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mmmmtfw « P wmf m m ^ w~^ ^**^ â-  ^ Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell . Tha ebjact of thi* (i«partrr«nt i* to pl«c* at the strv •lea et our farm rtadara tna tdvica of an acknowls'dgtd authority an ail aubjacta partalnlng to aotia and crop*. Adc'resa all quaatlona to Profesuor Hanry O. Bell, In •••â- a of The WI>on Pubtlahing Company, Limited. Toronto. â- '''* anaweri will appear in thia column 'n the order in **nleh they are received. Whan writing klr.diy msntion thIa P«par. As tpaca la limited it it advieabia whore immediate ''ply i* necesaary that a atamped and addressed envelops '• enclosed with the question, whin the answer wi^ll b« mailed direct. W. A. B.: â€" I have forty acres of dry, what would lit* tht nood or bad voarxe gravelly land which I am very J cffecU of Mui-h a course on a lifld piirt- anxious to get aeeded. It ih tiiiiV- ' ly friable cljjy, loam, but mostly sandy rolling and a long way fror, the ma- loam. _ nurt: pile. Havo jiii.-t takt:ii off \ .\nswer: â€" If your .soil 13 a c'ompara- cro|i of oaU.- I want to usc? it ex- ^ lively open sar.dy loam, I would not clu'fiVely for pasture. Will yjiii pleiise advise the turning under of »!.< inches tell m« best way to handle it? i of the straw in preparing for next Answer: â€" On your gn.ve'.'.y soil I j year's potato field. Two or three Pigs whifh were fairow end lire a'>out ."ix months (M, may profitably be finifh^i now. The early fr.!! market ha.s been the highetit one I for a iH«niber of years. | j Pigs fatten quickly and cheaply on ; pffl.>iture supp:emente<l by ^ grain ru- ! tion. An acre of pasture makes ;he grain pr.xime from :'.00 to tiUO poutiil.i more pork than grain fed in a dry lot. .A.lfalfa, clover and rape make good pastures on which piK.4 .-ihould run until fat, u.sually .si.t weeks at., Icaet. An Here of alfalfa furnishes | pasture for fourteen or flfteon 150- j pound hogs during thia ^hort fatten- 1 ini; season, v.hiie clovtr will carry; fi-om three to four lioga less per acre.j P.ape affords pasturo for a period of, from four to si? weeks fur ten or: twelve l.'.O-pound hogs per acre. , If pig's are hand-fed it pays to. g?; slow the first week and gradually get them on full feed. After they are' accustomed to the method of feeding; S/oms ^9i\ '«% ^1 would advise you to sow rye this fijll, 1 inches of straw might be worked thor- they may be pushed along as rap.do^ ^ at the rate of about a bushel to a! oughly into the soil this fall by plow- "s possible without much aanger rrom^ bushel and a peek per acre. When Ing it in and disking and plowing. If !<'" o"" appetite. Some prou-jn stip-, sowing it, seed it w^th timothy and ' you plow under ton large an amount p'ement such as Wi-.kage 'f.ould he tea clover at the rate of H to 8 lbs. of of bulky organic matter of straw with tlie gram in the proportion or j timothy and 8 to 10 lbs. of clover per there is a danger of breaking up the on« P*^ of tankage to ten or nr.een *cre. You li»d better have the land ' water connection and actually starv- Pfts of grain. i, â-  • worked as early as possible, not plow- : ing the succeeding p<jtato crop. \t The self-feeding method is » vf'?] in» it to deeply, hut giving it v«ry lit Is possible for you to have ^ th»- ^ff'-^ient system of feeding <lunng^ careful and thorough surface propara- ' straw worked over by sheep, hogs, or this perio.1, and produces result* j tion. If the soil has shown signs of cattle, it would be in mnch better equal to or better than tnos« oOtain-| aoumess,â€" that is if it has been Im- : shape to apply to the ground. You eJ ^^ luuitl-feeding. Cram is usea possible to grow clover on it,â€" apply ' should pay great attention to tlie "lo"^ economicaKy atid pi ga attain a. â- bout a ton <»f ground limestone peri plantfoo<l side of potato growing next marketable welgnt :n a shorter time acre after plowino; and work it in : spi-ing and provide to apply from and with a smaller amount ot grrain when harrowing down the .seedbed. If : 400 to TjOO lbs. of suitable plantfood \^''i«" self-feeders ^re lufd . you use limestone, about two or three' in order to give yourj?otat.oes a strong; weeks later, prepare to sow the rye, 'â- . vigorous start and to maint.ain them 1 and- gras.s se*<l mixture. At this throughout the growing season. I' time also, apply from 200 to 300 lbs. j would recjmmend a plantfood' fertilizer per acre, analyzitvg 2 to' analysing from 2 to 3 "<.