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Safeguarding the Domestic Water Supply. may be aerated by cooling in the open air, and Urn* freed from insipidity. (2) Chlcrination. A level teaspoon- A valuable service rendered by the f u j O f chloride of lime is rubbed up ! Department of Agriculture at Ottawa with litt!e ^ ter ^ thc 00 MJetency | through the Division of Chemi.,try of ()f cream . This thin paste fs diluted , th Experimental Karma Branch, is ami thoroughly mixed with one pint tho analysis of submitted samples of O f wa t e r, bottled and securely corked. _^. . Toronto ; wator for domestic use. Of the 119 This stork solution will keep for at Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West, lorom samples of well water, coming from ] eas t a woek. uatisfactory every province, dealt with in 1922, success only 24 per cent, were found to be A teaspoonful of this solution should be added, with stir- ring, to each two gallons of the water I 8. M.: Please !T Ue direction* for," difficult to secure a eonstnictlon of inexpcnaive ice houre. K r " th J ' loT *J- i " "fL"" certain Pure and wholesome. This small pro- to be treated. After fifteen minutes 7 r r f '"" y hC St , rwl ', n f Ven ThHt 1 thl flil.? U, me to an acid con- portion cannot be taken to represent aW ( , is , a , e germs present will be de- ft rough .bed, provided It will keep that ^failure i* due to^ an MI^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ of ^ ^..^ ^^ that suspicious most part he| SMOKE ot the like.ihood The Old Apple Tree. bo seriously polluted. When it is born. In mind that water may he cle'ar, sparkling <-.t:d prae-tica'ly ta.= te-| if less and yet contain dangerous germs, And braved the winter's snows, A splendid bit of hardihood, It fears no wind that blows. It stands alore upon the hill, Out the weather. According to direc- dition of the soil. 1 u tions given in Pamphlet No. 2 of the applications of lime co ;;'~ "" samples would for Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, d.tion and otherw.se improve ane cr P bmiUed _ Thlrty . flve porcent . ofj A o'WVSti' be^drivt V&^J'tt&. thS ""-** '"<" W - e f Und t0 ' A ^ d ^..^L=.*^ into the grouml and lir.ed with rouph tion on m 7 land? lumber or even slabs. It is not eveni Answer:-It is more than iKeiy necessary that the lumber be close ' <-hat -cidity is the cause of the diin- ftttin*. The whole should be covered ^y experienced mere J^^^S the necessity for the service is em- with a roof that is rain proof The tne land is low - In stich eaBe l , nrasizwl I II s rou *? h ' w arms roof should project, s.ifflciently to pre- ' f Profitable to put in tile **>* ' In h is "report the Dominion Chemist F A r nt u eT winds ar f '^Jf a . nd chi11 ' vent rain beating in between H * & H& T|R> ^'Vn. fac" Pi"^ cut that a spring or pure! Ami they pass not kindly by. boarda. Drainage, should be provided ess of tne llnle ls an . lm l )ortanl ldc " stream bj four or five inches of cinders or tor 8 >" ce il determines in a very lar* gravel. Ice pr^ervation is due not rneasure the rate at w ; hwh * u t | selected as the source of d% so much to the construction of the limestone dissolved ** " , Jf wa[er {nm gwh R buildings as to the insulating material rate at whleh tho *** ' - --.. u~ i-~> -~ n-~ v ueed around it. Sawdust is perhaps ing the ice, but if this Is not obtain- able, planer shavings may be used. Failing to sei-ure either of these, one! ist < the <iuwti on may use hay of fine texture such as; been definitely settled. It will in pows In marshes or other low places.! ** determined by the prlre of ,..= If the sawdust or shavings is used,i lime bec ? uie frrindin* to fine powder ^ ^j^.