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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1924-10-30, Page 7,ysentery You Should Use it Mil Give INSTANTANEOUS RELIEF Dysentery is one of the worst forme of bowel cempleint. It conies on su.d- deftly, and the paine in the bowels be - some intense; the disehargee °cell): with great rapidity, and are very often ac- tompanied by blood,. Dysentery does not raced to persist for any length of tine until the whole system beeeines weakened and debili- bated, and hardly any other disease so tjuekiy muleimines the strength and brings about a condition of prostration and utter collapse that often termin- ates fatally. Mr. Rohort Woodall, Kamloops, B. C., writes:—"I was sorely troebled with that terrible, scourge, dysentmee or the last twelve months owing to the afte,r effects a ptomaine poisoning. 1 had absolutely no control over my bowels, and after trying several doctors' rem°- , diea I was induced to take Dr. Fowler's Ext. of Wild Strawberry. After doing so I got immediate and complete relief.' Raising turkeys is one thing, mar- keting them profitably is quite an- bther. The marketing problem, despite the fact it is usually looked upon as onehof simplicity itself, is a problem of no little importance, for here rests the harvest, much or little, for the season's toil. I Turkeys, whether sold for breeders at a fancy price or sold to the mer-' chant for Thanksgiving or Christmas trade, should have some special care aleng about the first of October. In either instance they should be kept on range as 4ong as possible for health, but given very different care other- wise. Turkeys of good breeding—that is, purebred stock—are always in good demand •for breeders. „Keep such turkeys on range as long as possible and feed very little fattening food. AI • diet of wheat, corn and r.nillet is good,' • gien very sparingly to avoid an over - fat conditions. Unless such grains are of first class quality, thoroughly ma-' tared and free of sap and mold, it is better to toast them in an oven to a light brown before feeding. Fat, it is' vrell to remember, is an objectionable' feature in breeding turkeys: Turkeys for the Thanksgiving and Christmas trade should be fat, yet pro- ducing this fat condition and saving • the turkeys is not an easy matter, for it is well to remember no fat turkey la long a healthy one. To produce a .fat turkey, therefore, and at the same Allitime a healthy turkey, one must bring jelr about this fat condition by degrees, and not abruptly. Exercise is essential for health, therefore such turkeys should be kept on range as long as possible and given • fattening foods, such as corn, for a period of two or more months, gradti- ally increasing -the amount till turkvs show prospects of getting -fat by mba-- keting time. „ Every dock has in it inferior ewes. A portion of these should be solid off every year and their places taken by the choice of the lanib crop. How manY, to cull out will depend upon the num.: ber of sheep the owner, wishes to keep.' If he desires to citdown the size of, his flock then he should cull closely.! If, on the other hand, he „wishes to increase, then only the very poorest' are eliminated. Fall is a good time to do this work. • The inferior animals Pan be readily picked out then. Ewes with unsound mouths, injured udders, or faulty type should either be put in the fattening pet or'serit immediately to market. Was Troubled With CenstiPabon And Bad Headaches They Were 'Relieved By IRILBURN'S lfra. James O'Neill Bancroft, Ont., hae&nitosi—"I was very much troubled fconstipation and had headaches, and my ekin became yellow looking, • but since taking Milburn ei Laxa-Liver Pills the constipation and headaehee have elieappeared end my skin hag become dear again. I would advise all those who are troubled with their liver in any way, to use Milburn's lam -Liver Pills," •'‘ raixa-tiver Pills ' ' have been on the eaarket for the past 30 years, 80 be sur and get, tleen wlien you ask for Ilene, Pn.'„ up only by Tho T. Milburn Co,, Taimiaed,, iPoretto, Oat THE STORAGE OF vEowr413iigs. Th „ suncessful wietee •storage Ca vegetables, although quite simple, is often unattained, chiefly, ae a result of improper cave or neglect. Event at- tention may be given to growing andl harvesting, and a desirable result ob- tained, yet it frequently happen a that, through careless or improper storage, the greater part of the crop is loot by rot or injured' by wilting. In general, the main requiremeets for the storage of most vegetables are soniewha,t similar. Protection from frost is essential.; yet the temperature met not be high enough to permit growth. From thirty-three to thirty- eight degrees, Fahrenheit, may be con- sidered as the extreme