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THE PREPARATION OF GRAIN
FOR SEEDING.
In preparing grain for seeding pur-
poses a good fanning mill is prac-
tically necessary. The proper adjust-
ing of this machine to do the work
required demands care and good.
judgment as regards the choice and
arrangement of sieves for the kind of
grain to be cleaned. The size of sieve
will depend on the size of the grains
to be cleaned and also on the make of
the fanning mill use. However, if any
difficulty is experienced in getting the
right adjustment, the maker of the
mill will help select the right size of
sieve, if he is furnished with a one
pound sample of the grain in question.
In cleaning grain it is desirable tai
use a top sieve with perforations just,
big enough to allow the kernels to
pass through. The straw, chaff and,
other coarse materialand seeds not;
wanted will be carried over the top
and delivered separately. The air:
blast should be heavy enough to blow}
dirt, light kernels and many of the1
weed seeds clear of the good grain.;
The lower sieve should be smaller:
than the top sieve and•, allow the weed
seeds and broken kernels to ,pass 1
through. The feed should be heavyi
enough, to keep the top sieve thinly
covered. This will tend to carry the
rough material over the end. It is
usually necessary to pass the seed
grain through the mill at least twice
before a thoroughly satisfactory
sample is obtained. If oats and bar
ley are present in large "quantities:
when cleaning wheat, it will pay to'
let a fairly heavy flow cover the top 1
sieve, even to the point of allowing)
nine of the wheat to pass over in
order to insure the removal of the'
eatest amount of oats and barley.
When the grain on the home farm
is not suitable for seeding, seed should
1 purchased from a thoroughly reli-
rbr•. source and preferably registered
Y ~"rise of a variety proven suitable
to the district.
it is not economical to sow poorly
graded seed or seed containing weed
seeds. Weeds in a crop entail a direct
loss as they take up space, moisture
and plant food. They also add to the
cost of harvesting, threshing and
handling.
Ist, 73 Adelaide. St. West. Toronto
MILK AND MILK SUBSTITUTES
FOR PIGS.
A hog feeding test recently conduct-
ed at the Central Experitnental Farm,
Ottawa, indicates the particular suit
ability of skim. -milk for newly weaned
and young pigs. It also indicates that
after the hogs have reached 31 or
4 months of age other feeds' than
skim -milk are capable of giving great-
er and more economical gains when
such feeds are used to supplement the
meal ration.
Three lots of eight hogs each were
fed a Basic meal ration supplemented
with skim -milk, milk powder and Pro -
las meal. The hogs were placed on
the experiment shortly after weaning.
The test lasted for 90 days and for
the first 60 days Lot 1 was fed meal
and skim -milk, Lot 2' meal and milk
powder, and Lot 3 meal and Pro -lac.
During this period Lot 1 made the
greatest gains with the lowest meal
consumption and at considerably the
lowest cost per pound of gain in live
weight. Lot 3 made the lowest daily
gains, consumed slightly more meal
and cost .25 of a cent more per pound
of gain. Lot 2, on milk powder, made
the second highest gains but consum-
ed considerably more meal -.22 of a
pound more than Lot 7, --and cost 1.99
cents more per pound of gain than.
Lot 1.
For the remaining 30 days the three
lots were uniformly divided, one-half
of each lot continuing on the former
ration while the milk or milk substi-
tutes were withheld from the remain-
der of the hogs.
The outstanding feature of this
part of the test was the good showing
made by the hogs receiving Pro -lac
meaL This lot made an average daily
gain of 1.4 pounds in live weight with
a feed cost per pound of gain of 6.16
cents as compared to Lot 1 on meal
and skim -milk with an average daily
gain of 1.33 pounds and a feed cost
per pound of gain of 6.35 cents, while
Lot 11 on meal and milk powder made,
an average daily gain of 1.33 pounds
with a feed cost per pound of gain of
9.34 cents. The check lots from which
the milk supplements were withheld
made a uniform daily gain of one
pound in live weight per hog at a cost
of 6.45, 7.32 and 7.59 cents per pound
respectively.
