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^rm (rop Qv^^^s m. '^x.: Conducted by Professor Henry G. BcB The obJ«ct of this departrrent It to place at the ser- vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all lubjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, i care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Td rento, and answers will appear in this column in the orde In which they are received. As space Is limited it ' -advisable where Immediate reply Is necessary tliat a •tamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question when the answer will be mailed direct J. F.: â€" I would like to ask you a few questions about sweet clover. I have twenty acres which was under > sweet cU)»er this last year. It was a' real good crop and was cut for seed, i It si clay loam and is in fair condi- ' tlon. if I plowed the stubble will! the clover come up again, or will it ' come up if it sinot plowed? There! was a lot of the seed shelled in the' field. I ha\e some very sandy soil,' do you think it would be advisable to! sow sweet clover on it? How much sweet clover should I sow to the acre? Answer: â€" If much of the sweet clover seed shattered out in harvest- ing the seed crop, in all probability a considerable quantity will come up next spring whether the ground is plowed or not . The hull of the seed is relatively hard so that some of the sweet clover seeds may lie in the ground for two or three seasons be- fojp th^y germinate. If you wish to put in a. cultivated crep such as corn or potatoes, I do not think you need have fear of a sufficient quantity of seed coming up to seriously diminish your yield, that is, provided you give the cultirated crop early and careful attention. The clover plant is a two-year plant; hence, a couple of years of cultivated crops should kill out a very large quantity of the clover that wouhi come up as weed.-:. I be- lieve you would do well to sow sweet clover seed on your sandy soil. I would recommend that you plow un- der the second crop if you wish to har- vest the first crop of liay. What sandy soil needs is humus, and I know Of no crop that will produce as large an amount of humus in a short time as will sweet clover. It is generally recommended that 20 to 25 pounds of hulled seed per acre be used. If the seed is not hulled, add r^ pounds more. Wa r Ti m i ProclQctioh â- itS,«.*-.3»- THERE must be no "slackers" this year* either among the seeds or the growers. Every man and woman with garden space, must produce to the limit of his or her ability. And that IS why Eennie's seeds are so essential â€" live, vigorous seeds from tested stock, to ensure record crops. BRUSSELS SPROUTS â€" Araager Pkt. MOt. Ma.-ket 10 CABBAGEâ€" Rennie's First Crop.. .10 CABBAGEâ€" Early Jersey Wake- field (Improved) 05 CAUU FLOWERâ€" Rennie's Danish Drouth- Resisting 15 CELERYâ€" Paris Golden Yellow, Extra Select IS .60 TOMATOâ€" Bonny Best (Original). .10 Rennie's Improved Beefsteak. . .10 Oz. .90 .7S .60 2.7S 2.2S 1.7S & .25 1.00 3.50 10.00 2.00 .60 .75 =^l INTERNATIONAL LESSON MARCH 31. Lesson Mil. Easter Lesswi â€" John U. 1-24. Golden Text, | 1 Cor. 15. 57. I Verse 1. Let not your heart be' -troubled â€" His talk of leaving them| does not accord with their hopes for' the kingdom he has talked of setting! up. They are sadly perplexed. Theyi are devoted to him, through the com- ; panionship and training and love of the few brief months they had known him. Believe in God. believe also in' me â€" That is, Your doubts and trou-! bles bceuuse of our separation will be ! cleared tip il' youtrust God and trust me. I 2. In my Father's house are many' mansions -The image is taken from' one of those immense Oriental palaces, in which there is room for the king and his son and for all the guests, i They are to be comforted with the thought that the separation ia tern- ' porary, und that all eventually to be' together. j 3. I go and prepare a place fori you â€" He had told them of the Father's ' love. He had taught them to pray to, the Father. What more fitting than! that he should to talk to them of that time when the children of the Father should be gathered together in the heavenly home? I come again â€" When was that coming to occur? "At the final and glbrious coming?" But it would be no comfort to them to look for a day which had not even vet appeared. "At death?" But this 18 impossible, taken in coiuiection with verse 18. "By the Holy Spirit?" , "I will not leave you desolate: I come' to you." Hia final promise when he gent them forth was, "I am with you . unto the -end of the world." Will receive you imto myself â€" Not only will he come to us, but we are to go to him. These are words of wonderful tenderness. Where I am, there ye may be alsoâ€" All specula- ' tions as to the nature of heaven are of »mall, compared with this simple state- ' mcnt. Let it suffice that we are to be where Jesus is, in the place which he has prepared and where he is King. . 