The Exeter Times, 1924-11-6, Page 7has hail the reputation of being a
specific remedy fer the relief of all
bowot troeblee such es
Diarrhpea Dysentary,
StcornpcIt Crams,
Stri:.41rnar Co praptaint,
And 011mr Looseness of
T&te powels;
Mrs. Norman,Heal, R.R. No. 3. Bar -
ilia, Out., writ es:—'• LastSemener, I
had a very severe attack of stheiner
complailie I took a. few dosee of Dr.
Fowler ie heti.atet of Wild Strawberry
Mel in a few hours 1 got react' from
the severe pwius(
'Dr, :Fowler's' is the only imecliciiie
1 have ever taken that will give relief
ao qui cid 3,..
When yon ask Cor Dr. Irowler's Ex-
tract of Wild Strawberry, be sure you
get what you ask for, as some of the
cheap imitations may prove to be dan-
gerous to your health.
THE TRAGEDY OF IT
The aim of the ,practical farmer s
to increase his net profits. That s
what the majority of us are in the
tanning business for. In this respect,
snany articles have been written on
the advantages of high yields. An ex-
aenination of costs of, and incomes
from crops adds emphasis to the di-
rect relation of yields to profits.
Invariable high yields have as a
chief basic condition a'` rich soil. The
farmer who attempts to grow big
crops on soil that lacks an abundance
of potential plant food, as well as pro-
per mechanical conditions, is taking
a very long chance. As a eizactice,
such an attempt has over and •over
again proveii a failure. Thoughtful
farmers everywhere have abandoned
the idea.
High -producing land is not only
well supplied with all the chemical ele-
ments required in plant growth, but
it houses those elements in such form
and coedition as to make them read-
ily available, provides an optimum
supply of nioisture, favors organic ac-
tivities which replenishes the plant
food supply as the season advances. It
also absorbs sunshine readily, and
-40. breathes in the gases of the air. In
all. the soil conditions for the growth
of maximum crops are extremely com-
plex. Were they more simple, fertil-
ity would not be the big problem it is.
But, since it is complex and also essen-
tial to successful handling of agricul-
tural land, the farmer who fails to
give attention to its solution will soon
be a back number.
The tragedy of it is that so few
farmers actually succeed at increasing
the productive capacity of the land
they farm. •It is high time that more
of us deliberately set about this big
problem of providing a better soil for
our crops.
Crervai`ng Poultry Hoosos Mani:
po u 1 tr y rite n experience year atteg
year continued losses from ome"
the most coin/non' polar' • iiiseeses
tpeialIy thoee that are of an infece!
limit type, such as chicker, pox, roup
and canker.
Many of these same loultrymen
could absolutely eliminate these dis-
eases if they would but pay greater
and more constant attention to ques-
tions of, skinitation.
Though sanitation and cleanliness
are 'important throughout the year,
there is no time when they are more
impoetant than in thki fell,
Too many poultrymen nroceed in
the manner of careless housekeepers
who sweep the floor by brushing the
dirt under the Btove or furniture.
Such haphazard methods are really
/l
worse than athing, because they offer
the birds absolutely no protection orfreedom from the germs of infectious
diseases. ,
If you have not already practiced a .
complete 'Cleanipg of your poultry
house in the fall, make a resolution
te do Fio this year.,
Here are the steps which must be
accomplished in a complete renovation
and cleaning of the house:
The first step is to renieve perchee,
dropping boards hoppees drinking
v
essels and equipment of like nature.
These should be taken out of doors -in
the sun for later cleaning and disin-
fection.
The next step is to remove all litt
from the house. There aee a numb
of ways of accomplishing this etre
tively.
If the manure spreader can be bacl
ed up to the house and the menu
loaded end hauled out on the rneado
and spread broadcast, it is the quicl
est, cheapest and most effective wa
of getting rid of this material.
In the first place, the litter is ric
in poultry manure and nitrogen, an
will show up in an increased yiel
of hay the following season. In sma
flocks where equipment is not avai
able the litter should be bagged i
large burlap bags and hauled awa
and spread on the land Just as soo
as possible.
After having removed all fixture
and litter, the next step is to dr
clean the house. 'I'his involves th
sweeping of the walls, ceiling and th
entire floor' carefully and completel
in order to eliminate all accumulation
of dirt, cobwebs and other accumula
ed filth.
