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"The Child's First School Is the Family"—Froebo#.t
Teaching Definite Tasks ----Ry Edith Lochridge Reid
Children learn to love work quite a load of blocks is lots of fun.
as well as play if the mother uses teal So from caring for toys he. can
and wisdom in assigning the first learn to hang up his coat. Be sure
little personal tasks. But a child must there is a hook low down and in an
assumed duties and responsibilities easily accessible place, He will early
gradually. It will be useless to pick learn to put all his clothes away, and
up baby's toys for two or three years thus become a real helper, for as every
and then suddenly some day under. mother will admit, picking up the
rato
continually be forked toward the front' Pby Post Card,
if the house has no back windows, ,• .
The ventilator for the house can •he Fifty postal cards turned thirty
of galvanized • pipe or wood about bushels. of potatoes into cash for 'elan
twelve or fourteen inches, wide, and; Martin, a farmer of my community,
it is found that the wood ventilator is! Itiaat•tin had stored his crop, hoping for
best. This t, of ,ventilation bellies" a higher market, but, when spring `,:---^--
to take the moisture from the straw: tonne there was even less demand, and
and should attend to eighteen incheai he faced the probability of losing his
THE SUNDAY SC11O01. LESSO
froze the floor, • Sunnier ventilators surplus entirely,
He obtained from his grocer a list
ton be placede in the roof tr near. reduce
of regular customers and addressed
to -of the ventilator shaft r ice �' s'
p e to edi to each a postal card:`
Leave a Dollar 13111
in the house, which results from the at Hihnan's . Grocery
stress of conditions, announce to him, children's clothing from places where windows in the roof. any time this week and you
that he must do it himself. Not only; it has been strewn, demands many Enough roosts should be provided will receive a bushel of font
will be rebel at the discipline of the! hours of time in the course of a year. in a poultryhouse to allow eight y
P �. farm -flavored potatoes..
task,, but he will be really bothered There isn't a doubt but that very inches per bird;' The roosts should be: Irish Cobblers—Green Mountains
about how to go about it and just small children can be trained to do nine inches from the front of the` State your choice.
where everything belongs. many tasks successfully—cften sur- dropping boards and nine incites from
v o hap -r "Within four days the grocer noti-
asA better method is to start as salsa prising a casual observer � h P the back and they should be foatteen:�
Bobbie can'.get around well en his pe; s to drop in during their per- inches apart. Old sheds or sheep barns fled me by phone that orders amount;
feet by himself. Pick up the toy dog for mance but who has not been a can sometime- be used for poultry ing to $19 had been left at the store,"
and say, "Now let's put Fuzzy-wuzzy witness to the gradual development. houses by using a straw loft for yens Martin explained. "Next morning I
in the corner of the box here, That's' However, two important points must tifation. The waste oil from a crank -delivered 19 bushels of potatoes di
his home." Bobbie is bound to be be remembered in this phase of train- case is fine to kill mites. The nests rest to these customers' cellars with -
interested. The next day when play-, ing, the tasks must be taught one at should be a foot square and hinged to out further correspondence. At the
time is over suggest that Bobbie take' a time until thoroughly learned, and the wall, and about one nest to six end of two weeks I sold 11 bushels:
Fuzzy-wuzzy home all alone. He will they must be made a part of the daily birds is a sa.tisfactery ratio. more in this manner, and was forced
to return three orders because my
supply web exhausted.
'Upon my cards I stated variety,
Insist that the dog be put away. Then' Any lapse in the program is fatal to gaality and price. The manner of pay-
dd one other toy_ Bobbie can lay' success. , The shady part of the garden that ment I found to be more convenient
the heat in summer, This
proves quite
necessary, due to the increase of 'heat'
be as proud as anything to do this' routine. It is useless to have baby
little task. So for several weeks let pick up the toy dog two days a week
this bit of work grow into a habit! and mother do it the rest of the time.
A Gorgeous Flower for
Shady Spots.
APRIL 6
The Kingd'Orn Rent Asunder, 1 Kings 12 1 . to 16: 28.
Golden. Text—Pride Goethe before destruction, and an
haughty spirit before a f all.,' -. ;Prov. 16: 18.
CONTINUATION OP THP] ' STORY --The men, who had known David and the
kingdom which seemed to have been so
firmly established by. Saul and David,
fell apart after the death of Solomon.
