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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-5-15, Page 2air • ddress communications to AS 0.ronoiritst„ 73 Adelaide $t. West, Teron'I "ereee enheranee e THE POTATO CROP. Much can be done before potatoes are planted to ensure a good crop. It is a mistake to cut the sets several days before they are needed, but if this is done they should be sprinkled with slaked lime. At the Rosthern Experimental Station in Saskatchew- an, the crop from sets cut trvo weeks before planting gave a yield of 209 bushels to the acre, which was 1'70 bushels to the acre less than those planted on the day cut. Even though seed may be sound and appearp erfect in every way, there is no assurance that it will produce a good crop, The source of the seed has great influence on the yield. The Maritime Provinces and New Ontario both appear to have favorable climatic condition for pro- ducing vigorous seed. It has been proved again and again by the Experimental Farms that im- mature seeds is better than that which is thoroughly ripened. Seed grown under conditions that are fav orable for keeping the tops green well into the autumn appears to give best results. The value of immaturity in the seed is further proved by experi- ments he the use of seed from crops planted on different dates. May planting gave poor planting stock for the next year, compared with that put in toward the end of June. Potato yields may also be increased by using sprouted seed, a practice sometimes followed by market gard- eners. It does not do to depend on the long white sprouts that potatoes produce in the cellar. The sprouting should be done in the light so that the sprouts will be green, stocky, and not easily rubbed off. The cold frame is sometimes used for the purpose, but sprouting may be done in the attic of a dwelling house or in a well light- ed room where frost can be kept out. The potatoes should be spread in a thin layer or placed in shallow boxes or trays with the seed end up. The boxes are then put in a bright airy place, where the temperature is too cool for the sprouting to begin. After a few days the potatoes will turn green and the skin become tough. a fatal panic,. The young prophet (the time was B.C. 735, and Isaiah wase still in his twenties) endeavored to strengthen his courage, and gave him eminently wise political counsel for the. emergency. But Ahaz trusted in Assyria rather than in the Lord, and soput his nation under the yoke of the foreign conqueror. This na- tional crisis occurred at the beginning of Isaiah's long career. Our leseen deals with another crisis somewhere near the close of the prophet's life,• and this time he was triumphantly successful. 3. Isaiah's faith in .God was on one side; pagan confidence in the suprem- acy of brute strength was on the op- posite side. Which deserved to win? Over against the Assyrians' shallow confidence in military might, let us place the spiritual faith of the pro- phet that the Lord still had his pur- pose to serve by the preservation of the city of Jerusalem, and that the virgin daughter of Zion might laugh the proud battalions of Assyria to scorn, 37:22. 4. The lesson shows us what one man, with a large view and an alt conquering faith, can. accomplish. Isaiah saved the nation in its day of peril by bringing it—not fresh mili- tary reinforcements, or new political treaties—but inspiration, courage, simple confidence in God, Always our greatest helpers are, not our scien- tific inventors (although their work is very important), or our clever politicians, or financiers, or soldiers —but the deep thinkers and prophets who make us brave to dare, strong to resist, ambitious to do God's holy will. 5. The darkest hour may be imme- diately before the dawn. It was so when the Assyrians threatened Jer- usalem. It was so when the German hordes were within a few miles of They are then given a little more heat, and two or three strong sprouts will soon appear. The sprouts should be about two inches in length at plant- ing time. If allowed to grow longer than this they are more difficult to handle without injury. . Recommended varieties are, for early crop, Irish Cobbler and Early Ohio; and for main crop, Green Mountain, Wee McGregor, and Em- pire State. REGISTERED COCKERELS. Canada is setting the pace for the whole world to follow in the system adopted to obtain registered cockerels. The bred -to -lay cockerel that can transmit to his pullets the ability to produce a large number of eggs is what all keepers of utility poultry are after. It is recognized that the quick- est way to increase the average egg yield of any flock is through the male, and this fact is commercialized by many breeders of so called bred -to - lay stock, who advertise high pro- ducing males that have not the breed- ing behind them, and are therefore unable to transmit this quality to their offspring. Because of this fact dishonest breeders have foisted overrated stock upon the public, and one of the rea- sons why registered cockerels are wanted is to overcome this practice of selling inferior birds as good breeding stock. • At the present time it is possible for honest breeders to enter their pul-, lets in the Laying Contests (of which there are 12 throughout the Domin- ion), and by having their birds qual- ify to produce cockerels that may be registered by the Canadian National Records. The fact that a cockerel is regi„- tered is a guarantee to the public that he has a certified pedigree behind him, of at least two generations of 200 (or more) egg blood, and that he is himself a bird typical of the breed and without standard „disqualifica- tions. Such a bird grown in our Can- adian climate means the very best procurable in breeding for high egg production. i THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON MAY 18. Isaiah and the Assyrian Crisis, 2 Kings, chs. 18 to 20; Isaiah chs. 36 to 38. Golden Text—God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.