___________________THURSDÂY, MÂT 10. 1917. PG FE ABOUT POTAT9ES Some aDi 'Keep Down the Iligh Prices. TOMATOES ALSO A GO009 UNE But Ail Daner of I'roâts Should Be I>asscd Ilefore Tender Crops Arc (D3y S. C. JOIINSTON, Vçgetable Speclallît, Ontario Departinent of Agriculture, %.ronto.ý) - Saine of aur vegetabies qre very tender and should not ho planted untit after ailI danger of froat la over. [t inust ho remenibered that because the sailisl ready ta recelve the planta It lu flot absolutely necesaary that the.grower shauid set tbe plants out. Potatoes planted out between 24th *May and even the fi,'st of June wl give excellent reauite. Tomnatos may be set aut aftor tho 6th of June and good returns oxpected, ausainme sea- sano a severe trait destroys many taniato plants- :as late as Juno 6ti.h Vine craps such as cucumber and squash niay bo planted afler ail dan- ger ot frôst la over. POTATOES. Potatoes are one crop whIch may bo planted on land whlch la considered ta be in a bery raugh condition. Possibiy there ia no botter crop ta be plant6d qn land which has boon 'in sod for a nuinber of years. bMedlum-stzedtý tubera of gaad quallty should ho eeured and they shouid ho eut so thet there are ut ieaa( (wo cyecaIn each piece or set. It la a £good plan ' l a sînail gardon ta have theosali prepared falrly weii, thoneut the seed and cominence plantîag. Furrows inay beo made with the ha. about six inches deep and two feet apart. The sets may be placed twelvo inches apart la (ho bottoin of the furrow and should be cavered with (vo Inches af sali. This wili beave the yaung plant more or leu 1h a trench. Ai the planta *grow tho sail iwlli ho graduaily drag- ed Up and the trench wWl be filied.« It wiii be necessary (a cultivate (he sali ba(weon (he raws do0 as ta keep down weeds, and at (ho saine (ino isali should ho gradualiy drawa Up ta the tops In sulticient quantAtles 6o that t.he grawlng roota viil ot ho expoaed ta (the sunlight. whlch wil cà uee(boni (a (ura- green and bhofo Inferior quality. If an early varlety bas been piant.ed and a vigorous grawth has rcsulted itaI posibie that some inay ho it ta dlg In Auguat. By removlng saine af (ho sailI rom a.raund a bill wltbhh and one can '. tell whether (bey are ùhta dig. If tho patatoos are grown for wlnter use they do not nced (a ho dug until quitelIate la (he fail. The tops wili die dowa at the tlrst frost, but It h nat absolutoiy nocoisary (bat (bey be dug lznnedlately. ThoY should. how- ever, ho dug before (bore las anY scovere trait. TOMATOES. The (aniato ta one of (hoeniait papuiar vegetables either fresh or An a preserved con- dition, [t innyb grown qrul(e easlly ln (ho backyard. The better practice wi htoniatoea la ta purchase tho plants roady for (ranspiaîiting rather t (an attenipting ta graw these plants If *one bas mlot bad exporien-ce in handling a liot-bed. Plants having a largo raa( sysýera arc bout. and (ho stork in any eâfe shouid at ieaa( ho theozil 0of a Loed pencil. The sali should be tboroaghly propared ho- VW fore piantlng tlrne, o. aibly a CrûD af lettuco or radish Mray bo tikon <rom (lie saine, but It,"tg laways adv"lsai ta have ploxaY (ed alanutro ncrpor- at.od in (ho sali. A shalboW halo inay b. inado with (lbe coannon hoe (o ln- Bort (ho roopk o f (ho (ornîto plant. Theise ribà s5 hould ho thoroughiy 'eaterod so that (he osl will clilng close ta (he ruaIs when tl>ey are set out in (he garden. The plat n(sbuld bc soI fairly deep and tho earth » uhouid ho firuieîl around thoerMats. the gardon. Theso stakes should ho preferably six (oct long, two nches wide, and ana Incb thick. They niay bce dri-von inta (hosaili a few days after (ho plant lias heen set out and the plants Hed up ta (ho stick wl(h a piece of twine or coton in such a manner (bat (ho tle willl hodirec(ly under (ho leat. As tlie plant de- velapes In -sîze in front ai each leaf a