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v v l uzi mmam3sit v s x i v i 1 j i f i br agronomist thl department ft for th u of our ftrm readers who want th dve n expert on any question regarding soil seed crops eto if your questloa ef sufficient general interest it will be answered through this column tamped and addressed envelops is enclosed with your letter complee nwir will be mailed to you address agronomist cars of wilson publishing ud 73 adelaide st w toronto when to spray and what for all the spray mixtures it is pos sible to use on a tree will not do much good unless the right applica tions are made at the right time these directions will tell just when to spray and what for spraying apples four or five sprayings aro necessary depending on the season and how badly the orchard is infested with insects and disease first spray apply just after leaf buds burst but before blossoms open use either bordeaux mixture 4150 or commercial limesulphur testing 32 deg or s3 deg baunie diluted 1 to 40 sec next article for direc tions for making bordeaux mixture add two pounds of loadarseuato to each fifty gallons of the spray mix ture this spray is for control of scab curculio and cankerworm second spray just after the blos soms fall use same materials as for first spray this is for control of the codlingmoth and must be ap plied with a great deal of force a power sprayer is best third spray two or three weeks later than second spray samo mat erials as for first spray if blotch is bad in the orchard use bordeaux mixture 4cuo instead of limesul phur add two pounds of lead-arsen- ate to fifty gallons of spray material fourth spray nine weeks after the third spray use same material as for first spray this is for con trol of scab brown rot and second brood of codlingmoth fifth spray this is necessary only where blotch black rot bitter rot and other fungus diseases are troublesome use same materials as for third spray and apply two weeks after fourth spray pears and quinces need the same general treatment as apples except that when limesulphur is used it should not be quite so strong spraying plums a fifty gallons of water place the lime in a barrel and add almost enough water to cover the lime when the lime begins to slake add the sulphur which should bo made into a paste by mixing it with water stir the cooking mixture and add water as needed to keep it in the form of a thick paste which should become j thinner as the mixture cooks in ten j or fifteen minutes the heat from the slaking lime will cook the mixture i and enough cold water should be j added to make fifty gallons this is the standard summer spray for peaches latest so 7fhl 2 i ftrt 2evebtohx hew klsiis child nobody else will r itei 0093 qlrl of mine sometime between m1drtht and dawn alabsma ball virginia from virginia wall for m i want to see if my daddys comi homo the whole seven songs will be sent prepaid on receipt of price together with our complete list of popular music we will also place your name on our mailing list to receive notice of the new songs as they come out send the dollar now and get the music by return mail ideal music publishing 00 17 adelaios st tosos30 dr huber will answer all signed letters pertaining to health if your question is of general interest it will be answered through these celut3sv if not it will be answered personally if stamped addressed envelope 1 en- closed dr huber will not prescribe for individual cates or make diagnosis address dr john b huber md care of wilson publishing co 3 adeiade st west toronto spray of limesulphur is applied for san jose scale any time during the dormant season during the grow ing season several sprays are nec essary first spray just before blossoms open apply bordeaux mixture 4450 add two pounds of leadaraenate to each fifty gallons oi spray material this is for control of brown rot and curculio second spray just after blossoms fall use same materials as for first spray third spray same materials as second spray three weeks after petals fall cherries need the same general treatment as plums how to get a stand of alfalfa getting a stand of alfalfa is most ly a question of soil if tho soil is right your efforts will be crowned with success generally tho problem is to make alfalfa succeed after you got tho stand alfalfa requires a moderately dry soil well drained even during rainy weather if the soil becomes waterlogged for many days the alfalfa will be come yellow and unthrifty it needs moisture but it likes to have the moisture in the air and soil at the same time this is the reason alfalfa does better in welldrained soils although drainage is a big essen tial in successful alfalfa growing an occasional overflow of a creek or river will do no harm if it comes during the winter or if the water is moving in summer alfalfa will not thrive nor even live long without bacteria helping it it has become used to them and depends upon them alfalfapromot ing bacteria will not live in all soils carbonate of lime makes the alfalfa or nitrifying bacteria thrive they do not seem to be able to live with out it while it is not known definitely why carbonate