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CONDUCTED BY PROF. HENRY G, BELL
The object of thle department is to place at the sew
vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged
authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In
care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toren•
to, and answers will appear in this column in the order
in which they aro received, When writing kindly men.
tion this paper, As space is limited It Is advisable where,
immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and ad•
dressed envelope he enclosed with the question, when
tho answer will be mailed direct,
s.-1 would like to know some-
thing about the improving of muck
soil. It is part loam and peat muck,
A
as in the kitehun window or near sots
other source of heat. Inside ten day
or two weeks the seed should haw
does not produce very notch grain to germinated sufficiently to show wha
the here. Would like to know What per cent of it contains strong vitalit
kind of fertilizer would be best to u, ne
and what is weak and dead. It is mos
on it, besides barnyard manure. I convenient to plant 100 kernels o
have some plowed and rolled down wheat, 100 kernels of oats, etc. Thi
naw which 1 am going to cover with
manure this winter right from tate
stable, and sow oats on it in the
•spring.
Answ,pr:-Muck soil or loam, rich
in organic matter is naturally strong
an nitrogen, (the straw grower) but
weak in phosphoric acid (the plant
ripener) and potash, (the kernel
filler), so that your results are"exact-
ly what would be expected in grow-
ing grain on this soil. I would advise
you to cease applying barnyard
manure because barnyard manure is
ilieb in nitrogen and relatively poor
in phosphoric acid, so that by adding
barnyard manure you are aggravating
your trouble instead of helping it.
Apply about 400 lbs, to the acre of a
fertilizer analyzing 10 to 12% phos-
phoric acid -and 8 to 4r potash, Put
the manure on higher land where. it
will give you greatest results. With
the application of fertilizer that I
have indicated your oats should ripen
well next summer and fill satisfactor-
ily.
The Crop That Is Harvested in Winter
space,. The cakes are figured an they
basis of twenty-two incites ench way:
Thickness No Cakes Cutting .Space
of Ice I'tr Ton Per Ton
4 inches 01.3 105.4 sq, ft.
(i a 20,9 70,2 "
8 '" 15.0 52.6 "
10 " 12.5 42,1
12 " 10.4 30.1 ."
Do you have these things when you
want them: Ice cream? Iced tea,
lemonade, and ltuttermilk? Ire -coil
watermelons and cantaloupes? Ice
for use in sieknese, and in preserving
food?
If you don't, it's your own fault, pro-
vided you live in a natural ice region.
All you need is an inexpensive ice-
house and a pond or stream. The 14 " 8.9 30.1 f1
labor comes during the slack winter 15 " 7,8 25.3 "
season. 18 " 6.9 23,4 "
Ice is one crop that costs farmers 20 " 0.8 21,1 "
nothing to produce, save the cost of 22 " 5.7 10.1 "
putting it up. Working together, Essentials of a Gadd Ice -House
several farmers helping each other, it 1. A favorable site: This should 1
is possible to eut the crop at a cost of out of the sun as much as ltossibl
• one cent for a 220 -pound cake, or and convenient to the house and t
$ about nine cents a ton exclusive of d:at'Y•
e hauling and packing. And since Chis• Adequate drainage: If the le
t work is done at a season when other house is built on loose or gravel
Y farm work is not so pressing, many soil, natural drainage is sufficien
t fanners do not feel the expense of a but if on it heavy, compact soil, artif
f few days putting up ice, tial drainage must be provided,
It costs not more than 1 a ton to 3, Free circulation of air over tit
haul and pack ice under this team -
free
Provision should be made for t
work plan,'provitled the ice is out near free circulation of air through til
the farms, which is usually possible. top of the ice -house; otherwise th
Fanners who have a comparatively °enclosed stagnant air, becoming war
small quantity of ice to harvest will
in contact with the hot roof in sum
need for equipment two saws, two ice -
heat
will conduct a great amount
tongs, two ice -hooks, and one pointed heat to the ice below and cause a bi
bar, When these tools are supplied waste This is a common neglect i
by tw'a or three neighbors, no one feels the storage of ice. The best rennet!
