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by agronomist this department is for the use of our farm readers who want the an expert on any question regarding soil seed crops etc if your qw e of sufficient general interest it will be answered through this e tamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter a eomp answer will be mailed to you address agronomist care of wilson pubiism a co ltd 73 adelaide st w toronto f turnips cabbage and onions the turnip is one of our best root- s crops and one which has become a g standby in many families the garden turnips the only kind y to be considered here are divided into the white and yellow fleshed or tur nip and rutabaga although properly speaking the latter name belongs along to the swedish division of the yellow ones the yellowfleshed tur- nips are grown principally for winter j use the white early ones being used for the allseason and early crops the turnip is a gross feeder and de mands good soil or a poqr crop will be the result the soil should be well worked so as to be fine and mel low before the planting is done and the soil in the drills when they have been made freed from small clods for garden use make the drills a foot apart and an inch deep sow the seed in the drills sparingly dropping them about an inch apart and cover with fine soil and gently press down over the top of the drills with the back of a hoe or a piece of board germination will be hastened if you keep the drills moist but not sogsy until the young plants appear when tie plants get to a height of an inch thinning should be done this is important and depends as to spac ing on the kinds planted most of the early flat strapleaved ones grow to a diameter of three inches under good cultivation although most per sons begin to pick them when they are half an inch smaller for this reason they should be thinned out to four inches apart in the drills if you are fond of turnip sauce and like the tops as greens used like spinach pick the turnips when they aro two inches in diameter and thin them out to three inches apart in the drills this will enable you to grow more in the same space of ground and enjoy the turnips when they are the best if successional planting yfs done you will have early ones coming on until the first ones of the late crop are ready for use when sown in the garden in drills the working of the soil should com mence as soon as the thinning is done as every effort should be made to keep down the weeds and keep the soil joosoand the dust mulch on 4t all the time as feefotweather approaches to check turnips during the hit dry weather of midsummer means pithy or tough roots when the soil is to be worked by the wheel hoe the drills must be made far enough apart to enable it to be used growing the cabbage for the early crop of cabbage the soil should be as rich and mellow as you can make it and should be of the kind known as warm which means one which lies well up and drains quickly- after rains and gets the full effect of the sun all day we in crease the warmth of the soil for early cabbage by ridging it heaping up the soil into ridges a foot high and of the same breadth it also should be light in texture or the plants will not mature quickly growing early cabbage is a rushing business for late cabbago the soil should be heavier and more retentive of mois ture and not so rich as for the early as the crop has longer to mature and i if rushed is likely to burst open which ils its keeping qualities an ordinary good garden loam which vas heavily manured last season or early crop this season should for late cabbage as the tilth lave-reecivuu- will improve its oijok jerc t is the intention to use com mercial fertilizer to improve the soil for early cabbage in case manure is not very plentiful give a dressing along the ridges to be raked in of one which analyses 4710 or if manure was used which was too strawy to contain much ammonia give a top dressing of nitrate of soda around the plants when well established wood ashes or muriate of potash is good when the manure is not riclj in these ingredients apply it as a top dress ing around the plants the early cabbage plants should be set twenty inches apart in the rows and the rows two feet apart as the heads and root mass arc not so large as are the late ones which should be set two feet apart in the rows and the rows two feet apart if to be worked with thctioe or if to be worked with the wheelcultivator make the rows three feet apart when setting out the early cabbage have the ridges made at least the day before and properly leveled go over them with a trowel or pointed hoe and scoop out a hollow at the right dis tance apart to set the jlants this is better than making holes with the dibble for plants transplanted from boxes or flats and also provides for those which have been growing on in twoinch pots this method of planting will allow the roots to remain in the same re lative position they had before being moved this saves time in maturing plants pulled out of boxes and set in holes straight up and down and pressed tightly together will require time to readjust themselves to an al tered environment and a disturbed rootmass there will be no trou ble about continuous growth in the case of those young cabbage plants which have been growing on in small pots as they will not