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er r ' rr,- ^ R^rra (Pop Qycilcs V Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell Tha '^bjeet of thi* department It to ptac* at the ••^ ••«• cf CUT farm rejidore the advice of an acknowledge:! •uthority on all dibjects pertaining to tolls and crop*. Address all questlona to Profestor Henry O. Bell, In] •are of The Wilson Publlihlng Company, Linnitsd, Toronto, •Bd answert will appear In thia column In the order lit «»hlch they are received. As space la limited it la advl» •bl* where immediata reply li necesaary that a stannpsd •nd addressed envelope be enclnaed wiWi the queation, «<h(n the answer will b9 malted direel THE EVII5 OF THRUSTING RESPONSIBILITY ON THE ELDEST CHILD By Kdith (irahani. over her three brothers, ami ope day, their mother heard heart-broaiting our olemG Co/iducCes^ 6y /fw 7fe6/ra .Caw Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordia ;> Invited to write to wails issuing from the nursery. Panic- ! ««P«rlmenl. Initials only will be published wi'h each question and Its •''•^•' «trieke... Bhe rushed up, expectinK to I •••'"«»"• »' Identification, but full nam. »;<'»''^;"» ,??"•* ''•X^J?.:?," ,. , ', . 1 1 1- I r- I '**•«'• Write on one side of papdr only. Answer* will ba mailed oir»si fmd at least a broi^en limb awal^mg j .tao^ped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. ,„ Henry SubscrilM'r: â€" Would soil and leaver than horse manurp? We have been practice, dried and dressed her sister taken from (he surface of ground in planting them in different ground in and then placed her before the stove oak timber and .spread four inches this way. Where we had them this while she ran to answer her mother's deep and plowed into liuht, worn-out year we would pla."! them again the cull; on her return she found the baby soil, have any litnrlicial effect, or. to year after next; where we had them | had clambered back into the tub, The generality tit mothers are cer- tainly unselfish, but don't you know a few who hardly could be included un- der that category, even by the widest chari'y? What about the woman who puts a load of responsibility on ^ her and found the second boy, age<t j Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law. *** the eldest child and allows the poor j four, weeping as though his very soul ! Wscdolns Ave., Toronto. little mite to bear many burden.s alto- were rent, while May stoo<l sternly re- j â-  gether too great for her tiny shoul- garding him; the nurse had gone i Marion: â€" What do people mean asks Inquisitive. Lack of shipping is dcrs? Lately I heard of one who left down-stair.s. In answer to his moth- 1 when they speak of a "Bread and but- the answer. The world's sugar crop her small daughter, oidy six years | er's anxious queries he sobbed out, I ter letter," you ask. A "bread and this year will be 1,123,000 tons in old, to give the baby of sixteen months \ "May said if I didn't do what she told | butter letter" is a note which should; excess of that of last year. But right its bath. The little nurse did the me I would be locked up in the big j always be sent to a hoste.ss after now there are 900,000 tons of sugar work thoroughly from considerable black safe in the bank the , whole â-  spending a day or more at her home, in Java held up for lack of shipping. my nonsense. wiiat extent would it convjiare with^ last year we will plant next year. Do' clothes and all, taking with her the ' take you away to lock you up, and, i 4-year-old child who asks, "Mother, can we save hugar?" barn-y;ird manure? you think a complete change of ground blanket and pillow on which she had anyhow. May could not do anything to where did you get me?" is a definite Europe more than it w .