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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-6-7, Page 21 • Early Sourcis of Nectar and Pollen. The early sources of nectar and pole len are, of great inportance to the beekeeper, not from the standpoint of the surplus honey ,they may give, but bemuse 'of the effect they have in , stimulating the bees to heavy brood Address communications to Agronomist. 73 Adeiaide St. West. Toronto production and so providing a large force of worker bees in time for the HELPING THE HELP PROBLEM. were hauled eighteen miles ever Y day- harvest. • perishable prodece Do yof the motor -truck? A team such realize the great time -saving In the Irmlin g of P s the time Most regions in Canada produce a value such as fruit and vegetabl 0 , fair supply a these early flowers, of horses with an average load can gained by the use of motor-truclts is especially ' the Maritime Provinces, , Quebec, Ontario and British Colum - hardly make more than five or see an important factor. nines an hour on a fairly good road., i TRAILER OUTS DOWN HAULING COSTS. ; ei a- In the Prairie provinces, jiow_ The first shipment of Canadian store Against this, the motor_truek wille The motortruck trailer has shown ever, these early sources ape limited cattle for the British ,riiarlset since easily carry a larger load at a rate' itself to be a big helper. The trailer in, many localities, and it becomes nec- the removal of the embargo was per - of from twelve to twenty miles an makes use of .theT reserve power of the essary to feedt, the bees in order to serially inspected ai Montreal by the, hour under similar conditions. Sup-' engine., You know that the auto- have them build up strong enough for Dominion Minister of Agriculture, pose, then, that a farmer has to haul mobile or motor -truck engine must be the main flow. Hon. W. R. Motherwell, the Deputy milk' to the railroad every morning:, powerful enough to enable the vehicle The most important of the very Minister, Dr. J. H. Griedale, and say a distance of twelve miles. If he to climb steep grades or go through early plants are the willows aria other officers of the Department of a uses a horse and wagon the trip will heavy roads. On a road with fairly maples; they grow abundantly in most Agriculture, s well as by several take him practically half a working good surface and without eparts of Canada and yield both pollen xcessive Members of Parliament. There were day, and the services of the man who grades, however, this reserve power is and nectar. •There are many species 427 animals in the shipment, 'mostly of willow,of the Shorthorn and Polled Angus I , and praetically all of them a drives the team are lost during that seldom used and thus becomes avail-, long period, Besides, both man and able for drawing a trailer, are visited by honey bees. The pussy types, and of good beef quality. Th (Salix bicolor) is usually the, Minister stated his belief that the re - horses may be badly needed for ether Just as a horse or locomotive can willow !pull a much heavier load than it can first to bloom. Of the maples, the: 'stork. 'berries 'grow abundantly large erops are obtained. Caragana or Siberian pea tree is also a he.ayy yielder and is begoining very important in the prairie prey- inces where it is being grown to pro- vide windbreaks, In Manitoba and ---- Alberta •a surplus is obtahied frorn this plant. • Nehemiah, the. Bold Builder. Nehemiah, chs. 1 and 2; 4 to 6; 8: 9-12; 12: 31 to 13: 31. Go c en ex Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord.—Nehemiah 4: 14. THE SUNDAY SCI1001, LESSON JUNE 10 Horse chestnut, hawthorn, barberry dogwood, honeysuckle, buckthorn and wild mustard' also yield small amounts of nectar and are important in the aggregate,. sumption after a period of 30 years, On the other band, a motor -truck carry, it has been found that a motor sugar or rock maple, box elder or of store cattle shipments would lead swamp maple, red or soft maple, and to the gradual development of an im- Will make the round trip in a little vehicle can not only carry the weight' over an hour, or two hours at the which it is designed to carry, but can, the Norway maple are important. In portantexpor ia e. Most, releasing both truck and driver in addition haul a trailer or semi- lBritish Columbia the large -leaf maple I ••••••••••••••la for other duties I trailer bearing an equal or greater, (Acer macrophyllum) is very import-, The