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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1923-09-13, Page 7bus. The Sunday School Lesson SEPTEMBER © winter wheat have been distributed for co-operative experiments through­ out Ontario in each of the past seven years. The average yield per acre of bus. bus. bu3. bus. Results of Experiments Over Ontario. By DR. C. A. ZAVITZ, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. Winter Wheat—Five varieties of, years the rye surpassed the wheat in Rinso is as splendid for the regular family washing as Lux is for fine fabrics. limate). The latter substance has one one hundred and twenty-eight success­ great advantage in that it is practic- j fully conducted co-operative experi- ally odorless. Against this we have ments for each of five varieties of win- its poisonous nature, and the fact that ter wheat is as follows: it corrodes metals. We might go down; O.A.C. No. 104 ....................27.67 the entire list of chemicals that have. Improved Dawson’s Golden disinfectant properties without finding! a single one that did not have some great drawback to its extensive use as a general disinfectant. The disinfectants usually spoken of as the coal-tar group, a large number of which are available, are generally regarded by most authorities as the best for general disinfecting purposes. STABLE DISINFECTION. 1 The following are extracts from an excellent article upon Stable Disinfec­ tion and Milk Hygiene which appeared in the Canadian Veterinary Record under the authorship of C. J- Bous- field, of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Strictly speaking, stable disinfec­ tion is only one small phase of the very much bigger and more complex; subject—milk hygiene. However, we should regard stable disinfection as one of the cogs in the big wheel of clean milk production, and if there is anything wrong with this cog, the ma­ chine does not work smoothly, and it is only a question of time how long it can run before it must be shut down completely for repairs. There are many disinfecting agents. They may be divided, for convenience, into three groups, Sunlight, Heat in its various forms, and Chemical sub- j stances. Sunlight—Sunlight is always re-j ferred to as tuc ----- . - - ,at our disposal. This fact should be, the poor layers any time to save the kept constantly in mind in the con- J feed and labor they cost, but to maxe a struction of dairy barns or stables of, profit on them it is best to cull m late any kind where animals are kept. The, summer or early fall before e rus maximum window area allowable with) of spring chickens lowers t le mar <e good construction should be provided price of old hens. . i; ___X ..._ ^11 4-K^ K /am o Till I IfXTQfor, and where there is a choice, and! there is usually, windows on the south ■ side of the barn are preferable to any i other side. This fact was in the minds, of the officials who drew up the dairy. score card in allowing a generous number of points to the dairyman whose barn was well provided with windows. A minimum of four square feet of window area for each cow stall should always be provided. Cleaner Stabled—Besides allowing the entrance of sunlight, which in itself is always desirable, the illumina­ tion afforded by the windows will un­ doubtedly result in the stable being kept in cleaner condition. Dirt that is rendered visible is much more likely to be promptly removed than the filth which slowly but surely accumulates In the dark corners. The dirt itself is not particularly harmful or dangerous, but it may, and frequently does, afford either a rest­ ing place or a breeding place for dis­ ease producing germs. There are three things that disease producing bacteria require for growth: Food, moisture and a suitable temper­ ature, usually that of the body. Heat—With other bacteria, necessarily disease-producing, body temperature is not actually quired, but they multiply at ordinary atmospheric temperature within cer­ tain limits. These bacteria are the ones that bring about the decomposi­ tion of organic matter, the putrefac­ tive and fermentative groups of organ­ isms. The putrefaction of vegetable matter is usually accompanied by the. liberation of gases, many of which have objectionable odors. Such a con­ dition should never be tolerated in or near any place where milk is handled. Heat in its various forms is another disinfectant at our disposal, and one that we should utilize wherever pos­ sible. We are depending upon heat as a disinfectant every time we cremate the carcass of an animal that has died from an infectious disease, every time! that we scald out a milk pail with boil-1 ing water, or every time we sterilize ) a milk can by inverting it over a jet! of live steam. Pasteurization is mere-1 ly a process of utilizing moderate heat for a given length of time, in prefer­ ence to higher degree of heat. As a general principle, the higher the temperature the shorter the time re-! quired to destroy a given amount of | infection. For example, to destroy the tubercle: bacillus in milk, the usual time and temperature combinations given are: 140 degrees for 15-20 minutes. 