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Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell. The object of 'this department Is to place at the service of our farm readers the advice of an acknows , edged authority on all subjects pertaining to solls ® ps. << Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, is retake pew * eare of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To we = 10, 20 and 100-Ib. sacks 2 and 5-lb. cartons ' vr Daughter:--The author of "Martha | magazines that she could find. After By The Day" is Julie M. Lippmann. | sorting and arranging the collection This entertaining story may be had/she divided it up with an eye to suit- ' at any of the large bookstores for| ability and variety, made pe nace 1 Atlantic Sugar u --s stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the sixty cents. . into a neat package and distribute Order by name in orlg- Refineries Limited "Menry G. Bell = question, when the *nswer will be mailed direct Stephanie:--A healing lip salve is| the packages among the farm vo inal packages Power Building ae ec made of one ounce cold cream, 15 Sint stood Mijehed every on ig it £ seinias 41 Question--B.E.W.:--I have a field teen days before planting the beans. If 4 | Of corn which is now clean and grow- no grain drill is available any broadcast |'ng very rapidly. I wish, however, to distributor will work, applying _ the - ride into the country. Little brother! STW a green crop to plow under next fertilizer broadcast and Working it in bo] c dro f tincture of benzoin and $0|™arket place'and wagon = = us of Secu, the cold| was not long before the farmers found 2 her.out and came to tell her what the cream and glycerine together and th f'the bundles meant to them incorporate the benzoin with the mass. ag pet the readin caatter they 5 y 4. | Alan was thinking of that wheh the |¥¢@T; and have a farm that has been by harrowing and disking. | When Rub with a spatula or flexible knife a, ja fernil bef poms ne \! | teacher said to all the children, "You Tun quite badly; but as you know, the fertilizer is-applied with a grain drill A mixture call-/s0i¢, trom one thoes } |may lay aside your books for a mo-£°F" crop this year is very late, and at planting time it shoull be allowed on a flat tile or plate. ed cream of roses is also good. an ounce of white vaseline and half an | @+4}- Melt |that each might have the benefit of it They reported also an unwritten ment, if you please." jits value, if matured, wjll be greater to run in the hole to each side of the Quickly all the children closed their | than usual. Will the sowing of a cov-tone which drops the beans and not in SLOTIES : weney af eis SEe oe bet Wen eecy lost er en raed book Cr , ' P books and sat straight, glad to listen | 6F crop now interfere with, or detract the hole dropping the seed. Some nearly cold add three drops of attar i. Acs ahovld be vetd, in the Alan's Great Surprise. to what the teacher had to say; they '" 8y way from the present crop rip- successful bean growers go over the magazine a fine paid, When Laura's and Mary Anna's big| were expecting a surprise. The next|*™!™g early? And how much vetch field twice, the first time drilling the of roses. 1 E.B.S.:--1, Here is a good recipe |Sclvered a teh tives ofthe books for brother, Alan, was a little fellow, he/ moment Alan wished that he was any-|#"d rye should be sown per acre? |fertilizer and the second time sowing for oatmeal muffins: Take one-hal ithe town poor among whom she had to go to bed at eight o'clock every | where else except In that schoolroom, | Answer:--Regarding sowing a cov- | the seed. _This works the fertilizer cupful milk, one well-beaten egg, One | worked. night except Friday and Saturday. He because' this is the question that the | er crop in your corn at this stage, I into the soil and avoids the ieee teaspoonful butter, one tablespoonful | The fines filled as real a need as the | thought it was a hard thing to do, €8-j| teacher asked * believe it will do no injury to the corn, | and the beans coming in contact, the sugar, one cupful flour, into which has|reaging matter had filled; and since' pecially in the spring and early sum-; "How many boys and girls in this | You will gain in green material which | one with' the other. While this = ' been sifted two teaspoonfuls baking the farmers have begun to realize the: ™€r- Perhaps if he had been a coun-;room are in bed before nine o'clock | you. can plow under to improve the takes twice the time it mixes the oe powder and one cupful oatmeal mush. | ¢,..