HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-1-13, Page 2feDeeDUOTED See PROF% HENRY G. zieLt,
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C. le,: -One of my neighbors who
feeds silage to his cows told me that
thee gave twice as much milk when
fed corn silage, but that it would test
on.ly half as much. And one of ray
• other neighbors said it did not in-
crease the flow of milk. Which is
right? My hogs tear holes in the
eement floor as soon as I feed them
corn for a few weeks while fattening.
What is the cause and what can I do
to prevent it?
Answer: Regarding the feeclieg of
ensilage to dairy cattle, I wish to say
that a nine-year survey of the dairy
interests of United States by Hoard's
Dairyman resulted in the following
findinge:
you are using shows the mixture of
a
beans nd oats to be about the same
value in protein as bran, a little less
in fibre and a little higher in =bog
hydrates, but con,siderably lees in fat.
I amend advise you to mix in a couple
of pounds of cotton seed meal to the
three sack mixture of beans, oats, and
bran. This will bring up the quality;
of the mixture so that it will be richer!
in protein than bran •and about thej
same in carbo -hydrates. Feeding
about three to five pounds of this per
day when the cows are milking heavily,
(along with the roughages that you
mention) should bring good results.
R. have considerable millet,
eeed and would like to know its feed-
ing value and to what kind. of stock
Annual
Butter
No. of Yield Cost of
. Cows Lbs. Feed
Fed Silage 6,689 181.8 $34.98
No Silage Fed 21,750 151.2 $S2.95
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Our An or the Kiiegclorn, Se, Matt.
16-80. Golden Text -St. Matt.
19: 19.
Time and Place--March'A.D. 20;
Perea, tin the eastern side of the Joe -
dam during Jesuslast journey ta
Jerusalem.
To -day's lesson belongs to the en -
called Pcrean ministry of Jesus. The
fullest account of this ministry in
given in Liaise 9: 51 to 18: 34. Mat-
hew begins th. 19 of his Gospel with
the •statement that our Lord departed
from Galilee. This was his final de-
parture from that province. He cross-
ed. the Jordan, "end hi this more re-
mote region where he was less well
known, ho resumed his work of teach-
ing and healing" (Plummer) mean-
while slowly journeying- toward the
capital.
1. A Great Question, 16-20.
V. 16. Behold; introducing a strik-
ing incident. One Came. Compare
Mark 10; 17-22 and Luke 18: 18-28.
Luke says that he was a "ruler," corn -
money taken to mean "a ruler of the
synagogue," but Plummer suggests
that it may mean sbnply "a leading
man in society," an inference from
his great wealth. 'Mark says that he
Iea
"me running and kneeled."
Retuens Feed Cost,
Over of 1
Gross Cost of Butter -fat
Returns Feed Per Pound
$48.48 $13.50 18.9c
$39,41 $ 6.46 22.2c
Hoard's Dairyman -1900-1909,
The above table shows the practi- it is best to feed it, and how far it
cal value of feeding silage. The very would take the place of cottonseed
fact that the use of silos has so great- meal or linseed meal for milk cows?
ly increased in this country is further What is the seed worth as a feed?
peace of the correctness of the state- It is very nice seed, but cottonseed
meet that ensilage pays. meal costs here $3.00 per hundred
Your hogs tear holes in the cement pounds and I don't know whether to
floor when you are feeding them corn sell the millet or grind it for feed.
because corn supplies large quantities Answer: Analysis of millet seed
of energy and heat -producing food or shows that millet is about one-quarter
carbo -hydrates, and but very little as rich in protein as cottonseed meal
ash. You shoold mix in a pound or and about one-half as rich in earbo-
two of tankage once a day in order hydrates, while it contains over twice
to supply ash for the building up of as much food fibre as cottonseed meal.