the cost of supplies. Many neighbor- is to put a latticed opening in sac
hoods are organized, with each farmer gable and a ventilator on the roof,
equipped with his part of the tools,
is also advisable to leave the env
To mark the ice, a long plank may open beneath, and the wall open for
be used as a straight -edge; or it may, about six inches below the plots. B
be used to guide the hand -saw. Where I means of all these openings the ad
n horse plow is used, the attached can freely pass through the top of th
gauge will serve to keep the extra building, and yet no rain or storm ca
lines straight. Cut either square or get in to wet the covering of the ic
oblong calces whichever will best fit
4, Good insulation: It is very asses
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There is no one kind of grain til
alone will furnish all the differet
food elements required to mainta
ethe body of the hen in good candle's
and also furnish the material of whit
he eggs aro made. Certain kinds of fon
combinations are required to make th
�v yolk of Ute egg, certain etht•r kin
t• are required to make the whites, will
le;still other kinds are needed for buil(
ling the membranes whirls stu•roun
the yolk and the white and the she.
he which contains all, The body of th
le hen is a wonderful machine. which ha
e the power of sorting out the differet
m materials as they are digested a
combining them in the yolk, t1
of whites, the membranes and the shell
It is plain that if the hen does m
nhave suftleient materials of differen
: kinds to make these different parts
h,I the egg, the complete - gg cannot b
It laid and the parts for which sit
has material lie dormant and eggs ar
es; not produced.
v1 When the hen was in her nature,
state, running wild in the field an
eforest and laying only when natur
the proper materials, s
e, was able during the productive seaso
-i to find from nature's varied stores ,
great many different kinds of food. in
**i eluding seeds, grains, grass, routs
e bugs and worms and what is very im
i portant, pure water, The hen that hit
free range on the farm in summe
S finds these sante things and that i
f, one reason why neglected farm flock
7,1 I lay well in summer and very poorl
at other times.
e•,1 • When the hen is confined to th
poultry house and its intmediate sur
n roundings, perhaps a small yard, th
only way that she can make eggs is to
receive from the caretaker the various
r' different kinds of food that she would
obtain on free range in summer, e
e their equivalents. On most farm,
' there is a reasonably good variety o
e grains, including corn, wheat, oats an -
barley, and these form sufficient war
iety so Inc as they are concerned. In
1 addition there should he ground
grains, including wheat, bran an
"I cornmeal, to use in dry or damp
ee I meshes. To take the place of the bugs
and worms of the slimmer season beef
Scraps, such as are furnished by deal
ri ers in poultry supplies, or cut fresh
h, bote_..should be given. Milk will do
considerable to furnish;meat food, but
it should not he depended upon entire-
ly even if it is fed in its various
forms, sweet, sour, whole or skim, In
place of the grass, etc., which sup-
plies green food in summer they
should' be fed cabbage, beets and other
vegetables or clover, alfalfa, or a
variety of these several things.
Mast, which 3s a mixture of ground
grains, may be fed either dry or moist,
If fed dry it is usually placed in hop-
pers and the fowls allowed to eat it
whenever they desire. Such a mash is
made .of cornmeal one part, bran two
parts and high grade beef scraps
about one-half part. There is not
much danger of vigorous, healthy hens
eating too much of this mash if it is
within reach all of the time. If the
mash is fed damp it sometimes con-
tains in addition to the foregoing,
cured vegetables or steamed green
cured clover or alfalfa, making front
twenty to twenty-five per cent. by
bulk. It is then nixed crumbly with
hot water or with milk and fed once
a day, as much as the fowls will eat
oppromptly om til each lime -and
P p Y no more.
