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Not crown of .clgnce Be Ip insure a at will survive r wheat grower is 'faced classes of conditions. ~~ The the uncontrollable factor,-- Undoubtedly the cold dry blew go vigorously early in of 1918 destroyed much of wheat that actually surviv- r conditions. Speaking gen- e controllable factors are se young wheat 'aso that the kernel is | depth where the young plant can make .~ More Ontario farmers. seeing the advantage Sy Hop at a a strong root attachment, and the the growing plant can be buried in the soil the success | of the crop will depend to a large ex- tent on the plantfood available to it in the early weeks and months of its growth. 'We ha HA fied at least wheat-growers n the last mont! where fertilizers have been used with wheat. Mr. A. L. Hodgins, near London, Writes us: "Regardipg the value of fertilizers in increasing the yield of .wheat, I would say that dur-| ing the past season I consider the use of fertilizers has increased my yield at! least 16 bushels per acre." This man: should know, for he has a thirty-acre fleld of the best wheat in Ontario this summer. He left a drill row un- 5 THE FALL WHEAT QUESTION. ked June 26, 1918. ' Centre 5 Ettrick, lized at rate of 200 lbs. per acre. = > A drill row unfertilized. Rest of field re. Farm of A. L Hodis, 8 t. . \ } o mést wheat growers. In of the large elément of chance conditions, there is consider- i ment to farmers in wheat- oF Tart year and. the demand in ob: will be maintained. must. have wheat -and more are three things which stand nently that are responsible success or failure. Many 'we visited showed a hard, will equal if not exceed ntly | young crop to set firm and wide | grower that we A \ - fertilized through the centre of the fleld' where in all probability he will harvest less than 10 bushels per acre. The fertilized area will easily exceed 26 bushels per acre. Mr, Jesse Climenhage from the Niagara Penin- sula writes us: "I find that by using fertilizers the plant grows strong in the fall and is in better position to stand the cold and ice. Last fall we left several strips where fertilizers were not used and the wheat is not one quarter ag good." Mr. Harry Tufford of Beamsville says: "I think that b; the use of fertilizers is the only rea- son that I secured a stand of wheat at all as it gave it quick growth at the start so necessary. in. the 'short growing season of the fall of 1917 The following expressions have been corroborated by 220 every good Ve visited. Tt is not our intention to in any way de- precate the value of manuring the fall wheat seed bed. | If manure is obtain- able-it adds an excellent supply" of |organfe matter and very valuable plantfood. Manure is weak, however, in available phosphoric acid, the kind of plantfood that causes e vigorous growth of wheat and 'es the it is --- 0 jcost him in previous years to produce || seeded with the wheat. | of the 1919 wheat crop. i} | French, British, American and Canad- | & Pours them fussed up, and they will go ' however, a bit of patience and com- y close, but a low-voiced repetition of | Florenc will | every nig t| mi es not. Often farmers refused credit by the banks be-] cause the banker har no ready means br rmine the standing of his pa- , and the farmer is refused cfedit or no other reason. The use of a Tarm financial statement would soon remedy this matter. = = Ls "Often certain crops such. as cane ing crops and sugar beets are grown n contracts, and the farmer must sell his crop before he has produced it. The buyer is in a position to know ap-| roximately what the maximum price that he can pay and still receive his proper profit for manufacturing the final product. But it is good business on his part to buy as cheaply as pos- sible, that his profits may be larger. It 'is equally good business for the farmer to know exactly what it has the crop, and know what the maximum price is that he can accept and still profit by producing' the crop; The margin between the cost of production and the maximum price the manufac- turer can pay will go to the man who shows the best business ability, and has facts upon which to base his deal- plantfood almost insures a good catch of clover and timothy when this is It is good business for Ontario wheat-growers to pay attention as fully as possible to everything that will work toward successful growing Successful ian wheat-growers will be those who see that the soil is well prepared, well drained, and supplied with plenty of available plantfood. 1 find chickens are not difficult to herd and drive when I go 'about it right. I round them up by making a wide circle around them, 'get them headed where I want them to go, keep the flock together, and move up on them slowly, taking care not to get where I want them to. It takes, mon sense and it is another case where undue haste makes waste. If I have a flock of small chickens of any age that I want to drive into the brooder or brood coop, I simply 'stand at the far end of the coop and imitate the cry of a cock When he sees a hawk, or as near it as I can get. This trick gets results at once, as the chicks will hike for the coop. "In case the distance is considerable, some may hynt other cover and lie the call will usually start them home ina hurry. Don't be too strenuous about it; try to do it as does the cock or the mother hen and you'll be sur- prised to see how. easily you cén house your chicks. ! |. We work it on every brood, and it always gets them in under cover when we want them there. Don't overdo it, just for fun, or it will be like the old story of the boy who cried "Wolf, wolf" too often. There are a lot of other practical stunts that can be worked if one will take the time to study poultry lan- guage, the meaning of if, and then imitate the calls. tree pee me The Voice that Counts. "Oh, father, T wish I could sing.