realize they have been moved if the operation is skillfully done so as not to disturb the mass of white fibrous roots around the ball of soil in the pots depot them by inverting the pot when the plant will come out in the hand when struck against some solid substance the culture of onions a loose sandy loam is best well filled with humus and dressed with wellrotted manure dug in the trench for this purpose poultry droppings wood ashes and stsbie manure can be used the manner of sowing will depend somewhat on how the garden is to be worked if with a wheel hoe the drills may be made a foot to fifteen inches apart if worked entirely by hand et the drills eight to ten inches apart sow thinly in the drills so as to run about half an inch apart as it pays to sow plenty of seed to assure a good stand of bulbs when sowing be sure to cover the coeds with fine soil this will require care and is very important as the yong seedling onions are very tender and clods even of small size are an obstruction to their growth a good plan is to fill a bucket with fine soil and go along the drills covering the seeds with soil sifted through the fingers covering of the seeds must be fol lowed by pressing down the soil to insure a good contact with the soil as soon as the young seedlings show above the ground cultivation should begin weeds are the baneof the onion crop they must he kept out all the time the crop is in the ground and especially while the onions are very small when hoeing by hand work as closely to the row as you can without disturbing the young seedlings when they are four to five inches high you should commence to thin them out before they get crowded this is im portant and should be properly done the way professional onion growers do it is as good as any they ie burlaps over their knees straddle the rows and proceed oh hands and knees as they thin out the plants thinning of the plants must be done properly carelessness at this stage of the game will give poor results a young onion is very tender and if care be not had when you attempt to pull them out of the ground they will break off at the junction of the stem with the bulb if the bulb be allow ed to remain in the soil it will crowd the others and make a poor crop wi better safclerte pvery fcaok yard should be used for the cultivation of fruits and p vegetables says the food controllers bulletin market gardens hot fqr planting mar 1st to aprl5th order now oz1 090 must be worked to capacity but all thfa effort is wasted unless the seeds sown are capable of producing sturdy vigorous plants plant rennies war garden seeds and insure a full crop i cabbage p k danish summer roundhead 10 oauliflowor rennies danish drouth- resisting 16825 100 185 3501008 celery paris golden yellow extra select 15 onion put rennies extra early red 05 radish coopers sparkler k05 tomato market king 10 rennieslmproved beefsteak 10 pansy rennies xxx exhibition mixture 25 sweet peao rennies xxx spencer mixture 15 nasturtium rennies xxx chameleon mixture 10 stocks rennies xxx large flowering globe mixture a 20 60 110 200 or lb 35 100 20 65 60 175 75 250 275 lb 376 220 look for the stars- our 191s catalogue should be la your baud by now it is your patrioticduty to cousult it at every opportunity our government insists nc must pro duce more start right then and be sure and sow good seed rennies seeos iook for the special star border bargains in our catalogue it will pay you to do so hot -the- iximrmwtwomemit 3aic3wasjs good health question box by andrew f currier m d or currier will answer ail signed letter pertaining to health question is of general interest it will be answered through these if not it will be answered personally if stamped addressed envelt closed dr currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make i address or andrew f currier care of wilson publishing co 7z ac west toronto increase yields without more labor you can raise greater yields without additional land labor and seed by using commercial fertilizer fertilizers are perfectly formulated and mixed to insure a constant supply of plant food throughout the growing season all good fertilizers must contain materials that will not only give the plant a quick start but must be compounded and formulated so as to keep it growing- throughout the season we fcavo the special grade or analysis for your special crop and soil lot us bend you free bulletin and prices ontario fertilizers limited west toronto caftada acne this is a skin disease which is most coirmon and mortifying to young peo ple and it is so persistent that it often brings discouragement to both doctor and patients it is by no means limited to young people and when it occurs in the aged it sometimes ends in cancer the disease has a number of vari eties one with an oily condition of the scalp extending to the forehead and face another in which there is dandruff and loss of hair and crusts and scales on the nose and checks another with hard horny masses on the face in children there are small lumps on the face containing cheesy ma terial which when removed leave no scar wens on the face and scalp belong to this class of diseases the common form in young people is that in which the nose face and forehead are cov ered with black points or blackheads with them there may also bo small tumors or pimples on the face and