The Powdered Milk Industry
By B. A. Gould, President, C
The first commercial manufacture
of milk powder in Canada was at
Brownsville, Ontario, in the spring of
1904. The process used was the hot
roller process, which is now becoming
somewhat obsolete. The product was
entirely unknown and lacked some of
the valuable qualities of modern pro-
cess powders, such as complete solu-
bility, etc. The growth of the use of
milk powder in Canada was therefore
very gradual, and a small production
was all that could be successfully
marketed.
The first modern spray -process
powder was also made at Brownsville
in 1900, when the original plant was
remodelled for this purpose. The ad-
vantages of the powder produced by
this process were such that its use
has grown rapidly. To -day there
are
ten producing plants in Canada mak-
ing powdered milk of various kinds.
The greater part is skimmed milk
powder; but there are also consider-
able amounts of whole milk powder
and of cream powder manufactured,
as well as special kinds of powder,
such as modified milk powder, protein
milk powder, and ice cream powder.
It is estimated that, during the cur-
rent year, more than one hundred mil
anadian Milk Products, Limited
lion pounds of Canadian milk will be
marketed in the form of powder.
The future of the industry in Can-
ada is very bright, but only those
manufacturers who have up-to-date
!methods and assured capital, as well
a`s good selling organizations, are like-
ly to succeed. A great deal of work
must still be done to get the milk
produced on the farms of the quality
necessary to yield a first-class pro-
duct. It is not enough to have modern
sanitary equipment at the manufac-
turing plants, but the .equipment and
methods of the producing farms must
also be up-to-date or the product will
not be of the highest quality. Much'
harm has been done to the industry
by the marketing of inferior powdered
milk, and it is only by expensive
ex-
periencethat buyers have learned that
milk powders of the same chemical
analysis may nevertheless vary great-
ly in value.
This industry will become one of
rapidly growing value to Canada if
the manufacturers are able to keep
the quality of their product second to
none. The home market is capable of
further development, and foreign mar-
kets are open for the right_ kind of
powder:
DAIRY
Much emphasis has been placed
upon the handling of milk during
warm weather. But . little has been
said about this task during the 'win-
ter months. There is, however, a cold-
weather problem connected with this
end of the dairy business.
For instance, the delivering of
frozen milk to a creamery is a losing
proposition. The milk which adheres
to the can cover as the result of
freezing, and also the floating ice
particles, constitute a loss to the party
selling such milk. Occasionally -pro-
ducers attempt to keep the supply of
night's milk from freezing by storing
. in a warm place. In this effort, there
j.s bound to be a continuous bacterial
growth in the warm milk during the
night. This frequently results in the
milk becoming tainted.
It i
s a matter of record that the
calves born of common scrub ` cows,
but sired by pure-bred bulls, average
fifty per cent. more milk than their
dams. That increase does not con-
tinue from generation to generation in
suchgreat
proportion; to be sure, but
znerety by breeding only from the best
caws the dairy farmer can increase
his yield wonderfully in, a 'decade. But
before he can do this he must•know
which are his best cows.
An enameled kettle which
i has :been..
allowed to boil dry should be filled im-
mediately with boiling water. Cold
d
water poured into it, in such a case,.
would cause the enamel to chip,
POULTRY
Should the combs of the flock or
even of the male birds, become frosted.
the birds should• be isolated immedi-
ately if the injury is serious, and if
possible handfuls of snow held'over
the comb for ten or fifteen minutes
until most of the frost is drawn out.
Then it should be anointed with car-
bolated vaseline frequently until the
acute injury has disappeared.'
One of the most important means of
beating Jack Frost at his own game
is to provide the birds during the cold.
winter months with warm drinking
water. This simply means drinking
water that is above the freezing point.
To -day there are many types of heat-
ed vacuum- fountains on the market
which enable the poultryman to keep
fresh warm water before the birds all
the time. Allowing a bird to drink ice
water or very cold water in the winter
not only;; lowers the production, due to
the chilling of the body, but inthe
case of the male bird it is apt to freeze
the wattles.
