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The Exeter Advocate, 1924-1-31, Page 6Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St West, Toronto For the last twenty months the Do- minion Department of Agriculture has issued a:' weekly report of cabled prices of bacon in England, which, if properly read by Canadian hog iais-., ers, will serve a"useful purpose. Like other statistics the report should be read with a clear knowledge of what; it is intended to convey. The prices' given are "top" rnarket quotations for Irish, Danish, Canadian and Amer -1 lean imported "Wiltshire sides" in I London. The variations since March, 1922, can be seen on the accompanying chart. The prices quoted are In shil-1 sings per English hundredweight of I 112 pounds. No doubt they are as accurate as can be expected of cabled information but they are not entirely: representative of the relation of Can RELATIVE POSITION OF CANADIAN BACON ON THE ENGLISH MARKET "Top" Prices of Weekly Report Do Not Represent Bulk of Supply. CAN WE PULL DOWN OUR SILOS? 13Y' N. A. DRUMMONO. The harvesting of the corn crop Dist fell was rather a heavy operation. in mane!"-iralities hence the question is (a popular one :or discussion) Can the silo be aboll;;hed? Sonie of t:te farms papers have opened their columns fer a rigid discussion of the problem, and I have followed them closely. Now I am living in the Province of Quebec, and pretty well north, therefore I think I ani in a position to voice an opini ,a on the corn crop as a safe ane for eastern Canadian farmers in general, On the farm on which I live corn, alfalfa, and all clovers seem to thrive equally well; and they all are giving satis- factory results and none of then are to be despised. There has been a silo on our farm for many yeare; in fact, so far as we know, my father's was the first in Pontiac County, and he probably harvested the first alfalfa seed in the county. I am comparing corn to alfalfa because, if corn were not grown, the alfalfa alone could re- place it, I believe. And the change from the one to the other, if it were ever considered, should be cautiously and carefully executed. The corn crop we have just har- vested was exceptionally heavy and much lodged by fall rains; hence, it was a very heavy and difficult opera- tion, to say the least. The field con- sisted of eight acres which filled our silo, 33x14?, after refilling it three times; besides this we had 50 loads to stook. And, drawing and stocking corn takes time. Not only was this heavy labor, but it cost money; for an engine $2,50 an hour was paid. Then repaying neighbors' time when we. should have been at home cultivating the stubble. No doubt a corn crop, provided that it has been well culti- vated, leaves a field in a good state of cultivation, but if the same time which is lost in filling silos were spent in after -harvest -cultivating, more than an equal advantage would be obtained. Then there are other costs; In this section the life of an ensilage cutter has averaged about four seasons; at. least they were laid away and pro- nounced unsafe, and, of course, no man would venture to use them. And who would blame them? The life, too, of a jointly -owned binder is very short. Thus the cost of silo, seed, cut- ter, binder, cultivator, twine—besides. the application of all the barnyard j manure is enormous; without main-. taining the labor. However, there is one consolation—a silo sets off farm buildings to advantage, and silage seems to have a tendency to keeping stock healthy—this itself is worth Hauch. On the other hand, alfalfa has many merits in which corn falls down.' In the beginning, if one cultivates the field the previous autumn and then sows the best alfalfa seed available, —grown in your own locality if ' pos- sible—a good catch is almost assured. Of course, it is better to inoculate the seed. Now you have it established, and when established little further trouble will be encountered. It's grand stuff to have! In this district, 3'ls to 4 tons per acre are often har- vested with a value equal to bran, and bran is $30 per ton; therefore, an acre of this crop is worth around $100. And this is not all. As it grows it collects nitrogen from the air, de- posits it in the soil; and it also sends its branch roots and rootlets far down into the soil, Ioosening and mak- ing plant -food available. And so, in- stead of depleting the soil of plant - food, as corn "does, it deposits and makes more available by its action. Which shall it be—corn or alfalfa? Or some of each? 'Which can be grown to hest advantage on your ind;vidual farm? Find this out. If yell live near a city where land is of high value your opinion may be biased in favor of the corn, but, generally speaking, the other has merily .vhich weigh heavily upon my mind at present. POULTRY. A bred -to -lay male birds should have four things, each of almost equal importancebecause the lack of any of them will adversely affect the off- spring. The four characters are breed type, bred -to -lay breeding, constitu- tion and vigor. The male bird should be fairly typi- cal of the breed he represents. If he does not possess breed type, the gen- eral type of the flock will not be uni- form and the sale of his progeny, especially the male progeny, will be very limited. No good poultry breed- er purchases male birds simply be cause they are male birds. Breed type in the male either sets or scat ters typo in the poultry flock. That the male should be of the right breeding is of the greatest im- portance if high egg production