160 degrees for 5-10 minutes. > 176 degrees for 1-2 minutes. Chemicals—The chemical disinfect­ ants might be divided into three groups, according to their material State, namely, solids, liquids, and gases. Gases—Certain gaseous disinfect-) ants, of which formaldehyde is an ex-! ample, are excellent disinfecting agents, but only when the proper con­ ditions are provided. Disinfecting by means of gas is usually spoken of as fumigating, but from the very nature of the process its success depends al­ most entirely upon our ability to prop­ erly confine the disinfecting gas. This is a difficult matter in the average stable and the time and expense of tightly sealing up all the openings in the stable would probably offset any advantages the method might possess. Solids—Solids almost without ex­ ception must be combined with more or less moisture before they are able to exert their disinfecting power. Therefore in looking about for a suit­ able disinfectant for use in the stable, wre are limited somewhat in our choice. Besides the physical nature of the ma­ terial itself, we must take into con­ sideration its cost and adaptability for the particular purpose in mind. Care with Poisons—Some very good disinfectants are highly poisonous,! i>iOiae ls usuaUy action out olTalign- and must be used only with consider-) meut; but the most efficient machln- RUNNING AN EGG FACTORY. Every flock of hens is an egg fac­ tory like any other factory. Like any other factory, thejlock may be given the best materials in the world to work on and still fail to produce enough to pay for running the plant. Good feed in sufficient variety is necessary for egg production, but the .ouiiu iiv xo , ability to manufacture eggs from feed the cheapest disinfectant) must be there first. It pays to cull out i mi- ~1__Vz. TVin lowTR time to SHVe th© I not the re­ Shut up all the hens and pullets some evening. Count them and de­ cide just how many can be readily kept during the coming year without crowding, for this is very likely to hurt egg production and increase the danger of disease. The next morning the flock is ready to be culled. cull: 1. Poor layers and all old hens. 2. Cripples and hens with broken down abdomens or frozen toes. 3. The sick, “quiet, inactive hens that spend much time on the roost. 4. All “crow heads” with long, slim heads and beaks. 5. The large, coarse-headed with sunken eyes. 6. All feathers breed. 7. All lets and but much undersized. 8. All hens that moult before Aug­ ust 1st. 9. The 10. All mens. 11. All (cannibals, feather-pullers, egg-eat­ ers) . 12. All cockerels not needed for breeding purposes. keep: ■ 1. Strong, healthy, vigorous hens with short neat heads and strong beaks. 2. The hens with long, deep, rec­ tangular bodies and parallel top and bottom lines. 3. The hens with large, bright eyes, active appearance and short, well- worn toe nails. 4. The hens with dusty, worn feath­ ers, especially worn tail feathers, but having a bright, healthy look. 5. The 6. The 7. The to roost. 8. The vigorous hens with the faded beaks and shanks. 9. The hens with the soft, pliable abdomens. 10. The hens with the thin pelvic bones spread wide apart. 11. The early-hatched, well-grown pullets. 12. Large, strong, active, quick­ maturing cockerels of desired variety type and high-producing mothers. There are five major factors in pro­ fitable poultry production—breeding, culling, feeding, housing, and care. These are the essentials; combined, they will put the poultry business on a very short, stubby hens extremely heavy for hens with their pul­late-hatched immature those that are early hatched persistent sitter. hens with solid fat abdo- hens having bad habits hens that moult late, noisy, happy, friendly hens, early risers and those late practical business basis. 