gift to Canada of five breeding But this saving of time, due to the load; in other words, a truck -trailer , ant. Other plants that yield pollen at: Shire horses, two stallions and three Jews are introduced, They halm a open spaces the buildings would not - V. increased speed of the motor -truck,' combination can haul from two tothe same time are the alder, ash and ' mareseety ' the Shire Horse Society of ready been mentioned in 2:10, 19 20 . interfere with their movements. / . . has other advantages. It opens up three times what the truck, tractor or'elm. Great Britain, has been added to by and 4;1-3. Sanballat. In ch. 2:19 he is I set the people after their fainilies. The new markets and enables the farmer automobile could haul alone. Yet,- de- A little later in the season the corn- Mrs. Stanton, of Derbyshire, England, called the Horonite, that is a native' defence of the city and the operations • , on the walls, was distribute d at a distance, who owns a truck, to spite the greater load capacity of the mon dandelion and fruit bloom; apple, who has contributed a two-year-old of Beth-Horon, a town situated about rig to families. The defenders wee' accord - compete with the man who is nearer a combination, the added expense of op- pear, plum, cherry and the wild fruitseighteen miles north of Jerusalem, and :1 stationed in front of the places where particular market, for a horse can erating the motor vehicle is only about are very important, yielding both pole colt from her famous stud at $nelston, be onging to the Samaritans. In one , th i hardly haul e load more then twelve 25 per cent, len and nectar, and in favorable sea- near Ashbourne. This colt isetthe son I ofone ofthebredares in Jestrn the of the papyri discovered in Elephan- , e . rebuilding the walls. Strong family respectire families Were at work tine, Egypt, mention is made of "San-: feeling would thus ensure a strong ballet governor of Samaria." This ' .? defence, was in all likelihood the Sanballat I Mentioned here. The Samaritans were' V. 14. Nehemiah sought to put heart a mixture of Hebrew and heathen into the workers and defenders by ap- blood and were despised by the exclu- t pealing to their faith in Jehovah and sive Jews of Jerusalem. Tobiah; is, to their love of their kinsmen. Fight called in ch. 2:10, "the servant, the for your brethren. It would appear Ammonite." Some commentators have that Nehemiah considered that the conjectured that Tobiah was the pri- , very exietence of the Jewish commun.- vate secretary of Sanballat. If this ity in Jerusalem was at stake. If their were the case, he had a double animus foes secured an entrance into the city, against the Jews,—the race hatred be- they would completely exterminate the tween the Jews and the Ammonites, in habitants. This grim warning would and the' feud between the Jews and serve to stiffen the resistance of the the Samaritans. Arabians; the lawless defenders. Bedouin tribes who roamed over the V. 15. When our enemies heard. The Arabian steppes. Ashdodites; citizens opposing forces had contemplated a • LESSON FOREWORD—Neherniali Se- i armies were being mustered, had come . cured from Artaxerxes the Persiap i up to Jerusalem to assist in the re - king, the appointment as civil gover- building of the walls. Frorti, all places, nor of the district of Jerusalem. On ete. The Hebrew text in'this passage arrival in Jerusalem, he investigeted is very obscure. The meaning seems the walls and found that there had to be as one commentator suggests: been no attempt to rebuild them sines "Deprived of the able-bodied men who their destruction by the Plabylonians. had been sent to work on the walls He then convoked an assembly of the. of Jerusalem these little (frontier) leading people of the city, and by a towns could not hope to defend them - convincing address persuaded them to selves against the gathering foes, rebuild the walls and thus ensure the Wherefore they address themselves, city against hostile.attacks. The news 'through their leaders, to their fellow - of the project spread through the townsmen sojourning in Jerusalem, country with the result that an alli- "Ye must return unto us." monites and Arabians was formed "to! v, 13 e II. TH4 PRECAUTIONS, 13-16. ance of Samaritans, Moabites, Am-! foil any effort made to reinstate Jeru- Here . AnVer places —higher places. salem in her position of being the most s„re. again the Hebrew text is ob- 'powerful town in Palestine." The revised. version suggests It was a good meaning. The houses and in _the teeth of this opposition that buildings, for the most part, closely the defences of Jerusalem. Nehemiah undertook the rebuilding of adjoin the walls. Nehemiah chose the open spaces where the buildmgs were well clear of the wall, and there he stationed armed detachments. rn these ' I. THE DANGER, 6-13. 