If milk is used for mixing, the per-
centage of beef scraps can be reduced
about one-half. The damp mash moat
' not be allowed to remain before the
fowls for 1t soon becomes spoiled,
It is necessary to provide the hens
with some reason for exercising in •
winter because they have no incentive
to exercise naturally, as they do in
summer hunting for bugs and
worms, etc. For this pur-
pose the floor of the poul-
try house can be covered with a litter,
four or floe inches deep of straw, hay,!
leaves or something of that kind and
into this the whole grain is scattered
compelling the fowls to scratch for it.1
No more grain should be fed at any
ime than the fowls are willing to
work for, for if any remains in the •
itter it soon becomes dirty and unfit
o eat- It is not neeesary to feed any
particular mixture or combination of
rains. If a variety is furnished, in-
luding,.cot 1, wheat and oats, with an
ceasional teed of barley, the fowls
will obtain enough from these kinds to
upply their needs and furnish the
aterial to make egg's.
One of the best ways to furnish
Teen food is to hang a cabbage bend
1st high enough so that the fowls
'111 have to jump for it. It is surpt•is-
ng how much cabbage fowls will eat
id there is no danger of their eating
to much. Maodt1 beets may he fed in
to sante en,nnet' or :stack on 0 nail in
to wail anter bong cot in halves, If
amp int tsl.eet are fed, clover or alfalfa.
ay be eteamed by pouring boiling
well tura (hat will provide sure green
ttte:• over theft and mixed with the
t,cl,
it ."sheep are of great value en the
It farm. They pay a higher rate of in-
let terest. on the money invested that: do
1n any other farm animals.
How Briarly 'Solved
its Problem.
Given a country with a central vIL,
lage--given boys and girls, young mere
and young women, fathers and moan,
ers who work day after day without
diversion, without hope of change
given a few restless ones wild
threaten to leave home because life is
so dull, so monotonous --find a come
mon diversion that shall bring them
together with a common interest.
This was the problem faring llriar-
ly. The restlessness of the spring-
time was in the atmosphere. The lerya
shouted that they would not stay at
'it Feeding it floc•!( of sheep is an easy hoose 'beyond the harvest. Fathers
rt problem, because they will eat what a and mothers looked at each other .int,
e horse or a con' would not loo at. There despair. What could lee done? The
is le nothing tike sheep to clean up a older girls held a consuitatioa, made
le field of wee,,.. In sprii.g, turn then some pions -- 181(3 these re-tless
dinto a hit that was infested. the year, brother:, and cousins to help.
before with wild carrot; then watch The first apparent result was the
11 the result. The ,oxiuus weeds will not' adverti 'meat of a big Dominion Day
e -get te (banes to peek out of the gro"nd,! Picnic at the pond. Samettling (Mere
s Sheep will aleo destroy chickweed on eat was promised. For lack of ally
- much. They will nibble and keep tt, thing better to clo, everybody went.
an good shape where the -grass is se' They spent the morning visiting and
th short that other animals would deal getting the tables ready. As they
s.1 At the same time, the ground i be -i were finishing their dessert, ane of the
no
have
ing enriched be an even spread of fer-! older boys stood upon his seat and
t tilizer, In winter ,beep require very asked for their attention. He spoke
of little grain and will eat almost any to the paint: They all wanted some -
e kind of
ha thing
y. t 11. different i t ft rant from the humdrum of
e I Sheep deliver the goods twice a year farm life. Today's picnic proved that
e- --wool to spring, when the farmers' they enjoyed a good time as well as
1 pocket -bunk i,f flattest, and lambs -n anybody. Why not have them often?
l fall. They had all read of community or.
di Nothing looks prettier or mere pros- ganisations-why not hare one here in
re perous on a farm than a flock of nice Briarly. They, the young people of
hey sheep &lontentedly earning their lir- tate town, had outlined a few things
nil tug, such an organization night aceom-
I plislt. With their permission he would
•j 1'rappiirg as a Side -Line. read the outline, They could improve
slA man may never become rich by upon it in any way they liked.
