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'^$'^' .' , farm Qop Qm^:^ Condacted by Professor Henry G. Bell Tfce object of thia department ia to plaos «i t^a wf- •!« «f our farm readerg the B»?ice of an acknov. lefleed •uthoriiy tn alt subjccta pertain.ng to loils; tnd rrops. Addreaa all fliiestsims fo I'rofessor Hvnry G. I5cll. in «»re of The Wilson Pabliihiai; Company, Limitt'i Tinonto, «iid anawerf will appear in this column in the order in WWch fhej ar« receiTed. When writing kindly menlioi utis paper. Aa apaca ia limiivd it is advi;iabie wluri itr- â- tediate reply is ntceisary tliat a atamped »t1 aadies»ed •nrejope i.e enclosed witli the Queitiot, wh«-- tii» aaawer wm b« ^uiltd cirect. the farmers of Ontario and elsewhere. This material undoubtedly has its place, but as a recent writer has sai3, it should be purchased entirely upon its analysis. Slags are boinj? made of such a low phosphoric acid content tliPi th«y vir- tually add ncthinjj to i:.e soil other ly soluble. It i3 the availability that ia larg'ely responsible for the high value of this material. « THE ROYAL BANK. INTEU.VATIONAL LESSON NOVEilBEU 9TH, farm in a uniform and well-balanced condition by the use of properly pro- portioned plaatfocd. Phosphates have their place and it' is an ever-increasing place in Canadian affri;'U;ture. The I more available the phosphate the Phosphates. Their History and decomposition. Bone meal, therefore. Comparison. carries not only phosphor'/c acid, but Confusion of terms often leada to' con-W«i""b!e nitrogen. It is not as lasues of materials with not infre- flU'C'dy available nor doei it act as quent unsatisfactory results. When quickly as acid phosphate, because the southern farmer says '"phos- ''^ne mea! has to wait until the tem- phates" he usually means ferli'-izers. Perature of the scil becomes suffi- To some exte-nt the v.'ord phosphate ciently. hig-h for bacterial growth to ^j^ has been I'sed with the same mean-' P'"°8^^^"^- ing as fertilizer in many other .=.ec- ^ ^^'^'^^ <^yp« °^ phosphoric acid has tions of thi3 continent. Phos.phates, i '»°''s recently been developed. It ia however. rcprei=pnt a distinct cr.nsti-i '"^"s^ ^ar^o slag or Thomas phoa- tuentt of plr.iicfood and onlv we con-' P^^^^- This material is a by-product stittient. This constituent in its pure °^ ^^- steel industry. In the manu- form is called piiosphorus. Phos-' facture of steel it was found that the phorus is a heavy gum-Mke material natural iron ores of Europe contained which is never found free in nature =* considerable amount of phosphoric but which enters into the composition: ^"<'- ^^'"^n the raw ore was melted of all animal and plant matter. The!'^"'^ ^" attempt to make hard steel •word ohosphnus is derived from a- ^^'^^ ""'^''^' '^ ^'^^ found that the phos- Greek word meaning light, because : P^°'"-^''' '^s'^^*"'^ ^ serious detriment ta in the darkness a light is given off/''^« quality of the steel. Ways and by this substance. means had to be devised to remove For lack of fuller informaHon stud-, ^''^^ phosphorjs from the melted ore. erats of plant growth gave the name '^" invention by a man named Bes- of phosphoric acid to the carrier cf ^«"'«'" provided the solution of the this constituent. This was on the P''°^^^"i- Bessemer devised a pot or assumption that the plant most likely: cauldron whu-h he lined with quick- took up this necessary plantfood in;^â„¢^- ^"*o t^'* ^^^ P"^ the crude ore the form of phosphoric acid. 1 '^^^'^^ '"^'^^ '^ melted gave up its Phosphorii- a:'d in plantfood peyJ phosphorus, the phosphorus clinging forms very important functions, one*'' ^^^ '"-'"'^ '^'"Jst of the pot, forming phosphate of lime. Wlien the meltrd ore liad been let out the lining of the pot was removed and the cakes gro'.nd into a lino powder. This powder was found to contaiin a considerable am- root pro'A'th. If a scil os short of ou'^-t of phosphoric acid, but in a form ^ phosphoric acid, the roots of crops! ^^''^''•'^ ^'^^ more slowly available than] growing in it are usually scarce and ''^"^'"'^^^ '""•<^ '"^<^'""<"^« slowly avail- j Trees. Grass. Flowers. Shrubbery: spindly. The prr.cH-al ' farmer will . "'-^le ^h.