This.' must be done in considerabl
detail to be sure to get in all crack
and crevices and ' considerable pres
sure on the broom will sweep oii
much of the dirt and filth which other
wise would he overlooked, .
Pains should be taken to see tha
dirt is gotten out of the corner's an
around studding, in order to get th
house just as clean as possible. Mus
lin curtains should be beaten an
swept to get all the dirtout of them
This•step in the cleaning of the aver
age poultry house is often neglected
Best Way to Disinfect—Next come
the most important step in the fal
housecleaning. That includes the corn
plete disinfection of the interior o
the house. This should preferably b
done with a spray -a although in smal
poultry houses it can be brushed on
with paint or whitewash brushes.
The sprayer'however, puts the dis
infectant'solution on with force, gets
in craCks and crevices where the brush
application would not be so effective.
Where one has spraying apparatus
for fruit trees on the farm, there is
nothing. better than this equipment
for spraying the interior of the poul-
try house.
lime, bet gees into solution reed
upon adding the hot water,
e• After the house has been thorough
sprayed it ehould be allowed to d
out for a day or two before the ne
step in the fall housecleaning is uncle
taken. -
In the meantime the equiprae
which was placetl out of doors shou
be thoroughly cleaned, sprayed wi
the same solution and replaced in t
house. The windows should be was
ed outside and in. Any broken equi
ment or fixtures on or about the hou
house has dried out the floor shou
be covered with four to six inches
good straw litter, and the nests shou
be filled to a depth of one or tw
filched with clenn shavings.
The house is now ready for tl
birds.' A clean, sweet, safe enviro
ment is theirs. They are not from no
on handicapped by the presence
contagious disease germs in the
Keep a Record This Year—Keep
poultry flock recerci this year, even
it is nothing more than a daily reco
of egg production. Better still, ke
a record of receipts and expenses
well.
Considering the small amount
time regaired to keep a simple reco
of this sort, there is probably nothin
that you can do which will yield
greater return in the direction of im
provements in the poultry enterpris
In no other way can accurate con
parison be made of ene year's resul
with another's.
A record of past accomplishmen
serves to make the daily care of th
flock rnech more interesting, for on
s then constantly striving to bette
he previous year's record. The sati
faction that comes from gathering o
Thanksgiving Day 10 or 15 per cen
more eggs than the flock laid one yea
before cae be appreciated only by on
who has actually experienced it.
In a few years one will be able t
hd establish, by means of the daily eg
record, a sort of standard for his
dstrain of hens and his particular con-
ditions. A glance at the standard
when collecting eggs will show how
a the flock is measuring up at any par-
ticular time,
Similarly, the income and expense
record gives a measure in dollars of
S _ the progress of the poultry enterprise.
Y- If catefully studied it will give the
• key to many little ways of increasing
e the yearly returns.
t-
Dynamite g`Don'ttS"
e The list, should be memorized by
s any one who uses explosives. Before
_ handling any dynamite, glance over
t this list to refresh your memory:
_ Dont smoke while handling explo-
sives and don't work with then' near
t a light.
d Don't leave explosives where stock
e can get at them. Cattle like the taste
of soda and saltpeter, but other in-
n gredients might make them ill or even
, kill them.
Don't tamp in a charge with a
, metal bar.
e Don't be in too big a hurry to see
why a charge didn't explode.
Don't use chilled or frozen -power-
ful explosives.
e Don't cut or break a frozen car-
]. tridge.
Don't carry blasting caps in your
pocket.
Don't try to remove the wires from
an electric blasting cap.
Don't dig out a hole that holds a
charge that failed to go off. Dig an-
other hole for another charge at least
two feet distant.
Don't force a primer into a bore
hole.
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The successful manufacturer has b
been studying sales ever since the °
tinie arrived when he could not read- s
ily sell all the things he could produce. ,•
With an increase in the facility of ei
producing goods there has been an in- e
erease, in competition and men have
had tostruggle to get the consumer to
buy their -goods instead of those of
competitors. Unless proper selling r
methods are followed one is apt to
find that his competitors get all the i
business.
Take any old box for shoebrushes w
and polish; and call it a shoebox, It a
will save a lot of cleaning up.
For the average poultry outfit a
arrel sprayer with about twenty-five
T thirty foot lead of hose is ,very
atisfactory.