â-  ammonia, 10 u 1 k will %1i ammonia and 8 to lO-T.; phos-ito 12-:; phosphoric a.:ld and 1 or There is noplace where lamDs win phoric acid. This soluble plantfood , 2'/o potash. This 'should be work-' thrive better, do more ^nod and so will give the crop a strong vigorous ed into the soil thoroughly at the ''tt^* damage, than in standing corn start. Next spring cut tJie rye for time you are planting the " potatoes. J"-'^' a^^^"" *^'' r"*"**}^'" f"'* 7^1% hay before it has begun to turn color. | A^ter you have struck out the drill '^^""V sheep breeder* have found tnat This will givo the clover and timothy 1 rows or dug the holes, drop a good enough com blades go to waste a nU a good chance to come along and I sprinkling of fertilizer and work it in enough weeds to seed m their make midsummer pasture. Be care- ! the soil with the rake or hoe before '•<""nf^elds. to grow m;iny pounas ful not to allow too manv head to : you drop the seed potato pieces, "f mutton. By turning their lamos pasJture on the lirst year's growth. If ^ Cover the dropped potato nnd proceed '"t^o ^^ '""'^ '" September, they turn you must have pasture early in the , as usual. Such treatment should this waate into meat and mutton, spring, you should get good results ! give you good results. ! The advantage* of pasturing lamos by turning the stock in on the young' R. E.:â€" I have the use of a vacant '" the cornfield are many. ""-y * growing rye, instead of allowing it : lot 20 feet fram the hou.'»e. The =mall part of the feeding value ol too- to grow for hay. The grass and clov- ; ground ii a mix up of sand and clay, <leif " recovered when the staiUcs aw er should come along and fill up as â-  very poor. It is 70 by 80 feet Last pastured after the corn is gatnerea. the stock eat down the rye. Be sure falk I had six or seven loads of street Besides, weeds are eaten or ^trippM not to let aiiy of the rye form seed . sweeping » and three loads from a "f seed, and weed seed piclcleo oy heads. In c4se of pasturing have ' stable put on. This spring I got ''^e*" n«^*'^ K'"""'- J, ly 1 the scattering ;.ta!ks cut down with a ' nine loads of sweepings. This left clearing of weeds and lower OUules scj-the or m-nve-. j it very thick. It grows beets and ^^om the corn-stalks make^ the hnal R. B.:â€" Would you advise me to carrots and 'loans very well, though haj-vest easier, no matter how the put a cement flmir in a cement stave I had a ha|-d time at first. I had no >^rop is harvested . silo on clay cioil. or use ground floor? hose, can water it now. I could have Lambs will not bother the ears on Should T put in s-mie straw before 10 or 20 bv 70 feet for turnips, etc ! stnnding com so long as corn l>te<1e8 filling in either case? j I don't know what to put in. am wait-' a^'i w^f^i^^ are abundant. They will Answer:â€" It is a popular practice ing to profit by your knowledge. How ' strip the stalks clean of the lower to put a cement floor and foundation would rape do on a part? I have] blades that ripen first. under a stav« silo. Do not leave a three rabbits and thirty chickens. ^^ â€" ~ ' Answer: â€" The soil on your lot the divine Fatherhood and humati ' .