lender growth calied a eido shoot wiliiappear. Thoso muus( ho renioved by pressing (hem out wib hoe hunih wbeu vory amail. *1pur or Ovo tics wîli ho necesaary Ifsupport (ho plant. As a result bt (ho ataking truits af a auperrur quality wiii rîpen e---- arlier (bau (buse growh aon the ground. CELEItYCelory tnay ho grown In many gardon souls f (bey bave been beaviiy dressed witb manrure. For the backyard gardenor It wil ho mnucti better If the ilantlî are se- cured readl' for setting o'ut about tho 241hof .Nay. Alil (hoplanta ahould ho metu the ieveL train six tae egbt triches aPart lu thée raw and frani two feot ta thirty lichea hc- tweon (be ruwa. It will ho round necçssary to watcr celez-y more (han any othor crup lu (ho gard~-,. a ýnd (he * Sali bctwtoen tue raws !houid b4 stirred caas(§antiy. ln the Liu wben * the celez-y bai re&ched suiAnt belght It wilt hc faund nqçessary ta blanch IL. PasaiblY 'the best e- thod belng ta stand twelvo .Inch 1boarde againatth(le rows tir planta,. laold1rîg (hem in position with stkes at eacb endi. In (ramni ciday8 ta two wecks (ho celcry planta wIVÃ711have* grown considerably, and owing to the exclusion ai (ho light wi11 have becomo fairly weil whtened. Whlch Imaprovos (ho qusll(y. The Ceiory plants ihould ho usod as &counapos- sible .fter bioaching. Other meiM et f eaching clery are, thp draving et çarth uap am'und tte plant grati- Ually, commencins whea (tb. head of be plants are about topr iacbs ýWbQ*O tbe ga'ound. Drowui paper le Sêeme ied ar-oind e hdi Y«ba l bead. ,MBRGT, LYNDE HAILEI) FROM CALGARY. Jeg. JN. lWnde, son of 4Mr. Tho. Lynde, of lirooktia, who w*. epotd srounded lait -week, vas . 1ee e magary 'prevteus te no ~eT. lh* Uaery alEy lkrciltaa eety of WhIb mnïoog itÈe iwot'ded IWthe reoeul bat. i. n the nation's honor, leed! Acquit youraelves like men. MIL - Au worhkers on the land, do your kIQLLJ~-~duty with ail your strength!" ONTARIO -Lloyd George- prolect- shipping belveen Canada tht longer voyages from India or I Fa.mine and WVorld-Huunger Thres-hoi People are starving, to-day in Belgium. in/ Serbia, i -Potand1, in Armenia, in many quarters of the globe. Famine conditions are becoming miore wide-spread every da. On these alirrning food conditions becoming known, President Wilson imimedi'a tely appointed a Food Comptroller for the United States. He sclected Herbert C. Hoover, to w boni the mworld is indebted as Chairman of the International l3eigium Relief Commission for bis personal direction of the distribution of food among the starving Belgians. Mr. Floover is alreadv. uriig sacrifi'ce and food restric- tions, for, as lie states, "The war will pro abiy last another year .and we shahl have al lwe can do to suýp ly' the necessary food t( Carry our Allies througl ii their full fighting stamina." The Problem for Ontario, The land under cultivation in Ontario in 1916 w as 365,000 acres iess than in 1915. CotisiJr how' muchL ESS Ontario produced in 1916 than she raised ini 19 15: France, England and ltaly. in peace trnes did not depend upon Amnerica but on Russia-, Roumania and Bulgaria for rnost of .their breadstuffs. With these sources closed the crisis of the hour dernarids that we sec that our soldiers and the Motherland are fed. Everyone in Great Britain has been put on Iimitcd rations: mneat is proKïibited one day a week and the rnaking of cakes and pastry has been stepped. Further restrictions are anticipated. Bread has gone to 2&c per four-pound loaf i Eng- land, for-the first time since the Crimean War. Lord Devonport, British Food Comptroller, pro- oses. taking authority to search the houses of Great Britai to prevent food hoardig. .Forty million men, less the casualties, are now on active service. Twenty million men and womnen are supporting them by service'in other war activities. In the Iast analysis, the land is bearing this burden. One million