•\nsv,er: -The handling of leaves, , would be better? What is the beat been sitting, the towels and her ni(,'ht- ! you. She is only a little girl herself." statement. Everything that lives has, before. night." I which expresses again the guest's ap- \ Canada's normal consumption of sugar It was difficult not to laugh, but | Preciation of a delightful visit. It is 90 lbs. per capita. To meet the keeping her face as straight as •le; should be mailed immediately on the Allies' needs this should ba r(^uce<i to could my sister explained: "That is â-  return home. 67 lbs. It shouldn't be a case of I would not let any one' N.A.J.:â€" 1. The best answer to a: "Why can't we get sugar?" but "How - - - 1 " •* It is needed in ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ as ever needed j you. She IS only a little girl herself." , ' as you havi: described, would be nf'goiJ? V, here oats were this year, it clothes. I The seven-year-old mentor gazed in ' a fath'jr and mother, and he, like all, Mrs. N.N.B.:â€" It is a pity that your materii'.l benefit to the soil, provided was sod last year, would thai be good? . The poor, wee nurse was inconsol- ' hori^r-stricken reproof on her mother | the fiowers, plants, vegetables and family is so refractory in acceding that the leaves are worked in tho- Or where corn was this year? la it able, but I think the mother should as she exclaimed: "Mummie! How can animals came from father and mother, to the requests of the Food Controller, roughly .so that they will not break | iKJst to plant a whole potato or to cut ' havp been very grateful that it was you expect me to manage the boys if 2. A roast of beef can be served for , Why not try so to arrange the menus up the w»t.-r connc.-tion between the | them? . . ; the water, not the fire, which had at- you will not back me up?" » small family in the following five i that they will not notice the ab.sence compac'x'd soil below and the area inj Answer:â€" Scab in potatoes is a traded the baby. It it had been uth- ; \fjji » \i â-  A consecutive ways: 1, as a roast; 2. of those things to which they hive which ci ops grow. The addition of parasitic fungous disease. Just how | erwise, who would have been to' A Middle-Aged Drudge . \vith the cold meat sliced and allowed i been accustomed? Don't inform them this quantity of leaves should ma- ^ it infests the potato stock is not de- blame? Certiiinly, the woman who | Every one who has ever lived in a ' to simmer in loft-over gravy; 3, as i that you are giving: them a beef'.ess or terially add to the humus of the soil, finitely known, but the spores gainins laid such a respon.sibility on a mere large family must have noticed this | stew cooked with vegetables; 4, in a ; baeonless or wheatless meal and they and be of great l>€nefit to it. Fur- entrance to the skin of the potato infant. j tendency to make the oldest respon- meat pie,' and 5, in crociue*tes. j probably won't notice it when no at- therroore, average forest leaves have cause it to become rough and scury. | This sort of thing hardly can be sible. Even the most unselli.sh of, A Mother: â€" Anxious for a new dish j tention is drawn to the fact â€" always approximately 15 pounds of nitrogen The spores live for a considerably escaped in the homes of the very poor, ' mothers seem to do it unconsciously, that will be nourishing for the boys ; providing the suljstitutes arc adequate pc." ton, one and one-half to six pounds leng^.h of time in the soil, especially I where the mother frequently must hut it should be guarded against care- and girls, aren't you? Well, Boston and palatable. That, of course, is <yf of