\ Uainy-Uay Game â-  One day when it rained and rained, ; the children in the cottage happened ' to remember iheir old Xoah's aik. , "Let'.s play this rain is going to turn into a regular ftoo^," .said the biggest girl, "and play Uiat we are the only ones who know it. Then we mu.st go hunting for -everything that lives t,o rescue it from drown-, ing." . t '•Hon- shall we play that game?" aake 1 the eldest boy of the chiidrtn. "It is as easy ad anything," ans- wered the girl, "because I have Ijeen thinking it up. We'll go to mother and ask for pieces of brown paper. Each of ua must have a big piece of common brown wrapping paper and play tiliat it is a boat and gi-ve it a name. Then we will cut pictures of animals and birds ar.d folks from th« old papers and magazines and paste them on our boats as fast a.s we And them. We must each choose a name for our boats and write the names across the top of the piece of paper. Then when we have oi.T papers past- ed full we can tell each other stories about o-.!r families and the animals, where they were rescued and all about It; because as soon as they are pasted on the paper that means that they are safely on board the boat, bound for the land of Pleasant Weather. "We can give names to the men and women and children that we cut out, and write their names beside them; we can save menagerie animals the menagerie folks, and horses rows for the farmers, and chick- too, and catch wild animals "Let's begin now," interrupted the middle-sized girl. "My boat is the ranHd-*, and her captain isâ€" O my! Hear it rain! Maybe my captain is on lan<l somewhere, trying now to get back to his ship! His name / Captain N'eversink." "Babies can play the game, too," said the biggest girl, "and we will all help them fl'l their ships." At that two little ones clappe<l their hands and ran to find wrapping paper. Such fun as there was in the cottage after that! The grown people, too, helped to rescue the drowning, and helped to name the families that were saved. By the time the seven big pieces of wrapping paper had seven different stories to tell, the rain had ceased and the sun had come out." After that the ehildrer carried their ships to little Ro.«em:!ry .Alien, who was recovering from measles in the cottage on the bluff, and left them there to amuse her for a long time. "Let's play this game ourselves to- morrow, even if it doesn't rain," said Rosemary to her mother, at last. So they did, am! had a merry time. ypUR PROBLEM S ^ r^ M53HELEN ITAW ^ij Mother! and daughter* orpartmanL Initials only wi «il ages ar» cordially InvlUd to writs to thl* Dut>iiahoa oan each question and Its anawe* •• a m«aiia of Ideiitiflcation. 'ut full n^m* .ttiU adtfrc^i muat be givan In ••»» Isttor. Write on on. side at P'iper 0..I/. Answer* ♦^,| ^ mailed direct « »tamped ana addresstd envejop' '» enclosed. Address all corresponjJ^*- ""â-  »"'• department^ Weoabina Ave., Toronto. «*ten i-aw. 3M and for and ena, and space filled with straw below a cem- ent floor. There i.s danger of it fill- ing with wat&r and the freezing wa- ter bursting tlie concrete floor. In should be in fairly good mechanical ' brotherhood is a gift, a boon. It can- condition with the addition of street not be earned by good conduct. It is sweepings and other materials. For ' not even withheld from evildoers. It setting the floor arrange it to drain to garden truck you would do well to add^ 1» freely bestowed »» * KH\ .f^^g'?'"-, the centre and then have a tile drain some fertilizer to this mixture, pos-i '^ •''^"^^i'^'Z^^llas thHtttoife of S^^^ lead oflr about a foot beUw the bot- j sibly 300 lbs. of a fertilizer analvz- "up j' ^ spirit of receptive humility, j torn of the sHo. Provide it with a ing about 1 to 2% ammonia and 10 Xo' believe the good news is vastly' trap when the drain reaches about to Xl^'o phosphoric acid. The nitro- more than a mere intellectual a.ssent two feet outside the silo, so air can- gen would give your crops a vigor-' to certain teachings. Faith in .Jesus not enter the silo by this means, but \ ous start, while th« phosphoric acid \ as the Christ means not only an OP'"" the excess water from the ensilage ! would help them form root and lead ! ion about him, but a stirrender of the can drain off by this route. Of to early ripening. A patch 10 x 35 ! f "tf « **'t^°:!l^„ .Ih Tcompot^d ' course, the outlet of the drain should , should grow plenty of turnips fori ^^^^^^^^ur^ Chri.tmn^.a.th^^^^ aS of , Surrender wheat or nation's cause. Patriot:â€" Why not a Christmas stocking to cheer a boy overseas? Canada is a.iked to supply 35,000 of these Christmas Stocking?. Two dol- lars fills one, the Red Cros-" supplying the stockings with their briiliant touch ot red. .As it is absolutely necessary that notification .