Me animals' bones. They are in search As a feed, the nutritive ratio of cot -
of the lacking elements, and this ex- tonseed meal is 1:4, while that of
plains the reason for that tearing up millet seed is about 1:8. This shows
the floor, which contains a small am- the material to be much inferior to
ount of lime and phosphate. cottonseed meal, but it is a feed
J.: -In building Iny barn I have worth y of consideration. Possibly it
not solved the question of how to treat would be best for you to have some
the liquid from the gutters.. I under- of the seed ground and test the feed -
eland some people run a drain out to a ing quality.
cistern and then later pumo this into W. B. :-I have, but not lately, cook -
a sprinkler and spread on the land. ed whole wheat until the kernels
Meese let me know if you think this wouldburst open and fed it to hogs,
eractical, or if you have some other and it would come through them whole
;t .6tris--bieSter. the same as they swellowed it. Now
Answer: It is the euidera.io some did they get the benefit of it as they
dairy stables to arrange the gutters would if it had been ground and fed
SO that the liquid. manure is gathered raw. I have had beans do the same
in a cistern and is later pumped on top thing.
of the manure pile, which is stored in Answer: I assume the condition of
a concrete pit. In Germany they take the grain going through the animals
the liquid manure, as you describe, without being destroyed, refers to the
and sprinkle it on the land. This has grain which was uncooked. Speaking
never become a custom here as yet, generally, livestock will get very lit -
largely owing to the high 'price of tle nourishment out of grain. ;which
labor. In one of the most successful goes through them in such a condition.
dairies I 'mow, dairy etable laborers This is the main argument for grind -
spread horse snanure in the gutters. ing of baeley, oats and wheat. As you
This absorbs the liquid manure very possibly know, it is a coramon practice
well. Others use dry peat, and still (in the MD_ belt) to follow feeding
• ethers use sawdust. I believe horse steers with hogs for the very purpose
manure is one of the best absorbents. of making use of this waste grain.
The liquid manure is exceedingly Obviously the beef animals do not get
valuable since it 'contains over 50 per the benefit from =grounci grain. that
cent. of the nitrogen and potash in they do from grain which has been
well kept manure, broken up. As to the practice of cook -
C. L.: -I am feeding ground beaus ing grain versus 'grinding, there Is
and oats equal parts. We fix two sacks, usually not much argument in favor of
of that with one of bran. What canl cooking. In some eases it makes the
I add to make a good ration for dairy grain a little more palatable, and also
cows? Our rough feed is corn ensil- in some cases it Makes it less di -
age and No. 1 mixed timothy and gestible. Spealdng, generally, how -
clover hay. ever, grains which are ground glve
Answer: Study of the feeds that the best results.
aiYo4Lov
Experiments- show that where stock
ears are protected on the north during
stormy weather, hogs will shrink a
pound and a half less, going to market.
A pound of ,shrink or a pound of nil
at the market are just the same as a
pound ef meat, when selling to the
packer. If a farmer can fix his tar so
that his hogs will be tomfortable and
feel good when they arrive at maelest
he will not have much shrink. The
more nearly normal condition can be
provided the less will be the shrink.
It has been found that a mixed lot
erg hogs obtaieed from several farms
• are liable to have a greater shrink
than where the entixe shipment hasi
been obesened from One farm. This in
due to the tendency of lighting. Fight-
ing often proves fatal to fat hogs. A.
Itet fattens from within and as -he
One in we4ght he presses against the
lungs. During the extrerne oration
incident to fighting his "engine"
(kngs) is not able to keep up with
the demand and he eufforates inward-
ly. Hogs from diffeatent ferries driven.
le town and yarded together frequent -
start: e fight while in the yards that
ey renege When lefeiled le the car.
The 'cramped quarbas proe e en added
extortion and when taken out dead at
the market it is a ease of "innothcred"
ersedea ist amether kind of brink
that Mild be avoided bg keeping te-
idienti ite an open lot rof a, (Tay or
two.
No man may leme return for all he
Sows.
Foehear not planting, eine
csevv 0,
Poultry House Curtains.
When ordinary cloth curtains are
used on the poultey house windows
the supply of fresh airs soon dimin-
ished because of the curtains becom-
ing dusty. Canvas soon becomes dusty
• and allows little air to enter. The
burlap from old sacker is fine for pro-
tecting the windowa as the material
Is eoarse enough to stop draughts but
still permit plenty of air to enter.
]early every poultryman accumulates
a supply of wornout burlap sacks
wesiela can be pieced together for cur-
tains. -
If the eurtain frames are hinged to
the top of the window the usual plan
is to hook them to the ceilieg of the
house when the'y are raised. They
should be so arranged that the birds
cannot rooet on the frames. Of couree
it is not necessary to lower the cure
teens but a few nights each year and
sanetimee Leghorns will select the
fraties as a permanent roosting place.
Then the curtains are soon ruined and
they may becoine infested with mites.
