^^sMi^^ Condui ted hy Professor Henry G. Bell The object of this <l«partniriit i'h tu place at tlie cer* *lce of our f.-irm readerN the .i^yice of an Bcknowlcdgcd authority tn all subjects pertaining to soilti and ciups. Addrep>i nil (itieKtion>i to ProfvKKor Ilenrjr O. Bell, In rare of 'l'ht> >Vil»on I'ublialiine Company, Ijmitcd, Toronto, and auKwerx will appear in this column in the order in whiih they arc received. When .writing kindly .mention (hi.- paper. As space is limited it in adfviitabie wherr im- meilinte reply is neres.sary that a stamped and addressed envelope i>e eiicln.sed with the quei-tion, whe:: the answer Ht!l Ih" ..nailed dircd. Seedbeds â€" Frequent losse.-! ocmir i'lom poor preparation of seedbeds for varioii.s furni crops. SiHTietimes the j'WJ ,13 cut down bscnuse h com- p.Hiatively shallow rooted crop is pro- vide<i with a doep mellow seetlbed. Under such con;iiUons there i.s sucii c^.-iHws may W listed as followR: For sweet soliâ€" r-lover, alfalfa, KenUicky blue gv^sr,, timothy. For neutral •soilâ€" corn, "orL-luiid iCmsH, meadow fescue, barley, wheat, beans, peas, tomatoe.';. For BHj?htIy *oiir soilâ€" potatoes, WHY SOME CHILDREN ARE BEUCATE liy IIe!on John^m Keye.i. Tlioiijrh we may iwt realize it,] i wintry in the middle of the afiernoon, nnu-h <;f our ill-heitlth in due to stom-i so that it is not ready for food again nch trou'./le. In fact, prominent I at suppsr time. ^ l)hy!«iaian8 have told nio that it is I There are two bad Ihingrs about' , • . , „. ,, .l_ ,-„i. ,;„„ un,<.sval t<, nnd either children or th^< l^^tween-meal eating: One is that ""^ Mother Time ail 5^^^,,.J;'.^^'; ,j.;;^y (r.own-ups with good digestions. , the kind of fo<Kl eaten in this way 13 liX''t''any"^^erfor'^not uatil the bi- rainy day; a horrid old rainy day!' Father Time's Nursery. Up in tlva hrgh nurseries of Father door, and all the little <%ay(g aiprans! e.xpei;t«ritly Ui theii- feet. It was a bi^ pxiriile cloud. "Sun's not go'.n;.^ to get up to-<lay! Scut mc to fetch one of you. Here, you with the black hairl"' He pointed to the littiiti <!ay who was sure hu was troin;; to be famous. "Come alon;?. We're late already!" The day <lrew bad:. "What, me? I don't want to be a This aftlicLion, which may la.it a j not nourL^hinpr, but consists of sweets. ^»^ ^^^^J,^ ^^^ -^ j^^_. ^^^ ^.^,1^ f^^. ' jj^ .,;.„ to Mofher 'Time, but she eor Feeding during th« .=ccoml (year should be an careful as that of the But the nursery is always ^""'/ar , be^.^^^Oh^y<^^on ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ into yeste-days. 1 !?oi"g *" T>e famoM heard, but he was a Ki-eal air space for the tiny mots 'root crops, soy benTM. red top giasa, to cover before they can pet to a promi ! awnkss bromo, concord grapes, cran- supply of moi.nure tltat th» crop isjben-ic«, raspbernc.i. lima be;ms, acluaily rtarvc.l in it.i early days a!kl 1 straw.osrr'ies, oats, irnjUet, buckwheat] weeks of K-rowth. On the other hand' hairy vetch, i-ye. certain crops which thrive under cun- j Now, limo may ba obtainT-^l' in threft dilions where they can sen*l thca-'or four forms. Ground limestone is roots deep and wide are provided with! active in it.n power to coircct .soil shallow finii s?eu'jeds, and conse- Uoumess in as much as the limestone • luently their root (?rowth is severely t carries a good supply of carbonate restricted. The pi-oper prop<u-atlonj of caicium. Whc«,' friyjutid linir'.stone for ibhe stedUd is of great import-' b used, at least one-thinl of it should aiice. Crtnicrcl experience seonis totba finely pround ami the reninj-ninfr classify the croi>s ia refcrer.