7.TI leadingd • of the to fifteen miles and return the same . The use of trailers also saves time, sons a good surplus may be obtained. day, whereas a motor -truck can easily for the trailer can be loaded or un- In the prairie provinces many of the do fifty miles during the same period. loaded while the motor -truck is going wild flowers contribute small supplies Besides, it costs more to haul farm on another trip, and by using three of nectar and some pollen. The bush products to shipping points by team trailers, ane loading while a second is fruits, currants, gooseberries and and wagon than it does by motor- unloading and the third is on the road raspberries also furnish large am - truck. I with the truck, the loss of time is I greatly reduced. EXTRA POWER WHEN NEEDED. 1 An interesting example of the value THREE TYPES OF TRAILERS. • of the motor -truck in an emergency ' There are three principal types of came up on a farm near Yellow trailers: the two -wheel, the four - Empire, and by a very famous sire -- one time champion of the breed in the British Isles. Better be right and poor than wrong ounts nectar and, where wild rasp_ and rich. • . Home Education Springs. Two men loaded the truck wheel and the semi -trailer, all of "The Child's First School is the Family"—Froebel. • with alfalfa as high as they could which are being used by farmers, the pitch. The load was two and a half Particular type selected depending Unspoiling the Spoiled Child—By Mary E. Underwood tons Hardy h d th t k ta t d upon the individual needs and prefer - for the road when it came upon a ences of the user. As with motor - wagon -load of one and a half tons of trucks, certain manufacturers of trail - alfalfa, The load had become mired ers are specializing in trailers espe- in a soft spot, and the most strenuous daily designed for farm work. Many efforts failed to extricate it. Finally of the best makes of trailers now on the animals were unhitched and the the market embody the most approved wagon load of alfalfa was hitched be- features of the motor -truck, and are. 'hind the truck. The motor -truck, able, without difficulty, to follow in which had plenty of power, 'not only the track of the towing vehicle with-? pulled the mired wagon out of the out wobbling, overturning or coming Mud, but with the extra load in addi- , to grief when -turning corners. tion to its own, crossed the field and The following examples illustrate Went on to the barn, nearly a mile the varied uses to which the trailers away. A motor -truck is intended, of course, erates a wholesale milk route covering for hauling. In an emergency, though, twenty-five miles a day with an auto - it can do other jobs. A farmer had mobile and trailer; a •fruit grower sixty-six acres of wheat which, had hauled his entire peach crop to mar - been badly tangled by storms. There ket with a light passenger car and a Was a shortage of horses, but the four -wheeled trailer, averaging sixty Wheat had to be harvested. The tem- crates on each trip, the total weight perature stood at 110 deg. F., making of each load being thus more than it impossible for even the few horses 3,000 pounds; a farmer uses his light available to work more than an hour runabout with a two -wheel trailer for or two at a time. i hauling cattle up to a ton in weight; t However. a two -ton truck was hitch-; Pacific coast farmers haul thousands ed to a nineefoot binder and the -sheet' of tons of hay every season by means was cut in short order and without are being put by farmers: farmer op-, "Joe is so awfully mischievous," his. mother complained to me. "He sim- ply takes the house apart. He meddles with the clock, every lock or screw, and! we never know what terrible thing is I going to happen next." To illustrate,' she told me of an unpleasant experi- ence which resulted because of Joe's mischievousness. One morning when I he was alone in the room, he opened the telephone and loosened the wires. of trucks and trailers; a wheat grow- difficulty.1 er made use of several touring cars Similarly, another farmer used with four-wheel trailers for handling enotor-trucks last season for handling last season's crop, not only hauling wheat in the field and by their help , the threshed wheat to the shipping found no difficulty in keeping up with point in this way, but likewise bring - the thresher, which was harvesting ing the wheat across the fields to the twenty-five acres a day. During the threshing machine.