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C. Ii.: -.One of my neighhora who
feeds silage to his cows told me that
they gave twice as much milk when
fed corn silage,but that it would test
only half as much, And one of my
other neighbors said it did not in.
crease the flow of milk. Which is
right? My 'hogs tear holes in the
cement floor as soon as I feed them
corn for a few weeks while fattening..
What is the cause and what can I do
to prevent it?
Answer: Regarding the feeding of
ensilage to dairy cattle, I wish to say
that a nine-year survey of the dairy
iatere•Sts of 'inked Status by Board's
Dairyman resulted in the following
findings:
you areusing allowsthe mixture et
beans and oats to be about the same
value in protein as bran, a little less
in fibre and a little higher' in carbo-
hydrates, but considerably less in fat.
I would advise' you to mix in a couple,
of pounds of cotton seed meal to the
three sack mixture of beans, oats, and
bran. This will bring up the quality
of the mixture so that it will be richer
in protein than bran and about the
same in carbo -hydrates. Feeding
about three to five pounds of this per
day when the cows are milking heavily
(along with the roughages that you
mention) should bring good results,
R. H.:-1 have considerable millet
seed and would like to know its feed-
ing value and to what kind of stock
Annual Returns Foed Cost
Butter Over of
Ns. of Yield Cost of Gross Cost of Butter -fat
Cows Lbs. Feed Returns Feed Per Pound
Fed eilage it 181.8 $34.98 $48,48 $18.50 18.9c
the S age Fed 21,759 181.2 $83,95 $39,.41 $ 0.46 22.2c
Hoard's Dairyman -1900.1909.
it is beat to feed it, and how far it
t would take the place of cottonseed
meal or linseed meal for milk cows?
What is the seed worth as a feed?
It is very nice seed, but cottonseed
meal costs here $3.00 per hundred
I pounds and I don't know whether to
The above 'table shows the practi-
cal value of feeding silage. The very
fart that the use of silos bas so great-
ly increased in this country is further
proof of the correctness of the state-
ment that ensilage pays,
• Your hogs tear hales in the cement
Beer when you are feeding them corn
because corn supplies large quantities
of energy and heat -producing food, or
cube -hydrates, and but very little
alai. You ehoul.l mix In a pound or
two of tankage un.:e a day in order
to supply ash for the building up of
the eninials hones.. es. 1 hey are in rearch
of thr laci.n:g e•ru:ents, mei this e; -
plains the ream f,:i their eete''.g un
the floor. whi •!r sontaint. a -• ,. _ant.,.
ount of Free ni•: phosphate.
R. J.: -In building my barn I have
not reeved the question of how to treat
tha liquid from the gutters.. I under-'
Mend some people rim a drain out to a'
cistern and then later pump this into
s .sprinkler and spread en the land.
Please let me know 3f you think this;
practical, or if you have some other;
system you thatlt 1' hettee,
Anewee: It the , .=•u<u iii :cane,
Baer; hies t.; :,:r i g,• :he gutters;
so the: +„ ;• .; err rte e i; gathered,
in a : t,.. eel ie letee , eeeed nn tcp.
of the ,:,-.r;,!!•:1 rile, wheel .e stored in
a con,re a ;lir. In Gertnery they tar,:e'
the lu, :i I manure, es yr a describe,
artsrirk r it no ll... land. This has`
never rme a ieetrie here as yet,i
Iaree y owing to the high price of;
:labor. In one of the moat successful'
dames I ::now, dairy stable laborers;
spread horse manure in the gutters.'
This absorbs the liquid. manure very'
welt. Others use dry peat, and still.
ethers rise aawdrst. I believe horse;
manure is one of the best. absorbents,!
Tfie liquid manure is exceedingly'
vaivable sine it contains over 50 pert
crrt, of the nitrogen and potash in;
wall kept manure.
C. 1,.:-I am feeding ground beans
;
alai oats equal parts. We fix two sacks
of that with one of bran. What cant
I add to make a good ration for dairy;
caws? Our rough feed is corn ensil-I
ags and No. 1 mixed timothy and
clover hay,
Answer: Study of the feeds that •
sell the millet or grind It for feed.
Answer: Analysts of millet seed
shows that millet is about one-quarter
as rich in protein as cottonseed meal
and about one-half as rich in carbo-
hydrates, while it contains over twice
as miirh food fibre as cottonseed meal.
