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COLLE» beois vield Im tried i h FARMERS‘ 8COXLETS Report of the Minister of Ag Report of the Bee Division. Report of Chemistry Division Report Division of Forage P1 Fox Ranching in Canada. Nirections for Collecting and ing Insects. ts Cow Tosting Worth While? Meilleur Cheese. Influence of Feeding on Type of Hogs. Care of the Ewo and lamb. Artificial Incubation. Natural Incubation. How to Make and Use Hotbeds and Cold Frames. Now Varieties and Selections of Grain. The Fertilizers Act. . Hardy Roses. Bush Fruits. Recommended Varieties of Field Roots Weeds and Wooed Soeds. The Maple Sugar Industry. Crop Rotations for Central and Eastâ€" ern Canada. Tho Strawberry and its Cultivation. Bwine Husbandry in Canada. Seasonable Hints. List of Publications, 1923. Name h K.R. No. ..... . Province..... (No stamp roquired) Post Office ... mmend Publications Branch Department of Agriculture Ottawa. (>farm Crop <‘<* > Querres t pr t ~nuctTED 8y Pror. HENRAY G. BELL b;ect of this department is to place at the serâ€" â€" tarm readers the advice of an acknowledged on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. â€"â€"s all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in <â€" Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toromâ€" wers will appear in this column In the order they are received, When writing kindly menâ€" paper. As space is limited it is advisable where â€" reply is necessary that a stamped and adâ€" .~vclops be enclosed with the question, when â€" will be mailed direct. ht by Wilson Publishing Co., Limited. it â€"â€"I have three acres of cut them off wi @alla seeded two years ago hoe. Get a pou: ww spring on a light clay of iron or coppe ch P manured the winter 4 large pail of v sowing of seed. As I wou‘d solution on the lc a first cutting of hay and ki them out in i seed off this ground this _ R. G. H.:â€"I h sson, can you advise me on ©f Crop§ from : nalvsis of fertilizer which I year. I have Aitâ€"bly ~apply to this crop Â¥C2T OT so ago 1 s soring (say when I could but I did not get wih a fertilizer drill, as I and have come oi these implements)? | something else 1 Alfalfa is a great lover soil. Clover dot the e if you have not MÂ¥ cattle are â€" ssil recently I would advise that I think the this lime at any time, of my neighbor e the snow has entirely gone ® liberal appl v fertilizer drill, leaving Please let me ky holes suspended, and openâ€" is and where I s onen. Put the lime through tural limestone. er box. As spring opens Answer:â€"Evi goes out the lime will lime. You shou > the soil and correct any, On¢ to two tons h may be there. per acre. Th t the soil is dry enough in froma number « â€" to go over with a team, One is at Dund it 250 pounds per acre of ville. lyzing 2 to 3 per cent.! The lime corr to 12 per cent. phosphoric soil and helps 1 ‘ to 4 per cent. potash. If OT makeâ€"up. | In f s very closely pfl‘-k(-,l, set Exp. Station fo1 { the fertilizer drill to cut ed the yields of v,. at the same time Al.pply_ five bushels per zer in the usual way. This Wa* fertilized « the growth of alfailfa ma.! shows what ha In order to see just how Many times, th s I would advise you to correcting age irill row unfertilized over an, Speaking gener part of the field. QfOOd. hencee lin <.:â€"Which do you think is place of fertiliz htable to feed dairy cows in will manure o swedo turnips or sugar Place of lime. Which will give the biggest lime should be tons per acre? Can you reâ€"| of farming. | some good keepers? | Lime can he about a dozen horseradish the year, in fac rowine in my garden. I have abply lime just get rid of them by diggzing Of. The early but the more 1 dig the brings the Wme hoy get. Can you tell me of | nOt apply lime 1 can put on them to stop'l-““m(' time. th SENT FREE W A 0. A.¢ water ANALVSLS vater, 89.1; protein, s, 8.7; fat, 0.3. eak for themselves. ver, it is not looked procedure to feed cattle on account of the turnips Superlativ Sweded, L in Gem. mist : , 83.6; protein, 1.6; 8.6; fat 0.1. nter. 89.1: protein, lling of the horseâ€" ild advise you as in the spring to m ng and Presery tests reported as an average best yielding tons per acre; got 21.01 tons ce to swode for cows the given by a he mentions White Feedâ€" Danish Imâ€" ips he menâ€" » Plants ive, _ Steel Darsh and 4i 1 3fBcatadieiscnciniccndithcds in ATemtian ioA Pupilt ago hoe. Get a pound or two of sulphate rlay of iron or copperas. Dissolve this in iter a large pail of water and sprinkle the wuld solution on the plant. This should and kiD them out in a very short time. ‘ this _ R. G. H.:â€"I have been getting poorâ€" : on er crops from my farm year after h I year. I have used manure, and a ‘rop yeor or so ago I tried acid phosphate, yuld but I did not get the results expected, is 1 and have come to the conclusion that something else must be lacking in my wer soil. Clover deesn‘t thrive at all and not my cattle are not making the gains vise that I think they should make. One m of my neighbors says my soil needs free re cut them off with a sh-rp_spn_d? or ' Lesson Settingâ€"After the arrest of have written \Jesus, he was taken before the chief the . malefac priests,â€"Annas and Caiaphas. Then . . rebuked +the appeared before Pilate and Herod tor, even i |and lastly before Pilate again. In his agony, had b | trial before both civil and religious sonality of J |authorities, justice was tr:gves‘tied.