is the desired object. There is no surer way to failure than to introduce a male bird of a poor producing line. The degree of success met with in the egg production of his daughter3 depends almost entirely an the amount of high producing ancestors he has had. Cer- tainly his dam should have produced 200 eggs or over in her pullet year, and if his granddam has laid 200 eggs or over in her pullet year so mu'h the better. His sire should be the son of a high producing female, and the more high producing females the male side of his pedigree carries, the greater are his chances of passing on that desirable character to his pro- geny. So important is this one char- acter that a good bred -to -lay 'strain can be ruined in one season by an inferior male. Constitution is very necessary if the stamina of a high producing flock is to be maintained. To improve the laying ability of a flock is wasted time unless the birds have the consti- tution to withstand the strain of high production. A male of poor consti- tution seldom if ever passes on rug- ged constitutions to his offspring. The right male bird is one well grown for his age, and that stands straight on his legs. He should have a good full breast, good depth of body, and above all, a good masculine head. Vigor is also very important, for without vigor the hatchings from the matings would necessarily be limited. Vigor in the male bird will give good fertile eggs that will hatch strong chicks, the kind that can kick the shell , to , the other side of the incu- bator, dry off rapidly, 'become fluffy,. acid get well along the way to -matur- ity with • a low death rate and the least, •trouble and greatest profit to their owner. • SHEEP Succulent feeds, which are keenly relished by sheep, are valuable for their tonic and regulating qualities., Roots, such as turnips or mangels, are possibly the most satisfactory form of succulent feed, but they cost considerably more to grow and store than silage. It is soinetimes more convenient' arid; profitable to feed the I..,'ter ,'as it has been found that good cl ta-ite• silage; free from moulds and Vey in acid, ,:an replace roots hi the ;; '.,lou of the;pre�nant ewe if Proper care is taken as to the amount fe Some good legume hay should for the main part of the roughage, this be supplemented with not more th two to three pounds per head per d of silage. If the silage is from a w matured crop and consequently hi_ in dry matter, the larger quanti may be fed. If from a green, water crop with consequent low dry matt content, then less should be fed Mouldy silage is more injurious t sheep than to other classes of• Iiv stock, so only silage free from moul should be fed. Corn silage is the bes known and therefore most recom- re mended for sheep, but other silages, 11 such as peas, oats and vetch, clover or sunflowers may be used, though in the latter case, much smaller quanti- ties would be advisable, owing to the 'high moisture content. Frozen silage should not be used as scouring and bloating may result. The reason that care must be taken in regulating the mount of silage or other succulent feed fed to pregnant eyes is that it is claimed that too much will cause weak, flabby lambs. The ration of silage may be increased slightly after lamb ing as it will assist the milk flow and there is not then any danger of of feting the lamb. Ewes which have been penned in good condition in the fall should not require any grain feed when receiving a ration of legume bay and silage. Another Winter Job for the Farmer. d. The upper part of the graph shows the "top" prices paid by English im orters for Irish, Danish, Canadian and American "Wiltshire sides" from ta o M rch, 1922, until November, 1923. The figures are those reported by the n Dominion Department of Agriculture in their weekly cables from London, ay Figures at the sides are in shillings per hundredweight of 112 pounds, Broken ell lines in the chart last fall indicate nominal prices reported. In the lower section are charted the average monthly prices for "select" ty hogs on the Toronto Stockyards, also reported by the Dominion Department of Agriculture in dollars per 100 lbs. Notice how closely they follow the main matte adian and Danish prices. And for this reason: Danish ex- ported bacon comes from hogs of which 85 per cent. rank firsts, and the quantity of their yield for which prices can therefore be atop» A staple food like bacon is very sl>fn sitive to conditions of des ismd and supply, such as those eketched below by Professor W. C. Mitchell, a world authority on commodity prices, "We commonly speak of the whole- sale price of articles f th were -only one unambiguous price for any one thing on a given day, how- ever this price may differ from one day to another. In fact, there are many different prices for every great staple, on every day it is dealt in.. . Of course, varying grades command varying prices and so as a rule do small loth; for the same grade in the sante quantities different prices are paid by the manufacturer, jobber and 'peal buyer; in different localities the prices paid by the various dealers are not the- same and •even in the same localities different dealers' of the same class do not all pay 'the same price to everyone from whom' they buy the same grade in the same quantity on the same day." He adds that the man who reports prices "must have suffi "TOP" BACON PRICES IN ENGLAND 1922 1923 line for Canadian bacon in England. • obtained, is relatively high. In fact, o thanks to their splendid uniformity, e the bulk of