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* This is the first of a series of timely articles on the flower and vegetable gardening which will prove interest- ing to our readers. The series, while giving much information of value to the grower of larger quantities, is in- tended more for the owner of small or "back yard" spaces which can so often be made to return big dividends in fresh flowers and vegetables in a pleasant hobby and in healthful ex- ercise. The sorles is from the pen of one of Ontario's experts and 1s an ex clusive feature of this page. Although winter still "lingers in the lap of spring," it is not too early to start plans for the garden that one has dreamed of during the winter months. Expertence is not necessary for there is really no mystery about growing flowers and vegetables. With a little planning, some healthy exer- cise and a small outlay of cask, ordinary back yard of weeds and spin- dly grass flanked by unsightly.fences and leading up to a garage or chicken house may be changed into something }- upon which"the eye will delight dwell. Those beautiful vistas of bro lawn sweeping up to an informal bed of flowers, or those prim rows of green-toppod vegetables are not hard to obtain. Given a seed catalogue, a spade, and a bit of vision, anything in the garden line {8 possible. Planning the Garden. One can put in a garden without a plan, but the results are apt to be dis- appointing. It is advisable to take an evening off this week and lay out the vegetable plot on paper. Hven if the backyard is only a matter of a few feet each way, it is surprising the amount of crisp vegetables which may be grown, particularly if one uses a little care in laying out. Of course where space is less limited a full year's supply may be grown easily. Where the garden is large enough to permit horse cultivation, the job is a simple one. Make all rows thirty fnches apart, except those for some of the taller or more spreading sorts such as corn, tomatoes or cucumbers, which should have a full yard be- tween. When it is not possible to use a horse, carrots, beets and such can be cut down to twelve inches and beans and peas to fifteen or eighteen. This, of course, is rather narrow. It it a good plan to have alternative rows of quick maturing stuff like let- tuce, spinach, or radishes, which will be used before the rows of later ma- turing vegetables Epread out. In or- der to get the most of the sunlight run the roys north and south. To con serve space, stake tomatoes and place all climbing vegetables next the fence. It is advisable to grow the flowers for cutting in with the vegetables, as these plants are seldom allowed to reach the ornamental stage. Many of them, such as sweet peas, are not at- ' tractive and do best under regular vegetable garden conditions. A few showy annuals such as poppies, zin- nias, and perhaps a few cosmos in the corners or at the end of the rows will not be wasted here, as they add a touch of color to the otherwise solid green. Laying Out the Flowers. Little planning is necessary in lay- jng out the annual flower garden. Here straight rows, so desirable in the vegetable patch, must be avoided at all costs. The most attractive lay- out is the informal ome. This, how- ever, does not mean a jumbled mass. Best results are obtained by grouping several specimens of one type and color in clumps, with the shorter stuff such as alyssum and ageratum at the tront, zinnias, marigolds, asters and a soore of other medium sized sorts far ther back, and along the rear the cos- mos, dahlias, and similar plants. An- other point to remember in planning the annual flower garden is that a suc- cession of bloom is most essential. A good flower garden should make a show from early June until frost. Call- fornia poppies and cornflowers or bachelor's buttons may be counted on for early bloom, and these along with the annual larkspur and cosmos may be sown on the late snow. Calendulas, and which also cat be planted early; will start bloom. | fp in early summer. He SAYS He PASIED THe SCOTLAND YARD 'exam 0K: AND 1S Now A SCOT LAND. BRD o | all the glass is in good shape. burst the tiny cells inside the stems, This damage is not noticed until later on when but weakly sprouts are sent out or perhaps nome at all. On thr, shady side of the house there is lewus | danger, but it is well in every case to make sure that roses, lvy, the roots. The perennial border, too, may need some attention in this con: nection. Straw, old flower stocks, leaves, and snow make the best cover. Order seeds early if you want to be sure of getting the best varieties. It is time to look over cold frame and hot bed shades to make sure that Pick out a few novelties in both flowers and vegetables, but let the proved varieties be the main crops. Seed, labels, stakes, and trellis work may be prepared now. Look up last year's garden plan and "Jt for improvements. AN ATTRACTIVE NEW FROCK This charming frock is a decidedly smart style, and wlil appeal at once to the discriminating woman. The modish uneven hemline is achieved by means of the skirt being sewn to a shaped band which molds the hips. The bloused bodice has a V front with a contrasting or matching vestee, and the sleeves are loose or dart-fitted. No. 1678 is in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Size 38 requires 3% yards 89-inch, or 2% yards 64-inch material, and 3% yard 39-inch con- trasting for View A. Price 20 cents the pattern. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size 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,, 78 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail, ---- Riches have a bad habit of creating new wants Instead of satisfying the old ones. We never yet heard a political argument that wasn't' sound---mostly sound, anyway. ----y en, Bobby--"My mummy asked me it I Nasturtiums {hadn't the face to deny it," had been stealing jam, and I told ber yes." "Why didn't you say no?" "I and |. shrubbery are well covered around | SIR SIDNEY, DID INFLUENCE AT SCOTLAND YARD En ® PAs? of A ba OL Dy P ¥ > > y <a RIGHTOL THe INSPECTOR You Use Your AGREED © PASS JEFF STUD = OLD DeAR \F ha Z\ANSWERED | Te Quest gl CORRECTLY! QUITE ARREGULAR. BUT He THOWRS "ATI, thie great English novelist, whose death took place at his house M¥X Gute; Dorset, a short time ago. His ashes were interred at West- minster Abbey and his heart buried in Sound the Alarm Against Dirty Seed Analyses Reveal Much Dirty Seed Where Samples Are Filled With Thistle and Other Noxious Weeds DANGEROUS TO SOW The unfortunate part of sowing dirty seed is that not only is the yield affected on the fleld where dirty seed is sown, but the weed seeds ripening are spread, in their various ways, to adjacent clean crops. Some day it will be made an offence to sow dirty seed and a preventive law, strictly en- forced, can not be looked upon as an infringement on personal liberty. The following article is well worth seri- ous consideration: "I"don't want to be considered an alarmistt, but there 18 no doubt in my mind that the weed menace is grow- ing and the losses due to it are enor- mous." This was the recent state- ment of Professor J. E. Howitt, of the Ontario Agricultural College, to a gathering of farmers, who were fur- ther told that valuators were cutting from eight to twelve per cent. off the values of farm lands because of the presence of serious weeds. And when one glances over analyses of samples of seed sent by farmers to Professor Howitt for examination one is forced to agree to both statements. From Wellington County came a sample of alfalfa seed, one ounce of whieh contained 2 seeds. of Canada Thistle, 45 Curled Dock, 666 Sheep Sorrel, besides smaller quantities of seven other very bad weeds. Suppose the farmer sending this in for test had sown the seed just as he had re- ceived it, allowing 15 pounds to the acre, this would mean that 17,280 Can- ada Thistle seeds would have been sown on every acre, besides well over a million other weed seeds. Each seed of Canada Thistle, Professor Howitt points out, is capable of multiplying at the rate of 3,500 in a single year. In other words 15 pounds of the alfalfa' analyzed, had it been sown without! cleaning up, would have been capable of producing over sixty million Can- ada Thistles in one year's time. But! this farmer took the precaution to have his seed tested by a government expert before he put it in his seed drill and thus was made aware of the change he would run if the supply was not properly cleaned up. . One quarter ounce of Timothy seed submitted ' by another Western On- tario farmer showed 6 Perennial Sow Thistle, five Canada Thistle, 38 Curled Dock, 41 Mayueed, 47 Lambsguarters and other weeds when put under the microscope. There were not nearly as many weed seeds in this sample, but it must be considered that it was only a quarter the size of the other, and the six sow thistle seeds consti- tuted a very serious mendce fn them: selves. This weed will multiply at the rate of 2,000 per year, according to Profess- or Howitt, and once it gets a start, it is docidedly a nasty one to handle, An ounce of alfalfa from Eastern Ontario, which was shipped in to Professor Howitt for examination, contained 692 Twitch grass seeds, 48 Green Fox Tail and 4 Bladder Campion, a nice mess to get In a crop on a clean farm." Nor is the risk confined to the pur- But og os so WeRs THERE, I\ 18 He exam? | grade, { their stomachs in wintg {in that country horses TARRY BuesTions a country churchyard. ~| chasing of ungraded clover seed, The man who sows untested grain is tak- ing just as big a chance, according to Government officials, T. G. Raynor, of the Dominion Seed Branch, exam- ined 69 samples of grain taken from seed drills in Bastern Ontario and Western Quebec and of this number he found that 43 would have been re- jected by the government test had they been offered for sale, on account of the number of weed seeds they con- tained. 