5 >1 TREES MUST SLEEP Chaff ...............................26.46 Improved Imperial Amber. .25.59 Kharkov ..............................23.16 Yaroslaf ..............................21.77 The experimenters placed the O.A.C. No. 104 as the most popular variety under test. This new wheat, which was originated at the Ontario Agri­ cultural College through cross-fertil­ ization, will be distributed again this autumn to any person who makes ap­ plication for the variety experiment with winter wheat. Winter Wheat and Winter Rye—A leading variety of winter wheat and a leading variety of winter rye have been tested throughout Ontario under similar conditions in each of the past eight years. In seven out of the eight yield of grain per acre. In the aver­ age of forty carefully conducted ex­ periments, winter rye gave 1,976 and winter wheat 1,639 pounds per acre. Winter Barley and Winter Emmer —In three years’ co-operative experi­ ments, winter barley gave an average yield of 2,285 and winter emmer of 1,949 pounds of grain per acre. Barley has about 15 and emmer about 20 per cent, of hull. These grains are both used as feed for farm stock. Manure and Fertilizers with Winter Wheat—Three years’ co-operative ex­ periments gave the following average yields in bushels per acre: Cow ma­ nure, 27.2; superphosphate, 27.1; muriate of potash, 26.8; complete fertilizer, 25.9; nitrate of soda, 23.3; and no fertilizer, 19.0. The manure and fertilizers were applied in the spring of the year, the cow manure at the rate of twenty tons, nitrate of soda and muriate of potash at the rate of one hundred and sixty pounds each, superphosphate at the rateof three hundred and twenty pounds, and complete fertilizer at the rate of one-third of each of these amounts per Make the Rinso liquid first Do not put Rinso direct from the package into the tub. Mix half a package of Rinso in a little cool water until it is like cream. Then add two quarts ©f boiling water, and when the froth sub­ sides, you will have a clean amber-coloured liquid. Add this liquid to the wash tub, until you get the big lasting Rinso suds. Then soak the clothes clean. John Mark. Acts 12: 12, 25 to 13: 13; 15: 36-40; Col. 4: 10; 2 Tim. 4: 11; 1 Peter 5: 13. Golden Text—What­ soever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.— Eccl. 9: 10. Lesson foreword—This week we came down to Antioch with Paul and study the life of John, whose Roman: Barnabas on a special mission, Acts name was Marcus. John Mark is asso-A^:. 22-32. Confirming the churches; dated with three great figures in the them new J10Pe and courage. i Nothing is recorded about the journey of Barnabas and Mark. But doubtless Mark would be encouraged by the faith that Barnabas had in him. It was more than the partiality of blood relationship which made Barnabas cleave to Mark. i III. MARK COMMENDED, 2 TIM. 4: 11. _____ __________ _ „„„„ _______i V. 11. Only Luke is with me. Luke his son (see 1 Pet. 4: 13), which J? the. bdoved physician referred to by means that the young man had come *n was the friend to know Jesus through the teaching of at Peter. Besides being a companion and^ Troas, and with him in his third jour- helper of Paul, hd was later the com-'ney. He was also with Paul in his panion of Peter, and the Gospel of imprisonment at Cadgarea and Rome. Mark was the outcome of this com-! The third Gospel and the story of the panionship. I. MARK CHOSEN, ACTS 12 :12, 25 TO 13:5 ' y-s,, . 1 MX 1OVI1U1 Clb XVk/Aii'C. 1 /raiian lltlkD 1UI" Ch. 12: 13,.PF hen he had considered} saken Paul and his other companions the thing;'when he had comprehended have gone on missions. Paul is lonely, oi grasped the significance of his e^- Take Mark, and bring him with thee. perience. Peter had j ust been deliver- j After many years, Paul, who had re­ ed from the prison by the angel, who fused to take Mark on the second left him on the street a free man. journey, now asks that he be brought Peter felt dazed by the strange exper-1 him. The parting roads have met He t0 the ho,U8e Mary- again. This means that Mark had This home had an open door for Peter lived down his failure, under the en- and he goes there to tell of his great. couragement of Barnabas. He has experience. Many were gathered to- j “come back,” as the saying is, and has gether. The friends of Peter had vindicated himself in the sight of New Testament story,—Barnabas, Peter and Paul. He was sister’s son to Barnabas. It was to the house of his mother, Mary, that Peter came when he was released from prison, Acts 12: 12. This home was evidently a centre for the Christians in Jeru­ salem. Peter speaks of John Mark as! 1 Acts belong to him. When writing i this second letter to Timothy, Paul is ■ a prisoner at Rome. Demas has for- gether. The friends of Peter had vindicated himself in the sight of gathered there, as often before. Now. paul. por he is profitable to me. Mof- they were praying for Peter in his fat translates, “Pick up Mark and great crisis, and their prayer had been bring him along with you, for he is answered, although they knew it not of great use in helping me.” In Phile- as yet. | mon 24, Paul refers to Mark as one of ' . 