Danish bacon may be d reasonably put near the top quotation t mark. This is not so true of Canadian ba- con. As the percentage of our hogs grading "select" is smaller, uniform- ity in product is difficult to attain. Much of our bacon does not get the "top" prices. There is often a differ- ence of ten shillings below the cabled prices paid for a considerable part of the shipments. These facts should be known in the Dominion, for there is always a ten- dency natural in the circaunstances, for the seller of hogs to relate his prices to the prices he may fancy is - paid for all export bacon. The fact that the cabled reports are official A suggestion comes from Ohio that could well be adopted by the farm wives of Ontario. This suggestion is to prepare a score card and have the husband to carefully go over the kit- chen and measure its conveniences by points on the score card. For instance, fifteen of the 100 points of a perfect scorecard are awarded for kitchens having both hot and cold running water. One husband when he arrived at this point, ordered the proceedings stopped and moved immediately that water be piped to the kitchen, , and made arrangements to have available,. both hot and cold. After that the scoring continued and otherconven- iences were added as time and fine ances made them possible. The eight sections on the score card used allow the following points: The floor plan of arrangement, 15 points; light and ventilation, 16; floor and walls, 10; stove, 10; fuel, 9; water supply, 15; equipment, 15; storage, 10. Returns From Graded Hogs. An agricultural representative in close touch with the hog raising`situa- tion. in Bruce County,' Ontario, re ports that by shipping a carload of hogs on a graded basis the farmers who contributed the stock gained a ' rol imatel p- p y $80 over the flat rate of shipping which up to that time had been the rule. The load in9uestion Per cent. °se selects graded '75 p I and .the balance thick smooths,. When the crops of one season' Phave been laid away,,the. seeds for another should be 'considered. 4 makes one all the more ready to as- sume for the prices a degree of ac- curacy that they as a matter of fact cannot possess, taken only on one day in the week. tient technical knowledge to be sure that his quotations are for uniform qualities or to make the necessary ad- justments if changes have occurred requiring recognition. He must guard against the pitfalls of cash discount, premiums, rebates, deferred payments and allowances of all sorts." Now, the best Canadian bacon is as good as the best among Irish or Danish; of that packers and technical men are convinced. Yet there are many factors of public choice and pre- ailection for this or that kind. Con- sumers who have known a brand con- tinue to ask for, it; this is a benefit to the trade when once a brand is known. Irish and Danish markets haste profit- ed thereby. The :salient fact from the producer's point of view is that there is no reason in the world why the mass of Canadian bacon should not, by quadrupling our percentage of "se- lects" to the total, be improved In quality, uniformity and volume so that it may at least equal Danish. Music's Effect on Health and Happiness "Music," said Plato, "is a mora' law. It gives a soul to the universe wings to the mind, flight to the imag- ination, charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, andleads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate and eternal form." Certainly, if music is all that Plato says of it, it must have its place in restoring health to a morbid. and un- happy mind. Tt should be capable really of giving gaiety and life; and thus leading to. good ` and cheerful ug s,it.s ou renew the vigor of body and mind.:' Just now I ;:felt worn' and tired: Plato's' suggestion "'of eithei.c as " a moral law" made .me think of my j radio. Turning ''it on I ;find' myself listening to a dizzy "jazz" played by. some, unseen and far-atway, orchestra. f Plato probably had in,„ ,mind,,:.:: ome q higher' order of niusieal: expression, but l am`no' longer conscious. of fa- tigue 'There : is no 'doubt ' of the stitziulating and restful effects' Of even some 'modern music. It id a pity to live in such'a way that the universe is` without soul. If your •particular universe is ` dead, your own nature IS just as dead. Un-, less "there are wings for the mind and flights for the imagination u gt , you might as well be a batch of dough or- a lump a of putty, t "The secret of: happiness in life is to . i leave• a spirit, capable able of an ready". k for' .tin ht Pour water on the�d r $' wings of a butterfly and it is incipable of locomotion, and becomes no better than a dead insect. Did you ever attend a meeting of the Rotary, the Kiwanians or the Lions club? They sing the war songs, such as "Pack all your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, snailel" The members of the club have all came from business, with all its worries and perplexities. I ven- ture to say that many a man has grumbled to himself, "I just can't spare the time to -day I" Watch their faces! The tired lines fade away. The tightness' of ja s and muscles relaxes. ' The smiles and sparkling eyes . tell the story of rejuvenation. plate was right, music gives soul to the universe. Armies march to death to the music of military bands. If I were a police administrator I would try, music ,on mobs to see if it is not more effective than clubs. Plato may be right here, too. He' says music "is the essence of order, and leads to all. that is good, ust,.and