Burlap curtains that roll down from
the tem are very eatisfactory. In some
eases they an be placed ha a slotand
eaeily shoved back and forth, If the
curtains 'ming back and fasten to the
roof they oan often he hooked so close
to the ogling that there will be settees-
ly any TOCell 169rheTe tile bi&X.113 Oen most
domibitiation of eurteine and Wine
dows is the most desirable. Then if
the curtitine ere eleseed en a stormy
dare, the glais Still permits plenty of
light de eater. If the entire open -
front is loeretected by eutteins, the
house is to dark if a seeere etorre
of from the south forcee the poultryman
1 to ketip n1ef the eateries elesed.
. .
Good Master; (Rev. Ver. simaider "Mae -
ter,") that is, "Teacher," "Rabbi."
"Good," however, is found in Mark and
Luke. What Good Thing. He thinks
that eternal life is the reward for
doing some special mysterious good
thing. Have. Mark says, "inherit."
The Jews commonly spoke of the
blessings of the future as an inheri-
tance. Eternal Life; "the life of su-
preme blessednese, divine in nature
as well as endless in time because di-
vine; the favorite expression in the
Fourth Gospel for what is usually
called the kingdom of God in the Syn-
optic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and
Luke.
V. 17. Why Callest Thou Me Goode
,This 'le what lifark and Wee -tale eke
meaning is that jesais would tet
cept the title "good" as a mere cour-
tesy. In the strict sense only Gad
Is good; man is but becoming good.
There may be a suggestion -that he
who calls Jesus good must consider
what that means as to what Jesus is.
But Matthew wrote: "Why asketh
thou me concerning that which is
good?" (Rev. Ver.), that is, God is
good, and the goodness which he re-
quires is made known in the Com-
mandments, which the inquirer knew.
But; answering the question directly.
Keep the Commandments; which- re-
veal the character. It is not one good
act, but a good character that can. win
eternal life, and the only good eller-
aeter is one which is like God's, char-
acter as revealed in the Conaeleand-
meets.
Vs. 18-20. Which; a question of
perplexity; the scribes reckoned 618
commandments, and tradition had
added still more. Jesus said; quoting
the Shah, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and
Fifth Commandments, and adding
Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor as
Thyself, as the summing up of the
second table of the law which has to
do with our duty to our fellow men.
The Young Man. Only Matthew so
describes him. All These Things Have
LICept; an answer given quite honest-
ly. So far as the letter of the Cora
mandments was concerned, the young
man was blaineleas.fahha.t Lack I Yet?
He knew that he did not enjoy the rest
and eatisfaction which go with the
posseasion of the highest good, and
yet he was not aware of disobedieace.
II: A Great Demand, 21-26.
Vs. 21, 22. Jesus Said; accepting the
young mania own estimate of his past
life. Mark says (Mark 10: 21), "Jesus.
beholding him, loved him," a penetrat-
ing look, like that cast upon Peter
(Luke 22: 61), geeing enough that was
good and lovable In the young man's
eharacter to make him long to have
him for a disciple. If Thou Wilt; a
test to discover whether, along with a
sense -of want, there is a readiness to
choose the highest things. Be Perfect;
reach the goal of the true life and
the rest which it brings. Sell . . and
Give. This would prove whether or
not -he eared seerremely for the true
life. Jesus is not here laying down a
universal rule but dealing with a
special ease. Treasure in Heaven; the
eternal Rife for which he was seedrig.
Come and Follow Me; an invitation
to join the inner circle of Jesus' dis-
ciples. Went Away Sorrowful; turn-
ing away from "the hegh that proved.
too high, the heroic for earth too
hard."
Vs. 23, 24. Then Said. Jesus; dis-
appointed, sad and pitiful as He saw
the etch man departing. He draws
from this incident a lesson on the
perils of riches. Hardly; with great
difficulty. Agate 1 say; repeating his
thought in reply to the -surprised, per.
have incredulous looks of the /*elem.
Camel . . . Needle; a proverbial Way
of describing the impossible, still cure
rent in the East.
Vs. 25, 26. Discipla . Exceed..
ingiy A Mimed, Perhape the disciple
held the 014 Testement belief that
riches Were. a proof of Godfre, favor. At
any rate they savr nearly all men
either enjoying wealth or triving
after' it. If wealth, therefore, shut
people eut of the kingidone who could
enter it? jesus Beheld Thema; another
penetrating' look. He secs that His
words have beeri misuederstood. With
God . Possible. ,Iesus means, not
•
tenancy of etee.lili to hinder the itrough
mus
that it is teepee:dine fer a rieh man eel r .°I-11nor
ivP our Child
s„,„d, bet ady that IL in thee 'kee
vine life,
III A Great Cestmeesatiele 2340-
V. 21. Peter • . Said; the spoke -
man es usual giving mein to the
thought in the minds of all the liweive.
