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qiome clmfo by fcsafljeans best the twilight story chapter three what lady ilea did da you rembor i old you lady hen stayed sitting on her white eg which she hid lu the barn all bight long to keep it warm well even when daylight camo around see just felt she couldnt leave it there ail atone and didnt know what to do hut lust then in flew miranda spar row when she saw the egg she told lady lien sho raj right to keep it warm all the time and not let it get cold so lady hen was glad she stay ed and sat there all ot today too the dark came again and she went to sleep the way she did the night before but when the next morning came my but she was feeling hungry and so very thirsty too i guess you would feel pretty hungry it you just didnt have your dinner and would only have to wait till supper time wouldnt you but lady hen did without breakfast and dinner and supper because she thought the ess might get cold she got just awfully hungry so this morn ing when she knew it was time for breakfast and tho nice lady from the big house was calling all the chickens to coma as she threw out a lot of good grain she looked out to see that no body was around ami then she crept carefully out and ran over and she had a great big breakfast oh it was good and the water was so good too but as soon as she was finished she hur ried back afraid the egg would get cold however sho found it wasnt coid yet because she was away sueli a little while so she decided she would go every morning and get something to eat and then hurry back again after that do you knew what else she did you cant guess why she laid another egg in the nest then an other and another unti she had eight i234567s then she to herself now i guess thats enough for me to look after miranda sparrow came flying in one day after lady hen had the eight eggs and whispered something in her ear and then flew out again and after she was gone lady hen did what she told and tun ancient totem i well hr to do she would fluff up her win- out big and then can you im agine what she did sue roiieti on the egg- and they didnt break tor hen little body was so soft but she did look i nest funny then she put her bill downiiug h eg you lady lien never had any babies befo so miranda sparrow had to tell h to io that i lady ilea had b u sitting on tha eggs a long long time just the she was there for three long we little boys and girl had their y day on saturday and went to sutiy school oa sunday three times gag to school all through the weelior three weeks and still she was sing there she began to notice no her lady hens seemed to want to ava babies so late ir the year fosiero it was after the summer hotels but she didnt like to ask thonibout it because then they wouhknow about her egs hidden nwa in this nice dark corner the very next morning siething wonderful happened lady ki heard something if she had beeitte least hit deaf she wouldnt have sard it pretty soon the sound camagaia a3 plain as could be peekickpeek where did it come from ad here was another little noise onlit had a wee hit higher sound peekeckpeck and she got quite fussed u about it at last she peeked undeeata her warm body for she wodenif some thing wa wrong with hesggs and sure enough one of the oggwas brok en and she said cluck celt cluck well whats this i dont riderstand it but i better sit real qui so they dont all break but soo ho eggs started to move and a bigdece came off sho thought she bett look un der again when she looked uudeiiii3 time oh what do you think le saw a huffy little head was posing out of the egg and hi3 bright litieyes were looking at her lady llewas so ex cited and hurried and overed her feathers around it so it wouldnt get cold but pretty soon tthe other side she felt another cbreak and here was another iittltfltifiy head oh how cute they looklj she cud dled them in under hero close and warm and lady hen knv then these were her babies that shad waited for for such a long ti the dark was softly creeping in found tho cor ners and lady hen td her babies about tho lovely nigh for the first time and they shut those sleepy and soon alwere sleeping how nbouthe next morn- farm problems conducted by prof henry g bell dept of chemistry ontario agricultural college guelph the object of this department is to place at the service of our farm readers the advice of ac knowledged authorities on all sub jects pertaining to the farm address all questions to pro fesso- henry g bell in care of the wilson publishing company limited toronto and answers will appear in this column in the order in which they are received when writing kirdly mention this paper as space is limited it advisable where immediate reply is necessary that an addressed envelope be enclosed with the question when the answer will be mailed direct before being pub lished cooyright by wilson publishing co limited ques hero are some of t tions and answers reader 1 i have a piece ot clayj ground which i have had in potatoes i for two years and i intend sowing acre ot fertilizer analysing 2 to 4 pei cent nltrcgon s to 12 per cent avail able