-.re to j two-thirds fIiouIiI be sTaded, one-half their seedbctls as follows: - I fairly o-arse ar^d the other h-lf inter- Deeply stirred soii! â€" For com, a!- 1 mediate. Tliis ground limestone may falfa, clover, iiotatoes. roots, Rarden he applied at tha rate of one to two \TgctaUe8, Medium <loi)lh seedbed and fairly riimâ€" For wheat, Iwrley, oats, rye, nrrasses. . .Shallow ?cc(!i>cd â€" For roiJkt, mpe, flax, buckwheat. tons to the acre. It is not m any wiay destniotive to crops, banco may be applied at any tljtic of tlie year T • •,. â- .... .• . . â- in-own-nns and cun never return to i ter ('.ay L,mit your daURnter's eafng to her ^-^^i^ j^^ •„ „,, ,Uj..UR^iny ,;ays are ve.7 useful ar^l I'll regular meals until f he eats enough at I ^ ' i. . nursing or bottle-fed ir.fai't. Children i t*iem- '^ >'»" balance li.-r food pro-i , - - , • . . , „ „. f,„t ' of this age should not .It at the t-U.!c \ Perly she wH ,vot feel a cr.wing for tnc baby hours grrow mto '!«â- >« ««^"f with the re.,t of the family, ^.hcre «'-ve3t. in l>etwce;i. Every house- 'as the days g-row 'J^^J^^^^'^lr^/^oomcHlfu^ and disappointed to thci-e is constant temptation to jfivc: keeper should lear,= v.hat dishes to Well, as I ha.-e ..aid, all tho i^y» were _ _^^^^^^^ them unsuitable food. Thcv .should ^et before the family at one time, so play.nfT t^e^her and ;^'"^'*f""\;'"^" I ^.^o one v.-ill be .f.ad to see me have their own simple, nvaak at their ^ that ^th? balance will be correct and , they _shomd be cahi<l a..;! utiat tnc | ^^^ ^^^^^^,, ^„ ^,,^^ ,,,^^5 ,^^ ^^^ ,^,^jg own Iiourii. If this is fear teeUung summer. li«ve me v; Eitkness \% caused by the teeth. They are think?' And worse than that, not a sinsrie fed, and so we have tbouKht that ihe:^ teeth cause the illness. "1 • famous thing happened, aitd ^'lien cut at an age J , ., . , ^-^ ^^ ^â- ,. i„„ .«„..(• ,i„v:^ „..^ w; 1 o,n,- <l<i^P>'-c a hearty appitite rhfee times .\<>J when n»ost iijabie.s are Ixinsr i-adiy 1 ,^ â- r j â- 1 ..1 ». ,, n- 11. i,^>. i./v./i â- . day, Krowin;^ boys and girls want! Mother lime shoolv her head. J^ • jjie messcngei-s of the night came tn i ixtra food, iet it be taken at i-ogular: cannot tell. Run off .".nd p'.ay wit.h 1 ^^^ ,^;^ away to the Land of Yester- , ^ . . . . , ,.hour.s, and let trie cake or cooky be | your brothers and sisters, for who j A^^ a matter of fact, it is the ,o:xl| ,^,.^p„,p3„i^j ,,j. .. ^^^^ ^f j^^. | knows when you will be oalleJ, arxi 1 which causes the illness. Mothers neglect fretfulne.-s and fever in « tftethin;; baby, .'-•ayiiig: "Oh, it io only a t<K>th." And because they do not seek a reiucdy for the coiidltion it often grows v/orse and wonse, until, '^mctimes, the precious baby die.-. If your l)aby vomits end has di.irr- hea, it is bee: How About Air and Exerci.fe? I It is jiotiTal to grov,-in;r youth to; eat, and if the dt'iro for-food is really j not active, something is wrong. Hav- then you can jiever come back to us. The little day hung his ihoiul, but was soon %sh'sperin,g to another day. Must the same, I .shall be famoa..? ins saiisfied yourstlF that sweets are' »" J not have to li'-'e forever in the ; j^^.^^. yom- "stay will turn out to be a not being consumed betwt-tn meals,' dusty old past. I sh«U imve a va- ^^^.^^ ^^n. Th-an you'll be famous i consider whether your children are ,fation every year from the Kingdoro 1 ^^j^pj. j,i, Ciieei- up!" Jays he was so forioni that they tridj to cheer him up. "There arc hundre<ls and hundred; of dayi jtTst like you, and they're ar awfully JO'b' set. Besides, you nevei .?an toll, pcriiaps some one born dur luso there is undige.