-.n acid phosphate. j ^ff\^\^Yl of these will you buy ? Two quickly realize tl^ importance then of Phosphates have an important place! farms lie black and rich before you, a supply of fihosphoric <w:id so that 'n our agriculture Modem science, level and yet well drained. As like his crops through thsir sTrong roots, shows that to some extent a scil in as two peas and equally distant from shall be able to S:tretch oat and lay proper conj'ition has power to fix some the market. Two brothers own them An event of great financial import- tthan th. lime which, of course, in the' »"<« transpired on the ISth Inst, in the form of groi«d limestone can be pur- : f ''">';^'^"" ."^ "'« "7=| »"»" "'."»" cha.ed muchTheaper than it sells for « "^V> anniversary of s omuU^xo^^ in slag. Let every Canadian farmer ^'t '""'"â- '' °\ ^^^ '"^^^^'^tion Is one p^^^^.^ g^^^j Confession-Matt, lb .. u„ ij ill ^ ^ 1 .e J ! of the financial romances of Canada, i _„ __. „ .^ -, _, «.*, ia. i« pos h. mself on the actual plantfood i ^ ..^^^^^^le growth in a comparative- 13-24- f'-'l-i"" Text, .Matt. 16. 18. thatheisbuymgmslagoracidphos-; ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ j^,^^^,^ ^1 ..^aezarea Plulipni" was a to^-n I phate. It IS one constituent oaXy and^ ^ ^^\ ^^ ^^^.^^^^ I b^ij'^^;;^,^', ^^^^^J^ p^nip, and cHed unless he Is supplying a large amount ^^^ ,,^^ ^,,^ Dominion, but ^ af"er h^s Roman master. It was ^^eau- of barn manure to^h.s cultivated or ,,t,„dinK to many foreign countries. ! tifully situated at the base of Mount cereal crops he .s unbalancmg the ^^^ expa^islon of Its business In Hemon fn the north of Palestine, fert.hty of the sod by addmg ac:d ^^^^„^ ^.^^^^ ,^^,^ ^^^„ remarkable, 3!:o^°"hir"v miles north-east of the ttr'u Idi^; urth 'fert'tv TZ ^--tuer institutions with establish- Lake of ' Galil.e and near the head' than building up the fertU.ty ot hi* ^j clienteler. In a.- many provinces ^^tera of the river Jordan. Here were absorbed, an energetic policy jgg^g j,ad come to be away from the ^ was pursued, and to-day the Royal ' ranks well up among the big financial concerns of tlie (iontineut. Its opera- tions in Cuba and the West Indies, a field early exploited, have given it a Toronto Fat Sto^k Show GET the hig.he«t market prices aa well aa some of the big prize money by enteringr your gfood, well finLshed atock in our Tenth Annual Show. mUGU STOCK Y.4FDS December llih and 12th Write for Pre.iiium List and Ei.try Blank today. Secretary: BOX 636 - WEST TORONTO U multitudes which had thronged every where about Him \.i Galilee, and it I was here that the won 'erf ul vision of: the Trar.'sfiguration took place (chap, j greater influence it has on hasten'^? Tea'^'^^S Place'ln 'thole'counrriesT with J^p^Jf, "i^^rhS^^^ - e ripening of the crop. This in itself the result that i*has now 615 branch- °" ff " ' ''P" '^ ^"""'^ ' | is a fact of immense financial value to ea. and 42 sub-branches, giving it pre- 1 ..w^!,7o ,^n„ â- jmv-- Thpv hid on- the Canadian farmer. If we can ripen ,„ier place among Canadian banks in ' ^^Z^fJf, TL Jn^r what^^TsVd' wheat and barley ten days or two disrespect Capital has grown to up- ^1"-'^ M . H .:^r^Tn r^^lv H Hi ^ weeks earlier simply by adf-inff phos- wards of ?16.0fJ0,00U, the reserve fund^ ''^Z' \v .urjl fW ' phatic fertilizer (which actual farm to $13,400,000, deposits to $3S1,307,000, â-  '^"'-'"" *'"'^ *°" " tests show that we can do), it means and iissets to $470,870,000. that cereal crops can be grown with^ An accomplishment of this kind is profit much farther north than is now^ the highest tribute that can be given the practice and it means immensely the vigorous and progressive character , , , ^, . , . , . _ _ _ improved feeding quality in ensilage! of the management and in that tribute ' f''°"t ^''"'"; 1!"^^, ^llâ- â- ^ t2 W/ O D /V1 ^ I M than is grown in the cooler cHmates.' the vice-president and managing ^i- l?"g.<="rrcnt_that he would r^se from VV\JKi'i^ H^ Users of phosphates should keep rector, Mr. E. L. Pease, has a large some' iSTOftM WIN&OWS &DC0R5 ' CIZE3 to niii yo« *^ opem.10. Fitted with siao. Safs do- Utrrr jumrwueti Wiit lot Price Liu I ' i CiU down fuel bills, lium* wintd co;cfcrt. â-  The HALLIDAY COMPANY, Umltcd iHAiltLTn.'i H^Tf-KV OlSmiBUTOIIi r^NASA of which is that it hastens ripening by pushing forth the maturity of tlie crop through th^ early growing sea- son. Another important thing that phosphoric aciJ does is to invigorate In mind the fact, that the phosphate share, for ho it was who thirty-two rock itself, whicli comes from the j years ago blazed the trail of success. southern States for this continent and i The Royal Bank has in its president, from Afi"ca and India for Europe, is Sir Herbef-t Holt, and its General practically insoluble in water. The, Manager, Sir. C. E. NelU, men ot next thing in slowness of solubility is' energy, capacity, and wide experience basic slag, then comes bone meal,' in business and b-anking affairs. The while acid phosphate is almost im- 1 prosperity of the bank is a reflection mediately soluble where the water: of the prosperity and growing com- ^ , , , v 1. v j supply is sufficient. When we say' merce ot Canada, in which the instl- 1 plexity and douot which had _again immediately soluble we mean that up | tutlon has materially aided by enct^u^^ | to the point that is guaranteedâ€" 16 or' aging domestic and promoting foreign 1 17 per cent, soluble â€" it is immediate-' trade. 1 think Him to be .Tohrkthe Baptist risen' j from the dead, others Elijah, who was i ernected to come before tha Messiah (Mai. 4: 5), and others Jeremiah, â-  about whom there had been a long current that he would r.'se the dead and would appear again to ; Israel. I "But who say ye that I am?" Some ' might Iiave hesitated to make the bold confession, but not so Peter. He be-, lieved and he would speak. He was ever the strong, impulsive, and cour-' ageous leader, quick to speak and quick to act. If he failed at the time r\^ \ ^ OStlld'S HORSES are a very I'r&quent cause of many serious ills. The worms will be destroyed and the Ills prevented if you use of Christ's trial, it was through per- Making Things Grow assailed h'm, not through fear. Peter's confession here no doubt represents the belief of all. or of most, of the disciples. "Thou art the Christ." In the early history of Israel the people had been called God's son, and the king as representing the people had also been so called. In that sense the term might ftave been used of the The Home Place Needs Them All. Messiah, the expeL-ted King. But .Tew- pcrsons in the world are those who ish writers of the century preceding can get the.ir pleasure from th# things the birth of Christ had exalted the around them. Many a countrj- woman' Messiah to a place in heaven and had has eaten out her heart for the festivi- endowed