‘{orgivirgwsp a liberal application of limestone. Please let me know what your opinion is and where I can purchase agriculâ€" tural limestone. Answer:â€"Evidently your soil needs lime. You should apply at least from one to two tons of ground limestone per acre. This may be purchased from a number of concerns in Ontario. One is at Dundas, anotker at Beachâ€" The lime corrects the acidity of the soil and helps the physical condition or makeâ€"up. â€"In actual tests the Ohio Exp. Station found that lime increasâ€" ed the yields of wheat approximately five bushels per acre, whether the field was fertilized or not. _ This clearly shows what has been demonstrated many times, that lime is a necessary correcting agent in crop growth. Speaking generally, it is not a plantâ€" food, hence lime will not take the place of fertilizer or manure, neither will manure or fertilizer take the place of lime. Both plantfoods and lime should be used in a good system of farming. Lime can be applied any time in the year, in fact it is good practice to apply lime just before the snow goes off. The early working of the soil brings the Nme into quick action. Do not apply lime and fertilizer at the The Sunday School Lesson EPP ony P oo Pilate was actuated in the end by fear. The priests were blinded by hate. Durâ€" ing the trial Jesus was patient, quiet anl unafraid. â€" He never seemed so different from other men as during that experience whenâ€"men heaped their indignities " upon him. Th‘e T Cw CEGSe We Sn i e ce Eo e *C c me s . The word Calvary means skull. The _ Vs, 44â€"45. It was about the sixthi place was probably a low mound, hour; at noon. Being the time of the | shaped somewhat like a skull. It lay full moon, the darkness could not be | cutside the city gates near a public due to an eclipse of the sun. Darkness | highway leading into the city. And over all the earth; as if nature were in | the malefactors; two robbers of the sympathy with Christ in his suffering. | same class as Barabbas. _ Jesus is Veil of the temple . . rent. This was| placed between them as if to identify the curtain that separated the Holy, him with the worst of criminals. Place from the Holy of Holics. 'I‘heK Father, forgive them. This is the first rending of the veil symbolized the fact | of the seven words from the cross. that Christ‘s death had made a new | This prayer for forgiveness was for and living way to God. In Matthew the soldiers who had nailed Jesu® to we learn that the veil was rent from’ the cross. The soldiers were but the top to bottom, and that there was an | tools in the hands of others. Elsewhere earthquake and that many of :}elg' wo learn that before the actual cructâ€" saints which slept arose and appeared | fixion he was offered "drugged win®@" to many. Jesus . . cried with a loud! to deaden the pain. Jesus refused it,| yoice. %his introduces the seventh and | for he must dring the cup of pain to last word of the cross. From the other | the dregs. Parted his raiment. The Gospels we learn the fourth word | clothes of a criminal belonged to the (Matt. 27: 46, 47; Mark 15: 34, 35), | executioners. They were divided by | "My God, My God, why hast thou forâ€" | lot. saken me?" This was the cry of one: The people stood beholding. They who for the moment had lost his sense: had played their part when they had of fellowship with God. It is the note cried, "Crucify him.‘"‘ Now they wer® of an experience too deep for us to' passive spectators. The rulers . . . fathom, and possible only to one stand.. derided him; the members of the Sanâ€" ing in a relation different from ours hedrin. They seem to have come to to man and his sin and to God and his their hour of revenge. He saved others grace. We learn also the fifth word, ... save himself. They think that (Matt. 27: 48, 49; Mark 15: 36), which the submission of Jesus means helpâ€" was "I thirst." At this cry a sponge, lessnese rather than willing sacrifice. saturated with vinegar anX placed on ’ll‘he! pe:ipleh stood bel‘\'oblzlingfl.wy'l'}h;efl had played their part n a cried, "Crucify him." Now they were passive spectators. The rulers . .. derided him; the