As a feed, the nutritive ratio of cot
tor. eed meal is 1:41 while that of
mi'le's seed is about 1:8, This shows
the material to be much inferior to
cottonseed meal, but it is a feed
worthy of consideration. Possibly it
would be best for you to have some.
of the seed ground and test the feed-
,
ing quality.
W.13:-
I haw•eu
b t not lately, cook-
ed whole wheat until the kernels,
would burst open and fed it to hogs,'
and it would conic through them whole
the same as they swallowed it. Now
did they get the benefit of it as they'
would if it had been ground and fed
raw. I have had beans do the same
thing.
Answer: I teeseine the condition of
the grain going through the animals,
without being destroyed, refers to the'
grain which was uncooked. Speaking;
generally, livestock will get very lit-'
tie nourishment out of grain which.
goes through then in such a condition.
This is the main argument for grind-
ing of barley, oats and wheat. As you'
possibly know, 11 is a common practice'
(in the corn belt) to follow feeding,
steers with hogs for the very purpose'
of making use of thisr waste grain),
Obviously the beef animals do not get, 1
the benefit from unground grain that;;
they do from grain which has been
broken up. As to the practice of cook-'
ing grain versus grinding, there is`
usually not much argument in favor of
cooking. In some cases it makes they
grain a little more palatable, and also! y
in some cases it makes it less di-
gestible. Speaking, generally, how -3I
ever, grains which are ground give
the best results.
Our All for the Kingdom, M. Matt, 19:
16.30. Golden Text -tit. Matt,.
19: 19.
Time once Place -March, A.D. 29;.
Peres, on the eastern side of the Jor-
dan,
of
dan, during Jesus' last journey to
Jerusalem,
To -day's lesson belongs to the mo-
oned Perean ministry of Jesus. Tho
fullest account of this ministry 15
given in Luke 91 51 to 18: 34, Mat-
hew begins ch. 19 of his Gospel with
the statement that our Lord departed.
from Galilee. Thia was his final de-
parture from that province. He cross-
ed the Soden, "and in thia more re-
mote region where be was less well
known, be resumed his work of teach-
ing and (healing" (Plummer)' mean-
while slowly: journeying toward the
capital.
1. A Great Question, 16-20.
V. 16. Behold; introducing a strik-
ing incident. One Carne. Compare
Mark 10: 17-22 and Luke 18: 18-23.
Luke says that he was a "ruler," com-
monly taken to mean "a ruler of the
synagogue," but Plummer suggests
that it may mean simply "a leading
man in society," an inference froin
his great wealth. Mark says that he
"came ... running and kneeled."
Good Master; (Rev. Ver, simply "Mas-
ter,") that is, "Teacher," "Rabbi."
"Good," however, is found in Mark and
Luke. What Good Thing. He thinks
that eternal life is the reward for
doing some special mysterious good
thing, Have. Mark says, "inherit"
The Jews commonly spoke of the
blessings of the future as an inheri-
tance. Eternal Life; "the life of su-
preme blessedness, divine in nature
as well as endless in time because di-
vine; the favorite expression in the
Fourth Gospel for what is usually
called the kingdom of God in the Syn-
optic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and
Luke,
Ve 17. Why Callest Thou Me Good?
This is what Mark and Luke say, •dhe
meaning is t1hptt Jesus would not ac-
cept the title good" aa a mere cour-
tesy. 'In the' Arid sense only God
is good; man is but becoming good.
There may be a suggestion that he
who calls Jesus good must consider
what that means as to what Jesus is.
But Matthew wrote: "Why asketh
thou me concerning that which is
good?" (Rev. Ver.), that is, God is
good, and the goodness which he re-
quires is made known in the Com-
mandments, which the inquirer knew.
But; answering the question directly.
Keep the Commandments; which re-
veal the character. It is not ono good
act, but a good character that can win
eternal life, and the only good char-
acter is one which is like God's char-
acter es revealed in the Command-
ments.
Vs. 18-20. Which; a question of
perplexity; the scribes reckoned 613
commandments, •and tradition had
added still more. Jesus said; quoting
the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and
Fifth Commandments, and adding
Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor as
Ti...ve1F +t.e .•e +1,,,
second table of the law which has to
do with our duty to our fellow men.