4. Whither I go, ye know the way â€" .For nearly three years, by inimitable I Illustration and extended conference. ' ne had eiuieavored to unfold to them the natuie of his work and the great- j ness of the Kingdom. 5. We know not whither thou goest â€" All honor to the disciple who is un- willing to let slip by a point which he docs not understand. But Thomas had failed to see the great truth as j Jesus had presented it . | li. I am the way, and the truth, and '. the life â€" .lf«us row declares that it is! through liin\ that we come to the. Father and through him that we ob- j tain eiUvaJvce into the Father's house. | Peter wishes to follow him immedi- j ately. Thomas wants to know the way, | and, later. Philip wants to see the | Father. Jesus answer.i: "All these | <jue3tion« are answered in me"; "I am the way to the Father." Christian faith is not a personal opinion or ad- herence to a doctrine; it is confidence in Christ, the loyalty of the life given to him. 7. If ye h:id known me, ye would have known my Father â€" If Jesus is the manitVstatCon of Ood (versa 8), then to know him is to know God. From henceforth ye know him, and have seen him â€" It Is impossible to comprehend the infinite God, but it Is po.sslhle to know the love of God as Seen in Christ. These que.stioii9 In- icato that the disciples v/qto not overawed by the Master, but were on terms of eonifortahle luiderstanding, so that question and answer passed easily. i. Philip said, Lord, show us the Father, and is sufTiceth us â€" Philip ^ill be salislicd if he can have at least a pledge of the glorious future re- served t\>v thorn. 9. Have I l>een so long time with you, and do.-it thoii not know me? â€" A sense of disappointment that, after all, Philip had not learned the grac- ious truth the Master had tried to un- fold. He that hath seen me hath seen the Fatherâ€" A plain statement of â-  Jesus' unique relation to God, which I lifts him above ordinary men. We| j eati hardly conf cive of the holiest of i I men saying, without blasphemy ' "Look upon me and behold God!" [ 10, 11. Believest -thou not that I am' in the Father, and the Father in me ? : â€"he does not say that the Father and ; himself are the same person, but that ' they live the one in the other. That this is true is .shown by his words and his works. Believe me for the very works' sakeâ€" Jesiis asks from his dis-, ciples faith in his union with the Father on the authority of the testi-j mony which he has borne to himself. | 12. He that believeth on me ... greater works than these shall he do;' because I go unto the Fatherâ€" When the Holy Spirit is sent from the Fath- 1 er, great spiritual changes in men will be produced, gi-eater than exter-^ nal miracles. The conversion of a' sinner, through the Holy Spirit, is greater than turning water into wine or opening the eyes of the blind. To e.xpect that the Christian disqlple can work miracles is to take a backward! step in spiritual development. | 14. If ye shall ask anything in my' name, that will I doâ€" That is, to ask; anything of God based upon what Jesus has told us of himself and his ' work. To pray in his name Is not! only to ask for his sake, but to ask in : harmony with Jesus' instructions, or' according to G*d's will. | 15. If yc love me, ye will keep my ! commandments â€"The " commandments 'â-  here alluded to are the charges he has \ given them while he has been with them. To cherish and observe them I is the true indication of their love and the preparation for what follows in, verse 17. - , 16. He shall give you another Com- forter â€" It is impossible for an out-} sider, "the world." to receive the inner Comforter, for the great gifts of the Spirit cannot come to an tinspiritual and unresponsive soul. 18. I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you â€" He comes to them not in the personal, bodily return, after: milleniums Have passed, but through the presence of the promised Holy' Spirit, as Comforter and Teacher. " j 19. The world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold meâ€" The world,' which has only known Jesus after the flesh, sees him ntr more, but to his own he becomes visible in the spiritual sphere. Because I live, ye shall live also â€" Death will be vanquished by him, and his victory includes our vic- tory over death. " i :;0. In that day . . I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in youâ€" The day is coming when the subject which so puzzles them will he