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bo §4 Fertilizing Strawberries Experiments in fertilizing strawberâ€" ries, made in recent years at the Cenâ€" tral Farm, at Ottawa, and reported in the nnuakl report of the Dominion Horticulturist, show that when the fertilizer was applied about the midâ€" die of September, the yiel1 of the crop th following year was 25 per cent. b possib be @ug® in to remain MIF n d "Crown Gall of Fruit Trees and small Fruits." distributed by the Publicaâ€" tions Branch, Department of Agriculâ€" ture, Ottawa. In the first place nurâ€" sery stock of any kind that shows tie presenso of crown gail should never be used. _ Injuries to root and crown must be avoided as it is mainâ€" ly through wounds that the causal organisms gain an entrance to the plant. _ Trees, unhealthy bocause of crown gall, should be recover. When the woil bas become infested with crown gall bacteria it should be crop ped for at least three years to corn, oats, wheat, etc., which are not susâ€" Crown gall is often very severe on stone fruits, raspberries and blackâ€" berrics. _ It attacks apple trees, but not as a rule in a sortous way. . It is , particularly severe in rootâ€"grafter nursery stock on accourt of the fm, that galls are very commonly assgociatâ€"| ed with the callus formations whic result from root grafting. | It is len-: erally manifest as swellings or tumorâ€" , like galls on the crown and underâ€"; ground parts of the plant, although aerial galls are ot uncommon. At times it manifests Itself as hairy root. | As to its control, the following recomâ€"| mondations are made in a circular on to th #8) Farm Notes k Ir MUTT AND JEFFâ€"By Bud Fisher. creased attention is being directed he marl deposits sdattered here there throughout the country, says Dominion Chemist in his latest reâ€" . _ _Marl consists of carbonate of _mized with carying amounts of . sand or other inert materfal. o marls are almost pure CArbonate me, and when there is 80 to 90 per of that ingradient it may be conâ€" ipos t ng in the f fro Liming Soils With Marl for i JVuw $ iT‘s REALLY Remargkabte How we Rete~Ble cacu ome@!. whew we werRe Boy$ iT wAS imPossiBuée For mstHeR To TEelt uS APARtT : Avb The He Fuuwy PART is DC THAT Mutrt JC Dboceswn‘t Even Kmow ABouT § \ YGu! uh th Crown Gall EY aa wer tnats e lt Nee c c un ig raw peat or muck the material should !1, piled, and allowed d to the action of the ughout the winter, if disease # V rt m&n 1 y ng theim with nd M quality. 1 both heavy cams and is with liquid saturated, l1 be forkâ€" ition about our months loams â€" and t ner. Asindv 4 acldllyl rap ment for flay MDO 1a bl lit y up +m eases, fleshy annual pastures, breeding aftd feeding the market hog, producing clean milk, legume inoculation and apple scab. The circulars referred to household preservation of eggs, mushroom culture, feeding dairy catâ€" tle, white, pine blister rust, tobacco varieties suitable to Quebec, the field carrot in Quebec, and growing alfalfa on range land in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The special publictions, which like all the others can be had free on application to the Publication Branch, Department of Agriculture, Otitawa, were a guide to the projects of the Dominion Departmental farms, the story of the experimental farms, a treatise on mushrooms and toadstools, and why alfaifa should be grown and how to grow it. _ To all these were adâ€" ded reports for the year from every one of the thirty branch farms, staâ€" tions and substations, and of course Canada, to wintering bees, to preseryâ€" Ing fruit and vegetables in the house, tle genera of seed potatoes, the cultiâ€" vation of the strawberry, to Garnet wheat, and gave standard descriptions of beets nd carrots. The pamphlets deals with fall litters, raspberry disâ€" i Lord Bacon is recorded as sa_\'lng" that reading maketh a full man. "That being so, the farmers of Canada have‘ lvvm'y opportunity to become suoh.