When he is drinking, his...
wattles are pendent in the.water and
if the day is col the particles d, P c es of
water that adhere to the wattles will
freeze there and it will not be long
before .serious injury willbe done to
the bird.
Sprayers wear out faster` in winter
than in summer. This can be prevent-
ed by cleaning the sprayer thoroughly
.hl
and oiling allunpainted surfaces be-
fore storing. :,. All, needed repairs
should be made' during the winter.
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
BRUIN IS TAICEN To 'A NEW
HOMMME.
It had been a long walk for Bruin,
and he dropped down wearily by the
post where the man had tied him. His
foot pained him where it had been
pinched in the trap. The muzzle hurt
his nose and pressed behind.his ears.
"If only the man had not cone so
soon, he thought.
Rolly 'Rabbit, he felt sure, would
have come to help him. But now that
the roan had led him so far away,
Bruin doubted if ' he would ever see
his friend again.
rn the power of this man he was
helpless to do anything for himself.
He felt very lonely and friendless, and
wished for someone to 'talk to who
might understand his animal language.
Ho was not quite sure whether the
boy was his friend or not. When the
man had been ready to shoot him with
his bang, hang gun, the boy had saved
him and had always spoken kindly to
Ihim, But the' boy had helped the man
put on the horrid muzzle that now
hurt his head and made it impossible
for him to get away.
In a few minutes the man and boy
came out of the house and led Bruin
toward the barn. They put sone straw
in a little shed and tied Bruin near it.
He could go in and out as he wished,
but was always dragging the big chain
after him. (Boys and girls never have
something heavy tied around their
neck , all day, so don't know how dis-
agreeable this felt to the bear).
As the little boy started t6 go away,
Bruin tied in every way he could to
tell him he was thirsty and hungry,
but he didn't seem to understand.
"Bears are funny acting animals,"
thought the boy. But he did not know I
that by all these actions Bruin was
trying to tell him something.
It was nearly dark before he saw
the boy again. This time he brought
Bruin some food and a small basin of
water. He set the food and water just
inside of Bruin's little house and ran
away as quickly as he could, just as
if he were afraid. The water was not
half enough to quench Bruin's thirst.
He could eat but little of the food, for
the horrid muzzle wouldn't allow him
to get his mouth wide open far
enough.
Late that night Bruin laid down on
his straw bed, tired, hungry and
thirsty. His foot pained him so he
could sleep but little, and he dreamed
of horrid bang, bang guns pointing at
him, and of big traps ready to catch
him if he moved.
j How to Cure Pork.
1 Salt is the most necessary' ingre-
dient'in the proper curing and preser-
vation of meat, For a good cure, it
is absolutely necessary that you use
good salt. By this is meant ,one; the
F is -free from all, impurities and ado
' terations. The extra cost of a pur'
salt should be disregarded when con
sidering a safe cure for your meat.
1 DRY CURE' FOR PORK. ,
1 For 100 pounds of meat use 8 lbs
,
a
It
e
T,I E SIJN D.A'
salt, '2i/z lbs. sugar made -into syrup
2 ounces saltpeter, 4 ounces blacl
I pepper.
Mix ingredients and divide into
three portions, Rub the cooled inea
well with one portion and pack In bar-
rel or -crock. Let stand three • days.
Remove and rub with the second por-
tion. After three days have passed
remove and rub with the last portion.
Repack inethe barrel and let.stand in
the brine formed fpr three weeks.
Wash meat thoroughly before remov-
ing to the smoke house and allow to
become 'dry before smok,
BRINE CURE (SWEET PICKLE) FOR PORK.
