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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1922-5-4, Page 61. TAMING THE LIGHTNING 1 lightning discharge ef ,stnall propor-1 tion, was allowed te PlayPo1:1, tIlhh, t•oof with the following resinilsT t . . . chine, colgesponding to a brilliant! THE SUNDAY SCHOOL , lightning struck the gelvanized steelt'''''''''','"'•e'''''''e .wwassallinamemerinilati.dimeassraol.m11•Mia roof and the charge was carried off We all eblzor the approephing sea- son of destruetive thupder-st-orms, and bsoit:eitn:a.erliyo - . it behooves every farmer to prepare rdNevtdabyelifittn.ing etable, with - Address co. .. Toronto igel,liellogntahi:etrlhoid.eiltl. munications to Agroncalst, 73 Adelaide Ot. West, for it. We have no hesitation in say - Pasture Makes Cheotter Pork. !Perativele small. 2. The. crop Virin ing that the Almighty has placed There is nci use quibbting about thee stand hard pasturing. 3. The amount within teach of every man the means s value of pasture in puci rodeg pork.„ of seed required to plant an acre of of taming the lightning and has Teets by the dozen have showa that: rape is comparatively small. 4. R given him the intelligeriee necessary iavailable. If he it is possible, viten pasture is used, to'wai grow until very late in the fall. to make these neans Preduee pork with ore -fourth less. time giving it a longer growing season xieglects (11' refuses to employ them grain, i than some of the other crops. It is he has no right to complain if a bolt As an aetual example„ let me telC„ well to bear in mind however that destroTa his barn, or kills some of his , ' family A terneplate roof gave the saute re- sults as the steel root: The discharge was left on for an indefinite length of time without any harm to the roof, the wooden structure or the contents. To obtain protection from light- ning with metal roofs, proper ground- ing of the roof is of the utmost bit% portanee. A sufficient mun'ser of NIAY '7 • Isaiah's Ideal for a World at Strife, Isa. 2; 24; 11: 1.9„ Golden Text—Come ye, and let us walk in the way of the Lord.—Isa. 2: 5. Lesson Foreword—A specimen of . the house of David. (See 2 Sant, 7: baialfe prophetic. teaching is given 14-27.) tr this PI e:13:1 oLf Twhheatilrkangoewsrtsealseette014, 9: 0, 7—Isaiah describes the ideal V, 2. In other passagese-ch. 7: Messianie hope,. From now GYI this king. Here he describe; his equipment hope oecueies the heart of Israel, Even: for office. The Spirit of the Lord. in .stehr ItalAriekle,esdt pthersitod&dofklisedr uhigoeuryt Gieoedo,sonsappg ht. is conceived as the pro- • into hurnan rt • meet Statitee. There were ten pigs In. groUrot but that it requitrea a .. t . grow tmen barren • ground 1 , must be firmly fastened to the roof, Purpoee for her in the world and that It eeizes certain men Vila. AS warrior, ef .14.WO bundles ef pige at the Exoevig =Pe will /tilt.., u „ an et • fairly The question is asked; "Why should so as to make good contact with the her ultimate future would be full of r ' .coaftsmen, prophets •and kings, and Vat+ group. one group was fed grain/ fertile sou. The crop is quite adapt- any termer, or any one else, go to the. up rods when ind latter. The same precautions must be gi"Kt enables them to do superhuman or at other had corn and tankage,' and tardtage la a dry lot, and the tible. It ma,v be sown several times e.xpenee of putting but was'. durirg the season and thus provides a !la . P Y, taken conceruing ground plates or d d rile, . from 11 timing?" Whoever ks ppes, • g e ae noes, ends m leads, distance of leads ainndtthise ho eeme en secure from all its. foes f -• a t ee • - • - There were two main °temente .. —the. nation wholly re- i least unusual deeds. Here the effect o the Spit it on, he ing le, in geneial, ranee will rotect hint from los- b - ponds when the teat started, The Pig's on pasture averaged feer Rape should be sown at the rate of and the froze eight to ten pounds to the . i frequent change of luxarious forage. AC) Ma that ineurance eovere orly 8 ItIlfaeti question seriously does not reels' from frame wells, etc, that are eon- iicnintgh.at galgorerusInICItnhgis, )11.1eleoslo%;) 12 liisaruile ellii Ilt ceet. a loss of building, and the lose rode, . leered when installing lightning. emphasizee both the City and the • 1 • • 0 per s- • , arta understanding; a sharp and ma - .g enanent and insight. Wisdom allowed to ran on rape pasture. pounds a head. In 84 days the pigs. Pigs should be tuened on rape when; " * * , ' iirtger?it 1E717fitie dee! %ci:i1-11:1121 pito without pasture averaged 63: when sewn aione. 