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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 quesw s of sufficient general interest it will be answered through this eoumn tamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter a na answer will be mailed to you address agronomist care of wilson publis co ltd 73 adelaide st w toronto k j s i had a field of beans seed with the disk drill running the last year would it beall right to put disks light and sowing the fertilizer in beans this year again is fertiliz- at the same time if you think this er any good for growing beans 2 would be all right would you advise what percentage- should fertilizer sowing the same way this wheat is have for growing tobacco 3 is sowed or go crosswoys 1 there any way of finding out if the i answer i believe you would do winter wheat has been killed before well to topdress your spring wheat spring comes would it be advis- i with manure or fertilizer indications able to sow spring wheat 1 from experimental tests are that you answer 1 the largest bean will get biggest return by applying growers of the east are large users j the manure at the rate of about 5 of fertilizers the bean crop is a tons to the acre if you have a ma- rapid growing crop and thrives where nure spreader you will be able to dis- there is a ready supply of available tribute the manure evenly over the plantfood investigation of their wheat in view of the fact that you methods show that many successful are going to seed this field to grass bean growers use from 200 to 600 and clover i would advise you to top- pounds of fertilizer per acre carry- dress it with a fertilizer carrying 3 ing 1 to 2 per cent ammonia s to to 4 per cent ammonia and 8 to 10 per 12 per cent available phosphoric acid cent available phosphoric acid the and 2 per cent or over potash in method you have in mind of applying applying this fertilizer on account of the fertilizer is all right i would the tenderness of the crop do not ap- by all means advise sowing the ply the fertilizer too near to the row same way that the wheat was drilled many successful growers apply the c f ii please advise me if the fertilizer through the fertilizer at- culture for inoculating alfalfa sold in tachment of the grain drill 7 bottles is a success what kind of to 14 days before planting the alfalfa seed should i sow grimm or beans and never at planting time if common alfalfa i have a fairly good you do not have a drill any broad- ground sandy in character is it all cast distributor may be used pro- i right to sow with oats in the spring vided that you thoroughly harrow and j answer well prepared inoculat- disk the land after the fertilizer is cd cultures for alfalfa sold in bottles greater crop yields in 1918 if you cannot increase the area of your fields in crop you can increase the yields by mean of proper fertllliatlon an increase of 8 bushels per acre in wheat yields in ontario this spring would mtan 6yi millions of bushels more food grain this increase was reported in 1917 by the ontario agricultural college as a result of top dressing wheat in he spring with suit able fertilizer the canadian fertilizer association announces the establish ment of its soil and crop improvement bureau under the direction of henri- g bell a native of ontario and graduate of ontario agricultural college formerly professor of agronomy at the uni versity of maine the purpose of the bureaa is to collect and disseminate prac tical information regarding soil tillage fertility management and crop production the bureau cooperates with all organizations working for the betterment of canadian farming write for bulletin how to increase ontario crop yields soi and crop improueressrst bureau of the canadian fertilizer association 1111 temple building toronto good health question box by andrew r uirior md dr currier will answer all signed letters pertaining to health if your question is of general interest it will be answered through these columns if not it will be answered personally if stamped addressed envelope is en closed dr currier will not prescribs for individual cases or make diagnosis address dr andrew f currier care of wilson publishing co 73 adelaide st west toronto international lesson april 7 lesson i jesus sets men free mark 7 137 golden text john 8 36 rickets j when he tries to move himself with x y zplease write an article j arms the arm bones bend or on rickets mv baby eleven months b and there may be an outward old cannot sit up and seems to have hum on thc s no power in her back what kind of on the ends of the ribs there are food is suitable and how long does knobs or beadlike structures the the disease last breast bone projects and the child be- perhaps your child is not affected j comes pigeon breasted