¢ they carry their tributes straight tY boy it would not have seemed 80/ every night except Friday nights and | condition of the soil. A good mix-/lizer thoroughly with the soil, an | Stir well together and bake in hot 4, the doors of the recipients, Scarce- | hatd; but he lived in the city, where} Saturday nights? All who are, please | ture to sow is a bushel of rye to about | tender bean plants are never eae muffin pans dozens of other boys were his. near stand." | three pecks of vetch. Question--J.B.A.:--As I have a fielc | in moderate oven. 2./), 7 : : i ly a week comes that the country peo 'neighbors. The other boys went t0| Alan despised a lie; so he stood be-| The seed chould ee tentberesl be. | of alfalfa which I think would yield Perspiration stains can be removed i ircuit fail to! : i from a blouse by soaking in strong Petao tn a ttle farm produes-ternina | same school: that Alan attended, | stde his desk and tried not to notice) tween the corn rows and then worked | larger returns as seed I take the lib- * |and they were allowed to stay up and! that the boys who were his neighbors 'in by a levelling cultivator or a nar- | ¢Tty of writing you for if you wil salt water before washing. 3. e . ; | d | best and simplest way to mend a torn | of pee is cit ae to play outdoors until] nine o'clock | were snickering behind their hands. jrow sectional harrow. It would be, in regard to = vane 4 net curtain is to dip a square of net! qwollers kvave-. every evening, and sometimes later. |. A moment the teacher waited, think- | best done, of course, by a single row | kindly answer t e - owing ques ris cut to fit into cold starch, lay on the; The outcome of the plan has been! _Long after Alan was in bed, with ' ing that others would stand; but no: drill. I will appreciate it very much. § / wrong side of the curtain over the rent the establishment of a friendly circle | His head on his pillow, but with his} one else rose. Alan stood alone. He| The addition of 200 Ibs. to the acre | Js the second -- the one ta be b = and iron with a hot iron. 4. A letter! that widens steadily. Good reading! °¥® wide open, he used to hear the/ felt utterly miserable and wretched of fertilizer analyzing approximate- | Seed? o A pad how viet? ue (3) ; of acknowledgement for a wedding i; put into the hands of appreciative | boys playing ball in front of their} until the teacher said, "You may be|ly 2 per cent. ammonia and 10 to 12/ Per acre is an rie yield? ' a * gift which.has been sent by a whole people: the people themselves are houses, or hide and seek round the| seated, Alan." | per cent, available phosphoric acid | Does it = the Pg ehh . th family should..be addressed to the brought inte touch with others whose | Houses, or shouting like Indians, just en came the great surprise: ; Would insure a good catch, and would | it gine ; hn 0 you on 8 mother but should contain mention of material needs are greater than their) !° fun. . teacher made a speech; she said she | also assist the ripening of the corn. past hot weat a? as injur e the other members. 65. It is good 'own; and the poor become the benefi-| Spring, summer, fall and winter,. it knew that Alan always went to -- Question--F.W.G.:--I am told re- pepeee sil ta th 4 form to display wedding gifts in a! cisries of a unique form of spontane-| 45 all the same while Alan was a lit-/ early. How did shé know it? Be- | peatedly that one should not cultivate | f ifalfs. v i . rod e the 1 oat room especially set apart for them. 6.! ous giving. A great deal more than | tle boy; his bedtime when he went to/ cause he always came to school fresh | beans after they bloom. They claim % id of af a i ae re this fe ra When wedding gifts are on view the 'reading matter, in fact, is put into | School was eight o'clock. and rested, bright of eye and ready | it is an old saying but cannot give any | ¥'© : Skat thax anada; ben oat th cards of the donors should be remov-! circulation. Alan was well, and he learned his! for work. She said she could tell! good reasons. Will you kindly advise ee a = - are -- -- a : ed. 7%. The best man usually takes | Mrs. C. D.:--Yes,-there are munition | 1@8805 easily. Both his father and} who sat up late and who went to bed! me through your columns if there is time that ble wm