^cd . «""'"» '."",»", :. .....1 1.:.,., : . .._! L,.. I The a:r wnich getting frefh air and exorci.<::^ enough. I f>f Yesterday, ar.d the wortd v.tU ro- our lungs Po^sbly Iho^est n-rw! for .nn'iea I ""'ie'-''''' '" his bo<ly which U vxi>dn,.\ , V'" â- .:.- «.ncn our lun^. ,,rc.une "--- lo.isioiy uiL oeoo P~nm ror .ipp.ica- vi,,.„„„], i,:„ J:\jf,,.;... ! back int^ the room where wc are has, gotten! breathe member mc long alter you are lor- tion i.-< just when the ;<oiil is being pre-| '"'<? poisons tli rough His digfestive pared in spring. .-Vpply the limostone ''""^'t- The first thing for you to do Use of Li«ie--Tho ne.\t point of on the plowed r.c'l and* work it in by '* to give hi.m a do;-e of castor oil, importance uncVr average farming" diiiking and harrowing. Air-.<lake I "'"• \^ he is in distress and needs im- conditions ia the reaction c,f the -toil.j burnt Tnie is inircr and is hcRido quick '"'^^''â- ''*te r^'bcf, an injection of a table- spoonful of olive oil, followed l^y a pint of warm soapEiid.^. Stop feeding i Sometimes the soil that has been | in its action. Wlien applied to heavy v,ork«d for a p.oriod of years dtvel-jci.iy soil it not only corrects the ops > condition where crops of the sourness of the soil, but gathers to- legume type such a.? clover, alfalfa, | gelher the tiny particles of tflin soil etc., win not thrive. Thia soil is 'and makes the cnnnb of the .soil the amount which he is oommoivly called sour. When the ; eoar.sci . Therefore, on heavy clay so'l is tested with an indkvator suchjFoil it is beneficial to make a half-ton as litmu-s paper, it freciuently pro- j application per acre of air-ylakcd duces a coloration that indicates the .burnt lime once in ti or 8 years. Air- presence of acid within it. Now, I slaked burnt lime is ap;rVcd in very whatever be the cau.se of this condi-| largo quantities tend.s to sterili-/.e the ' soik .4not'her form of lime â€" marl, i.s I valuable in ns far as the mnrl con- ! tains a high perceniago of car'uonate I of calcium. It is finely pulverized Tlie little rainy day hsul never thought of that, and would you be- ' Heve it, my dears, he sper.ds all his time hunting up tho records of bah.'e.^ ^ btrii during liis alay, and he is watch- * tion, th ecffcct of tJio condition' 14 abno.st universally api»aieut Clovers kil'. 011'.. Certain other oops; ihal desire sweet soils do not thrive. lc£t most cf if 3 oxvgen, and oxygen' "Will you tc-ll me all about it when is What our blood mu.'?t receive from I we are together in the past, tiie l\z- _^ our breathing orgaiK in order to keep tic day who had wishe<l t.-> l-c a hapi>y 5,^^, ^j,^,,, closely, I waiit to tell you, our bodies healthy. I one asked anxiously. j for he is determir.ed to be faniou-i A window should al'ways be open; "I won't have mucli -imc to asso- yet. .\nJ maybe he will! But whM at night in a bedroorn~i"t should bs ciate with just common, everyday .ji^out the other little day? h^m for half ? c-iv Tnen trv -i littjei "P'" «* ^op and bottom in ord«r U> days. We fi-.mous days will all l>e j QU Father Time heard her say "l W' .1 w. h. n not VnJ ,»«â- â- ... nr '-"^ tho brcuthod-up air. which risev together, you know. But maybe I.l : hope I shall bs a Imppy day on earth. r;-ir..y \v..tcr-ai,out one qi aau of ^^ the top, pa.