Him v,Mth divine uttri'outes. tics of the city when she had a better' While Peter may not yot have realized i Worm Killer If your horse has rough, star- ing coat. low aplrtta. poor ap- petite though sometimes eaiinif ravtinously, does not digest Its food, often â-  e u f'S, looks bac\t at aU'.es un- easily, gnaws at anything. rubs tall against any- thing conven- ient â€" it's a pretir sure Indication that he Is badly in need of Dr. .A.. C. Daniel's Worm KUler. This remedy â€" tried and found efficient through the years â€" will des- troy worms in horses and cattle aa nothing else will. PRICE 60c. Big Animal Medical Book Free. DR. A. C. DANIELS COMP.VNY OF CAITASA. IiIMITED KNOWLTON - QUEBEC hold of every bit of available plant- of the free nitrogen out of the air. The and they built house, bam and out- 1 concert in her own front yard than all that his words involved, there ap-| food within their i-each. i rain during heavy thunderstorms buildings on the same plans and in;w"3 ever staged in any grand opera pears to be in his confession a recog-: Pho5phoric acid is therefore one of br'ngs to the soil no inconsiderable the same year. They have traded house. The joyful music of the birds nition of our Lord's divinity, as well, the most important plantfoods that am.ount of nitrogen out of the air in labor in the years gone by and both heralding the return of spring is one as the beVef that He is the Messiah,! the crop grower has to consider. At a year. Legumes, moreover, by virtue have followed the same scheme of ! of the most fascinating things that and this recognition was confirmed in: the present time phosphoric acid for of their root structure increase the, crops, have had the same amount of | the worW has to offer in the city or the marvelous events which attended nse- in agricilture is found in four nitrogen in the soil considerably, gtock and worked their land with country and , it is our own fau't If we His resurrection from the dead, comm.on forms. About a century ago | There is no .supply from which we can equal care. Both are scrupulously j mis'S it. It is pathetic to see son;e; "Blessed art thou." Jesus addresses history records the fact that the rapid; ?ret phosphoric acid so easily as 'we neat and prosperous looking. Both j poor beauty-starved soul in a city peter .-ifTectionately by his old home increase ir. European population was, get niirojien. It does not exist in the are for sale. j hovel nailing a battered little bird- name of Simon. He tells Simon that "^ not paralleled by an increase in crop air. therefore cannot be brought out, The flip of a coin might decide but house on an old tree in a dirty little God has revealed this truth to him.; His words, literally translated, are production on the continent. The re- of the air. Ci-ops growing on the soil it will not. In fact, there is no com- backyard in. an attempt to catch a' and that it is upon such men as he; "Mercy on Thee, Lord, that can never suit was that national scientists began can return only what they take out.; parison between them. On the one strain of that wonderful mu.^ic that that the church of the future will bei be." to give warning that if increase in ^ Moreover, animals feeding on the farm the buildings stand bare, unpro- so many farm women w,ith their uu- founded as upon a living rock. Play- ,^ population continued without a paral- ^ crops remove considerable phcj-.horic tectcd and without a setting. No trees | equaled opportunities never hear. If fully He refers to Peter's name (r'n] *** lei increase of crop production the acid from the feed since they use it to break the cold north wind, no shade I you are not familiar with