of lime makes the nitrifying bacteria do so well many- dormant j alfalfa growers advance the theory stomach ulcer ach for thirst of any kind cracked stomach or gastric ulcer may re- ice is preferable to water ior suit from a blow on the abdomen hemorrhage the doctor imperatives or from chronic hyperacidity ex- and at once no food uitil he come cess of acid on the stomach chronic in such cases the surgeon may ha3 m 4 i catarrh of the stomach blood pover- to be called in snortij after the green sweet corn suits obtained from spraying expen- tv anemia heart or kidney disease t is so fl ments following which definite con- if is the mo common in wome questions and answers trol measures are recommended uvccn twentv aml thrtvf especially freckles what is the cause oi useful information is also included j housewives and domestics among freckles on tno face is there any on parasitic insects and other natur- mcn shoemakers and tailors are most thing i can do to take them oft al enemies fourteen illustrations t frequently attacked nswer freckles appear mostly appear in the bulletin these show j tko in fairhaired women with delicate in the roasting ear stage and when bottom of the stalks become woody- only the top portion is used the pigs are kept on pasture and corn which becomes moro mature is fed until fall or early winter 7hen they are ready for market when pos sible it is a very profitable plan to hog the corn down thus saving a great deal of labor in this case a self feeder with tankage should be before ihe hog3 the feeding of hogs for market will be found to be one of the most profitable departments of the farm apple budmoths and their control in nova scotia the apple i3 attacked by a number of different insects in nova scotia the caterpillars of the budmoths are probably the cause of moro loss than all tho other insects combined the entomological branch of the dom inion department of agriculture has just issued bulletin no 16 entitled tho apple budmoths and their control in nova scotia by g e sanders and a g dustan this bul letin of 24 pages gives an account of the lifehistories of the four des tructive budmoths which occur in that province the chapter on the control of these insects discusses re- stages of the insects etc lication will be of much value to ap pie growers in eastern canada can be obtained free of charge on application to tho publications branch department of agriculture ottawa a technical edition of the bulletin giving scientific descriptions etc has also been published this will be of special interest to econ omic workers enquiries regarding insects in general should be address ed to the dominion entomologist department of agriculture ottawa ont the usual symptom is pain be itween the breastplate and the navel skin they are caused by exposure this pub- t backi usualv sharj l strong winis and to strong sun creased at once by food intake and rays their temporary rcmoai is 11 relieved bv vomiting and when the not difficult permanent removal is stomach is empty there may be if almost impossible those wno nae not pain a gnawing and burning sen- freckles are likely to consider them sation which pressure mav relieve blemishes this is an erroneous then later comes spitting of bioodl point of view they are really sins which has a ground coffee appear- ofa good complexion and gooa con- ance gradual loss of flesh and strength dyspepsia and serious ane mia we have to fear perforation of the ulcer into tho abdomen with grave shock or hemorrhage or the development of cancer or death from three bushels of oats an acre and be sure to sow red clover sweet clover alfaltr or some- other icgume with it mustard plants should be sprayed with a twenty per cent solution of iron sulphate as soon as possible after the plants begin to appear this makes them homesick enough to die and not hurt the small grain at all stitution and they ought to be con sidered beauty spots local prep arations often contain corrosive sub limate and other substances which may endanger the real skin the derma in any event the susceptibil- starvation a yet a patient well at- ity of the skin varies with the mui- tended to may get well tho ulcer vidual and what may not j hurt one when children cannot attend sch001 by janet thomas ormston that alfalfa plants give off certain substances which are poisonous to the plant that is the alfalfa roots give off a poison that is injurious to itself and to other alfalfa roots when there is much carbonate of lime in the soil this poison is in some way neutralized and the alfalfa is kept in health and vigor in addition to making the soil a healthful home for good and useful bacteria carbonate of lime con serves humus and 6top3 a waste of there is scarcely a district in the country that has not some child or children who for some reason or other cannot attend the public school it may joe that some physical disa bility makes it impossible for him perhaps mental deficiency debars him from entering classes with other children or if he is a very little child it may be that he is too far from the school to walk tlierend back whatever the cause thofiild who does not attend school