25. Barnabas and Saul returned his fellow laborers, and in Col. 4: 10, from Jerusalem. They had brought to; Paul, writing to the Colossians, says Jerusalem the gifts of the church of.. that if Mark comes to them he is to Antioch, for the relief of their broth- be welcomed. In 1 Peter 5: 13, we ers in Judea, in the famine foretold by get a glimpse of Mark with Peter in Agabus. Fulfilled their ministry; per- Babylon, where Peter refers to him in In 1 Peter 5: 13, we Lever Brothers Limited T oronto acre. One plot, in every instance, was left unfertilized as a basis of com­ parison. CO-OPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS FOR 1923-4. Material will be supplied, free of charge, from the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, to those Ontario farmers who wish to conduct co­ operative experiments with autumn sown crops and report the results after harvest next year. The distribu­ tion of experimental material will commence in the latter part of Aug­ ust and all farmers interested should apply at once for the circular giving full information regarding these tests. formed the duty of conveying the money. Took with them John. Evi­ dently John Mark’s father was dead and Barnabas would naturally feel a great responsibility for his nephew. Ch. 13: 1-5. The church that was at j Antioch. Into this church the Gentiles j had come in large numbers, and so it was a natural starting point for the great missionary journeys. Simon . . called Niger; probably because of his swarthy countenance. Manaen . . . brought up with Herod; foster-broth­ er. Manaen’s mother had nursed both him and Herod. Herod was ruler or tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, and the murderer of John the Baptist. As they ministered; waited on God, praying and fasting. God’s answer was a call to appoint Barnabas and Saul to be missionaries. Sent forth by the Holy Ghost. Emphasis is laid on the guid­ ance of the Holy Spirit. The persons, the task, the route are all marked out. Seleucia; the seaport of Antioch, at the mouth of the Orontes. Sailed to Cyprus. Barnabas had been born there. Salamis; a port at the eastern end of the island. Had . . John to ' their minister; John Mark, who was to be general assistant in all the du­ ties, of the journey. From Cyprus the missionaries had gone to Perga. Here the journey became a real adventure in unknown territory. There were dan- Economy of Skim-Milk in Feeding Hogs. According to the Division of Ani­ mal Husbandry at the Central Ex­ perimental Farm, Ottawa, it has been repeatedly demonstrated that the ad­ dition of skim-milk to a meal ration foi hogs reduces the meal consumption gers of mountain pass and torrent, per pound of gain. An experiment re-, and peril of robber and bandit all the cently completed at the Central Ex­ perimental Farm, demonstrated that in a ration in which skim-milk and meal were fed, the feed required to produce a pound of gain averaged two pounds per meal and 4.8 pounds of skim milk, with hogs averaging 125 pounds at the end of the test. Assum-! ing that without milk these hogs would have consumed four pounds of meal for each pound of gain, it may be concluded that the 4.8 pounds of skim-milk effected a saving of .two; pounds of meal. With skim-milk worth, ’ i twenty cents per hundred and meal I worth $30 per ton, a pound of gain j would show a feed cost of 3.96 cents! as compared with six cents for a straight meal ration, the milk thus effecting a saving of $2.04 per hundred of pork. Fall Care of the Berry Patch. During the spring months we are usually quite willing to give the berry patch its needed attention, as we are expecting to soon be repaid with a harvest of delicious fruit. After the harvest is over, however, we are apt to neglect the care of the berry patch. Perhaps we think it will get along without much care until the following spring but this is not the case. There are several things that need to be done during the late summer and fall months, if we would insure a full crop of fruit the next season. Strawberries, raspberries and black­ berries must all be kept clean in order to bear well. Frequent cultivation with some rotted manure worked