the birds, .Aramaic Cephas), which means j day of famine could be predicted with 1 to build their bone, consequently live- from the heat of the blazing summer, get acquainted, and you need .lever "stone." or "rock." What He says of j comparative certainty. I stock manure is relatively weak in the sun. no shrubbery to round off thej know another lonely day from spring! Peter He would have said, no doubt. Scientists also began to give atten-'crop ripener. Practical crop growers corners and lend perspective to the: to fall. j of any or all -of the disciples -who thusi tion to the study of the food of the ^ know that when they attempt to growi lawn, no flowers to give a cheerfull The farmer has an equal interest believed and confessed. For it i-s not! plant and the supplies of the neccs- . grain on heavily manured fields they touch of color to the scene, sary materials which were lacking. A 'get a large increase of straw, but q„ ji,g ^jt^sr fann. the buildings prominent European chemist by the : frequently a poor setting of gram.' j,gg,]p agairst' the background of a name of Leibig observed that the ad- j This is due to the unbalanced condi-, protecting grove and look peacefullv dition of ground bone improved the tion of the nitrogen and phosphoric ^^ upon the highway acros.? a shady here with his wife. He may not be as' sim.ply truth that is the foundation of; much in need of the bird music and faith: it is truth lived, truth in the' companionship â€" though there is no heart, truth believed and confessed, reason why he should not enjoy thoni Feuer Ivad apprehended and believed a' " "his Master, in; and improve himself by it â€" but they great lact rejjariVng hu The birda in the farm flock should have at least four square feet of floor Fpace pet bird in their house. Thia does not mean about four fjec. It means that more room might bo ad- i vantageous, but less would be danger- quality of cereals. He was not satis- , acrid added to the soil in the shape of j^^^.,, Well-placed "shrubbery give.^iurc the" best paying tenants that he the light of God's Spirit which was, ^^^ j^. ^^\'^^„ d''^fl/-ult to keep an fied witl#the length of time which was m.anure. This deficiency can readily ^,,g j^^.^ ^^ ^^^f pleasing, homelike' could possibly have. ^ Those little! leading him, and he had confessed it; overcrowded hsuse in santary condi- necessary for results to be forthcom- ' be corrected by the additio'rl of 50 lbs. ing. On closer study of the compos;-' of acid phosiphate to the ton of ma- â- tjon of bene he found it could be. nure, at the time the'manure is hauled treated with acid and brought to such cut. a form that it would dissolve readily Regarding the use of fertilizers, the; ..^'^ se'rt'tet'brrerfBnmte^'; 'vour! are" the farmer's bes't friend7and if'lVe of the apo'stles and prophets, Christ! i^^^t v-five bird^'andTse ihemoney to In ^vater \V hen this treated form p,,ofit of using well 'oalanced plant- ^.jf, '^tild not see it for twice as m"uch.i fails to cultivate them and .^rbvide' Jesus hiniself bemg the chief corner, ^^^^ ^5^^ ^.^^^^^^ ^^^j,„^ ^j,^„ ^^^^^ was supplied to growing farm crops, food has been demonstrated by ^â- c^vi-V^:!ZTJ°. T.hL. bnlldino-, .«eem.' them with suita;bie hemes, he is neg-I stone" (Eph. 2: 20). See Eph. 2:, ^^^^^ ^^^ ^j, they almost -.mmediately found bene-| ous leading expjjriment stations. look, and a few Stimple flowers com plete the chami. Which will you buy? .A. thousand dollars could not make The bareness of those buildings seems; songsters that live in the trees and with his lips. Others hearing that cor- ^.