The immediate cause c.` the disruption
was the heavy burden of taxation and
of forced labor laid upon the -people
by Solomon, from which his own tribe
of Judah seems to have been partially
exempt (see the. 4: 7-19, 27, 28; 5:
13-18; 9;15-23).
Not only did Solomon alienate the
freedom -loving people of Israel by his
heavy burdens, but he displeased the
prophets also by his folly in filling his
harem with foreign wires who "turn- of which was armed with sharp frag
ed away his heart after other gods," ments of stone or metal;'
and in building altars and sanctum.- V. 15. Brought about of the Lord,
ies for these false gods. The wisdom (Rev. Ver.). This was what the pro-
of his earlier - and better years was phet had predicted as the punishment
submerged in this later extravagance of Solomon's sins (ch. 11:9-13, 31)
and folly. And so, the historian says, and the historian sees in - it both the
"The Lord was angry with Solomon folly of mane and the overruling pro -
because his heart was =turned away vidence, of God.
early days of Solomon, advised "good
words"; the younger men, who had
grown up. with Re hoboani in the
t lux-
ry and extravagance of Solo -`
later reign, advised hardness al +,
solent threats of still heavier burdens, -
Their foolish counsel prevailed.
V. 1.4. Scorpions. The scorpion is a
spider like animal, sometimes as much
as six inches in length, with a sting in
its tail which inflicts a very painful
wound. Itis probably used here fig-
uratively, but there may have been.
a 'whip called by that name, the la,
this time carry one tinder each z rm, { In employing such a method in child will not grow even decent grass can for the customer than remitting by from the Lord." This was the reason 1,T, 16. To your tents, 0 Israel, This
which is a big achievement in his: training we are only making use of a be made beautiful by the use of the mail. There was no shipping expense why the prophet Abijah went to Jero- was the war cry of Israel also in the
eyes psychological principle as old as the, tuberous begonia. So long as a bit• except the drive to town with team booze, a young lean of. Ephraim and a time of David and the tribe of Judah
r
The o: which applies to of the can either the earlyand wagon, My only cash outlay se vane of
int is, stick to ono thing—, human race, and onee ground gety war . ceomon, ww
oo as in
p„ charge of the labor of Ephraim and
tench just one task until it la so well adults as well as children; we all like morning or late afternoon sun, or for, 50 cents for postal cards."—F, R. Manasseh, and stirred him up to re-
learned that it is no trouble for the'. to do things that we' can do well, and an hours duration during the middle a volt against the king, ch. 11: 26-40,
child to da it. Later he can haul' we learn to do things easily and pro- of the day, a bed of tuberous begonias. O.A.C. No. 144 Oat. There was no doubt also the addition -
several toys in his little red wagon—' perly by doing then often, planted there will bring charming. . el reason that the prophets, who were
results. This plant does for the shady; The O.A.C. No. 144 oat was obtain- always champions of the rights and
spot what the geranium does for the ed from the Siberian variety through liberties of the people, were against
sunny location, but it, does more be- nursery plant selection. This oat, oppression by the rich and great,
Why the Baby E3eliohved,
Welt Cub -"Mau, 1 think the baby
swallowed that little bell. Shall I
stake her and see:"'
1st Hamilton Has Good Gane.
A game in :nap reading and drawing
tipped the programme at a recent
meeting of the crack lst Hamilton
Troop. an.l was telh vied by a game
in which discs were arranged on
squared paper. In the latter game the
boys were given two seconds to look
at the arrangement of the discs, after
which each patrol went back to its
own corner and tried to place similar
cin c:= in the same order on other
squares. In this the Ravens and the
Owls tied.
A Strenuous Task.
Customer --"Sixty cents seems very
high for eggs. Haven't you any cheap-
er ones?"
Scout Poultry Farmer—"No, ma'am,
I'ni rorty I haven't. You see it's very
expensive producing them. One egg
is a whole day's work for a ben."
Scouts in Safety Work.
The Boy Scouts are co-operating
with the Ontario Safety League in ac-
cident prevention wc.rk. A recent in-
stance is their activity in broadcast-
ing a Safety League warning about
the danger people, and particularly
children, were exposing themselves to
iu climbing out an the great ice hum-
mocks formed along the shores of the
Great Lakes this winter. At some
points Scouts with lariat rapes patrol-
led the shores where these formations
were particularly attractive to the
venturesome.
As He Understood.