members of the Sanâ€" hedrin. They seem to have come to their hour of revenge. He saved others Jesus Crucified, Luke 23 Vs. 36â€"43. The soldiers also mocked; taking their cue from their superiors. Offering him vinegar, If this was not the drugged wine already mentioned, then it was given him as a grim and cruel joke. A superscription. It was customary to inscribe on a tablet the cause of condemnation. In this case the Jewish authorities asked Pilate to change the title so that it would read, "He said I am the King of the Jews." . .. save himself. They think that the submission of Jesus means helpâ€" lessnese rather than willlng sacrifice. It was because ho was the Christ that he would not save himself. But Pilate refused, saying, "What I , Crucified, Luke 23. Golden Textâ€"He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.â€"Isa. 53: 5. MARCH 18. and much appreciated, the activities} of the women and girls in the local onganizations has resulted in gaining| much knowledge of practical value ini the howsing, clothing and feeding oll the family, the introduction of pracâ€" tices making toward health and strength of body and mind, ability to lgmpplo with social, educational and | economic problems through the coâ€" cperation of the whole people in the best interests of the community. For Home and Country i It has been demonstrated in the work of the Women‘s Institutes of Province for ‘the past twenty years, \that the value of the service rendered is dependent to a very large extent upon the degree to which the people | directly concerned can be induced to | put forth effort on their own behalf. \ For the Government or any organizaâ€" | tion outside of the community to | undertaken to perform service for the |peop1'e without requwiring activity and | the shouldering of responsibility on | their part, is not conducive to the best development of the people concerned, and does not result in a service of | lasting worth. | We have in the Institutes of Onâ€" !tario a form of organization and meâ€" P & & & ENE TE Ei ciavim The strencth of the Women‘s In-‘i stitutes, which were first established twentyâ€"five years ago, lies in the fact that localities desiring service in the way of lectures, Siterature, and deâ€" monstrations, are advised to form organizations and are required to hold meetings, utilizing local talent. While the service rendered by the Instiâ€" tutes Branch has been of real value The Silver Anniversary a Gra tifying Year in the Women‘s | steady rgâ€"r-b-wvui and marked progress. thods of work which are a very forceâ€" ful factor in making towards effiâ€" ciency, prosperity and contentment in the rural districts. The Institutes Branch, which has developed into a "Department of Homeâ€"Making and Community Buildâ€" ing," is not only rendering a valuable service in literature, lectures and short courses, but is a medium through which the local organizations are linked up with the services availâ€" able through other Departments of the Government and voluntary organâ€" izations. The women of Ontario have come to realize that they have a power for service of real worth in communâ€" ity and nation buildings, and are inâ€" telligently coâ€"operating with men. in bringing about many needed improveâ€" ments and advantages which have been wanting in most rural districts. The past year has been one of a hyssop stalk, was placed to his lite. Then we have the sixth ery (John 19: 30), "It is finished." . This was not the faint utterance of a wornâ€"out body, but the deliberate utterance of a clear conâ€" sciousness that his work was finished and that God‘s ordained purpose had been fulfilled. It is not simply an endâ€" 1 o o OB L0 1000300 00 0000 24 ic Adtnrnic es ds it sn ing of his sufferings, but a perfecting of the work which he came to do. Vs. 46. Father. The cloud that seemâ€" ed to separate his soul from God has lifted. ?t is to his Father that he speaks once more. It is the word of , I have written." One of BY G. A. PUTNAM, SUPERINTENDENT The fact that the number of Branches) has increased from 930 to n-early' 1,000 during the year, with a corresâ€"| ponding increase in membership, and: that at the conventions held at Fort Frances, North Bay, Ottawa, London and Toronto, the attendance was conâ€" siderably larger than in previous years, is evidence of the development} of the organization. A matter of per-‘ haps greater importance is the way in which the individual Institutes, inl their own communities are undertakâ€" ing and carrying through work of the} most practical benefit to the people. School Improvement and Child Welfare. The Institutes are working more and more actively than ever to imâ€"} prove the public schools, particularly in the rural districts where there is no other "school and home