phosphoric acid and 10 to 15 per cent potash the higher potash fertilizer should be used on the black ground since muck soils are always short ot this type of pantfood tor best results apply 2u0 pounds of fer tilizer through the fertilizer attach ment of your sugar beet drill when planting the seed two hundred to six hundred pounds of the fertilizer should he spread on th ground by the fertilizer dropper grain drill preced ing sowing of sugar beet seed t 1 a five acre field has a clay subsoil with live inches of block earth on surface is it suitable for tur nips and potatoes 2 how deep should potatoes be planted and how- many bushels to the acre answer 1 the clay soil with the black earth on top it carefully worked should he suitable for turnips and should produce fairly good potatoes potatoes as a rule do host on gravelly or sandy loam soil as a rule po- what new yei is wearing by annabklik iorthixcton illustrated dressmabbtg lenxm fur- uished with briry pattern s range things strange canadas aborigines here unusual out ways have left their pristine traces a wo see a mighty straugo totem with ot ancient and la background may be made out prow life of cut flowers prolonged by carbon dioxide atmosphere tatoes should not bo planted more than i 1 to c niches deep ten to twelve bushels to the acre is considered a sufficiently thick seeding m v 1 would it be wise to top- dress fields of wheat with manure for i winter we were not able to get the anewer you will be well ad vised to topdress wilder wheat with manure especially if the wheat has uot made a very heavy top growth do not put too heavy a covering of manure about 2 to 4 tons to the acre has been found to be most ef fective this will tend to lodge the snow over the wheat and will there- j fore protect the wheat and gain morej moisture for it in the spring as soon as tho field is sufficiently dry to go upon it may he advisable toj i many after the pudding comes the cake tiie christmas cake ranks next in importance after the pudding and the mincepies and it is wise when youngsters have to be considered to to provide a cake net too rich or heavy tho christmas cake and not tuo pudding and mincepies as many believe is the last straw at christmas feasts concentrato on a cake tiiit is fruity without being too rich cr heavy an ideal cako can bo made from the fol lowing recipe to a pound ot selfraising flour add a good pinch ot salt then rub in half a pound ot margarino when tho mix- tttre is like breadcrumbs add a quar ter of a pound each of washed cur rant sulfanas and stoned raisins and to ounces ot chopped candled peel to tills add a quarter of a pound of fine white sugar and a tablespoonful ot mixed spice and stir well next tako two eggs and beat them well adding a gill of milk stir this in tho cako mixture until tho wholo is thoroughly moulded together cicaso a cako tin and lino with cle white paper put tho mixture la tho tin and place in a hot oven tor twenty mlnutc3 aftor twenty minutc3 tho heat must bo reduced and tho cako baked in a slow oven after two hours tho cako may bo tried with a knife it tho latter comes out clean tho cako la dono it not put it back in tho ovon and allow it to cook until tho knife does como out clean to lco tho cako allow it to got quite cold thon cut oft tho top until it u perfectly flat tako halt a pound 6j icing sugar and roll out until smooth beat up stiflf the white ot ono egg with a pinefot salt thon add the icing sugar guluauy tako a bread knife and afl dipping it in hot water prepare to sooth over icing which you caf ur over tho cako in spoonfuls dping tho knife front time to time in ot water to ou- suro smoothness lea leave it to set 3 to colour tho iciuj cochineal or vegetable coloring eab obtained at any grocers and a if drops are add- befe putting it on inalij almond icing cd to tho icing the cako to work four ounces otcrjund almonds into tho yolk of an gg without beat ing with four ouncg ot icing sugar 33 well this mahs a stiff mass which can bo piledaml arranged on top of the cake beicj tho white icing is added r vour wife sems terribly worried sho is sh is worried about how to buy 21 curstmas gifts with three dollars and alia economic sjpals must include tho meal ot boaujt a3 well as tho ideal of plenty sir basil blackott the life of cut flowers fruits and vegetables may be prolonged by stor age in a carbon dioxide treated at mosphere show experiments reported to the american chemical society by norwood c thornton 6t the boyce thompson institute for plant re search yonkers ny roses one of the most perishable ot flowers responded well to the treat ment rosebuds stored in carbon di oxide treated air for seven days were still fresh and opened slowly with good color and shape when removed to warm air while those kept for the same period in ordinary cold storage were badly shattered since florists kavo considered three days the maxi mum period for roses the treatment gave a possible gain ot four days this is a new application of the principle on which all refrigeration by solid carbon dioxide known as dry ice is based ah living organisms respire giving oft carbon