—Psalm .46: 1. In the ninth and eighth centuries ch. 10:5-14. A previous expedition against Jerusalem, commanded by one of the king's chief officers, had re- turned unsuccessful. Hezekiah, hav- ing no confidence that he could hold the city against a determined attack bthe exremit 854, king Jehu paid them tribute. In his need, whis elt upiinto the in temple a d B.C. 745 there came to the throne of laid the insulting letter "before the Assyria a soldier of great energy and Lord," with a simple and earnest ability whose name was Pul (2 Kings for deliverance, vs. 15-20. 15:19, 20), who assumed the royal prayer V. 21-23. Isaiah hd opposed the title of Tiglath-pileses. Under this break with Assyria and the alliance king and his successors the empire ex- with Egypt which had led to the pres- tended its power rapidly over all the ent war. See Isa. 30:1-7 and 31:1-3. western countries of Asia as far as He had urged, apparently, a policy of Egypt, and reduced Palestine and Sy-. peace which would have meant con - ria to subjection. After a vain but tinuing to pay tribute to Assyria. stubborn resistance, the kingdom of Many years before, in the reign of Israel came to an end with the fall of Ahaz,he had opposed reliance upon Samaria in B.C. 722, and in B.C. '701, Assyia as he now opposed reliance Judah was invaded, many cities taken, and great numbers of people carried away captive. Jerusalem was reduced almost to the last extremity of des- pair, but was not taken, and so, though subject to Assyria, the king- dom of Judah continued for another hundred and fifteen years, During these terrible years of war and suffering and overwhelming catastrophe, the prophets of Israel and Judah rendered a great service. They spoke for the God of their fath- its and declared hint to be the God in whose hands were the destinies of all the nations. They interpreted the calamities which had fallen upon the people es the just punishment of their inns. They urged a sincere repentance and reform, and promised a great de- liverance: Isaiah and his younger contemporary Micah sustained the faith and courage of Judah and Jer- usalem in the most trying times, Vs, 33-36. The angel of the Lord is They declared ,Assyria to be but the here, as in 2 Sam. 24:1647, and Ps. Tod in Jehovah's hand with which he 18:49-51, the bearer of the pestilence. chastised rebellious people, and that By some fearful plague, such as has Assyria's pride, selfish greed, and frequently broken out in that country, the Assyrian army was stricken and was so reduced in numbers that the remnant went back to Assyria with- out having completed the conquest of Judah. The faith of Isaiah was vin- dicated. APPLICATION. before Christ, Assyrian emperors led their armies westward as fax as the Mediterranean Sea and made con- quests of the smaller nations which they held under tribute. About B.C. upon Egypt, ch. 9. But his counsel had been disregarded and the calam- ity of a war of invasion which he had foreseen (ch. 5:25-30; 8:5-8) had come upon Judah. Now the king and his ministers turn to him in their dis- tress. When the Assyrian army ap- peared before the walls he had sent the king a message of comfort, "Be not afraid." Now he sends an answer of splendid defiance to Sennacherib's letter. It is the prophet's faith and mirage that strengthen the heart of the king and save the city. Through the mouth of the prophet comes the answer of God. V. 29. I will turn thee back, It will be interesting to compare other earlier sayings of Isaiah in which he declares that the Lord will protect his city and will destroy its enemies, for example 14: 24-27; 17:12-14; 29:5-8; 30;31; 131:8, 9 cruelty would in turn receive the earns punishment. With a confidence born of faith and with clear pre- vision, Isaiah declared that the As- syrian armies would not take Jer- -usalem, but would be destroyed by the hand of God, and our lesson shows how remarkably this promise was fulfilled. Isa. 37:14. Hezekiah. This king of Judah, is well spoken of by the his- torians. He did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. For the story of his reign see 2 Icings, chs. 18-20. At this time the Assyrian armies 1, Isaiah is the prophet of faith. Before him Amos was the prophet of. social justice. Hosea was the prophet of divine love and forgiveness. Micah was the prophet of the poor peasants who groaned under the oppressive measures of the landlords. Isaiah is were in Judah, and the Assyrian king, the most royal figure among the pro- who was laying siege to the :fortress phets, dauntless, bold, aggressive, al- ways lifting up the hearts, of people and governraent alike, and directing their' attention to the spiritual sources of power. 2. Isaiah's character was revealed by the crises in the nation's history of Libnah in the south,•had heard that an Egyptian army was coming against him. Unwilling to leave so strong a walled city as Jerusalem un- occupied in his rear, he sent a letter by messengers to Hezekiah, demand - which resembles a flower so muchthat the bee would flytoward it." "And does it really do that?" Benny asked. "No, I do not think so," Grandad. said. "I fancy it is agile enough to get a bee an the wing when it wants. one, since it can dart around the hawk and other birds larger than itself so cleverly. However, the story of the bee has done it a lot of harm, giving it a bad reputation when it is really a very useful bird, as are all fly -catchers. However, his name signifies his real character—Kingli- ness, for surely a king should'be°very courageous; as were the really great kings of history, and no bird is so brave in attacking birds far greater in size than himself than our little