The Young Man. Only Matthew so
describes him. All These Things Have
Kept; an answer given quite honest-
y. So far as the letter of the Com
mandments was concerned, the young
man was blameless. What Lack I Yet?
He knew that he did not enjoy the rest
and satisfaction whlch go with the
ossession of the highest good, and
et he was not aware of disobedience.
I. A Great Demand, 21-26.
Vs. 21, 22. Jesus Said; accepting the
young man's own estimate of his past
life. Mark says (Mark 10: 21), "Jesus
beholding him, loved him," a penetrat-
ing look, like that cast upon. Peter
(Luke 22: 61), seeing enough that was
good and lovable in the young man's
character to make him long to have
him for a disciple. If Thou Wilt; a
test to discover whether, along with a
sense of want, there is a readiness to
choose the highest things, Be Perfect;
reach the goal of the true life and
the rest which it brings. Sell .. and
Give. This would prove whether or
not he cared supremely for the true
life, 'Jesus is not here laying down a
universal rule, but dealing -with a
special case. Treasure in Heaven; the
eternal life for which he was seeking.
Come and Follow Me; an invitation
to join the inner circle of Jesus' dis-
ciples. Went Away Sorrowful; turn-
ing away Iran: "the high that proved
too high, the heroic for earth too
hard."
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Experiments show that where .tock`
ears are protected on the north during;
stormy weather, hogs will shrink a;
pound and a half less, going to market. �
A pound of shrink or a pound of i11
at the market are just the same as a,
pound of meat, when selling to the
packer. If a farmer can fix bis car so'
that his hogs will be comfortable and,
1ee1 good when they arrive at market
Ile will not have much shrink. The,
entire nearly normal condition can be
provided the less will be the shrink.
It has been found that a mixed Iot
of hogs obtained from several farms
are liable to have a greater shrink
than where the entire shipment has
been obtained from one farm. This is
due to the tendency of fighting. Fight-
ing often proves fatal to fat hogs • A
bot fattens from within and as ho
gains in weight he presses against the
lungs. During the extreme exertion
incident to fighting his "engine"
(lungs) is not able to keep up with
the demand and he suffocates inward-
ly. Hogs from different farms driven
to teem and yarded together frequent-
ly start a fight while in the yards that
they renew ellen loaded in the car.
The cramped quarters proves an added
extertion and when taken out dead at
the market it is a case of "smothered"
which is another kind of shrinkage
that could be avoided by lceeping to-
gether in an open lot ler a day or
tw o.
No matt may hope return for all he
Saws.
1'4 . :minor phatil.ilg c. rn foe f,n,r el'
Poultry House Curtains.
When ordinary cloth curtains are
used on the poultry house windows
the supply of fresh air is soon dimin-
ished because of the curtains becom-
ing dusty. Canvas soon becomes dusty
and allows little air to enter. The
burlap from old sacks is fine for pro-
tectiog the windows as the material
is coarse enough to stop draughts but
still permit plenty of air to enter.
Nearly every poultryman accumulates
a supply of wornout burlap sacks
which can be pieced together for -cur-
tains,
If the curtain frames are hinged to
the top of the window the usual plan
is to hook them to the ceiling of the
house when they are raised, They
should be so arranged that the birds
cannot roost on the frames, 01 course.
it is not necessary to lower the cur-
tains but a few nights each year and
sometimes Laghorna will select the
frames as a permanent roosting place.
Then the curtains are soon ruined and
they may become infested with mites.
Burlap' curtains that roll down from
the top are very satisfactory. In some
cases they can be placed in a slot And
easily shoved back and forth, If the
curtains swing back and fasten to the
roof they can often be hooked so close
to the ceiling that there will be scarce-
ly any room
carce-lyanyroom where the birds can roost.
A combination of curtains and win-
dows is the most desirable. Then if
the curtains aro closed on a stormy
day, the glass still permits plenty of
light to enter. If the entire open -
front is protected by curtains, the
house is too dark 11 a severe storm
front the south forces the poultryman
to keep all of the curtains closed,
he. 23, 24. The Said Jesus; die•
appointed, sad and pitiful as Ile sew
the rich man departing. Ile draws
from this incident a lesson on the
perils di riches, hardly; with great
difficulty. Again I say; repeating his
thought in reply to the surprleed, per-
haps incredulous looks of the Twelve.
