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a nve n, when the answer will be {partments of the grain drill. This de. ( n 'preparation | posits the plantfood in the damp soil res the success of wheat produc- [at a depth at which the young crop No crop shows the disadvant- | begins its growth. of poorly drained soil as clearly | of applying fertilizers at such atime is 8s does wheat. For the germination | that the distribution of the fertilizer _ of any seed, heat, air and moisture are | and the sowing of the grain is ac- sbgolutely necessary. - If wheat is complished with one operation. Mod- planted in a poorly drained soil, the ern grain drills are so constructed that 'water shuts out a large amount of the | fertilizers do not drop immediately on air, and evaporation of soil moisture |top of the seed, nor is the fertilizer lowers the temperature of the soil. deposited so the seed drop directly ed soil re-acts in two, upon it. Rather, the fertilizer drops ways to hinder the early growth of and is mixed with the soil before the wheat. If the ground is plowed very seed is deposited. This prevents shallow and is hard and impervious, injury from the concentrated plant- gr tiny rootlets of the plant find great food coming in direct contact with the "Hence, un y in pushing through the soil, 'seed. ; result is that root growth is shal.| The choice of the proper plantfood low and near the surface. This means to apply has an important bearing on that the crop is very easily injured by droughts andsfrosts. yn Many a man this past year or two has been discouraged to find so much of his winter wheat killed out. In not a few places where it has been killed the wheat plant has been heaved above the soil and much of its roots exposed to sunlight and blighting winds. There are various reasons why winter wheat kills out. One is on account of lack of moisture. Moisture shortage in wheat soil is frequently due to poor storage of the rain that Loi fallen dur. ing the early growing periods of the plant, hence in a good wheat soil, the humus supply must be carefully main. tained. If the land set aside for win- ter wheat has lain bare and unworked, much moisture is lost by evaporation. Recent investigations show that ex. tremely low temperature suffered hy wheat which has not made a firm root growth is deadly to the crop. To avoid such conditions the ad- dition of plantfood to the wheat crop is of great benefit. If manure or fertilizer is spread uniformly over the soil and worked into it, the plant- food induces the roots to spread and grow deep into the soil and thereby make a wider area from whence the can draw its food. Thus it is t fertilizers by increasing root have actually saved many a Recently we have had opportunity to examine winter wheat in several of the warmer sections of Ontario. In not. a few of these sections many a field of grain that looked good last fall has been plowed up this spring and planted to other crops. However, there are in Ontario considerable areas of wheat that have weathered the bad winter conditions and bid fair to make record yields. The farmers are. enthusiastic over the splendid work which fertilizers did for their crop during the past winter. One important wheat grower reported that in the spring his wheat crop did not appear to have a live spear "in it. However, the addition of 200 lbs. of _ 1%-12 fertilizer of bonemeal mater- ial strengthened the root growth so that the crop was able to store up suf. ficient vigor to stand 18 to 20 inches high, thick and Yigoroud, at a time when unfertilized wheat appeared thin and in many cases promised less than _A0 bushels of grain per acre. % G. How and What to Apply lizing winter wheat, best re- sults are obtained by applying the fertilizer through the proper com. -~ % Pi 3 , fh - |Cabbage Plants guiine, plz, 313, lai - Of all 1} J varieties, 4bc. paid, LJ per thousand, express Also Caulifiower, Brussels Sprouts a re nr : ng shipPed success- | Sully to sit parts of Canada: Ask for ce list, t Herold's Farms, Fruitland, Ontario Dept. "XY" Niagara District '! the only reason that I secured a stand | growth at th / ing season of the fall Ee 1 , verbenas, begonias, al. | Sel 1s in maiigold 8g Lu tiuns, , c2losia,. soleus, | butilons, ivi : boxes, White, pink and blue | results obtained. If your soil is a medium loam and if you have been i keeping up the organic matter of it by turning under clover once in three or four years or if you have been giving | it a coating of 5 or 6 loads of manure to the acre every second or third year, the fertilizer you should use will be high in available phosphoric acid, and will contain a small amount of nitro- gen,--1 or 2 per cent. nitrogen, to 10 or 12 per cent. phosphoric acid. If the soil tends to be light, the fertilizer should contain more nitrogen up to 3 or 4 per cent. with approximately the same phosphoric acid. The phos- phoric acid is the kind of plantfood which causes the crop to ripen. Ma. tured wheat takes out % of the phos- phoric acid used by the crop, hence the necessity of emphasizing phos- phorie acid in wheat fertilization. What Experiment Stations Have 'to Say J In several localities on this Contin- ent the fertilizing of wheat has been given careful test. Professor C. A. Zavitz, Setretary of Ontario Experi- Wear the Sturdy : FLEET FOOT SHOES -- and enjoy the easy comfort which these economical shoes give, EET is for work as well as for play.