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7 mx ft property iuolkktv ton stouffville trout houses in marecmmunteatloiw to agronwmlt 7 aolald st wert torenta 2000 to ti silos with sunflowers than sunflowers but the question is j r fh solved quickly fcy feeding the cattle farm pkopjviar today one of the unflower sil- ixiivire losses i sdage crops intfe 7 e oj one m which ontario ounted to wftfpiqy becoming utter ed with 90 ceri 0 thj once despised britain accorion of recognized value made public v of a nation has been 1 commissioner st interesting agricul 2591g fielopments of recent years went ofi little while ago one per ry damht have seen in wcstem a garden for every home there are two ways in which the residents of cities towns and villages can make the surroundings of their dwelling attractive and thus benefit j rot only themselves but also the en tire community the first is by clean liness and tidiness in their surround ings including the back yards andl the second i3 by paying some attenj tion to the planting of shrubs andi flowers at the recent convention of j the experimental union held at the ontario agricultural college the president of the union mr j b spencer laid particular stress upon the part that horticultural could be made to play in the improvement of the farm and urban dwellings and indeed in the beautification of the whole countryside he said that not i only were tho horticultural divisions age and gradually changing to an ex elusive sunflower diet when they have- once acquired the taste for sunflower silage it is said cattle seem to prefer it to corn silage at least they eat it with equal appetite and with equal physical benefits by making silage cheap and abund ant sunflowers have aided the farm jesk33 flowers 3ss wfeiosas slj iheir big blossoms in some neglected j sil fsjisrffcs guelph and of the macdonam college fence corner where thev had escaped the stoc support vj quebec ready to render every assis- he reaper or mower now on hun- f tllf d ortef tance te puance of this object but ireds of prairie farms every summer f d r that the department of agriculture broad fields of sunflowers make the heixl witliout adding to the acreage of a ffi dominion hor- i it i his farm andscapo gorgeous with their masses w yellow blooms i sunflowers have greatly increased ki your q grass n the sprms tho number of silos since they havo some six year ago i noticed a fewj jkpm a cultivated crop the prairies patches of quack grass had worked j forty years were at the disposal of all in giming dotted with silos every their way into one of my fields from i enquirers by means of reports eircn- 3g406i farmer has a silo or is the highway if i had the same con- lars and bulletins which could be had by prco build one dition to contend with now i would by application to the publications losses ts when western canada dig them early in the spring when the j branch of the department of agri- albertsi between wheat and cattle ground is soft and bum the roots it j culture at ottawa in these were ticulturist mr w t maeoun was prepared to give instruction and ad vice the lessons acquired at the ex perimental farms during the past be sunday school march 19 capita- pastured on the open range would have taken less than a day and j given much information as to the or 58t was almost an exclusive would have saved me considerable characteristics planting and cultiva- jl downfall of israel 2 kings 17 000 oese were the days of the bother and expense a person can dig tion of botli ornamental and useful wick ap and the wheat baron a lot of quack grass in a day if it is plants there was also a lantern slide 918 golden text- pro v 14 34 bonanza days when big just in patches i had hhd no previous lending service with accompanying information for lectures on the planting and care of farm home time b c 71 i foliage and sometimes left as they lesson foreword amos and the were like the stone pillars they e other prophets had predicted the were supposed to be inhabited by a lfijii a mmishment for god sacred stones and pillars wec of diversified farming has sunflower to its new place jyjatjture silage is necessary as feed for live stock and sun- th ave solved the silage problem kv farmers there is a race the stars were supposed to be ia- habited by gods their movements were cartfully watched by the astrol ogers because of these movements the gods made their will known star worship became very popular in israel see zeph 1 5 jer 7 18 19 13 baal was the name of the cinaan- itish god there were not one but many baals they were supposed to give fertility to the soil and to pre side over the arts and crafts v 17 caused their sons etc this refers to child sacrifice the children were not made to walk through the and the era e- a fortune or a failure experience however so i tried killing i it with a hoe and then tried pulling it today is tho day of the small then i seeded the piece to clover and 3v07ov diversified farming inj let it go saska canada tho settlers are my first success was three years capita oni wheat but other field ago when i set a somewhat infected r kinds of live stock their piece to raspberries and raised a crop is based on a diversity of of cucumbers between the rows the ing the beautification of urban ami assyria which was cultivation was very thorough and rural points in this way communities g eef it vase ntario were advised to take adj tij i ttf onr mnilo f nm ami resins are the oar- cr the will of god but god ex- v pressed himself through his prophets act an ontario act which made pro- an the assyrians discovered that he it was used in the worship of the an1 priests without tho use of magic vision for encouragement to horticul- had entered into treasonable negotia- j