‘ Every _ provincial â€" government and! every agricultural college issues hs; }quotn o# publication annually in addiâ€"| tion to the large number published | from the Department at Ottawa. Dur-f Ing the past year the Experimental| farm system alone was responsible for.’ thirteen bulletins, seven pamphlets.' soven circulars and four special publi-‘ cations, making a total of 31. The bulâ€" letins referred to the cultivation of tobacco, to the raising of sheep and swine in Central Alberta, to the preâ€"| valence of plant diseases, to crop totaâ€" ; tion and soil management in Eastern,' stirred consts speen or padd] A pound of su is the handy p very good res using threeâ€"fo sugar to each Influence of Feeding Methods on Type in Hogs f An experiment was recently underâ€" taken at the Fredericton, New Brunsâ€" wick, Exprimental Station with the obâ€" jJect of securing data on the influence of feeding methods on type in hogs. The pigs used in the experiment were divided into three jots. _ One lot was hopperâ€"fed with access to all the feed they could consume, another lo€ was pailâ€"fed, lightly, receilving a daily raâ€" | tion, about oneâ€"half that of the hopâ€"| perâ€"fed group, until the finishing pertod when they were put on a full ration. The results of the experiâ€" waning to slaughter is not a practical ment tend to show that the selfâ€"feeder or hopper method of feeding from method where the production of select bacon hogs is the objective. ‘If used, the selfâ€"feeder or hopper should be confined to the short finishing pericd. ‘ It was also shown that a too scant | ration in the early stages, up to fourl and a haif months, tends to stunt | development. _ Extremes in feedlnx,{ either very havy or vry light feeding, | during the first four or five montbs,l are undesirable. greater than when the fertilizer was from the Division of the applied earlier in the season. ~Strawâ€" tem. berry growers are advised to apply Dates of Digging Potato about 250 pounds per acre ‘of nitrate An interesting experim{ of soda or ammonium sulphate about object of determining if September 15, and, if the soil is lackâ€" maturity of potatoes wher ing in nitrogen, abodt half thot quanâ€" influence on the yielding a tity might also. be applied just before seed has been made on t blicoming time. ton, New Brunswick, Exne xpert Hot Making Fruit Jam AS Agricultural Information fruit. The not only for marmalades, A town in Minnesota held a lawnâ€" mowing contest. Should similar conâ€" tests prove popular many suburbanâ€" ites may be glad to furnish contestâ€" ants with mowers and grounds for stiff workouts preceding championâ€" ships. Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and siz; of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c 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€" mide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. 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. A SMARTLY SIMPLE FROCK. Charmingly youthful is the chic frock shown here. The flared skirt is joined to the scallopad bodice having short kimono sleeves, or long sleeves gathered to wristbands, a convertible collar, and tie slipped through slots at front. No. 1629 is for Misses and Small Women and is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. View A, size 18 (36 bust) requires 34% yards 39â€"inch striped material, and 1% yards 39-1 inch plain. Price 20¢ the pattern. | When canning pears for the winter try this plan. Pick out firm pears that are small enough to go into the jars without being cut. These pears should not be peeled. Boil them till they can easily be pierced with a sllver fork, but do not break the skin any more than can be helped. ‘When _ done place the pears in jJars‘and seal. | When opened for use drain them in a wleve. While they drain add to the \juice half a cupful of sugar and boil for a few minutes. Put the pears in a baking dish and pour the hot syrup over them. Set in the oven and bake til they are slightly brown. Serve with whipped cream. They are delictâ€" ‘ous. Quinces can be prepared in the !snme way. An interesting experiment with the object of determining if the stage of maturity of potatoes when dug has 2n influence on the yielding ability of the seed has been made on the Fredericâ€" ton, New Brunswick, Experimntal Staâ€" tion. Green Mountain potatoes plant ed on May 16, 1925, were dug on August 17, and on September 30. In 1926 the seed dug early produced at the rate of 313 bushels of marketable potatos per acre and that dug late 270 bushe‘ls per acre. _ In a similar experiâ€" ment in the previous year the Green Mountains dug early also produced a better crop than‘ those dug late but the difference was only about 15 bushels per acre. Baked Pears Throughout the Dates of Digging Potatoes for Seed aysâ€" heart, or, as in Chronicles, "wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people." For