'Fie 69 samples showed an everage of 166 weed seeds to the pound, Seedsmen would not have been allowed to gell 43 lots of this seed grain tested by Mr. Raynor, but the government cannot protect the farm- ler from himself. Where standard tested seed, either clover or grain, is being used, the farmer knows exactly what he is sowing, but where he is using his own seed or some he bought from a neighbor, the only safe plan is to have the stuff tested at a Government laboratory and find out just what it contains. These labora: tories are located at Calgary, Winni- peg, Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec, and up. to three samples will be tested free for any farmer, Stock Notes The best that-can be said for a great many stray dogs {is that they keep bread from molding. The worst that can be sald 18 that' they make sheep raising pretty 'much a gamble. Let those lovers of dogs to whom this plain statement pf facts is offensive keep thelr dogs at home and give' them the care they Better for both dog and sheep. Idle horses need- moro Bix fed horse sacrifices hig for maintenance need f 7 to become spavined. I put drinking cups two years ago, and I 4d paid for themselves the convenience and increas duction. They fuels to the dairym: this farm is wa Di ly clean and "mudled® with no outside tank and no manure pile. Here's what I heard a farmer say the other day: "We used to lose a cow of indigestion almost every winter be- fore we put in cups; since, we haven't { lost one." A native of Denmark tells me that with heaves are rarely known, for there is always a pail of water before each horse. A Good Living and 109. Phe weight you are paid for on live- stock is the weight over the buyer's scales--not the weight at the farm. | yi Stuffing. animals with feed to make them weigh heavier means a large shrinkage, for stuffed livestock does not ride well to market. Give hogs 76 per cent. of a normal feed previous to shipping in cool weather, 26 per cent. in warm weather. ------ Rank Incompetent! Mike Conway always sald Doc Swivel wasn't much of a medico, and when the doc up and died the other day Mike said that proved it. Couldn't even cure himself!--Farm and Fire side. A Unhappiness Defined. As a general thing unhappiness is just a case of selfishness feeling sorry used until the pulle the laying pens in the fall. sults were similar to those of vious year. The pullets in the fed pens were not nearly as thrifty The | those in the corn-fed pens. Several dled, and egg production was light especially in January and February. After March 1st the barley fed birds were given cod liver ofl, which re- sulted in a great improvement in the normal laying, Fox Farming an Established tndastry. Th Bree Referring to fur farming in the Re- port of the Honorable Mr. Mother-! well, Minister of Agriculture, he states that silver fox farming is now one of the established :ndustries of the country and bids fair to go on tne | 17. creasing for many years to come. Dur ing the .year under review there were inspected by officers of the Depart- ment and tattooed for registration 87, 000 foxes, which was a considerable increase over the previous year. Despite this increpse, the Minister points out, | Yor live foxes held to have been # most succesful one! for the fox breeders who are finding | o; a lively export market in the United States and in several of the European countries, New Apples Receive Recognition Varletles of apples originated at the Experimental Farms received un- usual recognition during the past year. To a collection displayed by the Horticultural Division at the In- ternationa] Horticultural Exhibition, at Paris there was awarded the gilver gilt medal diploma. The Melba apple, a fine summer varloty 19 with quality as good as the McIntosh, was given high recognition on both ® | sides of the, Atlantic. The American} Pomologcal Soclety awarded it. its for itself. --American Magazine. rE Re] Yes ye JGEE only Two H | Questions' FIRST QuesTioN WAS = "WHAT § ™e SRpua highest prize in the form of the silver Wilder, medal. At the International RABtcultural Exhibition at Brussels,' Belgium, it was given the gold fal dploma.--This variety a .of . of the Farms' and &w listed in nurs n of Winter Produ Hatching Quality of Eggs interesting Investigation + has etn 'made at the Ste, Anne de l& Pocatiere Experimental Station to as- «certain whether hens with high win- ter production or those with low win- ter production produce the better eggs from the hatching point of view. In this particular experiment the eggs of low producing hens proved to be the better. It required an aver: of 2 of thelr eggs to produce ona wing banded against 8.6 of the egEs of tl high producing bens. \ in Feeds For Laying Builsts }| may h the object of determining the f skim milk, best scrap and sources of protein for laying! ots, an experiment was recantly Anne de Ia! Pocatiere Experimental Station, In, ogtimating the results of the. expeil-| ment, skim milk was valued at 4 cents a gallon, beef scrap at $4.76 por jut 100 pounds, and the meat, in this case horse flesh, at 3cents a pound. The! group of pullets fed skim milk lald 934 eggs at a cost of 3 cents per dozen, the beef scrap pen, 908 eggs at 20% cents per dozen, and the horse -meat pen 717 eggs at 22 cents per dozen. (Issued by the Director of Publicity, Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.) ae fein. 