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£S CER) SS SI TARE eee et an expert on any que Ta of sufficient generai stamped peerage wilt be mailed to you Oy Ltd, 73 ‘Adelaide St Wa Toro Ste! Farm Manure. craper could be built every. : aiontir *P the year by the farmers of | “ Ontario with the-money lost through \ the por ma- pandlng of barnyard nures, this loss amounts to $18,000,000 a ay The price of fertilizers at the pres- time give: barnyard manure can be conservative- ly figured to be worth at least $4.00. per ton, according, to present quota- ae on nitrogen, Potash and phos-| hates, es See faetor that emphasizes the importance of cofiserving’ the manure pile prevailing food values.| j, Never before has there been so great ‘a world shortage of food. It will some years before sarlealture an se. viscip the world’s lar that time farmers ae saints their ae pil suggestions that we have read uild a tight manure We have been told that leach- is the cause of the loss, tae have pate the pathetic talé of phe seria which floats ee the sbreai "The, ‘ho "5 “of the matter is, that for the farmers it By ‘Agronounst.. Sat . This Department is for th sls Ls our farm rea ion terest, it will be and” addretsed. envelope Is enclosed Aderees Agronomist, care be Wilson Sone be peers and expects to bigs aoe lege aed Seed, crops, etc. mewered through this cotur i with your letter, a compl iner or packed it so that air could a reach it, these Blaine Boum Jd get busy, and produce the¢ ‘ditions by ahh the material would be Bieter ts we note every day: Tf aaa is ae in a jar and sur- rounded Hh y piediog: germs and He air is exelud will keep. leave it wear te the air and si the rotting germs, it will decay, and fin- ally disappear, * ee would you think of the ee who threw his corn out into \ihe banned aid expected to have feed for his cattle next spring and s mer? What should me think of the es who throws his manure out to the barnyard without any further have feed for his soil next spring and summer? The facts are the We cannot afford aa “build silos for on manure, but we can build stack silos oe te “We can ach di ps whieh co Sontrdeead asa puck silo, at least six feet high, with almost perpendicular sides. We can ‘There will oe ngé vee in. the ile any more than there compact pile will be leaching from a eee silo. Of course, the ee of the heap will |rot and there will be sonfe loss but ‘his will Tork te ately thes wall us, we at suggestion. I Have seen many men water a “ary manure heap to ot: ie Ihave known men who e pits to water ‘were assured that it had lost none of its value. f the see pit in the} province? acura a moment! and seth Mas pe that) pi ee che mers in rio, have | thought they is not afford to both- er witl are struck wil ie fact that specially constructed pete it known the pe ea Bag e is impera- come a necessity, a matter of life and death, to save of manure true with | many other scientific facts, the impractical sug- have no cement pit, I cannot draw it out, I cannot. prevent the svasta? Let us consider bottom f at, and Joss in feeding afterward it was arranged to put th corn under cover. But. the experi, se of men, fe that much of the wasted and it did not ieep till the ‘ellie spring, so the stack silo was develo; le rea~ Panini was something ike this: if é we can pickle this corn, preserve it gh th We can hae fee throughout the year. rn was aad stightly eked, The lete comp! she sound ge ‘aide which pickled che ithe Geaccclgist came to ex- plain, said that there, were in bat other group germs sua came Aye the | otk ir, . These germs were the eepicetice germs. uu are ranged to put a substance in a con— the-mnahhre which hats heccrat dry in the pitt ‘There. ig no simpler way_ to your money into the a Whi the “rotting” germs do rk i Iry manure heap, the caltogen ge a loose salts are finally pes wh: air is abundant. aos tate ae ine dscadan wae A dalt wake these ag: not awit o the a, Dut down into the conte ob tine nure ean! Riinovhete ue aan where the “pickling” germs are doing busi | When this happens Nae piceres salts are-broken up solthat the nitro- lgen is release: i the ‘pile as a gas. The great loss from the manuré pile which