such a task, the task of ruling and exercising judgment, the highest wisdom is needed, the wisdom to disâ€" cern between good and bad. The ideal for a selfâ€"governing people is that all The words great mercy (v. 6) should be rendered "greatâ€"kindness," as in the latter part of the verse. Compare David‘s recognition of God‘s goodness to him in 2 Sam. 22:17â€"28. See also Psalm 15:2. Solomon‘s deep sincerity is evident in his acknowlâ€" edgement of need. "I am but a little child," he says. He feels the responâ€" sibility which rests now upon him in the position to which God has called kim, and he asks, not for wealth, nor for power, but for an understanding God spoke to Solomon in a dream. Not infrequently in the Old Testaâ€" ment story did God thus reveal himâ€" self, as, for example, to Jacob (Gen. 31:11), and to Pharaoh, through Joâ€" seph‘s interpretation (Gen. 41:28). See also Num. 12:6; Job 4:12â€"13 and 33:14â€"15. _ There at Gibeon, Solomon celebratâ€" ed his accession to the throno of his father by a great religious ceremony. The place was to him and to kis peoâ€" ple peculiarly sacred because, so the writer of the books of Chronicles tells us, "there was the tent of meetâ€" ing of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderâ€" ness." There also was the altar of brass which had been mado for the wilderness sanctuary, see 2 Chron. 1:1â€"6, and Exod. 27:1â€"2, l Gibeon was a small town situated | on a terraced rocky hill about six‘ miles northwest of Jerusaiem, and not far from Gibeah, Saul‘s early; home. It was a little to the north of | Mizpeh and west of Ramah, both places famous in early Israelite his tory. "For that," says the historian, "was the great high place." He has} just explained, in vs. 2, that “the, people socrificed in high places, he-i cause there was no house built unto the name of the Lord until those‘ days." The high places were the an-! cient sanctuaries, used by the Israe]-[ ites since the days of Joshua, of which | some had been Canaanite places of | worship. These had been consecrated| to the worship of Jehovah, and the | fre> use of them was permitted by the| oldest laws and customs, see Exod.! 20:24. They were all done away with, by Jowah in the seventh century, B.| C., in accordance with the law in Deuâ€"| teronomy (chap. 12), and because of} the corruption of many of them by| idolatrous practices. The writer, or| editor, of this part of the hisstm'y,| who lived as late as the time of Josiâ€"! ah, finds it necessary, therefore, bol apologize for King Solomon‘s visit to|â€" this important high place, and to show | that it was in harmony with the pracâ€"| tice of those early days. P David‘s last charge to Solomon conâ€" tained some wise counsels: Be thou strongâ€"and show thyself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways. Had Solomon taken tsese counse!s to heart and preâ€" served the high motives and purposes of his earlier years, the story of his reign might have been very different. I. THE wisE CHOICE, 4â€"9. InTropucrtionâ€"It is quite possible that Solomon received a better and more careful education and training than the older sons of David. Their early life was spent in the period of David‘s wars, and their education may have been largely that of the camp and the battlefield. Solomon‘s youth belonged to the later z«ars of comparative peace an~ presperity. His mother was the wiag‘s favorite wife, and she received his promise that her «on should succeed him upon the throns. The fulfilment of this promise she claimed when two of David‘s oldest and most faithful friends, Joab and Abiathar, conspired to have another and older son proâ€" claimed king. This other son, Adonâ€" ijah, had indulged his ambition in an affectation of royal state, for which he had not been rebuked by his father, 1:5â€"6. "He was also a very goodly man," the historian says, and probably very much more of a suidier than was Solomon. For that reason,‘ it may be, Joab favored him. ANALYSIS. I. TtHE wise cHoicE, 4â€"9. II. tHs cirts or cop, 10â€"15. September 4. Lesson Xâ€"Solomon‘s Wise Choiceâ€"1 Kings 8: 415. Golden Textâ€"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding,â€"Prov. 3: 13. Sunday School Lesson Jeff‘s Twin Brother, Julius, Drops Into Town for a Visit. Saw off enough of the lower part ‘to make the top the right height for a dressing table seat or for use as a low stool. If there