trapping fur -bearing anirrtals, nut I It was but an outline he presented,
a series of "why mots;" there was not
r1 have found it to be a profitable side- a suggestion that might not be easily
s line to- my business of farming -and worked out in detail but it forecast
sI a mighty pleasant one, at that. I love such a complete organization as
y, the great out -of -dors, even in winter, should give to each age some special
and my daily visits to my traps are privilege, sante responsibility ar
e enjoyed with the utmost pleasure. pleasure. Why not have baseball and
-1 For the past five years I have aver- ha eliet ball teams? asked the outline.
e; aged more than 8100 a year with my why rot have a school la • rou
. traps, and the work comes at a time ? playground
na
when it doe,en't interfere with my, I, the children. Whyatt not have a
band : Why not have a big commun-
other dutles. The traps are irexpen-' ity chorus" Why not have club
n-' sive, compared with the returns from' r.loms, reeling r,oms, a library? Why
the investment. All toy traps have not have telephones? 'Why not electric
f cost me less than $10. ! lights and a water system? Briarly
and There is a large brook running, had pieut of water power, Why not
_' through the north end of my farnt,' have women'; clubs? Why not have
with a small patch of nnar-hy lowlands a lecture course? Wity not have a
near one end. At this puce 1 set my Saturday half -holiday for la ime?
,1, muskrat traps, under two ar three: p
email piece et• they
organized a have ao these tItc ns e.
'inches of tcuker. y
apple attache,, to a stick serves as; tti hy 1ogorganize
a community centre,
' bait. This bait is placed in such a r, t at engrafts buito-lding
. Why not
eat That raemnt building far club
position that it is shout i n4�hteer. eons" Zi by not have debates by the
inches above the part, ant r tastesed' r
securely into the ground, I Wren 't the questions of the day?
My skunk traps are set in the woods' Each .repasts question was fired
near the entrance 'to the holes. fa'''`•
`t is i�PntLslt ° and had explosive,
o
visiting these traps, I always carry 0 ' I• Fye opened wider. There
rifle with which to kill the polecats, were exclamations of approval and of.
! before removing them from the traps.' 0o'-ttsel growls eu dissent. They spent
I make my daily rounds immediate-, are in dlsrussiet, Then a trial
ly after the turning chores, which e fe tttd. T for three monthstwas
gives me time to skin the animals be-' effected. n men, There were omen, off h-
ors, oof young women, fath-
fore dinner. I never hold off shipment ers, of mothers, of boys and girls.
of skills too long, for the prices of, There was a central committee unit -
1 fursolometimes drop down later in the tug all these. This central commit -
also is a very good method of tes
corn.
There are various other inethods of
testing seed corn, such as seed -testing
boxes, where a layer of sawdust is
covered with a piece of white cotton
marked off in squares and a pad of
sawdust about an inch thick is pre-
pared to put over the layer just des-
cribed. Tho common procedure ,is to
take two kernels of corn from near
the tip of the ear, two from tate middle
and two from near the butt. Place
these six kernels in the square of a
certain number and attach the same
number to the ear. A handy way is to
cut a little square of paper about 3-4
of an inch square and write the num-
ber of the ear on this paper and at
tech it to the butt with a carpet tack
Before plaeing the kernels on the
lower pad dampen the whole box thor-
oughly. Dampen the pad for the top
separately and when the kernels are
placed, earefull"g set the top pad eve
the kernels. Keep this box near the
source of ,teat and in a week or ten
Reader: -What is the feeding value days carefully roll back the pad from
•of bean straw as compared with bottom to top and you will be able to
clover hay? Or, if a ton of good read the percent of strong, weak or
clover hay is worth $20. what is a ton dead kernels showing and trace them
of good bean straw worth? to their original ears through refer -
Answer: -Henry & Morrison in once to the numbers. By this means
their boo,; on `",reeds and Feeding" you can throw out weak ears,
give the following comparative; W. 1Y,: -i have a field of light cluy
analyses for clover hay and bean soil, that was in pasture last season.