^^ j^ ^j^^ poultry house holds one shrubbery, eat untold myriads of fession would be led also to see am , j,„„jred birds and one hundred and harmful insects and add very mater- to believe. .\nd so the church would, twentv-fiv? are in the flock in the ially to the value of his crops. They grow, being "built upon the foundation ^ j^^.^ j^,,_ .^ ^jj -^^^j. ^^ ^^jj ds and if he of the apostles â€"' '-^- '^''"•''â-  and ,>rovide; Jesus himself 1 them with suita;bie hemes crowd them all. ,,,.,. , â-  , â-  -x 1 - -• ' - -ito affect the very fields themselves looting a great tp.portunity ami is not 19-22. When building roosts in liie fall ik fit^ from ttiis^ material since ;t wasj When acid phosphate was applied to, ^nj it is hard to realize that thev are, as good a farmer as he thinks he is.| "The gates of hell." This expression, p^yg to remember that the birda -^„ o ,n «.^ ov tj^g g^,| jj ^.^^ fgyjjj j^ increase the' ^£ ^^ ^^^,^^1 richness with that "other Look at the care and money that «tands for the foi-ces. '^;'f ^'^« _°'';.j'^-i crowd together on cool nights and do soluble in water. This discovery tarfbution since it proved to be the was a world con-j yjeja and improve the quality of farm. The one attracts the lingering! are lavished on the planting and dec- visible, which are opposed to the king-; ^ot seem to need so much room. How- ,. ,. , V .u * *i, â-  ^'â- ^'" '-'^°^^- Pennsylvania Station „a"ze of everv nasserbv' ° " i oration of a citv home. The^beautv of ' 'l<"n of ^^d. They shall not prevail. kver. if a night becomes warm they discovery which gave bir.h to the. found that the yield of corn was in-; ^ u„,|o^,btedlv the orcoer niantine of ^'^ vard is the city man's pr^de. "and For the strongest thing in all the| ,^1, ,pre.,d out on the roo*« and they ,..-,, 1 â-  ' â- - '^^''"^ *'y ^'^'^'tiia hnnip irvnnn,!- i« T P-no<l inv^'it ' >ct how meag^-c are the possibilities, world is tlie .?oul illuminated oy the need the room for health and comfort. man of agricultural prominence nam-, means, while Ohio Station found an^ '''^ "".""^ giound.- is agood ^^^l^^^' , -^^^^.^^^.j ,..;^ ,y,^„„ .^f .^^ f„^„, xi,-J Spirit of God l)ear,-ng tesiinrony to the Calculivte fertilizer iniiustry. A youig English-; ereased 7 bushels per „... wy ...^loi . ,. • od inv st ^ T !,„ R „„„t<. r.„.o, i,„„„,v,. -^f., . »»ea"s- ^^'^'le Ohio Station found ^n'l^^^.''^^„,^\'Z''tomt of 1°iew 'orL' "mpare<l wiPh those of the farm! His! Spirit of Cod bear,-ng tesimrony to the Calculivte the roosting space in tha ^tPd onr« n. nt d w!th bim .n"i ^^^ ^^'^''^^ =" ^^^eat. By ad<ling! ,"^'"in'°"i,Vsa1e value Bulhow about Poor little two-by-four vard is an ab- truth which it has seen a.id known. So^ poetry house on the basis of a hot ri±h "t^itr 1,-1' rj'b^r^ f^"lpho*Plioric acid, however, only one of| ^ '"e <ioe8 nit c-,Te to sell'' If" ^o'^te limit of space; "he lacks good the psalmist said. "Out of the mouth %,^^;^ „ight. Then at all season. ^ftt.JTwJ^hJl^t^^^^^^ 'â- ^' '''"'^'""^ plantfoods is being pro- f '; °"f '^!« ^^'j^\l '"^^^J^^^ 'J.J, soil; he has to buy fertilizer; he is! of babes and sucklings hast thou ^he hens w^l have plenty of room. S,! Sl«tN il ll^^T/^^^ '-'^"-^ ^^ "â- " ^'^^â- ^ ^''â- '"^•^' '''''"'''^ °"*'' s ilno JorthTtto the ow"er" I ,s ^'"rsed with the overcrowding of his! established strength, because of thine ^^bout four hens per nest is a s^tis- ff^^fit^L M.lJ^C^Z^^^^ ^^'''" ^ '""'"'^ °^ ''''"^ ha^l to Durl monev value on a th ng "cigiilors' dogs aini children. And vet adversaries, that thou migiitest still : f,,torv number in the poultry house. ?L,nn t«k cnT^Hr tTa'nnffo^P'^'^P^^^^ ^"^ â„¢'''^'"*'^ "'^^ °"^ "^ ; Eke Saf but T'omeothTr fellow he persists and the results are often' the enemy and the avenger." (Psalm y .j,^-^,^^ ,re scarce the birds will irlvint nf^.n I .hv,nb.rp riS42 1 ""'â- '*^*"' '«»?