forehead and sometimes on the back shoulders and chest these pimples may be painful and after discharging their contents of ten leave ugly scars it is not strange that so disfigur ing and troublesome an affection of the skin should make young people very miserable and unhappy sometimes this disease is caused by excessive secretion of the greasy ma terial of the sebaceous glands or there may be an obstruction in the outlet of the sebaceous glands which prevents the secretion from getting r out and so it accumulates and is retained until you squeeze the gland and force it out inflammation mayoccur in glands that are thus obstructed in their function and you have the same trou ble that you would with a boil or an abscess if is not easy to say what causes thisdisease doubtless it is some times due to germ influence but i do not believe this is the i cases what is very noteworthy is often associated with in with constipation with the monthly disturbance in woi with improper habits of a those who have it should simple food avoid pastries an cheese nuts fried greasy and imperfectly baked bread cohol in all forms exercise is important equalize the distribution of in the face bathing is also import warm baths are preferable i they are more cleansing thai applications of very hot the face and scalp are often acne the diet should consist ml milk eggs cereals fresh vel and a minimum of meat andf avoid all food which found from experience to be cd ing and use a mild laxath castor oil or cascara regula systematically if there is tend constipation the disease is not a danger and is painful only in occasiij stances but when once acquirj very apt to stay by one witlj persistency questions and answ a d my husband was last fall when he tried to account of under weight both very much disappointed i could he increase his weight answer i am very much ii ed in every man who desires and i am particularly desiroufj anything i can to help him the service if your husbaij follow a diet in which cereal pecially oatmeal milk eggs tatoes form the largest part ail also take a course of gymnastic cises preferably at a gymnasi think in perhaps three months i be able to conform to the ajrl gulations in regard to weigh shall be anxious to know whether experiment is working succoss case of the poor the tunic was the only garment 10 abide till ye depart thence-in- stead of restlessly changing from house to house they were to be satis fied with the hospitality afforded them they were not to gad about in that same house remain eating and drinking such things as they give luke 10 7 they were not to indulge in the usual custom of accept ing invitations from the villagers for it was etiquette for the people to in vite a stranger to eat with them one after another the heralds of the master had no time for such palaver 11 shake off the dust for a testimony unto them this is illustrat ed in the account of paul and barna bas at pisidian antioch acts 13 51 when the inhabitants had cast them out of the city they shook off the dust of their feet against them this was a symbolical action indicating that they would have no further inter course with them 12 went out and preached that men should repent the burden of their preaching is identical with that of john the baptist and jesus their chief mission was to reach the inner life to produce change ofrffind change of purpose change of attitude toward life the forsaking of sin and turn ing unto god 13 they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many that were sick they closely follow all that jesus did but we have no record that jesus anointed with oil all his cures with rare exceptions were im mediate the only other place in the new ttestmentr where oil is used in healing the sick is in james 5 14 the use of oil was common as a medi cal specific its use was symbolic of supernatural healing in verses 1429 ihere is given an account of the murder of john the baptist by herod the report of the wonderful works of jesus caused herod to believe that john the baptist whom he had slain had risen from the dead and had resumed his preaching mark gives the fullest account of what led to johns impri sonment aftd his execution 30 told him all things whatso ever they had done and whatsoever they had taught the place to which the twelve returned is not stated it was probably capernaum or its neigh borhood they gave a full report both of their teaching and their works nothing is said of their suc cess or of the masters estimate of their labors it was no doubta tour of profound importance to his work they no doubt recounted their varied experiences and received from him the necessary counsel or approval which their report required we may conjecture that their work was not without its mistakes and blunders but not without the accompaniment of the power of god details of this first evangelizing tour by a group of christian preachers would be of price less value to us today infoal mares may be worked to within twoor three days of foaling should work cease before that time rations should be decreased material ly rations should consist of bran oats and other laxative foods in- foal mares should be provided with box stalls if possible sometime be fore they foal these stalls should be kept clean and properly disinfect ed as soon after birth as possible the foals naval