phosphoric acid, and from 20 to 50 if the soil is sweet. Hence, putting go out to work in order that the chil- fully. It is unjust to the elder Roast is a war-time dish that is pre-! prime importance. pounds of potash per ton. Well-keptjon lime or -wood ashes to the potato dren may have food; but this example child; it frequently endangers the| eminently nutritive. You can get; Mrs. R.A.M.:â€" "What's the use of stable manure carries from 10 to 15 patch increases the favorable condi-| dii} not occur among the poor, but with younger children because the deputy ten servings from the following: 2 saying save white floOr when brown pounds of nitrogen, 5 to 9 pounds of i lions for the growth of potato scab. ' a mother who very well could have guardian is not old enough to carry' cups dry kidney beans, 1 cup bread bread is no cheaper?" Well, it's a phosph<.ric acid and approximately Trocautions for killing Kcab include taken time herself to attend to the the responsibility, and it iiS bad for crumbs, 2 cups grated cheese, 3 tea- , patriotic duty and for this rea-^on the 10 pound.i of potash per ton. ' â-  tho dipping of the seed potatoes in a baby's needs. ' j the mother her.self. j SROons salt, % cup liquid, 1 tablespoon ' more brown bread you use th? more J.J.IJ.:â€" I have been thinking about mixture of one pint of formalin to 21 ! Deprived of Her Girlhood The evil results do not alv\'ays stop : chopped onion. Soak the beans for wheat you save. The demand for putting liardv.«iid sawdust on some gallons of water. This penetrating' , j. , „ . i^i . r, ^.y . fv, ii (.at childhood, either. Over and over 24 hours and cook in salted water ' graham bread has been so limited that hard clay land. 1 have a mile to haul mixture kills the spores that may bc^j^^gj. -^ anna^rentlv' regarded as'^^a again you will find middle-aged women until soft. Drain and put through . the product has to be mada by hand it. Vould it pay me to do ^o? Has adhering to the surface of the potato. ^^^.^ ^^ deputv mother and while her "'^° ^^''^ never had time to live their food chopper. Add onion, cheese, | and, consequently, the labor cost is it any value as manure? How muchi Cow manure is higher in water, hut ^^j^ ^^ a child is denrived of nil the "^^'^ ^'^^*' ^^*'*'" ''^''^ ^^'°'"'-' Browing crumbs, more salt and i^ cup of the somewhat greater than in tha case of would I apply per acre? some lower in nitrogen, P^'''5P'^o''i'-' j-gru fi-gp ),appinesg ^y,.}, is tlm riirht "P they were expected to care for the vva'er in which tha beans were cooked, j white bread. It is not prim? ri'y with An.sv.xr: -Hardwood sawdust car- acid and pota.sh than ishor.se manure. );^ childhood The effect is sometimes vounger children; then, these in turn Form into loaf and bake in a moder- 1 a view to economy in cost that the es approx.mrtely 20 pounds of n.tro- As far as plantfood is concerned,!,^^;^;,;;, <" ^^ j^ devXp, her s^nse of giwing. .shoved them aside and they ate oven for 40 minutes, basting oc- ; Food Controller has urged the use of ;n per ton, 1 pound of phosphoric horse manure is moie valuable. ' re^onsibilitv and makes her de.'>end- were laid on the shelf, put in the ; easionslly with hot water and fat. | brown bread but because, if substitu- ted and appro. >mately 2 pounds of| I do not consider a complete change ; „^,P .esourLful and consi^VnTtifor background. Later, when the younger | Inquisitive:-"Why can't we getltion is elTected on a large scale, it potash. If you are going to put it ^ of ground ncces.sary for potatoes, pro-: ^^.j^^'^.^. but in nine cases out of ten it members of the family married, sugar when there is no real scarcity ?", maans an impork-int saving m wheat, on a soil where you intend to grov/ivided that you-have gn.v/n them in 8^^^.