Patrol Leader—`Heat expands and
cold contracts. Give me an example.”
Tenderfoot—"In summer the days
are very long; while in winter they
are short."
What Scouting Is.
Baden-Powell says: "Scouting is a
game in which elder brothers can give
their younger brothers healthy en-
vironment and encourage then to
healthy activities such as will help to
develop citizenship.
"Its strangest appeal is through
Nature Study and Woodcraft. It deals
with the individual and not with the
company. It raises intellectual as well
as purely physical or purely moral
qualities. .At first it used to aim for
these ends --now by experience it is
anown that where properly handled,
It gains them."
Service.
Itecruit---"The Scoutmaster says I
ani to get my uniform from you."
Quartermaster—"Sure, Buddy. How
win gem have It—too large or too
swan et
POULTRY
Birds require more air than other cause of the variety of colors secured which il;atures about the same tinge as Ch. 12;12. All the people. Ten tribes
animals and a poultry house must and the greater beauty of the foliage. the Banner, has a spreading head, followed Jeroboam, and Judah only re- death. The king fled to Jerusalem.
The tuberous begonia cannot be used white rain and less than the average seamed faithful to the son of Solomon. Vs. 19, 20. Tinto the congrecgatit - ..
have dryness light and ventilation per cent of hull found in oats The It seems, however, that some part of P y ,
froin ,which it sprang, must look out
for themselves.
Vs. 17, 18. Adoram; or "Adoniram"
(ch. 4:6 and 5:14), had been chief
minister of Solomon in charge of the
levy of forced labor, and so was bit-
terly hated. The Icing was almost un-
believably foolish in the choice of so
unpopular a messenger. Instead of
listening to him, the stoned him to
g < g A representative assembly was called'
straw is strong and it has .proven to the people of Benjamin must also in the old democratic way, and Jere -
during the hot part of the day have stayed with Judah (see ch. 12: beam was chosen icing over the revolt -
farm flock would be one laying -house the leaves are apt to curl up and l be en excellent yielder of grain. 21). The old feud between Judah and ing tribes.
and one brooder house. The brooder wither. When tested an thirty-two farms the other tribes was revived. It had APPLICATION,
house can be ten feet wide and ten; The tuberous begonia has been'situated in twenty-one different coon- commenced with the adherence of The essential quality in evert/ one
fees deep, built on skids and this is greatly developed in recent years. ties in Ontario in 1923, it outyielded Judah to David, as against the son of who would be a leader• of his people, --
a large enough load for a team when The best varieties produce flowers the O.A.C. No. 72 by 5,7 bushels, the Saul who was chosen by the rest of supreme regard. for their welfar c.L If
the house is moved to clean soil for from four to six inches across and Q.A.C. No. 3 by 10.3, and the Liberty Israel to succeed his father on the a king regards his soldiers as "fodder
the growing of the chicks, bloom from July until frost takes Hiltless oat 'by 17.3 bushels of grain throne, and was strengthened in the for cannon"; if a public man regards
The dirt floor in laying -house is e - them off. They require rich soil. per acre. In triplicate plot tests at bitterconflict
andn the wothich
tiarose ibes after ene the
electors as palitics f the zpinow vs in n shee
carrier of disease, u.� es fisc or six When the space is reaelzeci by the the College in the average of the last suppression of the rebellion of Ab- roan in seeking an office is petty. ri-
inches of the soil are removed and roots of trees, they need plenty of five years, it surpassed the O.A.C. No. salon, 2 Sam. chs. 20 and 21. It would bition, the love of the limelight, or
replaced each year. Board floors are moisture. If started in light soil in 72 by 4.3 and the Banner by 5,6 bush- now have broken into open war but personal vanity ---all such have Be-
all right, but expensive. Concrete pots or flats set in a warm place at els of • grain per acre. During this for the intervention of a peacemaker stroyed the possibility of genuine ser -
II the economical inh the first of April they will be almost five-year periods the straw of this in the person of the prophet Shema- vice, by their selfish outlook.