beautiful." There 'is no doubt'' that the home where music is found is a more cheer- ul, a ,more agreeable, and, cense-. udntly, a healthier place. Music is an important .:factor in promoting mental and physical health.: `Let us have more of it! Grease e e se th Way. As a little axle.grease applied to PP the point of a nail will make it drive muc1 .easier in seasoned wood, so will a little' of the oil of human sympathy' stride interestmake the ways of life more smooth for those whose yokes' re heavy, Furthermore, as the g rease ends to prevent the nail from rusting . n the wood, so will the sympathy eep. alive • the fires of love and joy within our lives: ';r: THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSW FEBRUARY 3 What Israel Learned at'Sinai; 'Exod. 19: 1 to 24; 8; Lev., ch. 19: Deut. 4: 32-40. Golden Text -Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy.. soul, and with all thy might. Deut. 6:5. Thou shalt love thy'' neighbor' as thyself.—Lev. 19: 18. CONleameTIQN QF TZep seogn.—Th book of Exodus carries the story o the journey of the escaping Israelites as far as the encampment at Mount Horeb, or: Mount Sinai. Chapters 1:17 tells of the oppression' of the people the call of Moses, his interviews with Pharaoh, the beginning of the great journey, the crossing of the sea, and other incidents by the way. Chapter an 18 tells of the visit of Jethro, send the reunion of Moses with his wife and children at Mount Horeb, anticipating the account of his arrival there in the first verses of ch. 19. The remainder of the book (chs. 19-40) and Numbers (ch. 1-10) tell' the story of the events at Sinai, the giving- of the law, the building of the sanctuary, or tent - temple, and the organization of a sys tem of government and administration of justice, and of a priesthood. Moses appears as the great law- giver of Israel, and the • founder of Israel's national.life. God was 'king, and maker of law, and judge, and Moses was but God's servant. e.. side him." It was: just in ' the Or f years of the .seventh century, B.C,, that the people of Israel needed most Mount This was the unifying bond of Israel's national life. To this, the sanctuary of the wilderness bore testi- mony, for it was Jehovah's visible dwelling place in the midst of the en- campment. And Israel's richest in- heritance, and the richest gift she had to give to the world, was the sense of his presence with them, and his law which was to govern them. Deut. 4:32. Aslc now of the days that are past. There is some reason to believe that this book of Deuteron- omy is, in its present form, the work of prophets of the seventh century, disciples of Amos and Isaiah, who wrote for the instruction of the people of their day. They gather the stories of the past, more especially of Moses and the Exodus, and join them with a new edition of the ancient Mosaic laws. They are particularly anxious in so doing, to impress upon the peo- ple the goodness of their God, his great love, and his guiding hand, re- vealed in the story. Here, in the pas- sage before us, Moses is recalling the giving of the law at Sinai. (See vs. 8-14.) How wonderful it all was! Was ever such a story told before? Has any other nation such a God? , V. 33 Out of the midst of the fire. Compare Exod. 19: 16-18. As told in Exodus, a great storm of lightning and thunder accompanied the revela- tion of the law in the mountain. To the Hebrews, the thunder was always the voice of God, and thatwas lite name by which he called it, while the lightning was the flaming fire which flashed forth from his presence,' through the thick clouds which en- compassed him. See Deut. 4: 31 and 33:2: Judges 5:4, 5. Ps. 18:7-14. In these tremendous phenomena of ' na- ture, Moses recognizes the evidence of God's controlling power and his I unique revelation to Israel. Vs. 34, 35. He recalls also the great and terrifying events which had oc- l c curred in Egypt (Exod. chs. 5-11) be- ' i fore their escape from that country,Ii and declares that all these things were i c done that they might know "that the; Lord he is God; there is none else be- to learn this lesson. (See 2 Kings, ch. 42L) • Vs. 36-38. That he might instruct 'thee.. This, the prophetic writer be- lieves to have been God's great pur- pose' in all Israel's history. All that has happened, whether of good or. evil, has been made by him to be a discip- line, a means of instruction. So the prophets interpreted the events of their own day, Vs. 39, 40. Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart. Knowl- edge which is not laid to the heart is of Iittle value, Here the great lesson is that of the uniqueness and suprem- acy of God. He alone is Lord of heaven and of earth. Therefore should they "keep his statutes and his cam- ?nandments"; and so it would go well with them. The people of Israel were learning the first and simplest lessons of faith and obedience. Through them, we learn to recognize in every law of righteousness, in every principle of justice and of kindness, the law of God. And in Christ we learn that the fulfilling of all law, the highest. and crowning law, is love. APPLICATION. The effect of environment on reli- gion and life is too large a topic to discuss here, but "there is good fishing up that stream." We trace the story of the Hebrews, depressed by the "in- feriority complex" of slavery, through the discipline of the wilderness rigor, and note the hardening of moral fibre. Hardship, dependence, reverence, obe- dience, become master words in their vocabulary. They tell us the line