^^^;,^ ^^, j„ making h. r old "auntie" wmi expected to help take ' r== . r^ ries potatoes, it would probably be best to system of crops so that there has been burn the sawdust and take good care opportunity for the keeping up of the of the ashes. In so doing the potash organic matter or 'lumus of the soil. and very frequently bad- tare of the children and, well-tutored ^ «_ jhe Holy Spiritâ€" The imnortant tempered and domineering. Even if , t" pi^'inK up I'l'om the time she was a thing in baptism is not the quantity of it should, by good fortune, haptien to child, she slipped into the niche pre- ^ water, but the measure of the renew- would be m more quickly avadab e Under ordinary onditions potatoes ^.^^^ ^,^^ \^^^^^ ,.^^^,, ^^ jj ^^J^ \,^^^^ ^^ | p„ed for her, finding herself in the ing grace of the Holy Spirit. Water U ^^^^^'^\^^ form. At prei,e.t prices for th^ follow clover or s<u to best advantage, i ^j^ ^^;,, , ,,^^j, ., j, bad for end without home, occupation or as-, baptism is simply the symbol of the r\ Sf/y^-fUC^? constituent it would pay you to handle Relative to the size of potato seed, '^j;^ "'tLr " ""'^ '" ' ''"^ ^°' | ^ured position. ""'V Spirit's influence. - / \Cj/(J/7c^O â- cU Miss Centipede the sawdust as described. | Prof. Zavitz of Ontario .^griculturaJ K.L.:â€" I would like to ask you about' College finds best results come from planting beans in hills, hov/ far to u.sing seed pieces not less than two; â-  , â-  • _ , •, , i. ^u â-  ^ ^. !.!..». .1, .„ â- .,,..^1 .,„-i I...,. .«.. :,. â„¢ u -ru 1 . • 11 girl, being more or less resiK)nsd>le; as' days, th^inks to the growing onport plant thcin ai)art and liow many in a ounces each. The lowest yield was " • ° ' '•'' cb.i *"'i',. .„,„.. r„ M,„ i,.r,„ !.„..„ „.,.„ I '"â- '"•"'=*!' ^^' P'a'il'njf ^^ °} ""''â- [ certain extent; but .she should never ' of this empty life in'middleage,"but"in he.dtaieslis'herewgnize's'the g'rc"ate"r And at Shoofly & Company's An,mer.-In the large bean grow- ounce s,:-.e as close as two feet apart f^, „„ matter how helpful the child I most cases when you find a woman in preseixce (Matt 3. 14), but yield., to Mi.do her first stop. „. .. . , „ -1 . 1 I mu- i . I 9- It came to pass in those days â€" Of course, u iS hardly joRs.ble to I This type was common enough a a transition, now, to the presentationl prevent the eldest, especially if it be a , coup^r of generations back. Nowa- | of Josus as ho enters upon his baptism.' ,.,,.. ^ . , ; • Mark sets his baptism apart from that Little Miss Centipede a rule, the mother leans on her to a ! unities for women, there is less danger of the multitude. In Matthew, John Went out to shop. ing sections, it is the practice to sow in the rows beans in rows a distance of 28 inches | CM.:â€" 1. What is the best variety apart. For the smaller dwarf vari- of raspberry? How far apart should etics sometimes the space is reduced bushes be .st-l? 2. What will destroy to 21 inches. Slost of the growers wild oats? use about three perks to the acre of i Answer: â€" !. I am not prepared to the small bean varieties, and about C.say which is the best raspberry. It peck.s per acre of the larger. They ' would be well for you to write the give the soil very careful preparation Horticultural Department of Ontario And in addition to doing everything , Agi-icultural College. 