around the hills and between the rows is what they need now. If the strawberry bed is past its second year, it is time to renew it if it is to be allowed to bear again. First cut off the top with the mowing ma­ chine. Set the knives so that it will cut all the weeds and the top leaves of the strawberry plants. At a time when the ground has plenty of mois­ ture in it, but is dry on top, bum the top over quickly. Leave just enough of the old straw mulch on the berry patch to help carry the blaze quickly across the bed. After this is done, take a breaking plow and throw a fur­ row from each side of the row into the centre. Leave the plants 6 to 8 inches wide in the rows, cutting out the weakest plants and leaving the others from 12 to 18 inches apart in the row. Level the plowed space with a 5-tooth cultivator. This work of renewing the strawberry bed should be done quite early in the season, gen­ erally the earlier the better, as it gives the plants left a chance to get started before cold weather stops their growth. Probably you set out a new straw­ berry patch last spring. If so there may be some spaces where the plants have died. Select some of the best , .. ’ - . _ j carded in renewing the old strawberry --------------------- So many confuse noise with action. Noise is usually action out of’alii— able caution, notably carbolic acid and ery is that which runs the quietest, bichloride of mercury (corrosive sub- The same with men. way. II. MARK REJECTED, ACTS 15: 36-40. Vs. 36-38. Some days after. The first missionary journey had been com­ pleted and Paul and Barnabas had re­ turned to Antioch. When on the first journey, they had come to Perga on i the mainland of Asia Minor. John Mark left them and went back to Jerusalem. No reason is given for the action. Let us go . . and visit our brethren. Paul’s love for his converts and his knowledge of their need of ■ encouragement, prompted the thought. Barnabas determined to take . . John; better “wished.” Even if John’s I departure on the first journey had ! been desertion, Barnabas is willing to give him another chance. Paul thought not good. Paul is unable to overlook Mark’s first failure. Vs. 39, 40. Contention so sharp . . they departed asunder. Both were de­ termined, but while they part they both continue working for Christ, and we have two missionary companies in­ stead of one. Paul chose Silas; called also Silvanus. He was one of the lead­ ers in the church at Jerusalem and terms of affection.., APPLICATION. The Home of John Mark. “What sort of home did he come from?” This was the question an old minister in­ variably asked in the church court when they were considering whether they would receive a young man as a candidate for the ministry. He knew that the ideals and spirit of that home would most likely reveal themselves in his character and his work. Not al­ ways perhaps, but usually. We do not know much about the character of Mary, the mother of Mark, but we do know that she opened her home to the followers of Christ, in a time of danger and persecution, and that is an indication of conviction and devotion. There are those who think that not only did Christ’s dis­ ciples meet there after his ascension, but that it was in the upper room of this house that our Lord had the Last Supper, and gave the great teachings that John has preserved for us. Great Fellowships. Many of the great leaders of our churches, the out­ standing preachers, have begun their ministry as the colleagues of older men. John Mark, was peculiarly favored! in the privilege of fellowships, for we. know that he was the nephew of Bar-' nabas, and his companion in travel white rooted plants which were dis­ and work; and was associated with _ Paul in his first missionary journey, patch and set them in these spaces. I ' and again later; and the tradition of do not advocate fall setting of the the early Church c-------‘-y i1--1 ’ .... origin of his Gospel connects him inti­ mately with Peter. A Sad Failure, and its Evil Conse­ quences. The highest privileges do not' always ensure the greatest achieve-: ments, or save from shameful failure.' After the harvest of raspberries Mark lost his courage, and turned aRd blackberries the old canes should be cut out and burned. If allowed to remain they harbor various injurious pests. Some of the raspberries and blackberries may also have too many i new canes to do well. From 3 to 5 i good raspberry canes should be left ■ to each plant, and about 4 blackberry i canes to the plant. Now is the time One of ■ to dig out surplus suckers of the red • I