We Have Forsaken All, eta; dein'
what the rieh in had refused to do,
What Shall We Have?; as n 'eward
for following Jesus.
Vs. 2840„ Verily; an emphatic
word. Reward is isnec;tain. In the Re-
generation; heaven and the
new earth, which the Mesiah would
bring. Sit Upon Twelve Thrones.
"The disciples had shared the priva-
tions of the Messiah, and they would
share Ur alories of his kingdom.
• Every One; not only the Twelve, but
every follower of Jesus. Forsaken . .
For My . . . Sake; beeause of lpyalty
to Christ. Shell Reeeive an Hundred
Fold . Inherit Everlasting Life;
the true riches, which will abundantly
repay the gbeing up of earthly wealth.
First . . Last , . Last. First: a re-
buke to the self -complacency of Peter.
Sacrifice, he is reminded, is exeellent,
but along with it must go humility.
Pride spoils everything.
Physical Exntinination
How Much COrn Does Your
Crib Hold?
Many farmers complain that their
corncribs will not hold the manpfac-
turer's rating. If this is true -and it
is --there must be either misrepresen-
tation' or misinterpretation some-
where. The latter is probafbly the
case. Cribs are usually rated in terms
of volumetric bushels -that is, they
will contain so many Winchester bush-
els of 2,150.42 cubic inches each. The
eapacity Of a crib in bushels is then
determined by dividing its volume in
cubic inches by 2,150.42. But thie
does not mean, that it will hold this
number of bushels of ear corn, or that
the ear corn -in it will shell out this
number of bushels.
In order to get some idea as to what
a crib can be expected to hold in terms
of shelled corn the following experi-
ment was performed at Ohio State
University: A large box was filled
with yellow dart ear corn and shaken
to. compactness. The volume of the
box by inside measurements was
found to be 19,546:9 cubic inches.
Then, -by the above method, its ca-
pacity was ,eeecorded as 9.09 bushels,
The weight of the corn in the box was
next determined. By dividing thin
weight by 70 pounds, 4.2 bushels of
ear corn (by 'weight) were obtained,
So while the box contained 9.09 'bush-
els by volume yet it only contained
4.2 bushels bi; weight. The latee
figure is the important one, since earn
Is sold by weight Going fernier, the
shelling percentage was determined,
and from it the weight of shelled corn
was computed. Dividing this weight
by 56, the lege weight per bushel a
shelled corn, 4.8 bushels were pro-
cured. ,
Thus it required 9.09 bushels of ear
corn by volume to make 4.8 bushels
of shelled corn by weight, or a ratio
of 2.1 to 1. Practical use can be made
of this ratio. It offers a check upoa a
given rating of any crib." To find how
many bushels of shelled cella can be
obtained from a given .crib 'when it
Is illiediwith ear cape find the volemie
of the crib in cafe inches; then divide
by 2,160.42, and then divide again by
2.1.
Following the weighing and measur.
ing, every vieder-weight claild should'
have a thorough physical examinatiot.
Look the child over point by point as
you would a colt. Not all the points
can be jpdged by the dpiteeetsi but,
many of those pertaining to growth
can be spotted nearly as well by them
as by a physician. Do all you can
yourself, then make use of the expert
here as you would in the other ease in
- determining special needs.
The most serious physical defect
, you will find to be some form of ob-
structed breathing. This is most tom-
, monly caused ;by -diseased adenoids or
tonsils. The signs of this Obstruction
are parted lips, a small •and nasal
voice, membrane of the nose crusted
Ior discharging mucus, projecting
teeth, swollen .glands, round shoulders,
and habitual cough: Usually an opera-
tion is necessary; be sure that it is
done eheroughly. Many children come
to us with the work not completed, and
little better, or even worse off, than
they were before the operation.
Another line of observation -which
'the mother earl follow is to examine
the child's teeth, and locate and cadet
those which are decayed.
There are many cases of ear com-
plications which require • attention.
The eyes shouldd be tested to mak@ sure
they are not causing strain whic.h df -
The Fairy Boat.