with rickets but with some other dis- j the pelvis may become deformed ease rickets or rhachitis is the and in females this has a very im- result of bad nutrition affects all the j portant bearing upon the successful tissues of the bodj and chiefly leaves delivery of offspring if impregnation its mark on the bones which it should ever occur softens and then deforms rhachitic children are frequently it usually occurs before the third bowlegged knockkneed or flat-foot- year but the bone deformities appear cd they are also sensitive to later bronchitis and croup and die from it is caused by food which is not these diseases more frequently than assimilated but also by neglect of children who have better physical dc- i the skin bail air insufficient sleep etc velopment i the child of the poor have it but if they reach maturity they are tions the greatness of her faith as the j so do those of the rich short and poorly formed and their qu tt howtes in oftenrcveal the marks of early first by silence then by refusal and s a everywhere the urine of disease fiflally by seeming reproach matt i rhachitic children contains phosphates rhachitic children should be taken 15 over this apparent rebuff her in abundance and the bones being dej to the mountains or seashore if pos- f aith triumphed she was willing to ficicnt in lime bend and break easily sible and should have abundance of take the humblest position and take rhachitic children have soft spots good plain food which they can as- the slightest favor anything so that in the bones of the skull and the similate which will be indicated by her little daughter might be cured j membranous portions of the skull the change in their stools and in their 3d found the child laid upon the where you notice throbbing and pul- general nutrition bed and the demon gone out her sation in an infant and which ought fats in the form of codliver oil or faith had its reward the demon was to harden during the first few months ouve oi sho be jjivbn them also s1l3s ssfcssss s skull instead of s 9e possession it will be noted that it a11 f tones of the skull instead of they can dispose of treatment with was not the faith of the sufferer but elng firml united are loose and eas- j mechancial apparatus is important to verse 24 the borders of tyre and sidon jesus purpose in going so the faith of thc mother which here i y mov spread wher the fertilizer is aplhave proven very successful i be- 1f and l which honore 3 is s f iu i ii thn ww npt to have beenfor retirement which instances of healing at a distance ain drill at planting lievc the bacteriological department from the statement he thenobiemans son john 4 4654 college ls have no man know it the the centurions servant luke 7 plied with the time it should be allowed to run in j of ontario agricultural the hoe on either side of the one drop- j putting out such cultures ping ping fertilizer for medium loam soil car- 1 tend to be as strong in germinating a time he would get away b re- 1 1 nos of the jewish leaders was uo are the two others p ili l r beans and not in the not drop- 1 suits are obtained by sowing grimm growing in galilee and the multitude 31 he went out from t borders and the ligaments weak s the seed 2 a good tobacco seed common alfalfa seed does not was increasing in enthusiasm so fori of tyre having come tut of galilee the childs appetite n prevent deformities and they should the face of a rhachitic baby is have all possible benefit from public small and the head seems dispropor- 1 par seabaths sleep fresh air and life in the country when this can be tionately large the liver spleen and lymphatic glands are enlarged the muscles soft ries 3 to 4 per cent ammonia 4 to 8 quality the oat crop i aim afraid per cent available phosphoric acid will provide a little too much shade and 3 per cent or more potash 3 jfor a good catch of alfalfa i would there is no way of finding out wheth- rather recommend about a bushel and jjevrvndent importance he could er wheat has been killed or not until a peck of barley seed per acre instead j not b hid thc report of his great phoenician cities figure prominently in biblical history they were great centres of commerce and culture but at the time of christ had lost much of there has been sufficient growing i of oats i know a successful alfalfa weather to allow for the germinatfon j grower in wisconsin who never at- of the crop do not be in too great a tempts to get a good catch of alfalfa hurry to plow up your winter wheat field in view of the shortage of food cereals it is my opinion that ontario farmers would do well to put in a conservative acreage of spring wheat f c i have 8 acres of wheat that was sown in good time but didnt get a very big top would it be advis able to topdress with manure on the snow