~ Staunch, sturdy styles like the: "WORKMAN" and "EVERY-DAY" stand right up to any farm work -- yet are light and easy, and enable you to tramp the fields all day without the feet getting over-tired. The leading Shoe Stores have FLEET FOOT styles, shapes and sizes for every member of your family--for work or play. None genuine without the name FLEET FOOT stamped on the sole. Look for the name, The best Shoe Stores sell FLEET FOOT mental and Agricultural Union, re- ports that in tests carried on through- out the Province, complete fertilizer with winter wheat gave an increase of 5.2 bushels per acre when applied in the autumn and 8.3 bushels when applied in spring. Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion which has been maintaining tests of fertilizers for the last twenty years, quotes an average gain from complete fertilizers of 18.41 bushels per acre per annum. Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station, in its tests of 12 years has obtained an increase of 8.03 bushels of wheat per acre per annum from ferti- lizing wheat. tive estimate." York, West Virgipia and other wheat. growing sections. ~ Where fertilizers are carefully chosen and carefully ap. plied in sufficient quantity, Experiences of "Ontario Farmers | their neighbors as to resulfs as to what service the users believe | fertilizers rendered: | aca years with my { and I have been very well pl d wit Leuson II. Reading God's Word--Acts | used by the traveller to-day and hag| changed in no essential the re-| of countless caravans. 'sults have bn a materially increased | is, "the strong") was anciently a forti- | for light. . crop and a product superior in quality. fied city of the Philistines on the Medi-| | terranean. Under present conditions, Ontario sieges and captures in the course of its! farmers who have not used fertilizers | history, the last being by the British | are especially- anxious to hear from forces under General Allenby, on their | icy ! In visiting several farms' where fer-|'Which occurred last December. tilizers have been successfully used | same is desert--That is, an uninhabit- we obtained the following expressions | ed distriet. "I have used fertilizers for the past, him from the promising work in which winter wheat | he Was engaged to send him on an un- h| certain errand, but there is no discus- sion: he simply obeys the order, trust- Behold, ing to the divine wisdom. : 1 Mothers ana daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with oy question and its answer a a means of Identification, but full name and address must be given in d tter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct if Stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Se Address all Woodbine Ave., Toronto. ------------ Nurse:--You need not feel any on the farm has it in her power ta anxiety on that score, dear bride-to- muke a tremendous contribution to the be. You are especially well fitted for existing meagre supply. She can help Tour new duties. ; The trained nurse materially by making more cheese too. who marries and gives up her profes--' Sg that there really is a very great sional work for home and family life [deal you can do--right where you are, finds that her hospital training has! Lilian. Indeed, city girls are getting given her rich assets as a home-! so envious of the girls on the farms maker. ; : : 'that they are taking farmerette This is not only true in her knowl- classes and making tracks for the hay- edge of children and of dietetics and of field and the berry patch. how to care for the sick, but in her, Bread-Maker:-- You can get just the attitude toward housekeeping and her attitude toward life. Her under-|ing and the use of substitutes by writ standing of the "why" of things lifts ing to the Canada Food Board for the the small, tedious things of house-! new bread-making booklet (five cents) keeping, whether it be the cleaning which they have issued. At the same of a room or the sterilizing of milk | time you would be well advised to ask bottles, to a plane of interest and | for the fish cook book, the camming, dignity. And Her contact with 'all | grying, and storing of fruit and vege- kinds of people in the hospitals, in! table recipes. There is a series of their joys and their suffering, broad- | four and each is five cents. correspondence for this department to Mra. Helen Law, 238 \ information you want on bread-mak- - adds that much insight and inspira- tion to her relation with her children and her