—Donald McLeod summer season 1,000 bushels of wheat Lay. POULTRY Green feed, in some form, consti- tutes an essential part of any well, balanced poultry ration, whether for young chicks, growing stock or adult birds. The modern tendency is to give a somewhat narrow ration containing protein in a highly concentrated form. This is particularly true with regard to poultry kept in confinement and fed heavily fax egg production, as are a large proportion of the birds on our Canadian farms during at least Ave months of the year. A liberal supply of green feed minimizes the dangers of this system by adding both bulk and 'variety to the ration, and at the same time replaces a certain quantity of Green feed is valuable, not only for its succulence, which makes it palate hie to poultry, but also because it contains mineral matter, including nu- tritive constituents, necessary to sus- tain life, promote growth, and assure reproduction. Foremost among these constituents are the vitamines, the ab- sence of which from any ration, whether for humans, animals or birds, will ultimately prove fatal. Therefore it behooves every poultry keeper, whether backyarder, special- ist, or farmer, to make provision for an ample supply of green feed in some term, and in view .of the shortness of our growing season, and the late spring experienced this year, no time should be lost, Green feed may be divided into two kinds, that intended fax immediate consumption, and that which is to be held for winter use. Certain varieties, however, are grown fax both purposes, this being particularly true of grasses •sad leguminous plants. Among the green feeds which are to be used as soon as grown, rape • holds first place by reason oPits quick • growth, palatability and value for cleaning and freshening the yards. ,.The best variety is Dwarf Essex and •t should he sown broadcast. Under •'normal weather conditions it is ready . : for grazing from five to six weeks after being sown. Alfalfa makes excellent green feed fax growing stock, and when cured is valuable for winter feeding. It has the added advantage of being able to withstand prolonged drought. The favorite varieties are Grimm and Turkestan. Mangels or semi -sugar beets form the bulk of the green feed fax winter use; they are easily harvested, keep well, and generally crop well. The Mammoth Long Red or Gate Post var- ieties are preferable, as they contain a higher percentage of dry matter. Mangels should not be fed immediate- ly after being harvested, as when very fresh they might cease bowel troubles. The Jerusalem Artichoke, and espe- cially the Mammoth French White, deserves more attention from poultry- men. Extremely hardy and prolific, it can be grown almost anywhere and under any conditions. The green shoots form abundant shade and suc- culent feed for growing stock, the closeness of the foliage helps to choke out weeds, while the tubers keep well, are relished fax winter feed for laying hens and early spring feed for little chicks. Details regarding methods and Hine for planting all the above mentioned kinds of green feed will be found in bulletins 87 and 88 (second series) and pamphlet 23, which may be ob- tained free from the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ont. • Wireless recently played a part in a burial at sea, when the words of the 13urial Service were sent from a large steamer. to' a small freighter which lacked a Prayer Book. To clean currants, Put the currants in a cloth bag and rub hard, or simply. rub them in a clean soft cloth. The stems and dust will come off readily. A few hours afterward a neighbor, hastily came to call fax the doctor. The! telephone was out of commission and, no one present knew what to do. Sae, was at school. At the supper table. Joe's mother mentioned the incident.] Joe calmly announced that he knew how to fix it. This he did. "And,"I concluded the mother, "I fixed Joe to: help him remember not to meddle with; the telephone .gain." It was very plain that what this! "spoiled child" needed was pot punieh-! ment or suppression of his