-*''"« experiments at ^=^« £ ,ie\^r seenThe propertv b7' wonderfully attractive-so att.-active' 9: 2). This wa^ abundantly proved in^rowd together or hide their nests in fC ^.tXnLt^ awe?i?l ou fd^i P^"^'^^'^'^"''* Station found that the J^l ^^''JZl pay a tlXand or' that the famer is sometimes misled, the early church in times of persecu-; .^^ li^^^r „« the floor or on the rang*. S^tb^i fM rv IVnT^nf.l ^«hZ i '""*'*''' "'^ '^' ^''â- "'*^^'' °^'='" '^^ ""- WO for ivou hive a pi^tU good into im.itating him. That is.a mistake.' tion. Men, women and even httle ^^^ nests so that there ^vill be room Kotnamsted, Ii-xperimental btabion. fevtil ^ed i>nrn nrmnTifp,! ntmrv^if +n two lor it. you nave a pieii.v gooa » • 1 ,>..:i<Irpii con-fps^e/1 Christ in face of 1 j. .. v v .. , The use of bone meal as a fertilizer .Su bus ner acrTinstead of 7 hu, indication that the place is not worth The city lot, no matter how beauti-i '''^1' TrueUorture and dea'h and 'â„¢"«'* "^ \"!'* {'' ^"-^^'"u ^"^ """ U probably much older than the use f"om acid nhospha e abne Ohio "^"y '^^ '» >"" ^''° ^^'' P'^"'^'' ''â-  ^""^' '' """'' ''* P'""'"*'' '"^^^^ '*=* not Til the m ght of imJeriaT Caw^^^ ZTl ^''^^^^'^^^t^'"- ^^"^ l^*"-^ =»« - - â-  • ~ • - â-  ' "'*'" ^"" pnospnate alone. Ubio _„;„,, ,„^ .^ „„^ k„„„„,. of..,,.i,»,i (., beauty when it is transferred to the ""' an tne ni'Sfit 01 imperial "-afsjr, ^p^ ^^ crowd together on an over-siz« of aoid phosphate. The bones of an.i mals contain considerable .organic matter in the lK«h which adheres to them and the marrow which they con- tain. '].'hi.> orjcani;- matter aids in the decomposition of the bones in as much •B it forms a home for the bacteria of IN TEN YEARS 500 Doiiars K Invested ;\t 3% will amount to $697.75 Invostod at 4%, interest com- pounded quarterly, will amount to $744.29 'But If Invested In our ^''2% Debentures will amount to. . $SS0.2<ll Write for Booklet liie Great West Permanent Loan Company. fToronto Office CO King St, W««t fcund an increase in wheat of over 13' Ivjs. per acre, instead of 7 M: as it got! from acid phos'.nhate. When co.nplete ' plantfood was added (that is pfant- cjjred for it. and become attached to it. What is a farm for'? To produce .» revenue and make a home. Too many food coiitair.ng nitrogen, nhosphorio n^en are apt to devote all of their acid and t>otash), the increase in vield time to the revenue end of -t and of corn at Pennsvlvania was 15.4 bus.: "eglect the home. This is a grave per acre, while .at Ohio an equallv ' mistake. The revenue is of little use important increase in the vield of i^ 't does not increase the comfort of whe:-': was obtained. " i the home. The home :.< where a woman Quick growing' crops like cereals I "P^nds by far the greater part of her crops and root crops benefit most by the addition of soluble plantfood. Where tlje sea«jn is long and the plant is of such a character that its growth con- tinues for a considerable tim3 in sum- mer the use of bono meal becomes highly profitable. For pastures and orchapda where the crop is growing continually, pro- fitable results can be obtained from the use of slag, although there are indications that more profitable re suits come from the use of an equal ! memories of our childhood hang about amount of r>hosphorl.- acid in its avaiilable £.n-m (acid phosphate), coupled with sufficient lime to ap farm â€" for it is out of place. The farm plan mus'i be broader. It must ti'-'I he confined to the immediate vicinit.v of the house and a littie patch of lawn. .