^s out and the new air- 'tell you!" the pompous little fellow : And he smikVi a wonderfxji smile, and " "' ccmo in below. In the mild weather ! rem-irkcd as he went. But the other : ,;i, ji l,right nwrnmg in November seiit the sun to fetch her. And -wh-a't. Peace great day?" she asked curiously. : IMy, Novcm.i.>er 11, vrhs-n liialf the Ju;t then" there was a knock on the ' world laid down its arms! in of receiving of niiik, if he is an in- 1 '.,.,. ^ , , » , ., . , i.- fant, and ai«ut two ounces if he isj '^ '' ^ ^ ^'f ^ f " ^"""-'^J one day ran afwcr hmi. over a year ..l.i. If he kee-vs thi.> on'*^""- '^'"''"K th-.. day, occupied rooms! "Huw^o you know yoit will be^ a , day do you suppose it w-ab ( ' siiouM be aire'J from an open windcw ; several time Tliero i« frct)U'.'ntly an appearance of , its natux-al state, hence docs away moss on tlie nirlacu of the soil an,l areas of sheepsciTcl or sour gra.ss are seen in the grain fields. The pen- oral tendency has been to advise the u*u-estricte<l u.-o of lime. Later in- veatig'at'ions showt^l that such advice "w hanT.y in accord with best inter- ests of the growing crops, because with the Tiiicessity of grinding. I.ione which has been wat.'^r-slal'.cd is called hydratod lime. It ia relatively as \-aluable as air-slakod burnt lime. The maintenance of good cirtnila- tion of air and proper supply of water as wtill as the i-lght reaction of the soil ccmpletes tho mcchatiical his htcmach, repeat the do.^e in a couple of hours. If he is nuith letter . by tb.'s time, a;W a fourth of whole ! "-^>'e^«" ''cats mere rapidly than air ni the amount vf food he was taking fore his illnes^!. Do not be afraid q^i-^'^"''' f"^.*' ^ . , , , .^. starving him. If ho is suffering from] , -^"^'l ''"^^^ raumt p:ay? ^oung peo- bad indigcsticn, ho can go safely ''' " "^"- - P'«^' *** ^' ^'^"- ^''^^ "^ ^" / ;n. s t-ime, a;i<t a lourm ot wnoie . ^ " , . , â- -. - --râ€" ./ ilk. Work up very, very slowly to f>'^"" ^,h"-'h the o.xygen has been cx- e amount ,,.f food he was taking l>e- h^^ustwl, so the temporary chill wnll hours without any- whilo certain types of croi)s require (onditions of tho plant home. It, of sweet soil, otiicis <lo best where the course, ncceariitates a .sufficient sup- rcadi'on of tho soil lis neutral, while ply of 4iumus which is really tho life- a third clas.s «ctuiiMy thrive ur.<ieT| centre of the soil. The ncxit article conddtitm^; of slight soil acidity. The| wiM deal with l,lie fo»d of tlie pVaul. <Tops that bohiiig to lluf:!e variouK (To be continued.) The Food Board Says Largely a.s a re.srult of this war («iiad(i wiil have to pay iutercHt on about $2,000,000,000. Her hope of est possible <levclo;,niont of the su^'ar maple trees of KaKtern Canada be undtr'u»ken this spring. "ICvery dol- lar's worth of Canadian maple .sugar au<i syrup proiluced is a dollar »av»l for Cana.ln," said Mr. Thomson. Those who have made a business of tinancial salvation lies in the devel- Wfiple sugar and maple syrup say opmeiit of her natural resources. In! that only oli per cent, of the trees â- •ailing attention to these facta,! '« the avetage sugar bush uiKler op- (^airman H. B. Thomsun of the Cun-i eratioii are tapi>ed and that v.ithout ad* Foo<l Hoard urges t.Jiat the great- OUR FAMOUS •'Champion" Evaporator ')nly u»er» ot lii« 'CliAinploa" aro *n- •111»<1 to (»i.t«r our •1,000.00 I'liic Coiii- pe!ltlon for Mrrav Ki-rt â- ii»»r. Eulll for forilio, It Bl. en mftxlmum r«- tiirna whlrh m.