dioxide this process which leads to total decay in the case of cut lowers fruits and vegetables can be delayed by the presence of carbon dioxide in the air to handle dry ice efficiently mr thornton explained it became im portant to determine the tolerance of various plant organs to artificially pro duced dioxide atmospheres tho re sults show that some plant organs are improved for consumption by proper percentages ot carbon dioxide others have considerable tolerance of the gas and only a few require that mini mal amounts of it be present during the- treatment tho pear be came very soft and juicy while the poach and the banana remained hard the banana withstood 33 per cent carbon dioxide without apparent in jury to the final ripening color or flavor this concentration retarded tho coloring o the banana so that it was approximately two days longer in ripening than tho controls citrus fruit withstood a relatively high con centration of carbon dioxide without noticeablo injury during or after the storage period earths fourhour day most people impatiently await the coming ottho shortest day because from thence onward the evenings be gin to lengthen tiie date of the shortest day de pends upon the exact time the sun at tains its most southerly declination if it does this before midnight on december 1 then that day is tho shortest if after midnight then the 22nd enjoys the distinction while it the time ot most southerly declination occurs exactly at midnight as occas ionally it does then there are two shortest da3 in that particular year sil more infrequently it sometimes hapnens that this time is delayed until after midnight on tho 22nd in which case of course tho 23rd becomes the shortest day judging by our modern standard at one period of tho earths history all our days wero shortest days for astronomers havo shown that in very remote times tho da7 lasted only about four hours this means that for millions of year3 the day has been slowly but surely lengthening its duration in deed has altered la th3 direction even during tho time of civilised man vo know this from study of ancient eclipses as found in chinese records clms the other day a man hitherto with out a spot on hi3 character inquired with wellfeigned innocence how canfivo persons divide five eggs so tiiat each man will receive one and still ono remain in tho dish after the company went all but dis tracted in tho mazes of this proposi tion tho fellow meanly said one takes the dish with tho egg the cause of peace is apt tho cause of cowardice it peace is sought to bo defended or preserved tor tho sato- ty ot tho luxurious and tho timed it is a sham and tho peaco will bo baso war is better it peaco is to bo main tained ho got a plenty xow said tho college man to his dad at the football game youll see more excitement for two dollars than you ever saw beforo i dont know replied tho old gent thats what my marriage license cost me malteasor wheat on this next year i ask your advice in regard to tlu best results would it be wise to put any more manure on 2 what do you think about sowing oats on sod which is to bo plowed next spring answer 1 if you manured the po tato ground heavily t would not ad- vise adding more stable manure when ra 0m earlet preparing it for wheat i would ad vise however adding about 300 lbs i per acre of fertilizer carrying 12 to 1 per cent available phosphoric acid and 3 to c per cent potash the reason is i that stock manure is relatively weak in plant ripener phosphoric acid and the addition ot the fertilizer in questiou will tend to balance manure and assist the wheat crop to make good rootgrowth and to ripen evenly tho potash will help tho plumping of tho grain the fertilizer is best ap plied through a grain drill with fer tilizer distributing compartment 2 oats may be sown on sod lam which has been plowed this spring ilow- ever the plowing should not be loo deep else the water supply for tho oat crop might be seriously impaired i phed a a topdres i prefer using plowed sod for potatoes or some other cultivated crop since cultivation gives a chance to rid the regular gram drill applying the soil of weeds before the grain and grass crops are sown co i have fourteen acres of roll ing clay soil to plant to beans next spring would like to get advice as to fertilizer would you adviso using worlds most ni wonderful bank much per acre and what kind answer many bean growers have the recently completed head offico obtained satisfactory returns from building of lloyds bank in london is fertilizing their crop lu tests carried probably the most wonderful in the on with beans in huron county by world topdress the wheat field with 250 pounds per acre of a fertilizer analys ing abort 212g this will give the early growing wheat a good start and should help in the general vigor and yield of the crop fertilizers can be er by broadcast ing them with a lime and fertilizer j spreader or by crossing the grain with 1 irill applying the fer tilizer through the regular fertilizer section care should be taken to have j the discs or hoes suspended so that they will not injure the growing crop featicrwci