friend there, and therefore he is well. named." • A Walnut Tree est. The walnut tree is liable to severe injury by the walnut caterpillar, an insect that was more or less prevalent throughout Southern Ontario last summer. In some localities the trees were badly' stripped of leaves the latter part of the season. Partial de- foliation atany time interferes with the normal functioning of the tree, and complete stripping year after year will finally result in the death of the tree. Other trees subject to at- tack are the willow, beech, honey locust, thorn, oak, and apple. Circular No. 21 of . the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa gives a picture of the moth, the parent of the cater- pillar. The wings have an expanse of about two inches, are buff color Paris. It was so when Jesus was much darker in the centre and are crucified. What is needed at such a crossed with dark brown and whitish crisis is the faith that sees the sun lines.The under or back wings are shining beyond the darkness. pale buff. The larva when first hatched is about one-fifth of an inch long. The body is of brick -red color, When full grown the caterpillar is blackish without markings other than an indistinct white lateral line and a conspicuous white central line along the under portion of the body. It is cove_ed with fine greyish -white hairs and measures from 1i'a to 2 inches in length. Spraying the trees as early as caterpillars are observed is recom- mended. A good poison mixture con- sists of three pounds of lead arsenate in fifty gallons of water. Another system of control consists of destray- ing the masses of caterpillars during rhe moulting ,period when they are resting quietly on a trunk or branch. A stiff brush may be used to bring them down at this time. THE CHILDREN'S HOUR BENNY SEES A BIRD FIGHT. BY LEREINE BALLANTYNE. High in the air rose a great bird, and darting at it, picking and worry- ing it, was a smaller bird. "Oh see!" exclaimed Benny. "What is the little bird doing that for?" Grandad Fairway looked up to where the larger bird was trying his best to first mount,' and then dive away from his torment. "Go to it, little fellow," he said with a laugh. "Give him a good drubbing." "Why?" asked Benny. "The big fellow is a hawk, and has no doubt been trying to steal his little ones." "Will he kill the hawk?" Benny questioned eagerly, as the birds flew further and further away, the little one still attacking his enemy viciously without any sign of letting up. "Bless you no. He can't hurt him very much; only makes him uncom- fortable, and drives him away, warn- ing every other living thing -in the district with his outcries, so that Mr. Hawk will have to search elsewhere for food. "Where is his nest?" was Benny's next question, for Grandad Fairway had a beautiful big home called "The Elms," and in the orchard and grove near -by were to be found nearly every type of bird. They all seemed to know they were safe on Grandad's farm, and came year after year to "The Elms." Grandad had all sorts of books telling about nature and birds and beetles, and each year when Benny came up to spend his holidays he learned about these things, and hunting them to watch their peculiar habits made the time pass so quickly that Benny just dreaded school time coming when he must go back to the school of books, for he preferred learning from the school of nature, especially when Grandad was the teacher. "Where is his nest?" repeated Grandad. "Let me see. I think we shall find it on one of theouter branches of the wild plum tree grow- ing at the far corner of the orchard.!' That afternoon was warm and drowsy, and having nothing else to do, Benny insisted on' going at once to find the nest. Grandad was right. In a. forked branch of the old plum tree, carefully concealed, was the king -bird's nest.. Mrs. King -bird was sitting on it watching eagerly for hor mato to re- turn from his encounter with the hawk. Soon he came hurrying back, and Iighting on a branch near her, told her all about it, scolding the, old hawk roundly. With a soft little "K-y-rie" note she answered ' him, agreeing no doubt with everything he said. Standing near the fence several rods away, Benny and Grandad could easily see him as he darted about. His vest was a soft creamy grey with a coat of darker grey,and his dark tail was tipped with a pretty, edging of i white across the end of it. His real', mark of beauty is the Iittle crest of crimson on the top of his head. Benny noticed it and pointed it out to Gran -i dad. "Yes," said he, "there is a story' about that. " You see, the King -bird belongs to the family of fly -catchers, because it eats many kinds of • fliesi and insects, and it also catches aril odd bee whell it fancies one. Usually, it takes the, drones, but sometimes it! takes an odd honey -bee when it fan -j ing its instant surrender, vs. 9-13. The with which he had to deal. The first cies one. So the story was once told, Burning Brush. Many of us have difficulty in burn- ing brush, as it may be too green or too wet at the time we want to burn it. When draining the old oil from the automobile crank case save this - and use it to pour over the brush. In this way brush that is almost green may be very easily destroyed. If very much oil is needed the local garage man will likely be glad to save his old oil for us if he is furnished with a can to put it in. and extragood lis the TA ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY Approximately '4 per cent. of the hogs on farms in the United States died of hog cholera last year, says the United States Dept. of Agricul- ture. Make a dress form for daughter before she goes away to school. Keep it at home, and she can have the home dressmaker make her frocks while shie is miles away. F.O.B. 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