Camel ... Needle; a proverbial way
of describing the hnposeible, still cur
rent in the :last,
Vs. 25, 25. Disciples ... Exceed-
ingly Amazed. Perhaps the disciples
held the Old Testament belief that
riches were a proof of God'e favor, At
any rate they saw nearly all men
either enjoying wealth or striving
after it. If wealth, therefore, shut
people out of the kingdom, who could
enter it? Jesus Beheld Them; another
penetrating look, Ile ache that His
words have been misur,dorstood. With
God . , ..Possible. Jesus means, not
V. 27. Peter , . , Said; the spokes-
man as usual giving voice to the
thought in the mindsof all the Twelve,
We :lave Forsaken All etc.; doing
whet the rich man had refused to do.
What Shall We Have?; as a reward
for following Josue.
Vs, 28-30. Verily; an emphatic
word, Reward is certain. In the Re-
generation; the new heaven and the
new earth, which the Mesiah would
bring, Sit Upon Twelve Threnes.
"The disciples had shared the priva-
tions of the 'Messiah, and they would
share the glories of his kingdom.
Every One; not only the Twelve, but
every follower of Jesus. Forsaken .
For My , . ; Sake; because of loyalty
to' Christ. Shall Receive an Hundred
Fold , .. Inherit Everlasting Life;
the true riches, which, will abundantly
repay the giving up of earthly wealth,
First :. Last . , Last . . First: a re-
buke to the self -complacency of Peter,
Sacrifice, he is reminded, ie excellent,
but along with it must go humility.
Pride spoils everything.
How Much Corn Does Your
Crib Hold?
Many farmers complain that their
corncribs will not 'hold the manufac-
turer's rating. If this is true -and it
is -there must be either misrepresen-
tation or misinterpretation some-
where. The latter is probably the
case. Cribs are usually rated in terms
of volumetric -bushels-that is, they
will contain so many Winchester bush-
els of 2,150.42 cubic inches each. The
capacity of a crib in bushels is then
determined by dividing its volume in
cubic inches by 2,150.42. But this
does not mean that it will hold this
number of bushels of ear corn, or that
the ear corn in it will shell out this
number of bushels.
In order to get some idea as to what
a crib can be expected to hold in terms
of shelled corn, the following experi-
ment was performed at Ohio State
University: A large box was filled
with yellow dent ear corn and shaken
to compactness. The volume of the
box by inside measurements was
found to be 19,5546,9 cubic inches.
Then, by the above method, its ' ca-
pacity was recorded as 9.09 bushels.
The weight of the corn in the box was
next determined. 13y dividing this
weight by 70 pounds, 4.2 bushels of
ear corn (by weight) were obtained:
So while the box contained 9.09 bush-
els by volume, yet it only contained
4.2 bushels by weight. The latter
figure is the important one, sinee corn
is sold by weight. Going farther, the
shelling percentage was determined,
and from it the weight of shelled corn
was computed. Dividing this weight
by 56, the legal weight per bushel of
shelled eorn, 4.3 bushels were pro-
cured.
Thus it required 9.09 bushels of ear
corn by volume to make 4.3 bushels
of shelled corn by weight, or a ratio
of 2.1 to 1. Practical use can be made
of this ratio. It offers a check upon a
given rating of any crib. To find how
many bushels of shelled corn can be
obtained from a given crib when 3t
is filled with ear corn, find the volume
of the crib in cubic inches, then divide
by 2,150.42, and then divide again by
2.1,
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The Fairy Boat.
Once upon a tithe .Love -Fairy went
to live in the heart of a great pink
Briar Rose, and oh, how she enjoyed
this beautiful home with the sweet
fragrance of the rose about her. "Here
I shall live always, I shall never leave
this beautiful home," saki she.
All went well for a while, but one
morning the little fairy stretched and
yawned and finally she sighed "Oh,
dear, how tiresome it is to stay at
home and do nothing! I must find
something to dol"
She decided to go out at once. As
she climbed down the thorny stem of
bar home she noticed that it bad been
raining during the night. The ground
was covered in patches -teach puddles
of water, like fairy lakes, and she
noticed that right the centre of one,
a little ant house had been Hooded!