range. Ven- tilation is necessary, especially during the first week or so of storage. Soon after hairvest, all classes of roots lose a certain amoirnt of moisture by eva- poration, Or, as it is Commonly known, meeting. If an adequate circulation of air has not been provided for this, moisture will condense and form wet places, thus making favorable situa- tions for the growth of moulds and other forms of plant life that may, directly or indirectly, cause rotting. •1f, on the other hand; too much ven- tilation is given during ,dry weather, exceessive evaporation le encourage with iconsequenw1lting of the' vege- tables. During cold weather, the ven- tilation must be controlled to avoid freezing. Light should be excluded as it not only promotes growth but ,depreciates the keeping and eating qualities of the vegetables. , Broken, bruised or diseased speci- mens should not be stored with healthy ones, as they will invariably rot first and, in so doing, generate heat, which will help spread infection that may cause serious loss before it is detected. The above, although constituting the general principles for winter storage, do not meet the requirements for all classes of vegetables, as the different kinds will not keep equalljavell under the same conditions. • Accordingly the common vegetables may be grouped, as to their storage, .reqUirements, as follows: Horse -radish, parsnip and salsify are not injured by freezing and may be left in the ground until early spring. It is, however, practically im- possible to dig them out of the, frozen ground during the winter and; for this reason, other methods of storage are preferable. Of these, pitting is prob- ably the most satisfa.efory., When cold weather is about te set in, the roots are placed in a neat,sqonical• Pile on a well -drained site and. covered with straw to a depth of si±ei eight inches. After the roots have stopped sweating, the straw should be covered with four or five inches of earth: 'Wherea ton or more of the crop is to be stored in one pit, ventilation shafts should be provided. In a pit of this nature, the roots are not likely to freeze, but if they do, they will not thaw again until late, in the spring as the straw arid earth act as an insulator. This class of vegetables may also be Stored in a good, cool cellar, if space is available. Potatoes, turnips, beets and carrots all require similar storage conditions. They may be satisfactorily stored in welI-constructed pits, with a covering sufficiently heavy to prevent frost in -- jury, but, as a general rule; the best storage place is "a well ventilated, yet Crost-proof, cellar. Small quantities may be kept in good condition by being Tacked in moist sand- either in the cellar oi in any place where frost or a temperature above forty degrees may be avoided. Cabbages, although not injured by a light freezing, are usually of better quality if untouched by frost after harvest. Dry air and temperatures are very injurious, as cabbages wild eas- ily. Fs. r this reason, out -door pitting. is very satislactory. The cabbages are pulled, leaving the roots on, piled in a conical pile, with the heads down, and covered with straw and earth in the same manner as the pit described for parsnips. Where extremely cold weather occurs, an additional covering of straw and earth should be added as late in the season as possible, Caba, bages may 'his° be stored in a moist cool cellar: Squash and pumpkins differ from other vegetables in that they should be stored in a dry place where the temperature may go as high as fifty degrees. An attic or an unused room in the house is usually quite satisfac- tory, providing the temperature does not go below the freezing point. ° Onions require much the saine con- dition as pumpkin and squash, except that the temperature must be kept comparatively low, yet above freezing. • Celery is probably the most difficult of all . vegetables to keep throughout the entire winter. It may be stored in an outside pit,' but is better trans- planted late in the fall, into moist sand, in a dark cc,ol cellar. •Itit'doing this as much of the root system as possible is retained and the plants are set quite close together. Throughout the whiter i the roots must be kept moist by carefully watering the sand from time to time. If the tops are wet, rotting will soon start. In order th prevent moisture condensing on the leaves, adequate ventilation is neces- sary, but care must be taken to pre- vent freezing,, as celery will ..not 'keep well if it has been firoeen in storage. WINTER INJURY AND ITS PRE- VENTION, Winter injury Mall take two forma Feeding of &es. Two of the essentials for good win- tering „of bees ase young bees and ample stores. To seeure the first, . Young bees, a natural fall flow or an in practically all° plants; top injury end eobt injury. 