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ste fertilizer. Acid phosphate, sod- muriate of potash, ete., are not com- Phote fertilizers and should not be used as such. They carry only phosphoric h acid n cid, nitrogen, nitrogen and potash respectively. Much unfavorable atti- 'carry only the one ingredient have|. failed as a "Cure All" for their crops. In using fertilizers the farmer should consider the soil on which the op is grown and the plant food re- the silt loam and lay loam soils main requirement phosphoric Potash gives: response to ots 3 . an y manures are not used in the ro- Occasionally, where the soil drained or of a lighter phase, pitrate of soda or sul- nia, have shown very their nitrate, ammonium sulphate and A "lin mind. that they will not overcome | ese the judges while they are still fresh. 82, ietins £ BIH £8 i. | Fa 3 ] n make a perfect loaf!" | The jellies were the most interest. ause they were cloudy, or syrupy; the others had to carefully. The tasting never one would pendent largely on the | her for her secret of success. .| they can win prizes at the fair and . McCRAY. before, as the cakes and pies Women who win prizes in one de- partment seem to win in other things too, and it does not seem to be just luck. Finding that Mrs. Gibney had won first in every kind of cake, I asked She says. she always asi ; she sifts the flour before it, never thinks of dipping the sack with any cup handy, but is careful to get the one measuring a toy! Mrs. Gibney added, "a p can just be ruined in the wrong of an s If it is too hot, " erate, arc is much to know, t ovens." Women who love to do fancywork have a good excuse for doing it when still have the work left for themselves or to use as gifts for their friends. I exhibited a white slip colored silk. 'When I asked the judge how it happened, she said the white nainsook, while it was dainty, could | be boiled when laundered, hence was more sanitary. Judges consider prac- ticability and wearing qualities as well as mere beauty. If you can get a good result with less time spent on the garment, 80 much the better, for the number of hours spent in its eonstrue- tion does not count when a garment is in itiongwith others. Oftentimes it is necessary to apply lime first and if the soil is strongly acid, lime should be the eration. - 3 : In using fertilizers it should be kept Mrs. Kenton went to her county fair prepared to win. In the long winter evenings she had been busy crocheting articles listed in the old premium list and pretty sure #0 be in the next one; seasonal or climatic conditions, but|these crocheted things were jntended when used with good judgment and|also as Christmas presents. "As soon other good farm practices, they will|as the new catalog came out: she prove profitable on most Ontario checked entries she intended to make. farms. It was in August that she bought » woolen material and made a school dress for her daughter, trimming it in red braid and carefully binding the seams. Of course it would win over Hens will molt. It is a scheme of | some last winter's dress taken from nature that they shall rest from the|the attic at the last moment. Not strain of egg production, build up|eyeryone would take the time to make - body weight which has decredsed, | a new dress to exhibit, but in that way renew the yellow t in their bo-| her daughter had it ready to wear on dies through the addition of fat, dur-|the first cool day. ing which time they grow a new coat| Mrs. Kenton started her canning os feathers. A when the first tender asparagus show- Though the length of the molt is|ed above the ground. Green peas, primarily an inherited trait in that)|sweet corn, beets--in fact, everything poor producers molt slowly and heayy|from the garden was canned when at producers molt rapidly, nevertheless|its best. The fruits and vegetables the molt in any hen can be materially | were graded as to size, perfection, and 1 ded up by poviding a few essen-| ripeness, as is customary in canning al req 5 p factories. That way the pieces in each First of all, molting hens should { the manure to pi Joss of ammonia through erme on. With the use of lime and innoculation, however, alfalfa and; sweet clover can be grown on t soils, and: therein lies the ) ey to Se eri he re »e grown ro- turned under. With pany, while others were for r For éxhibit, all the jars abling them to build up their body| herself tryin weight more quickly. Put into the lay-| right every ing mash which you would ily | the p feed them increased quantities of corn|on the day s meal and Old Process oil meal. A At one fair there was only one class for thes"best tatting article." There were many entries, and it was a mis- take not having a prize offered for the best dresser scarf and for other dis- tinctive tatting: articles. The super intendent of the department called my attention to a camisole she admired, ed b only havin, ne, among the cities," willed and premeditated the Saviour's death. & I M THE CREAT ANNOUNCEMENT OF Jesus, 16-22. V. 16. On the first Sabbath at Naz- areth, Jesus attends the syn e service. It was the custom a services, there being no official try, to call upon any teacher of reli- ighon who Was present, So sas: 1 She. congregation, and this co! is here extended to Jesus, about whose recent | work in other parts of the country, the Nazarenes have heard. "V. 17. Jesus, at the Toner moment, stands up to read, and the attendant hands him a roll of the prophet Isaiah. The roll, written on parchment, would be wound on two rollers, which the reader holds in his two hands, and be- tween them, on the uncoiled on of the roll, is the passage which he wish- es to read. It is not certain whether the passage which Jesus here "finds" was chosen by himself or was prescrib- the fixed system of "lessons" for day. In the latter case, when the roll was handed to him, it would be open at the Brope; Place, All the more remarkable is it that the passa to