i 1 berries, too, need mulching. An ordi­ nary mulch will protect the roots. In some localities where the winters are very severe, the supporting stakes arei 1'emoved and the canes allowed to lie on the ground where they are covered with a mulch. Certain varieties, of course, are more adaptable to droop­ ing over than others. If you find it necessary to mulch in this way be sure to set varieties which are not erect in growth. -------- -------------Testing Varieties of Grain. Twenty-four of the Farms, Stations and Substations of the Dominion Ex­ perimental Farm System are engaged in testing varieties of all kinds of i grain. All these experiments are under the control of, and results are reported to, the Cereal Division in Ottawa, of which Mr. L. H. Newman, formerly Secretary of the Canadian Seed Growers’ Association, is now chief, as Dominion Cerealist. In his report for the year 1922, just issued, Mr. Newman gives in tabular form statistics embracing the days of ripen­ ing, number of days maturing, aver­ age length of straw, including head, strength of straw on a scale of ten points, yield of grain per acre, and weight per measured bushel, after! cleaning, of eighty-four varieties of | spring wheat, of four varieties of, emmer and spelt, of thirty-two var-, ieties of oats, of eighty-four varieties! of barley, of five varieties of spring; rye, nineteen varieties of field peas, of twelve varieties of field beans, of one hundred and thirteen varieties of flax, tested for seed production—all on the Central Farm at Ottawa. In addition, thirteen varieties of barley and a like number of varieties of oats were test­ ed for hay production, the details given being of the date of cutting, number of days growing, average length of straw including head, weight green per acre, weight dry per acre, and percentage of dry matter to green. Further experiments were carried on in the control of smut in hulless oats, from which it would appear that immersion of the grain for fifteen minutes in water at a temperature of 122 to 124 deg. F., and the washing of grain, were beneficial; that heavy clay soil and shallow sowing were to be preferred, at least so far as the experiments, which are being contin­ ued, have gone. The free distribution comprised 15,676 samples of seed grain. ----------------- ..j Plants must have their sleep. Win­ ter is the resting time of all peren­ nials, the time when they go into a sort of hibernation as do bears and some other animals, including the un­ justly famous ground hog. Busy all summer at their job of turning the oxygen of the air, the hydrogen of water and the carbon of carbonic acid gas into stem and flower and fruit, they must rest in winter. They sleep well, for not even Nature’s alarm clock of the springtime can wake them until they have had enough. This is shown graphically in a re­ cent bulletin of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell University on The Effect of Climatic Conditions on the Blooming and Ripening Dates of Fruit Trees. It is proved that though spring ad­ vances at a fairly uniform average rate northwards, the time of the open­ ing of the fruit blossoms does not. Those south of North Carolina and Tennessee open at approximately the same time irrespective of their near­ ness to the springtime and of the fact that they may have experienced many days of warm weather before all the snow has melted in the North. The unsentimental scientific ex­ planation is, of course, not that the trees are really sleping, but that they are busy at important life processes which can only be carried on during their so-called dormant period and which are impossible while the more visible processes of growth are being carried on. These less noticeable ac­ tivities must ordinarily be completed before the tree will put out leaves or blossoms. It has been noted by close observers in the Middle States, where spells of springlike weather sometimes occur in midwinter, that trees are not so quickly affected by them as they are by the same amount of heat in the springtime, the reason being that the work of the wTinter season is not yet ended. North of the boundary below which the blooming season of fruit trees is influenced markedly by their need for winter rest, the time of average bloom advances at sea level at the rate of about 4.6 days for every degree of latitude, or sixty-nine miles. Express­ ed another way, it amounts to about fifteen miles a day. It is not uniform, either for the various kinds of fruit or for the different sections of the country, the rate being slowest along