'Root injury may be fargely controlled, in those plants pro- pagated on different roots, by selecting liardY stink. In apples' fee instance, hardy native crabs likeTranscendent or hardy Russian varieties, produce hardy stock for roots. Such roots will stand much more severe conditions1 than French crab stock. Likewise, na- tive plum stock is hardier than the Myrobolan, so that the first considera- tion of a fruit grower in regions where trees suffer from root injury is to ascertain that they are propagated on hardy stock. Small fruits, such as raspberries,1 strawberries and grapes, which are grown on their own roots, must be given protection against root injury. Fortunately raspberries are able to stand severe conditions and it is only in the open prairies that they have to be covered completely with earth.' Grapes, except in the best fruit areas,1 should be laid down in the fall' of the year and completely covered with earth to a depth of six inches or more. Strawberries are protected by a cov- ering of straw oi some coarse material applied in the late fall. •Practically nothing can be done to prevent top injury, of tree § at this time of the year but the reader should bear thisPo int in mind and for the future plant only those varieties which have been found to be hardy for his district, and, in •the orchard already planted, discontinue cultivation early In July so as not to encourage late growth, which is liable to kill back. Well -ripened wood is essential and cannot be obtained if late cultivation and fertilization are practiced. - Top injury to raspberries is very easily prevented in the most severe regions by the complete covering with earth, as previously referred to, but in districts such as Eastern Ontario it is only necessary to bend down the canes and place a few shovelfuls of earth' on the tips to retain the canes in a recumbent position so that they may be covered by the snow and thus protected. Late cultivation of all bush fruits should be discouraged, as well ripened wood is just as essential as it is in the case of trees. • • Aside from the ravages of winter, depredations of rodents account for heavy losses in young fruit trees. These animals, when food is, searce in winter; will strip the bark from young trees, sometimes completely girdling them, .causing their -ultimate death. • This can - be prevented hy wrapping the trees in the fall of the year with building paper, or by placing around each tree a eel' oftexpanded metal ilath to al -might of aborit two feet. These may be purchased cut to the required width and length, and are easily fas- tened teether by pieces of galYallized wire. They make for permanency and in the long run are cheaper than the yearly use of paper. The Experimental Farm + System. Much interesting and valuable in- formation is contained in the report for 1923 of the Director of the Domin- •ion Experimental Farms, Mr, E. S. Archibald, B.A., B.S.A. It .tells in concise and condensed form of the do- ings in 1923 of the fourteen divisions of which the Central Farm at Ottawa consists, of the twenty-three branch Farms and Stations, of the half dozen Substations in Yukon Territory,. in Northern Alberta, Northern British Columbia, .and Northern Quebec, and of the Illustration Stations, the num- ber of whieh was • increased during 1923 from 89 to 125. There were, when the report was prepared, six Illustra- tion Stations in Prince Edward Island, fifteen in Nova Scotia, seventeen in New Brunswick, thirty-five in Quebec, seven in Ontario, twenty in Saskat- chewan, twelve in Alberta, and thir- teen in British Columbia.-- In every instance these Stations are established in districts where it is considered they will loe of inost aseistance to farmers. With every province having its Farms or Stations extending east, west, south a.nd to the opened -up districts of the north, it will be seen that the Do- minion Experimental Farm System penetrates to all the confines of the country. oils and Pimples .ARE CAUSED BY • lBad Blood When the blood gets out of order it is only 'natural that boils, pimples, or some, other indication of bad blood should break out of the system. What you need, when this OCCUTS, is a good tonic to build up the system a.nd put the blood into proper flap°. For this purpose there la nothing on the mar/set to -clay to equal • Mr. L. A. Delbert, Allan, 8ask., writes:—"For Serum.). yearI was troubled with boils and pimpleS. I tried many treatments, but could get no results. 