mechanical inclinations but a chance to make use, of them. I stated to Joe's mother that, if he were my boy wouldsee a he owned a good set of boy's tools and some good mechanical books. Joe's parents obtained the set for him and, they proved to be exactly what he needed. He found great pleasure in using the tools and reading the books and before long Joe', instead of being an annoyance to everyone, became a very genuine source of pride to the household. He had a corner in the house which he called his "shop," whence emanated all kinds of original and ingenious mechanical toys. The problem presented by the child who "cries violently until he gets what he wants" is a very common one. The child who has this habit is almost in- variably a child who has learned from experience that crying hard and cry- ing long enough is the most successful method of securing his ends. Some- times this practice originates from what some parents claim are absolute-, of one of the principal Phillistirie ly unavoidable circumstances; one in- cities. They were .. . wroth. Their stance being a sickly child whom the indignation was kindled because ia parents think should not be irritated, proportion as Jerusalem was strength • crossed or annoyed in any way. A ened, their own independence would child so treated quickly and naturally be weakened or threatened. "Balance learns the great value to himself of themoaas power"forwauss.as real a problem fax showing irritation. This coddling int V. 8 At first their opposition was childhood usually develops a selfish, • . . shown, chiefly in taunt and ridicule, se -cen e , se -see i g , ., ch. 2:19 and 4:1-3. 'When they saw 'more upon the building operations. surprise attack, but when they learned that the Jews were aware of their plans and were prepared to resist them, they saw that they were foiled and gave up the notion of an immedi- ate assault. We . . returned to the wall. The news that their adversar- ies had abandoned their project was sure to travel back to Jerusalem. It permitted the Jews to concentrate once the end pays a heavy penalty fax it all that their taunts availed nothing, theY Even so, they went about their work by being generally disliked. 'held a council in which it was decided armed, vs. 17, 18. This use of crying as a business to muster an army and hinder, by method is a comparatively simple var- force, the rebuilding of the walls. mother goes at it whole-heartedly, erhuman. Hostile forces might arrive see -!before Nehemiah seemed almost sup- iety of "spoiledness" to cure, if the V. 9. We made our prayer. The task ing to it that the child never gets any- I i at any moment. The inhabitants of thing by crying for it. 1 Jerusalem were poor and dispirited. The child who maliciously teases , Hence Nehemiah had recourse to animals does it perhaps because he has prayer. Prayer receives a noteworthy never been trained or taught to treat prominence in the books of Ezra and them kindly, or because he has seen Nehemiah. Set a watch. Sentinels thought precisely on the event, but those about him careless and unkind were posted to observe the approach could not put his idea into execution. to. animals. Little children are cruel of the advancing army and to prevent . '' te It either byd byNo, with Nehemiah action was the important thing. No dreaming . and sighing, fax Nehemiah. Though his own fortune was assured (was he not velo personal experiences. Every little people—Judah—were spiritless and fax his far-off fellow -Jews. With what cup -bearer to the Persian Emperor?) he made his resolve to strike a blow wisdom and tact he urged his request to be appointed governor of. Palestine ,Tersuetelem. see him with his squadron crossing to (eh. 2), and one can in imagination P I r g there was disaffection within. The features of Nehemiah's pro- gram of reconstruction: ' may appear APPLICATION. Jeremiah was a prophet who re- flected deeply and to purpose, over the tendencies at work in the nation. We have in Nehemiah a different type,— a hold, aggressive man of action. Hav- e-610, ing heard the story of his fellow - countrymen's distress in.distant Jeru- salem, he was not content to brood over it. Be was not like Hamlet who without meaning to be cruel or know- ing that they are cruel. Kindness Jand night syinpathy for animals can best be de- V. 10. Judah said. Not • only was there opposition without the city, but child should have a chance and should fatigued. They complained that the be required to care fax some living, task of clearing away eehe rubbish and growing thing, animal or plant. Only rebuilding the wane w'Saatoo much, fax through such practices can the finer, them - human sympaV. 