For 100 pounds of pork used 9 lbs.
salt, 21 lbs. brown sugar, 2 ounces
j saltpeter, 4' gals. water. Make a brine
of the above. Pack the moat in a bar-
rel and be sure ;that it is covered with
this brine. The bacon and smaller
I pieces will need to be in this brine
!about four weeks and the hams about
six weeks. The lai ger hams, should be
placed in the bottom of the barrel
t TiHSTORY CONTINTJED-The story of
Moses, his deliverance from death in
infancy, his education at the Egyptian.
court, his interference on behalf of his
oppressed countrymen, his flight to
Midian, and 'his return to be the de-
liverer of Israel from; Egyptian bon-
dage and the founder of their national
life, is one of the most remarkable in
history, and not less remarkable for
ing
1 tins, tney may cure the better. Th
I whole should be weighted with a heavy
weight to keep the meat under the
rf brine at all times.
I If the pickle becomes ropy, the mea
should be removed and thoroughly
washed. After the container is thor-
(oughly scalded, the meat is re -packed
and a new brine added. When pickle
is complete, remove the. -neat, wash
thoroughly and when dry smoke to a
good chestnut color. The sugar may
be omitted from this cure if desired.
RENDERING LARD.
The leaf fat renders the best quality
of Iard, and should never be mixed
with the gut fat. The leaf fat may be
removed before the carcass is cut up.
It is chopped or ground with the rest
of the fat trimmings of the neat. One
must be careful to pick out all lean
parts for they will cling to the side of
the kettle, burn and discolor the lard.
The chopped or ground fat is placed
in a big kettle or roaster with only
enough water in the bottom to start
the cooking,
It requires some Iittle experience to
know when the lard is fully rendered.
After the little white blisters turn
brown on the cracklings and they float,
the lard may be removed from the
stove shortly. When the cracklings
can be lifted out with a paddle and
immediately fry themselves dry, the
process is complete.
The lard is then removed from the
fire and strained through a cloth into
jars or pans. Stirring slowly while
the lard is cooling will tend to whiten
it Store in a cool place.
Cost Investigations in Relation
to Milk and Butter Fat
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JANUARY 20
Moses Called to Deliver:' Israel, Exod..chs. 1:' 1 to 12-: 36
Golden Text -By faith loses,' when he was come CO
years, refused to be called the,son-of Pharaoh's daughter; :.
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people y
God, than to enjoy- the pleasures of sin for a season,
Heb. 11 24, . 25.
its religious value than for its histori-
cal importance. God's over -ruling
providence, his call, his leading, his
manifested presence, his interest in
the national life and his moral law,
stand, out as shining lights in the re-
cord, and the saving of Israel from
Egypt • came to be 'regarded in the
later centuries as the sign of God's
regard for his people, and the assur-
' ance of his saving grace and power in
i every subsequent time of ••oppression
t or suffering:
1 Ch. 3: 1. Moses kept the flock. Like
times applied to the people of western
Palestine in general. The other namesi
represent Palestine tribes ,.of which
little is known.
V. 12.. Certainly 1 wilt bo' with the „
The task to which Moses is called is N?er.
great . and difficult one. He feels his
incompetence. "Who am 1," he said,
"That I should go unto Pharaoh?" The
answer of God gives him the great as-
surance of. God's presence with him.
In all Moses' subsequent work this
promise and: this assurance remained
with him. God was present' with him
and in that assurance he could do all
'things. Upon this mountain; • There
was this further token and guarantee
of the. reality and truth of the divine
call, that he would lead the people to
this very mountain where now he had
the vision of God. This may account,
in part at least, for the fact that
Moses did lead Israel into the heart
of that mountainous peninsula rather
his anc„stors, he was a shepherd. The than by the straight road to Palestine.
APPLICATION.