1 than took Burdock Blood Dittees ansi becanm free of my trouble. It is the only medicine I took that did nie any good," , B. B. B. is maim Cactercd only by The T. Milburn Co,, Limited Toronto? Ont. artificial -flow produced by feeding is required to stimulate brood preduc- tion. If ample etores are lacking, they must be provided by feeding. The feed supplied niay be either a honey or a sugar syrup, and in making the letter none but the k,est of white granulated singer should be used. For stimulative feeding, a light syrup of approxithately one part honey or sugar to one part water is hest. This syrup may be given to the bees in various ways, but the one most ,generally used is the honey pail meth- od which consists in inverting a 6 or 10 -pound honey pail of syrup over the frames, the 'cover of which pail has 3 or 4 holes in it pierced by a fine nail, Colonies wintered in cellar should weigh 60 to 65 pounds, without hive covet, and those wintered outside 70 to 75 pounds. Any deficiencies should be made up by feeding one pound sugar' for every pound lacking in stores. The syrup given in this ease should consist of 2 parts sugar to one part water or 5 parte honey to one part water arid should be fed from 10 - pound honey pails, ae above described, each pail having 40 to 50 small nail holes in the covee Fee may be given either hot •or cold.- When fed hot, however, there is a greater danger of granulation but the syrup is more readily taken down by the bees. Feeding should be done about the first of October, as=raPidly as possible and in the evening to avoid dis- ,She Got Relief From IThe HEART TIROUBLE By Using IVIILBORIVS HEART AND NERVE PILLS' Mrs. Geo, ,E, Bowman, Morrieburg, Out., writee:—"I am writing you a few lines to let you know of mYs g- erieace With Milburn's Heart and erve • Two ears ago I became ver oorl with my heart and neives and when- • ever 1 took the least little bit of • else my heart would start to jump and ,flutte‘va (mild not walk upstairs without having to it down and rest before I was half,way up, on account of my breath becoming so short. , • I commenced taking Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, and in no time I felt a great improvemer.t and can. now heartily recommend them. to all those who are troubled with any affection, of the heart." Milburn's II, & N. Pills are for sale at all drng and general stores; put up only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, 'Termite, Ont. ree_s by Ca nIdentify Apple T Their Leaves. eThe ideritification of varieties of apple trees, previous' to bearing, from the character of the leaves, is being undertaken by the Horticultural Divi- sion of the Dominion Experimental Farms Branch, according to the report of the Director. Up to the present time, it has been found, possible to identify sixteen varieties in this way. A system whereby the variety may be determined from the leaves of the tree, d with • an out waiting for the fruit, will turbance. be of e great practical value to the orchardist as well as to the nursery- • - man. It ' not infrequently happens that trees prove untrue to name When they come into bearing. By the sys- tem referred to, it will no longer be necessary to waft for fiefe, to eight years -until this 'stageis reached, but the young orchard may be gone over the year after planting and untrue varieties discovered. By the same method the nurseryman -may positively identify his stock and thus prevent loss and disappointment to purchasers. Illustration Stations in Ontario The Illustration Stations conducted under the Dominion Experimental Farm system are being constantly ex- tended in number. Last year especial attention was:paid to Ontario, seven Stations in 11 being established, tiro in Eastern Ontario, at Bourget, Rue - sell county, and Curran, Prescott county, and fi-e in Northern Ontario, all in Temiskarning county, namely at Cochrane, Genier, Matheson, Porquis Junction, and Valgagne. The total number of Illustration Stations in- cluded in the system was increased in 1923 from 89 to 125. ' . . • • Usually it is necessary to pump up the tube only two or three 'Imes and the greatest number of times in my experience was five.—D. S. B. HOME AND COUNTRY Learning to Think and . Speak on Your Feet. GI13SON SCOTT. At Sunbury, a iFrontenac county community purely rural there is a fine neighborhood spirit Of co-operation. The two church denominations have voluntarily united? worshipping in the building of the one, and having the minister of the other to preach to, them. The second building is being put to use as a hall, while the Women's Institute and the Township Council are considering ways and means to- gether for the erection of an up-to- date Township Community Hall. They propose availing themselves ofi the Government Short Courses in Agriculture and Home Economics in the more leisured months of the year and are making full use of Depart- mental speakers and literature in the meantime. In the monthly