4 ill 1110at eases is total o • , t 100 per eento me lightning -proof qualities Of i ;.. . • L. War Nio More. eh. 2: 2-4. . en pastnre gained 118.7 pounds a it re, eight or ten Inehes 'high. This ie, „ee' .1„, 2. Irt the last days. This plonse f „ y ontes" metal roofs ehould receive proper eon- V. it is perceived, The Spirit of head; pigs witheupre gained only usually about weeks after knowl- hehml wner. t .e barn is full of the harvest: sideration when choosing roof cover. does not meap, as with us, the end of edge and . . fear of the Lord; "care- t a gain Ina243 bY Pi'g$ en tnmcosthere eix s danger a the in rop being lonetmutt eassitr;:f•irletniete: therefore, the loss is greater; legs for farm huildhigs, with aboug the worldgbut rather the close of the ful fr o the will of God and a true 94.0 peutiols a head. Every 100 pounds sown. if they are put an at any other time a the year, 50 Per eent• of all farm fires in Can- Period which lies within the scope of worshiper of Jehovah" (Gray). The pase, t ie1 got i end w,,n. lightning starts a fire it isi ade due to lightning, Itildc:J..0 tit,' inItetz b•Lr'goivellv.v:th?,47;1! vatatrzeti 1101;.01f,....,tLzeL 1:3„P,..„e.,,, iemr,i,i Often comaniTiented to other build-, farmer is vitally huvresttheea inavieirelgte. the ProPhet's view, It is 4 frequent contiog klog will be 4 Man Whos'e PbraSO in the Old Testament, Geo, 49: cheracter :a FA TD•Oted in piety tinit . 1 it) 1; HOSea 8; 5; Jeremiah, 23: 20, ete, he will bo A WISeA droTtai rtliOr. , r..--riris' ings; this cou,d be prevented bv rods. nirg protection and the fore i pounde. Tea: thffererees ef fiS eeat 4 :311:dred is net te ee se:tee:el ar.. ft may lne that scme people Aio not ziee pasture in preihrting pork. be - cense they do rot knew what kind of paetere ....reps to est. Tliat geestion ie easi:y settled. For 3 permanent pamure, none e. eels alfalfa. reeealfa Is a feed of liig vodute oral 4s ahurielar.t and persisten /gee trora Inning usuall . .. t t. . et . - The mountain of the Lords house. N. 8. The kingte endowment a - I The seereto.ry of a mutual insurance' facts will be of value to him." net relielied. jerusalem with its temple stood on Godie Spirit enables him to give I eompany having over $4,000,000 in; ak Mount Zion, but it was overtopped by :strong and true government. Under A wellnireihed Pie•=0 of bIll('grilss,Irisks says that tit seven ,years they, How to Secure a Good higher mountains in Palestine. Isaiah him civic virtues abound and crime euppliee good. early pasture, and also; on a rodded hu•dding. Another corn -1 Jnne-grass, with a sontlieri: siopel would be so refashioned, whether not judge, et. "He will he able, like did not have a Single JOSS by lightning Yield of Hay. looked for a time wlien tile ovrld •and violenee are aboliebed. De WW1 remains green quite late hi the falltipany reports that ie. 000 losses front; can not be depeuded upon diming! lightning, not one of tho buildings was th=nnPaYzids astern Canadalve;e pligeleagy or metaphysically, that God, to lgobe things to the bottom, Jerusalem would stand high above all tiot being mieled: by deceitful appear - unmet.. Other crope must be ,roddtd.the other eminences of the world. twee or lying words, but reading ovided, so that a continuous supply much below the average, rather Jerusalem is to be ployated to world- inen'e hearts" (Gray). vial be assured throughout the season, Wire fences that are not grounded astonishitte reetais were reached at wide pool/Aimee and influeuce. V. 4. With rightetomeness eliall be eatute the death of many animals dor- the Central Experimental Farm, Ot- V. 8, Let ne go 013, ate. JerusIdein 1 judaetc Eastern courts of justice grov,11 preettees a yam Amount : Oats and Acid peas aro a combine'. ing thunder -storms, Fences should tawa, 'where a five -ton yield was se- bad been the veligious centre of Isrhael, aregn'oarfeesig corrupt, Bribes are forego- Atfa:fa esti no: be grown tion frequently used sueeeeefully for! be grounded by Neatly we:I la a'd seetione a tho warts heg pasture. This mixture can. hei running a number cured on a forty -acre field. The Do. to which the tribee went lel) to offer accepted from the rich, and the poor :ry; but were seeeeeeful