will be seriously handicapped all through life unless an adequate substitute for the school education is provided in how to make spray mixtures to make bordeaux mixtuie take nitrogen when plants decay in the that ca3e his present misfortune may 1 eventually prove to be his good for- soils nitric acid is fcrmed this soluble and unless taken up by the tune provided the home instruction plants soon leaches away if there made a that lt s possible to make is a supply of lime present th nitric v acid unites with the lime to form mothers may feel that it is out calcium nitrate this locks up the tlle question to start him in the nitrogen and holds it j p of earning themselves but since the lime naturally sinks in advanced knowledge is not so neces- tho soil it is best to put it near the as 1s an understanding of the four pounds of copper sulphate four surface it ought to be mixed as and wh0 s understand a pounds of quicklime fifty gallons of perfectly as possible with the soilj bet tnan h own mother water dissolve the copper sulphate as it is not effective when left in nor does t take a amount of by putting it in a coarse cloth bag lumps this is because the lime is time once a mother gets well start- and suspending the bag in a barrel not in contact with enough of the e in tne teaching of her child she partly filled with water slake the lime in a tub and strain the milk of lime into another tub or barrel pour tho dissolved copper sulphate and the milk of lime into the sprayer tank or into a supply tank at the same time add enough water to make fifty gallons for bordeaux 4c50 use six pounds of lime instead of four to make selfboiled limesulphur 8850 referred to in the first article use eight pounds of unslaked lime eight pounds of flowers of sulphur the person who feeds swine for the purpose of producing pork should know the indications of an animal that will gain weight rapidly and thereby pay a profit to its owner if soil particles i w no difficult very likely as ground limestone is harmless she will become fascinated with the a person mav use as much of it as work n is a wonderful thing to he wishes it is pleasant to work watch thc dailv mmta development of a child the pity of it is lime when it gets on the skin nor few mothers have the best oppor- does it cake together if it happens tunitv for observing it to get wet one mav put it on the the thn that wl11 other most soil at any time it may be put on thc mother who knows nothing about with manure as it does not burn out teaching is the method to employ the humus soil acids attack the the od a b c method has been al- particlcs of limestone and are neui most desearded because a b c tralized but the lime itself does noj absolutely nothing to a little harm no matter how much is used child the and play method i shows the best results according to 1 mothers who have tried it the word two he learns what one- half is when he divides his apple evenly with his playmate and he will soon understand the figure onehalf pictures of birds and animals in the natural colors are of great edu cational value children learn the names of these because they want to and they are eager to have stories tld about them the reading of stories and verse to children and the telling of stories i3 one of the leading helps in this method of education there is no limit to what a taste for right litera ture may do for a child and especial ly for one who is any way handi capped in lifes race in time the mother may have the children read to her for her entertainment not in the recitation of a lesson they will forget themselves and do their very best in reading for another persons pleasure there are a hundred suggestions that might be given but in so brief an article only an idea of the method can be presented every mother who takes up the work will find sug gestions continually coming to her and she will herself develop al though in a different way almost as rapidly as does the child a word about the child who seems mentally deficient in too many s no effort is made to ec such a child this is a culpable mis take if he had an atrophied muscle it would surely be given nourishment and exercise in the hope of develop ing it very often a child not bright can be drawn out little by little until finally he ceases to be subnormal and he is far more likely to respond to any such efforts right in the homo circle than he is if placed among strangers colors and bright pic tures of animals birds and flowers often appeal to such a child more healing with sear tissue in the stom ach wall some people who have gastralgia neuralgia of the stom ach may imagine they have ulccr sufferers from peptic ulcer ought to give up all work and rest in bed most of the time for several months their diet at first should consist practically entirely of plain milk or buttermilk half a tumblerful every two hours with the white of eggs and beefjuice after several weeks eggs chicken cereal and scraped beef may be added they should take thirty grains of bismuth subcarbon- ate three time3 a day for the pain sweet spirits of nitre a teaspoonful in water or chloroform water in tablespoon doses for