For coarse sprays with which there
nay be mixed whitewash solutions
ontaining lime, there is nothing bet-
er than a Bordeaux nozzle, for it can
e so quickly and easily cleaned and
he coarseness of the spray can be so
For fine disinfecting sprays a whirl -
ng spray nozzle is always the most
fficient, because it puts the spray on
ith great force and more or less as
mist, bringing about more equal dis-
ribution of the solution on the walls
f the house.
Heart So Bad. I,
Could N t Sleep th
Propped Up In Bed h
Mrs. II. E. McLeod, Portage LeI
Prairie, Aram wiites,--"ACter having
bad "The .fflu" 1 was bothered with s
v(3ry bad heave and mg doctor claimed ! tt
that it would be five 3,ears before it o
. .rrot epv better. I was so bad, at times, !
coeiri net lie down to sleep, but had a
to be propped up in hell, as I would
feel as if T acre going to mother, and
sinnetimes 31Iy heart would beat BO fast a
Lt niad.e MO feel sick. t
Whatever type of sprayingth
out .
sed, considerable pressure should be
ack of the spray in order to force it
nto the boards and cracks about the
ouse
It is a common practice, and right-
y so-, to include, in the disinfecting
olueiOn a whitewash mixture of lime
11(1 certain adhesive compounds, 'not
nly to cleanee the house buteo-whiten
; up, and'give it an, extremely neat
ncl attractive apPearance.
.4 Henhouse Whitewash --There are
great many combinations of mine-
ures which can be used ahd many of
hem are effective, but for one who
wiehes to use a simple, easily mixed
whitewash spray which sticks perfect,-
ly to the house and which carries with
it powerful disinfecting properties,
there is probably none superior to the
following mixture: Hydrated Ihne,
le -half bag; conmion table salt, six.
ounds; molaases, eee pint; ground
um three ounces; and hot water,
griltous. '
Add one quart ,of some good disin-
etani.
The beauty o the aboee formula is
ti fact that the hydrated lime does
,
' ftliother Advised Me To Take
L1I
H617 :
EA,. NERVE
(4N
PILLS
and X must say that they aid me
world of gohd, as in a very short thno
1 felt iOy hearl hese:tie Tench stronger ca
arid could, do iny own Ifousetvork Without p
that tired. wornout feeliug. T will al- ti
osys 1,asta0mend then( to ell those suf-
fering „Creel heart trotilles.''
N, (t., N. Pills are for side f.0
at all, nrug'gists and dealers; , pul ap '
only by Tile T, :Milburn•Cce, ih
tremolo, Celt,
...P. semi ire el ekin te. OC Anna 1•Anl,
How to Fail in Dairying.
Don't keep records; you will have
to figure and think. This is hard
work.
Let the cows go dry in winter; it is
hard to mill5 by lantern light. hee
Feed the cows straw instead of
bedding them with it. Then you can
sell hay. -
Don't use balanced rations. Don't
have a silo. Don't use legume hay.
Keep' a scrub bull.
Have a fork handle ready to teach
the cows theirnplace. Keep 20 150 -
pound cows instead of ten 300
pounders.
DYSPEPSIA
INDIGESTION
Relieved By. Using
Mr. Hugh B. :Miller, Ilubbar'ds, X. Se
writes:—“I suffered for a long time
from dyspepsia and Indigestion. I used,
doctor's medicines and tablets of all
description but got very little result
from them. I started tekiug, Burdock
Blood 13itters, and after using. three .
bottles, 1 can gladly say that 1 ant
batter, and can oat most anything with -
°lit having any ba,si after effeets. 1 can
highly recommend 13,13.13. to all who
suffer as 1 did."
13.13.13. is manufaetured only by The
T. Milburn Co., Limited, Torenth, Ont.,
The Great-Souled Macalpin,
"You have e,oine wheat to soil?" said
the miller to Macalpin,
"I have three thousand bushel," re-
plied the settler,
The miller's eyes narrowed; then he
mede Macalpin an offer Nr his wheat
that n the ' e,
man," he exclaimed, "at sueli a price
you could make no profit grinding that
wheat into flour! What have ye in
mind?"
"Seining it for seed grain," replied
the miller eoolly, for he thought he
was sure of his man.
A ,vision swept before the mind of
Macalphi, IVIisfortune had overtaken
the settlement. Early frosts the year
'before had killed all the grain, and the
last that his neighbors had had 'from
the years before had long since gone
to keep them and a few cattle alive.