2. In order to possible to make a mellow, well work-j destroy wild oats, if the fields is badly sd deep seedbed, on loam soils they infecttul, you will have to restore to »dd fic.m 200 to tJOO pounds per acre summer fallowing. »f fertilizer niuilyziiig from 1 to 2i K.C.:â€" Which is the In'st method of; per cent, ammonia, 8 to 12 per cent. ' planting beans, in the hill or in the phoHpiioric acid and 1 to 2 per cent, drills? What crop should they fol-l potash. This is applied through the 'low? j feitilizer attachment of the grain] Answer:â€" Relative to hundlingi drill, either at seeding time or a week^ beans, I would refer you to question. Lesson 1. John I'repares Br ten days previous to planting time, initialed "H.L." above. As to the For Jesus â€" Mark 1. â- get, no matterhow helpful the child 1 most cases when you find a woman in presence (Matt 3. 14), b may be, that she is only a child and J this situation you may make a pretty ^*''^^^"^'.^^"'^"tu'''*°n'^ri'° must l>e given her .«hare of fun and ' safe guess that she was an oldest child childish gaycty. now." Came Mr. Shoofly came forward from Nazareth of Galilee â€" The home Ail beaming and gay: ; V i J i • J- A\. town of Jesus. Nsiareth was the " a.-,,i wii.jf .â- â- m I fin ...,,. ,^,. .. l^:''^^-'''=*''P«^«'Jt'',f^'^"Pfâ„¢"'the ,,„^^. ^f ^i, ,j,i,jhood, youth, and ^nd w!<at can I do A comic incident in this connection I time she could walk ..nd Inid re- 1 „„p manhood. If, is beautifully „ , - , , >. , , . comes to memory. My niece had j spon.^ibililies laid on her by a thought- situated two-hours' ride west of the "'' bowed and tie beckoned, For you, madam, to-day?" herself assumed a certain authority ' less or selfish mother. iSea of Galifte, in a sort of cup m;:de' He showed her a .=eat; by the union of several hills. The Kut the poor clerks turned pale INTKUN.VriONAL LKSSON JANUARY ti. lliis fertilizer may al.so be applied j crop they should follow, beans will with a lime or fertilizer distributor, | thrive on any well prepared soil, but under s ich circumstances it should' Necessarily the soil should be as free be carefully worked into the soil. of weeds a.'* possible, hence corn or J.U.T.: â€" What is the cau.^e of scab; potatoes make good prece<ling crops In pofatoeti? Is cow manure better for beans. spiritual purification which was to New Testament is silent as to the life' When she put out her feet, come throuf'h the agency of the Holy "f Jesus spent here with hit' parent-<i. i "How mimy?" they faltered. Spirit. In' the wildernessâ€" The bar- , ^^e disappears from our view at twelve ' "As many as these," ren, rocky region in Jiidea bordering Vars of age reappears eighteen years ghe replied very sweetly, on the lower Jordan nml the Dead Sea. 'ater, at the Jordan, to be baptized, •• \nd hurrj' up please." Rightlv calle<l by the Hebrews "Jes- "'"1 to make a. formal entrance upon himon,-" or tho "appalling desolation" J- ?;'i^'7,VichJ" 'pe£fat"^be So they hurried and scurried, or "horror, a region of canyons and lar iiom Jericno. remaps at tne - .chalky cliffs and gullies, devoid of aiuient ford of Succoth. Thousand.! . Jhe ten Shoofly clerks, vegetation, .sloping U) the Dead Sea. "f pilgrims evei-y spring seek to be All hustling together ! Preached Heralding or procbiiming baptized in the Jordan, in imitation of And working like Turks. .,,. ... !to all tho people tho inauguration of their MaSter. The baptism of Jesus They cleared all the counters; ine " ay , the new jra. Kppcntaiice unto rcmis- was not according to Johin's baptism, | They emptied the shelves; 1-11. â-  ' â-  -. . . . -i -- i- .ti. - . -. pel of Jesus Christ, the Ron of God- No introductory worils origin of Jesus, but graphic presientation Golden Text, John 1. 2!t. Verso 1. The beginning of the gos about the ""'' ^'''" '" Joreminh 4. 