vomiting cracked ice is preferable to water a teaspoonful every fifteen minutes or a mustard plaster over the stom- might severely injure another the following ointment tc be had of any druggist may at any rate be pro nounced harmless ammoniate of mercury bismuth subnitrate of each one dram ointment of glycerine one ounce to be applied every other ni psoriasis 1 is psoriasis in tho blood 2 can it be cured 3 is it hereditary 4 are such people otherwise healthy and strong 4 will it turn to brights disease 0 is it contagious answer 1 psoriasis is not a blood disease 2 yes but the cure is very difficult 3 in some case3 it is hereditary 4 usually they are healthy and strong but of a nervous temperament 5 it will not turn to brights disease 6 it is not con tagious good results can be obtained with chicks by feeding rolled oats for the first week about five times each day then fine chick scratch feed can be substituted and used until the chicks are large enough for whole wheat cracked corn etc plenty of sour milk induces a rapid growth little chicks cannot eat too much bran and it can be supplied to them in hoppers from the first day green food is important and can be given in the form of sprouted oats or cut clover until the birds can range and collect their own green food fresh water charcoal and grit are needed on stormy days a little fine chopped on ion helps to stimulate young chicks pullets need a good range and plenty of dry mash before them at all times so that they will make a steady rapid growth and be ready to lay at their normal time which should be about six months for the mediterranean breeds and eight months for the american breeds the pullets should be separated from the cockerels as soon as the sexes are easily determined and pullets should not be compelled to raflge with old hens as the hens will drive them from thc feed hoppers and interfere with their growth pullets are raised successfully on about the samo rations needed for laying hens when wheat can be used for feeding it pays to lise about two parts of wheat to one part corn in the scratch feed broilors can bo fattened on sour milk and corn meal mixed into a sloppy mash the main point is to reduce tho exercise and increase tho feed that the broilers will consume in growing broilers it is important j to keep them developing rapidly and evenly from the day they arc hatch- j cd broilors cannot be half starved until eight or ten weeks old with the idea of making up for lost time and i finishing them properly on a tenday period of fattening twenty to thirty per cent of beef scrap has been used successfully in some fattening ra tions usually broilers can be sold it will not be ground wasted tgfi- set out fifty or sixty raspberry canes- this spring febtzxcxzeb gardens lawns flowers complcts fortlllior writs george stevens peterborough opt roofimjoj kabatuou bstautd ready itoonnar asphalt slate shinjr- leb wall board building papers roof pajnt etc write for prices and samples save money by buying direct modermid br0s u raw furs i will pay high est market price for bx17sxbatb and glnsenar root 22 years of reliable trading reference union bank of canada write for tagra n silver 220 st paul st w icontreal fq native seed corn j grown in sotlth 12zsox selected at busking time fcsrgcd and crate cured limited amount oltdrr barly wis no 7 3 25 per bus white cap 326 balloy 325 golden glow 400 north dakota 400 bags free cash with order darius wlgle klngcville ont shelter maintenance and labor are doubtless be best also for schoolroom least while grains cheapest and wcre it p0 t0 em greatest of these the greater num- poy it unier prcsent conditions in i than anything else but it will rest ber is fattened on pasture it is tne schoo however it is not with the motherteacher as ascertain found that pigs fed corn alone on sc education in which we what particular thing is most likely bluegrass pasture make equally as are interested just now to interest thc child and start thc great gains as pigs fed in dry lot the work and play method is really raising of the curtain that obscuros j b ration clover or al- nothing but guided play all of the tho mind something will probably the hog raiser is feeding the lard falfa tnvo better returns than blue- childs amusement is made an aid do it and infinite patience must be type of hog ho should seek in nni- brass or timothy when corn is fed in to ilis education he is not told that exercised until that something is mals for fattening those which conjunction corn alone on abund- he is i things no set task i found possess the characteristics of the fat ant clovcr pasture forms an ideal given him he absorbs knowledge it is interesting and inspirational hog typo which arc a short and ration excelling a balanced ration hy the usc of the kamcs w ne know what mothers have actually brood face wide head cars wcll f and tankage or middlings in to p dy the answered quesjand easily accomplished by this me- apart full jowl short legs wide and rapidity of gains and excelling all tion d the suggestion here andithod a little girl now fivo vcars deep body with good full spring of j othcr rations on pasture