| plements, instead of only two, thus saving the time of another man. Other sections of equally large fields and th ground are still using only the two-horse teams. Such instances as these are entirely a matter of cus- tom. It behooves every man to ex- amine conditions on his farm to see he is of this custom-bound class. Many men have not come to realize this un- til they have kept a record of their labor throughout the year, and real- ize in a concrete way how much they might have saved on this one- factor alone. The distribution and efficiency of farm labor is closely interrelated with the systems of crop rotations. Each farmer can, by a litte careful thought and. planning ahead, make his system of rotation such that it not only pro- duces crops economically by making the best use of his labor, but it also furnishes the proper amount of nour- ishing roughage which can be fed pro- Aitably on the farm. When one stops to consider the many ways that farm records can be useful in bringing about better man- agement, and thereby great profit in farming, no one can afford not to use the few minutes required each day to keep a cereful account of his farm business, and receive the benefit ac- corded by it. " The Spelling Lesson. 1 stood up to spell a very big word, 'Quite sure it would come in a mi * nute; But when I was ready I could not : Bk Of the letters that ought to be in it, . ! A Joke On Doris. ; It seemed to grow a great deal worse To Doris every minute. The ache, she said, with puckered face, Was simply dreadful in it. You see, it happened when the door Slammed shut on Doris' toe, Only she did not ask at all Whether it hurt or no, Till she had nothing else to do But think of aches and pain; And then it really seemed as if "Twould ne'er be well again. She nursed it and she petted it; She limped around--O dear! But when she went to bed she found What seems most wondrous queer: For when the long black stocking Came off, there was the spot Of black and blue--but, shocking! "Twas on the other foot! Some persons feed much more to their horses than others, and get no more work done. Very often the horses fed the heaviest are not work- ed the hardest, and are not the fattest. One man told recently of changing his way of feeding, and he found that he got better~results with a smaller amount of feed. Feed is so high-priced now that this man found by cutting the amount of grain squarely in two that his horses and are in ®s good flesh as usual. His horses eat a little more hay than under the old plan of feeding. : There is guch a thing as getting a sang at the club to-day, and we all*énjoyed it so much. She sings e t to her father, too. I'd giv anything if I could, but ther sker father, taking his hands. sn't any i tant quantity of feed, £x 48 2 | ordem in generally eS t! i : horse accustomed to eating an exorbis rienced e symp- | foms of overfeeding, but a man who habitually feeds and handles only his | own horses in his own way may go on for years with a method that is waste- 1 or even actually injurious to the Probably it is these differences of gem that give some farmers or continually having accidents, colic, and other their horses, while some neighbors never seem to have incidents about their, to Jesus. Silents have Bame--The Christian institution th in front, the has been lh "| can' be done: ice --Lemon i And al! en for freckles. ~ drive them away, it does as much as! g Apply a cut lemon if | you wish, instead of the juice, but do! this faithfully every night. If the! leman is a little hard on your skin | mix it with a little glycerine. Vaseline : is the very best thing to use for the | fruit juices until after the child is growth of the eyelashes. I know of no other treatment that is vouched for as this is, wx ; Future Bride:--Custom requires' that the wedding presents be sent to the bride, whether the senders know her personally or not. A wedding present is never sent to the bride- groom, though he; of course, shares in its use and in a way he owns them jointly with the bmide. The bride- groom should not acknowledge the presents by writing, though it would be perfectly good form for him to speak of them to his friends at the wedding reception, Every .present, however, dhould be acknowledged in writing by the bride herself. Itis a task that courtesy requires of her. Write on small note paper--preferably | monogramed--a cordial note of appre- | ciation of the gift and the kind! thought which accompanied it. If you have never met the person to whom you are writing say that you are look- | ing forward with pleasure to meeting "one of Jack's friends" at the recep- | tion and that you hope when you shall | have returned from your wedding trip | you will have the pleasure of receiving | 'him (or her) at your new home as a most welcome guest. Sign yourself "most cordially yours." Also in the bulk of the|letter mention the fact that is the yotir fiance also admires not always completely fo the beautiful present. % a x ; . Mrs. S.:--A moderate amount of prune juice or orange juice diluted with boiled water may be given gix-months-old baby. To a baby w is well nourished and thriving on mother's milk absolutely no other food, : should be given but weaned. : G. 8.:--The first submarine to cross the Atlantic under its own power was not the Deutschland. The honor, so far as we know, goes to no single ves-\ sel, but is shared equally by ten sub- marines built in the United States and put together in Canada. They left Montreal in July, 1916, and travelled under their own power at eight knots without submerging. They were es- corted by British cruisers. J. H ;--When making lemonade, try washing the fruit thoroughly, running it, rind and all, through the meat- chopper, letting it stand for fifteen mi- nutes with sugar and a small quantity of water upon it, and then adding the amount of water necessary to fill your. glasses. This method gives the drink a real flavor which much so- called lemonade lacks. Another experiment which. children seem to enjoy on account of its "fizzi- ness" is to add one-quarter teaspoon- ful of bicarbonate of soda to a tumbler of ordinary lemonade, stir it vigor- ously and drink it while it is effer- vescing. This is not so sharp as ordinary lemonade, and it is very soothing to 'a dry or irritated throat. If the acid element Rappens to be very strong, it will require a trifle more soda fo make it effervesce properly. { INTERNATIONAL LESSON AUGUST 18. | Lesson VIL Working in the Church' Acts 2 .41-47; 6. 