straw: What is the best way to prepare it
Closer hay, 12.9 p.c. water, 7.1 p.c. for potatoes and corn;
ash, 12.8 p.c. food protein, 54.2 p.c. Answer: -Plow your pasture land
carbohydrates, 3.1 p.c. fat. as early as possible in spring and fol -
Bean straw, 10,5 p.c. water, 7.2 p.c. low the plowing with a thorough disk -
ash, 7.3 p.c. food protein, 73.7 P.C. ing and harrowing. At the time you
carbohydrates, 3.3 fat, are planting potatoes apply about 400
•
Of course there is a considerable to 500 lbs, to the acre of a fertilizer
difference in the digestibility, for in- analyzing 3 to 4% nitrogen, 0 to
stance, the protein in clover hay is 8 p.e, phosphoric acid azul 3 to 5 P.C.
60";% digestible, while that ire bean potash. If you haves potato planter
• straw is 50',1 digestible, w•iti fertilizer dropping attachment
It is impossible to answer the last this`' can easily be accomplished/ If
part of your question since relative not, when you strike out the rows for
valuation figures for proteins and the potattoee, scatter the fertilizer
carbohydrates are changing constant- along the row and pull in a light
1y, Myr opinion would be that the covering of soil over before the piece
bean straw would be worth Jess than of potato is dropped. Cover the pain
half of clover hay, on account of its toes and proceed as usual.
coarseness and the amount of crude For corn, apply about 200 to 300 lbs.
:fibre it contains. per acre of a fertilizer analyzing 2 to
C. L' -Will you explain the best 3 p.c. nitrogen, 8 p.c. phosphoric acid
way to test different grain, as wheat, and about 2 p.c. potash. With this ad -
corn, oats, etc., for seed. When is the ditional plant food the crops should
best time to make the test? proceed very satisfactorily. The sod
Answer: -The best time to make a which you have turned under will
test for vitality of seed grain, which make a valuable addition of humus
,is wheat, oats, corn, etc., is late in and will -greatly aid in holding soil
February or early In March. For the moisture which is so necessary for
small grains a very simple method is both potatoes and corn. I would not
• to fill a box about three inches deep advise plowing the soil deeper than
with sand and with the point of a lead five oe six inches, but be sure that the
pencil make holes in the dampened seedbed is well prepared by careful
sand about 3-4 of an inch deep at a disking and harrowing, and see that
distance of about one inch apart, Into the work is begun as soon as the soil
these holes drop kernels of an average is sufficiently dry in spring. Do not
sample of the seed. Cover with sand, got on it too soon, however, for fear
keep _lamp and in a warm place such of puddling the clay.
into the house to be filled. sary, in order to keep ice well, to sur
round the ice with plenty of some non
conducting material which can b
readily obtained at reasonable cos
The insulation of an ice -house consist
of the wall itself and the paekfn
about the ice. The chief function of
the wall is to ward off the direct ray
of the sun and the weather, and t
check the flow of heat toward the ic
The function of the non -conducting
material is to preserve the ice fret
direct contact with the warm air.
Dry, clean sawdust is very satisfac
tory for packing around the ice; plane
shavings are still better, but they ar
not always easily obtained and the
cost far more than the sawdust.
If sawdust is used, there should b
at least one foot of it well packed int
between the mass of ice and the std
walls, two feet under the •}
After cakes have been broken apart,
two men with ice -tongs can with lit-
tle difficulty pull a cake of ice from
r the water and load it on a wagon or
sled, Some use a slide platform,
drawing several cakes on the load at
onocq using tongs, a horse and a rope.
It is easy to figure the amount of
ice needed for farm purposes. Sup-
pose it is for cooling' milk and cream.