^hoii^d be made of all dutiable articles, it is suggested that each stacking might contain one each of the following: (1) Pocket mirror {cheap style), pocket pencil, pocket knife. (2) Cigarettes, tobacco, pipe or match box. , (3) Writing pad, envelopes, fancy, post cards. ! M) Candles, chawing gum, maple sugar. (5) Handkerchiefs, necktie, socks and pin cuhhirn. | (6) Came, nook, puzzle or mouth-j organ. ; (7) Toilet requisites, such as soap, toilet powder, tooth paste. (8) Packets of raisins, dates, figs or nuts. ; Make them up prettily, and put in the name arni address. That adds a personal touch, much appreciated by the lonely lad in the hospital. The name of the recipient is put on "over there." K cheerful note tucked in will further add to the delightful sur- prise of a gift "from home." Most of the boys in the trenches will be well remembered at the Yule- tide, but those who are wounded be- fore the lovingly packed boxes of good things reach them would be lone- ly indeed were it not for the gaily decked stockings put into their hands on Christmas morning. ' Because of the many difl'iculties of transportation, these tokens of re- membrance and appreciation from the people at home to the lads who are making those homes safe amid the horrors of the battlefields must be at â-  the port of shipment not later than October 10th. Jack: â€" 1. The bridegroom's ex- penses at his wedding are'^he ring, the clergyman's fee. the con- i veyances for the ushers, the convey- ance in which be drives his bride away from her home after the wedding, the bride's and bridemaid's bouquets and 1 gifts for his best man and ushers. Re- I fore the wedding the clergyman's fee is slipped in an envelope by the groom w» pre- and given to tJw best man. sent* it after li)e ceremony, good books for boys are the foUowin"? Robinson Crusoe (Defoe), The Swiss Family Robinson (Wyss), Kipnapped (.Stevenson), Treasure Island (Steven- son), Black Rock (Connor), The Sky Pilot (Connor), Tom .Sawyer (Twain), Huckleberry Finn (Twaiji;, Innocents .Abroad (TwainJ, The Man Withoiit a Country (HaleT, The Blazed Trail (White), Tom Brown's School Days (Hughes), Freckles (Porter), The Leather Stocking Tales (Cooper), David Copperfield (Dickens), Great Expectations (Dickens), Magic Forest (White), Jungle Book (Kipling), Cap- tain.s Courageous (Kipling). Two Lit- tle Savages (Seton), Story of & (JriKzly (Seton). Outdoor Handy Book (Beard). Doris. â€" The Ontario (government EmplojTnent Bureau has arranged for a special class in dairying to be held at the Ontario .Igricultural Col- lege, Guelph, from October 1 to De- cember 15. All would-be dairymaids should write to Miss Hazel L. Martin, 43 King Street West. Toronto. There is no doubt that there will be a great demand on the farms next year for girls who can milk cows. The own- er of one of the biggest dairy farms in the country told the writer the oth- er day tliat ha would employ 40 girls for milking cows next year if he could get them. Indeed, he wants some for this winter but the demand fa» exceeds the present supply. This is the raison d'etre for the special class at Guelph. Loyalist:- -The foot! service most urgent at the present moment is sugar saving and the Food Board appealj to every loyal Canadian to do every- thing possiWU Co reduce his or her personal consumption of sugar and to encourage similar conservation by oth- ers. This is ab-solutely necessary ir order tiiat our available supply of sugar be stretched until the new crof becomes avaiiable and that it be equitably distribute<i, with due con- sideration to the most important uses. WftNTEO poultrV, EGQ8 and FEATHES8 Hlflhest PHoea