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Ke«p the Garden Growing. A good many of us get rid of inuch of our gardening enthusiasm when the hot weather comes and the gar- 1 den looks like it would be hit hard! by drouth, or the quack grass en-1 croaches, or a wet spell lets the weeds get ahead of us. It takes courage i then to push right in and insist on making the garden continue to give a good account of itself. Still we want garden truck all the season, | and a good supply for winter use. A] lady remarked the other day that, she canned almost everything, even rabbits and squirrels, and always had plenty cf variety on her table and' had little to buy of anything she' could raise. This is the true spirit for all of us to imbibe, and then the high cost of living will not frighten- us. There is not much that we v/ill 1 need in the vegetable line that we' cannot grow if we determine to work! for it and if we will go at the can- ning right thai-:; is nothing we can-i not can and h-ive for winter use. \ If our gardtn hiis been well pre-| pared before planting and has been: kept stirred duri.ig the e;irly part of; the season we must not neglect it, now or all this early work will be: lost. • As the season advances the- need for quick cultivation after each' rain is most imperative. I do not! like to let a crust form at all, but I; want to get out with my five-pronj--' cultivating tool and stir that soil ju:t as soon as it i.s dry enough so it will! not pack together. It will' be neces-! sary to go over it again in a day or; two for this moist soil will settle | and allow some moisture to pass up to the air if this is not done. After the soil get.s dry dovvn as far as atir-' red it does not matter if it is not' stirred again until a rain if it is not too long in coming. j Weeds and grass use up plantfood' and make the plants grow v/eak and spindling even if thgre is plenty of moisture in the ground, so we must keep down the weeds in wet spells as much as possible for best results. We can shave the v.eeds off at the sur- face when the ground is wet, without injury to the soil, but we cannot dig in the soil without compacting it and it will not come back into good mc- «hanical condition again for a long time. I There is a knr.ek about hoeing to be effective. I have known people to hoe and leave the garden with spots unstirred and with the weeds either , cut ofT above the ground or not cut! at all, but buried, while another would systematically cover every inch of the space with an even stroke and the work would be good for a long time. It pays to be careful to do good work for the other kind has to be done over again hefoi-e the job is hardly finished. I aim to cut the' weeds far enough below the surface to keep them from starting up again' from the same roots. Of course,: where we shave them at the surface' in wet weather it is only a temporary j makeshift and has to be well done as soon as we can get at it. I A good many crops mature quick-! ly and we .should plant such plots} again at once. In order to do this effectually I plant with this end in' view and make the crops maturing j together come together in the garden; as far as possible. Even when in single row.s or beds we can easily plant aga.in, and I prefer to plant to some (Other crop that is not liable to attack by the same insects, for we are pretty apt to have a supply of these on hand by the time the first crop is off the ground. Plants that have the aphis on them badly will provide a sure death to any other' crop subject to aphis attacks if the' same ground is used. Cucumbers are best planted where no cucumber has been grown for at least a year pre- vious. Late-planted cucumbers will often bear surer than the early-! planted, and one year I got the very best results from some vines that came>into bearing in September, though they will not stand frost and should be bearing before there is danger from frost or even very chilly nights. i Late planting for canning I have found very effective. I have planted beans, beets, corn and some other quick-maturing crops so they would come into canning condition along in August and September, and then do up a lot of canning all at once. Top-dressing the soil with a well pulverized manure will bo a help where the plants need feed'ng, or where two crops have been grown one after the other, especially if they are both, or either, heavy growers. Bone-' meal is a valuable fertilizer for gar- den use for it is concentrated and contains both phosphorus and nitro-' gen and is safe to use by those not versed in the use of commercial fer- tilizers. I have used it with good ef- fect and know that it pays well if judiciously used. Where planted in drills or rows the bonemcal can be sprinkled along the row on either side and then stirred into the soil. •Just a thin silting four inches wide will be