They looked into the future with dis-
May. Macalpin, because he had farm-
ed more extensively and had sturdy
sons to helpi him, had &rain ,stored
away from the previous years wben
prices were low, and he had refused
to sell his wheat at a los. Now the
miller was offering him nuiney,beyond
his dreams! 13ut in his vision Macal-
pin saw the cold-hearted man going
among his struggling' tieighbors men-
aced by famine. mid extorting money
from them, an& the cold sweat came
out upon his brow. He would nit sell
his wheat to this man!
The next Sabbath morning, dressed
In his best, McAlpin took his stand
early by the gate of, the little kirk on
the hillside, and as each fellow church-
man and neighbor passed he, whisper.
ed to him: "You can get seed grain at
my place measure for measure. For
each bushel you take at seed time you
can bring me a bushel after harvest."
After doing that for the members of
his own congregation he_ sent his sons
off to other churches in the neighbor-
hood to make the same offer.
Early the next day a procession of
men with bags on their backs, men on
horseback, men on oxen and men lu
Not
eonnse, ‘eyaaTed-eirrinleadt, 11,10,ea,IPIa'a gate.
,beteos7t,e::,o,,,wrzun'ireiae tbausyl lchatieliithateok ret obarnit:seilzi.:01 ci,:fititYiexn/ eshaarie:
meeeleig for,l,:terliel it Phan
The Feecling.of the Five Thou:4' nd, „Inlin. 6: 1.-1,6. Golden
The
Sunday School
P,011
His 'Sone measured outeelie, precious, -
grain and filleetbe-baggend boxes of
thein neighbors:. For three days t e
*irk of distribution went on until
every in,an in the neighborhood was
provided with seed grain, The act of
the great-souledt IVIacalpin saved the
Settlement, and the deed is held to
this day as a teeasured remembrenee.
Ugly a•nough to Win.
Ethe —"My dear, she's a scream!"
Eve—"Yes; almost homely enough
to win in a beauty show."
Sewing Room Suggestion.
Instead of pinning a pattern that is
to be used many times, lay it on the
cloth to be cut and fasten down with
weights. Mark an edge with white
crayon and cut by the mark after
lifting pattern.
Britain's smallest house is at Con-
way Quay, North Wales; it has a
frontage of 6 ft., is 10 ft. 2 ins. high,
and measures 8 ft. 4 in. from front to
back.
OR HOME A ND- COUNTRY
The Sault Convention.
Health, Technical Education, Pro-
gram Planning, and Herne and School
Co-operation were the subjects occu-
pying chief attention at the Annual
Women's Institute Convention of Al-
goma and St. Joseph's Ieland held at
Sault Ste. Marie in October. It was a
real gathering ground for the forces
of progress that progressive part
of Ontario with stimulating reports
from the branches of things accom-
plished during the year and discus-
sions as to future plans.
"The Women's Institutes are wel-
come visitors to the Sault," said
Mayor Dawson in his welcoming ad-
dress. "We are interested in, the
agricultural success of this district,
are doing everything in our power to
make it more prosperous, and gladly
place this building and our services
at your disposal now and at any time
you decide to convene here."
' "We must try to give more voca-
tional guidance, help the student to
find out his tastes and talents, train
him, and then help him to find his
right vocation in life," said Principal
Williams of the new Technical School
in an illuminative address at the
close of which a committee was form-
ed to secure classes in woodwork for
the boys and young men of the rural
districts.
"Pure water and good milk are most
important .factors in good health for
individual and community. Chlorin-
ate the water and pastgurize the milk
if you,have any doubts as to the ex-
istence of typhoid or other disease -
producing germs in either," said
Medical Health Officer Dr. A. S. Mc-
Caig in a very practical talk. -
"Use fresh vegetables and fruit, get
plenty of fresh air in the sleeping
rooms. We are reducing tuberculosis
and can still further reduce it by
right living and treatment in the
early stages.
"Cancer is not hereditary. It can
be successfully treated with surgery,
X-rays and radium, if taken in time.
Watch all lumps or sores which do
no heal and have them attended to
promptly!'