^ , n ^ the ice-which should be cut in square costly operation. The coars The sha]low ^ fa ^ ^ ^ ^ blockshould be so placed in the *''* the slower M to JklMl>;'b commende d as. unless properly located or at some distance from the building* should, if available, be domestic source f or can oe p-lped to the houae and farm. non . buildings a safe supply will probably Failing such a But when tho springtime breezes free, Come whispering in May, Behold the rough, old apple tree, Is one huge, sweet bouquet. g ^ . r u eporte f! )y th f e ? d -' r rJv t '>' y rd8 from a "V te ' i " etlon f '""" Cation, the surrounding area for a - oien as> uness lxxpery ocae building as to leave a foot of space, and the lot K er ' l * "Hi w. and ver V carefully guarded from sur- all round. This space should be filled , "meliorating agent in the sou. a fj|w drfllnaKC it may at any Ume be . with sawdust or shavings well com-['! ulck ' P"*"*** acllon \ , M u come a menace. The boml or drilled P*ct*d. If hay is used, two feet of! material fiO to 76 per cent. <*<* we] . li paas i n(r through a layer of 1m- 1 * 18868 <h r <> u h a ' eve 8) me ~' e8 W - All through the long, hot summer day, It lends its shade to aH, contam- ^ nd there the children love to play, There sounds the night bird's call. of fifty yards being kept free: manure and all filth and prefer- Oh - dear - brave kindly apple tree, So staunch and true and fine, You're like an old, old friend to me, May I make thy standard mine? re _ Bernice Cornell. To mend a small hole in an urn- take a piece of black sticking a "'l k until quite soft. should be well packed. About one foot of sawdust or shavings or two tor y, although fairly satisfactory re-' fce (lepended upon to provide safe dry. fet of hay should be placed over the 8ulu shouM be secured by using the gupp j y j am wom ] ering jf the milk pall top of the ice when the house is filled. I lime c r ush ?. to ^ a deK 5 ee ,: 1 _nT' Two methods are recommended in does not come from the stable where , pce should be allowed and the hay 1 P* 18868 <h r <> u rh a ' 1 eve ~ j p^-vious rock and tapping a decp-i the llneal lnch wl11 fou t lsfBC - of water> may usua n y Place under the hole and allow it to T ne Tobacco of Quali ty K2LB.TINS and in packages ness that 50 to 75 per cent, of it will pass through a flO-mnh sieve and all le(i {)f contami nation: of the material should pass through a 10-mesh sieve. A. B.: According to Ih* observa- tion* of many farmers, good crops re likely to follow heavy fall* of, raow. Are thero reasonable grounds' for this belief? X . Y.: What Is the best time of, An*wer: Both rain and snow have year for applying wood ashes to thei * fwrtiliiing value by reason of tho land and what 1 a suitable rate of ub! nitrogen compounds they application? Jther and bring to the earth aa they! Answer: Since ashes contain rcnd- *Wi The nltrogei< thus added to the ily soluble products, the spring of the oil te hJrb!y vahiabl* from a fertlliz- ' year perhaps the best time to apply irg standpoint, because nitrogen, them. Wood ashes are very variable the report for treating water that is \ the cows are placed in comfortable and attractive surroundings, n little fuller than it does where the barns utes all water required for drinking' and yards are constantly in the heigfht and culinary use. The boiled wateri of disorder. MERCHANDISING EGGS By a Merchant. I am a men-hunt and, as alert mer- 1 states: "Eggs i:an be prepxel in over THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON JANUARY 28 The Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16: 19-31. Golden Text Charge them that are rich in this present work], that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. 1 Tim. 6:17 (Rev. Ver.). I. The Gulf That May Be Bridged, has no such opportunities. Dives- has - mount of nitrogen is equivalent to' little advantage in applying ashe* to frp ' h C KK<: in fart ' liav aten two , ! )e ian ^d ''V rerum.g the tiat contained in approximately 42 heavy clay loam. According to the! 8 ** 1 for m * ^eakfnst ''aily for over in noarhy towns and sending H letter, | iull g rv . pound* of nitrate of soda, which is the' Report of the Dominion Chemist.' thir 'y >' oar - Yet l look "P on *vcry ; to the family of lhe p.r*on which the|be>tween most important nitrogenous fertllizr available on the market. H. D.: On a pan of my farm 1 flnd n hi-* will |M> found a valuable fertil- izer for clover, corn, ami root crops, placed Ifcforc thought in my mind: me with the! notice states is 'I wonder if it's' ilh:<ws, or is undc h<l his great opportunity. He ignored it. The consequences of a selfish life This is the whole parable. We reap as we s wan the rich man's op- pnrtanity on ear'.h. He is his con- demnation in heaven. V. 27, 28. Send him to my father's house . . I have live brethren. This request of the rich man seems one that does him ore-Jit. He is solicitjus for the welfare of his brethren. He seek* to save thni from his fate. Hut ronvHius.