clearly understood. ' < 21. He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love himâ€" Love reveals itself to love. He abides in the heart which responds ' to him. (John 15.) j i!2-24. Judas (not Iscariot)â€" Judas i of the village of Keriotli is the mean-| ing of Iseariot in Judea. Literally,; Judas the man f roni Kerioth. Why ; unto us, and not unto the wcrld? -" i Jesus had really answered this in! verse 21, bi:t he goes further. Why not to all men without diserlniina-| tion? Why inake a distinction? The: answer is that love cherishes the slightest wish of the ofie loved, and he who does not love does ni t caicj' out the wi-slies of the beloved. ^ FLOWER SEEDS New Giant Astermum â€" Mi.xcd Colors .••••••... Rennie's XXX Giant Comet Asters â€" Mixed. Drecr's Peerless Pink Aster. Early Blooming Cosmos â€" Mixed Rennie's XXX Exhibition Mixture Pansy Rtnnie's XXX Prize Ruffled Giant Single Petunia- Mixture Rennie's XXX Large Flowering Globe Stocksâ€" Mixture. . Rennie's XXX Ma mmoj^ Verbena â€" Mixture Giant Zinnia â€" Mixed . ^r 1.75 2.50 Pkt. .15 .10 .15 .10 .25 .25 .20 .10 , .15 Mail Your Order TODAY . For Plaatinj Up to April 15tb LOOK FOR THE STARS Turn the pa^ea of your Rennie cat- alogue. Vou will r.utice a srvat many parasraphii witti lUtri at the corners. Those are extra tijccial values that defy competition. When buyins f rum dealers insist on RENNIE'S. CnuiiuYix/ j^ /ha JieCe^n Jtmr Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invltsd to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each question and Its answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 238 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. KING &:.MARKET ST* TORONTO AW so at; MOr^.T-R&AUi: ,W,lNNI,Pe;C: FOR GREATER PRODUCTION Making Two Blades Grow Where Only One Grew Before GUN No FERTILIZERS *€jA0^,. WEST TORONTO ^ X. Y. Z.: â€" A complete reply to your interesting letter cannot be sent for a few days, as the matter of the in- stallation of waterworks in your home has been referred to an expert whose advice will be sent you by mail as soon as received. Regarding the con- version of the large kitchen into a dining-room and kitchen, your ideas are quite practicable, and the result •i'ill be an enormous saving of energy in houserork. The best location for the sink would be at the centre of the dividing walls between dining-room and kitchen, so that you could pass ♦ he dinner dishes through the com- municating door, wash them in the sink, and put thera right through again to be returned to the dining- >ablu, which I presume you keep laid all the time. Can you arrange to have the cook-stove near the sink? If so. you could have a place for cook- ing utensils in the new cupboard, which you would find most convenient. If you keep the proposed alterations in mind as you go about your house- work, many devices will occur to you that can be installed to lessen work. Should you care to send me a plan of the layout of your house, with the windows, doors and chimneys mark- ed, I will send you a working plan for the alterations. Should any further questions crop up, please send them along. Peggy: â€" Here are some good rules for your household. Miss Peggy. It is w-onderful how a motto hung up in the kitchen pulls you up in some little extravagance through the dav. isn't it? COOD FOOD IS WASTED, If it gets into the garbage pail If allowed to spoil in the home If ruined by careless cooking By careless paring and trimming When too much is served at a meal Harradsed: â€" But you won't be bj the time you get the "Soldiers of the Soil" at work. Did you know thai the Canada Food Board is eiurolling 25,000 school boys between the aget of 15 and 19 to help on the fanna this year? The drive to enlist thif battalion of youthful soldiers has begar and they should prove of immena« help to the farmer and his wife. Ther« is no doubt that there will also be a large number of girls on the farii! this year who will assist both in farm- house and field. These two classes will help greatly to lighten the burden sustained by the farmer's wife and theV will solve in some measure tht prol»lcm of labor shortage. Enquirer: â€" "What about potatoes?" Why, potatoes possibilities are end- , less. Miss Enquirer. The Food Corx- troller is asking us to eat both iisfc and potatoes, and to eat plenty ol them . Now the patriotic food is nol always the most palatable but both fish and potatoes are e.xceptionallj nutritious, economical and pleasant ' and no one should have any ditficulty in makiiip: extensive use oi them. Do you ever roast potatoes in their own skins and eat them with a little salt? If not you are missing something ir. life. Ne.xt there is the baked po- . tato, broken open to let out the steam ' and prevent sogginess. Tlie pota- to boiled in its jacket is liO per cent, more nourishing than the peeled po- tato. Have you ever tried potato biscuit? It is something like the old-fashioned potato scone that is sla popular in Scotland as oatcake. Sift together 1 cupful mashed potatoes, 1 cupful Graham flour. 