Interest. Again we study the case of
Et man called of God. And like Abra-
e wealth of Jethro, the Arabian chief,
his father-in=law; consisted in his
flocks. Moses, having married Jethro's
daughter (2: 21-22), had been adopted ham Moses is past the age of youth -e'
t as a member of the tribe and shared ful adventure. His apprenticeship for
that wealth. Jethro is called Reuel in his real life work involved forty ,years
ch. 2: 18. The back of the wilderness of youth amid the advantages of. the
' (Rev. Ver.) was the western part. The court of Egypt, plus an added forty
home of these Midianite Arabs an- earning an- honest livelihood, as a
i pears to have been on the eastern side keeper of flocks in the wilderness, So,
, of the Gulf of Akaba, the northeastern too, many a modern college man finds
i arm of the Red Sea,"hut there may scope for all his training in the varied
' have been a section of the tribe whose pursuits of husbandry, Slipshod farm -
pasture lands were in the peninsula ing spells poverty amid to -day's high-
of Sinai between the gulfs of Akaba ly specialized industry. But just as
and Suez. A well-known traveler tells truly does scientific farming yield not
us that in the hot, dry summer wea- only the secrets of high -revenue crops,
ther the Arab shepherds are accustom- but life on a high scale of comfort,
ed "to leave the lower country, where and thrilling with vital contact points
Guernseys as Producers.
A. noticeable feature of the contents
of Report No. 15 of the Record of Per-
formance of pure-bred dairy cows,
published by the Dominion Live Stock
Branch, is the advance therein record-
ed of the Guernsey breed. In the pre-
vious report only 24 cows figured, but i
in the present report there are 64, of
which number 85 are owned in Nova
Scotia, 21 in British Columbia, 2 in
Ontario, and 8 each in Saskatchewan
and Quebec. A herd of six Guernseys
was kept at the Nappan, N.S,, Experi-
mental` Farm in 1922, and in his re-
port for that year the ffluperintendept
gives a milk record table of the breed
which contains some interesting pro-
duction figures. In the herd referred
to the average butter test was 5.67
per cent. with an average of 502.14
pounds of -fat. The average cost of
feed for 100 pounds of milk was $2.09,
and the" profit over feed cost was
$108.31 per cow. One of the cows,
Ki
g's Blanche of Hillside, has made
two 365 -day official records, one of
12,230 pounds milk testing 6.23 per
cent., and yielding 752 pounds fat,
and the other 11,826 pounds of milk
with an average test of 5.93 per cent.,
yielding 702 pounds of fat. Both re-
cords were made in the mature class.
A three-year-oldhas made a record of
7,307 pounds of milk testing 5.35 per
cent., and 391 pounds fat. A four-
year-old has a record of 8,026 pounds
of milk, and average test of 5.18 perj,
cent., and 416 pounds fat.' The feed1
cost of the herd for the year was $1,-1
042.19 and the value of production
and progeny $1,076.10.
•
Production.
In investigational work with dairy
cattle conducted at the Ontario Agri-
cultural College to show the compara-
tive economy of milk production and
butter fat production with the differ-
ent breeds, it was found that the.Hol-
steins produced milk at twenty-three
cents less per hundredweight than did
the Ayrshires, but in producing a
pound of butter fat there was only .03
cent difference. It was found that
there was very little difference in the
cost of production
of-
AYrshires. and
Holsteins, and that on milk production
it cost more with Jerseys, but they
(the Jerseys) produced butter fat a
little cheaper than did the other two'
breeds.
Helen was visiting in the country
for the first time. One day several
ducks waddled into the yard to eat the
green grass. Iii great glee Helen
ran to her mother, calling: "O.mam-
ma, come quick and see;: these .chick-
ens have rubber feet!"
This is the think season in farming.
It should be the time. devoted • to 're-
flection, reading and planning foran-
other season..
A for ,
or Life and Cash
The folly of keeping considerable
sums of money in the house is again
shown in the case of Mr. Clayton
Phelps, a well-to-do farmer who has
Iong considered his money safe in his
_own. keeping.
Doubtless some watchful and dis-
honest individualdiscovered that he
paid his bills bycash instead of by
cheque through a regular banking in-
stitution; and as • Mr. Phelps' home- is
situated on one side byitself, as he
is somewhatdeaf and lives alone with
his sister, it all looked like an easy
place to rob.