organizaâ€" tion." A number of Branches have installed sanitary drinking fountains, one Branch in Northern Ontario where the water supply for schools cri homes is a real problem, paid filty dollars to have a well dug at thel school and are proud of having strucki flowing water. Others have had the school cleaned and reâ€"«lecorated, supâ€" plied washbasins and paper towe!s, and in general improved the sanitary condition of the school and surroundâ€" ings. Proper seats to suit the needs of growing children, better heating and lighting systems have been put into several schools through the influâ€" ence of the Institutes, and sometimes through their financial assistance, while it is a common feature of Instiâ€" tute work to present the school with such things as library books, first aid kits, playground equipment, historical pictures or prints of classic paintings, gramophones, pianos, weighing scales, screens to keep out flies, and hot lunch equipment. One Institute on Maniâ€" toulin Island has furnished the three schools in tho district with complete hot lunch equipment, and a number of Institutes aro assisting in supplying cocoa, sugar, milk and vegetables and other foods to be used for the hot lunch. lunch. | Other community enterprises comâ€" The Institutes continue to assist in mon to Institute work are the estab-‘ the work of medical school inspection jishing of memorial parks and athletic whenever they can be of service t0 prounds, tennis courts for the young the visiting doctor and nurse, and in people in rural districts, and rest several counties the Institutes &"® rooms in country towns, for the use of assisting in the support of a peFMADâ€"~â€" women coming in from the country to ent school nurse, They are @lso in do their shopping. The Institutes also many places giving generous don@â€" pring vyaluable entertainment and tions to the school fair work carne_'l education to the community in the on under the direction of the agrictiâ€" way of concerts by local talent, and tural representative, have provided f0T outside speakers and entertainers. the judging of school plots, and &ssi3tâ€" Tniversity Extension courses are beâ€" ed personally in judging the hous®â€" coming very popular. A few Instiâ€" hold exhibits. One Institute BAS tytes have brought in Chautaqua organized a class to train the scho0l coupses, and the number of requests girls in sewing for their echool f@ir for speakers furnished by the Departâ€" exhibits. A few Institutes have beMA ment shows a marked increase this instrumental in having music, h9US®â€" yeay, Several Institutes have purâ€" hold science and manual training? chased moving picture machines on taught in their schools, and a number thg plan of instalment payments arâ€" have been responsible for having CONâ€" nanged by the Government and are tinuation schools opened in Yur@l making use of Government films. communities. There is a case on reâ€" Ot-h(‘!' con“nunity ventures spons,grcd cord where a number of children in & by the Institutes are the inavguration farming section were mady for high of a "cleanâ€"up week," a ecunty camâ€" school but would never have an OPâ€" paign for home beautification, an apâ€" portunity for further education unless peal to the council to have certain the public school opened a continuaâ€" public nuisances o# dangers removed, tion class, and the school had no funds such as in one case, the draining of a available this year. The trustees apâ€" ditch which was brseding mosquitoes pealed to the Women‘s Inslitute, and to the great annsyance of the congreâ€" they responded with a few hundred gation of a neighboring church. dollars to make up the additional weapeses sunlfy smcs teacher‘s salary. | _A hot brick in a padded box often \ Jesus gave himself to death as he gave himself to life, with deliberateness ‘and willingness. He crowned in death iwhat he did in life. I ‘ Application. l |\ _ The crucifixion made very different |\impressions upon those who witnessed ‘ |it. On the soldiers, who actually did | the deed, it seemed to have made little or no impression; they were absolutely | blind to the wonder and glory of the scene in which they were taking part. \ Dr. Alexgxder Maclaren suggests that \they were foreigners and probably | they could not speak a word to any in the crowd. The act of crucifixion | would not be anything out of the ordiâ€" | nary for them, for it was part of their ‘ordinary work in troublous times, Upon the members of the Sanhedrin ‘and those who thought with them it had an extraordinary effect; the perâ€" fect revelation of goodness and spiritâ€" ual beauty threw them into convulâ€" |sions of angry opposition. Even the | group of the friends of Jesus, standâ€" | ing afar off, saw only a very little way into the meaning of what was takingi , ‘ lace before their eyes. As Dr. James lgmlker says: "When something grand ‘ls to be seen, there is required not only \ the object but the seeing eye. The imâ€" "nge in a mirror dcr:fis not only on "the object reflected but on the %mlity !