14, and had its Holy Ghost." It was •ico -ind connteipnrl, in tho washings of tho l.nv\' 'of Jesiw 'tho' (K""''"*' '^'â- >- 4). Rut its use by John Matthew's Gospel Market Calendar. Eliminate the old hen which devours her quota of daily rations and refu.ses to m.ake the expected return of three or four eggs a week. A bird with a predominating yol- Ives. uttonod, ' to fulfill all They pushed and they squeezed, righteousness," as Jesus tells us in !\!iss Centipede watching, That is, it wasl Quite placid and pleased; fitting that he, tho inaugurator of the They used a short ladder To fit her top feet. And never drew breath Till the job was complete. original announcement "(iood tiews *'^* inward change finds e.xpressioii. ' 10. And straightwayâ€" A favorite about Jesus Christ!" ' Jesusâ€" Liter I "Pciance," as it is rendered by Wiclif, word of Murk, occurring ten times in Market pricoH are considerably 1 low color in shanks, bc;ik,'vcirt and.>Hy. help, "or deliverer. .Same asU" ""'^/^l'*""*^"^ • "P«3;!an<^f >* We- ; Chapter 1. It discloses the vivid and .nimrv than before Chri.st- ' „.,.. i.l.„. ..„.! ...i.t, ;,.,,! ,.„..^..! ..,-„" ".lo.sluia in the Old Testament. Mattfy "-.^^ternal and a mortidcalion .vf the rapid movement from one stage to an- tonung up out of the water ;lng that he had been in the A vast majority of all the r^ And here's what thiy sold her- Now count if you choose: A pair of cloth gaiters, A pair of tan shoes, higher in January than before Chri.st-} «ar lobes and with pelvic bones dose J"-->"'a i-'t'ie Old 'resUiment ^^'^^^â- \Yi,,rilmZ.r.^^^^^^^ ' mm. FrcHli killed chirken.s, especially ^ t„„ether is not a producing l,ir<l. Slie ; [: 21 Christ is his offuna title o^^^ j ,^„i,-,i„„ ^f ^- f„, repentance is'the -Indicating that lie had been in the | A pair of black pumps crate fed roasters, in special demand. ' i„ imt Iriuincr „i ,.11 ,â- ,,. ni i.,>„f i„„;«„ Messi.in, wiuui mean.? tne anolntea | o...i.,t.._.i i »..„ /•_._: ; •. _ . " _. ... .,,,,! : , . «f , is not laying- at all, or at best laying^ , A . Good market also for late hatched and i only infrequently. Immature pullets. j By far the best way to kill a fowl Market in January crate fed roast- 1 i., to pierce the brain with a knife. In the Old Testament, a Scriptural ground for forgiveness, i river. 6. messiah was one selected by (}o<l to'.."' I'^P fou'itry o|^ Ji"'ea, and all prescntation.s of the baptism of Jesus perform an important service. He : '•."^'y '. Jeri'salcmâ€" The capital and in early Christian art represent htm -.Iwas anointed or set apart for this : '•^'' ''":*;•; .'^'^t''''^' "^ """^^"''"-^ J"'''*'^'" "«. standing in the water while the crH. immature pullets, last yoiinj? , The bird must be linng up by the le^s,' work. The kings of Judah and Israel ! "^â- <' [nightily stirred by the announce- ministrant pours water upon him from ducks, young geese, young turkeys. the mouth opene.l, and the blade of a' were thus "messiahs." Even ('yi-us, : â- "/"* ""^ Ihe Baptist that the kingdom above. He saw the heavens rent as When buying screenings or <lamag-U,harp-pointod knife thrust firmly ! the..Per.sian king, is called in Isaiah fJ^^Z '."LIT'L?^^,^' * ' ^^ *""' ""'''"'' ed grain for poultry be :iure that it I through the roo still com'jiina considerable food value; ] i^pisio,, <,],„ul 'tu. Zr fiâ„¢!?! U:^'lSuiTi;;^:' i^- caH^r in ^S^^ l-v- '« «t ban.. ,: ,f o? th< mimth. An God's messiah, or anointed (Isaiah 45. 1 Cp'^^,]^rtrTiver" 11., _ u„ ..., i_ : .1. 1). Jesus i.s not merely one in a long , ""'"^"'V,' "' '"^ '' (!..,.« K,. ,j..,i« ;„ .u„ !)• Jesus in not merely one in a long, then be j,(ade in tho , „;^^ ^f messiahs, but he is The Me. And a pair of tan ties. Two pairs of galoshes And boots, ladies' size; Five pairs of silk slippers For thin evening v.earâ€" Matthew. iMark, and Luke : ^o^e, green, red and buflf, (he new era. have s.!l)stnntia.ly un identical ac-j And a rich purple pair: Jordan- -Kigh- <'ount. Luke adds that the dove was I .