program of the Institute, they discover and apply local abilities in •music, demonstra- tions, papers, and social talents. They are training themselves in public speaking, believing that farm- ers do not give enough attention to learning to speak and think on their feet. At a summer meeting, a joint gathering of men, women and younger people, when a teacher of public: speak- ing was visiting the Institute, after the address, two of the men suggested following it up with an application to the principles laid down, in an im- promptu cebate. Two monibere of the Township Council were deputed to choose sides, which they did, thirteen to a side. • Long Term Farm Loans in order to A farmer made the statement, "If 1 get one of these farms. were to sell my ten thousand dollar fa.rm and put the proceeds in Govern- ment five per cent. bonds, I should be better offi" This, was considered to be a decid- edly debatable subject. Each member of the two teams was to speak one minute, State and establish one point for his side, and make himself heard by all. Three young men improvised a gong, constituted themselves time- keepers, and rang off each speaker at the end of sixty seconds. The Insti- tute President took the chair. Within forty-five minutes every per- son on either side had spoken though not six had ever been on their feet before in a public meeting. Before the gathering dispersed, a group of the young men collected eagerly sug- bgaestetisn!g topics for "more of these de - The enterprising and friendly com- munity spirit which thus unafraid, discovers and begins to develop its own frequently hidden but none the less existent practical and cultural talents quite independently of town or city influences is going to create a neigh- borhood where the turning of a ten thousand dollar farm into bonds would never be considered. Rather those country lovers chained by circum- stances to the city would be debating the amount of initial capital necesS-ary to avail thernselves of the Government TRAINING OUR CHILDREN Don't Enter Into Children's Quarrels and Arguments. BY HELEN GREGG GREEN. "I don't like Dick's mother," Bud confided one day when he, Aunt Emmy Lou and I were having 'a little heart to heart talk. , "And why not, Bud?" we wanted to know. , "Well, every time us fellows get into an argument, she's always poking her head out of the window and asking, 'Now what's wrong? Can't you play without quarrelling?' And then out she 'Comes to settle rnattets. Seems pretty riibby to me. She's always spy- ing on what we're doing. I tell you, we don't often go to Dick's—not any more'n we can help." After Bud 'left, Aunt Emmy -Lou, whom all children love, scolded, "Why will mothers alienate the affections of their children's friends! When Dick is older, and Margaret Wantilig him to bring his friends home, She'll be wondering why they won't come. I dislike these mothers who are always taking part in childeen'e arguments and little quarrels. Children should have a little peivacY of their OW11, and we geoevii-ups shoeld respect it, the saine as we expeciftheirt 10reepeet. ours." • "Well, you're right, Aunt Emmy - Lou," 1 admitted, surprised as always 'at her wisdom. "Margaret will make Dick unpopu- lar all his life if' she keeps this up," she continued, "I was there one day when Dick came home with a torn shirt, grimy hands and all the ear- marks of a scuffle. Atter she had fairly forced the child to tell his tale of woe, she started toward the door. 'Where are yeutgoing, Mother?' Wick asked. 'I'm going to see that rough Dowds boy!' she snapped. 'Oh, Mother, please don't do that!' Dick pleaded. Margatet was determined. But I was determined he shouldn't go. And she didn't. I gave her some good straight - from -the -shoulder advice, but I guess she didn't heed it." After Aunt trill -ay -Lou left, I thought, "Well, I know 'one thing. I'm never going to have my boy's friends dislike "me, if I can help it," Ancl I deliberately evelked into the house and closed the door, leaving a erowd of youngsters in our Croat yard having a most hehtell argument. When Sonny hopped in a while later with, "Gee, Mother, you're a briekl" I Only sinned, for 1 kntiv why he thotight Mother aii Sunday_School e • NOVEIVIBER 2 The Prodigal Son Luke 1,5: 11-`24: Golden Text arise and go to my father.—i-Luke 15: l ANALYSIS. •, 'no longer WOrtilY of the tlaMe of son., 1, now 5014.5 AE LOST: THE VAT,4- rSeo eInet.slunsce 910setallacesnytetedes'llriPinieirng af ER's GRZEF, 11-16. P ^ f:llltilt.ehre2?