happens to be a drawer directly under the top, that Teally will add to its usefulness. Thke top may be left plain or it may be padâ€" ded with cotton and covered with cretonne tacked down over it. If reâ€" painting or reâ€"staining is necessary, it should be made to match or harâ€" monize with the other furniture in the room. The news that American motorists pay about $1,000,000 a day in gasoline taxes alone moves one to wonder what all this money would be used for were there no automobiles. A small but strong table or a sumd.l perhaps formerly a bedside table or' used for holding a baby‘s basket, but | no longer needed, may be put to cther | good use. | Here is an idea that many farmers could follow with profit Too often the old machine is allowed to sit out under a tree until it is completely ruined. It is true that many parts are worth saving. ‘"What use do you find for all of this junk?" I asked. "Well, there is scarcely a day but I find something useful, and the neighbors come to me, too," he replied. "I often sell a part for what it costs me to buy the whole machine at auction. All the scrap iron is sold to the junk man, anyway." i Solomon‘s ambition, therefore, at ‘the beginning of his ~reign, was that he might have wisdom to rule his people well. That.is the meaning of the words in v. 11, understanding to gliscern judgment. ~The king‘s chief function in those days was the adâ€" ministration of justice, according to the established laws and usages. The story that follows our lesson, in this | chapter, shows how, on occasion, he was able to solve a difficult problem . of justice, by the application of | shrewd common sense, and a knowlâ€" edge of human nature. _ It seems that any machine that had !been worn out on the farm was imâ€" Tmedlately dismantled, and everything ithat might be useful was saved. There were momer parts, horse rake teeth, parts of wagons, and even a good many parts of an old Ford car. All the parts were neatly piled, sorted as to size, and the bolts, rivets and screws placed in boxes. Even some of the wood parts of the wagons had been saved. He confessed that he often .vlslted auctions and purchased old machines, just for the chance of dismantling them. _ Old harnesses were there, also, the strap and parts carefully separated, oiled and hung up. |73 is prevonted the case of a good iman sorely tempted, because, he says, "all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning." â€"Yet this good man discovered‘that he had ‘a greater posse«sion by far than the rich whom he had envied, vs. 23â€"26. !In the highest and truest sense, God‘s best gifts come to the man who makes the wise choica. Compare the words ‘of Jesus in Matthew 6:33. One day last summer (it was an overcast day after haying had been completed), I stopped at a farm to call upon an old friend I had not seen for several years. "You will find him out back of the barn," said Mrs. Wâ€", in answer to my inquiry. I went out back and found Bill hard at work up on an old mower. This is what he was doing: I thought it good enough to write down for the bencfit of readâ€" ors. He was scrapping the machine. which had passed its day of usefulâ€" ness, and saving all parts that might come in handy at some future time. Finally, he took me t> a nearâ€"by shed and showed me his useful scrap heap To the young king who asked for wisdon; God promisss in his dreanmt a wise and understanding heart, and also that for which he did not ask, but no dowbt greatly desired, both riches and horor. Such gifts, it is trus, do not always follow thr wise choice. The writer of Ecclosiastes tells us of a poor wise man who by his wisdom delivered his city from a great danzor; "yet no man rememâ€" !)erqd that same poor man." In Psalm should posses this wisdom, and this should, therefore, be the aim and end of all rightly directed education. II. TH®E cirts or con. 10â€"15. TORONTO Use for Small Discarded Table Useful Scrap o fa new novel by a (nmbun adt]oms. Father thinksâ€"but that is another story. No Strings To It. "You‘re giving me this banjo for keeps, aren‘t you?" "Of course. Why do you ask ?" "I see there‘s no strings to 1t." ’ Peel and chop 6 ripe tomatoos (or canned ones), adding some of the jJuice. _ Add two small chopped onions, 1 garlic clove, scraped, 1 level tableâ€" spoonfuls of bread crumbs, salt, pepâ€" per, one levei teaspoonful of sugar. Let all simmer until thick. Whea nearly