2-4. Golden Text, Psa, 100. 4. Acts 2, 41-47 Verse 41. Then they that received his word were baptizéd--His "word", was that they should repent and be, baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus unto the remission of their sins. They not only heard the message but were moved by it to immediate action. The baptism was the application of water as a symbol of spiritual purification. It was a sign of the new life which sep~| arated them from their past and com- mitted them to the Christian profes sion. About three thousand souls-- These were added to the one hundred and twenty of whom the church con- sisted when the day began. 42. Continued stedfastly in the apos- tles' teaching and fellowship--Further teaching was doubtless given to the newly baptized. Much of this must have been about the life of him whom they had accepted as their Lord and Christ. There was as yet no formula- tion of any body of "doctrine," but all the teaching must have been of the | simplest character. They were thus bound together in a brotherhood of. mutual help and encouragement. The breaking of bread and the prayers--, Theearliest title of the communion was | o:breaking of bread." As we learn ple--"Such a spirit and mode of life everywhere and always appeals to the masses; and it ig to the populace of Jerusalem as a whole, as distinct from the official classes (the Sadducees and Scribes and leading Pharisees), that referénce is made." The Lord added to them day by day those that were saved--Or. "the Lord added day by day together such as were in the way of salvation." This is the record of a record of a great evangelistic move- ment and is sometimeg alluded to as the ideal condition of a Christian church, which is filled with zeal for the extension of the gospel. Acts 6. 2-4 Verse 1 speaks of the difficulty in the young church in Jerusalem arising | from the fact that the widows of some of the.Greek proselytes had been ne- glected in the daily help given to the needy » and complaint reached the apostles. This resulted in a called meeting of the entire church to con- sider the matter. Verse 2. It Is not fit that we should forsake the word of Gog, and serve tables--The business of the apostles was to preach and not to look after the temporal matters of the church. The growing church required all their time. Now some organization was necessary in order to promoté har- mony among all classes. 8. Look ye out . . . . seven men of good report . . . . whom we may ap- oint over this business--They were 0 be "full 6f the Spirit and of wis- dom"--spiritually-minded and dis- creet men; for it réquired much tact and fine temper to adust the difficul- ties likely to arise. . They were to be approved by God and man. The num- ber seven was. no doubt fixed upon because that was the number chosen to manage public business in Jewish wns. 4, We will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the have done as much field work as ever, from the Corinthian' church the; ere accustomed to come together fo a common meal, at which was com- memorated She death of the Lord. "The prayers suggests hat there Were gull of the Spirit and wisdom, to hold certain forms of prayer. ese wen up the minister's hands and take care partly new Christ ne praysre an 4 of the temporalities of the church-- partly, doubtless, Pua ms an ee. | this is the ideal New Testament ar- ewish prayers having re his ki irangement. However, the minister is pecially to the Messiah and his king- not to be a recluse in his cell but a dom. | {man among men, that he may know G6. Fear came upon avery soul. how to rede thé Word go us to reach dread, which are wont" to seize the | 2 needs ot iis gommuiity, mind on a great and wonderful, entire-| = ly unexepcted, occurrence e "'won- Sirs and signs" no doubt refer to the prophecy quoted by Peter in verses 17- 21 of this chapter. ° 44. And oll fat lsllevod were to- her, a hed all things common-- eS - dhe pursé, and all posses- 'sions were sold for the common good "gg every man had need." This cus- [tom was not borrowed from the out- side bit arose naturally as a continu- ! ation and extension of the community of goods which subsisted in the case of Jesus himself and his disciples. | 46. Continuing stedfastly with one accord in the temple--The first Chuis- | tians did not cease to be religlous i Jews. but continued to frequent tho temple for the customary prayers and. "all the eaobservances of the: ancient faith as far as consistent with allegi-| Breaking bread at ; breaking of bread was not a part of: e ite at The temple but was ob- | tions meeting now house, | == Low at another. With gladness and | | singleness of heart--The community, was mutually peotective from care for 'the morrow 7 Sh hind, onl one n. by d abcond a widely {word--The minister, whose sole busi- 'ness is to preach the glorious message, the spiritually-minded layman, 12 2 2. £8 We pay the highest prices nto ARES Sealers iu ayment is re id Sh doy wool is received, ote tha pieased i 37s avis assured of & square deat froth nes | 3 lew, strained fresh'