stands eon seon very early in the spring el . an-, wire from each strand of the fence' scription of the nietbod- ado ted to eight or number ten galvanized iron. minim Field Husbandman givee a, de. saerinee$ end te Mebrate their reit- ere generally Ruelted to the wall with gioue feests. (See Ps, 122: 4.) But . , be prt? eu, there et no pa- re eeper. - • ' ter to it. Breedieg begs ean le main- heleed through the -emir:et on prae- tteaLy uo tem.:: where :geed itiielfa Pee:era), estate- of welter mid shade are available. A eeeeeleutiou oe cern and airoifo paetere ts liitetteee eueeeseftel Ar teerow:h in wooing p!gs, tilse for fettentroe. Bed elereer ie a ;lase seemd to el- fa`fu. Tete %mop is seeeceefa'dy grew eh:: eghout. the teentee, and. its a•lapt ahrehoo fer earle semmer er fell oes- lure mithes it i f grew use it: a Co-4'nel' rotatiiera. Cloe( -; reeerei ',e oa-tered before it hceemes tea rnatere, in ender to eeeere the MaXitarail tiSe a the crop. Rye le a teee-i erop for eerie, spring forage. Frem the standpoint of feed- ing value, rye dees not cot:metre favor- ably ..vith /teeny of the ether coops; however, it fInde a place in praetically every ferage rottition duo to the fact that it eupplles the earliest possible forage in the spring. The crop should be fall sewn. Rape is one tef the most desirable pasture ereps aca4IalA7e for 4,wine. This crep is desireee for a number of rea- sons; viz: 1. The cost of seed is cam- turnienee an abundant and Ineurtart utit4) the groumi. The. wire should be: bring . about such a satiafactore crop Isafilh feresew the time whelt ell the 'th the breath of I:81s lipe; both lb of Puture The 'ironer rate' iYa . ,. • 4 , twisted two or three times about each Tho soil is umlerd . 1 d . * kind natione of the werld would turn to I" tiOrl and inSpirastion• The Gentiles will' nwigeb'Ne. oVireohis vuh:e a" t -v".(1"1•3 .a me -half hoshels each a the oatsdoor or doe feet into the vetted. /2 of eornyoats and haythree -Y:leaernr;olidtoiwQns yet reeognize that Israel poseeeses ., ' o feted pea. s. Seeding's May he mode , the soil k partici:It:0y dry the wire ed, the cor lend l ' use i 5t.0 Tliteir,ftirdle; is a =eh or bet, .rom tune tee time during the growing soffeei be sunk inueh deeper. mem the rate fit.lt being manure atthe onlpy tprue ilreligicti. and they will , ninrixenee io, greater than that of outs, twenty e rods, and fengerernadbeott eb;:errel: pTh.e ha: onli Ixe'tlugtIrolseeeru, tt:.nots'edpoptiel;:fdsw4ta.el-.;P:e.::88.1:4:5t! (1)1.1:411 - tQuiiitIllullIntilsn 111411edwleill"ll'ag kreairra:;41‘tIsq)liwgiaLrie:n° 1711tIle1:1213:h?15"11;t"; °nude " f .ed . (... c°31525 o "1 rt;viderce hut GI :11.434 sensen. The cost of seeding with this ,eenees should be yards and feed lots at least ever t o "motet; colt of oleo win go" tLiat, the love 'of righteouesn5e4etgea5ntfl o 5 ea of the liti- •Al =Pe: or -repo alone, and the am -1, y en slice. The major portion of the crop' '"a int of fee age eeetarei is no greater., eoes,, co»sieted of red clover f 1 -9 wilt and alfalfa I farth the law. "The Law" here meane leottn-P-re'e - Pv°InPt ond oPhoill o praeticaily the whole veligion of J ' the long in, all his undertaking,. Soybeans aloe 5150 4 desirable for- i Precautien is cheaper than risk, and but the alsike mid timothy'v e- eeeeing for this mixture is one!, strand, and should reach to a depth a of sand loam. An Is aJerusalem for their ephitual instrues izi"11 "his Pee4." The will N ore wed; hovalt as revealed to Israel. The in-' iii. Universal Peace, 6.9. This erop ie euitalee both, money %bat g„ea. up ; at sineke i" in cue the former eroP3 might winter habitants of Jeruealem will Iteemne ' Isaiah Se;$ tint. security aud peace t r a ferage and for hogging down complete load. kill. The crop of five tons per acre he world's teachore In the moral re. ' of man in Meeeeenie times extended i ter :he beans have beeonie fully Teat metai roofa van be turned to wus taken from three eattings: the, 9turemeate which God has laid down to the brine ereatien; nature as well metered. The fact that soybeans do good use in proteeting against light- first cut, coneistiug mainly of red tol': m.elle , as ntan will be redeemed. (1. A. Smith not grow elpially well in all soetions ning is evident from the following let- clover and alfalfa in equal propor-1 V. 4. Ile shall judge, etc. "If ,all the ' says: "We who live in 'the co:Imola* and that the cost of seed is eornetimee 1 ter from a manufacturer d ti nations practiee the moral require- frem Welt wild beasts have been ex - of metal tions., gave three tons; the seem eu , high, makes thee srop less desirable. roofing: ments of the religiee of Joie:wail they tercel:tate:I car. - .t mele-stand the in- ' consisting mainly of alfalfa, one ton, wiii naturally refer their dispot," to .1 •ty d . .1.;.,. toO,..ti ,, , • than some of the others which coat "Revff en a farmer was rather sin.