now i am going to seed this field in thc spring and i thought of getting some kind of fertilizer then without applying 250 pounds of ferti lizer per acre this available plant food gives the young crop a strong vigorous start the fertilizer for this purpose should analyze 2 to 3 per cent ammoiiia 8 to 10 per cent available phosphoric acid and pos sibly 1 per cent potash it can be works had penetrated even to these remote parts may be good for retirement the performance of he mav even seem voraciously hungry this miracle with the inevitable gath- b t w food doesntappear to nourish ering of the populace around him provided questions and answers x 1 can water on the brain be cured the patient in question is a appear to nourish child two years and nine months him he becomes fretful gets 2 do you advise an xray exam- whets iw for 2wtb3 diarrhoea and this alternates with j inetion ttfrovetfrom thletant constipation j fx ft t me therefore more likely give him the set- hc ls sensitive cries when touched to tap the skull and draw off some tied retirement he needed through his diarrhoea is offensive the appear- j fluid in this condition which sidon unto the sea of galilee this a of his teeth is delayed and when i known as hydrocephalus but 25 straightway a woman at once wou j him northward along the they break out they are irregular and i less skilfully done this is likely to do when it became known that he was in coast through the city of sidon then of poor quality i harm and even when skilfully done the neighborhood the seclusion iwhich theastward over spurs of the w he begins to walk the weak- it is by no means always successful nxnt a lebanon mountamsa difficult 30ur- of the bones of the legs becomes su greek a syrophoenician- f xe letai of this 1ourney apparent a they bend or brsak eas matthew describes her as a cana- 1 0 sits 0 t l v ae w and he fa anitish woman she belonged to the there mugt have been some reas for frequently phoenicians of the roman province inr wliiv aoa not n w of syria though the condition is usually a hopeless one 2 there would be no harm in hav ing an xray examination province sum a jetour which ended not as we phoenician she would su a his favorite lake applied with the fertilizer dropper of spoke greek besought him matthew j home capernaum butwhich ted- h been earnestly and repeated- the grain drill at the time the alfalfa tells us that she adjured him- by the arour t the other side of the lake v lai1 upon them in their excite l ment they disregarded it and the more the charge was urged the more vicinity she had doubtless become acl 32 one that was deaf and had an did it stimulate their zeal to proclaim quainted with their messianic ex- impediment m his speech this re is sown or broadcasted like lime and title son of david to have mercy through the borders of decapolis fortea vicinity shefjubtlesstcome li 32 one that was deaf and had an 1 zeallo ociahr raising lambs by hand when raising lambs by jiand the do not feed the work dry stables sound feet every practical horseman knows that the disease known as thrush is icaused by allowing the horse to stand with his feet constantly in wet and filth but few comparatively under stand that canker of the frog and sole is caused in the same way says g a veterinary surgeon j thrush is characterized by infiam- i rhation of the fine skin between the toes in cattle pus forms and tends to underrun the horny wall of the foot in horses the frog is the part 25faftected and its cleft normally shal- jow becomes deep and exudes a thin jtjtoulsmelling liquid gradually the vffog becomes rotten and loose and the disease may spread to thc surround ing parts lameness is rare cankcr of the frog and sole differs from thrush r that the horn of the sole becomes soft or spongy and rdily bleeds when cut in canker the sensitive tissue pododerm ofxf iole which ordinarily is covcrcj w olid horny tissue seems tefhavo tak- the place of thesclid material jrup of sprouting aand is extremely sensi- cular if it be cut away mu they filled the neighbor pectations and with the name son of gion was the one from which he had hood with the good news david her use of this title would been practically expelled some time 37 beyond measure a very not necessarily mean that she had ac- before but now he is received quite s word of which this is the one cepted the jewish messianic hope or differently and exercises his healing occm i the new testament that she had a religious faith in jesus power upon the deaf mu lney the impression produced in all cases as the messiah but that she adopted beseech him this is one of the cases b u lords mighty works was in canker is best treated by the train ed and experienced veterinarian but there is no specific remedy before succeeding with a bad case