done, beat 6 eggs, yolks and whites separately. _ Add 5 tablespoonâ€" fuls of water, half a slice of bread soaked to a pulp in water, salt and pepper. Fry the egg mixture on onel side only. Wien it sots, pour mei hot tomato sauce over it, fold the | omelet, and cook three minutes longer. l Roll out onto a hot platter and serve j very hot. The recipe sorves 6 perâ€"| sons, and makes an especialy nice‘ supper dish. * | on springâ€"s0l p.ants, and they are los: infested with insects and diseases be cause they were put on newlyâ€"pre pared ground. Also, one can get : spring crop off the ground before set ting the plants.. For planting I use a common cone puncher covered with a steel overâ€" cone, In the care of my strawberries I use three toolsâ€"a garden cultivator for the sixteenâ€"inch space, a potato hook for the tenâ€"inch space, and a small single hook with a long handle for hocing between plants. I find that fallâ€"set plants to handle, â€"produce larger which rinen a !ttle earler When planting I set two rows ten inches apart, and the third sixteen inches apart, so that there is a wide space of sixteen inchos between every two rows. The plants are set four to tfive inches apart in the row. I use this method of setting because the fallâ€"set plants do not make runners, but use their strength to develop fruitâ€" ing crowns, and the wide space in every two rows gives me a chance to pick them. The ground must be moist when planting. At least moist enough so that the earth does not crumble and fill up the hole. ‘Therefore, I like to wait until we have had a good rain. If the ground is molst at the time the plants are dug, it is not necessary to set them aside in the box. If the weathor is fit I take up all the plants I need about the middie of August and sort out the best rooted ones. I trim of the surplus leaves arnd runners, and also clip the roots to an even length so that they will not double back when planting. Plants are packed reasonably close together in a shallow box having a few inchas of moist ground in the bottom. ‘This is set in the shade and kept molst and ready. _ In a few days little white roots begin to appear. As soon as the picking season is over, I thoroughly cultivate and hoe around the plants in the part of the patch from which I wish to take the plants for settlng,a new bed. This is done to stimulate the new plants for reâ€"setting. 1l.also prepare the new place so as to have it in good cultural condition and well fertilized, by the middle of August. This new place may have been where I had carly crops, such as peas and potatoes. For a number of years I have set all my plants in the fall, and find the results far superior to spring setting, taking everything into consideration. I wish to add, however, that I am speaking of a family berry patch, and not a commercial one. I° think it would be too big a job to set a comâ€" mercial patch in fall. . Fallâ€"Set Strawbherry, Children‘s Reading Mother Knows 'Befi.fis ~3 6L . 6)@‘.‘:\ 1. **Yf 2.‘ Creole Omelette Plants they are less 1 diseases beâ€" on newlyâ€"preâ€" ie can get a the title Oc\.en Comference way prove to be the nost step toward a final agrow mél‘.'\ _ When one recalls the hoadlines im many newspapers regarding the rocent aglieged "failure">at Geneva, it is ilâ€" lIuminating to road the commont ©* Sir Laming Worthingtonâ€"Evins, Britis» Becretaty of War, just made in rovrard ta the results of the conference. Far from being a fallure, to said, the tb natural interests which the child displays, but to make use of them and guide them aright. At the stage when adventure is the child‘s ruling interest and he is in danger of bacomâ€" ing addicted to the trashy and cheap periodicals which are published to supâ€" ply this want, he should be introduced to Ballantyne, Marryat and R. L. Stevâ€" enson. Similarly with every etage through which he passes. If the best of each type of literature be put in his way, he will be more likely to levate his taste while satisfving his desire. â€" Even the chl4 who ssems to prfer outdoor life, nature study, or other active occupations need not hbe allowed to escape from the influense of literature. Mis understanding and enjoyment of nature will be enhanced by Gilbert White; and for very ac tivity into which he may enter is a tibrary of books to which he may proâ€" fitably be introduced. ~« The difficulty of tha undqsireble book is cne that is best met by the supply of literature of the better kind. The good will drive out the‘ badâ€"proâ€" vided it is there in plenty »nd at the right â€" moment.