The ideal equipment qfor the small in an open location facing the sun.
l e" a because
ser -
floors are e most the
end. Fill in with field stone about six ready to bud by the first of June, but variety lodged less than either the iah, vs. 21-24. The third day. See v. Jesus said in mocking • irony. that
inebes, to break the rise of capillary; some growers prefer to plant the tub- O,A.C, No., 72 or Banner oats. 6. The people had assembled at She- those great ones who exacted tribute
Tills. new oat, originated by the De chem. The choice of Shechem, near from others were called "benefactors."
moisture, An asphalt top ori tin,? 3'oor' ers direct in the soil early iii. May or
i the border between the territories of ,But among his disciples he was o oe
helps to keep it dry. All of the floors' as soon as the ground would be ready pertinent of Field Husbandry of the. Ephrtim and Manasseh, one of the counted greatest' who rendered the
in the contest houses are covered with for potatoes. _ 1 Ontario Agricultural College, will be. most important of the older cities of mast extensive human service.
a thin layer of asphalt aver the cern- The plants should be set 12 to 15 one of the varieties of oats distributed; Israel, instead of Jerusalem, the city Jesus is our leader always, becauee
ent. The asphalt paint is put on cold inches apart, about ,2 to 11 inches this spring for co-operative, tests bell of David, as the place of meeting was be studied the welfare of others:. d
and allowed to harden for about three' deep, with the hollow side of the the Agricultural and Experimental the first gvtiiptom of revolt. Jeroboam,' gave himself to the bitterness a : a
days and this keeps down the capil-� tuber uppermost. Tuberous begonia came thither at their invitation. He fellowship with God. Our most illus-
lary water. , plants as well as dormant tubers are give this .oat a trial will receive seed}
A poultry house which is giving thequently offered as premiums for by making application to the Secre-+ of thin forces immediatelyrecognized
ecogniz t as
leader e , like lead Luthetd, helpers
of mankind,
and u
good satisfaction, has a height of mozribership in the horticultural so -
nine
tory of the Experimental Union fors sented their complaint and petition thousand others, were impelled to
nine feet, "The back wall is four feet eicties. By this irrears the tuberous the Oat Experiment..The supply oft for the lightening of their burdens, to their tasks by the thought of the need
six inches, and the front wall three begonia has become well known in seed of this variety is limited and!the Icing, He asked for three days to of the people, and in the overwhelm-,
feet six inches. The roof lights are many ports of the province that consequently is available only to co- consider, and in the meantime sought ing desire to minister to these needs
operative experimenters, advice of his counsellors. The older in the spirit of Jesus.
Union, Any farmer who wishes to who had been a fugitive in Egypt,, cross that he might 'bring me , into
of green sash to give an even distri- they might not otherwise have reach-
bution of light throughout the house. ed. The surface of the soil should be
There are back windows to prevent kept stirred during the summer and
the litter from stacking up near the a dressing of bonemeal or other ma -
back of the house and help in sum-
mer ventilation. Hens face the light
when they scratch and the litter must
Sacrifice of Dairy Calves.
A saving of heifer calves from
h evy milking cows kept for produc-
ing milk for city trade, was urged at
the Dairy Cattle Conference recently
held in Ottawa. An enormous sacri-
Cce of good dairy stock is said to re-
sult from the present practice where-
by dairymen in many eases depend
upon buying to replenish their herds
instead of rearing the heifers from
good cows. Cases were instanced of
znan• carloads a year of the vely best.
cows being bought up and shipped out
et' eerl:ain counties in Ontario to re-
p.enish commercial milking herds, t
tinder this system the cows no longer
produce the progeny they are capable
of producing, which is so much needed.
I t was urged that means be found for
inducing milk producing farmers to.
use improved bulls only, and to en -
Courage the organization of heifer
clubs among the boys and girls for
tasking over and rearing heifer ealves.
I thank heaven that I was born
poor.-- Sir Ernest Pollock.
mere, preferrably from the poultry The hog may not be thoroughly
yard, applied from time to time.— posted in arithmetic, but when you
Ontario Horticultural Association. come to square root he is there,
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PACIFIC COAST FISHERIES TRADE WITH ORIEhl
Number 1-•C7nloadiug fish by elevator at Port Alberni. Number 2—Captain R. 13: T3enett, skippei. of the.
steamcr Princess Fina, whi la has carried 12,000 tons of Salt herring this season from i3.a.i:clay'Sound to reneouvei
"Vzzn'e•4- sit rn'of �'.
t-
for tram -shipment to the. Orient.. Number 3---•Catta.fla.0 Pacific .S:S:.Princess Elia. i a u r SY .c 1 awes,..
P
_� ; � , •..-. barrels ready f r expert.