Once Upon a eirne Love -Fairy went
to live hin the heart of a great pink
Briar Rose, and oh, how she enjoyed
this beautiful home with the sweet
fragrance of the rose about her. "Here
I shall livealway,s, I shall never leave
this beautiful harnee' said she:
All went well fer a - while but one
morning the little fairy stret:clied and
yaw;ned and finally she sighed "Oh,
dear, how tiresome at is to stay at
home. and do nothing! I must find
something to do!" •
• She decided to ego out at once. As
she climbed down the thorny stem of
her honie she neitided that it had been
raining during thdenight. The ground
was covered intlatches with puddles
of water, reke fairy lakes., and ehe
n.oticed that right in the centre of one,
a little ant house had been. flooded!
Quantities of mother and and father
ants arid little bay ants were trying
their beet to swine ashore.
Love -Fairy stood watching the exits
and wondering what she .could do to
help them, when sbe heard a faint
voice calling to her. It was Briar -Rose!
"Take this Petal of mine," she sald
as she dropped a beautiful great peek
one, "aid put it on the water like
a :littler boat, then get into it mad sell
out end reue the ant families." Love -
Fairy was :delighted vdth the idea and
he 0,00n found hereeke gelling otut on
the fairy lake! The weary ants soon
forget their /light and eagerly elinala-
ect into the boat.
When they canoe to shore, all the
big ante in:rambled oue and won began
te build another haute: But the baby
ants remained in the boat, sailing o'er
the blue water, fertile good fair y had
spread her reinbow-Oolared 'cringe for
Vale. .Aetid flma1l, aftet Mr. Sun bad
&led the puddle, so that there was
none of it left, the baby ante found
their new home ale ready for them,
litagine how glad they were to snug-
gle dowii hi theft little beds and Sleep
that night!
Then Tiove-Fairy carried the beauti-
In on of our childreree institutions,
a netrition class was formed of the
Most delicate children ;selected beim a
group of six hundred. These children
were under control day and night, and
the cause of their malnetrition was
found in every case. Although in three
instauces there was &genic disease,
the eatire class cans up to normal
weight in an average period of ten
weeks.
Although the faith that this class
was under full control gave us a cer-
tain advantage in determining the
cause 'of their condition, all the re-
sults Mere accomplished can be reach-
ed in your own home if you will study
the•eituation. Do not be discouraged
if your child is 10 per cent,, or even
20 Per cent. underweight It may re-
quire patien,ce, but you need not worry
once you start him gaining. What we
peopose is to tell you how to begin.
The reel start ie made when you set
out to find the causeeof the mahratre-
tion, and how to get rid of it, The
physical examination is the iir,st step,
and then write down a fell reeord
of the child's history. This record
may seem meneeessary, ebecause
you think you remember perfect-
ly everything that has happened
to him since his birth. Yet when
these well-known facts are written
down in order they 'present a signifi-
emit record not realized by ohe who
OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAM
The undernourished child should have:
• Reguler lunches daily at 10.80 A.M. and 3.30 P.M.
Regular dailyrest periods, lying fiat without pillow.
Limited exercise. Twelve to fourteen houre• sleep a, day.
• No music or extra studies outside school hours.
Sufficient nourishment and proper habits of eating.
Interest ‚your boys and girls in their health. Tell them they
should be wilhng to train for health, as they would Iran for athldtics,
Weigh them at the same hour weekly. This will interest them.
Later articles wili give further_ detailof the health program.
feats the child's general health. Da
not omit any of the items in the ex-
amination sheet. •
Every child should be "goree over"
at least once a year, no matter how
well he may be, but the child who is
habitually seven per cent. underweight
for his height needs to have every de-
fect found and removed.
There has been a great deal of
speculation over the causes of under-
weight and malnutrition. We find
poverty, riches, diseases Buell as elk-
ilitieberculosis, insufficient an4
improper food, and other cpnditions
usually named to be secondary rather
than primary causes. The essential
causes are: Physical defects especial-
ly obstructed breathing; ove,rfatigue•
lack of home control; and faulty foo
and health habits.
It will be seen how all of these
causes focus en the horae; their centre
is at your fireside,'
It is not merely a matter of un-
necessaxy disconelort and unhappiness
for a third or more of your children.
In anany cases malnutrition has gone
so far that they have become the
prey of other better recognized, dis-
orders. Ali such children sta-rt life
with a handicap and under conditions
which later make than misfits and
failures. The important considerathet
Is that practically all of these children
can be made Well liL their own homes.