- and the third cut, eonsleting excluenen, Him He aione being Ged and King" eg•%1*1.11 • 11 'e.1.1 . I .. .1i.: ' ttWe 41 less for seed, and which fernish just. as much forage. 1 prised ween told. Chat the great ex- ly of alfalfa, one ton per acre. Such (e ' re T1 • hall b I S• '" ill"' IA :tti e.A.::11:::(::::: • . 111.13. . lee sea , ete. nese lpense to N.rhich he had gone to equin a result surely emphasizes the Yid:Wall disputes. aro to be sawed lis cod .1 At: t ? .. Finally, do not negleet to use ease hio steel -roofed barn with lightning- of inteediagealfalfa it) the usnal hay and not by tete ine-itrameet or ssar, te't•Z tsitht&hVY, i•eiohlhtto er,c•retorY turo heeanee you are not sure which rods was unnecessary, and that proper mixtures in districts where ttualca there will be DO further in el of the e — - ''-''' fjt''''it"'" '''"vet. :ie erep to grow, hut provide some crop. grounding or the roof iteelf would wi:1 grow. Alfalfa also improves the. wearmns of war. Swords; were the_. money v,;...c. i has n'till Sri. u rather than to go along producing have given equally as good proteetion fertility of the soil. Although the ' straight and bort wengcns, from two "a) al'a 1 N‘alt purchase e""` ieet pork on expensive ceneentrate feed as the lightning -rode. ;and a ball to three feet in length hay- of land on the globe. I will elothe yield last apperently a double et! e' „A every man, 'woman and ehild, in at - alone. Provide a suceeseion of -erops "Demonstrations 4of the lightning- was rather Y e0aill't 9Off lilt They were " tire of Wilieh kings and queens would in your locality. Write the eeoeri- Old„ before a number of members of good , • ' 1 3" t s, ' i II 1 1 si i t i t I to.Telptterretaictre. ing o n 44 Me a . over the whole earth. . . . I wili that will last during the entire casen proof qualities of various kinds of yield for the pate, ten years at the; --lei tapering to 8. sharp point. generally of iron or bronze and were be proud; I will build a schoolhouse and use the erope known to do hest roofs we -e recently made in Baltimore. Centre! Experimetital Farm has been worn in a sheath suspended from the en every -hillside and in every valley • 1 f 7 ' doubt.the National Miele -are Association of per year. , aletaging ... 1 on per acre, g le e. ' ow tares; a p ;sheath capable of turning the soil to crown every hill with a plaee of wor- Controling the Pea Weevil. The Pea weevil causes serious losses to farmers in Canada every year. Some yeara ago ths., a losses decreased, but indications are that this insert is etill a dangerous enemy to pea growing. This insect is also giving trouble in the province of British Columbia, and to a slight ex- tent in some other parts of Canada. The presence of the insect is easily distinguished. The individual peas will show round holes in whieh the weevil has devegmed, and from which; it has escaped or the beetle might stilt: be confined to its home in the sed. Its presence in such a ease is indicated, by a round spot on the skin of the, pea. If the skin is removed over this mark in the spring of the year thei full grown beetle is found, tnfested' peas sown without treatment are cer- tain to produce a weevilly crop. The seed may be treated by fumiga- tion, the application of coal oil, and the holding over of seed for a second year. The fumigation is perhaps the most easily practized plan. The sub- stance used is bisulphide of carbon. A convenient method of treating small quantities of seed is to fill an °rain- 4ry coal oil barrel with the seed peas. To treat this quantity of seed would require about five ounces of bisulphide of carbon. This liquid, which is ob- tainable at a drug store may be pour- ed right on the seed or placed in a' shallow receptacle resting on the grain. Then close up the barrel as tightly as possible so as to exclude the air. The covers should remain on fr a least forty-eight hours. By this time all of the