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder, Vi teaspoonful salt, 1 tablespooiiful fat, Va cup milk. To.sa dough on a floured board and roll lightly to 'â- ! inch in thickness. Bake I for twelve to fifteen minutes in greas- ed pans. FEED THE CROP, NOT THE SOIL Some farmers believe In feeding the soil. This practice may be good. In these days of high prices for all farm crops wo believe that it Is much more profitable to feed the crop the necessary plant food (fertilizer) to produce maximum yields, and to resist disease. Years of experimentation have shown just how much Ammonia (NItrogenI Phosphorlo Acid and Potash are required by all crops, With this information wo have prepared a bulletin showing Just what grade or analysis of fertilizer you should use in the raising of your particular orop on your type of soil. This bulletin free for the asking. If you have never used fertiliser you will And its use this year more profitable than ev«r before. Har^b- navies Ji^FERTILIZERS Ontario Fertilizers Limited West Toronto Canada tremendously excited. Ted rolled cast, Molly rolled west, and little Jean rolled south, down the long slope of the lawn. Laughing and shouting, they followed the little balls-TPith care, pushing them whenever they stopped. • "Mine's as big as a pumpkin!" cried Molly in a few minutes. ".lust watch it grow!'' They pushed haJ'der and harder, and every moment one would call to the other. Presently, from the l>ottom of the yard, came a cry. "Oo-ool" Jean sang out. "Somebody cornel My marble is so big I can't get it up the hill!" Sure enough. Jean's snowball had grown so fast that now it was entire- ly too much for her. Ted ran down, laughing, and rojled it to the top of the hill. Then they spied grand- father. "Will you look at his marblel" screamed Molly. .A.iid indeed grand- father's ball WH.-; a regular giant, and was getting fattei- and faster. "Forward march! to the ice house, now!" said grandfather. .A.nd the children, who had forgotten all about the ice house, went to work with a vim. trunling their big marbles gayly toward the open door. Most •>!' the morning they worked j joj-fully. and after dinner father and the hired men turned in with them. So that the long-empty ice house be- ' gan to fill very rapidly. Before the snow had left the tields the ice housf ' was quite full, and the hired men had ! pcainded Ulie great snowballs Mith shovels until the snow was packed al- most a.i hard as ice. Then the chil- i dren helped to pile in the straw on top and to pack it; and at last they shut the door. "I can just taste that July ice cream!" said Molly happily. "I can taste it too," Ted agreed, •'and I've also learned a new way to I play marbles." I To make a kitchen stove help warm. ' the room in which it is used a metal i cover that radiates the heat evenly j has been patented . i Smut in oats may be prevented by I soaking them in a solution of form- : aldehyde. Spread the grain around j thinly on the barn floor. Take a I pint of the formaldehyde and mix it \ with fifty gallons of water. With a sprinkling pot moisten the oats well ' and leave them a couple of hours. I This will not injure the germ of thf seed at all. I'ul will kilLJir;;:aP:i ; germs. THE CHILD'S AUOWANCE S/orr'£s ' .'Springtime. This is sprii'gtime: all tTic hcari of; thingv. Is dancing nmtlly, dapping wild its-. wings ; Bursting with carolling • the thongs that "bind Rushing with ^ssion love its mate to find, .Vnd all things smile und all things seem .-jo guy. 'Tis like the dawning of e'.crnal day. -•»• The Telcufope. A grain of .^aiiil has wonders there concealed, .\nd Genius strolling on the shingly bars Stooped, gnl!\croil up a ha;:dful, and revealed To wailing worlds Ihc secrets of the stars! 1 A New ILind of Marbles. It had been a warm winter, with no ice at all, quite unliks the severe Winter we have ju.st j<assed through. "I'm ufrnid." said grandfather one day late in Match, shaking his head soberly, "that this means no ice cream next .Inly, and no cold lemonade, and no â€" '* "O dear:" chorused children. "Who ever hearti of a summer without ice cream?" '•Well." answered grandfather, 'Vho ever Iward of a winter without ice?" "It mux frce-'te yet," put in grand- mother. "Maybe," gratKlfuther said, "but it's nearly time now for robins » and violets." When Ted and Jean and Molly went to bed that night they felt the win- dowpuiic with their ehejsirt. •'It '"eels very cold," Ted ilecided. "Maybe there'll V fi'cciij>j» to-night." \Vh« n tbty waked there was :i queer, dcUtvhit.'nes.