But the two robbers had, reckoned
without .their hostfor they did not
know what a game fighter the farmer„
would -prove to be, nor Trow his sister
v•ould outwit them by slipping 'Jett ,of
the front door,:;and.sumrnoning help.': -z,
Nevertheless,. Mr. Phelps had to do,
battle with his : assailants for nearly
err hour. He defended himself. W-Itlh'
an axe. He was shot in the forehead
and fortunately the bullet -,wits about
a quarter of an inch too high to nrore
fatal. The men escaped and have rot
been apprehended at this. writing,'
As soon as his condition permitted;
Mr, Phelps sorted over his cash which
amounted, it is said, to several thou-
sand dollars, even the silver which he
had in the house, and -his bonds, and
-placed them in a bank for - safe.
keeping.
Sooner or later those who keep vain-'
ablest in the house are sure, to come to
grief. Theft or fire are liable to mein -
ace at any time. ' Mr. Phelps „had a
house safe, but in the hands of a
skill-
ed burglar this is not muchratect'
P ren.
The attempted ' robbery at .: the
Phelps' homestead took place at about
8.30 in the evening, as the robbers did
not even seem to think it necessary`to
wait until the family had retired.
To have : one's possessions cared
for
in the safest possible way is surely
good judgment and the small expense
entailed is more than offset by ; the
peace of mind gained. Physical dan-
ger for the owner of valuable.:ro-
perty and other members offith pro-
perty
e family
as well, attend keeping such posses-
sions in the -house.
Banks with their vaults as impreg-
nable' as they can be made, with their
burglar alarms, with their, night
eV,atchman, with police surveillance
and fire -proof construction -are, the
proper storehouses for valuable be-.
longings.-E.G. W
the herbage is 'dried up, and retire to-
wards the higher parts, where the pas-
ture preserves its freshness much
longer. ? he mountain of God, which
is called Horeb, and in other places Earth's crammed with heaven,"-
Sinai, was evidently regarded as a And every ,common bush afire wi4
sacred place. There may 'have been an God
altar there. 'An ancient tradition lo-
' cates the mountain In the heart of the
Smartie peninsula.
V. 2. The angel of type Lord; in the But the man of trained vision ¢
oldest stories, is the manifestation of not be buried in the desert, Busy wit
j God himself, God is represented as his common daily task as Moses was,
1 appearing in human form, and here' memory, vision, imagination, and in -
jin a flame. of fire out of the midst of sight all play their part in the reveal -
a bush. Moses sees at first the marvel ing of the splendid vision of God and
j of the flaming bush, and when he duty. So for Amos the farmer, David
draws nearer becomes conscious that the shepherd, Paul the tentmaker,
he is`u' Peter the fisherman, Jesus the car -
he the presenceof God and on
holy ground. The story no doubt re- penter,'and to all who tread the path
presents, in this picturesque form, a of labor in like spirit, "the trivial
anti the round, the common task," becomes the
profound religious experience
climax of a long series of communings road to God, and all the commonplace,
with God and his own conscience. It Blessed are .toe pure in heart: fax
is now made clear to him that his duty they shall see God."
lies with his suffering kinsmen in } 2. Reverence. Scientific interest in
with the mystery, power and beaut
of the out-of-door world. To the tr in.
ed man,
And my the
shoes.
Egypt, and that he must go back to a physical phenomenon was the begin -
them. ning of the re-awai{ening of the soul.
V. 5. Put off thy shoes. The putting Curiosity soon deepens into reverence.
off of the shoes, or sandals, is still the. He who comes to scoff may remain to
usual mark of reverence in the East, Pray, but not usually. It is he who
upon entering a mosque or other holy comps seeking new truth who present -
place. i ly is overwhelmed with it. Eminent
'V. .6. The God of 'thy father. In scholarship, ripe experience, well in -
those days when people recognized and formed authority, or worthy achieve- y.
worshipped many gods, a new revels- ment, are never -cocksure or flippant.