Quantities of mother and and father
ants and little baby ants were trying
their best to swim ashore,
Love -Fairy stood watching the ants
and wondering what she could do to
help them, when rhe heard a faint
voice calking to her. It was Briar-Rose1
"Take this petal of mine," she said
as she dropped n beautiful great pink
one, "and put it on the water like
a little boat, then get into it and sail
out and rescue the ant families." Love -1
Faia•y was delighted with the idea and
she soon found herself sailing out on
the fairy lake! The weary ants soon
forgot their fright acid eagerly climb-
ed into the boat,
When they Came to shore, all the`
big ants scrambled out and soon began
to build another house.' But the baby'
ants remained in the boat, sailing aver,
the blue water, for the good fairy had
spread her rainbow -colored wfor'
Balls. And finally, after Mt, San had
bled the puddle, so that there'wns
none of it left, the baby ants found,
their new home all ready for them.
Imagine how glad they were to snug.:
tele down in their little beds and sleep;
that night!
Then Love -Fairy carried the besuti-
•
Following the weighing and measur-
ing, every under-welght child should
have a thorough physical examination,
Look the child over point by point as
you would a colt. Not all the points
can be judged by the parents, but
many of those pertaining to growth
can be spotted merle as welt, by them
as by a physiclim. Do all you can
yourself, then make use of the expert
hero as you would in the other case in.
determining special needs.
Tho most serious physical defect
you will Ilnd to be some form of ob-
' structed breathing. This is moat com
nuttily caused by diseased adenoids or
tonsils. The signs of this obstruction
are parted lips, a email and nasal
voice, merhbrane of the nose crusted
or discharging mucus, projecting
teethtswollen glands, round shoulders,
and habitual cough. Usually an opera-
tion IS necessary; he sure that it is
done thoroughly. Many children come
to us with the work not completed, and
little better, or even worse off, than
they were before the operation,
Another line of observation which
the mother can follow is to examine
the child's teeth, and locate and count
those which are decayed.
There are many cases of ear com-
plications which require attention.
The eyes should be tested to make sure
they are not causing strain which af-
In one of our children's instittations,
a nutrition class was formed of the
most delicate children selected from a
group of six hundred. These children
were under control day and night, and
the cause of their malnutrlticn was
found in every case, Although in three
instances there watt organic disease,
the entire class carne up to normal
weight In an average period of ten
'weeks.
i class
s
Although the fact that this a a
cer-
tainunder full control gave us a c
tain advantage in determining the
cause of their condition, all the re-
sults there accomplished can be reach-
ed in your own home if you will study
the situation, Do not be discouraged
if your child is 10 per cent., or ever.
20 per cent. underweight. It may re-
quire patience, but you need not worry
once you start him gaining. What we
propose is to tell you how to begin.
The real start is made when you set
out to find the eause of the malnutris
tion, and how to get rid of it. The
physical examination le the first step,,
and then write down a full record
of the child's history. This record
may seem unnecessary, because
you think you .remember perfect-
ly everything that has happened
to_him since his birth. Yet when
these . well-known facts are 'written
down in order they present a signifi-
cant record not realized by one who
OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAM.
The undernourished child should have:
Regular lunches daily at 10,30 A.M. and 3.30 P,M.
Regular daily rest periods, lying Rat without pillow.
Limited exercise. Twelve to fourteen 'hours sleep a day.
No music or extra studies outside school hours.
Sufficient nourishment and proper habits of eating.
Interest your boys and girls in their health. Tell them they
should be willing to train for health as they would train for athletics,
Weigh them at the same hour weekly. This will interest them.
Later artieles will give further detain of the health program.
fects the child's general health. Do takes them elle .by one and unrelated.
not omit any of the items in. the ex- Be sure to put Clown the dates of
amination street. • all serious illnesses which the child
Every child should be "gone over" has had, so that the various complica-
at least once a year, no matter how tions may' be traced out. Try to recall
well he may be, but the child who is any bad cflccct which followed
habitually seven pet cent. underweight measles, tonllii
sis, whoopingceugh, ur,
dt
for his height needs to have every de- acute ense . Make rote rf pyres e
feet found and removed.
cf earache, repeated a t -,:, ve heels
There has been a great deal of gestion without special cause, and so
speculation over the causes of under- forth.
weight and malnutrition. We find Think back over his 'condition at
poverty, riches, diseases such as syph- various ages, and note the time when
311s and tuberculosis, insufficient and be was plump and well. Search out
improper food, and other conditions the circumstances which attended the
usually named to be secondary rather 'beginning of his present condition. If
than primary causes. The essential you have any records from his in -
causes are: Physical defects, especial- fancy, look these up and add them to
ly obstructed breathing; overfatigue; the present study, Be sure to consult
other members of the family, fur they
lack of home control; and faulty food
and health habits.