-uni no w*«t6. I.'im* of thti "Olliwiplou" Know wli^.t It â- Jo»« and will annlii urovi. ll» iii*TiI(i til .bis ( omprtUlon with ltd Oklb |)rl«» win- ntiiK opporliinltiMi. Nun - umoih. aiiA â- rove owners ir.ixldliriK (ilone with old, WK.iln'ul mvtiiuiln U8<1 Duller Ket li> lln* •nd ordM a "ChMJiplon" uiiil n«-«iiary â- UPI>Ur.8 BOW. asncM MAWupiLOTTiiuxro ooMVAirr 68 WalUorton â- «.. KoaUr«»l "Without a Single Exception The Fertilizers Were Profitably Employed" â€" Jiays Oila-xi l''e«tui,.c,i ;:'id nutnurc rjtpeii- meat3 *»ere ri.rri-J outatfivo Ki- peritncinal I'.um Station", on a tlirec-ycar lot itioii ot (1) Po:iti.c-. or ••iti-r ko-J rrop, u) flfaln and (3) IT.y. "Thciivaace |.rc»it (or thi-t hrcayMn lion (h« ptoUrf crlvl;ij IxTik'rc ,mnA ir^ni f rr'tH.'-rs •t^>ne^ll^^t.'y " Ttif-f.« I jiI.njl»tLi.i« a..*^ hsjfct on (In â- .lc». Unl.tr firf^«nt inadiltocfl of (fia merket. no*«ri(l;i(andinK the laLr<!AiiA<t cott of lertiLzcrs, the proEC3 would appear ITfAiHt '* " At alt t!ie «lation9. tUe <umblat.tlon of manure an<lfcrtili:ara r.ialcd hlclily, and took hlfhi.«t nlace io tlia aTerarti."' Dominion Lzpertmental Farms Hcport lOlS. FERTILIZERS HASTEN RIPENINQ AND INCREASE CROP YIELDS. Writtfor frit Bultelinton Crof ProJucllon So'Amtti Crap impreramanl Buraau ef t'e CaaadUa FeiifliMr AMo^Utima luoB rzMruL bldq,, Toronto. 'j't additional eipiipment save extra pails, it would be pos.s'ible to ijiierease the production sreatly H those ahv.ady accustamcd to tappino: some of their trees wouild tap more. In addition to tJhis possibility for evpansiion is th€ opportunity presented hy many foi-ni.'? which have sugar " maple groves which are not tappe»l at all, or if a few treiw are tapped, the ksmall ([uantity of .suirar and syi-up prodiiceil suffices only for the use of thi> fam- ily on the farm. A Mor.itrcal dealer re-ci-ntly sent out a questioimiiirc to a larpe nunrhor of miapje nupar producers iiskinR questionn aa to the amount proiiifod, j numl>er of trees and tctail ixK-eipts i j monc;,-. The answers varied ver, , coiisidenibly, but one man, with 75 'urres ot bush, reaVzcvl $t,500 la.H year for about throe veuks' work. TJie average healthy iiiaph) tree w;us supposed to produce (iO cor.ts wortli of sap in tlic ?.euson at prices are the i-oufch-and-tumblo sports in the open. Perhaps you feci that. Ijc- cau.se there m so much exercise in fai-m work, exercise in play is not r.ece.ssary. Have you heard tlie story of tlie littlo girl who walked two miles to school every d.iy and two miki liome'aK^in. wid who beypred for a school playground where she could exerciaa? The tea.cher s.iid: '"Wliy. surely. Lucy, you h:ive exercise enougih v.-alking to and from school so far!" "Oh," explaiinsd Lucy, "1 want the Lesson l.X. T'he Uepoil of tlie Spies. â€"Num. 13: 1 to 11: 38. ('.olden Text. 1 John 5:1. 13. very for twenty-four thin?. You â- will foo the common seivjc of thfa i# you remember tliat food can- not nourish the botfy un'.sss the sitjra- ath and intestines a.'t upon it as they do when they are in jfood condition. There f 01^, when wc put fo;.:d into a stomadi which is too sir'k to take caro of it, not one particlu of nourishment is received by the body from that food. On the contrary, it lies, an undiijested masi, in the digestive ortraus, pro<luc.ing poisons. If he is weak and needs nourishinciit, your tusk is to get his stomach into a con- dition to extract nourisl.me^it, and that can be done only by giving it a complete rest for a few houi-s and Ami as tor woric: i cnink we can I ^"|^ --^-Jj" " j^^j^Vy;,,, Mou-it.s Hermon i stacles, lalth that i-: not easily daunt gvttiiig rid of idl that is in it and i f"'^''*^ '^,"^" 5'"*"»t de^l Ices dull than , ,^^^^ i.eUncn. through whiidi a road ed. that perseveres to the end, that the bowels ' "^"""y '^ ^"'" **"'" y""^"*? people by: ^^ ^^ the citv of Hamath on tha Or- j achieves and that wins victories. , . A ♦^ Ti I.V I 1 I I putting into it tho new interest of i ontes river. The entire journey and! It was remembered of Caieh, in his Anoiner jneorj j-Apioueu. 