The remedy is the control of the
causes, and it lies in your own hands!
takes them one by one and unrelated.
Be sure to putidown the dates of
all serious Illnesses which the child
has had, so that the variousicomplica-
tions -may be traced out. Try to recall
any bad effects which followed
measles, tonsilitis, whooping cough, or
acute diseases. Make note of periods
of earache, repeated atriieks of indi-
gestion withoiet special cause, and so
forth. -
Think back over his ,condition at
various ages, and note the time when
he was pleurip and well. Search out
the circumstances which attended the
Refining of his present condition. If
you have any records from his in-
fancy, !look these up a.ndeadd them to
the present study: Be eure to consult
other members of the firefly, for they
may suggest a eecollection which
would otherwise 'escafe you.
New items to add to the record will
constantly be found, and you will find
it an interesting game to all the tam -
fly to watch the progieess made. Do
not worry about the matter, as that
would defeat the end in views Just
make up your mind that your child
should be well, and that yen are going
to follow the program presented in
these articles until you have made him
the healthiest young animal on the
farm!
Note: This is the second of Dr. Em-
erson's series of articles on Child
Health. The 'third will appear next
week. -The Editor.
ful rose petal back to Beiar-Rose and,
as she fastened it in place with her
fairy wax she said, "What a beautiful
hame I have to eorne to, and what a
happy day I have had!"
Everbearing Red Raspberries.
We find that everbearing red rasp-
berries are true to name and wili pro-
duce berries until late la the fall. With
a light snow on the ground -we have
picked red berriee from the clones and
found the flavor good. As a novelty
they are fine and it is a pleasure to
treat the city felend to a shortcake
made of flash red raspberries several
months beyond the normal season.,
But as e commercial proposition we
do not like the everbearers. They pro-
duce fruit over a long season but' at
no time is there enough to make pro-
fitable picking. Even the first crop
we find inferior in size and quantity
to a variety .like the Cuthbert, which
bears beentifully in season and then
rests up for the next crop.
A variety Rike the Cuthbert pro-
duces its berries at a time when there
la• little competition frosn other fruit.
The commercial raspberry picker who
hires labor at pieldng time cannot hire
them to hunt for berries. The crop
mesa be so abundant on the times that
rapid harvesting 'is possible. In our
experienee with the St, 'Willa ever -
bearers they lack, in quality and quan-
tity during the regular bearing Rea -
eon, Later in the year they are 'Mill
proditeing fin* but it takes a long
time ese fill the bee, tempered, evieh
the wailer varietiee and the berries
eome at et time when there AR an ttbun-
dance of other fruit. '
' Raspberries are very attractive out
of season, but regardless of acarcity
there he a limit to how' tiraeh the pub -
lit will pay. When peaches and ape
piee are on the arierket there le less
necessity for buying raspberries. Sd
We keep a few eveebearieg ezspborries
as a novelty but the regular commer-
cial eats like the Cuthbert pro-ve tee
be the profit winners.
Green food, such aa mangel-wurzel,
sprouted oats or cabbage, ilhoudd be
fed during thehwinter. It is beet to
give it as the noon meal every day.
• A certified ilock is one from which
all low -producing hens have been cull-
ed out by an ex:pert poultryman, and
in whieh no fowl has Standard dis-
qualiileatiens. Each flock should be
headed by a male from a hen with a
record of 200 eggs- or better.
Get rid of poultry lice by taking a
dressed board) 1 x 6 feet, and putting
a 2 x 4 inch -scantling in the centre.
This will leave four inches on each
• side of the scantling for a step. Bore
eight three -fourth inch holes in the
scantling and fili with tar and carbolic
acid. Use this for the roost.
Yellow c.olor in the shanks of fowls
is not an essential breed characterietic
and has no relation to the body fat,
but lo controlled by the amount of
yellow pdgme,nt in the ration and by
;the egg production. By eeedin,g *Dior -
less feeds the yellow pigment in the
thanks ean be entirely removed.
Ignorance is no excuse for failure
as a dairyman. There are too many
good books' and papers published upon
the sobjeet these days.
A wiee old'6W1 sat ha an omit;
The more he heard ,the less he epolte;
The leas he spoke, the morethe heard;
We all 'should be like that wise old
bird!
-Hides Wool Furs
5 9
FOR 50 tftARe
we liege been giving out mane
eleippete fair, and eat -Jae -dory
returesi
WILLIAIVi 80NE 40N8,LTD.