‘and configuration of the glass. Obviously one of the important feaâ€" tures of these varied projects for school improvement is their influerce to arouse in the whole community a sense of responsibility in the school. Community Halls and Recreation. _ Since the passing of the Communâ€" ity Halls Act, the Women‘s Institutes have been active in raising money to build community halis or to renovate old halls to meet the standards reâ€" quired by the Act. One Institute in love and trust. Into thy hands I comâ€" mend my spirit; again the words of serene and quiet confidence. If Jesus died of a broken heart, he did not die with a broken faith. He gave up the ghost. The expression is ratherâ€""He rendered his spirit." None of the Evangelists say simplg' that he died. It is as if they wished to imply that Northern Ontario was successful in renovating an old cheose factory to meet all the necessary requirements. It is also of interest that the Institute at Spry, in the Bruce Peninsula, twenâ€" ty miles from a railway, has secured a ninetyâ€"nine year lease of the Orange Hall, and rebuilt it to make it a comâ€" fortable gathering place. Where the Institutes have not contributed to the actual building of the hall, they have, in a great many communities, donated such accessories as a piano or kitchen eqjuipment. In many places the Inâ€" stitute is reprcsented on the Poard in supervision of the type of recreation carried on after the hall is established. One Institute in Simcoe County has been given sole charge of the program of ertertaining, with the responsibility of seeing that all young people‘s gatherings are properly chaperoned. A hot brick in a padded box ofton will help bring through young pigs born in extremely cold weather. Corrugated Galvanized AMBITIOUS MEN AND WOMEN make big money selling our Engâ€" lishâ€"made, fourâ€"ply knitting wools. Bell on sight. Profits 75 cents and $1 pound. Twenty shades sample wool free. Write toâ€"day. BOX 891 The Metaillic Roofing Co. Limited 306 1194 King St. W., Toronto Steel Roofing English Wool Company Dept. WL ONTARIO ARCH TORONTO sumer. . Write for Prices Special Terms to Farmers CEUT PLUG MONTREAL SMOKE If your cattle have warbles in their backs, they will be happy to learn that an inexpensive mixture of one part flodoform and five parts vaseline pressed into the openings made by the insects will kill the rascals. Warbles are said to cost thousands of dollars a year in ruined hides and a lot more in reduced milk yie‘ds. A cow in Denâ€" mark which gave 33 pounds of milk daily increased her yield to 44 pounds after 46 grubs were extracted. In one Danish ncighborhood, 65 miles square, warbles were about extinguished after everyone made a point to go over all his animals every two or three months for four years. Cement must not be dried too rapidâ€" ly for best results. Irrigated Farms in Southern Alberta In the Famous Vauxhall District Bow River lrrtfnlo. Projeot {su upeduu‘( s:‘od ocetion for mixed arming an rying. Splendid opâ€" rortunlt{ for Kount men now living n districts where good land cannot be bousht at reasonable lLprlcu. THIS 1§ NOT PIONEERING, the first 10,000 acres are fully settled and mnother 10,000 mcres now ready for gettlement; maximum distance from railroad, seven miles, Good roads, telephones and schools. Easy payâ€" ments, extending over 18 x’:ar-. This Is the Cest Land Buy in Alborta Write for further information to: CAHADA LAND and IRRIGATION UOMPANY, LIMITED _ Keep Kendall‘s always in the barn. A strained muscle, a spruug tendon, a jolt or a knock demands immediate attention. A few hours‘ delay will result in a long !amenessâ€"perhaps in the loss of the horse. Kendall‘s Spavin Treatment has saved more horseflesh than ail the other known remedies. Under the name of Kendall‘s Spavin Cure, it is the fortyâ€"yearâ€"old standby of horsemen, farmers and veterinarians. Get a bottle of Kendall‘s today. Ask, too, for the Free Book or write for it to DR. B. J. KENDALL COMPANY, ENOSBURG FALLS, Vi., U.S.A. _ The farmer of toâ€"day realizes the adâ€" vantages of concreteâ€"built silos, troughs, fence posts, etc. The "Braniford" is the biggest value farm size mixer. Loads and unloads from either side. Made for hand or power, on skids, or mountâ€" m ed‘on trucks, with o ; or without engine. ns ‘ Write for bookict. . B ie dA Goold Shapley & .’;3.' C Muir Co., Ltd. Ce¢: 200 Wellington St., &% Brantford + Ont. for hand on skide, ed‘on tr or witho for hand or power, on skida, or mountâ€" ed‘on trucks, with or without