is senteel to the. elements creeks, hing into air. One-third the jnitrogen in the manure heap is probably foe qantally ih She ternate wetting and dryin pide nea Bes Tle Woe cath Seon i the open cement pit, as well, if the wed . to dry, as great if the farmer plays th dding is id be applied a: nm is stacked just as iat do with jaty silage. ‘Thus, we under- stand why it is advisable to een ma- |mure covered, 1) is en not be expensive cover. leaks a ee, uch the Kear it ae p the sore: tor he like 4 cal covered barns et ah Wait caeib wre to d, is entire ee cee may be sum- 2 Hf the farmers of +t least ninety le things t mi k your mure tightly by tramping or allowing the stock to tr: » keep keep it well covere The colt should be taken away from Hrowing colt should never be in eh lesh, however, fa just in good ¢ ine condition. By goo an ordi the mare sy between five and six| as large as either dam or sire. Feed. months of aj In at the|ing colts is fike feeding any other weaning ay. be accomplished with| class of st 300d judgment must the minimum of di if h exercised by the feeder at al colt and dam, cep thé process es. gradual: must eee work, avoid get: ting hen pe rain Tasik is composed of | pr sak oat one-fourth bran andj} one-hi or one-fourth corn, three- Seighihe “bran and three-eighths | - oats. Crushed oats are to be prefer- Pecos ould be dered each night, but sve it its Mh erty again the following morning. It x pays to confine a colt unneces- ee to develon done and muscle and into a large shapely animal. Tall of a horse’s growth is made dur- ay , hence . daring thls period the ain should b secure a uni- i rope par he “the parts of the young ane cea ii ‘ondi= | Dara Js ventilated and as til she has drfed up neatg lxuoeicable: Het “| profits thai cold aid breed she s OMDaier 3 a system of ventilation ne ade barn if it oe none, The eae Soe them healthy, . ‘The milk is better” if the s free as pos-|¢ Everything that ef ca seattle of aera 5s sie fs aouinge more from odo: conserves th ie alt should ¢ with plenty of fresh air devélop vigorous condition, that helps them to oh should get together ‘ont Seeide what i is best suited o their locality and t stick to that! o bull with a good beef form and a nated tendeney to early maturity is a prime requisite in produeing baby beef. Roughage is an important item in the calf’s pe At two to three weeks. of a calf ee have a the e good ayia toy ft wi Wit skim milk and alfajh ee “ittle ban will be needed, o ‘The demand for food, “both in’ this -| their heads and make a noise like pi mure| sist in rreveutig repntagion. t. — TG BARBER SHOP St, ULE i Te a Would you'-please tell me what to do for my chickens? They swing They started to do so this week. What is the cause of it? “They appear to be healthy. ja Hagvicay at esre need h ferils many be due to digestive troubles and“ poor circulati a gen- era] run-down saeileey ot eae bird. The dry tongue should “Some! s grains of chloratetof potash added to 3 ‘from some. fs > S ¢ 2 & Faas iy Z 8 4 ree from draughts and also by pro- i vinds and Probably the birds swing, i effort to dislodge mfort which is the hard scaly. on remedy and cia in sing ap. rie ‘vitality of! the flock ai sign: cold can often be Ae by ru bing tie. lige arta castebag Fae Then isolate the oie e permanganate. of potash in the aioe water ew days to as- As as we find a well-balanced ration Ale produces good its, we should stick to it; for changes in the line of feeding are often expensive and produce heavy losses. attitude -how mu Bist swine are taken inl, aa erection. aes from A bird showing phine: Plants That Poison St. bois impossible. to say 2 (eke ich “damage us trouble cathrib; utable to the ion ‘of a Sina wl things a Beps to have been cause. Te i es the custom in all eases of this kind to every province in the Dannii: others are only to ‘ound in sections of the country, The Agricultural of Canada in the Septe: ‘way and suppligs ac- counts of the ‘most’ trouble: eit of these weeds in seven out of the nine Proms Tn Ontario it would seem that there cause farmers serious trouble. These axe Spotted,Cowbane or Water Hem- Jock (Cicuta 5 Sapocletay and the Cor- mon Horsetail. Both these plants