\nd soft bedroom slippprs teen miles from Jerusalem, down a in bodily shape. We ore not told. for example, wheU that is shrunken j p^ek and the bir.i should fie left hang- 1 Lu.h," la'^^'xcdrence TntiApat^d liy ; ?*^«cent of ne:uly four thou:,and fek whether' the " multitude saw these ; And a pair of booties." may be excellent poultry^ food butl,„g untd the blood has drained* out I tho prophets and now ushered in lis ^*'. !"}'"* '^"^''^ been a thrilling interest; phenomena or whether this was - that which has been frosted or water- vvhon killinx an old fowl, a desert- the Great Itostorer of Israel and V' i.*""â„¢'*"* nuiltitude fromj vision to Je.sus only. The language 1 boake.1 is of very little value. spoonful of vinegar should be given Founder of tho Kingdom of heaven, i V^<"f ^^o^^* *« t'>^' nver-side. The used indicates that the descent of the j Sprouted oats are the be.^t green about 12 hours before killinr and all I'aul gives Jesus his complete titleâ€" ! J.ordan^ One of t,he tnost remarkable^ Spirit was a real event and not m^ely | fee<l ulrtainable, and make a good, /„^,,ij. should of course be starved for "I-"i<l J'-'sus Christ," indicating his rivers in the world. Its name Dos-; a ftign. It was a special influence ch«.p feed and a great egg pro<hicer. Zm twcntv to t li.tv hoi rs bof orl '"ivine character, his saving work, and «">\'^'- ;«'>' 'le^/:"'^ this rapid, preparing him^for his new work. ! The fowls are fon^d of it':' Feed at \ [CJ^Sed. It vv^H bo founlllhLt! ^i^, "flj';'"' ..l-iiT-tion. Son of God -;<><'>• ."^-"-.^^''^j-P^ Z' ""l ^S ^^- A voice came out of the heavens Of crimson and gray; nd a pair of bootees, By red tassels made gay; lyi^banon Mountains at Banlas, flows' And five sets of sandals, Two basket-ball shoes. And two pairs for lounging - Pale pinks and pale blues; , .. .,, , „ ,,,„ 1 - -' â€" -! -Oniilted in this verse bv some of the' ''*^'"'"'*" iviounuiiiis ai rsanias, iiows' -In the Gospel account three heaven- ! And six pairs for walking, noon as much .-.^ they will ';nt..p clean, j pop,t,y ^m Uoop far better if the skin leadtarmamisIliVts Init^ , "^T^*' ^f'^ "! ""''^' nishes thenco [ ly voices are heard during the ministry \ Ami six pairs for snow - â- â€¢ - • - â-  twelve miles down to the Sea of; of Jesus: First, at the baptism; sec-' Galilee, -- ' â-  ' - -»'--•.- To prepare, t»ke a pail hnlf full of j u not broken. Therefore if tho birds' ^s tho' climax of Jesus' title, oats, soak in water for about one day, ] ^ro not to be cooked for a .lay or bo used elsewhere by Mark. It U; And six pairs to hunt in drain water off and empty in a box : ufier they havo been killed, they with half inch holes bored in the bot- j ,,;|,oi,i,i only be plucked nnd not open tom. .Sprinkle night and morning with . ,.,1 until they are needed. warm water. When tho oats com- ^ mence to sprout spread them out in other 1k)X03 two inches thick, and sprinkle twice daily with warm water. Keep oats well stirred up each time you sprinkle, and in about a week or so they will have sprouted. The length of tho sprout will depend upon the tempvraluro of the room. When gprouta aro four or five imhos long you will have tliom all fed. In the meantime havo anotbor lot ready to fe*d. Galilee, fassing through Us twelve-' ond, at his transfiguration (Mark 9., TV,o,i<,vi wl,,^ T ^„n'» lnr,» â-  milo roacTi, and then plunges down six 7); and third, during the last week of, , V°"»** '\'''''' J d^'" ' k""" • hundred feit in si.vty miles to the Dead his life, in the courts of the temple ^nd two pans of Koatskin, 2, 3. As It is WTitten in Isaiah tho prophet- -Some manuscriptH read "in „ 1 1 . . ,- â-  ,. , i â€" â€" - â-  - - • the prophets," for two are h.'ie quoU'di ?