enough if applied to each side of the row. I Poultry manure is good but it is very strong and should be mixed with' dry dust and worked over until it is; all broken up and fine. Then scatter! along the row to a width of six inches j en each s'de, not over a quarter to a' half-inch in depth. Stir into the soil' at once. It is never a good idea to give plants a heavy dressing of this manure when they have been dry fori a long time until after it has rained.' If the gx'ound is dry when applied, too much of it is carried to the roots at once and often the result will be drooping and sometimes dying plants i where thrifty ones were before. ! the money which he spent for milk and butter would have paid for a cow. He made no improvements, not even the planting of a fruit tree; spent the winters in idleness, and got deep- ly in debt. He sold his farm after four years, and, of course, blamed the soil for his faiicrre. He has gone to find a better place. He has a small family, and with a sufficient number of pigs and calves to consume even the waste he could have lived inde-i pendent of the credit merchant.! Whatever place he may select as his' home he will be a failure without a' change of management. The other nad only $150 in cash after payuig his and his family's transportation. He investe 1 tiiis as one-half payni.mt on a 40-ac:re farm with a two-room dwelling, a pretense! of a barn, and a weak ra'l fence as its store of improvements. He brought his meat and lard for the first year. With these exceptions ho had everything to buy on credit, even a horse. He .soon saw the need of a cow. So bought one on the install- ment plan. When he had paid all but S5 the cow died. He sold the calf to complete the payment, and bought another cow on the same plan as the first one. | He has sold butter enough to go' a long way toward buying needed supplies and cattle to the amount of 380. Three years ago he borrowed money and bought a pair of pure-bred hogs. Besides producing his own meat and lard he has sold some hogs at fancy prices for breeders. His first horse, a plug, died just when he was needed the most, but he bought a good mare on credit to replace him. He has built up-to-date fences, a poultry house, and barns, and added another room to his dwelling. He has a family of small children, has had much sickness and one death, all causing him heavy expense. Ho has planted fruit trees every year except-: ing one, and has already begun to| realize a profit from his orchard. He has paid for his farm, owes no man. anything, and does not believe a bet- : ter place exists for a poor man. He plans ahead and always has a de- sired end in view. I Which of the two men makes the better citizen? One Way of Making Good. Here is a case of two farmers who have been under the writer's observa-! tion for a few years. Their exper-j ienees prove that a farmer's success or failure depends about as much on his management as upon the crops he produces. Beth came from the same distant province about six years ago, and bought land near us. The one bought an improved farm of t)0 acres for SSM. paying two-' thirds cash and agreeing to pay the balance in two annual payments. He brought improved implements with' him, and was able to cultivate more acres than a poorly equipped farmer, lie planted largely of feed crops, corn, peas, peanuts, and potatoes, and produced much more than he could gather or house properly. Other farm- ers produced the same crops, so only a dull market existed for them, and no profitable shipping facilities were convenient. Besides his two horses he kept no livestock, not even a pig, and The First Line of Defence A plentiful supply of animuiiition is the first line of defence against the enemy. When waging war against the Potato Bug army, make sure that your first line of defence is impregnable by using Munro's Pure Paris Green â€" the only ammunition you'll need. When the first Potato Bug ap- pears, spray the plants with a liquid solution of this old reliable Killer, and the enemy will be destroyed and your potato crop saved. MUNRO'S PURE PARIS GREEN is a fine fluffy, rich green powder mad-.- to Government standard. It ha3 been killing potato bugs for years, and this year will kill mere than ever, because more ptvple will use this old standby to make sure of getting a good crop of potatoes. Be sure you get Munro's from your Hardware, Drug, Grocery and General Store. Manufactured by MRTHUR.lRWlN,fe IMITED MONTRE.VL How I Made My Poultry Pay. The first of January, 1917, I bought 24 young Plymouth Rock pullets, gave them good care and fed them for eggs. In three weeks they were laying finely. I then bought two incubators. I set my hens' eggs and addeii some others to fill up the in- cubators. I set four hens at the same time. My first hatch came off the middle of February. I hatched Siiti fine chicks from 389 eggs. I divided the chicks among the four hens and a good brooder. I kept part of the chicks in the brooder at night until they w'ere six or seven days old, then gave them to the hens. For their first feed I gave them finely crumbl- ed egg shells and prepared chick feed, plenty of fresh water and fine grit. .