"The Women's Institutes of Ontario
are the first attempt made by a people
to set up a State Department of
Home -making and Community build-
ing," said Miss Emily J. Guest of the
Dept. of Agriculture, Toronto, "They
represent something very fundament-
al in nation-building-Lthe understand-
ing co-operation of the man and the
Woman in the home, the co-operation
of the homes of the community with
each other, with the school, with the
farmers' organizations in the Branch
InsteetiN,• and the co-operation of the
individual and • the community with
the college, the departments of State
and the Government through the In-
stitutes Branch of the Dept. of Agri-
culture of each province."
In their mutual help ,program the
Inetitute begins with a study of the
improvement of the individual, the
home and then the community; how to
achieve 100 per cent. efficiency in
health through proper feeding, cloth-
ing, rest, recreation; in work by train-
ing and the exchange of usefel ex-
periences; citizenship by studiies
of the laws and how we are governed,
evith surveys of the legislation passed
by each government; in economics by
the study of production, .preparation
for market, markets. fair rewards for
work, and Wise expenditure.
The rural women had Made. great
advances in the last ten years. In the
matter of foods, for example, it was
now a question of properly balanced
as well as toothsome meals. An On-
tario bachelor had recently criticized
-a housekeeper: "She gave us corn and
rice at the same meal. What do you
think of that for unbalanced feeding
now?"
The Braanch Institute was not just
a woman's club but a home -makers'
Study Centreseeelated to the Dept. of
Agriculture in much the same way as
the public school was related to the
Dept. of Education, locally self-
governing, with its own trustees or
board of directors, if in good standing
as to membership, work, and reports
receiving Government 'grants, liter-
ature, lectures and short courses. Its
advantages were open to all interest-
ed in achieving better homes, finer
people, a better community, a happier
social life, and a more scientific agri-
culture.
EFFICIENT puBLic SERVICE.
"We don't believe in waiting until
people are dead to send them flowers
in the North," remarked a delegate.
"Send bouquets while they are alive
to enjoy them," and the Convention
resolutions: passed the following
"We wish to congratulate Mr. G.
A. Putnam, Supt. of Institutes for
Ontario on the completion of twenty
years' efficient service to the indi-
vidual and community life of Northern
Ontario. We trust that he may be
spared for many years to come in
this work."
And "The delegates wish to express
to the Honorable the Prime Minister,
the Minister of .Agriculture, and Sup-
erintendent Putnam our great appre-
ciation of the services being rendered
to the homes of this area through the
Institutes Branch of the Dept. of
Agriculture. The literature, lectures,
and short courses are practical and
very valuable, If we might add a
request to our thanks we should like
to have a manual training course for
country boys and young men added.
Also, if possible, that the sewing
course be given on the same terms as
the other courses!'
NUGGETS FROm THE CONVENTION.
The big thing is the little thing.
Getting the best in and for your own
community is the big thing. If that
is done other big things will naturally
evolve in the province and will cause
unnecessary things to fall away. The
study and development of your awn
community is the big thing in the
eyes of the Department—Supt. G. A.
Putnam.
,Hear as little as possible of what-
ever is to the prejudice ef others; be-
lieve nothing derogatory' until abso-
lutely forced te, it; never cittculate
ill report; always model:sae the un-
kindness expressed toward others; al-
ways remember that there are two
sides to every story ---Mrs. 1-1,
aCnaaPcIrieanlize the hired Begin
there in your patriotic worka—Mrs,
M. ,T, Nixon Coevention Chairman,
The Institutes'are, very helpful with
the follow-up work hi Immigration and
helping to receive and ,imike the new.
comers pert of the 1)0] ghborhood fe.
--Policewoman and i min ig ra tion
worlsai' Stark,
t.,h no fe, 'ICI 1,s=
for a jail aftea prohibition pasaed, ao
we turned it into a publie library,
which the. tnatitele Peeps to :a.traem.t.
--Mrs, P.
eland.
NOVENIBER
ext --.1 am the bread- of life. --John 6: 35.
ANALYSIS.
I. MAN SHALL NOT LIVE '.B"k" BitEitb
ALONE, 1-7. ,
II. MAN LIVES BY THE WORD •OF GO
IN CHRIST, 8-15, •
e • _
eNentonuegioN--The feeding of th
multitude by Christ has a symbolic o
mystical significance, It is
by john the Evarigelist, with 'Pa:
people to be seated on tlie grass 50
preparation for a meal, This IS at
once done, the green lawn of the hill-
shle serving as the table whore the
D Lord is to dispense the bread.