'trying to i>erfoi-m it in some better! return would cover three huiuhed | history of Israel. {Aid to his everlast- Foi-mciiy it w.os the l>elicf that,.vvay. It is the dull f,'rind of <toiiig the mi-les ar-d more, but might have been j iiig renown, thai, he "whojdy follovvvd over and over without completed in forty days (v. '^^). It ; the Lord" " ~. - . - ius,'' th?y said, "to return to Egypt?" .So it has been in every gi-eat for- , ..ard movement in the worW's his- I tory. Tlnre are maay who he-^'in but i have rot faith or coui-age to persevere i to the er.d. They arc daunted by i difficultic-. Tliey niaigiiify the di'ffi- U-uitio? in their way. Uctter ths I bondaire oi Egyi>t, they say, ihan tha struggle for freedom. They are con- ' queretl by fear. In splendid contrast _ and in rebuke ringj cut the protest of Caleb, "Let us go up. . . . for we are well able." In 13: 30 Cal«b alone is mentioned as standing for , the bc'.Jcr course, but here, in v. G, The Two Reports. "Send thou Joshua is ^vith hian. In distress at the men" The people were now encamp- ; conuiict cf their fe.low spies and ax ed in the wilderiies« of Paran (12: j the rbcllious cowsrdliu.isa of tne peo; It)), at a platx; called "Kadesh" (see ; pie, they "rent tiieir c-lothej." "The V. "iGl, on the extreme southeni boun- : land," they said, "is an exceeding pTaygroiind bo n-- to get rested for the darv of Pales'tine. The spies went | good l«nd." "If the Lord delight in walk ho-mc." I northward to Hebro:i and continued. : ua, then He wi!l biing us into thi.'» Lucy hit upon a big truth: We need ' according to v. 21, untd they had land." "The Lord is. with us. ' This fun in order to get rested for v.-ork. ' traversed tho wliole great tabldand . is the aiiguage of taiLh faith hat s And ns for work: I think we can ^ "^ ^'e*''^'-" ^ "l^'^'""' "'' ^â- ''-^' the, invimvUe.. f.cbh that overcomes ab- whoopmg , .,nv change which wears us out a-.id! '=» l^'siWe, of course, that they may ; Josh. 1;5 •/•-»• Kcid o forth. ; makes us feel "do'=<iite " ^""'^ divided mto SL'veral parties, and i in p.'nt. 1 : 'i-'-l;>. aii; vdr bov; i \'t !. \L. 7, • â- n . â- ' so may have made a more e::tcnsive , of Cak^j ami Joshua f 1.11 LH)}H| A. most every taxJc in tho home is; "_, 't;,.- fniijrKllly Iwrau.so you <lo ncJl allow vis- itors in the sick room or because you keep your family away from their sick Tnembcrg â€" why, you will just have t,» bear it for the sake o«f pro- tfcting our hoyv.1 and girlV. They are even mow importaTit than our neigh- bor's feelings. If you ft*l thiit your daush';er does ii<»t "«at enough to keep n bii\l alive," (ind out what she is devouring bc- pertaining bi-foie the war. It .chould! twecn mtiflln. little lunches taken children mu.it have coiitagirous <!as- 1 sanTo thin eases â€" â- mea^'kM, mumps, w cough, chicken pox, and so Parents actually CXp.DSed th .. _., , .-i.„,u„ ,:>^.,, ia7»:v .a un; aonie is , „Hn-ratinn and g-irls to tbe.