tion, or a new divine name, might have It is the -immaturity of youth, the
meant a new god. Moses is assured lightmindedness of shallow and frivo-
that it is Israel's true God, the God loos living that misses the sunset, and
of his fathers, who is thus speaking defaces the coin, and degrades the
to him. Neither he, nor the people he flag, and discards the Bible, and
is sent t� deliver, must have any nnis wastes the Sabbath, and scorns the
`understanding regarding that, church and calls patient, toiling,
V. 7. 1 have surely seen. Moses is breadwinning, self-sacrificing father
made to see that the affliction of the "the old man." Our flapper age is
people is a matter of concern to God short on reverences. Unless there a
and so must.,, be • to God's servant, some days, and some persons a
Moses, cannot remain indifferent. God some institutions, and some nam
�
held inviolably chosen himassacred,we drift nice{
has his instrument of q
deliverance, and sets before him the 1Y, to the point where even life itsel
promise of restoration' "to the land for} is neither sacred nor safe.
which his fathers' had come -the land 3. H'imility.''Who am I? Mosesmay
of -Canaan.JI well raise: the question. To begin with
• V. 8. Milk'and honey; • in Arabia he is an exile. He is a shepherd eighty
would be marks :of a good and rich years old. He -hasbeen absent from
land. The word which is translated the magnificent court -orty years. He
"honey" is used also fora sweet syrup fled under fear of sentence of death,
made from grape juice and called by The task is stupendous. ' A whole pee -
the Arabs "dibs." The Canaanites; ple is in slavery. They are held by the
were' the lowlanders of the sea -coast greatest power .in the ancient world.
and: the Jordan valley, but the name Lincoln in like case was driven to his
was: often applied to- all the people of knees because as he said there was
Palestine before the Is raelite con- nowhere else to go.' So Britain's pre -
quest. The Hittites; represented a' Mier, when faced with his appalling
great nation of those days whose set- responsibilities remarked: "I need
tleinents• extended • from Palestine your prayersrather than your con -
north to Syria and Asia Minor. The gratulation." " Such humility is a
Ainorites;'lived east of the river joie first character essential for the hum
dan, and also in the' extreme north of agency that is to become a conduc,
Palestine. This name also was some: of divine dynamic.
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Cultivation of the Blueberry.
A perusal •'of last year's report of
the;Dominion Horticulturist- makes it
impossible :'not', to conclude that it
should be in the hands of every fruit
and vegetable grower -and every orna-
mental gardener. •It,., describes tests
that have been made, and are being
made, with all the principal fruits and'
vegetables and ornamental shrubs. A
page, for instance, is devoted. to the
culture of the blueberry., 1n conse-
quence of many inquiries being re-
ceived by the division regarding the
cultivation of that fruit, two metnbers
of the staff' were told aff to make an
investigating visit as to the situation
ir. the Lake St. John district of"Que-
bee "and the blueberry areas of ;New
Brunswick and Nova • Scotia. One
conclu:fion reached is that there is a
great opportunity, under cultivation,
to increase;,. the ;production, 'size and
quality of the wild?. blueberry by slim
matingthe poorer individuals and
propagating those, of .outstanding mer-
it, as at present there is much varia-
tion in size and quality. It was ob-
seiyed that the niost recently "burnt-
over land, providing it had not been
burnt during the last two years,
pro-
duced the best picking. IL was also
observed that bushes older than three F•
or four years did not produce as large
or as much fruii;` as the younger bush3
es , This indicated that a s =stem. of
,
pruning- inight prove beneficial where
cultural methods can be' ' adopted.
Blueberries were found on soils 'rang
ing from' 50 per cent.. sand to ,50' per
cant. clay, on peaty soils and on`sandy
soils. Excellent': -plants says the re-
port, were also found on soil contain
ing much broken-down 'limestox . -
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Safety -First Pockets.
I always had torn pockets , ori.'
P my,
P
kitchen aprons rons until I discovered that
if. I would make my pocket on, -the
underside of the 'apron it held my
.handkerchief just s well, and: never:
tore loose by being caught dn;; door':
knobs, the pump handle or `other'
places.=E.
,Ope of the sad things about diversi-
fied farming.. and live stock raising
that one gets so closely acquainted
with_ the animals that ha saddens
when it is time for them to travel to
the big market::