of civilization is moving ever steadily northward. To it because the languor of the lotus lands becomes a non- conductor of the divine voice, and that men in hardship find God because they e' need him and seeking ever find? Per- haps the ideal will be found in a con- dition of wholesome toil amid sur-. roundings of sublimity, amid a "won- ,a derful out-of-doors of inspiring moun- . tains, virgin lakes and streams and wild flowers, where people are happy at their work, play with enthusiasnm,4 and seem to have absorbed some the fineness, the beauty, and the large- ness of the land in which they live." A People of Destiny, If Sinai gives us a revealing glimpse of the truth that in the laws of nature "the hand of God hath written legibly;" even more clearly does it show that God works through history. "If ye will obey any voice . . ye shall be an holy nation." When the people answered together "all that" the Lord hath spoken we will do," there was inaug- urated the beginning of civil liberty, and of democratic rule. Step by step Israel is prepared to become the peo- ple of God, for the benefit of the whole world. Inspired by God, organization, itizenship, civil and moral Iaws, and nstitutions of worship become factors n the birth and growth of a national ommonwealth, from which alf • pop- ular government, such as we have in Canada, had since emanated. r'--"– -e THE CHILDREN'S H®UR THE LITTLE BOY'S DREAM. It was all dark outside, and, oh so quiet. Only once in a while did the big yellow moon peek out from be- hind the clouds to make spooky shad- ows on the earth. •b The little boy went to bed early, for h after tramping in the woods all day with his father, he was very tired. "What a fine pet Bruin will be when, b I get himtrained," thought the little' t boy. "We will have big times like II and Rover used to have. I believe I' u can hitch him to my little wagon." Right then the little boy's eyes went h shut and he was off for Dreamland. To -night it was different than he had ed and jerked on the rope and led him a long way off through the woods, and shut him up in a little shanty. He was tired, hungry and thirsty, 'but could neither eat nor drink be- cause of the horrid {nuzzle. The bed was so hard and cold, he could not even sleep. And then! Bl-bu-bang! "Oh my, where am I?" asked the surprised little boy rubbing his eyes. Looking around, he found he had een sleeping on the floor. He felt of is foot and it really wasn't hurt at all. It had all been a dream. "Bears do have feelings, just like boys and girls," thought the little oy. "We treated .Bruin so mean yes- erday. I never want to hitch him to my cart. Just as soon as the sun is p .I am going to skip out and un- asten Bruin's chain so he can go ome, wherever that is." And he did. Bruin couldn't quite understand it 11, but , he winked and blinked his Banks to the little boy es he limped ff toward the woods. a ever seen it before. There'were trees, t oh so many, and there were houses o among them The queer thing about it was that animals lived in these houses. They even came up to talk to him and he was surprised to find that he could er talk to them. But the biggest surprise d of all carne when he looked down at s Get the Ice Hook. One of the ways in which the farm may employ winter days to aid, uring the hot busy weeke of the unimertime, is to put up an ample apply of ice. Each "summer a large ercentage of farmers deeeare them=, himself and found that he was cover- S' ed with a coat of fur. He felt of his P face and found a long snout where his nose had been. His earswere little sharp wooley ones. "Why, I really am not a boy at all," he thought, "I am a bear." He rather enjoyed this new change. at first and stopped : and talked with all the animal folks he met. But as he was walking off among the big trees, all alone, something suddenly grabbed his foot. My! how it did hurt, and . he cried with pain, Poking the leaves away with his other paw he found that his right one had been caught in his father's big trap. ' "Oh, daddy, daddy, help me. I am in your trap," he cried. It was a long timebefore a man came, but it was not his father. The little boy tried'to tell what he wanted; but the man did net .seem to under- stand. Roughly put he uta nuzzle with a long rope fastened to ie, on the boy's head and let him out of the trap. Still he could not get away. The': man pull selees that the following, win ter they , will certainly put in such`.* a store. However when winter comes this joh is delayed until too late. It is important to have 'ever cling Y g in readiness when the water has fro- zen to sufficient depth to' be harvested. •' Erecting loading platforms„ repairing ' of the ice -house and providing an ample supply of dry hay or sawdust should be seen to at once. All tools, such as saws, picks and other Imple- ments needed,a should also be ready for use on a moment's notice. Iee, like otheitis fitr crops., must be harvested when The organized marketing of farm products can become efficient and, ef- fective only when backed by a well= balanced production 'program. In; gradually increasingthe number of good cowe we are following the course of older civiliz ytioe where the cow is indispensable.. w S1 -'y+ 110 er April May June July Aug. Sept.Oct Nov. Dec 'Jen. Alb. Mar, Apl. May June July Aug. Sept Oct. Nov Dec. ings 160 I .a0 160 iso V 140 yr CANADIANIlla Iso � tl' 140 I20 -� 130• `�'�' 110 s'''''I�ER 110 Ivo . l� ` ` c 4 I00 60 �o Boson prices in England in shillings Percwl of 112 11,$\_____ SOi >o $ 15 Mer. Apt. Ma y Juno