be read, supposing the lesson to a fixed one, is one in which our Lord saw his own divine mission prefigured. Vs. 18, 19. passage in Isaiah predicts the anointing by Jehovah, of a prophet who should preach glad tid- ings of salvation to the poor, open the prison of captive souls, restore sight to the blind, free the oppressed, and an- nounce the year of 's redeemin favor. The terms, "poor," "captive, "blind," "oppressed," are to be spirit- ually understood: We must think of those who in patient loyalty to God's truth, have suffered impoverishment and loss, or who conscious of the bur- den of sin, are yearning for forgive- ness. Such are God's "poor"--the term "poor" in the Old Testament, has a religious sense,--God is their interest and their capital, and they aré waiting for God to set up his king- dom, and to bestow on them his salya- tion. No wealth, no freedom, no sight of the eyes, no wisdom, can compare 1 the way she showed it to me 1 suspected that she was trying to get me to give ft #*prizeX, It barely missed receiving 'third prize, and she demand- ed the reason why. Her mother had made it, and the work was beautiful. Then I explained that the material of the camisole was cheap and unattrac- tive, not good enough to combine with fine handwork, and that the pink rib- 2 on him in a brathicts Shance, Je ins Ss sermon w e wor hon was 00d, ipailing She Saini "This day is this scripture fulfilled in that these points were considered. your ears." What followed is not re- corded, but is left to our imagination. Next year I expect to find the same my, Nozgrenes are astonished at the yoke entered agaim, but attached to "words of grace" which flow from a different camisole. Jesus, but inwardly in their hearts A gingham apron unusually good in they are measuring him all the time style did not get a prize; someone by human standards, and saying, "Is ndéred why, but one look at the in- 10 this Joseph's son?" They are un- is the Ys t with its unfinished willing or gnable to realize that "the side of ns The ears | 0 of Joseph" may also be God's Son would pull out, and the garment would (I: THE GREAT FErUSAL OF THR. NAZ: not wear well with many launderings. BS, 29-30. One farm woman said to me: Vs. 28, 24. The admiration, the T "I have learned several things about' words a ai Wars sewing. "I found I had finished S06 poe ot Eat progr of | seams the wrong way, and have all his calling?" The Nazarenes share the sorts of ideas stored away in my mind common view, that the spirit of God about fancywork I am going to make. ' announces itself only in the extraordi- It is fun to exhibit, besides the please ary, Bnd the miraculous. They cannot y see 's spirit is supremely re- i of apending 5 clisque from We fair | vented in holy bi and ote, which produce the sense of God's pres- buy a pressure cooker. My premium gnee Jesus is at once aware of this money is just to be spent as I please." negative attitude, this disposition to Beulah Hatch, a twenty-year-old say, "Physician, heal thyself," and he girl, exhibited canned fruit and vege- 'recalls to his hearers the reception tables at six neighboring fairs last which Elijah and Elisha formerly met year. While she had won prizes in the With among their own people, ; | Vs. 256-27. No prophet is accepted in junior department, she had not mus his own country, When Elijah tay tered courage to compete with women : : twice her, age. It was interesting 40 hore" in Tarnel to which Ged. coulq note that where she entered two jars safely send him, and he was directed of fruit one would take first and he, ageordingly to the house of a widow other second prize. : Where her mother at Zazep th in, heathen Sidon. When would jive | Elisha was in Israel, the only leper Co oo i ribbon cle d was u beathen Syrian, navied in 1 Naaman, aaman alone ha a n Beulah. Fhe mother won God's word, spoken through the iy het Elisha, and came to God from s g prop found no faith among their own peo- ple, but had to turn to the Gentiles. 8. 28-80. This Prediction that God will look past the Nazarenes in send- with the héavenly treasure of knowing God, and 'walking in the light of his love. 'Here then we see How the Lord Jesus apprehended his mission to the nation of Israel. V's, 20-22, After the reading of the lesson, the roll is wound up and given back to the attendant. Jesus sits down --the usual posture of the teacher,-- and while every eye is fixed attentive- out of the way shall we start on the Wealthies or not? v wo We may perhaps clear the question inlup somewhat by balancing the argu- ments in favor of picking apples early Nol against those arguments which favor ecca, preac repen dg- ment to the crowds gathered at fair- time, his ste ; by Ab Lahab, his u the Sager prophet. perse- cution e intolerable, the prophet Which. finding a Be Eo: a n the Koran, holds Abu b up to exec: as the Gospels brand Judas, When the religion of Mohammed got the upper hand, it was just as in- tolerant as its persecutors had been. "Throughout the land there shall be no second creed," wase the prophet's behest on his death bed. And the early Moslems went forth in a religious frenzy offering to all, "Islam, exile, or the sword!" To Abu Bekr, the mildest of the prophet's successors, even Mos- lems complained of the severity of Khalid (surnamed "The Swo of Alasn), iy sword of Khalid, they said, " in violence and outra, must be sheathed." "Nay," re ed Abu Bekr, "the sword which the Lord hath made bare against the unbeliev- ers, shall I sheathe the same? "That be far from me." na ernie Better Fruit Shows. We are just entering the fruit-show season, and from now on until De- cember, one is likely to encounter them anywhere. They are always interesting fo the fruit enthusiast, and usually to the general public, and have certainly had an important influence in molding and developing our fruit industry; but one sometimes wishes that they might be managed differently in some respects. The two main