husband and her community, No woman is so well prepared to meet the sudden emergencies of ac- cident or sickness that occur in every home as the woman who has had the training of the nurse. In fact, to every detail of the health, care of her family and the hygienic care of her house, the hospital training contri- butes something" that is useful or precious. More and more the hospital training for all kinds of public service in which women are engaged, and more and as a preparation also for home life. Lilian:--No doubt it does become tiresome, when you hear of those and earning all the glory of overseas '| service, to reflect on what you call your "humble drudgery." But as a matter of fact, if every woman now on the farm will do this year just what she has been doing, to a larger extent and in a better way, she will be rend- ering her greatest war service. To cook food and wash dishes for not helpful. Young women now on a man of Ethiopia . . . of great farm workers this year is nothing if The tris, authority under Candace--' sends Philip forth on this lonely road farms can easily expand their ac- Yo find one certain man. Had come to! tivities. The girl who will learn how Jerusalem to worship--He was thus a t; hitch up and drive a horse can not INTERNATIONAL LESSON JULY 14 Jewish prozelyte. i one of the feasts no doubt. Jewish progelytes came. 28. Was returning | in his chariot 8. 26-39; Psa. 19. 7-11. Golden Text, John 8. 32. Acts 8. 26-89. An angel of the Lord! to this very rom the roll. Verse 26: | 80. ilip ran to him | Understandest thou other than this question are omitted. message was 81. How can I, gxcept some one shall Go toward the south . . .| | ide me? --The response indicates It also reveals the presence in the particular | are 82. He was led as a sheep to the It has endured many | slaughter--We have here the wonder- | ful passage in Isaiah 53. concerning the suffering Servant of Jehovah. of himself, or of some other? obtained.) way to the capture of Jerusalem, _The eunuch touched precisely the The | point of difficulty. Who is this suf- {Fors One who has borne our griefs? 85. Philip . beginning from preached unto him A ight | this scripture, 27. He arose and went--He might | this ip Be ha i have questioned the wisdom of taking !Jesus-- himself interpreted the passage, but we may infer that he assured the eunuch that in Jesus the wonderful | the results, obtaining an increase of 5 to 7 bushels per acre on an average. | can also say it insures a better catch of clover and it not only increases the productive power of the soil for the year it is used, but the effects of its ! uge are plainly evident during at least the two succeeding years."--W.| Stewart, St. Catharines, 1918. = | ~ "In regard to the fall wheat, I think that by the use of fertilizer is it. at all as it gave it quick, t the start so necessary in 'Potunias, single and double; phlok hydrangeas are also good. 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Station, in its Press Bulletin of last! midst of a great revival in Samaria P June said, "On average Missouri land, when the divine Messenger summon- the fertilization of wheat is practical. | ed him to another field of labor. How ly always remunerative; it is safe to, the say, one ought to expect 4 minimum whether in a vision such as Paul had | courtesy t increase of around 4 bushels and a when he was called to Macedonia, or break in so bluntly upon the medita- ter, maximum increase of not less than 10, by a personal appearance, we are not tion of a complete stranger. bushels per acre as a very conserva- | told. unto Gaza--*The way that goeth down These results -can be supplemented | from Jerusalem unto Gaza," which 'with izeporte from Pennsylvania, Ovew, Philip wag to take, is the same road text of real difficulties in the inter- of the Messiah preached to him by cs I Eh etre Ee recy PO Bae Ln are fo | ) - ry, , save that it is worn deeper by the feet with Aime All Es Ay iatioh of 2 Sisciple v an oh y > Sy y Gaza (that | put aside in the presence of the ire] evangelist. | communicated, | It jg hardly in keeping with Oriental ment. at e evangelist would e humility and sincerity of the man. Of whom speaketh the prophet . human life and chagacter" might well - be the summing up of this remarkable and keep his commandments" is. the : experience of the Psalmist. : only save her father or other man | worker from leaving field work to drive to town, but she can also ride the hay rake or horse-drawn cultiva- A large proportion of our butter is who are willing to give it careful at- tention. No food need to-day is more what thou vital than that of fatsand the woman jreadest ?--All details of the meeting! = ! Scripture had its most perfect fulfill- 36. They came unto a certain wa- . + + . What doth hinder me | to be baptized ?