(LtiTmMile:4hs11°ItS1.111nd-reo:tettlenhra°11skanboVvovvilatittlii:1111aigst 11. IIOW SOULS Aite" EOuNE, THE PAWL -- ER's JOY, 17-24. INTR0DUPTION—Jesus, from the be- 'brolCeti-hearted for his boy to come ginning of his ministry, sought aPe-•back. Every day he is going to the leoi sat'', Itonstreeacdlai/nof thaevoiedrirning,g: theald i tathy.". sdc!,:Teri,f ahned sP eleiortinf.etduorNnv gthe ixig Oirleaddttlyo gatherer and the sinner, lie sotight he sees .12:1111,1egsgd7iatn.gdgepa?save4etiluellsg their compn.d any aeven vtheir---t isited 1 will homes. It was not for Jesus to wait to his heart, arid kisses him. until the lapsed came to him. He initiative, it his business to take1 Vs, 21-24. The lost son has not the and to go to them. In so doing' he d;Peaeracteedd ohfi s a fatherretoshut h eePtin likelt tthi edoors .Ile broke through every barrier which the e narrow and unforgiving religion of tennnhiss ufapcoenohTimat.'isaaset tteolisisfatherimriiosehard his time had set up between the saint and the sinners. Jesus said that "god- nwohamtoraew-Vilol:tivyrettcohbehterehaatsedsasri been, and liness" was just being like God, and 1,o be like God one must seek the salvation , PutteNvill the father turn him away, or and the good of every lest soul of man. " fl"r"tlilielinbg°yIs aenolr°, all ng gt heback er shows ? thatI \To, This is the lesson taught in the Par - his heart is ehanged, and this being able of the Prodigal Son, Jesus was attacked by the Pharisees for asso-1 sa'' all can be forgiven. eia ing with sinners an si tine with So Jests describes the love of God them at table, Luke 15:1, 2. He made to Penitent sinners who returri to him, withanswetih• ejoy lriothrewehl)chexistsarables'all dealingheaven Men he yearns notknow hethtel°svirirt enGefGoocomed'ali when a lost soul is brought back to • hhaaveke. uplibardaidthedeyj.kesnueswinforit,gcoomugld after I.G.od;OWER,sseuortrIEFA,R1E1-1,1067: THE FATH. ,1,3).euldout,ncoats,t apnhdethpeoil.oposte?e oSfurtehley pt hay_ able, therefore, is to show the differ- • the first half of the payable involves narrow Pharisees of the day. Jesus not only the erring son, but the father must go after the outcast, for there from whose love the son turtle away. is joy in heaven when sinners repent. Indeed, it is the father who suffers • We are to think of God as like the aes, 11, 12. The traatagtikeedenytt 1121th:folded in enee beflireen eGed and the harsh and with him at home, where he is safe, flaeednemaprielona otfratigieedirysotoulshiLnp, raenc?outsh,e gbmruoetsattt. hNevIloib,elozwaoinsudld fain keep his boy father in the parable. The sins of impatient ATTLICATION. ment of his life into his ownnslaehneaantgdhese". Instead of waiting till he received his How foolish was it of this over - inheritance at the proper time, he asks privileged lad te leave .11°Ta° and to have it now. He wishes -Co capital- plunge into a life of debauchery and ize his prospects, so to speak, and to excess! How disenchanting and de- g is leaving home his likes,owlinas-igrading to find :And himself feeding pigs teeay ter, and wbehearbelhev e tellb oidoaeh hsland eating the hes which the swine Th V. 13, e son does not say thatillie diet eati Is it any more se than the , though it is in isexperience of any one who becomes en - mind to do so. But in a week or so ',slaved by drink? In June of 1807 we he shows his real intentions by selling 'find the poet Byron writing from his his effects, and bidding his father college rooms, dwelling with boyish de- good-byeHe intends to go to a die_ light on his late hours and heavy Po- . tent country—we may think perhaps tations. But see how he talks later of Italy and Rome, the centre of the when his course was nearly run, great world's life. Arrived there, he My days are in theye ow 11 1 f ea . The flowers, and fruits c,f love are g Theworm,;the canker and the grief Are mine alone! gets into bad company, and scion loses all he has. Vs. 14-16. He did not, perhaps, ex- pect this, and he does not know that days of famine are at hand, but they come. He has nothing left, his coin- The prodigal son could have said the minions have made off, and here is samThee disenchantment of those who wander into evil ways is intended to make them stop, look and listen. The the sv,me. He has run through his prodigal came to himself before he fortune, and no one pities or relieves his condition. nothing for it but to take 3ervIce as a swineherd, and tee live on a pittance, with*a lower standard of living than II. HOW SOuLS ARE FOUND: THE FAT11- ER's JOY 17-24.. Vs. 17-19. The lost son comes at the man enslaved by drink are often length to himself, or to his senses.3ite terrible, but it is better so, for other - ling with his head in his hands, hel wise the man would keep right on in remembers his father's house. How, his "ghastly smooth course" until, happy and blessed with everything without knowing it, he should arrive was every one t eie, even the servants. at the painless hell of abject slavery He feels faint