are found in low places, or im sai land which has @ poorly drained sub- soil, the Cowbane being especially or Corn Wockle. The last named ae ens, Makin; Heer: Beautiful, Ifthe spprach fo overcrowded, dayarnaie te sie rst impression, no matter how attractive = house itself may be. A well-kept blue-grass lawn is tl it Soemianitey ok tourdatlen fons trons approach to a home. Hav: iz | & and a few graceful shade trees s0 oplaced as to furnish ee and shut off 1 abel the beautital eee Bere lawn, then we are ready to consider flowers or { shrubs, the walks a dtiveway, to complete the home ting. ue ntly, bare and improved wonderfully. by setting mps of dwarf shrubbery or grou, = such flowers as' the canna, salvia, a quite near to the house and lations. Plowers for cutting are much more ssintector giown elsewhere a ent for bouquets ree decorations. Storing Fan Machines, Shade trees a fenc- corner ‘not good places in which + (farm tchincry tok the winter, Stor- a ry experts say that the life of any machine is Saguiusd by pritar: overhauled and put in shape for the next season’s use before the time for such us: ses A moment of courtesy will take fe snaise aa aibyer detit wee unt, and s d, vantage of any fine days to trim vial prune my orchard, {3 stant the colt by stingy feeding. The} tn this climate it is desirable to} P Alike! pa disease’ and produce quantities ut T have always been obliged to econ- omize on labor and so have had to hey asap OF Wie rales mca doen by expert horticulturists on the proper mes d aud time of pruning my fruit Lindos ly March and Apri} are 6 best pruning months, but I am when of the bearing tree: open to it one sunlight freely. This aim I purposely keep in mini all the time I am a ane upon the es. Wherever I find limbs that, cross and rub each other I first re- move one or both of such limbs wood and branches that show signs of blight are also taken out at the cutting, is. other types of branches mde: ; the first of ihe? thaite: ‘that stick up straight in the air, and the other is parallel limbs. As many of such branches are taken wherein my practice differs from thet of many of my neighbors. They u! ly permit their trees to un- Pedaier s Genter or season pad then they take out a very large quantity of wood at a Single beaming, My ‘practice is quite the do some pruning in each Fee atc k this practice is less s Ty.} those espetieienee is = otective msteriale aa te more Lt and eee a little or oa in, HOW 1 PRUNE MY FRUIT TREES By E. I. Farrington. the stripping of as Se when tHe. limb falls... The r afterwards severed SS making a to savantansot Naess the wean 2 took oceasion to look this point up as o car I a. questionable one at it vel shellac and carb Was found to be of* any benefit. jected a3 quick veh aime did those that Were treated. most instances the supposedly helpfel covering aes the exposed tissues Sud actually re- Ede Walaa eMorcover “wound faye fin desis i ona OF tao ad se of laren wounds in keeping out disease gar il Healing had been ‘commlated: As I have a great deal of faith in dia Hone at aie station, I ae ally [sp accepted this advice and disc 2 to ae the ttees out of bal-! ance and dikcourage ae uit as un-! th ve al few old trees, pies Tht were in baa shape ant\with these I did some with the idea”of get-| ing condi! This resulted in cite growth of a con- siderable number of water sprouts and thi ave ‘et kept down each seater since we did heavy prunin, | hat I ha re other fruit growers say, read me to think that this i a as eee pro- gears to follow with tt trees ee he heavy tuitingretarte: a ee igor! ous growth which is ki der -con— trol by, subsequent annual pr: common. at most ca the as aoe a “the tru ein! tree as Posie Where, it} $ s& should. encow it and y day Feed Siberally? its ans econorbiy to m Ynorough enitivation of the, soil + [fm ate an under pee. Sey is removed I first ‘s: @ distiince ie Genk cut so as to prevent \ the painting ot proning. The certainly Sed BY many of the 1 spots in trees cau: Ree See ees made could have besn avoided if n more care ee ee in making oth clea gon ie J use ean ee We occasionally ae a wis ve the some trees are damaged by t mm rabbits girdling eas fre This srt: occurs when these ani- mals are eut off from tiie ‘ut food supplies b * di I cover s many fruit gi grafting where trees pletely wivdled, tyhinve mot foun rattice at all satisfactory, as it is Yory seldom. tha} @ tree svill sisvive m mound ofthis character; man as far as a whole afternoon of| was one apology. maining stub is| Sourea cal wisdom of There has boen a great deal of his atural argument a: us fa: the | strange, dreams: that ‘visited him ly as T could and found that Ohi wounds made | au' 3 © | increase the available quantities of f 4 rapidly than sed to the Aiy = Of the dierent materiale tens - tioned above, white lead, white zinc ©; sible sare Bae meaty a he! fish meal used is more carefv!l 01 proportions it should become one of ©) tein supplement ‘soldiers: a: Sieyite bi. s Se, SE . ‘A Suggestion to thost: Who-are sending gifts to ove comes ig cards: x INTERNATIONAL LESSON DECEMBER 8 Lesson X. Joseph Made Ruler of Egypt—Gen. 41. Golden Text, Luké 16. 10. e 83. Now therefore-—Refers interpretation of Phar: fosent predicted ‘that Hens se) ed, and the land was devoid o! Dean Stanley tells us iP ' i formed a part f the government revenue, is supposed that this was ordinarily a tenth, but was in- to. the odd ‘centuries ago. ‘ies— tricts would natur. be (verse 48), There were granaries in all important cities of Egyp' pele for the reception of the corn provide’ maii partly for “soldiers and other public officials the superintendent of ‘the granaries of the highest officers of state, and it was his duty they were properly filled and to r port to the king annually on the ha sts; if he reported favorably, Pharaoh might decorate him with a Mar of (Driv 88. J in, whom pirit of _man of sapernatural wi ig the are pice we have the a eonnection. of ei Pharaoh was i ere is a T boyhood have begun t6 fad ample falfliment Fish Meal as a Live Stock Food. In these days anything that wil ountry bie bie is aaa extensively ih ae ur food as yet i le known*in this co. case of primitive “ood ‘control coe as manded one of the see at a break- fast table the other da: ES Se repeated the mother. “I suppo: ean a pers vada is ./used in effarts to communic: with “GOOD ARALTH drew e Dr. Currter wil ages all signed eestion | iecat general fnterest it will e me ft wilt be wered d personaly jot presi ow F. Currier, care oF Bt West. T Three symptoms are almost always: Sreseut wth eae a ae Vo~ g and haem ip ak cae att ‘inter- ittent in others, it may be ore a dust as oe OF am hour. ae r tev later. en Infrequently resorted t ecially if} e ulcer has perforated are haemor-! tor Sndividual en cae pain! 2 QUESTION BOX Curr D fetlers, pretatning to Health. be answered cone) hb f make diagnosis, tf Wilson Pablishing Co, 73 Adelaide Tos aS a of the Stomach, iiage or peritonitis has taken place. Such an operation should be attempt- ed y a -surgeon of great skill and — great major- 0 | watchfulness and Gave caine nee es it 5 selena a ‘tor the condition is always os stan a ae sometimes (eehen on portant one and may quite un- its down or bends over. It is 0 often| exnatiedly become serious eis severe and felt at the pit of the stomach or in the middle Se of the’ back and it is intensified by Questions and Answers Pressure over or upon the stomach. Yor Vomiting sometimes occurs froi Ea Pres ey, are 208 half an hour to two hours after eat-| Bright's Disease with high blood g or drinkin may Pressure r i Answer— ‘Your questions will be is 0: answered in the article on Bright's them, of leer of fie 5 ach a Disease, which you ma. present in ha’ ‘eases either in the! ra > sel: e signe om ance Soe self addressed en- . 