An average cow producing 3,500 lbs.
of 3.7 per ,vent mills, or 431 ponnda of
thirty per cent cream, will require 431.
times 1.16 pounds of ice; which means
that about 500 pounds of ice are
needed to cool the cream produced by
one cote. It is best to store at the rate
of 1,1100 pounds a (owe This amount
covers shrinkage and other uses of
the ice. A twenty -cow dairy would
call for ten tons of ice for cream cool- ce saw
ing, or about thirty-five tons if milk plenty of it over the walls
As the saw
dust next to the walls settles, som
is cooled. of that on the top should be packe
As space 10 x 10 x 5 feet is required . in from time to time,
for each ten torts; twelve inches should Wild bay is fairly satisfactory fo
be allowed for packing at 'bottom and covering the ice on top. it is nuc
sides, and three feet for packing at used where sawdust is not very plenti
top. Therefore, a ten -ton ice -house ful,'but a greater depth of it is neces
should be 12 x 12 x 9 feet. sary.
If plenty of packing m
p � alerts, is
used it is not very necessary to in
sulate the wall particularly; two
thicknesses of boarding with insulat-
ing paper between constitute a very
good wall.
5. Banking: The bottom of the house
should he well banked with earth or
cinders to prevent the warm arc get-
ting in beneath to melt the ice.
OJfoC
Too much salt is .poisonous to hogs.
A hog is killed by from seven to Dight
ounces of salt. As much as that rare-
ly is taken and a hog will not allva$s
poison itself with salt if allowed ac-
cess to it. Neither will salt prove in-
jurious when hogs help themselves to
it once a week. So, we advise allow-
ing good quality salt once a week in a
clean trough, roofed, so that the salt
will not become wet.
It is not a good plan to mix salt in
`the feed right along, nor ,es it neces-
sary to do so. When given in that
way, the hog may get too much salt
daily, and in time great irritation of
the sfotnaeh and intestines is caused
Which may end ,int poisoning with all
its symptosis, These are vomiting, in-
tense thirst, 'convulsions and finally
paralysis, stupor and death. If a com-
paratively small amount is taken and
the hog suffers 'front less severe
poisoning, •}t may scour for a time and
finally clic, o: it may live if given suit-
able treatment,
Baine, more often that common salt,
kills hogs. Meat brine, or that from
a hera•ing keg proves deadly. Half a
pont bf such brine will kill a ,tog. It
is not the salt alone that kills, Meat
Or fish juices in old brine, 1 c n me, develop
ptomaines or toxic poisons, Such
ptomaines may also develop in any
stale slop from a dirty barrel, Slop
containing tonicity is thought to be
'especially dangerous when allowed to
stand and "work,"
a Bewares too, of hotel and `restaurant
slop, or any slop . containing large
siders t "-i
d be tett alby sembut ' the
V
e if h
women folks happen to pour the wash -
water into the slop barrel, look out!
Sbap-powder, which is much used now-
adays, contains enough caustic to irrie
tate the lining of the stomach and in-
testines so terribly that' death fre-
quently tesulti,
Common salt, camouflaged with
powdered wood -charcoal or soot, and
very alightly impregnated with sul-
phate of iron ('copperas), is no bettor
than ordinary salt,
Mixtures of salt and copperas, or sul-
phate of copper (bluestone), mucin
used to prevent•Ar destroy worsts in
hogs,, often prove poisonous, They may
not kill quickly, but they (seep hogs 1 It
thriftless; and the more dope used the I
worse the animals become until at last , IYI
they give up the fight, Such a m•tx- o
ture is all right if given for a fuw I u
days, under direction of. a veterinarian!
or other expert; but it is all wrongit
and'„higitly (injurious if given right ;11
along, and especially if mixed in the -I
feed.
Slaked lime, wood wishes and wood- oto
charcoal are safe and beneficial. So is! p
ground bone, if needed for swine fed'ol
too largely upon corn; many swine' el
'raisers before in allowing their swine' t
to eat coal, hut for most pdople that' is
"black dianeod" is too dear to he used I
as a condiment, `T1
Exclude coffee grounds from slope,! icy
as they have been found injurious, to
Mustard in large quantities is injnri-' nil
ons to swine. ups
IGo
To figure the amount of ice in a given
area, remember that fifty-seven
pounds of solid ice represents one
cui,ie foot: Considering this weight
as the standard, and alloying for
packing, one ton of ice will occupy
about forty cubic feet.
