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Business Inter est Is Aron ed
13y Herby G. Bell, B.S.A.
One of taus leadinc; reaming paper
today segs;
"During the present moment al
one wiel be fixed' with anxious inter
est on the Prairies 'Seldom has
so much been staked on a tringle ha
vest, Seldom iris the country been
more keeriy censciq is of . its depen-
c 1 T res-
d!evu a on spiral tore The p
eat year is the grain -grower's tipper-
tunity to retrieve 'his 'lasses, pay iris
delete and get a solidi footing again.
Prices wilt he :mush lower than' two
years area, 'bat much higher than the
t.re-war levet, but costs of preelection
have receded' in the pea year....
The enema( for the wheat erop is
promising Wheat at 1141.80 a bushel
cffers an eaviouraging margin of peof t,
and improved. methods of farming are
making that business as efficient as
any other."
Unr.eanttedly the bat half year has
seen •tuck rapid dna^line in prices for
:metfarm predate t1•�;t many a hum-
er tae been somewhat discouraged
with his baa me -s: His livestock and
I'ivoeLock prcdi-cte have fallen off in
valve at an r -Armin•, rate. Many of
his money crce,e have been s'ad'ly hit.
Still the brat t rarun'd der whet keeps
k a k p
this inreortart fawn product in a eom-
man rig position. Ecpecial•iq hn those
abut" este n'carrnelee of the province
when t. licca, ragar beets, and the
lake 1'..ve everLefore been the money
reams rs far the growers, is this ques-
t'o-r cf wheat growing of ,great lin-
e. Fran, a climathc and soil
rl:;r'•rc"nt, ne tamales of the Domin-
i, re :beide be e,agah'.e of producing
rLiee ,leek of wheat than the "corn
tea' of Canada, but there are other
auntie, which are eapeeble of produc-
ing .a rge end velethic fall wheat
� Mitt
Thee are fondementab studies con -
cr rnkn wheat growth which could • he
"rade cf tremendous productive value
if wheel growers would' but take time
to study their crops and analyze their fielde, arab precisely the came results
s light drestereo of manure as 'fax es
pceskblo, ° and with sufficient 'high -
1 grade icrti'.izers, so as to give the
- young • plant?, that vigorous 'etort
whioh• will nirke it poseibee for. them
r- to make firm attachment to the sell
and to prepare for the ereergenciee of
bad weather.
,Make Top as Well as Root.
Plnntfood has a large bearing on
steeling. Tho young plant has not
only to develop n -large and ,sufficient
growth of stalks underground, which
we •coil root, but it must produce also
these stalks above ground which are
called aims cr steels. The number of
stools depend:, on:
(a) The variety. Various kinds of
wheat have a slightly different
stooling capacity, Some dee
velop a small number of stalks,
others •relatively forger.
(b) The largeness of the meal ob-
tainable. Growing wheat, like
any other type ef creeetien, ds
capable of doing just what the
food' -strength back of it will en-
ableIf the food
'le it toperform.
i
supply in the soil is restricted
t s r
there will be a small number of
stalks, short heads and small t
early -maturing grain. If the
plantfecoi is sufficient and well- t
balanced the number of stalks
will be greatly increased, the
heads materially lengthened
and the kernels which form will
be much more numerous and
$unnp.`
The Delaware Agricultural Experi-
ment Station has -carefully investigat-
ed this point and has found relative
growths as shown in the accompany-
ing cut, To Pot 5 no plantfood was
applied, to Plot 11 phosphoric acid
was applied, and to Plot 9 nitrogen
and phosphoric add wan applied- It
is true that this work was carried out
in the plant laboratory, but nature is
carrying it out continuously in your
•
farm management that large yields
rodhee production costs, also that sot^
ttcillgtly,,igrgcl,yiettiii increase Jaime In -
acme, Many of these terms are mors
er less foreign to ihe'evsry-day man,
'but in ibeae' times when cost must
bo reduced to its minimum it is eb mere in. en:eve the work in producteo
s'olutely noceesary that the younger of feed crops the greater the expel -ell
farmin'g. populat :n of the eountr'y tura of Tabor for each food unit pro
familiarize themeelvco with the vale meed. If coveunieng markets we
oua unglue of forming businosi and warrant high labor expenditures, then
realize the importance of red�eciug all well and good; expend all lab
manufacturing coat in their great fe•c- within reason, err whatever the sellin
tory—the faarm--by increasing are
.r uc i. n
od t o. Ono of mast produc-
tive
the a t o.luc-
P
live ways of arccompilehiea this great
end is to fertilize abundantly.
4.-
Improvementit
in �'rT11.
Handling.