\ fine barn and a well-kept gar.len are not a disgrace to be blotted out with a screen or left outside o^ the sdienie of things as though they were something neglected and apart. They are an integral part of the farm home and shouh! be included i'l the plan. Shade i- as acceptable to the «tock as it is to the people, and trees Improve ihe appeararoe of a barn as much as they do of the house. .\. shaded pad- life. A. man's bu.-^ir.css takes him to the fields and to the town, away from the home, but a woman's interest lies centred in that little farmstead. For the sa'xe of herself, her growing fam- ilv and. yes. her husband, .he should dock is quite as attractive as a lawn. insist that it be made as comfortnole and beautiful as possible. Some wise man â€" or was it a wo- man?â€" has said that the difference between a house and a home is a Irje. j Sure it -''s that some of the clearest The farmstead 4s the heart of the fsrm. the home of the farmer, an;!, to a large extern, the world of the wife and ch Idren. Dond be stingy with it. Make it comfortable and be?,utiful.' Thero is n,)'hing that is more valsi-; able to have cr easier to get in the* could compel them to deny Him. Their' ^^^^ ^„j jj,g quarrelling may result in faith flourished and grev,- in the midst broken eggs. of persecution. It was victorious even Overcrowding causes the hlrds to in its wea'Kness. m ghty to the over- i,ecome haated and then thev catcft throwing of its persecutors, and it v.-U ^.^jj ^),en coming from tbe roost on a prevail, we believe, until the world 13 ^^jj nuirning*. When voung »tock are won for Chnst s kmgdom . houseil in colony houses or brood "The keys." It is faith and confes- coop.^ they will "be injured by over- sion that cnen the door of the king- crowding. Brood coop'.3 should ncc be dcm of hoavcn. He who 'oelieves not used for chicks that have been weaned, enly enters himself but also open.'! the They do much belter when roostiixg door of 'Viith to others. The new law j^ colony houses where they cannot that binds and looses is the la'.v of: crowd together, fa.'th. ' "Satan." It is vtrv' remarkable t'liat: ** ihs same Peter, so warmly oomme'id- ed, should scon after have been so sternly reb.iked. Jesu.? has been gent- ly revealing to His disciples the fact cf His approaching death. Peter, ex- ultant and hopeful cf great things, "took Him r.:)'} began to rebuke Him." Subscribe to the Victory "Clean-up" Loan. No argument can surpass an ex- ample. We are all apt to take people'i length by our own s;)ecial measure. proximate that whieh is added in ha.sdc siflg. Conaiderablo experimentation is going on with both .\merican and Europefin slags. At the same tira« no small an^ount of shig is being used by some favorite tree in the old home' 'â- 'O-'i'iry then beauty. >o'j m.iy not grounds. Robbed indeed has l)cen the '•«•â- Â»':='•«' 'i^^^' "'"'"h ^ c'-' care for a child who has not known those sweet "'^eauti'-ul home but the longinrr i.? awociations. Moreover, the trees are' '"cre and the opportunity is there, the home of the birds. No country wo-| So wiiy not have one: man. and certainly not the young 'rolk,! Now is the best time to plan the can afford to be without their cheery ' arran-gcment cf garden and lawn for companionrhip. The most contentedi thi spi inK reason. Mo M.iltcr Whether MAREâ€" COLTâ€" JACK S]33hn's Distemper Compci^nd â- â-  •â-  .^ cfTo-'lf i:i '.h«^ Irp.itr.icnt ^-f on*? as of thfl nth*r ;'or SlsMupsr. riai By«. lafluvBTi, Coxucii or Cold. Tho stolUoa ill tli<> atuil. ihchborso in tbu ileld or on tho ruad, and tb* l-aby c>'ll ;ir.' ail proteeeed from ats«»a* Oy an uvcislonal 'tc**'. H'T"" -'^m v.iiir *|rcew(,.-t 9Pcaxr Mso:cAi. coacTAinr, aosBSif. btdzaxj^ ji.%jl.