the Atlantic Coast and increasing regularly westward. The figures for the Atlantic Coast are 5.7 days to a degree; for the Mississippi Valley, 4.8 days; and for the Pacific Coast, 3.4 days. Altitude above the sea has also an important effect upon the date of blos­ soming, the slowing up from that cause averaging one day for every 101 feet of added altitude. That means that on a mountainside or plateau at 2,500 feet elevation the trees bloom twenty-five days later than they do at sea level in the same latitude. But the lines of simultaneous bloom do not follow parallels of latitude. They run at a slant from southwest to northeast, so that as we follow the parallels of latitude westward the spring seems to come earlier so long as we do not climb high above the sea. For example, on the 40th parallel, which passes close to New York and Chicago and through Missouri and Northern California, the date of av­ erage bloom of all trees reduced to sea level is April nineteenth on the Atlantic Coast, April eleventh in the Mississippi Valley, and March eigh­ teenth on the.shores of the Pacific. —-------------------- Exports of Wheat and Flour. In the nine months ending May 31 last, Canada exported to the United Kingdom 146,910,332 bushels of wheat valued at $163,711,444, com­ pared with 91,125,687 bushels valued at $111,736,057, in the corresponding period of 1922. To the United States for the same period 10,626,416 bushels valued at $11,430,534, compared with 11,863,660 bushels valued at $13,872,- 800 last year. The exports of wheat flour to the United Kingdom in the nine months this year were 3,736,310 barrels valued at $20,641,585 compar­ ed with 3,576,420 barrels valued at $22,577,364 last year. To the United States this year were exported 380,- 243 barrels of wheat flour valued at $2,306,222, compared with 548,278 The total exports of wheat in the nine months ending May 31 this year were 183,369,086 bushels valued at $207,- 112,321, compared with 125,715,932 bushels valued at $152,559,367 in 1922, and of wheat flour the totals this year . were 8,732,464 barrels valued at $49,- 711,852, compared with 6,036,648 bar­ rels valued at $38,720,368 in 1922. It will be noticed that exports to the United Kingdom this year show a gratifying increase, but that in ex­ ports to the United States there is a decrease of over twelve hundred thou­ sand bushels of wheat and 168,035 barrels of flour. I I ■---------❖---------- To shirk chores because one would rather work in the field has given us an unbalanced agricultural output—■ i too much bulky stuff having gone to 1 the markets. It would be better to concentrate this bulky material into . „ __ animal products in the stables on our barre]s valued at $3,409,711 in 1922. I farms. concerning the plants in general but it always seems V......“‘’'■.a pity to throw them away. Not all . .. „ 1 of them will live probably but some of ; them will, and they will help fill out I the new bed. back at Perga in Pamphylia, appar- ■ ently fearing the dangers and priva-! tions that he knew the missionary missionary party was facing. It strikes us as rather severe when Chrysostom applied to Mark a Greek word that would be equivalent to “slacker” to-day. But there is at least no doubt that Paul strongly disap­ proved of him and his course. C the sad things in life is that our mis­ takes and defaults embroil other peo­ ple. Mark’s occasioned dissension be­ tween Paul and Barnabas. The Gospel of the Second Chance. “This wise world will scarce believe a man repents, and this wise world is mainly right.” Is it, however? The distinctive note of Christ’^nity is God’s power to redeem and restore. raspberry. As soon as hard freezing weather comes the strawberries should be well mulched. This is more necessary in localities of variable climate than in localities where the snow remains on the ground throughout the winter. A thick blanket of snow takes the place of the mulch. Raspberries and black- Kendall s Spavin Traatment Is the old reliable, safe remedy for all cases of spavin, splint., curb, ringbone, bony growth and lameness from other causes, known for more than forty years as Kendall** Spavin Cure. It keeps the horses working —not loafing. What it has done for others, it will do fot you. Keep a bottle of Kendall’s Spavin Treatment handy «o yon can unit quickly when the need arlsee. A bottle may eave a horse for you. It’s worth while to he ready. Ask your dealer the next time you are In town. Tear this advertisement out to Temlnd yon. Sold everywhere. 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