ths ih e Sai . charge of the wedding ring and the 'factories in the towns you mention, | #8 mother told him that he was well/early by the work they did in school. | anything to this and if so state why it pry aren at af the & -- "_ = clergyman's fee. but they in common with all other | 2%4 that his eyes were bright and that; She could pick them out and name/| should not be done. ed ho na be ° ah vie aren pis Would-be Benefact How does! plants in Canada just now are not ep-|¢ learned his lessons so easily be-/ them if she chose. Answer:--Growing beans should be | 5€€¢ Should be <u ie v= + es | Plants in Row PD | cause he went to bed early every night. When the teach id th 1| cultivated full M ho | thirds of the pods are filled; otherwise : the following idea appeal to you: Algaging any more workmen, On the. ' | When the teacher said that, several |cultivated very carefully. Men who ji ds will ch i tying j 5 | rer ..|He thought they were mistaken, but 'little girls turned red, and at least one| handle large areas of beans say that|the earliest filled pods will shatter anc woman living in a small town originat-! contrary they are dismissing their | : j httle gi , 2 g y i will bel Fr tou * y i ;. he did not say so. Instead, he kept | hoy looked foolish and ashamed, But--most of the work should be put on the |S°me seed will be lost. From two to ed a novel plan for circilating read-!employees, as the supply of ammuni-| 2° iy P "Rinks y ; 1 d p lfive bushels per a is an average ing matter among her neighbors of tion is abundant and the ;demand is| 8 thoughts about it to himself. the teacher did not mention any/seed-bed and just sufficient cultivation | fold =" if ee 7 od. 8 ge Then one day came his great sur-inames; she only said that she was!should be given to keep down the Yield of alfalfa seed. the outlying coun districts. Her! i ing. a ying try er; steadily decreasing. It would be bet- If you will carefully dig up| If the alfalfa crop has made a good The s was to collect am h prise. It was in June, a few weeks / sorry that Alan was the only one who| weeds. Lcpaed , . scsralitiis isan alll ecco Arete aaa! psd GRATE SS: ROE OE before the long vacation, and just the /dared to stand. Then she advised all|® plant of beans you will find that its| Stone sv pe Se a ta "fe m See a day when padgt hg daggers except Alan to open their books and pects spread out fairly near the sur-| © ite a ailoving it gD Pdf - : BS even the ers, ' . 7 - Storing Potatoes. oa doors, study their lessons, But.she told Alan and sufficiently wide to extend eapactally if. after cutting the seed the : EEC Sere were i ith manure _or < ° : ; iat oa. | weres ng, | the air was sweet to 'and have a good time; hejover half the distance' between the In storing potatoes a cellar or half| With the smell of roses. A' ga eee S beiidey. "-"" -"lrows. 'This being the case, 'a deep | frre top-dressed with cellar is best. The material used in{ breeze wandered into the schoolroom,| Alan walked a step at a time,--a|cultivation of beans, when the plant| str tha comin oe ee, culti ' las i the bo Is outside building a storage house does not 48 if to call the boys and girls o step at a time, politely--until hejhas made maximum el ihe Kot -weatiic Which has just past Colts show to best advantage if growth, su greatly matter. Either wood or stone/| to reached the big outside door; then he | you "will find at blossoming time, will masonry will serve. The material e them to walk and go through all oo i be waterpeact, sad ground is not of moment so long as it play. The children were not studying their Depth under | lessons as if they cared at all who flew down the cteps and ran home at/| cut. off the top of his speed, to get into the/roots between the. ro automobile on the front seat beside a large percent. of the small ws. The roots are the conveyors of plantf.od. Then if you cut off the roots, you are to a should not have injured the seed pros- pects unless the ground is very sandy and has dried out. Question--H.J.:--I am trying al- paces to which they will be subjected ° ae : . : : ooh eas , . ant \is sufficient to insure against freezing,' highest mountains are, or the longest] Lee for the ride into the country! Ps sg a -- ne the pee f course if the storehouse is heater} civers or the largest cities, or how to certain extent starving the plant. | falfa this year for the first time with- a7 aan such oe g ¢ mane 7 l you do not have to consider this. The SPell hard words. A good mushroom, properly cooked,| From blossoming time to the filling of | out a nurse crop. ; I will give you a J © appearance of a) | Alan was thinking of his big broth-|is a luscious morsel and as such is a|the pods of beans is a critical period! brief outline of what I did and ask : ent 'ordinary house cellar is saf | ; se eplaorntal youre bk -- lin this' part of the country, fer er, Lee, who was in the high school.