objects in a fruit show ought to be, first, to educate the pro- ducer, enabling him to grow better fruit and prepare it better for market; and second, to interest the consumer in fruit as an article of diet, convincing him of its value and educating him as to ways in which it may be used. It is seldom that one finds either of these objects very fully carried out in a fruit show. In the writer's experience and ob- servation, the following are some of the most common ways: in which the average fruit show falls down: The exhibits are not sufficiently well labeled. The visitor wanders past the show of apple varieties with no- thing to tell him whether the big red apples which arouse his enthusiasm and interest are Wolf River, Spitzen- burg or Wealthy. He doesn't know what the collections of varieties-are intended to illustrate, and there is no- thing whatever to tell him what the exhibitors are trying to show in the package exhibit. There is not enough prominence ps were u ncle, who made sport of 'When he| given to fruit packages and packed exhibits. These exhibits are valuable to both the grower and the consumer if properly handled and labeled, and they ought to be in every show of any size, There ought to be 'an exhibit of cooked fruit in every fruit show. Let people know that there are other ways in which the apple may be used be- sides in pies. i The exhibit of varieties of fruits on plates ought to be changed. More prominence should be given to collec tions of commercial varieties. A prize offered for the best collection of five commercial varieties of apples. has real value for anyone in doubt as to what he ought to plant. In many sections prizes for adver- tising exhibits may be made a valu- able feature, If growers are selling either at their farms or through local groceries; the exhibit may be one suit- able for a store window or a roadside stand, and the competition may be am- ong the growers themselves, And many valuable suggestions may be passed on to less ingenious people. Or, if the fruit show is in a city, the prizes may be offered to the stores which put on the best advertising dis- "| plays. "In this latter case we not only get the advantage of passing on to others good ideas in ad ing, but we get the advertising value of the btléns. other 1 As might be made, but if the above could be injected into our fruit shows it ought to put most of them on a more = | useful plane: than they now oocup; aan SUBMEEL a Anclent Experts in Dyes. The people of Tyre were such letung the apples hang on the trees ate, There are two main reasons for picking apples early: first, that one may get his apples on the market early and while the price is still good; and second, that one avoids the loss from windfalls, The first of these would psually ap ply only to early varieties like Yellow Transparent and Red Astrachan. When such varieties are in season the market is usually bare and the first consignments may bring considerably better prices than later ones, As to the windfall question, it var- ies greatly in different sections. In many sections drop apples are almost a total loss. ' In such sections one would be justified in picking early to make sure that his apples didn't get on the ground. In other sections drops bring a good price, especially the drops of early varieties, and one can afford to take a fair percentage of drops if he is securing other advantages thereby. The two great arguments in favor of late picking are better color and larger apples. Apples color rapidly Just before they are ripe and, of course, a highly colored apple is very much more attractive than a poorly colored one. And there is a very de- cided increase in the size of apples during these last days of the ripening period, often more than enough to make up for any dropping that may occur, Then there is, of course, the ques- tion of the labor available, If work is slack one would be justified in starting somewhat earlier in order to keep the men busy. ' So there you are! It is a complicat- Use the best judgment you have and go ahead. Don't forget, however, that it is generally better to pick too early rather than too late. BAGS OR BASKETS. Another problem in this picking business is what to pick into. And here again there are at least two sides to the question. On the one hand we have many growers using some type of picking bag, which has the great advantage of leaving both hands free for picking and, of course, insures that the recep- tacle is within easy reach when the picker wants to put apples into it, Both of these mean greater speed in picking, But along with this speed goes a considerably greater danger of bruising the fruit. On the other hand we have growers who insist on a rigid receptacle in which to pick and who never use any- thing but a swing-bail picking basket, and many of them insist on its being an oak-stave basket, insuring a smooth interior surface which won't bruise the apples. Some even go so far as to pad the inside of the basket with burlap, thus insuring still greater safety to the fruit, In the final analysis this question of a picking receptacle narrows down to this--if labor is scarce and speed is the prime requisite use the picking bag. But if one wants ths fruit handled with the least possible bruis- ing, then some rigid receptacle, basket or pail, is to be preferred. Ld ed question. Fewer Hens--More Eggs. It is almost always true that the ' annual ogg yield, expressed as an.ay- erage for each hens, is a reliable indi- cator of profits when a comparisoa is being made between 'flocks that are similarly managed. .. Flocks that-show a high average egg yield show a rela- tively high profit for the labor ex- pended on them. Low-producing flocks show lower returns for the time spent. One would naturally expect the to- tal cash receipts per hen to di relation to the total sunual | [} | It 1s' also true, 'however, th penses per hen increaso ns egg ¥_ hen increases. - 3 per same |