-i.iK from I men. but the gulf might "have been : behinii H "'*"' H * s * |i ' lbtl * >'^'n" a - tha doctor's caro. crossed by the rich man. -had ho had ' 19-31. V. 19. A certain rich man . . fared , my egg| B umptuousIy;aman W hose t vcrywant ar ? . lr demon- j s abundantly satisfied. He has a full p 1nt would I] wardrobe, n groaning table and an 80W ' that wealth can nothing to imply tif>eii wrongly ' certain bcgicar named This man Is leprcus. He is lie in lonoly. There i.< a gulf the experience of tho two supply pliosphorii* acid itnd love for his fellows. : The auotlonecr says cow is a regular at-tesian Oivos six gaHons a day when well. of seed corn offered for sale spring is reflected in decreased ..-!!.- of |i- r stands of corn. Kaeh year g<>oi| see<l i-orn is scarce.; , The tiulh of Uiis statement is not! It was not an at hU gate. ,rr. nH for fruit B~es'id liotash "aihc"*' fr f s1 '?" I To i-ach the lotter would read: "The . u i m 101 l ruits. n ! ' i - . ,i - . (11 ^.K- U K| ,,-il P The good wife buys her f .-om . W lu v " 1)eWl s'^'-ted with the ob- 2gH? i t S~~ a higrh-Krode uracery and the ..g,, 1 ject of placing 'Farm Fro-hEcffs' in; ^'"-^mn^" t, "Strictly Fresh Kggj." Still ! lhe POS**-"""!! of those U whom such ,., f%d ' never believed in signs and my d's-!?**; 1 , wcltl<1 b- ^^mne aiiJ a bl*M-} US( . d no knlvM or forkf They w[ptd i heisrhtfiieil by tho?i> eggs I : '"* .their An^er- on plecett of bread which occasionally ;pen which belie the' I wou'd wrsp every u^g. sent to the; were thrown out on the street and i bove list, in tissue paper, p^ck in de'voured by beggars or <l tion '.hat If he had had a clear and unmistakable warning while on earth about_ the danger* of selft.!i wealth, he might have lived a different life and avoided his present fate. Be fresh in March. T heart" Then I she's 'ontmonly apiuclate<d ] >ftn many What do want to know what is in If up-to-<iute do not realize the orioi i , > to them- selves and the country a a whole by j planting inferior seed. It is true that; secure my ntimi and arrange to ship mo * twlce H ft fresh ** ,' cotton, and affix to <>ai-h box. a post- farnicr would , card with H return coupon, so more eggs culd be ordered. In this con- 1 licked sore*. r 'fne only prophets. Abraliiuii's answer is that hs himself has had, in th past, and hi brethren have now in the present, all the warning and teaching that in nec- essary for life. In the law and the the those six gallon*. How much butter-j B 'nil stand may be obtained by plant- 1 lne * K * e fat will she turn out in a ye*rT I ' in seed of poor germinating qualitiea have in mind a big, fine-looking cow! but the yield will be lower than good 'n*t produces fivo gallons a day. She s^ed would have produced. wts picked because she was a big- A groat deal e>f the very bet teed milker. Tests show that her milk M* available at ripening time. Tho averages 2.2 por cent, butterfat. It problem ia then to keep the corn from! hou * (<s '. and many looks like a lot of water was carried | harvesting time until planting time' wou ' lnml<>m ' p , cek, and from, saw fe-w p ministry of klndnesa he received ' dogs which were regarded as > The , they reach t ne . tjon j woujd n]|(o Mm , ^ knew where, , ^ my th- ^\ y^vllta,. ^v.rgr. of the farm, a few pi,^ Jj^S..^ fig ^K^L ^SfSSSVfff^ ^ C ^ , pn " ^.. k . n s ew . *' y . the . f f, rn ' er r of-town dealer wh,, never fails to send! do it an my method. The necessity of love for God The sin Cn ) advice on the subject how well-cjircd 1 for the hens were, how they roosted in the mnjt approved sanitary hcn- ther things my taste and c "* lf lv * 1 "' portunity u * The five brethren have the * "-tract thn. P or * ir Op- bo hr and then nnlked out again. I was a cow tctr several years be- thefollwing P nng in such a manner i 'I 011 - Couldn't I jus' vy,y ratinic that it wiH retain its full productivity.: tho "" ? f ' b *S W *!l ' h " le !' ' - ., fore I started farming for myself, but One of the main consideration, in this; would ' aml - so Wu " ld . l I can't tell by looking at . cow how ' connection is keeping tho corn thor-' man ' Wl>n "' n ' ec.