| wholesome addition to the-dietary. If|for the bean crop. At such a time it' Our advice as to the next move. short spells of serene weather which | Houses with a double cellar, the fur-| The high school boys had a holiday|you are absolutely sure that the/requires a good supply of water; || ae ead roa Spring, i epee a , |nace in one part and the other part,that afternoon, and Lee had planned| variety that grows on your lawn or in| hence any injury to its root system 8¢res Dean ground last year, four occur frequently during the fall, caus- er bare baby si dj the neighboring fields is of the edible} should b full ided. | Anoth ' acres two-year meadow; worked it un- shrinkage in live weight and is a|f0 Vegetable storage, are particularly to take the baby sisters, Laura and th g g ' edible | should be carefully avoided. Another 1 about J *sth: 'ed 4d es we Client Bn | favored Mary Anna, in the automobile for a| kind, by all means cook it and eat it.|reason for avoiding cultivation at about June * sowed .groun hindrance to rapid and economical de- | '2¥°Te¢- . ; . . blossoming time is that there is aj limestone on it, using about ten tons velopment. Older horses seem to! There are three things to Keep in = ; ieaudency f urin damp weather to|t0 the seven acres. Then I inoculat- stand this sort of treatment with less| mind: Si A A ¢ . S b titut spread bean eeaee by the bean ed alfalfa seed and put it on about loss. It it doubtless true that animals} The temperature must be kept as e S Yain lt Ss e spores being carried by the cultivator | °me peck per acre and dragged it in at become accustomed to winter weather| low as possible without freezing. _ or on the shoes or clothing of the|once with a peg-tooth. 'Phe field is but frequent changes from fine fall| The air must be as dry as possible , By E. W.G workman. heavy clay for the most part, with a weather to bad storms retard gains in! a) the time. ya W. Gees. . Question--R.F.D.:--I have this-year | few sandy places. The field is rolling colts without shelter. | othe plac tk Th- prevailing high prices of grain low in dry matter, owing to an un- lanted beans aig heav clover sod and | 8° it is pretty well drained. The seed Four yearling Percheron fillies with # piace must he kept dark. feeds in the face of very moderate | fortunate season. The silage was ta fine crop of coins I have been /¢2me fine, a good stand. To-day the an average weight of 1169 pounds on; , Keep the temperature as near 32! prices paid for dairy produtts have re-|found to contain 18.63 per cent. dry told I could "piant another crop. of | #lfalfa stands six to eight inches high pasture, with a ration of six pounds 4¢g. Fahrenheit as you can; the ideal| duced the dairy farmer's profits to a | matter 2.36 per cent. protein, 4.68 per sierra pee a without 'any vided and is commencing to blossom, but in of corn and oats (one-half of each by Tange is between 30 and 36 Fahrenheit. ' point where it is an open question with! cent, ade fibre, 0.92 per cent of fat, fertilizer on his same soil. I would|® £00d many places the leaves are weight) daily shrunk an average of | Potatoes in large quantities will not many whether it is possible to make/and 9,36 per cent. of nitrogen free like ont nibvice un' thle agtect. An turning yellow or pale green. Also 82 pounds each during the spell of freeze at 28 deg. Fahrenheit if expos- | the cow pay for the large grain ration | extract, being richer in protein and th y cmiihien Ewaudl Win tu ak js, Quite afew thistles and ragweeds have severe weather on October 18 to 29 ed to this temperature for not more 'necessary. Several dairymen have poorer in carbohydrates than average should I hie compalied ta nes commer. come up along with it. Now the ground of last year, at an Experimental Sta-, than an hour or two. | found tl.at if they are able to dispense | corn silage on account of the admix- cial fertilizer? When is the best time| 85 50 wet last spring that"we