tons of food-carryig ships have been torpedoed since February 1lst, 1917. Germany's hope for victory is in the starvation of Britain through the submanne. Canada's sons will have died in vain if hunger compels the Motherland's surrender. The land is watig-the plough is ready-wil we make the plough mightier than the sword? Wil we help the acres to save the flag? World-Hunger Stares Us ini the Facej David Lubin, represenitative of the United States to -the International institute of Agricuture-maintained by forty Goverrnents-reports oflicially to Washington that the food grains of thec world on March Jlst, 1917, showed a shortage of i 5o,ooo,ooo bushels below the amnounit necessary to feed the world until August, 1917. He declares it is beyoud question tbat-uniess a greater acreage is put to crop in 1917 there wiil bc WORLD-HUNGER bfore the 1918 crop is h ar vestecd. The faiiure of the grain crop in the Argentine Rerublici wlîich iz ordinariiy a great grain-exporting nation, resufted in ani embargo iig placcd, in March, 191.7, upon the export of grains froili thaï country to avert local famine. Thle LJite0 States Department of Agriculture, in its officiai report, announices the condition of the (ail wheat crop (,which is two-thirds of their total whecat rop) on April 1st, 191I7, to bc the poorest ever recorded and predicts a yield of 244,000,000 bushels Liclow the crop of 191. The 1916 crop was poor. Even with favorable weather, the wheat crop of the Unîited States is likely to bc the- smalest in thirty-fivc ycars, flot mnore than 64% of thie normal erop. Under date of April loth, O&den Armour, executive bead of ArinZur & Company, one of the world's largest dealers i food products, stated that unles.s Uie United States ,wishes to walk deliihrately into a catastrophe, the best brains of the country, uîîder Governrnent super-vibion, miust immediateiy devise îîîeans of inicreasing and conserving food supplies. Armiour urged the cultivation of every available acte. The f ood shortage, lie said, is world-w-ide. EuTropean production is cut i iaif, the Argentine 'Reput-lic lias suflered droughts. Canada and the United States must Vake up! It la mueh casier b anif Bngland titan on AUstralw. à . a bue Huager Tiglitemimg lus G~p -4~.w Yo#~ ~vamlag Maf Onee vesselcan makc twicc93s rny trips from Canada to Britain as frorn India,-. and tour times as rnany as lrom Austrauxa Thereforc, every ton of food sttitra grown In Canada ia vOrth ta the Mothetand two tons grown.1i tn4Ia or fou tonsi n ln hIAustrals. mmcm= Wbythcdntoa4atSUrt 1If Iis cowtrydo#lot ralsei bit crop tbls yoars not only Vin t<he peopt Oof Caada suffrbut the Mothor1and 'and ber MâU INes w i u ad thir r Iliry power wtll h weakened If ,not paralyze. Thorefor; thti rg1itsutim of the premet wat problucornes baut 1* tIbe (anM to, a foumht.tî a pon wb.ic Our wbok =ntioual md tlbtrntion4$ stmicturo must lbc bullt ud maîntïbo&d Yeur*eesJnhb Psul WheaI . . . . . . ...9Ag al * l, liarieY and Oats . 916 29.W8 12.388,9W2 -.. .. 1915 532.318 19,29 Pem and Beans. . . . 1916 --gi te 1915i- 1269i3 Corn. .. .. .... ..116 238,30 ...........19t5 30q.7M Potatocsand C arrots 191G l9 392s um91 i3,q3 i Nlangel-WVurzels Other crops show as criticai decline, -Reports froni Ontario on ie condition Of f(ail whleat for 191i7 are decidedly discouraging.ý As there is an average of not more than one man on each hundred acres ot (amni land i Ontario, the prospects indicate even a still smalier actcage under cultivation in 191 7 uniess extra labor is supplied. 