It will be seen how all of these
causes focus in the home; their centre
is at your fireside.
It is not merely a matter of un-
necessary discomfort and unhappiness.
for a third or more of your children.
In many cases malnutrition has gone
so far that they have become the
prey of other better recognized dis-
orders. All such children start. life
with a handicap and under conditions
which later make them misfits and
failures. The important consideration
is that practically all of these children
can be made well in their own homes.
The remedy is the control of the
causes, and it lies in your own hands!
may suggest a recollection which
would otherwise escape you.
New items to add to the record will
eonstahtly be found, and you will find
it an interesting game to all the fam-
ily to watch the progress made. Do
not worry about the matter, as that
would defeat the end, in view. Just
make up your mind that your child
sirbtlid be well, and that you are going
to' follow the program presented in
these articles until you have made him
the healthiest young animal on the
farm!
Note: This is the second of Dr. Em-
erson's series of articles on Child
Health. The third will appear next
week. -The Editor.,
ful rose petal .back to Briar -Rose and,-
as she fastened it in place with her
fairy wax, she said, "Wlhat a beautiful'
home I have to come to, and what a
happy day I have had:"
Everbearing Red Raspberries.
We find that overbearing red rasp-
berries are true to name and will pro-
duce berries until late in the fall. With
a Light snow on the ground we have
picked red berries from the canes' and
found the flavor good. As a novelty
they are fine and it is a pleasure to
treat the city friend to a shortcake
made of fresh red raspberries several
inonths beyond the normal season.
But as o commercial proposition we
do not like the everbearers. They pro-
duce fruit over a long season but at
no time is .there enough to make pro-
fitable picking. Even the first crop
we find inferior in size and quantity
to 'a variety like the Cuthbert, which
bears bountifully in season and then
rests up for the next crop,
A variety like the Cuthbert pro-
duces its berries ata tune when there
is little competition from other fruit.
The commercial raspberry picker who
hires labor at picking time cannot hire
them to hunt for berries. The crop
must be so abundant on the canes that
rapid harvesting is possible, In our
experience with the St, Regia ever
-
hoaxers they lack in quality and quan-
tity during the regular bearing sea
son. Later in the year they are stili
producing fruit but it tale a long
time to fill the boxes, compared with
the earlier varieties and the berries
comp at a time when there Is an abate
dance of other fruit.
Raspberries are very attractive out
of season, b!et regardless of scarcity
there is a limit to how mucb the pub-
lie will pay. When poaches and an -
plea are on the matket there is dose
necessity for buying raspberries, So
we keep a few overhearing taspberriee
as a novelty but the regular cm -titers
sial 'sorts like the Cuthbert prove to
be the profit winnete,
Paoli&
Green food, such as mangel-wurzel,
aproute3. oats or cabbage, should be
fad during the winter. It is 'best to
give it as the noon meal every day.
A certified flock is one from which
all low -producing hens have been mill-
ed out by an expert poultryman, and
in which no fowl has Standard dis-
qualifications. Each flock should be
beaded by a male from a hen with a
record of 200 eggs or better.
Get rid of poultry lice by taking a
dressed board, 1 x 6 feet, and putting
a 2 x 4 inch scantling in the centre.
This will leave four inches on each
side of the scantling for a step. Bore
eight three -fourth inch holes in rho
scantling and fill with tar and carbolic
acid. Use this for the roost.
Yellow color in the shanks of fowls
is not an essential bled characteristic
and has 'no relation to the body fat,
but is controlled by the amount of
yellow pigment in the ration and by
the egg production. By feeding color-
less feeds the yellow pigment in the
shanks can be entirely removed,
Ignorance is no excuse for failure
as a dalrymati. There are too many
good books and papers publisher: upon
the subject these days,
A wise old owl sat in an oak;
The more he heard the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he heard:
We all should be like that wise old
bird!