V. 11. Jesus takes the five cakes
and the fishes—the scanty provision
r which the disciples had despised —
4 and gives thanks to God. Thia aspect
8" of the matter, the goodness of God in
providing these supplies, had been
Y overlooked by his fellowrs. The latter
a had complained of the scantiness of
f ,what they had. He dwells reverently
on its greatness. By MS action,Jests
01gives the bread and the fishes a sym-
bolic or saceemental significance.. As
e he prays, a deeply religious impres-
- sion steals over every soul. Then Jesus
e distributes the bread, and to th(1 won-
der of all it is found sufficient.
° breadVdfih
81a2n:13. s Ite sw
i s Trrnira
te 8aldtChUt lllytShe
Multiplied. But from the statement
that the quantities of broken pieces
which remained filled the baskets of
all the twelve disciples, it is apparent
that this Is the thought by which the
e event is explained. Yet if we only
e it ink of the miraculous multiplicat
'tion of the material elements, we fail
g short of a true understanding of the
incident, and some have thought that
e we ought to look on the whole incident
e as a sacramental meal, signifying
_ that it ,is not bread alone that satis-
- fies, but Christ. This is in any case
e the final truth taught by the incident.
THE BREAD BROKEN.
- Palestine bread is made in loaves
• that look like big, heavy pancakes;
' one of them may be enough for a
meal. They are half an inch thick
and nine inches in diameter. They
are not cut to be eaten; it is regarded
as Wicked to use a knife on bread. It
is always "broken" with the fingers.
1The Bible never speaks of "cutting"
bread; bread Is always "broken."
Lamentations 4:4 gives a picture of
desolation and penury.
Infants ask for bread,
And no one is breaking it for them.
When our Lord fed 5,000 people
with five of these scones we read that
after a blessing he "broke and gave
1the loaves to his disciples"; and he
:did the same when seven loaves were
used for 4,000 people. So in the Up-
' per Room Jesus "took bread, and
blessed and brake it, and gave it to
his disciples," When he was with the
two disciples at Emmaus, "he took
the bread, and 'blessed, and brake it,
land gave to them." The Book of Acts
'tells us about believers "breaking
!bread from house to house, aed the
I apostle ' Paul
r which we b
eaaeksel:n": Ca: es o oNI, the "bread'
IThis is the only miracle recorded by
, all four evangelists. It must conse-
I quently have been of very great im-
portance as to immediate purpose and
spiritual significance. What do we
learn from this wonderful story? -
HOW human in his sympathies was
the Lord jesus Christ. He had such
a passion for human souls that we are
far too apt to think he cared about
nothing else. He cared greatly about
the bodies of men, their physical
weariness and hunger. He had a true
body himself, and was often weary
and worn and hunggy.
How superhuman in his essential
nature was the Lord Jesus Chriat.
Some of Jesus' miracles of healing
might be explained away as examples
of faith cure. But here, in the feed-
ing of the five thousand with five
over time, and thus a religious rnean
ing• is imparted to it, Jesus acts b
compassion, but not in compassio
only. He wishes to give a "sigm" pa
spiritual things. Ile sign is that me
do not live by bread alone, but by th
word of God spoken through him.
is the blessing of Christ which le th
present incident makes the bread suf
&dent, Indeed Christ himself is th
true bread of God. We ought, there
fore, to think of the breaking of th
bread in the wilderness after the sam
manner in which we think of th
Lord's Supper. Both incidents. ha
apparently a sacrarnental significance
I. MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD
ALONE, 1-7.
This follows from the fact that th
provision of ordinary bread in th
present case is not sufficient. It ha.
to be made sufficient by the blessin
of Jesus.
Vs. 1, 2. The eastern shore of th
Lake of Galilee, to which Jesus her
repairs for rest, is a wild and unin
habited district. Nothing but an ex
cited religious expectation would hay
induced a great multitude to follow
Jesus thereIn , but, as the evangelist ex
plains, such an expectation existed
The multitudes were excited by Jesus
miracles of healing in which they see
evidence of divine power. They are
sure that great events are at hand
and that the kingdom of God is at
hand. But their expectation is still
materialistic and worldly.
Vs. 3, 4. Jesue site down on the
hillside to teach. This is his method
of dealing with the excited hopes and
with the ignorance of his hearers. He
wishes to wean them from material-
istic thoughts of God's kingdom. The
salvation which God is now awaiting
to bestow is not an earthly, but a
heavenly or spiritual good. The evan-
gelist explains that the Passover was
at hand. This indicates that in what
now follows, Jesus is thinking of the
Passover. He is to give thi, multitude
a sacramental conception of the king-
dom of God.