'When pinning your faith to some men it's advisable to use a safety pin. 0 the The Lite Fallow Kom Low Than Nothing, Hen we AWSKeD - { : [ #WHAT (5. THE * CARSUMFERENCS, THE A faith in God, was a | than natyre, i | scribed, The only" in hich th here desttibe. the, Master it which we find in such an inci lent as the Si of the Storm. _ Wi see a Jesus who 2 ok {fn pi me they obey him. . such tho! ia and o the life of J fe do oo ty. We do not a 92 Jesus ap hended it, nor do measure of his fi I. JESUS AND THE a OF NATURE, 4:85-41. Vs. 85-838. The incident which is reported here indicates that one of tiest factors oe {the migh | sion which Jesus bis you lot us go ithought " Tt indicates thel I the Master had mdde that disciples turn to him in Yheir ori Hud Jesus bee only a teacher 0 ilosopher, wou! ey for help in an 8V. 89-41. The reshlt. The (ant element here is Jesus' rebuke his disciples' fears. "Why are afraid like this?" He cried. " . ih AL | you no in yet?" Surely when Were in God's they might h have felt that the wire God keeping! The words whi indicate how dee; Pp wag i phi ples a he are and their sod man is this?" 'not be explai ! peared t0 Plaine 3 continually being oer, in hy upeTn nation of his person. II. JESUS AND THE SOUL 5:16-19: Vs. 15-19. If in the p Jesus showed that ta nt. WW 0) bural 1g follow mightia assaipbagesotls the Ger, ae a ¢ "The d c in questi hibited an bg ype of melanch madness, n Sxjuearlo on in Sida and suicidal Allg I Jrenay dealing the ¢ case had failed. To the mans ow ' frenzied imagiation it it appeared t a hole 1 s, six tho ipo had taken up their; in him. We sea the ma no longer driven about by the old night- mare-like terrors, but sitting as a disciple at Jesus' feet, no longer naked, but ¢lothed, no iy mad, od | self 1t'is a wonderful 'pie- ture of what was daily ha ng be- fore the of the men who followed ! Jesus. The fact to notice is that the. ex-ma !cate from religious society is now a "disciple of Jesus. He wishes ty follow back to Galilee, like the others, but Jesus has other business for him. He sends him to do the work of a ! disciple among his own heathen kins- & cure oe ns, that folk and fellow-countrymen, Imagire {the impression which the telling of | his simple story would make nu these pagan folks! pon pr Stop All the Gaps. man should always keep his fences mended-and not stop merely with clos- ing the gate.--The American Mega: zine. n, ex-outlaw, ex-comniuni-| may even jam the ofl pump and oft Jess | lines, thus preventing lubrication on a But thers fs another effect from fhe formation of water that 1s equal serious. Nearly all engine fuels con- tain a little sulfur, and when the fuel burns, this sulfur passes 'through a chemical reaction with water, forming sulfurous acid and sulfuric acid. -. With a good gasoline or kerosene, 1| the amount of acid produced is not serious. On the other hand, a very low-grade fuel may. contain as much as a third of one per cent. sulfur, This is |18 enough to manufacture a pound of sulfuric acid from 15 gallons of gaso line. It is hardly necessary to explain what sulfuric acid does to metal sur- 8 faces. All the more important It js, therefore, that the acid shall be kept above the piston rings, and not get into the crank-case with the oil. Any- o| thing that keeps water out of the nk-case, or gets it out after it has od in, also helps to got rid of sul- acid -troubles. Purifiers and Flltore. case ventilation should help; 0, a thermostatic' control on the cooling system which will aid to heat the engine up quickly and hold it at a Proper operating tem: ture; Ofl purifiers and fil have been developed recently. om all acis counts, some of these devices have proved to be quite suet 1 In keep- ing ofl the ¢ ases of cars, trucks jand 00d shape 0 11 1m practically "ait gives a very ob life of parts ¥pistons, cylin- "ting rods and _Fasuring continu- il operation; and third, by ré 2 the water and re--- de- | sulting . sulfuric acid: from the. crank- , it eliminates the corrosion and stching of parts insied the motor. In spite of these measures, however, t is essential that ofl ih the crank. so be changed at regular intervals. ! A. good grade of ofl is better able to ! withstand dilution and wear. "It will be better able, also; to keep the pls- ton rings fitting closely. fp me ami Immigration Regina Leader (Lib.): There Is practical unanimity among thinking - people in the Dominion to-day as to the urgent necessity of a larger popu- lation, and in the co-operation now ' going on to achieve this end there is | apparent little it any racial prejudics. ... What is properly desired is that a policy of preferential British immi- gration shall be rigidly maintatned, shutting the door only to foreign-born immigrants who, either incapable of 'adopting Canadian ideals or unwilling to do so, PHOS asain assimilated. Special Kinds Kinds of Bricks Sanddime bricks, cinder bricks, and cement blocks are made at many Sh Sold, MOTHINS: Just When It 1a most a So vital. : yoo