Paid Prompt Katunis- >fo (JomnUsatoD P. POl LIN & CO. .la Bousacooi-n Harkat IBoataeal provide goo.! escape for the excess your rabbits. I would advise you to water. The i'oundation should come put in mangels and field cabbage in a about a foot or 1? inches above the simil.Hr sized patch, so as to have surface of the ground and should green feed throughout the succeeding reach down Bo that the floor is below • winter for your chickens. If you are the frost line. Great care should in a territory where you can mature be taken to use pure silica sand in corn, half of the remainder planted to making the cement and not to use a : corn would give excellent feed for mixture of limestone. The acids de- i your hens. .\ good variety of Flint veloped in the ensilage attack aiid i com, or Wisconsin No. 7 Dent corn down limestone. This may wou^ probably mature. The re- _^ e a crack 1:1 the floor and result i maln<ler of the patch you could plant n the destructior, of the ensilage. j to potatoes. Apply half of the ferti- -M. S.:â€" Would be glad of your , lizer when you have had the lot dug opinion in regard to a point about ; or plowetl and work this fertilizer into fertilizing for potatoes. 1 cannot get the soil by harrowing or raking. .A.p- sufTicient stable manure but can get • ply the remainder of the fertilize!- as a certain quantity of straw of dif- ; you are planting the crops, by soat- ferent kinds, oats, barley and wheat ! tering a good sprinkling dowii the If this is spread to a depth of about ] drill rows or into the holes and work- tiix inches in fall and winter, then cut I ing it into the soil by light raking or up with disk harrow in spring, and i hoeing l)efore you drop the seed or plowed in after the soil is sufficiently potato pieces. INTERNATIONAL LESSON SEPTEMBER 29. Lesson XHL What It Mearn* To Be A Christian â€" 1 Cor. 13. Golden Text. 1 John 3. 18. perfectness which the fertile mind of man has flung forth not one equals this of the kingdom of God. It is no mere dream, it is a fact in process of growing fulfillment. Broadly speaking, then, a Christian is one who is a member of this king- dom, is a son of the King and is living in accord with the rules of the King- dom. Jesus announced the conditions of entrance into the Kingdom. "Repent and believe the good news!" "Repent."- -By this he meant that men should break away from their old J. • ti, •„ *i,„'''^^' their old purpose, their old di After spendingr SIX months m the, p^gitioii. Thfs means much m" Jesus and three months is- â- ", .'r,"~-i-r J rr, I.- « position. This means much more rtudy of the Life and Teaching of fi,an groaning over the past. It doel Jesus and three months m these in^,^^ >a^vo\vi sorrow for sin and re- studies of the ChrLstian life we may .tityUon for wrong done but its well con^-lude this aeries by askbig funj^^^^t^, jj ,» ^ • °^\^^l the question, "What is it to be a;pj,tg "about face." Christian?" j "Believe the good news (Mark 1 At once may be answered "A Chris.' IB) _Thev mu.st believe in God as tiarf is a follower of the Chnst. In Father, in man as brother, in love as «h« terms of the teaching; of Jesus this th^ true law of life, in Jesus as the involves certain very definite oharaot- (^nat. eristics. Mark's great thasis is "The' The terms of admission to the King- Oood News of the Kingdom of God." dom Jesus put in a more striking w.'iy Jesua announce! tJiis kingdom and when he said to hi.^ ambitious dis- made it open to evtvy wse.. It i» for clpl««. "Except ye turn and become as all nations. U is freely offered to all Httle (*ildren ye shall in no wise en- men. It is the royal rule of God on t«r into the kingdom." At nnoth-, •arthj a kingdo* Vi-ogre-wively realij- er time, as hu was taking the children' ed on earth, perfectly fulfilled in boav- "P Into his arms, he said, "Whosoever ,n. *"«" P^'t receive the kingdom of God This is sur«ly a glorious piece of a» ft I'ttle child, shall in no wise enter news! 