and wretched, and won- to a mere appetite. ders whether, if he went hoine his When this prodigal came back to his father would take him back as a seev- father he found forgiveness and res- ing man. He thinks he will try. He iteration. The heavenly Father is able will tell his father everything, how ut-land willing to save unto the uttermost, ter:37 wrong and mean he has been, a all those who come unto God, through sinner against God and his father, and Christ. cameto his father. Experience teach- es fools. Indeed it would appear that no,verbal teaching goes very far home to the mark until it is c3.riven there by force of experience. The suffering's of KEEPING A FARM OFFICE BY DALE R. VAN HORN. A farmer who recently bought nine head of purebred hogs by mail, said to me: "Yea, that man in Eastern Ontario apparently had some mighty good hogs and at mighty good prices. But when I received his reply to my query, I was doubtful. He wrote with a pencil on a piece of square paper ruled off with pencil. His writing looked hasty, and there was not a sign of prosperity about the letter. Now I figure that a xnan who is in the farming business, whether it is wheat, Cern, dairy cattle, horses or hogs, ought to be successful enough th use an individual letter- head. So I passed up that offer—and, mind you, it might have been a good one—for this • chap over in Bruce County who uses a typewriter and some specially printed letter -heads. . . Say, you ought to see that letter -head of his. Come into the house and I'll show it to you," Perhaps this man was the exception to the rule. Perhaps the average buy- er pays no attention to the kind of let- ter the other fellow writes. But other things being equal, isn't the rnan who put e his message on a clean white sheet, with his name and address printed at the top, with the name of his farm in big bold leters, and espe- cially if the message is typed, going to have a better hearing than the one who writes with .st pencil or rusted pen and on a sbeet-torn from the boy's school tablet? Of course„ that is a problem for each one to decide. Expense is the first consideration. But, aften all this kind of good appearance is nothing more than advertising itself, and one should tuyn to it as instinctively as one does when be fixes up a little be- fore the arrival of the prospective par - chaser of the place. Even the Most annplo farm office should contain a record, and if the equipment is to lie acquired slowly and ono item at a time this will come first, The book should be divided into var- ious department—one for poultry, an- other fey dairy, another for ceopS and ee on. If the book is of the loose-Ieof type, alterations con be made or mono blank pages added when desired. The 'next atquieteme should be a letter -file. One of these can be bought for as low as $5 or $6 and is certainly worth the money. In this all business letters should be kept, the sheets -open- ed flat and stood on edge. If the in- quiries which come in can be divided int,o several classes, then dividers should be set in the main file and each group of letters arranged alphabetic- ally. To serve the same purpose, but in a more limited way, one of the smaller book files can be bought for less than a dollar. Then come letter -heads and printed envelopes. These can be purchased for almost any price and they are of many grades:—The, best evay is to work out the heading definitely and jot it down on paper, then take the proposition to several printers for quotations, A light buff or grey paper is often more attractive than plain White. If you can afford it, a small cut of the honie place or one of the prize animals shoulti be worked into the heading. Often the same typo arid wording which appear on the top of your letter- heads can be duplicated ill the upper left-nene corner of the •enaelopes. It will pay to get a 'large order of prurience at onei tineoir, as 1,000 en- velopes and letter -heads will cost lees , ene proportionately than 300. I' atlIs ieo payto gat two sizes of ene for straight corresnonclene other of No. 10 siee, which w. eke additional papers when necesSann Now everything is complete hilt the typeventer. You cap learn to use one in a short thrie. Your ,first letter will not be a maSterpiece, but it will be better than the letter my friend men- tioned. If there is a young man or woman in the home who secretly covets the privilege of learning to write on a standard keyboard, why not tern that end of the blisinese over to him Or her? Usually a book of in- structions, .,ich shows how to ,pro- s inelteled with it typewritar. The machine may cost oellY iibO or $15—or it may be a bland 'new one a itiisclhociellsdt yboigp..reelf, But One Way to hip 1,copt,c,: Is to refrai” frail giving them athlete.