could tion, Aged mares in foal lost only, T° figure space allow 1% cubic feet with half the-grain he formarly fed tue of soy beans and cowpeas. to use it, fall or spring? Should 1|"9t draw out manure and we have 200 slightly during the same period. for each bushel] of potatoes. without materially reducing the milk! | The cows fed the silage ration pro- drill it in or spread it broadcast and | SPreader loads or better in our barn- Inexpensive sheds which will pro- There must be ventilation. If you! production ana butter-fat, the cha.ces | ced 96.7 pounds of milk and 5.08 | ow much to the acre? This is a light | Yard. I decided this afternoon upon tect colts from wind, rain, sleet, and, 8re building a storehouse or semi-cel-|for profit have increased at a smaller| pounds of butter-fat per hundred at eunil eel looking the field overgto go over with snow will prevent part 6f such loss in. lar build it in line with the wind gen-! cost of production. | potrndas of dry matter; those fed the Anewdewuta = Gaines ae should | mower and clip it quilehigh, then top- weight. Growing horses should not be erally prevailing through the winter. Tests Show Advantage: jerain ration produced 81.3 pounds of not follow beans. Tho should fol. | dress it quite heavy. What would you housed too closely and prevented from |" spring lenve the door open at night, Several feeding experiments have milk and 3.9 pounds of butter-fat. low a ciltivated. 6fo5 Vike corn or| advise? . taking plenty of exercise, but they | closing it in the day. Doors or win- been held in various sections New| The gost of feed per hundred pounds otatoes. Of course, if your soil is in| Answer:--TI believe you have handl- should not be subjected to extremely dows at either end to secure a draught| yor. State to determi. ; just what, °f Milk produced was $0.687 with the pood shape and you have used a large|@d your new alfalfa field wisely. I bad weather if they are expected to | through are desirable. position silage may be made to oc-| Silage ration and $1.055 with the grain amount of fertijJizer this year, and if, Would not top-dress it too heavy with make satisfactocy grewth. b -- only clean potatoes. Potatoes cupy in the dairy cow's ration, and the ration. cost Fis geo the beans have been absolutely free of ; Manure just at the present time, but -- sie cover the flo 1 j relative basis for feeding as compared a ee wd 221 conte vith ee disease, you may safely plant another | Would eve it @ 'second top-dressing On. or completely be-! vith purchased grains. In one of S#ase ratio . crop next year where these stand, The; either late in the fall or early in the Dirt chokes their respira- | ti Soft hands indicate a character lack- | fore you begin putting them on top of these tests ten cows were used, re- grain ration. The average net pro- last point is really the poift of | spring. My thought is that too heavy , aa { ing energy and force. | " iff ied | ssi ight : each other. presenting five different breeds, to de- a ie ig a Rg Paid baeeadi greatest importance, since bean dis-2 top-dressing might smother out termine what effect the feeding of f° ) was $5. wi silage ra- some of the tender plants. If after f ti nd $2.465 with the grain "ra-|°#%* live in the soil for one or two+Some d . rative of the lesson text begins, more silage than is usually fed, with "'°" ® - & years. On your light sandy loam; cutting and manuring, the crop does Verses 10-17. Danicl continues his: a corresponding reduction in the grain "0": soil you certainly will have to provide | ?°t make a good healthy growth, I tom to the God of Israel; portion of the ration might have upon Silage is a Grain Substitute plantfood for next year's crop if you; Would advise you to top-dress still he is discovered, and though the king) the production of milk, butter-fat, gain! Comparing thg average daily pro-|expect a good crop. The problem is further with 200 Ibs. per acre of ferti- jin weight, cost of ration, and con-'duct of each cow for the entire test|just the same as is faced)in feeding lizer a ah 1 to o per cent, am- chamber; that is, a room raised above | Sequent profit. | with her average daily product for the!calves. If you expect thé calf to do Monla, and a = reat oe phos- the flat roof of an Oriental huuse, aj The general plan of this experiment month previous to the "change in ra-jwell from one year to another, you Phoric acid. is will tend to invigor- place of quietness and retirement. To- | was to compare two rations which tion (or the first month of their test/ have to look out to supply an abund- 4t¢ the plant. and give the crop , Judai ; should carry as nearly as possible the in the case of two cows), the cows fed|ance of suitable food. Now ferti- strength to withstand winter condi- ~~ . a pater ie ieee the face | same amount of dry matter and'nutri-, the silage ration shrank 2.84 per cent.