should be tied and disin fected with iodine or some other good disinfectant careful attention should be given to see that foals di gestive apparatus and kidneys are in working order within twentyfour hours after birth mares after foaling should b en water not too cold and not large quantity the ration fol or three days should be comparalj light and similar in nature to tlr before foaling after norma ditions seem to have been estabi the ration may be increased there is more starch in wliea in any other food that we eat interest the children on a sunday afternoon by taking a i ent number of goblets or flarinj biers of uniform size to scale of a certain piece tune the glasses to the partially filling them wii keep time to the music by li ping- them with a buttonhool metal tip of a leadpencil ages written in two flats b requires but eight glasses preparing for the spring by n a clapp fon xi jesus sending forth the j twelve mark c 713 30 golden text matt 10 8 verso 7 he calleth unto him the twelve and began to send them forth by two and two his work innanar- oth being defeated he leaves the town and begins a teaching tour among the villages the twelve have an of ficial position lie has been prepar ing them for missionarj service and now sends them forth matthew jfeitilizer gives the fuller account matt 9 35 to 10 40 they go forth two by two because each can help the other thus they cover six districts auth ority over the unclean spirits matt hew and luke state that their mission also included healing and preaching 8 nothing save a staff only this was an emergency call and they were to be content with the simplest outfit usually journeys j in the east were most carefully prcj pared for but these men were to r- subsist off the people no bread this they could obtain wherever they stopped no wallet or haversack used to carry provisions no money literally brass or copper for it would be unnecessary in their purse the girdle worn about the waist in the loose folds of which money was plnced shod with sandals the simplest i protection for the feet shoes also i werc worn by jews costly shoes isuch as were in use among tho j babylonions furnished with upper i leather put not on two coats pcr- sons of distinction sometimes wqro j two tunics they were to encumhor themselves with nothing thb jsmtqid j bo unsuitable for plain mfii going 1 about among ordinary- folk intbaj cut out and fold on dotted lines notwithstanding the fact that the great lawgiver moses taught the children of israel that swine flesh is unclean and unfit for human food the modern hog has been so bred fed and developed that he has challenged the approval of tho modern civiljzcd world and stands today the most economical meat producer among our domestic animals his flesh more closely meets the needs of humanity under varying conditions like well arranged enter prises in times of peace and the bind ing necessities during the periods of war at the present time the pork meats are tho first to be considered by those who are planning for the needs of the allied armies now in the various army camps in out own country as well as those in active service in europe sta tisticians are careful to tell us that there is and is likely to be for some time to come a shortage in the num ber of hogs that will be raised and marketed during the coming years j too many farmers are taking to the plan of selling their grain instead of marketing it at higher prices through the hogs precautions needed conditions the present winter are very unusual and extraordinary for of good results it helpsj sows in possession of the vents stiffness and forces culation of blood throu whole system and the f oi take of the same hcalthyl feed for broodj while the sows shouln variety of feeds to enalj the double duty of solves and furnishing the pigs which they i fcronce should be give bulky feeds which arc ground oats wheat ings with a small pel meal or whole cornf feeds rich in earboh well to give tho shape of- sloppy weather is severely j warmed before it is the sows should eating some forage ver hay alfalfa andf on such feeds matter needed at t bulking the feeds i feet digestion th ing should not bef j lent results are make the si from willies wrk you might suppose that he neglects his books but wait o minue willie may be wiser than he looks eight weeks the weather has been i by all means j severely cold under such conditions j fortable by givij sows that have been bred for spring j place in which f litters arc pretty likely to spend a j during stormy good deal of time in the nest and negj them be harraij lect to take the proper amount bf ex- stock or compc orcise to enable them to impart life the boar or c and vigor to the pigs inexperienced comfortable pig raisers may think they are doing sleep will helrl well jy the sows by keeping them con- j able dispositic fined to the pen during the cold weath- degree be imn cr when it is one of the worst things j if exercise that can be done for them the sows feeds arc use should have considerable exercise each stipation and every day even if the weather is j furniihed cold to encourage exercise thejpcctcd 1 sows may be compelled to go a consid- tended to crnblc distance from the nest for their furnished tj iced such a scheme will give re- ing their gular exorcise and will fle productive i be considcij x l