The following table shows the mild -
mated number of cakes of various
thickness for a ton, and the cutting
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
JANUARY 11.
Peter and John Heal a Lame Man -
Acts 3: 1-16. Golden Text -
Matthew 10: 8.
Golden Text -Matthew 10: 8.
1-10. The Act of Healing, '"Peter
and' John." The close comradeship
between these two men is remarkable,
apostles with the same lavish outpour-
ing of His gifts.
"Irt the name of Jesus Christ." Peter
does not presume to exercise any mere
healing virtue- of Itis own. He is not
conscious of the possession of any
magnetic touch through which he
might communicate strength to the
lame man. Has dependence is upon
Jesus Christ. Had Christ failed him
there would have been no healing. But
Christ did not fail him. The lame man
leaped up, "rte stood, and began to
walk." And so it was demonstrated,
in such a fashion that none who saw
could doubt, that Jesus the crucified
still lived,
and Still
11Ad, power,and
still wrought mighty workThpeo-
ple who stood about, or who saw this
loan entering the temple "were filled
with wonder and amazement,"
eter was the older, John the younger; „ 11-26. Peter's Second Discourse,
they Were unlike in disposition and in .He answered unto the people." The
temper; yet they appeared to have crowd whmch gathered in the portico,
been warns friends. They were to- or colonnade, which tart along the
gether among the disciples of John eastern side of the temple, wondering
the Baptist, together among the first and questioning, gave Peter an oppor-
disciples of Jesus, and together at the tunity, which he immediately seized,
fishing in the lake of Galilee When of once more speaking about Jesus,
Jesus called them to become fishers of ,"Ww did not heal this man," he said.
tnen. It was they, with James, who It was not dons by our power or
kept the lonely watch upon the goodness, It was Jesus, Jesus whom
moun-
tain when they saw tate vision of their you killed! who healed hint," "And by
Master's transfigured glory, and who I faith in Itis name hath Itis name made
'ere chosen to watch with Him in the s man strong,whom ye behold and
ast sad night in Gethsemane. And know,,,
ltey two were the first to hear the Peter showed superb courage and,
agdalene's story and to come to the boldness in thus !challenging the action, t
pen tomb on the morning of the res- of the great council of the Jews which'
rrection. had condemned Jesus, and in fastening ,1
"The hour of prayer" was about upon the Jewish people the guilt of
hive o'clock ,in the afternoon, Count- Ills death, He was rho "holy and t
tg from sunrise it was "the ninth Righteous One," the "Pripce of life,"I
our," The location of the gate the promised Savours,and they had re- g
which is called Beautiful;' we do n01 jected Hint and killed Him. But now; c
ertainly know, but it was evidently the God of their fathers had glorious-; o
e of the entrances to the temple sated Him in raising flim from
recincts, near Solomots Porch (v, 11) tee dead, and of that fact, Peter de -I
n the eastern side of the temple, The
(laved "we are witnesses." He fail
tth'e story is told with graphic de- lowed with a ringing -call to repent -I
ails which could only have boon furn- alma No doubt it was through ignot
het by tut eye witness, oleo that they and their rulers had' g
'"Expecting to receive something: " rojecled the Christ, and prophecy was it
10 storyis rean(nicable in that it deg- fulfilled in His suffering. Bet no1'�,; y
tbee an act of healing performed if they will but repent, their sits will 1
eon a mg, who looked only for anile forgiven, blessing will come upon at
ms (v, 8.), lie asked .for a gift of them, and the Christ will come again l.�
Doer and received the power to stand to set up His kingdom in the world. I.11
n Itis feet and walk. The gift of til
d owns not commensurate with Itis
fa
A pair of good automobile goggles We
are almost a ueeessity on the overage of
farm, aside from the nt e for which 0d
quantities of soap or soap -powder, they aro in -field, In sawing wood, i'ft,iva notal nor. topt>utlyd to Heel
the sgnuare t M!, and you hale lino is
Such slop is fatal to man especially, ,the ars altnomt toil: 1 ioM tl�at was in Iltm, and draw!
