. There will be dozens of "Oh Gee!" "Good Garsh!" Last, but not least, there will be someone to always relate the unoxpected. All of these are just childhood ecâ€" centricities, just plain phases. They will come and go; you will learn to despise and love them. . Invariably, they will right themselvesâ€"but in the meantime, be patient and tactâ€" ful. Those are your hardest years. It will seem at times that your children step on your fect and on your heart. But you must remember that you and their father are not the only ones watching the children. God is still in the Hegven, you know. But He canâ€" not help you unless you are willing to help yourself. Keep cool â€"be firm â€"and do not lose your balance. When things look unusually cloudy, think of John Wesley‘s mother with nineteen children. When asked to give a rule for raising children she explained that she had used nineteen different rules. No two children were alike; hence, each one required a new set of tactics. After all, your youngsters are probably just normal, ,lively, nice, naughty youn@gsters and you are making Himalayas out of mole hills. Remember, you have always before you the compensating years, the ones beyondâ€"toâ€"day plus a few toâ€"morâ€" rows away. This day of rejoicing in the victory of life over death, of the triumphant spirit over the captivity of the tomb, falls short of its immortal purpose if it begins and ends in a material eviâ€" dence of human delight in mere naâ€" tural aspects. It is appropriate that we should welcome the close of the forty days of penitence and fasting, that we should be eager to doff the sackcloth and don apparel that offers a picture of buoyancy and good cheer. But the effect of Easter should not pass when the lights are put out and the cantatas tremble into silence, when the lilies fade and the groctings and the gifts exchanged are things To control weeds, the first rule is: Plant clean seed. Often that is the only rule necessary. If you are using homeâ€"grown small grain, run it through a fanningâ€"mill to clean oul chaff and weed sceeds. ‘Twil pay. of yesterday. We are to find «t Eastertide a quickening to life everâ€" lasting and a light upon our way that is not e;:emonl like the altarâ€" candles. us the miracle of resurâ€" rection shall be not simply the reâ€" counted story of two thousand years ago but a present and a vital fact for each of us Mtle“d a sgource of strength to face morrows. RTIO ARCHIVES TORONTO WHAT OF THE YEARS BEYO~AD? Easter.