jerusalem temple but here it was j jr p 13 ture ottawa st thomas and st tions with egypt the great rival of burnt to heathen- gods probably the catharines were typified as cities that i assyria thfrupon shalmaneser in canaanitish baals see hos 2 13 f on fword had given special attention to beauti- another expedition laid siegeto saja ddu6 hea then thjsj was their jgggfc the great world grove of trees see jer 2 20 3 6 curins tho lc or favor of the god divination and enchantments these v 11 burnt incense incense was w magical means used for discov- both tho berry plants and racumbersfon1rto wore t one i made of gums and resins and the per- mado a vigorous growth i do not vantage of the new community hall ji refused to pay tribute fumes for which arabia was famous acorn fodder and sunflowers publ as a silage crop and merfrsate gradually forging to to peaf as relative res sunflowers corn oats and targ was recently made on a hjan government experiment i said dewitt foster superin- of tho industrial and re- 1 department of the canadian ial railways a herd of hol- 1 was fed on the three silages veeks at a time each cow being i thirty pounds daily on sun- silage each cow produced 2724 s of milk daily of 36 per cent rfat content and gained two is in weight per day on peas and 2588 pounds of milk of 35 per jusvht gained one pound the posrfn 264 pounds of milk earl k butterfat and gained were if this id advantages sunflowers focjes as a silage crop they yiif grow and their yield vuchiieavier on good land jons of sunflowers may bo lo the acre corn is a hardy ft sunflowers are hardier they ive on dry land where corn oa failure they flourish r and climatic conditions that a vigorous remember thinking about the quack grass at all as we cultivated my man did part of the work but along in the summer it occurred to me that i had not seen any in that piece for a long time and i began to wonder just what i had done to destroy it i do not know yet but i had a theory that i felt sure of so i plowed up my clover piece tho next spring with a deter mination that in- the fall there would not be a spear left i planted the field to silage corn hilling it so i could cultivate it both ways and handhoe it our corn grew very high with lots of leaves for shade and we cultivated and hoed continual ly but when tho corn was in the silo aijove could look over tho field i could not see that we had hurt the quack grass much i sowed rye imme diately to be plowed under in the spring for another crop of silage corn my enthusiasm about getting rid of the pest was getting pretty well down but i put ill half a day digging out lying patches and made up my mind to do the best i could with the culti vator and let the hoeing go wo cultivated before the corn was up and three times more as rapidly as seemed advisable and then rose bugs leaf hoppers grape berry moth etc took up our time but this year when the corn was in the silo i could not see very much quack grass in the field what there is left i can dig up fication through the laying out of and jggl jsszsftlfti booming it i assyrians who conquered the kingdom tt p k a uow k ks hkj hwrsw a better overhaul the incubator i know a place up country in gods great outofdoors a quiet sheltered comer on which the springtime pours the wine of warmth and magic and well i know the sun has kissed the grove of maples and the sap begins to run of israel held their empire together andforced to live in exile j wrought wicked things this undoubt- j 0 gf portea t ncnwvre pi 2 1 edly included their social wrongs such t conquerea n people tney aeporrcd i disobedience 91 s of the bv tke them to another land and filled their v 9 the children of israel did soj an the m 0 justice p with anoticr conquered people cretly publicly their religion was sup the prophets had denounced 1 1 this way they hoped to break tho posed to be the worship of jehovah j y 12 g idols these were pro- s of their victims there were their national god and no doubt they jally linages of men women beasts out to tribe of judah only observed the religion of jehovah butr t aml 0 they were set up tribe of juca formed a separate they tried to combine with it heatnei both in puliic p and in theh kingdom and were not conquered until elements which they practiced in sec- j ye shall not do his thing ac- considerably later the kingdom of ret lest god should see them for sec- j con t0 the law of israel no repre- israel as tile northern kingdom was ret rites see ezek 8 712 built in or i of jehovah was called was much richer than the king- high places the canaanites their j over allowed and israel had no right predecessors m the land worshipped to wors any other god their gods the baals at what were ti t i 17 seed is too frequently shipped by known as high places these were xr tn- lj17 farmers and country shippers in dam- altars built on elevated places or hills v 13 israel had no excuse for its aged bags the larger holes being stop- of which palestine as a mountainous snsod hadnot left them in any ped up bv com cobs sticks wads of country is full tower city tow- jum as to his will he had sent etc or the cloth around the ers were used for the protection of plenty of prophets and seers to de- flocks and vineyards these protect- are his will and to warn them ing towers were probably adjoined bylsainsst disobedience see jer 7 2o pap hole gathered up and tied g other crops twenty tons potato fork in a few hours in the spring with a f when you see a fine poultry plant do not judge at once that it is paying a large profit when you see rather poor looking buildings do not consider the owner a failure with hens some times the owner of the big plant clips coupons to help pay his manager while the owner of the small plant is saving