^ maladies ni order j «,p,iW. „f .,eing: executcl more ea.dyi'Xhul has already been mentioned 10 "get through with them. ^\ e have and in a more effective fashion than in y.kchI. 17 as commander of Israel's learned, however, that a groat manyj^ve \y^^yo i,ee„ ^]^,],^g j^^ Suggc.U to fighting men. in '21: 13 as Mo.ses' more deaths resrdt thrtn we supi)o.sod,; th,, aelicatc dau'^^ler that she invent mini.der, or servaiH, and in 83: 11 and, moivover, that many, many chil- 1 ^ more convenient urrungcnient for a's© a* dwelling in, and apparenfly drcn who recover are loft delicate. U],^ kitchen furnitcre, in onier to 'aive having the care of the Tent or Taber- Evo weakness, dcafiu' â- • ^â- r.r^=,,â- ,t,.n.\ n^,.-,^ ..„,i if,.,...r,fi, ,â- „' *,v,„ .x,.„..,....*.:,.., : nacle, wlvch aftenvards iHK'amu the tion. an.l nervous? cond St. Vitus' (lancts frequently these diseases of cldldhood. No pre- j by "routing" Ivs work mor<! care-| f our mans TOUtion should io regarded as tooifully. Sudi Inventions give the work- 1 J'^ .tj,^ extreme south of western Pal much trouble to taka, and if there, er an intcrast in what he has to do, | e<,,tine, between HcKi.ui and Kadesh. are nfiighhors who consider you un- ; which keeps aw.vy "that tired feel- The "'wilderness of Zin" (v. 21) is, Sec V. 24, Deut. 1: 3G Rcid the whole stor> d the story told forty years later. iKv.-.. eonsump- time and strength in the preparation i ",^'-'^'' ''''J"} aYenvaias i>ecumo J!tions. such as I of meal... Suggest U, your .on that j ^=^:""f <^* *^?, ^'^''^*"- . . „ , •quently foUow, he could (-ave hula an hour evei-y dav ,/Ki^'*"i^v ^\- â- } '' .'" "^ ' dhood^ No pre- j by "routing" Iv^ -vk nio.. «..- ^'^ ^|-„,^TS t^el^rr: brew same It i.> tho 'hcvTrcn rrgion be t'.viie ihnt nuu-li now. It will rlu no harm for farmerTi to experiment this season and sc; how many trees tliey vould t;in. for suijar and syrup viil iwiy. \Natch Your .S«ed This .Spring. after an insufficient breakfast spoil tho apowtile for dinner, and leave tho stomach with an empty feeling which drives the bird-like appetite to tho Kvery once in a while we have an iii«- If we feed oiu- ycuingsters properly, protect them against illness, fill their hmga witli fr.v:^h air, their heart.s with '^o^^Jarics are unkno^yii. ''Reliob'' ^'.,„ n„i n, ;.. ^^^-h- ,";m. â- .„^ .. t probably rdentwal wuth Bcth-rehc fun, an. Ih.ir woik vith interest. \_j^^ ^^...^^ „„ ,),p ,,i,,p^, „f „.. there wv.ll be few de.^oate ones nmong mon. near the sources of the rivv t-hem. T^r.Ui. Tlio ".->»it(Mmi.- in nf VlnmntV according to 20-: .t. r.:'ar Kadcijh, or is a name for the region in which Ka- dei'h lies. Its exact location and Rehob" is fehffb â- r- mon, near the sources ot tnc river Jordan. The "entering in of Hamath" j was probably tho deep valley between L'pou receipt of a self-addivssed Hernion and Lebanon in the north of stamped cnvolop<« »eiit to" Mrs. Keye.s, Palestine, through which there w.as a in rai'e ot WiUou PubliiShing Co., 73 »'o«d le;«ling to Hamath, a hundred I'oronto. suff'ir<?siion,» i"'l«3 farther north. "Hebron" m tho south, was the first important Pales- to which they came in their journey. Where the "valley of EshcoP' was ia not known. "The chil- Couldn't Do Both. Tlie young thiug wafted into the photographer's, and v/as taken up to^ the studio. "1 want my photo taken," she simp-, ored. '-i'ou'U make me pretty, won't you?" The photographer Krunted. * â- 'Yoii'H see that It'a a good likeness, won't yi)u';" nrgnd tho girl. 