|lizers are carriers of plantfood and al-, tions. Lesson XIII. Daniel In The Lions ltemple; which signified 2' tuning te, | ents. In one ration these nutrients in milk and gained 1.89 per cent. in} though the plantfood which you add- Den--Daniel 6. Golden ward Jehovah. Three times--Perhaps| Were to be derived largely from rough- | butter-fat production. The cows fed|ed this year may not all have been We will not sce Mberty perish frof, Text--Psa. 34, 7, in the morning, at noon, \and in the) age, mainly silage; in the other ra-'the grain ration shrank 9.11 per cent.| used up, yet I am of the opinion that off the face of the earth. We will am , According to Dan. 1. 21, Daniel con-| evening (Psa. 55. 17). Deliver--Un- tion no silage was to be fed and as lit-!in milk and 14.18 in butter-fat pro-| you will find it profitable to make an ese human voile beneath toa tinued at the court of Babyion from | able gt Daniel, the king seeks to/ tle roughage as seemed wise, the bulk duction. Upon the conclusion of the | addition of plantfood on next year's pred machine Shewsar dawareat the days of Nebuchadnezzar to those/cheer him» Changed--That nothing of the nutrients being derived. from experiment each lot of cows was found|bean crop. On light sandy soils, es-| Gen. Savota: : serait of Cyrus, who, according to the author,; might be done by. the king or anyone : as ; : : : : : succeeded Darius, onter whom the | else to rescue Daniel. sd y concentrates. The two rations. fed. to have gained in live Leonia sil-| pecially if they are low 'in organic | an average of forty- INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEPTEMBER 23. ~ a If the garden hose shows signs of events narrated in the lesson text are | matter, it fs profitable to top-dress) ]f ; : | tke land after plowing in the spring. giving out, don't think you must throw with 6 to 8 loads of well rotted manure; !t 8Way. Get some rubber tape and to the acre. "This should be supple-; Wind the hose for a few inches above and below the break. Treated thus it will last a long time, S a [ r t of uncer- opportunity to prove his rhe to the! tain meaning; PaEHaps, dancing girls, G Iness to | or concubines, thing of any god or man, except the/a decree exaltin r a period of thirty days!and heaped new ). At this point the nar-| ter. cowpeas to two and a half tons of sil-!---and ensiloing them, or feeding them age corn. There were nearly ,twice; as hay, will be possible to further re- as many soy beans in the mixture as; duce the amount of feed cost, and to cowpeas. carried practically the same amount of! age-fed cows dry matter. In one over fifty per| seven pounds per head; the grain-fed cent. of this dry matter was derived) cows an average of fifty-seven pounds. from silage and less than eighteen per} The facts reported seem to justify cent. from grain. fifty-seven, per cent. of the dry mat-| to take the place of considerable grain ter was from grain, no silage being that is being fed to dairy cows in vary ed. ious dairy sections. Growing more The silage used in the test was a|feeds rich in protein--clover, alfalfa, mixture of one ton of Soy beans and| soy beans, cowpeas, field peas, vetches The silage com was very | increase the profits of the dairy herd. In the other over! the conclusion that silage can be madetmented by the addition of acid phos. course, should be applied in the spring phate or a complete fertilizer high in| available phosphoric acid, at the rate' of 200 to 400 pounds per acre, if fire -extinguisher for each district largest yields of best quality are to. school, suggest that each teacher keep be harvested. The fertilizer, of:a pailful of water, a.pailful of sand or a blanket in a handy place. In many Successful bean growers apply the schools the boys attend to the fres, fertilizer through the fertilizer attach- anda simple precaution like the ahove ment of the grain drill seven to four- | mny some time save your schoolhouse, It your town cannot afford a patent