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we have been giving our many
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Woodstock, Ont,
If there had been an nuroplano hov
erizip over the Belgian t;augo severe
months ago, I.ho observer mind have
seen a strange sight -thousands of
black men streaming from every di -
maim, many traveling for days over
mountains, acrese watersto a certain
town, Had the observer been near
enough he would here noticed the
signs of official mourning; the throngs
were heavy with grief, Ile night
even have heard the wild wailing of
the death chants, Whom wore they
mourning, this great gathering? Was
It some mighty chieftain?
Far from it. The honor was for a
quiet Scotch woman whore no one of
them had ever seen -the mother of
their missionary, In 'a .few para-
graphs . that aro like searchlights
across the past the son, tells, in the
Record of Christian Work, of God's
leading their two lives,
The boy was born in the part . of
Scotland where the spirit of Living-
stone still lives and works. In rain
'or shine he wadi sent to Itis Band of
Hope meetings -the mother saw to
that. The first foreshadowing. of the
unguessed future came when the boy,
prowling about the docks, discovered.
his first black man, a ship's cook, and
brought him home to dinner, That
"mad meal," he declared,, inaugurated
their African allistrrce,
Then as if they might have missed
the call cane the warning that the
boy was not made for the rigors of
the Scottish climate. The terrible
cough fastened upon him. Night after
night the mother listened to it. She
was a widow, and he was her only son.
But -that cough: It was the way his
father had gone. So she was led to
the great surrender of her life. The
two of them silently agreed not to
say goodabye--"only a summer smile
and an upward look."
Her boy left her standing at the
window.
So for twenty-two years he saw
her in his heart. And in those years
of endless dangers for the son, of
long, anguished silences for the moth-
er, when do letters could get through,
tl two worked together. Uncounted
tinice1:o fitait r r of her prayer,
, 1m3 ;t- ;;nit.., strengthen-
ing hint in dlfdculties, sharing his
loneliness and his joys.
There came a day, after twenty-two
yeara, when they stood fare to face
once more, The son leas no words for
that meeting.
And now she has gone. The wild
wailing of the death chant is stilled.
The thousands of mourners have
streamed back to their homes. But
the spirit of that Scottish mother is
still "marching on in the great' land
her eyes never saw.
In School Days.
He saw her 11ft her eyes; he felt
The soft hands light caroeeing,
And'heard the tremble of her voice
As if a fault confessing.
'I'm sorry that I spelt the word:
"I hate to go above you,
"Because" -the brown eyes lower
fell -
"because, you see, I love you!"
Stiff memory to a gray-haired man :
That sweet child -face is showing
Dear girll the graee:es .an her grave,
Hnve forty years been growing.'
He lives to learn In life's hard sebool,
How few who pass above him
Lament their triumph and his loss
Like her -because they love bim.
-,L G. Whittler.
Resolution.
Each even' are the sunset fades
I try and blot from out my heart
The memories that oast deep shades,
The word or act that gave a smart.
I try to think but tender things,
And if a recollection roars,
Intruding by the bloom it brings
I blot It out ere day appears.
Forget the petty things that grieve,
Each disappointment, cruel wrong;
Live for to -day; let moments weave
Your soul a peaceful perfect song.
-Aileen Ward;
An Unsatisfactory Dinner.
The tourist eat down to Ste that din-
ner In a Freacb restaurant, Ite did
not know a word of the language, and
so pointed to the first item atter hors
d'oeuvres
They brought him soup, After that
he polntod to the next, Ageln soup.
Soup a third time. In despair he point-
ed to the last of ail.
They brought him toothpicks.
i1
Breakneck Speed.
Ills car had collided with a tele-
graph Dote.
"I think my collar -bane la broken,"
he said to the policeman who' beat
over him.
"ft that'e all, yor to luck," growled
the olMoor. "Shure, 'twee broaltneett
speed ye was, gong ate"
Explehatlone in Order.
Boy Sootit (on night guard)-"Haltt
Who goes there?"
Vence --"Officer of the day."
"Advance, officer of the day, and ex.
plata what you are doing out ht night"
What you Can do, or dream you can,
began it;
Boldness has value, power and magi*
in 1t,