sit 1t e hold A little snap in ltdtcltont slap able, as they hese the satrdtist from r, c(r:es of rj°vine ltnwrr. Now the oa:d tclten•nna written wdf,h tart and* 1
iib, but event far beyond it. So le; .Not much use to make n written' i1
s again and algin in the ministry contract with the hired man.. ,suet' el
Jesus, To those whose faith reach- use kion right, let hint know you op.' 111
Mit after a little tl::ng He gave' 1 ' w
Ham d proririto every effort on his port to do
1 y hogs each p Y y pin. 01 tvpect •d v upon the om t 1 l bete (entt act in the, world It will
elle pitiful; every man has a hard!
w
0 tit a 09' mail tldeell is con- a (19 1 01111 td.o t le eee,n, ltvw;t of Christ tenths tlnr0) 211 Ills 1111: \1 'r$11, i battle to light. • lttn Mat'Iarsit
tee spent the afternoon. in perfecting
.;.-...-....� i plats,.
:loxes in Rectangular Fields
What urns the use of hiring a build
ing when they hada town hall that
Finding the number of acres in a belonged to the town? Wltatt ywa3 the
field of rectangular shape is easy. use in renting ball grounds when tO 'r
Here is the method: Find the length had the central village green? They
and width of the field in rods. Mul-;decided to have another picnic on that
tiply these dimensions together and! same village green two weeks front
divide by 160. The result is the Hunt-' the next Saturday to see what they
her of acres in the field. I could do,
To determine what part of an acre, Meantinas members of the different
a .garden or city lot is, find the length 1 committees were at work. The boys
and width in feet. Multiply these to -,.put up some play apparatus on the
gether and divide by 43,560, the num-1 school grounds. Two ball teams,
ber of square feet in an acre. In the, basket and baseball hastily organized
case of small fields of this kind it is, to be ready for their first practice,
better to find the dimensions in feet The mets hunted up their old instru-
rather than rods because such meas- meats and had one evening unifying
uretnents aro more accurate. I a town band. The mothers formed a
• relay club -they served a Saturday
night supper, it community supper,
Neighborhood clubs for buying gar- if you please, free at the town, hall for
den seeds and field seeds are a source all who took Saturday afternoon as a
of murk saving. play time, then all could stay for e
community sing in the evening, By
relaying, each mother would have to
The Great West Permanent help rock and serve but once a mantlt,
Loan Company. thus having three piaytimos for ]tet•-
roronto Office 20 King 9t West self. When there were five Satltrciays
in the month, the fathers cooked and
4% allowed on Savings. sorosis
Interest computed quarterly. The central committee "inspected"
Withdrawable by Cheque, p
81ia%, on Debentures, the town hall. The large upper hall.
Interest payable half yearly, was all right for programs, lerturas--
hut it needed screens. easy chairs, pic-
Pald up Capital $2,412,578, tures to give it the home atmosphet'ttlewasemeatessecaseseiswessetweenenewesnavate '-
for ordinary :immunity occasions.
The evonten would "honiify it" they
1 said; the+, could get everything. needed
from their own attic -treasures. The
Large room below must be the dining' -
hall; they would have folding tablet:I
the men would make those and fere
nisi' the folding chairs as well. Tint
young men would put up• gytnnnstio
apparatus that would swing to the
ceilingr The girls promised game'
tables ,stere --folding one's, and maid 12
the hien would let then, have a roomy
they'd Make a reading roan and li-
Mazy- room of it, They wood canvas
Briarly for books, for promise of
mega.:Ines rafter they had been a weolt
at the home. Ai it -why not have Boy
Scouts and Girl Chides? Of course
it took time to work all these whys
out, Before "Linter the telephone con-
nections were complete. They had a
community C'hristntas tree. They
have plans fur a year 'ahead, The
boys are contented and it look:, es
though Briarly had reuily roma to
stay, w..
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