/'",""*.* '" ''â- >?' V^ it.s salty depths (John 12, 28). Thou art my beloved (Isaiah 40. 8 and Malachi M. 1), but ^^'"''^^'"B their Bins -Genuine repen- Son, in thee I am well pleasedâ€" This HIGHEST PRrCES PAID for POUCTRr, OAMB, load A pRATHEna riMM irrit* for partlouUra. 9. vovi-nr * 00., M BoaaMovM V«rlw«. MontviU speaking. He will send his "Angel" 1 • • â-  • V'i"''^-^ • • • with honev- -'rhe| In all the Gospels. It occurs nine When sheep have lorn and ragged | or "Messenger" to preimre his wuv. p"'/' ""'' r^u n* "1 " "t'sB't-dweller.! times in Matthew, four times in Mark. I flcecos, the buyer gets tho Impre.iHlon i In Isaiah a prophetic voice cries out in 'P^.^;'"'* .'" '"*" finely-woven robe of six times in Luke, and ten times inj that they havo had rough usage and' the wihlerness calling for the propnra-i "^'l'''"'*"'"' " coarse garment of hair- John. We inay well understand, there- thit the carci^H, will nouVl^^Ht cl sh i «<•>> of tho way of the Lord. Mark {'"th: m place of the elegantly-em- foi-e why Mark's fir^,t sentence is "the Tho bad r e ."c hldo anv Xi nn X ^vill teach us that the great epoch has â-  '«-"<'>*-""*'' /'^'''"n "" '""^'h '•^'^'''^h^'l goo<l news" about the "Son of God." I Iho bad riee-CK hldo any good Pnint* | ^^^^,, ^,,^, ,^,,^ p.opTiecy is fulfilled '>>' ,'^ '•'*>' rfw'eller, a leather strap) sâ€" ^ â€"--- â- â€" -- tho Hhoop may havn U , ^y^^ „.^„„ ^, ,,,„ ^^^ „,,,,,^ ^^ „„„, aiu for a menu, rcmsfed grasshoppers Ihe feet of snn«i> Hhoiild bo trlniMie<i iutr,„|p^.,>n to UH. Isaiah refers to the' •*"" "^ney scoirped out of a hollow at lea«t once a year, nml a« much glorious news of tho return from ^^^â- . «>' rely an uncouth flgui-e, but a oftoner a.n nocessary. The hcof grows Babylon. Mark uses the nntlonal de- P'^'Thct with a clarion note of reform iipldly, Bnd if tho sheep nro not run- I nliig on very rough ground the feet will Brow faBter than Uioy will wear off, The trimming may bo done In tlu) spring. Hnd should be done from the under side with a tiUarp pocket knifo or hoof kiilf«k llveranco u.m typical of the greater *" "'" ^B" . j „,-, , . .• Mosslnnie deliverance announced by ,.'•,â- â€¢" l'r<'»^hfd-^ One mightier the Forerun mir, who summon* the J»^«!' V ["""!l^' «'»' .^«»" "?t woi-thy Jews to proparu for tho Bi'i>nt opnth. ! *"."'" t"."" '""^ ,* . ' '"^","*' »«»y',<* »' "»" 4. John cBme~The account of John'. <>'"« J"^ saiulals. He niust Increase; family and his bhth U given in Luk.,| » 'V""i ''^â- ^â- '^â- "•:"^, ^•'<^*'" 2. 80), Johns ). Who bnptlzert-The external, ritual' ""If'ff'V'f""'"* '» »"» of the noblest puriftpelton of water, symbolizinn t,h«it«"»iti of his charact«r. \nd two pairs of duck. And four pairs of kid â€" .\nd on all cf them stuck The daintiest rubbers. Indeed, she looked sweet,* .Miss Centipede did, .As she tripped down the streot. -Nancy Byrd Turner. â-  Cakes with molasses in them bako more quickly thah others. â- - -râ€" r- \ -' Much of the fertility value of ma- nure is in the liquid part, which in easily carried away through earth floors. Concrete prevents this seep- age, makinif each ton of manure worth more and at the same tinu- there is a By Increasing the value of the ma- nure produced, cement floors in live stock feeding stable will return their , cost in about one year. Tight stable | floors save solublo plant food from greater quantity of thus matefial. Add- seeping away us it does with earth ed to the prortt of the manure is the floors. I great convenience of eoncratc floor*. Mita lp«MP-««MWiiMM