â€"Christian _ Science Monitor. essmb Oe Parents are often perplexed by an unaccountabl dropping off of interest in reading on the part of their children 'betweon the ages of 14 and 16. But this is a normal stage and one which is explained by the enlargement of the scope of activity and interest which taks place at that age. They become occupled with the world around them, the higher stages of school life, the initial stages Of dndustry, sports, juvenile clubs, companions and cu;r rent events. In their preoccupation with the world of reality they lose inâ€" terest in the world of books. Many young folk drop tteir reading at this age for the want of tactful guidance on the part of someone who underâ€" stands their needs. If, however, the love of reading survives this stage, it becomes firmly fixed and remains a source of stimulus, delight and solace., The sim of the parent and teacher at every stage should be not to thwart tb natural interests which the child displays, but to make use of them and guide them aright. At the stage This stage is followed, at 14, by an interest in periodicals and in literaâ€" ture dealing with hobbiles and nterests. The desire for fiction loses some of its intensity. . For the boy books and articles which help him to make‘ things, or to keep pets become popu« â€"# lar. â€" Giris are absorbed in sentimenâ€" tal literature, and an interest in poetry develops at this age. horoic @dventures @nd T Girls like at this age whet a ed as boys‘ books, but the marked tendéncy, too, to : mental stories. By the age of eleven, with its wider outlook and greater experionce, the child becomes a reader, and tackles all kinds of literature within his limite of dificulty. Interest in nature stories loses its keenness, while books dealâ€" ing with travel and invention boecome popular. Childrn begin now to want their own books. Thoy Aake a pride in their possession, and will lend and A long step forward takes place between eight and ten. The child now begins to read longer books, to becom absorbd in them, and to elev»â€" ate reading to the level of a prime inâ€" trst. _ The books in demand will now include stories of historical characters. Differences begin to manifest themâ€" selves between the reading tastes of boys and girls. Girls tend to preâ€" serve to a later stage the liking for fairy stonies, while boys begin to choose adventure stories. | _ So much depends on what is read in ,the formative years that it is impos ‘sible to give too much care and thought to the influences to which the | child is subjected in literature. But for the maximum of good to result from the oversight of parents and teachers in this respect it is impontâ€" ant not to forget that a book which interests a child at one point of his ' reading career may fail 1,; grip him at \another. During the next two years the first attempts at actual reading take place. He still enjoys fairy stories, but he now likes his nature stories to include aocounts of actual adventures of familiar animals and pets. _ By the ge of eight he combines a more inâ€" tense fondnese of the fanciful element, and a keener interst in tales of the actua hbabits and doings of animale with a desire to read about other chil dren and other lands. A definite succession of clearly marked stages may be traced in conâ€" nection with the reading interests of the child. _ Before the age of fAive the infant does not normaily read for himâ€" self but he loves to listen to nursery rhymes, and simple fairy and nature stories. _ He likes to attribute human significance to the doings ofâ€" living creatures on land and in water and to project himself into imaginary comâ€" versations between the various obâ€" jects in his natural surroundings. th sses.: Betw Between the ages 0 he reading years \ ‘thing is fish that < At this age reading c+ildren a predom! aliy nt in W &A Pirnk Actressâ€" out the audienc ©penmouthed ." Becond Actros: They never yawl Btate Sundial. vietims four inchog around feet gight inches. bamboo shoots, wi yellow fiower cal the bark of a bush Lubéenga declared «ion natives bhave | mals which tear th builet 1: for half Enally t Meas: Bo six more wh ap} t n Hunter S t} to b« ulC pla f1 pl of 1 tain t! 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