bisulphide of carbon Will have vapourizecl into a gas heav- ier than air which settles down through the peas killing all of the In- sects within the barrel. Large quantities of seed may be fumigated in tight bins or other well eonstructed charnbers using one pound by weight of bisulphide of carbon to e -very hundred bushels Of seed. Ex- posure for forty-eight hours as in the ease of the smaller quantity is necessary for good results. The bis- ulphide may lbe placed in. shallow dishes at the top of the bin or cham- ber. In the preparation of a bin for this purpose the creeks should be pasted over with paper. Strips of felt may be fastened along the top edge where the lid fits down. It should be observed that the vap- our of bisulphide of caebon is highly inflainMable. Lights of any kilo& should therefore not be brought into contact with it. Coal oil may also be used in de- stroying the weevils, About half a gallon of coal oil is sufficient to treat &out five bushels of peas. The oil . _ the 'United States. These tests will should be carefully applied while the probably be t•t• inteeest to our readers. seed is being shovelled over. The eA miniature wooden barn filledwith shovelling should be repeated every hay was placed in front al' a machine day for at least four days for about generating 1,100,0on volts of elee- two weeks before sowing. It should trieity. The long spark from the ma - be seen that every pea is moistened with the coal oil.. , a depth of ;about five or six inches. It ship eoneecieted to the promulgatent of the. gospel of peev. I will sups ing and the time to edgee The day for working apart is pass_i was attached through a hole in it to It in h bere.:the wooden plow and the whole plow Port in eVerY Pi!liAt an able teeeher ;was so light that a man could carry , el right""_. , us shoulder, Spears; consiste' dIf ever a, man eould exult in a great is unfortunate that men will allowit an his -good enough" to keep them from the' generally of a long wooden stair with `I'ktorY see should have. thought that a sharp metal head. Pruninghooks; ' man, would have been the Duke of presumably these were shaped like Wellington. after the Battle of Water - best, eardmem11.1.4,,...mamorma•••••••• sued by the Department of Agrieul- In Crop Protection Leaflet No. 9, iss fixing up the Neglected Cemetery • ture at Ottawa, the 0011th:ion En- tomologist describes the insect to- BY A. W. ROE. gether with its life history. Certified Farrn Seeds. II. The True King, 11:1-5, on e a - are such eyesores, are becomiig. less work some twenty odd years ago. all 710 Deate. There are few things more disap- frequent. There are still a few cerne- After the association became thor- tlefield's of South Africa were later pointing to a farmer than to find that teries which need care, however. Often mighty organized with its president, V. 1. A rod out of the stem of Jesse. church bells. The inetruments of de - taken to England and made into the seed he has sown has failed to these conditions are due to lack , of secretary, treasurer, membership corn- The house of David, the son of Jesse, steuttion were converted into instru- come up or has introduced into his knowledge of just how to go about mittee, entertainment committee, is compared to- a tree which has been , /rents of construction. The promise land noxious weed seeds. While one fixing up a neglected cemetery. That grounds committee, etc., it was a jest- fault os stump, declaredown: only a stump remains, buti of to -day's lesson is not that men the prophet, willishall allow their can by a very close examination under io why I tell the method used in fixing ing remark in the community that the send forth a fresh shoot. It is evidentt their spears to become swordto rust and useless hut s e a magnifying glass determine in a up a country cemetery in my home " * e wa . . . the grapes off the vines and for trim.: our siekle and were used for etEiting 100. Yet this is what "Wellington wrote the morning after his greeteet ming the vines and trees. Neither victorYi "My heart is broken by the shall they learn, etc. Isaiah's prodie- terrible loss I have sustained in my tion of a universal peace is most un- olsl friends and companions, and my usual when we consider the age in poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing ex - which it was made. Then the aormtd cent a battle lost can he half so mei- . euciation began its a