it usually il is necessary to alternate remedies and the title bestowed upon him by his where the sufferer is brought by his t case and among these halfpagan try a great number the first step countrymen as a way of approach to friends to christ lney had be- far g than ever he in all cases should be to cut down the him in her need sought jesus to leave their region hath done u things wellhe has sprouting growth level with the walls i 27 let the children first be filled now they seek his gracious help everywhere distributed his works of of thc foot then it is usual to cauter- is the pciple on which his ize the sole with 33 and has been successful in took him aside usually his mercy mission was to proceed the jew had cures were performed before the peo- thing f not iron or tbc fir cla but his was not the pie in thi case for reasons not this cure stands out for the com- with some strong caustic we usual ly employ terchloride of antimony or c full strength formaldehyde to start j 28 the dogs under the table with and if that does not suffice dogs are seldom mentioned in scrip- change to chromic acid or strong ture except in terms of contempt but nitric acid after applying the it is usually the street dog the out- caustic oakum saturated with tine cast animal which infests oriental ture of iron or a solution of two c f s jjyy v cd to the gentiles as dogs the dog ounces of sulphate of copper blue- auuded t u the little house stone to the pint of hot water is dog ukcly to bc under the table at tude sighed or groaned bounj upon the sole in such a way as the family meal yea lord even to cause firm pressure for pressure the dogs under the table eat of the is absolutely necessary the dress- 1 childrens crumbs it is as if she ing is changed or renewed every j said i grant lord that the meal is twentyfour hours dry dressing for the family and that the children powders also are useful such as a bo fc but aro not the dogs been used by jesus mixture of equal quantities of calomel 1 as0 o house and is there not also subnitrate of bismuth and tannic sssss or burnt a urn or a cheaper mixture jcsus but siccepta what he says as slaked lime alum sulphur and j true auivtiirns it into an argument in naphthalin sometimes is tayjsr of her appeal 29 for this saying- ngop matthew men- only caution is do not feed too much a baby lamb should receive only a few spoonfuls of fresh cows milk when a couple of days old give onefourth pint which should gradually increase to onehalf pint when the lambs commence to eat grass when two months old they may have a pint of milk so much for quantity now for feed ing times the first three weeks feed regularly every three hours during the day after this feed every four hours when they begin to eat grass feed morning noon and night and finally drop the noon feeding i always use bottle and nipplo to feed with uiitl the lambs learn- to dt iitk where onofras o larfje jjijii ber feeding from a pan is more tedi- oub as each lamb must- have a sepa rate pan and milk must be measured for some drink faster than others poultry can bo feeding too much will produce talitha cumi this isl an original iscd t cost and br0ugut to scours lessen the quantity of aramaic word treasured as navmg cr any otber kind milk and give a dose of castoroil intense feeling on the part of jesus the greek also was in- stated a less public treatment was parative privacy in which it was per necessary instead of the cure be- formed and for the manifestation of ing immediate he now uses means the thrusting of his fingers in the cars the spittle and touching his tongue these were no doubt sim ply visible signs to help thc mans faith 34 looking up as when he brake the bread inhhe feeding of the multi- the our meat sloijljilia isjwrt and more poultry vv- ncip solve the problem only time when this word is used in mjc poultry means more eggs and the gospels an expression of jose more cg and pou meat means a deep sympathy ephphatha like j food sup 3 35 spake plain- stuttering now no stammering or of live stock which indicated never allow the mother hen to that he couldsyeak articulately and at oiie the enrfrwns coniptte 36 the mwc he charged then much the more a great deal they published it the command to sil- thc centfe of hospitality the centre of hospitality in the row again in a single night j home is that point about which the entire affected part is covered i family itself gathers most often this with a stinking fluid point is in most homes the fireplace i prevention is all important hi tiusc hence its location and construction diseases stable management should are of vast importance in building a be such that no horse is allowed to j home j stand for any length of time in wctj the fireplace if there is only one and filth in horse stables