^ or ihr wai!\ iind a curious ?iloncv. Snow had "alien all night I'^i'g. :^"d uo"' every toof had a heavy white blanket like cider down, and every fence post wore a tall white cap, "The heaviest snow 1 ever saw so late in the year," father remarked j at breakfast. '•W'ell, it looks as if i the ice house would stay empty, sure j enough . " « â-  '"No ice cream in July." began little I Jean, but grandfather suddenly pinch- ed her cheek. "Pleirv of it." he said. "That is, it' you ihicc chicks are willing to play J marbles a while." ' "But how can playing marbles fill j the ice house?" cried Ted and Molly in one breath. "Now, grandad, j you're making fun of usT" I "Not a bit of it," he an.<iwered.^"Put I on your togs, and I'll show you." i Ten minutes later, coated and j hooded and finished off with good, dry j rubbers, the three dashed out to their grandfather. "Here." he said, "'nold out your hands. There's a marble apiece l"i>r you. tlo I" work I and roll rheni." !v The children looked astonj>hed. |. Kach liy;le riglit-hejnl mitten was ' claHping a snowball. 1 '"But, graiuli'ather,'' Ted began, i doiiblfully . "Kull your marbles." >aid gruud- i;uher, "and rc!l them carefully. Then you'll .soc." "â-  So the thr.e obeyed, pui;zk'd but By M. .\ Every child should have an allow- ance. The amount may var>' accord- ing to individual requirements and family finances, but whether it be ten cents or a dollar a week matters little so long as it is regularly forthcoming: and is the child's own. It may be given weekly in payment of specified chores or errands, but it should not include payment for extra work. One mother of my acquaintance pre- sented each of her ehildren on their eighth birthday with a sipall leather- covered account book, a bank which could not be opened u.itil it contain- ed live dollars, and a savings bank book with i\-<<i dollars rieposited in the child's name. From that date the child received each Saturday twenty-five cents from both his father and his mother. This fifty cents was to cover all .imall ex- penditures â€" entertainments, gifts, Sunday school, pencils, candy, etc.- â-  and the remr.i.'ider each week was to be saved. The child was taught to keep Bii accur.^te account of every cent he spent, and of every additional penny he earn.jd. -Xi the end of the month the niothi'r carefully audited the account. .\l first the half-dollar a week ' scorned a small fortune to the child i accu^<lomed to asking for every cent,' but he soon !en:nKi that in order to fill his bank he would have to "think' twice" before purchasing a ncv knife' or a package ol gum . One d" the girls showed a tcndtucy \ towH'd miserliness , The lirst week' she deposited her whide fifty cents in iho bank -only to regret it long be- ; fore the week wa.i, out. The othei- children were liuy-ng candy. anH she, had no money. There \<'as to be a . Bartlett. I birthday part), aiiu eacii child was ' expected to contribute teff cents to- ward a present. .A.11 her money was banked. 'I'earfuUy she sought as- sistance from her mother, but she found her true to the agreement. "You IN list learn, dear." said the sympathetic parent, "that you can't save all your money and spend it, loo â€" just as your brother will find that : he can't spent his fifty cents and thcr. have it to put in the bank. However. I will lend you ten cents, and you can repay me next week. Make an itcn: of it in your account." The lesson was a hard one to learn, but eveiitUHlly jt was niasterei! Thpy , knew the value of a cent. Recently I saw their bank books. In four years the little girl had saved $•25, the boy •'SSO. The latter was two years the elder, atui his income had \ been greatly augmented by outside Iwork; but h's expeiidituros also had "^been grfutec. as I saw by their ac- ' count books. Tlie latter wore models of good boo'tc-keepiiig. Parents complain that the r chil- dren thini^ they are "made of money," ttial they have no idea of money value. If such is the case, it is the parents', ' not the children's fault. (live them ' an allowance for spending money. Be i firm in yoi:r refusal to grant more ' than the allotted sum, except as a â-  loan. I.el them learn by their own experience hnw to handle moitey to the best adv.<^ntllK«^. A* the same' , time arouse their interest in saving \ until it beoonips a habit to lay a.Aide ' some part of th' ir inrouie. The value of !<uch training ini; .july ••«• fuliy ap- ; precia*ed by those who have had it to learu in early manhood, a no o. 'man- hood -or by those who have never loHrneJ it al alL * I- .