when rate lhercj as a sponkc absorbs water old had lost the power of speech rib if the farmer is feeding bacon and economy of gams are considered the instruction that goes with the through illness when she was a wco with vcryttittio fattening if they hogs he should look for a little lessj a satisfactory system of pasture games all secm3 incidental and a baby her mother began teaching her i have been well fed from the hatching width about the head and face and feeding for pigs farrowed in april part of the play i by the workandplny method while time and arc in good flesh fattcn- for good length and depth of body and are ready for pasture in may is i even a tiny child can learn the she was still a baby and gradually j p0 at a profit requires care- nt the same time avoiding coarscjthe previous fall a field is sown to names of colors learn them undcrdrew her out until she could speak f management and good vigorous ness rye or winter vetch furnishing o standingly as he looks at a ribbon she recovered fully the power of young birds for the fattening crates whether a hog raiser should feed good crop for pigs when they are t krnss at the sky this will speech before she was four years old lard or bacon hogs will depend large- turned out one ere of this supplies ij train the eye and thc powers of objand is ahead of the always normal iy on the location of his farm when- 100 pigs and their mothers for about servation if he knows for example child in every way ever possible home grown fcdstults a month also a ration of corn meal the color red and mother some day the threeycaroll brother of this should be used because feeding pur- j tankage cv skiromilk is fed them writes it on the blackboard in red little gir can write on the type- chased feeds is not always conducive about the first of june thc pigs arc chalk it will take him only a little writer while this may seem pre- to profit if the form grows an weaned and placed on clover or alfal- while to recognize thc written word cocious still is it any more so than as readily as he does the color itself i when a child of the same ago can if she helps him when he is playing spell words with his alphabet blocks with his blocks it will soon be an it is simply a different method of interesting part cf his play to spell playing very nearly the same game the word red j the threeyearold son of mrs games will tench the numbers wright knows every color and can let a child play with a box of tooth- read many words while his big sis- tor of ten has been varicose veins wear this xtonelastlc xaced stocking sakttabx as they may bo washed or boiled adjustable laced like a legging always fits oo2s70btabxe made to measure llffht and dur able cooi contains no rubber 1500000 sold economical cost 350 oacb or two for tne samo limb 660 postpaid wrlto for catalosuo and self measurement blank corliss hinb specialty co 514 new birfcs nidff montreal pq 1 abundance of corn and clovcr or al- fa which furnishes green feed for falfa it will be more profitable to the next five or six weeks about grow tho lard type while on the the lath of july they are turned in other hand if thc main feeds grown i a pasture of field peas and oats thus are barley peas oats etc having supplying part of the grain ration a narrower nutritive value bacon i the acreage is larger because tho hogs can often be raised to a better p are larger green sweet corn advantage i is also fed at this time but not be- by far the greatest number f fore it reaches the roasting ear stage hogs are fitted lor market during the sparingly at firit being gradually summer and early fall months pur- increased with this there is little picks and have him sort them into tor of ten has been writing verse piles of two that is nothing but- for several years and the verses are fun but ho learn how many two good mrs wright has used the many good pastures have been ruined by turning the stoc sn thi too early in the spring wait until the ground is firm and the grass well started mark the stock before turning out to pasture lime does not take the place of other fertilizers or manures but supplements them when the use of lime in any form is continued alone and no adequate provision is mado for maintaining the supply of othcr fertilizers and organic matter crop yields cannot bo kept up and the returns from the use of lime in such ing the summer the rennirements for or no need cxcorn meal ration until come acquainted with thc figure and these chiler arc later on he is delighted to bework and play method with both ofl system becomes less and may fin ally drofl below that of land unlimcd fob saie canadian boot seed raised from tho heat stock by dominion kxpcrimcntal karma suitiy limitbd prices as follows imanrele 50 lbs and over 200 1000 20k swodo tomipa go lbs and cr 100 coo 1000 field carrot 5 lbs and over ovc in 25 85c 100 soc 200 s 7sc frelkht paid and sacks free net payment bank draft co days froia date of invoice and 5 nllowed for easy 10 days from date of invoice tartlculars about varieties on api cation dr m o maite central experimental farm ottawa ont v 1 brc lb 50c 4 fie 43c 8ic lb soc 76c 730- 1 u jjixrutjjlas a