whore should be in the livingroom for thctc the manure is removed now and the family and friends can enjoy it then the nows and tho thens most it should be located in the sometimes coming months apart so centre of a wall space cither on one that the horse has to jump into bed j side or at one end of the room select over a high hairier of manure it is the space which will permit the great- little wonder that the animal con tracts thrush or canker treatment of thrush consists in re moving thc cause cleansing theaffcct- cd foot thoroughly then cutting away all loose rotten and underrun est number of people to sit around it in the construction of thc fireplace you must not forget that its chief pur pose is for a fire the more simple the lines of construction the better taste is displayed and the more room horn of thc frog and on each side of the open fire receives it and packing the cleft of thc frog there is a great variety of mater full of calomel or a mixture of ials suitable for a fireplace and your calomel powdered wood charcoal subnitrate of bismuth and slaked lime this is to bc covered with oakum upon which pine tar has been spread and the dressing is to be renewed at intervals of three or four days thc stall floor should be kept clean sprinkled with slaked lime or gypsum landplaster and bedded with saw dust or planingmill shavings shurgaii individuality and taste can he well ex pressed in this important factor of thc home brick tile wood and many tile substitutes may bc used theso offer great possibilities both for good color and design and lend themselves to any styloof architecture sowing hint when tewing on hooks and eyes pin a tape measure where tho hooks are to go and sew on hooks an inch apart then pin the tape measutd on opposite sides and sew on the eyes this is much simpler than measuring for each ono separately cut out ard fold on dottcp lines on the baseb willies one captain of the sixth grade nine and he needs this run to win sn if you can help him in range with the young chicks until they are at least two weeks old enormous numbers of young chicks are lost each year by allowing them to un in the wet grass during their early life eliminate thc male bird at end of hatching season many million dol- i one teaspoonful followed by ten drops of ginger extract in severe cases increase thc dose and give browned flour gruel to liven weak chilled lambs give a little milk and keep them in a warm room if lambs look droopy and walk stiffly give castoroil i have had lambs brought me which were wet and chilled and appeared lars are lost each year by allowing the dead i pour a spoonful of milk rooster to run with the hens during the summer months produce the infertile egg dispose of the male bird not later than june 1 market a better quality of eggs green feed is excellent for poultry and can be substituted for a consid erable amount of the grain- ration grow oats vetch and rape for sum mer use cabbage and mangel beets for winter store cabbage and beets down their throats and lay them on the furnace register in a few hours they get up and walk i feed the lambs for about three months skimmilk tho last two months try try again young writers will do well to re member that lord bacon rewrote one of his works twelve times and pascal in a dry room or bury in apit and cov- j his letters several times and one of cr with straw and earth them thirteen limes while edmund save eggs during april and may burke had his works printed two or for winter use by prcseiving in wafer- j three umes on a private press before glass mix nine quarts of water offering them to a publisher boiled and cooled with one quart of watcrglass will reserve fifteen dozen eggs j excellent to clean mirrors place the solution in a five gallon the mirror with a damp cloth then jar store in cool place for winter polish with the paper usc in canadian cities 28 per cent of poultry meat can be raised quicker the buildings in business districts rre than any other kind of meat and could of frame or brick veneer whilst in be made a most important source of residential districts the proporton is supply for the nation if breeding per cent is started in march thc surplus roost- the world is always romantic mussed pieces of tissue paper aro first rub it ers may be dressed for meat in july you have tjie three gifts needful to at fancy prices and egg laying will be- j make it so faith and sense of beauty gin in september i and the sense harland of huuior uenry lloyd george recently dcclarcj that the british have 2000000 horses en- gaged in this war it is estimated that on the wholo western front the number of horses and mules in service is close upon 5000000 fhtl1zii pays eettcr than ever write for bulletin 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