battle won." . . cendition among the nations was war, iinel•alY a's Neglected rural cemeterieo., which tory when the ag• • • A . - general way the quality and purity county. of seed, most farmers are unprepared The people who were interested in !to perform work of this kind. It is the work got together and organized equally possible to ascertain by a an association, known as the Mount germination test the vitality of the Pleasant Cemetery Association. It is seed. The Seed l3raneh at Ottawa and has been the final resting -place ; with local offices in Toronto, Winni- of the people through a wide stretch peg, and Calgary, makes it a part of of rural territory; since the associa- its besiness to perform these tests. As seeding approaches, however, there ' is little time to wait for reports from ' such examination. There is still an- other means of ascertaining the value within its hunts. of at least some of the seed that is on The writer has a keen recollection ;the market. The Seed Branch issues of the place twenty years ago, The certificates of grading, based on sam- word that best describes its condition ple, more particularly for grass and at that time is "wilderness." It was clover seeds, but to a limited extent indeed a tangle of young forest also in seed grains. Any farmer or growth, clambering grapevines, fierce, seed merchant who has seed for sale scratching, blackberry briers and tan draw his own sample, forward it to the district seed laboratory and ob- tain a certificate. The Seed Branch retains the sample and issues a certi- fioate with a serial number. Seed merchants in some cases take advan- tage of this offer and are thus able to produce official evidence of the value of the seed offered. It is well, there- fore when purchasing grass or clover seed to ascertain whether or not it has been thus tested, and if so to note the grading on the certifioate. The purchaser of the seed may, if he chooses, have the grade confirmed by submitting a sample of the seed de- livered to the Seed Branch where it is compared with the original control sample on which the certificate was is- sued. It is seldom necessary to have such a certificate proved, because there are eomparatively few seed merchants who would misrepresent the quality of stock that 'had been officially teat - ed. A few instances have occurred of unscrupulous dealing by subrn it ting for examination a sample superior to the seed stock, and penalties are pro- vided for misrepresentations of tlds sort. . e Ives spotin it.. that this propheey was made ata i that they shall convert them into ser - It was indeed the truth: A Memorial time when the Davidic dynasty was viceable things. The day will come Day service was instituted in the not as glorious as it once was. Never- I when the passion and enthusiasm now spring and -it is still a social feature theles in Messianic times it will be l shown in war, will be turned to the in the cornmunity. It was the custom, xestored to more than its forneeen 'rebuilding of righteous causes, and before the war curtailed such cele- grandeur. The ideal king is to be of I the fulfilment of lofty ideals. brations, for the ladies to give what - was known as a "bird" dinner on Thanksgiving—the men killed the tion began to make a success of it quail, and the ladies cooked them and about twenty years ago, many fe.m- added other delicacies. While these ilies, living in a village two miles events were largely social in their out - distant, have sought family plots ward manifestations, they provided means in a very material way for the achieving of • various worth -while things in the cemetery itself. Besides the money thus gathered together, there is a membership fee collected annually, and the association collects some funds from the selling of lots. Years ago it was found that it was smaller undergrowth. In addition, it necessary to addtto the original plot was the home of rabbits, snakes, owls, of groend, so two acres were bought bumblebees, hornets and y,ellow- for a new addition. jackets. In and among all this wild- The grounds are now well fenced; erness nestled the graves of the coun- they have been cleared of under.. try's pioneers. They were gone and, growth, thus routing the bees and the it seemed, forgotten—all but a few, yellow -jackets; the excessive shrub - whose relatives still met in the eerie- bery has been cleared away, thereby tery and "cleaned" off