.-�g the herring. Number 5 Bingen,, flylz from scow to dock. NuuibeiU Product in o tc�,
Keep a Memorandum. r'
A few days back we had the pleas-
ure of discussing fare problems with
one of the most methodical and effi-
cient farmers of our acquaintance.
Among the various means this ---1
farmer uses to keep himself and his
help employed in season and out, dur A physisian passing our home as
ing good weather and bad, is to have I was working in my garden, remark -
always with him a memorandum book ed, as he pointed to a flourishing onion
in which ho marks down, any sugges- bed, "We medical men are seldCn1..
tens that may come to bine or any called oto homes where plenty of than u
jobs that need doing. These jobs are grow'
classified as winter or summer jobs,
rainy or fair weather jobs.
The real advantage coming to this
man through his system, is that lie is
able to leave present with him at all
GARDEN CONSERVES
HEALTH
Possibly there is much of truth in
that statement. We have always had
a good garden and very seldom hurl
doctors Our children grew to *n.en-
hood and wornanhood w=ithout ever
times a reminder of the things needed needing medical attention. No hea•l-
doing, . and, also, the best suggestions aches at our house. %
of the. hours when his brain is in the It is hard, of course, to find tine«
fittest condition to think clearly of to work gardens es they should bo,
the duties and obligations before him. especially where hired help is unoo-
-1Vith a vocation which must meet tamable. We rise early and eau the+
day's work in the field done at haiz-
past four p.m. Then the chores, milk -
kind is needed, at least, for the aver- ing, etc., are done in time for a sell
age farmer. For it too frequently hap- o clock supper. After that, until too
pens that we are called upon to do the dark to see, the time is usually spent
in the garden. Also a whole day's
work there is required occasionally.
We have strawberries and o'her
small fruits, and also many vagi ' •1
of vegetables, more than is requii•ell
for our own use. There is always a
ready sale for these. So the garden
OrgE• is t source of revenue in a dull lh .e
I have noticed small cast-iron oif year. Lesides solving the "Wlu t to'
forges ,i13 farm workshops about the Eat" problem in. your own home for
country,_ and have observed .that very all the year around. . Ti ,
few ,of- the hearths are provided with I start many of the plants' in the
the clay coating that should be main- hot -bed or in boxes in a sunny window
tained .. for the preservation of the eo tli.ey are ready to transplant early:
forge and insurance against fire. All vegetables taste better fe,��
Fire clay. is, of course, recommend- from your garden, and if you plan" to
ed by the manufacturers for this pur- buy them I notice you seldom have
pose, but common clay, if it"is free them. We think a garden pays, and
from other substanbes, will serve -the, pays well, both in a financial way and
purpose., :The clay should be moisten- as a safeguard to health. A half -acre
ed with water enough to make it devoted to a good garden is the best
plastic of puttylike in consistency, and bail acre on the farm, -George .H.
a smooth ;• coating applied over the l arper.
surface of the hearth to the thickness '` - —
of one 'inch at the least. Care should - Sprouting Potatoes. '"I?,
b,e observed that none of the clay is Seed ' potatoes intended for early
allowed to drop into the air -blast crop should be set to sprout not later
opening. ; than Mardi 20th for south-western
After- applying, the. clay should be Ontario -northern and eastern' dis-
allowed•to; dry naturally for a day or. tricts correspondingly later, up to,
two, according to ,weather conditions, a April lst. Shallow flats or wooden
after which a fire should be .built' in trays about three inches deep are the
the .forge` to harden the coating:' A most suitable container. The potatoes
slow, steady heat for two hours: will are set eye end" up in the flats and ex -
usually .suffice to give the clay a .posed to the light in a room where
brick -hard finish.—G. E. II. I the temperature does not • go above 65
'-"`r" I degrees. These will grow 'a stui!dy
sugar
fottind in the sap of nearly vigorous sproixt in three or f6ur
two hundred pbints and trees. weeks.
i :�
a_ is ;.
Every, nn<.n x., a potential felon, hog-wallowC
y. P o , and A concrete beat._ th.,
most of • u:; have already committed old-fashioned kind, and also permits:
misdemeanors, ---Mr. J. R. Cairns. the hog owner to ward off disease.
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the many requirements and conditions
that farming must, some help of this
most serious thinking when we are in
the least favorable condition to do it.
We, therefore, suggest to our many
readers that they develop the memor-
andum book habit.
Common Clay for a F