some hen money each year to help pay off the mortgage on the jre on poor land is not un ojjvfor the cost of turning sun fjao silage one fanner who lijfreding his cattle sunflower kvera years estimates that yin 150 a ton to pack the s into the silo last year i cows thirty younds of sun- jje a day and they averaged cc to fifty pounds of milk a m stability of sunflower silage jslion at first which led some y doubt its value this is no oroblcm it is sometimes a jji little difficulty to wean horn silage whei they have i to it and accustom them v silage corn perhaps has 1 iavor to the bovine palate takes place 8m the rude houses of peasants and out of these groups of dwellings larger places would arise what is meant here is that high places were built everywhere from tho smallest human habitation to the largest v 10 images as the hebrew word indicates these images were stone pil lars in which a god particularly the j neifrhbors canaanite baal was supposed to have taken up its residence sometimes they were carved groves these were trees sometimes stripped of their all the law which i command- ed not only had the prophets de clared gods will but it was embodied in the law which israel had solemnly accepted of god in the wilderness this was israels distinct possession marking it off from its heathen neigh dom of judah and since it attracted the attention of the assyrians it met an earlier doom application 1 the cause of israels downfall doubtless there were various converg ing causes but the main one was the elimination of- the truly religious ex perience from leaders and people we know from the prophet hosea and also from the narrative of the lesson passage that there was a loud ap pearance of religion vs 812 but the reality was missing the ritual was a mixture of foreign customs and the conduct of the people was frivol- en the sen every real mother likes to send her daughter forth on her wedding day with as nice an outfit as the family purse will afford but many good mothers are really ignorant of the fact 4not necessary in poultry falf a pound to 500 pounds i have noticed while digging quack grass at this time that many of the root stalks were dead leaving only tender sprouts that seemed easy to destroy it has also surprised me that wherever i dug these patches in the spring that they were entirely de stroyed though it did not seem pos sible that i had gotten every root it seems therefore that this must be the plants most vulnerable time the vitality of the rootstalk is at its low est after going through the winter that their sons should have certain aid it then makes a rapid growth articles storing up food and moisture against i tive bi tho farmers cultivator and hoe and suppose the summer drouth until it is nearly lnan a sum of money to help buy his invincible and we must destroy thoi farming equipment and furniture no- plant if at all before this new growth thing else is necessary indeed many of them and welltodo people at that provide nothing for their sons to take to their new homes this comes about through lack of knowledge rather than stinginess many times ono bride was amazed when she looked over her young husbands clothes to find that he owned nothing but garments thriftily patched and repatehed by his frugal mother of course he had a new suit to be mar ried in with new overcoat and new things from the skin out but his en- ies bv hilda richmond v 15 followed vanity in the old testament an idol was frequently called a vanity that is it was a mere nothingness being lifeless and i 1 unable to give any help became vain has hers to bring to the new home and became as am unrea a3 one of the outfits can be ror the guest the ilo tbey worshipped went after room which every country family he heathen again and again israel needs along with his bed should go had been told that they were to be a his mattress pad sheets pillows pil- peculiar people unlike any of tho na- low slips quilt bedspread pair of tions around them but they were blankets and a comfort many country weak in comparison with bors and if it had followed this law ou and irresponsible no man spared it would not have become assimilated brother no nation can endure j with such a sandy foundation v 14 would not hear refused to j 2 the great responsibility of the listen to the prophets who spoke fori leaders hoshea had some redeeming god hardened their necks they features of character v 2 but he were stubborn like an intractable ani- did not keep the treaty with the king mal which refuses to be driven like j of assyria he thought that he could their fathers theirs was an break the covenant with impunity ancient and inherited disposition and he paid the consequences of his dryest and warmest but should have a concrete foundationto keop out rats in making a concrete floor it pays to build it up on coarse field stone or cinders to prevent dampness then place strips of roofing paper in tho ferns to improve the flavor 1 cement and it makcs a moistureproof jarcoal is good for the di- j floor on the cement floor it is pos- ct as an absorbent oyster sible to do thorough cleaning j necessary to make strong the use of a straw loft in a poultry j and grit as a grinding ma- j house helps to prevent damp condi1 ery important tions such houses are cooler in thoj tire wardrobe which was small was ing scratch grain it is best summer and warmer in winter hoij poor condition now that mother would have given up her life for that boy if it had been necessary but to did not hesitate to humiliate him by j as as well as should the prospee- families would feel disgraced to let a some of h nations and they ride many families innocently boy go from home without a fully sup- j gg vhcsc n fonsthe mteht bv se that if they give the young i