3 A Reader open an operation for rupture and varicocele considered dangerous? _ 2—Does it render a person weaker in any way? 3—How long would it take to do such an operatio} Answer—i at fe done by a competent surg 2—3t should’ make one” rather than weaker, od surgeon 1 wil rs such an when Sa enced Ke serious operations, I sufterin| acid eer a a ei very. arpa very glad if you would: ‘all me bane I could do to relieve this condition, Answe: is not a good plan to use of an atrall-(es ‘bicarbonate o! ) have tu MASTER YOUR MEDIUM “Mother, what's a medium?” de- bis . Fllke the expetiments' of the for Psychical Research, for 8) See example. Rey shook his head. “No, that can't “Why, is You’ it yous * ‘told the ee ee lest d “Ror scheme died a tingering death under her. very eyes at had se into sober sought com the Bo ee in the High Scho, although he was flattered by seemed t stir himself to operation of the members, Only the week be- fore the Red Cross had ‘asked when Roy arrived ai starting point a meagre shandzul Leaguers eted him, Thi thought it best to omit that feature eran the wise as thou—Pharaoh had called up-! be i programme. magicians and of] “Poy Now Roy. raised his head and glane- Egypt, but they had ere ee meang medium | in) 4 round tl the table at the other in- ee ORS clearly, openly, withont PARR BE Cy school!” saiq| terested fare incantation or magic, sdecla: the : ba s « meaning of the dreams and given the| Pauline slyly. ee ee so te ie to God. It wa reat triumph! Roy grinned good-naturedly. “No; Tio dete y Gri nts a pe emapelc end cnatin Were Hey that's aoe AG, either. It's something ah f those fell ik ; organ nd profoi pay venerated |. sort anything out of those fellows cu zo ae +0 find out what they are keen After this, ‘medium’ will be rs middle name!” Eat aE Pays To Worl Would you work industsously sit you didn’t have to? work 3s earnestly and dtieenty’s as @ clay that the potter ‘ium, But how did in that sense?” an talking to us at school to- day,” explained her son “He's in a of big reconstruction } tor pe | a igor Deda see Tk to} tt address apie of youngsters, said the head of the house. “I don’ Fish meal should not’ be fe with “fish Pies ot parts mace” or othe: n dials 5 rredivis: weed be S outilizers ; a on the Re=- he sults of ex) bt ntral Wxperimental - Farm Die meal, where available, is @ other meals and with roughages, it is eee So ee and a good) t tht ee “| also a milk Fpratiietion; and that if Yhgiven a fatr trial and used in proper the most popular and pr ‘ofitable pro- € for swine feeding, a Scatter salt on a carpet when arieety ae and you alt net only find it has a cleansing e ct pu it it also ier away ens and for hogs; that ae meal contain 55% to 60% of protein, and. over wit ita ae when it comes to 15% phosphate ort lime; that if of} You ‘omen’s Christian Associa good quality and properly fed: with, tion ee te th aid. “If you ney, ig stock“ ahd} yo bel halleve T could quite define/ that. my- elt.’ pee ale "that mastery ce zou yo ab b F hordbaks for the “last basa ing they'd have, done that any-| hoes said the gover: or 0: chub. “f heard Jedge Heoinars ies you could do more with the men in this town than ps ay in if, dad,” put in ‘aul you an: oneal a Victory)! ybe not, Indeed. the chances ate {that you woul on you Eel. that you diane have 6 work any more if you sant waste te. And of what use would yi to oe weap ts society, ® “youre z: oon begin to hang aa and soe would pay hither and thither sn aesteh of x6Ht and en= ster tains nebo: js where Satan would get’. his work in. He knows his business, it Hi take you into-somme high cache you just lots of n eee: any or all of which you could ave, And with: that suavity of manner, and clever palayer for which he is so famo ous, he would quiet your con cience, ‘and jead you "fo Aine that notions ie tae adler es er ieee fei woul sin ark out as to what was right and proper for bit,” "protested her fath you to do. ine looked up quickly, “I know re girls and Spit will appeal t ork om wore 5 ‘ou can ao twice /as much with them. You ember the Saturday after- noon ‘es mother Mrs> Campbell Siniled ruefully. “I certainly do! How sure Miss Arch- er was that the office girls would want to ees bores es half pe days in lon; Y blewk ‘wi roads, ‘and dee abate she tlle to Yealize their point understand their rane Pani] the! me Busy men and women—Dusy about tiers and things necessary to id welfare of shatunelves, ‘a these that you find the happiest, most, contended, most useful people To prevent lamp racking I} put them into cold water, bring them to a boil, and let them cool gently. Then see at they are perfectly dried and polish quicl noe made glue is obtained by isink a little plece of cold ‘boiled otato on-a sheet of paper with the Atos: ie