'â- Well, madam." Baid the man, "ifa i;or you to decide which it .shall be." Adelaide St. W., Toronto, suggestioiM will be iivaile<l regarding feeding ^â- after tho lirp.t >oar, and the first symplvmu of the contagiou.s diw.isea of children. as ,'!oon Its i>ossiWc after the chicken 1» liatclicd. as It keeps ouicter then and I'ts toes are more ^siipplc. How- ever, we doctored ono iTiat wa.i three days oUI, an<l now wo cannot tell you which was the ci ippled chick among the flock. -♦ HIa Half. ".\Inniniii." shouted little l.eniil<» from the nursery, "Johuulo wants half thfs bed." "Well," nskod tho niotlu-r. No other truck or girden crop hivc I found to depend for it.s aucce«i3 more' on ftr,-,t i-la.i« need llwn onions. Good' iiicuLal<M- hatch como clV in which .seel is. of cour.se, the foundation of therw are several chicks with their 8ncv-e3.s with ail .«e.e-dad (•rojis, but ti>o.'» crooked or turnod under. l!y when one i» an\>wini< oiiiona alnio.it' catching them hi time wc find it can cccluaivcly for lii» ni<!\i>y crop, iioodjhe very easily cure<l. .-eed i.; a v'.Uil rccftiiteniiT.l. | We t:»ke a pie«:e ot cardiMMird cut 111 Uie !lri»t fdace, the onion seed to the shaipc oC a chickou's foot, with mii-^t int grown the year before it ,'',<.a mnijl pnere to go up the leg. We ii-ed. it ;s a gainWe to us- tw.->-ycur-; n;'> the chi.k's fvol with vaseline, audi o'h! soeil. Some of it will grow, but wT«p c:..di too :.nd leg in cotton woo!,! "^'"«" "•'" '»' we canM depend on g'lting a satis- ' (h-^n bcw the toes ttiaight out tv> thc| factory ataiid. After two year.s the' ,..,,;l:')onvd with seme soft yarn, tak-j chances are allm of getting e:iou*h jr.- j-nrc not to nirck the t'n>.<4, and li«: plants fro^i even a double amount of (,ii^, jcg ple;\-< rouml I he leg. Th's' seed to pay for the cultivation of the keep? it liiiH- V.'o lit the splint re- crop- jnvain ou for forty-eight to sixty; 4 [hour?, aiul when it is taken off the| Powilcred liorajc added bo ttie water toes are usually found to bo quiit* | wih(«ii w«.<ahiirir whiit« fl«iin*lii kacipi itrailgiht. "Yes," replied l.cnnie. 'In; his half in tho middle." isii'i he v.riits A Soft Answ«: Do: . .Id lad;, ^-' sweeper, are you sweep mines'? Cautious tar- Oh. Just round the tops of 'em, Udy, whore the dust sot- -o you re > .i i. i,;iiio- Aud whcvo do you th?m »oft arxl Hkia new. i W« And U b«st to out Dm sniint on Uo». drcn of Anak" or, in Hebrew phi-aso, "tho long-necked people. w«re a poo- ple uniMuailly tall, so that hi later tra^.tion they weie refl;au!e<l as giants, and so called ''NefSiiliiii," fot which compare Gen. (i: 1. The -fhort- er Hebrews felt themieJv,\; "aa grasshoppers" in their night. The reports brought by the spies to Moses were not consistent. They car- rie<l a great cluster of Kraipc's and s«.id that tho land "il.->weth wi'ith milk and hoif.y." Rut others iaid that it "i.s a land that eatcth \ip tho iuliabi- tants thereof," that i:\ (Iocs not pro- duce enough fock,! to puatain life. All agreed, however, iih.it the people were stronrg and the cities "fencwl and very great." But (Vv'<b E-aid, "Let ua go up at once and ro.^'.i?ss it; for we are w^ll able." U: 1-38. Fait!, and Fciir. "The people wept." Th,x\ v.ol'>^ sorely dis- appointed. The voice of fear wore more potent than thn .o of faitii. And to, disappointed aid a*'rai<l. Ih â- pef>- ple murmurcvl Bg.ains... their 'k.ulera, hl»mii^ them for that which was the fruit of their own we^kr.oss and O0(W»rdic«. "Were it not b»tn,r for ! SPRINO r^USKRATS We pay tht bfst price for Spring Muikrats Send any Furs you have. Von are assured of aatlsfaction In price s<nd Ireatment. ABltKV Fl U COMP.VNY 310 St. Paul St. W., Montreal. Qua. In business for 30 years , Pveterence: 33.i;ili; ot Hoibcini'a, .St. Heory.