--Along this road are found no rivers, only "wadies," utter- ly dry in the hot season but rushing rivulets in the rainy season. The ! Ethiopian fully accepts the great truth ! cepting baptism at the hand of the ening her sympathies and her outlook, | | nurses winning the Royal Red Cross! necessary. This | Royal Blue:--Yes, go ahead and make all the jam you want but use | less sugar than you have been doing | ever since you learned how to make preserves of any kind, The point is, | that if large quantities of jam be made this year the demand upon Canada | from overseas for butter can be met i to a much greater extent than would | otherwise be possible. When jam is used butter is not needed with { bread. As the strawberry is one of the first fruits of the season to ripen here is an excellent recipe for strawberry is regarded as a splendid foundation | jam: 8 lbs. strawberries, 6 lbs. sugar. Mix the strawberries and sugar in a kettle and let them stand over night. more it will be deliberately planned' In the morning set the kettle over the | fire on an asbestos mat, and bring the contents slowly to a boil. Do net stir { the fruit any more than is absolutely Boil gently without stir. ring until it is sufficiently thick and then put it away in sterile jars. New Ontario:--You are fortunate to be in the vicinity of such a fine supply of wild berries and it would be a good thing if you were to enlist the aid of the kiddies and have a great many berry.picking expeditions this sum- mer. Surely you cannot preserve any fruits with a finer flavor than the wild blueberries and it would seem a pity, at a time when the food shortage is so great, that you should neglect to utilize this supply right at your door. Use all you can of them and try to stir up some interest in your neighbor' hood in this business of wild berry- picking. Here is what you want for the making of old-fashioned black- berry jam: For each pound of black- berries use three-fourths of a pound Pick over berries Add sugar | and mash them slightly. Seal in and cook slowly until thick. jelly glasses. . ~ ' son S/O7¥ES { The Summer Boarders. | Behold the summer boarders! A blithe and busy band, Across the summer land. 87. The King James Version here 7, every field and garden, "inserts a verse found in some ancient , manuscripts but lacking in others. | Psa. 19. 7-11. This beautiful Psalm divisible into two distinct portions. The first has for its subject Glories of the Heavens," verses 1-6. is clearly | Adown the dusty way, y | They come with bag and baggage -- | They surely mean to stay! "The | They've journeyed far from Bugland;, They're hungry as can be, The second has for its subject "The! As every sighing housewife ° X Glories of the Law of God," verses T- 14. It recalls a saying of the philosopher Kant, that there were two things which filled him with awe, the starry heavens above and the moral law within. From verses 7 to 9 inclusive there are six names for the Scripture: "the law of Jehovah," "the testimony of Jehovah," "the precepts of Jehovah," | "the commandment of Jehovah," "the fear of Jehovah," and "the ordinances | of Jehovah." ! Then follow six characteristics of ! the law in these same verses--'"per-| fect," "sure," "right," "pure," "clean," | and "true." The results of the law in| the life are then given: "restoring the soul," "making wise the simple," '"re-| joicing the heart," "enlighten the | eyes," "enduring forever," "righteous | | altogether." In verses 10 and 11 the {law is finer than gold, sweeter than { honey, and there is great reward in keeping it. "The Glories of the Law" are con- sidered at much greater lengths in the fine acrostic Psalm, 119, where the verses are grou under succegsive | letters of the Hebrew alphabet 'and where in each one of the 176 verses there is some allusion to the law of | | "The Word of God in its effects upon Psalm. That these results follow -in the life of all those who "fear God es A { . a. 4 I". "The value of & man who is self- propelling is double that of one who 'must be directed or he stops. And farmer man will see. In rich and stately coaches The biggest beetles ride, : While prancing "hoppers" haul them | With long and graceful stride. And all the bugs and crickets, The moth, the gnat, the snail, They hurry, hurry, hurry To get there without fail. They seek the field and garden, he orchard and the bin; Where there is food to tempt them,' They hurry, hurry in. They know the leaves are tender That vines are growing well, That sun and rain are working A sort of magic spell, "Ho! Ho!" they cry in chorus. "The world is very fair! The feast is spread and waiting, And we must hurry there!" Such. hungry, hungry boarders! Such eaters all the day-- And po thanks do they offer, And not a cent of pay! <r - It is to the interest of every farmer to. overhaul all machinery and send in an order to the makers of his ma- chinery fof any repWir parts n as early as possible. To wait until a weakened part breaks, or until & part already broken is actually needs ed, is to invite disaster. 3 -. 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