engine. Write for bookict. Goold Shapley & Muir Co., Ltd. 200 Wellington St., Brantford + Ont. Add Concrete Improvements to Your Farm To Kill Warbles. OeDdEKTS If you roll your FINXE CUT ask for reen label) Have farmers any money to loan? Yes, they certainly have, in spite of all calamity howlers and people who try to make you believe farming has gone to the dogs. There are conserâ€" vative, hard working, thrifty farmers in every community who have saved money and are anxious to place it where it will bring a good rate of interest and be safe, since it repreâ€" gents days of toil and the best thought and management they could bring to their tasks. Of course, everybody knows that government bonds are safe, and many country people have invosted their savings in them; but, unforturately, the country is filled with glib talkers who argue with conservative investors that it is worse than foolish to get 8 or 4 per cent. from a bond, when there are other, far better, securities paying at least twice that much inâ€" terest. These investments range from oil stock likely to pay 15 to 20 per cent, in the very near future, to stock in some mysterious loan company that charges the borrower only 7 per cent. on a firstâ€"class, perfectly safe mortgage, and yet is able to give inâ€" vestors at least 8 per cent. yearly on their investment, or 4 per cent. each halfâ€"year, after paying the officers of the company for their services and taking care of all other expenses. Here Are Two Safe Investments. It is time for hardâ€"working farmers to understand that there are two safe investments for the man with money to loan, and those are government bonds and first mortgages on good real estate, Any scheme advertised as perfectly safe that can pay inâ€" vestors from 8 to 12 per cent., and still give the sellers of stock a comâ€" mission of from 15 to 380 per cent., is pretty sure to be a swindle. Men who have always passed for shrewd farmers and good business men have trustingly handed over their hardâ€" earned cash to a "perfectly safe mortâ€" gage loan company," and received several giltâ€"edged dividends, only to find that they could not get their lmoney back at the end of several years, and that all dividends ceased. Now it stands to reason that if the Government can guarantee only a small, safe interest on its paper, a little company without the resources of our great country back of it, is likely to slip, when it guarantces from 10 to 12 per cent. interest,. The fact that some glibâ€"tongued individual exâ€" plains and illustrates with rows of figures how they are able to pay the \high rate by "turning their money often," does not make the concern safe; and to talk about "our thousands of satisfied investors" does not conâ€" vince the man who stops and thinks t even a little below the surface. It is ibe-tter. to be safe than to be sorry, Ilu many farmers have discovered too ate. Even a first mortgage on real estate nceds close gcrutiny. Do not loan where you are likely to be inâ€" volved in litigation, as where a large number of heirs are involved in the ownership of a farm. Do not loan more than 40 per cent. of a farm‘s conservative value. Do not loan where the title is clouded, Do not loan to a man or woman in such heaith that the property is likely #%o change hands in a few months. Do not loan to a couple likely to apply for a divorce and involve the farm in a forced sale. In short, "handâ€"pick" your investment, as you can those days, and then pay your tax on it like a patriotic citizen of the best country the sun ever shone upon. The next time a wellâ€"dressed, prosperousâ€"lookâ€" ing man comes to tell you of a perâ€" fectly safe investment that will pay you at least 12 per cent. yearly, help him off the farm quickly, for he repâ€" resents a fraud as sure as you live, â€"Kf B a coalâ€"burning brovder stove become very thirsty and the milk does not entirely satisfy their thirst. . ‘They seem more contented when they can drink water too. I have never known the chicks to drink too much water it it is before them at all times, If there is any scarcity of sour milk I have found it pays to mix the milk half and half with water. It does not clog the fountains ceasily, and the chicks seem to relish it just as much or more than clear sour milk. In carâ€" ing for my chicks I have always tried to follow nature‘s methods as near as E-ibh. even when the flocks are rge and Jrooded artificially, 1:: chicks following hens under natu conditions often obtain their drinking water from the dew on the grass and leaves in the early morning. They are not stuffed all the time with sour milk, and yet they are healthy, beadyâ€" eyed chicks that grow. Bo I use both sour milk and water, and find the comâ€" bination better than the hack of cithor. POULTRY