\fter they were two weeks old I kept them in a small building w-ith clean litter for them to work in. I gave them plenty of milk. I raised 4(50 good chicks from 553 eggs, .^t .3 months old I sold all but 87 pullets which I kept for winter layers. I received .'51?-).<jO for the hens and young chicks, the hens bring'ng SKJ.SO, which, after I deducted ,$58 for the feed, eggs and oil for the in- cubators, left $111.80 for my work for four months, and my 87 pullets. Then I bagan to feed for winter laying. The first of September I gave them a noon mash of beef scrap, chopped bones and bran. After we butchered our hogs. I fed a mash of turnips, potato peelings, table scraps and meat cracklings, with a table- spoonful of sulphur once a week. My pullets began to lay December first. I sold eggs as follows: December, $18.f>0; .January, .$28.63; February. $35.75; March, $40.45; April, .$,38.94: $1G2.37 in five months. I sold the 87 hens for $73.95 so the total for hens and eggs was $23(i.32. The cost of feed for the hens being $63, I had to my credit $173.32 for the hens and eggs. $11.80 for the young chicks, making the total for all $285.12 â- n sixteen months. INTERNATIONAL LESSON JUNE 15. Prayerâ€" Matt. 6: 5-13; Luke 18: 1-14. Golden Text, Phil. 4: 6. Matt. 6: 5-15. The Lord's Prayer. Do not pray, Jesus said, "as the hypocrites." They pray "that they may be seen of men." They desire a reputation for sanctity which may heighten their influence among the people. Better the secret prayer which God hears, the prayer in which the heart speaks and the soul goes out to Him in desire and faith. Nor is there need of "vain repetitions" or of "much speaking,'' for God knows the need of those who eall upon Him. The model prayer which Jesus gave His disciples is remarkable for its simplicity, its brevity, and its com- prehensiveness. Calling upon the heavenly Father, it pleads for the reverence due to His name, for the coming of His kingdom, for daily food, for forgiveness of sins, and for deliverance from evil. This is "the prayer that teaches to pray." Luke IS: 1-14. Parables of Pray- er. "The unjust judge." The par-! able presents an argument from the! less to the greater witness. If the less proves the case, how much more i convincing will the greater be! If! the unjust and selfish judge can be . moved by continual pleading th:it will j not be denied, how much more will i the good and just God be moved to 1 act on behalf of His own! Men ought,' therefore, "always to pray, and not ' to faint." Faith in God means such trust and confidence in Him as will I not despair of His goodr.ess, but will ' keep watch, v.'ait patiently, and keep j on praying. "Pray without ceasing." "The Pharisee" belonged to a sel- 1 ect society of men who were zealous to maintain the ancient laws and cus-' terns of Israel's religion. In their! origin, one hundred to one hundred I and fifty years before the birth of Christ, they were sincere and honest, j even if narrow, champions of the an- cient faith against Greek and other innovations. They became, for a j time, an active pohtical party, but-' now, under Roman rule, they were, chiefly interested in preserving, I through a display of religious formal-' \tx. their hold upon the minds of the common people, and their influence in the great Jewish council which controlled purely Jewish affairs of religion and morals. While there were still good men among tliem, many were merely wearing a mask of piety and well deserving the name of hypo- crite which Jesus more than once ap- plied to them. They "devoured' wid- ows' houses and for a pretence made long prayers." j "The publican" was a tax collector,' in the employ of the Roman Govern- ment, and so was looked upon as a traitor to, or as an outcast from, his own people, who hated their subpec- tion to u foreign power. The Phar- isee exalted himself in his prayer, the publican humbled himself. The parable illustrates well the saying of Psulm 51: "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a con- trite heart, God, thou wilt not de- spise." Compare also li-a. 57: 15. The old English poet, Richard Crashaw, writes: "Two went to pray? Or rather say One went to brag, the other to pray. One stands up close, and treads on high Where the other dares not send his eye; One nearer to God's altar trod, The other to the altar's God." Perhaps no prayer of penitence has been more often repeated than that of the publican, and it has often been the last uttered prayer of the soul about to meet its God. 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