-y "tlier OII 8tt in this , . pleads for himself, while plead- . - ,. . > 3 -- Th beggar died .. Abraham's , ing for his brethren. 0m* again Ut, but by no means lcat, I would ,00*0111. "Abraham's bosom" wa one. Abraham *ay that lot lack of knowl- Drovide th' Utrt-knpen to whom 1 of tit- plirayrH by which the Jews do- cslgp, Lu' lack rf v.iilirgness lies at cold my egg 1 -, for resale purposes, a 'scnbed tn future slate of ble.-scdness. thp root of all. If l.f .zarus in life doea series <if sigr, to place over the eggs Tliis '>>'! new wj? not because of his not awake.-i pity, Lauras fvom the she will When test. I first started farming joughly dry. If tho drjnng has 6W lW^* fa rountr >' of OUIS ' I. done immediately after harvesting soi ' rhen wh >' no -- Mr - li; *-' I'rodutw, bought a fine-looking cow without in- much the better. Artificial heat is secure a list of such I. u sale. The- usual sign rimply reads /i" v > frt >'- but because of his oharactor. dead cannot awaken fasr. Kresh EKK.J," which means nothir:if. j'^ " 8 . riJ ,j .'' a 1 l . us n ' l ' ans > "^'"'l.'* *V*" Application. nd in tipie the sign gptii ^irty, fly- (.| la '..'nt.' t" tl ' ' 'H K ' t Nothing is said a to the [n-ckcd wnu dog-**ai'en. wri?h belter l,,<f liic tfr .n'! :, v,i a . a .^i. ,.,,.) .. - which this* rir-h TVJ,, u.^nm* hhivy a.ul misevy quiring about hor tet. She was In-: not aeccwnry jurd laU-r, and had to bo sold at a harvesting weather sacrifice. Yet I would have been [ damp, money ahead if she'd hurt herself al in drying unless the! b . v advertising fi has been very the freshness of the e BK s. ,, s the rich man had lost his in his them, and arrange My signs would read: "Farm Fresh wealth. The rich man alsu elied. and once. Her test I found out VTM under thro*' per rent. However, high U&u do r.ot always A eheft[> and satisfactory method of storing need corn for the winter is by using chicken wire of a mesh which will a.-e-oitmiodfitu the cobs of the par-! to ship og-gs fri-sh from Hie nest, in Kpgs," "F"esh Egg.< fn.m the Kolloy was huried. Rich and pex.r or.tainera which .lack ('himck permits' Kiirm," "Kresh Kggs Laid by Prize ">e same great means by which this rich man accumukted hi* wealth; he is not "barged with injui- tice, l-x:t his in was hoartleissr.ess. He to be sent via the h.-uuly parcel post,' Hens," and others. These sicns V. L'3. in hell share in feasts with his fviends, he pampers himself with luxuries and - lift intan a good cow. At the same time I titular variety of corn being stored. one can't have a good cow without a (This wire may be tinned perpendicu- ood te*t. Persistent milking and a ' 'ar!y to .tcai'tlings in a dry room or ...., - ...., .;, ., - up his eyes: HIK( "costly hi- hf.-Hlt as his nurse can and reap LiPiipfits accord ing-ly. | would print on black cardiioard with:' Hnd '" IIatlts ." t'"- unseen world i-f b .". v . but he had no heart of compa*- As soon as I had a fairly large liit.l white letters instead of the reverse,! l - ' f .' a(l ' Tlu " c ^P'cssions of de- '"" '"> teen of brorherhood for his I would send with eae-h shipment a 1 because the bteck card ki-cps elwiilNoveVtMe's the ft un^mus'^""^ \ : briSt gterTS "e*us that he no't'on-lv little Iwoklet telling how to prepare! longer and makes a better appear- [ s ,p iri t ua l facts. * Th'o' one Tutstnndin K spokf great tliinW. but ' iived*thVmand eggs in various [arm*. Perhaps the nnco; l.esidos, the photo of one of myjfact is that a life of selfishness e-arrie* dil f or them: "Surely he hath borne readi'i- may think evi-ry cne foo<J average butterfat test make (ho out-building, nd it. wi'H be found that) how to cook egg?, but a knows he'ns which would grace hef would stand out be-tter. each sgn, real cow, provided other points nre nonnal. This riolds with all breeds. Farmers who milk a few cows, but! atively cannot be classed as dairymen, are Con by the UM of suc.h wire a great deal) ~ of corn may be stored in a compar- iniall space. intended for seed purposes numerous. Far too often their cows should not go into the winter with! valued by tha amount of milk ( more than 10 to 12 per cent, of mois-j y give. We ought to ak ourselves: ' u "' e unlcis it is kept in a heated room- How much buttrfftt doss this row ' during: the sen son of severe frosts. I give in