July Aug Sept. aei. Nov One. Jan. Feb M.rApl May Jure July Aug Sop+ Oct. Nov. Dec 14 15 IS 14 12 N., 1a 12 10 II 9 0 6 G ' Hog prices ITorontol Oollyr. per 100 lbs "Set de' 6 7 line for Canadian bacon in England. • obtained, is relatively high. In fact, o thanks to their splendid uniformity, e the bulk of Danish bacon may be d reasonably put near the top quotation t mark. This is not so true of Canadian ba- con. As the percentage of our hogs grading "select" is smaller, uniform- ity in product is difficult to attain. Much of our bacon does not get the "top" prices. There is often a differ- ence of ten shillings below the cabled prices paid for a considerable part of the shipments. These facts should be known in the Dominion, for there is always a ten- dency natural in the circaunstances, for the seller of hogs to relate his prices to the prices he may fancy is - paid for all export bacon. The fact that the cabled reports are official A suggestion comes from Ohio that could well be adopted by the farm wives of Ontario. This suggestion is to prepare a score card and have the husband to carefully go over the kit- chen and measure its conveniences by points on the score card. For instance, fifteen of the 100 points of a perfect scorecard are awarded for kitchens having both hot and cold running water. One husband when he arrived at this point, ordered the proceedings stopped and moved immediately that water be piped to the kitchen, , and made arrangements to have available,. both hot and cold. After that the scoring continued and otherconven- iences were added as time and fine ances made them possible. The eight sections on the score card used allow the following points: The floor plan of arrangement, 15 points; light and ventilation, 16; floor and walls, 10; stove, 10; fuel, 9; water supply, 15; equipment, 15; storage, 10. Returns From Graded Hogs. An agricultural representative in close touch with the hog raising`situa- tion. in Bruce County,' Ontario, re ports that by shipping a carload of hogs on a graded basis the farmers who contributed the stock gained a ' rol imatel p- p y $80 over the flat rate of shipping which up to that time had been the rule. The load in9uestion Per cent. °se selects graded '75 p I and .the balance thick smooths,. When the crops of one season' Phave been laid away,,the. seeds for another should be 'considered. 4 makes one all the more ready to as- sume for the prices a degree of ac- curacy that they as a matter of fact cannot possess, taken only on one day in the week. tient technical knowledge to be sure that his quotations are for uniform qualities or to make the necessary ad- justments if changes have occurred requiring recognition. He must guard against the pitfalls of cash discount, premiums, rebates, deferred payments and allowances of all sorts." Now, the best Canadian bacon is as good as the best among Irish or Danish; of that packers and technical men are convinced. Yet there are many factors of public choice and pre- ailection for this or that kind. Con- sumers who have known a brand con- tinue to ask for, it; this is a benefit to the trade when once a brand is known. Irish and Danish markets haste profit- ed thereby. The :salient fact from the producer's point of view is that there is no reason in the world why the mass of Canadian bacon should not, by quadrupling our percentage of "se- lects" to the total, be improved In quality, uniformity and volume so that it may at least equal Danish. Music's Effect on Health and Happiness "Music," said Plato, "is a mora' law. It gives a soul to the universe wings to the mind, flight to the imag- ination, charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, andleads to all that is good, just and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate and eternal form." Certainly, if music is all that Plato says of it, it must have its place in restoring health to a morbid. and un- happy mind. Tt should be capable really of giving gaiety and life; and thus leading to. good ` and cheerful ug s,it.s ou renew the vigor of body and mind.:' Just now I ;:felt worn' and tired: Plato's' suggestion "'of eithei.c as " a moral law" made .me think of my j radio. Turning ''it on I ;find' myself listening to a dizzy "jazz" played by. some, unseen and far-atway, orchestra. f Plato probably had in,„ ,mind,,:.:: ome q higher' order of niusieal: expression, but l am`no' longer conscious. of fa- tigue 'There : is no 'doubt ' of the stitziulating and restful effects' Of even some 'modern music. It id a pity to live in such'a way that the universe is` without soul. If your •particular universe is ` dead, your own nature IS just as dead. Un-, less "there are wings for the mind and flights for the imagination u gt , you might as well be a batch of dough or- a lump a of putty, t "The secret of: happiness in life is to . i leave• a spirit, capable able of an ready". k for' .tin ht Pour water on the�d r $' wings of a butterfly and it is incipable of locomotion, and becomes no better than a dead insect. Did you ever attend a meeting of the Rotary, the Kiwanians or the Lions club? They sing the war songs, such as "Pack all your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, snailel" The members of the club have all came from business, with all its worries and perplexities. I ven- ture to say that many a man has grumbled to himself, "I just can't spare the time to -day I" Watch their faces! The tired lines fade away. The tightness' of ja s and muscles relaxes. ' The smiles and sparkling eyes . tell the story