1.2 13.79 2,I~3,QI2 i2,T17,OI 21.760.196 '1,408,429 1.16 42,-,M. 75,05 o 1916 pEI7REASE Acres Buabcb, IOS,315 9,794,961- 24,432 7,504,160 31,401 799,070 51,441 9,043,42 The Second- Uine - Trenches -Mecay b The New Yok Ameriean. . The farmers know that they are the last reserve, and. thjit the soul on which crops are- grown is the strategic ground on which mvars are decidcd. To eir care is entrusted the base of supplies. To enable the farm to do dm. work two factora ae essn- 641,The. firat in Tirne. Whatever we are to do mu«t b. doue lit once Nature"a for no man. The icecond 6s Labo.. Many farinera cannot plant thi ee they would because they canuot cet the. neceaaary help. Nmay are alraid to inceas tii.. acreage becanse they tom.' they would not be alte to eufti- vate anmuhaveat an umusual.crop miter they bave rmised it.- If tbey ame to do the work that 6a ae=tWa for thein to do, the lait roan in each cit y, town and vilage musat b. mobilhzed at once. Everv mian îlot on Active Service can help. In every-cily, town and village are men who, by their training oni the farm, 'or by their present occupation, can readily adapt tlîemselves to farm work. These can render no greater service to the Em- pire at the present time than by answerin g the cail of the farpi. Capable meni and boy-s willing to iearn s ouid not allow their lac of farni experience bo stand in the'way. Can the emnployer render a more signa1 service in this çrisis than by encouraging these men 10 help the fariner to cultivate every available acre, and by rnaking it easy for them to go? Ontario's farm lands are waiting-the 'itnplements are ready-the equipment is complete-tahe <armer is willing-alI lie needs is labor. So short is the world 's food suppiy that withoutincreased production nîany in Canada must' go hungry, and even with - normously increased production we cannot expect cheap food. The world is waltlpg for our harvest. If peace shouid be declared within a year, the food con- difipns wul bc no better, for the accumulated hunger of the Central Empires must be met. This wili absorb a large part of the worid's suppIy, We cdo not. kuiow wbe n this- war shahl cease. It Is endless- -b ils ngthening out has paraiyzed thp thought afid-conEýptIonî -of ail men whQ thoughl about il and ils possible lime of con-t clusion. Three jnonths-six months, wve said; fine rnonths, a' yeu t we said; and yet two yeais and cight rnonths have passed! thoelr long drearry and sanguinary leng and there--is no"Éman who can tell how long this gigantic stiruggle rnay yet Iast- - Lloyd George, In a letter addressed l'o farmers throughout the Empire, said: "The In. uhicA fa.BriUMLrEmpire holda <1againat eh*.iGermone dea ldby fhose w<o.WORK, «'ON THE LAND as <oeil air &y Eh... <oh. fighî "on land and mea. "If it breaks at- any point et "breaks e"*¶y.her./in th., ffac..f h. .nm>y the " "mama of ier Royal nbMvl, and merrantWe marin. « «and te- -oldiier.dathered fromntus«y part 'of &or ' E,ÀPir. 'hold octr line firstiyrYoo workm aon 1frmd O'mut hold :îr part of oar lUne au #rongl>.Ezr #fl daiy #aZebr Yondo helpe t. srijen te. atro "g&e and brinqa msnoaer #ictery. e î41 do>. "ait loieering, lý#enkuaah a anqe d mnusde.,- "feat more tou"b. l'h *f ore, »in -the nation'. * h@nour, heedi Acquît' ourWpnali. k ,ouda*- "wrAr~u~land do joa w iytilA I U 4fer1 iie So, for tht honor of Canadas 40ldfrrkt In$-jFranco-and for lte. 0ry r oNw.rorn Nationhood.-.et It be said -Of Ontatio's c ten 0 In t hour of- ovt greatest need, their- response Mas othl»-of, tleiF sônu, WC _owe a grc4ýt doN t to <Who art lihUang-for,. ut hs Reid. tasi ytheo*tr t-UO a plat t Ue*gr of* d4eIiq wIflt I Par 41e i.ýoi h4% wa t'ert* ov*'myblst «ýrztig whebhoi was ceudt he1. Wrt v O«I* In Lonidmon n10ui oa*it , M~ Lom MU ho *u owmot e t e-t,- cfros gat* ri$ a ittiuM o,,M l4irstostels iiu#u uA & Our -*Mto fMroiLanU. <(Rg.) Uyutandr. A 15-year OId Girl at Worlk Miss Alexandra Smiîth, ont of the thousands of British women workcr on the land. She recently won an Mll-Corners' Cham.- é ili pion prize for plowing. F od ractionà iste Greatest Proble. ~ the.World Faces To.dayj Gwing to destruction by submarlne.% ocean sblps are scarce V;,ýý; or 1 1 'SM.»8 1