plied bed even to a feather wjswt though the latter has gone out of y 16 the writer seems to be so style in many quarters theie is passionately indignant with the sins something delightful in being able to of israel that he begins to rehearse give each sen fine new clean bedding them see zeph 1 5 jer 7 18 to go with his familiar bedroom suite lfl 13 molten images even two and no matter how well the young cavos some of the images were ou r higs hc sssissjaiigkg husbands 1 plenishing always comes in introduced the golden calves see 1 handy only recently i saw a quilt kings 12 28 these were images pieced more than seventy years ago of bulls which because of their mini- as a part of a sons bedding in pioneer ature size were called calves ah days and cherished all these years to host of heaven the worship of oven to tho fourth generation that the stars was introduced from baby nag scraccn grain it is uesi summer and warmer in wi joout onefourth in the mom- low trio is considered a better ma- threefourtha at night this ferial for poultry house walls than ce- jbirds hungry in tho morning meat but not as dry as lumber h ejt more of the mash con- j limal protein the results r n mash seem as good as from j a uangerous practice i if wet mash is used it i ilease permit mo to call the at- jgiven at noon mr formnon tention of your readers to the dan- p hens do not need water 1 tgerous practice of throwing boards plpniy of lailk i down with nails sticking from them orn exposure is besi for the ud leaving them lying around a con- d not bo in a low j stint danger to anyone with worn drainage is lacking thin shoes or barefoot children in about the house or summer this is a vory common habit ighest hill where thoro i too j and causes many deaths from tetanus posureto tho wind j or lockjaw unless attended to prompt ly mm u the best soii about v and skillfully a l p use it should havo a gravelly that is easily drained on a to know how much ice to put up there u greater danger of uc following is a safe rule to follow ration the poultry house i engaged in the city milk trade the of rrat importance the earth farmer houid put 11 p two tons of ice cjteapeji but must be dry and per cow if supplying cream one ton become euty or oamp and oir cow is sufficient end four tons ean the board floor is the fr houfehoid use i it should fere air drain jvill settle abo sending him forth with such an outfit when she could well afford to make or buy new for the young man who had faithfully worked on his fathers farm since returning from high school the mother of the young man about to be married should see that ho has enough undergarments night shirts socks shirts and personal articles sturdily made quilt has seen much wear and shows signs of it in its faded blocks but the tiny stars and diamonds quilted in by loving hands are as firm as the day it was finished i tho bedroom furniture is really nil many families can afford and nil they onsider necessary to give but many fond mothers particularly mothers of inly sons add other things such as an fasy chair a bookcase for tho familiar spooks a rug a stand a bedroom lamp or any othor thing the boy has used in the old home every mother should bavo saved up the school grade cards ihc childish pictures the toys with thich the boys played and a few of such as handkerchiefs tics and little j who garments he wore a little box of things to inst several years young men stalling in life find many placci for their hardearned dollars and the boy who does not have to pay cut treasures for each child is a precious ossession but children never think to ollcet those things for themselves tion doesnt need the table linen and money immediately for working t be fancy articles that daughter clothes and underwear is very grate ful to the mother who foresaw thej difficulties and tight places of the 1 first years of married life jl every young mrti fhoum have hi p for her hope che3t but he will ap- reciate something that looks homey i familiar when lie settles down in is new nest 11 grout deal mor than will appreciate n largo ivn of own bedroom suite to take from hl 1 rrcy ave i up foi him nftor his par- old home with him perhaps the bride ijai are gone loimi the land of their conquerors breach of faith it is said that the german chancel lor sneered at the idea of britain ad hering to her treaty with belgium it was only a scrap of paper and the consequences of joyaty to it would be dreadful the british ambassador re plied that where honor was concerned britain did not count the cost it was a noble reply and one would liko to feel that the nations rulers al ways lived up to it as courageously as they did in 1911 3 tiie strange ways in which god attains his goal the divine method today may re quire us to leave bohiml some old forms of thought and organization and enter the new and untried coun try before us with now methods in our hands a generation ago wo used tho cradle to cut our wheat then fol lowed the reaper then the selfbinder so one instrument in the divine hand gives way to another and better one for the fulfilment of his purpose says sam tell me what your fam ily docs after supper and ill tell you where your boys and girls are try them in your garden de lues golden giant sweet corn ono to two weeks earlier ear half as hag again and 12 io 14 rowed where golden ban tam is 8 rowed bettor quality mors productive plt 25c tflb 40c lb 65c lib si 00 postpaid new albino tomato puw while in color containing no acid pkt 25c postpaid now york head lettuce a leader as a summer head lettuco pkt 10c 01 50c 2 ozs 85c poit- pald bruces special floral collections io asters sweet pens tall and dwarf nasturtiums floral gems 6 pkts in 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