new appeal fo tweed provides a the tailored utility slip easily under the it has taken more frock that will winter coat this snappy model adopts slimuess through its clever crossover effect of the bodice and panel at front and back of the skirt the button trim adds still further to its slenderness the youthful kilted united arrangement at either side gives smart flare style no 2801 is designed in si s dc is jo 12 4 1 and 46 inches bust size 3g requires ivl yards gyinch with yird 85inch contrasting black canton crepe with vest of white rich wine red crepy patterned woolen with blending shade plain woolen and dark green crepe maro- cain with vest cf lighter preen shade are attractive combinations how to order patterns write your name and address plain- than four giving number and size ot such this institution in 192a tho averag increase for fertilizing beans was 293 bushels per acre the increases in years to erect and during that time c0 men have been engaged incess antly upon the work tho seven experiments conducted at laboursaving devices havo been that time ranged from 0 to 575 brought to a lino art there enters bushels per acre good results were let us say a customer who wishes to obtained from the use of 212g or inquire the size ot his balance or 2105 fertilizers these aro usually more likely in tlieso days his over- applied at tho rate ot soo pounds per draft tiie clerk of whom ho makes acre best results aro obtained by 1 his inquiry writes dovn tho message- applying this fertilizer through the ferl upon a telewriter this is reproduced tilizer section ot the grain drill many automatically and instantaneously in bean growers recommend spreading a department several floors away tho fertilizer 7 to 14 days beforo plant- where the bank ledgers are kept the ins tho beans if you do not have a patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to wilson pattern service i westadelaide st toronto grain drill with fertilizer dropping sec tion any broadcasting machinery such as a limo spreader will distribute the fertilizer on top of tho plowed ground careful harrowing and disking will work it in when fertilizers aro ap plied through tho grain fertilizer drill it should bo allowed to drop through tho hoe on each side of the ono drop ping beans but not in tho hoo that is dropping uio seed it fertilizers are carefully applied a3 described they j supply availablo plantfood to tho young growing crop and glvo it ma- 1 terlal assistance do uot drop the beans on the fertilizers i p f wo are contemplating grow- lug a small acreage ot sugar beets the coming season and as it will be our flrst experience along this hue we would like to have your advice as to what analysis ot fertilizer to uso ono field is heavy ground with clay sub soil the othor is black ground with gravelly bottom answer for fertilizer for sugar beets uso from 100 to soo pounds per ledger clerk looks up he amount and records the figures on the telewriter next moment these are passed over tho counter to the customer in the basements of the bank tar below ground level aro bombproof strong rooms with huge steel doors weighing many tons yet so beauti fully balanced aro they that a child can open them onco tho key has been turned in their burglarproot locks all corridors are patrolled in cessantly and a wonderful system of mirrors enables tho guardians to see round distant corners tramp believe santa the parkkeeper found asleep on one of tho seats ill you ho exclaimed tho mans shoulder im closo tho gates all right murmured tho tramp sleepily dont slam them shaking going to far be it from mo to assort that wdiat everybody says must be true everybody is often as likely to be wrong as right bobby do clans sure iios been to our house al ready and hid a doll in mas desk and a rocking horse in tho coal bin some mighty midgets it has been proved that tho com mon snail can draw a load which is fifty times heavier than itself it an elephant wero as strong in propor tion to size it would have to move nearly 270 tons that is only one specimen from natures collection of mighty midg ets that perform in secret on land and in tho sea even the strongest men find it diffi cult 10 lift more than their own weight yet a bluebottle fly can lift more than 20 times u3 own weight while it can draw a load that is 150 times heavier than itself ohjects which aro about forty times heavier than themselves are of ten carried by tho mason wasps you havo seen those earsplitting powerful ihii3 which aro used to tear up tho road well thcro ft a mollusc known as tho piddock or pholas dao- tylas which can rival their power and is a superior worker as it makci no noise silently but 11010 tho less efficient ly the piddock bores through tue hardest rock as casually as it it were soap by loving whatever is lovable ijj those around 113 love will flow back from thorn to us and will become ft pleasure instead ot a pain and eartf will becomo kko heaven and wo sliatj become not unworthy followers ot him whosj name 13 loyft dean stanley ha ha ra for pa so your soj got his ba and m a yes indeed bat pa stia support lm royal arcanum bulletin 1