of rejuvenation. plate was right, music gives soul to the universe. Armies march to death to the music of military bands. If I were a police administrator I would try, music ,on mobs to see if it is not more effective than clubs. Plato may be right here, too. He' says music "is the essence of order, and leads to all. that is good, ust,.and beautiful." There 'is no doubt'' that the home where music is found is a more cheer- ul, a ,more agreeable, and, cense-. udntly, a healthier place. Music is an important .:factor in promoting mental and physical health.: `Let us have more of it! Grease e e se th Way. As a little axle.grease applied to PP the point of a nail will make it drive muc1 .easier in seasoned wood, so will a little' of the oil of human sympathy' stride interestmake the ways of life more smooth for those whose yokes' re heavy, Furthermore, as the g rease ends to prevent the nail from rusting . n the wood, so will the sympathy eep. alive • the fires of love and joy within our lives: ';r: THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSW FEBRUARY 3 What Israel Learned at'Sinai; 'Exod. 19: 1 to 24; 8; Lev., ch. 19: Deut. 4: 32-40. Golden Text -Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy.. soul, and with all thy might. Deut. 6:5. Thou shalt love thy'' neighbor' as thyself.—Lev. 19: 18. CONleameTIQN QF TZep seogn.—Th book of Exodus carries the story o the journey of the escaping Israelites as far as the encampment at Mount Horeb, or: Mount Sinai. Chapters 1:17 tells of the oppression' of the people the call of Moses, his interviews with Pharaoh, the beginning of the great journey, the crossing of the sea, and other incidents by the way. Chapter an 18 tells of the visit of Jethro, send the reunion of Moses with his wife and children at Mount Horeb, anticipating the account of his arrival there in the first verses of ch. 19. The remainder of the book (chs. 19-40) and Numbers (ch. 1-10) tell' the story of the events at Sinai, the giving- of the law, the building of the sanctuary, or tent - temple, and the organization of a sys tem of government and administration of justice, and of a priesthood. Moses appears as the great law- giver of Israel, and the • founder of Israel's national.life. God was 'king, and maker of law, and judge, and Moses was but God's servant. e.. side him." It was: just in ' the Or f years of the .seventh century, B.C,, that the people of Israel needed most Mount This was the unifying bond of Israel's national life. To this, the sanctuary of the wilderness bore testi- mony, for it was Jehovah's visible dwelling place in the midst of the en- campment. And Israel's richest in- heritance, and the richest gift she had to give to the world, was the sense of his presence with them, and his law which was to govern them. Deut. 4:32. Aslc now of the days that are past. There is some reason to believe that this book of Deuteron- omy is, in its present form, the work of prophets of the seventh century, disciples of Amos and Isaiah, who wrote for the instruction of the people of their day. They gather the stories of the past, more especially of Moses and the Exodus, and join them with a new edition of the ancient Mosaic laws. They are particularly anxious in so doing, to impress upon the peo- ple the goodness of their God, his great love, and his guiding hand, re- vealed in the story. Here, in the pas- sage before us, Moses is recalling the giving of the law at Sinai. (See vs. 8-14.) How wonderful it all was! Was ever such a story told before? Has any other nation such a God? , V. 33 Out of the midst of the fire. Compare Exod. 19: 16-18. As told in Exodus, a great storm of lightning and thunder accompanied the revela- tion of the law in the mountain. To the Hebrews, the thunder was always the voice of God, and thatwas lite name by which he called it, while the lightning was the flaming fire which flashed forth from his presence,' through the thick clouds which en- compassed him. See Deut. 4: 31 and 33:2: Judges 5:4, 5. Ps. 18:7-14. In these tremendous phenomena of ' na- ture, Moses recognizes the evidence of God's controlling power and his I unique revelation to Israel. Vs. 34, 35. He recalls also the great and terrifying events which had oc- l c curred in Egypt (Exod. chs. 5-11) be- ' i fore their escape from that country,Ii and declares that all these things were i c done that they might know "that the; Lord he is God; there is none else be- to learn this lesson. (See 2 Kings, ch. 42L) • Vs. 36-38. That he might instruct 'thee.. This, the prophetic writer be- lieves to have been God's great pur- pose' in all Israel's history. All that has happened, whether of good or. evil, has been made by him to be a discip- line, a means of instruction. So the prophets interpreted the events of their own day, Vs. 39, 40. Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart. Knowl- edge which is not laid to the heart is of Iittle value, Here the great lesson is that of the uniqueness and suprem- acy of God. He alone is Lord of heaven and of earth. Therefore should they "keep his statutes and his cam- ?nandments"; and so it would go well with them. The people of Israel were learning the first and simplest lessons of faith and obedience. Through them, we learn to recognize in every law of righteousness, in every principle of justice and of kindness, the law of God. And in Christ we learn that the fulfilling of all law, the highest. and crowning law, is love. APPLICATION. The effect of environment on reli- gion and life is too large a topic to discuss here, but "there is good fishing up that stream." We trace the story of the Hebrews, depressed by the "in- feriority complex" of slavery, through the discipline of the wilderness rigor, and note the hardening of moral fibre. Hardship, dependence, reverence, obe- dience, become master words in their vocabulary. They tell us the line of civilization is moving ever steadily northward. To it because the languor of the lotus lands becomes a non- conductor of the divine voice, and that men in hardship find God because they e' need him and seeking ever find? Per- haps the ideal will be found in a con- dition of wholesome toil amid sur-. roundings of sublimity, amid a "won- ,a derful out-of-doors of inspiring moun- . tains, virgin lakes and streams and wild flowers, where people are happy at their work, play with enthusiasnm,4 and seem to have absorbed some the fineness, the beauty, and the large- ness of the land in which they live." A People of Destiny, If Sinai gives us a revealing glimpse of the truth that in the laws of nature "the hand of God hath written legibly;" even more clearly does it show that God works through history. "If ye will obey any voice . . ye shall be an holy nation." When the people answered together "all that" the Lord hath spoken we will do," there was inaug- urated the beginning of civil liberty, and of democratic rule. Step by step Israel is prepared to become the peo- ple of God, for the benefit of the whole world. Inspired by God, organization, itizenship, civil and moral Iaws, and nstitutions of worship become factors n the birth and growth of a national ommonwealth, from which alf • pop- ular government, such as we have in Canada, had since emanated. r'--"– -e THE CHILDREN'S H®UR THE LITTLE BOY'S DREAM. It was all dark outside, and, oh so quiet. Only once in a while did the big yellow moon peek out from be- hind the clouds to make spooky shad- ows on the earth. •b The little boy went to bed early, for h after tramping in the woods all day with his father, he was very tired. "What a fine pet Bruin will be when, b I get himtrained," thought the little' t boy. "We will have big times like II and Rover used to have. I believe I' u can hitch him to my little wagon." Right then the little boy's eyes went h shut and he was off for Dreamland. To -night it was different than he had ed and jerked on the rope and led him a long way off through the woods, and shut him up in a little shanty. He was tired, hungry and thirsty, 'but could neither eat nor drink be- cause of the horrid {nuzzle. The bed was so hard and cold, he could not even sleep. And then! Bl-bu-bang! "Oh my, where am I?" asked the surprised little boy rubbing his eyes. Looking around, he found he had een sleeping on the floor. He felt of is foot and it really wasn't hurt at all. It had all been a dream. "Bears do have feelings, just like boys and girls," thought the little oy. "We treated .Bruin so mean yes- erday. I never want to hitch him to my cart. Just as soon as the sun is p .I am going to skip out and un- asten Bruin's chain so he can go ome, wherever that is." And he did. Bruin couldn't quite understand it 11, but , he winked and blinked his Banks to the little boy es he limped ff toward the woods. a ever seen it before. There'were trees, t oh so many, and there were houses o among them The queer thing about it was that animals lived in these houses. They even came up to talk to him and he was surprised to find that he could er talk to them. But the biggest surprise d of all carne when he looked down at s Get the Ice Hook. One of the ways in which the farm may employ winter days to aid, uring the hot busy weeke of the unimertime, is to put up an ample apply of ice. Each "summer a large ercentage of farmers deeeare them=, himself and found that he was cover- S' ed with a coat of fur. He felt of his P face and found a long snout where his nose had been. His earswere little sharp wooley ones. "Why, I really am not a boy at all," he thought, "I am a bear." He rather enjoyed this new change. at first and stopped : and talked with all the animal folks he met. But as he was walking off among the big trees, all alone, something suddenly grabbed his foot. My! how it did hurt, and . he cried with pain, Poking the leaves away with his other paw he found that his right one had been caught in his father's big trap. ' "Oh, daddy, daddy, help me. I am in your trap," he cried. It was a long timebefore a man came, but it was not his father. The little boy tried'to tell what he wanted; but the man did net .seem to under- stand. Roughly put he uta nuzzle with a long rope fastened to ie, on the boy's head and let him out of the trap. Still he could not get away. The': man pull selees that the following, win ter they , will certainly put in such`.* a store. However when winter comes this joh is delayed until too late. It is important to have 'ever cling Y g in readiness when the water has fro- zen to sufficient depth to' be harvested. •' Erecting loading platforms„ repairing ' of the ice -house and providing an ample supply of dry hay or sawdust should be seen to at once. All tools, such as saws, picks and other Imple- ments needed,a should also be ready for use on a moment's notice. Iee, like otheitis fitr crops., must be harvested when The organized marketing of farm products can become efficient and, ef- fective only when backed by a well= balanced production 'program. In; gradually increasingthe number of good cowe we are following the course of older civiliz ytioe where the cow is indispensable..