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1 THE MOTHER
If there had heel\ en aeroplami hove
ering over the' Belgian Congo peveral
months ago, the observer would have
seen a strange sighte--thousands of
black men etriaming from every di-
rection, many traveling for days over
mountains, aeroes waters to a certain
Own. Had the observer been near
enough he would have noticed the
signs of &fiche inouening; the throngs
were heavy with grief. He might
even have heard the wild -Wailing of
the death chanta. Whom were t)eeer
mourning, this great gathering? Was
It some mighty chieftain ?
Far from it. The honor was for a
quiet Scotch woman whom no 0O0 of
them had ever seen -the mother of
theih missionary. In a few Para-
graphs that are like searchlights
across the past the son tells, in the
Record of Christian Week, of. Godes
leading their two lives. •
The boy was born in the part of
Scotland where the epirit of Living-
stone still lives and works. In rain
or shine he was cent to his Band of
Hope meetings -the mother 'saw to
that. The first foreshadowing' of the
unguessed future came when the boy,
prowling about the docks, discovered
his first bleak man, a ship's cook, aud,
brought him home to dinner. That
iena.d meal," he declared, ieaugurated
their African alliance. ,
Then as if they might have missed
the eall came the warning that the
boy was not made for the rigors of
the Scottish climate. The terrible
cough fastened -upon him. Night after
night the mother listened to it She
was a widow, andthis was her only son,
But-ethat cough! It was the way his
father had gone. So she was led to
the great surrender of leer life. no
two of them silently agreed not to
eay goodabye---"only a summer smile
and an 'upward look."
• Her boy left her standing at the
-window. . •
•So for twenty-two yeaes he saw
her in his heart. And in those years
of endless dangers for the son, a
long, anguished enemas for the moth-
er, when no letters could get through,
• the two worked together. Une01.111ted
times, he felt the power of her prayer,
shielding him in dangers, strengthen-
ing him in difficulties, sharing his
loneliness and his joys. ,
• There came a day, after twenty-two
years, when they stood face to face
once more. The ROT1 has no.veords for
that meeting. •" - "
And now she has gone. The wild
wailing of' the death chant is stilled
The thou -sands of mourners have
streamed back to their hoines. But
the spirit of that Scottish another is
stili "marching. on" in the great land
her eyes never
_:
In, School Days.
He saw her lift her eyes; he felt
The soft hands 'light caxerelog,
And heard the tremble of her voice
As if a fault confeesing.
"I'm sorry that I spelt the word:
"I hate to go above you,
• "Becausev,„-rthe brown eyes lower
• "Because, you you see, I love you!"
Stil memory to a gray-haired man
That sweet child -face le showing
Dear girl! the grasses on her grave,
Have forty years been growing.
He lives to learn in life's listed school
How few who pass above him
Lament their triumph and 11,18 1069
• Like her -because they love him.
-X. Whittie r.
• Resolution.
Each even' ere the sunset fades
I try and blot tram out my heart
The memories that east deep shades.,
The word or act that gave a smart.
I try to think but tender things,
And if a recollection nears,
Intruding by the bloom it brings
I blot it out ere day appears:
Forget the petty things that grieve,
Eachi-disappointnient, cru,e1 wrong;
Live for to -day; let moments weave
Your soul a peaceful perfect song,
• -AileendWeed
An Unsatisfactory Diener.
The touriat sat down. to his brat din-
ner in a French restaurant. He did.
not know �, word 'of the language, and
.so pointed to the firet itim after hors
d'oeuvre.
They' brought him soup, After that
he pointed to the next. Again soup,
Soup a third time. In desPeir he pointe
era to tbe Iasi of all. • .
They broughtbim topthpfelts.
Breakneck 'Speed.
• MIs Mr had eaided with a tele.
graph pole. '
"I think my collar•bone le broken,"
he said to the poldteanan Who bent
over him.
"If that'e nil, yer 13 luck," growled
the officer, "shun), 't -was breekeecle
epee& ye "Otts: gale at."
E.?cplanatIons In Okla.
Bay Scout (on eight guard)---"Halti
Who goes Mete?" -
Vnice-"Oftleer of the day,"
"Adateme, officet Of the day, and exs.
Plain what you art doing out at night."
What'you can do, or dream you can•
begin it; .
Boldness has gatius, poweg and magic
in it,'
•