11. Our adversaries said...Afterthies and instincts in the child be awakenedand developed. , mentioning the source of weakness - The desire of a child to tease others; with the wells, Nehemiah describes is often the direct result of the child's tention of their adversaries had been harsh to las, but he saved religion in home environment. It is among the reported, no doubt, by people who his day. What enduring service did commonest of parents' sins to tease came up to Jerusalem from their die. he render? Alexander the Great their little children. I do not need to tricts. When the. Jews learned of it, trampled down the kingdoms of the world and started the flow of Greek culture among all nations. Only one withstood the onset of Hellenic culture and paganism—the Jewish people. They withstood this invasion because the nation had been made "hard as steel and strong as iron" by Nehemiah and Ezra, the danger without" (Ryle).The in - suggest particulars here; most of us the element of surprise was eliminated can supply them from our own ex- from the contemplated attack. I V.12. Ryle says that, "to discontent perience. , Wise and loving parents will realize' within and. the schemes ofthe • foe without, is addedthe panic of the that if their thoughtlessness and lackewsn theoutlying districts." The of judgment have resulted in spoiling,Jews which dwelt by them. Some.Jews in order to insure the happihess and from the districts where the hostile welfare of these children the work of unspoiling the spoiled child must be undertaken. "Mt 'MIXED` FARMER t ' THE CHILDREN'S "HOUR 9 HOME-MADE BIRD -BATHS OF • CEMENT. -A.. bird -bath of • simplest construc- tion, but which has been much enjoyed by the robbins, blue jays, wrens, and eeee,- other feathered denizens of my gar - •den, is here described. ‘e -e The cover of a large sized galvaniz- ed garbage can was used as a mold, after being caeefully lined with greas- ed paper. 0.2 L, - • •, " • • • Learning to cover up an aching heart to sinile when you would weep, • is what everyone must learn if he would live the masterful life. • • , , c44.y. ctril? You CANT PUT um 0171 orDusniEss, The cover was filled about three- fourths full with cement; then as the cement slowly hardened, it was drawn gently and constantly with a wooden paddle, back'from the centre and to- ward`the edge, until, *hen the cement finally "set," it reached 'up to the' rim, of the cover at the edge, and sloped very gently and gradually downward toward the deepest part in the centre. It was set upon a low mound of stones, about which gay red and yel- low and white portulacas were plant- ed. The birds seem particularly to appreciate the bath's being set so con- veniently low that it is easily within their reach as they hop about the lawn, so that this spot in our garden is, gay All summer long with bright - hued tiossoms and happy feathered creatures. • A similar bird -bath was constructed by a neighbor, which, instead of being set low upon a tiny rockery, was elevated upon a pedestal. A Cracked earthenware drain -pipe 1 was used as the mold fax this pedes- tal, the pipe being thoroughly greased inside before the cement was poured into it. After the cement had hard- ened, this mold was broken to pieces to set the pedestal free.—Harriet Jeer. Evening. There is no sunset in the sky, Upon the quiet water plays • no trees. Like music soft is lost among the tranquilbreeze breeze; Thestillness on the lake My dripping pa,ddle'reekes no sound, rglide along In quiet ;'olitude. - Tee blending tones of gray and blue •, In sky and mountains melt into my The darkened figure of a 131rd • Skims o'er the 5ate-_. near his black' reflection, ' But silent still are all the. woods, •And sweet, indeed, is eventide's per. faction. -,'• ter , - Mary P. AV, Fortier, • 1 In France the controversy between the cities and the country over day- light saving has been settled by coin- 11 Prolmse. The government orders all clocks turned ahead one half hour to conform with Strasbourg instead of Greenwich time. •.To the motorist a child on the high- way is always a claeger.Signal. When you see one ahead slow down at once; and if you are in any doubt, stop. The ordinary person's lunge contain 76,000,000 air cells,