a year?" Before the real severe winter wea- Butterfat is what records are made '-her aiTives it would be well worth Of, an.' is what most fanners sell in, while to examine your seed corn up- ! fcbe cream can. Ruttorfat in the milk | Pb' to see if it in perfecUly dry. If it lto has a relation to the protein per- 1 is not it would pay well to remove at' oentage of the skim mill; Farmers ' least enough to a heated room to sup- who sell Imtlerfjit usually food tbeply the K r wers O wn ncfda, if it is kin. milk. T; - ralue of the cow Take Care of Your Seed i u factor in the inn.ios.sihU' to dry the whole amount. I ('arefxil, thorough drying immediately j nftef harvest time to a moisture con-. tent of 10 to 12 per cent, ami the use of a etorage- method thnt keeps the' individual oars in u well ventilated ' With the advent of the cold frosty fiys of November und 1 December be- ffln* tho dvmger period as far as cli- ^inti< Is concerned for stored corn that ft bo be used for od purposes. In the areas that we consider the corn growing section of the conn- [ to-day, them is !<-s danger of damp or j sufficiently ripened corn being red. Even In the** more favored seal corn that will give f , , The community, twenty years! hence, is measured by its schools of: , however, damp fall weather or improper method* of storing frequent- Ijr means poor vitality in the seed |ffoj? fhus handled. This low vitality could not put in a regular, ventilating system in his old barn, but. he found that thn cows thrived better when he covered three of the windows with niujlin ami kc-pt the glass open nearly all the time. \vithin itself the ?C!Ml3 of future mis- "i"' (friefsi, and curried our sorrows." ery nml unhappine--s. The rich man "Christ pleased not himself." And if had barred himsi'lf from Abraham's the study of this lesson dues not make bosom and from all the blessedness us all_ mure tender and pitiful, more that is the certain fruituge of true sensitive ti> olher people's troubles, we life. Seeth Abraham . . and La/iiriiv liave somehow cheativl uur souls of the The conditions of himself and I.szarns prate that Christ purposed for us. art- strangely reversed. We shall do ill if we mi.** the very V. 24. Father Abraham . . send terrible truth that there i* remorse Lazarus. The man who ignored Laz- and torment for fouls who live in thi arus now entreats his good office*. Thf 'iff i" selfish indifference to nerds (xf man who denied Lazarus crumbs of suffering people about us. Read Matt., bread, now hogs of him drops of water, "h. -'"' specially the latter part of it. .IPS us here malccM usr of current Such words of Jesus should startle- us popular beli.-f regarding the future into thoughtfulness. Now have we state, one feature <>f which \va.^ tlvat these opportunities of honoring Ohriat the abodft of the doomed wns nigh the by living in his spirit and according abode of the blessed. The rich man to his command, and tuxm they will who would not look at Latariu lying all be past, and cannot bo recalled. It at his gate, cannot help socintr him Iy- is '' HWMlng thought. ing in Abraham's bosom. Health is wrapped in the apple skin. - Legumes pay their board and leave " * V. 25. Abraham said, S'n. remem- ber; an appeal to common .justico. While on esirth' thp man who was to alleviate the Then why should the man who is bussed In tho future' [state do anything for the mi.'ery of ;the other. Lazarus received nothing: 'on earth from the rich man. Why, reliable companies now will bring the 'should he bestow anything, now tha't ' ewd.i when they are wanted, 'conditions nre reversed. Tins is not ; - Orders for nursery slock sent to the real reason for the enjoying the fireside, the MUSSOLINI'3 TFliOUTE TO BRITISH DEAD Mii.-M.lliil, who la known as the "Cromwell of Italy," was caught by the photographer la a reverent mooel before the e-cm>tanli in Ix>ndon. He had Just deposited a Hortil copy of the Kasci-stl emblem at Its foot. jsug-gest itself to Dives when he rom- 1 : embers the past. V. 26. Between us and you . . a great gulf fixed. This is tlii? real rea-, son for refusal. This life is the tiiw The greatest success in the dairy business conies wtien a pure-bred: dairy herd gets into the hands of for bridging gulfs. The future life "pure-bred" dairyman.