Vs. 5-7. The first need of the multi-
tude at the present moment is food.
They have come the long journey
without making any provision for
bodily necessities. Jesus asks Philip
how they are N obtain bread for all
these many mouths., The question is
not -due to any perplexity on Jesus'
part, but to lead ghilip and the other
disciples' to a deeper understanding
of what Jesus now means N do. Philip
answers by saying that the total re-
sources of the—disciples amount only
to 200 denarii that .is about $45),
and that even this amount spent on
bread would not be sufficient to pro-
vide a meal for the whole company.
Apart from Jesus, therefore, the ex-
isting provision ef bread is totally
inadequate. ,
II. MAN LIVES By TEE WORD OF GOD
IN CHRIST, 8-15.
Vs. 8-10. Here now is Jesus' oppor-
tunity. It is reported by Andrew
that the existing provision, which is
in the hands eif the serving -man, am-
ounts to five barley cakes and two
fishes. Jesus asks the disci -
ples with
loaves and two fishes, there is an un -
out further delay, to command the mistakable display of divine power.
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LEAVING AN ESTATE
The life insurance companies are
fond of gathering figures regarding
the uncertainty of life, especially with
reference to the accumulation of
wealth. It is well that these companies
do this for it brings to us a realization
of what the life history of the average
individual is. The one who get inter-
ested in these figures becomes more
cautious in the management of his
finances, and endeavors to plan
ahead.
These statistics show that only
three men out of every hundred leave
estates of $10,000 or over; fifteen
others leave between $2,000 and $10,
000, while eighty-two of every hun-
dred leave no income producing estates
at all. In other words, the chances
are better than four to one that you
and I will die poor; we won't leave
the world with any more than we
entered it.
These figures almost scare a fellow.,
but the Carmer need not take fright
as much as the city fellow. The farm-
er who owns a farm, has an estate to
leave; it is an income-producing es-
tate at that; at least i.t.should be. If
that fariner sells out and goes to the
city the chances are that his money
will get away from him and he will
be numbered arneng eighty-two
who die poor.
So, from the etandpoint of having
something in old age and of being in
a position to leave relatives at least a
little remembrance, it seems a wise
thing for a fellow to hold onto the
farm. Apparently a good farm is
good insarance,
Milk Cows Clean.
"Milking is an iMpoetant ‚job"
says a 'successful dairyman. "When
the cow tester was here, we tested the
etrinpings from Ile cow and foand
thot they. contained eleven per cent,
of butte.rfat, This farther inlpreaved
08 with the importance of. milking the
cOWS clean."
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Winter Killing of Clover.
If clover goes into winter with only
a thin stand, or if cropped closely, it
is very liable to be winter killed. In
the opinion of the supervisor of Illus-
tration Stations of the Experimental
Farms, heavy seeding is .a great help
against winter killing, as then clover
roots entwine, forming a matted sod
which is able to withstand the altern-
ate freezing and thawing of opening
spring. The more top covering left,
as winter protection, says the Super-
visor, the greater are the possibilities
of harvesting heavy crops next year.
Consequently, at this season of the
year, animals should not be allowed
to pasture on newly seeded fields.
When food whims are humored, the
children may get "enough to eat" • but
not "all they need." It is perfectly
possible to lead them to milk and
vegetables.
WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES
THINK OF YOUR KIDNEYS
'Many people fail to underetazid the
signifieance oil a lame, weak, sore or
k
aching b aa .
Men the back aches or becomes
weak, it is a warning that the ladneys
are affected' in smite way.
Take iietice'ef _this warning; relieve
the backache, and dispose of aux
stances of eerioes' kidney troubles.
will strengthen the weak kidneys and
relieve all the terrible pains in the back.
Mrs, A. Heber, l'oint du Ohmic;
B., writes 'For two years T. W11,0
greatly trouhied with pains in my back.
tried all kinds of:liniments and plas-
ters, but got no 'relief until I took
Dean's Kidney Pills. I havo just tin-
ished the second box, nasi 17oW tho porku
have all disappeared."
Put up mile b.F The T, tEtibtini
Limited, Teeonto, Ont.