the graves once depriving the owls of their shelter; or twice a year. the little private burial grounds with There had been a medieval fence their individual fences have disappear - about the plot, but it had ,fallen into ed, although in some instances the decay at most places, except near the procedure of removal almost produced gates, which were opened ceremoni- a neighborhood war. All graves have ously to admit a procession and kept been mounded and turfed-, and marked with plain wooden markers and group- ed into lots, through which reeds and pathways wind, edged -with flowering -shrubs. ett beautiful greensward cov- ers the 'ermine and the mounds in summer, and a few evergreens add a touch of variety in the winter.. A shelter of quaint design, constructed for acconnnodaeing services held in the cemetery, now raises its cupola- ehaped roof in a central part -of the grounds. A sexton is employed regu- larly to mow the grass in summer and to give attention to the grave e and •'.^^ closed at other times, though to keep out what the writer often wondered. Following the custom then prevalent in this section of the country-, those families that were financially able usually made provision against neigh- borhood neglect of a geneeal fence, by enclosing their own family plots with barricades of their own fancy. This gave the yard a still inoee gro- tesque and gruesome effect, for the fences were of many and crazy de- signs. It was indeed a "ghost:yard" at night, shunned by young and old alike. That was the condition of the cerrie- the fence. Getting Rid of. Sewage on the Farm. The safe disposal of farm sewage is a vital necessity. It promotes health, not only on the farm, but often in places where products from the farm are used. The sceptic tank should be from fifty to one hundeed feet or more from the dwelling. If practicable, locate the tapk so that the prevailing winds will blow any odors away from the home. The distribution plot where the sewage is finally returned to the soil should be located down hill from the home Water supply, and at least three hundred feet away. Lay all sewers in atraight lins and below the frost point and see that they are thor- oughly ventilated and the joints made water -tight and protected against the entrance of roots. Before putting in a sewage system ,consult your county representative or write to the De- partment of Physics, Ontario Agricul- tural College. Farm Records Burned. Jim's barn burned down the other night, and he was almost suffocated trying to pull the barn door off the h-inges. After he came to, one of the neighbors asked him, "Jim, why. were you so .crazy trying to save that old herrn door?" "Well," said Jim faintly, "all my figures for the last five years was right on the inside of that door." It is a mystery why the farmer will carefully select pure-bred sires for his herd but will sow any kind of seed when the planting season arrives. A Call to Veterinarians. There is perhaps no profession in Canada that offers better opportunity for remuneration and advancement than that of the veterinarian. To -day this pursuit is recognized by the Ind- ! versities as worthy of a degree, just as is that of medicine. It is not only in privete practice that opportunity occurs to veterinary practitioners, but in rendering service to the tountry by appointment under municipal, prov- incial, or Federal governments. As an instance of this, attention ot prac- tising veterinarians is called 'to the opportunity now being offered, by the Veterinary Director General at Ot- tawa, to qualify for employment hi connection with the recently adopted Accredited Herd System. Before be- ing enrolled for such work, applicants will be required to paserhe Civil Ser- vice examination for the position of veterinary inspector and to take a course in practical testing methods with one of the inspectors of the branch. During the course the can- didate will be paid, as if already em- ployed, at the rate of ten dollars a day with expenses. Examinations are to be held simultaneously in all the provinces on April 27th, full parti- culars of whieh tan be had at any post office. I t will be observed that the nearnes; of the date set for the examination necessitates the earliest possible action by likely candidates. The lime -spreader is tbe soil's sugar bawl. Had Adam kept books and records his gardening might not have proved so perplexing to him.