'VmongHU iVe i^reams of social ' *"«»â- Â«'«â-  ''s, he reminded them that the truth, and second, the consent of the will, which is the giving over of the entire life to Jesus. We then become followers of Jesus and sub- JM^ of the kingdom of God. ; jR his followers and subjects of the Kingdom Jesus tells us that we sus- tain cerUin relations to God. We are God'f children; he is our heavenly Father, forgiving our sins, supplying; us with food and clothing, guiding us, bestowing good gifts upon us and giving us his best gift, which is the Holv Spirit (Luke 11. 13). He also tells us that we are to cherish toward God faith, fear, obedience, and su- preme and complete love (Mark 1-. 80) He also teaches us that our teu- tuai relations to God find expression in prayer, whici) is to be in secret, trustful, believing: that is, expecUnt and in the manner of the Lord s Pray- bf the utmost importance is Jesus' teaching concerning our relation to, the other members of the Kingdom. We form one brotherhowl. for we have one Father and one Teacher, be- ing brethren of Christ the King. He assures us that each one possesses « peculiar sanctity and that dreadful consequences certainly follow him who causes "one of these little ones to stumble. We are also taught that while each soul has great worth he must be ready to sacrifice himself completelv for the kingdom. He an- nounces the great law of sacrifice as the central principle, "Whosoever would save his life shall lose it and "Whosoever would lose his life shall save it." He does not want us to efface ourselves. Self-effacement springs out of weak or amiable com- pliance with the whims or wishes of others, but self-sacrifice is a noble self-forgetting for the sake of others. We learn also in this connection of the law of brotherhood, which Jesus makes so prominent. This law touches not merely the ooiter act but, far more, the inner' spirit. He excoriates tho scribes and Pharisees for their ex.cr- nal righteousness, and draws a broad line of distinction between the righte- ousness of the Kingdom and the righteousness of these religious teach- ers. Thev bred a legal snirit. Jesu-- teaches a loyal spirit. They taught men to seek life in law. Jesn.< teaches He to fi"<i law in life. * The meatless days in the United States have saved 140.000,000 lbs. of beef in four months. The Plain Truth about Shoe Prices ETHER is scarce and is growing scarcer. A ge part of the available supply must be used for soldiers' boots. Importations have prac- tically ceased and we are forced to depend upon the limited quantity of materials produced in Canada. The cost of evefything which goes into a pair of shoes is high, aa.d is going higher. Workmen by the thousands have joined the colors, and labor is increasingly hard to get. It is not merely a matter of hi^^h prices, but of producing enough good quality shoes to go around. ' These conditions are beyond the control of any man, or any group of men. They fall on all alike. No one is exempt- neither the manufacturer, the dealer, nor the consumer. You must pay more today for shoes of the same ouality than you did a year ago. Next Spring, prices will be higher still. These are hard facts. They will not yield to argument. They cannot be glossed over. We cannot cliange them, much as we would wish to do so. But you, as a wearer of shoes, can help to relieve them if you will exercise prudence and good judgment in purchasing. See that you get real value for your money. Spend enough to get it, but spend nothing fur "frills." * See that the manufacturer's trade-mark is stamped upon the shoes you buy. High prices are a temptation to reduce the quality in order to make the price seem low. But no tiiaifUfacturer will stamp his trade- mark upon a product which he is ashamed to acknowledge. Remember this, and look for the irade-n'.ark. It is your best assurance of real value for your money. V V V • AMES HOLDEN McCREADY "Shoemakers to the Nation" ST. JOHN MONTRK.VL TORONTO --â€"â€" .^ WINNIPKC ED.MO.MON VA.NCOtVXR WTken yoif buy Sboea look for â€" -thia Trade-mark on avmyaolr 11