Experience hes abundantly proven
the ,r.ivantrages derived from standard.
lied Fondling, grading and packing of cent. of'the • soiling price of the pro -
fruits. Whereas under the individual- duet..With selling priees for food
istic methods that formerly prevailed products too frequently on the decline,
the losses in bundling and shipping with labor charges and general over -
were very ooneiderable, by close eve- .head charges comparatively steady,
ervision and active co-operation they the prospect of .profit is not always
have been greatly leas'aned and almost enccuraging. Where selling prices
minimized. Investigations have shown! vary as much nus 600 per cent. in one
that careless picking has also been) year, for certain commodities, those
largely responsible for decay and who are :forced to sell at the lower
waste, is to is receiving a
Tar o, c reful I level are not likely to receive -suffl-
expert attention that is resulting .en Merit for their produce to pay the
most valuable improvement. , Witch labor .bi11,
hese things considered and • with the With little or no control on the
development
of cold storage faeilitie,e, price at waiver a foot] product must
he advance in .marketing arranged all from the farm, the adjustment of
mcnts, and the greater care that isr the labor cost of operation is sppar
being taken in transportation, officials ently the most likely way to obtain
of the co-operative fruit -growing and relief. The intelligent use of crop
dealing associations and of the gov- rotations in farm practice, more ex-
ernanent departments are looking for- tensive' use of properly +developed
ward to a more than ordinarily sue- meradoees and .pastures, more •grazing.
cessful season, or at least to a season by, live stock, more extensive use of
charaoterized'by a less than ordinary farm machinery, proper use of every
per oentage ef loss. field, fewer and larger fields and .per-
manent crops where possible, are some
A few smooth round stones, a little of the ways that will lead' to reduction
larger than hens' eggs, put in the feed in -labor costs.
box, will keep horses from bolting -a
their feed if they have•formed the Chromic ltekers soon develop a
habit. whine that won't wear off.
Select sines of Production
With Minimum Labor.
In the great majority of agricul-
tural undertakings, labor is the costly:
or money-conseuning factor, Tho
The Sunday School Lesson
JULY 24.
n Saul Proclaims Jesus as the Christ, Acta 9: 19-30. Golds
Text—St. Matt. 16; 16.
I'1 Connecting Links—.There is no 2G-29, When Saul. was Como to Jer-
doubt that Paul's earls training in ae usulem. The yens •in Daanasoue and
or pious Jewish home, his•un'lvereity Arabin ]rad! been yeera of preparation.
g education and training in the school
of Gam'aliei; his • lenowl'edao of the
I .
O.d A'eatament Script -era, mai of the
Greek and' Hebrew languages—ell
combaneei to qualify him in a unlq'ue
Sacwiry for his' great task, Ho was now
called to be a preacher of the gospel.
, He could find the foreshadowings of
that gospel and the preparation • for
Christ's coming in the Jewish writ-
ings which lie knew so well, Ile could
speak to people of all classes and na-
eionalities in the universally spoken
Greek language, or to the Jews in the
syn'ago'gues hi their own Aramaic, or
in
LUXURIES
With it sigh of oontent Lois settle
Golds dawn' in clone's littib pima room, It
was a they room, but it. }vas in the
great Northeoert Park apartment
house and in. woodwork, papering and
furnishing was exquisite,
"I think," Lois said, "that
or room is the loveliest thing I ever
he When f step inside it I aways fe
ich if I ]rad stepped into a Eilleerney i;,,
net I et give anything' if we could love •i
abs an apartment, You don't know what.
it is to have to live in a armee where
r3ofthe u 1 r t
peke product ver an s. How-
ever, ever, special cond'ition's that justify
heavy labor expenditures are usually
confined to districts whore there is an
Unlimited market' for luxury Soo
ereps. But the ordinary food crepe
that are mast commonly grown in
faun practice have not a selling value
Sufficiently high to permit of a labor
expenditure equal to marc than. 50 per
SOW TO'TNCREASEWSEAT YTET-DS.
own cpeci0t problems. One of the big
essentials to high -yielding wheat is
good root develcpment. Constricted
root range may upset development.
Of cause the roots cf any crop con-
sist of vastly more material than is
attached to the .plant -hen• it is ,pulled
from the cool. There are myriads of
small rootlets which strikeout through
the spaces in the soil, and from each
of these rootlets spring untold num-
bers of other small hairlike rcots
which are commonly called, root hairs,
It is estimated by plant tialegists that
the total roots of common farm crops
may vary in length from 500 yards to
15 miles, that is the normally de-
votoped plant may come within this
range- The abnormally developed)
plant may have much less feeding sur-
face, beeuse the roots are the hands'
and mouths of any pant. Just where!
Idle root range of your wheat crop lies;
deperrdFa upon three things:
(a) How well your soil is opened ea,
so that the root hairs can press
thraugh it.
(b) How therm:Th.1y the field ie
drained, so that there may be
saffident moisture, ,but not
enough to smother expending
roots.
(c) How strong is the pinching
power, er life in the plant bade
of the root, giving the plant
power to shove its roots out
into ragodar areas.
This last depends upon' the sup-
ply of well-balaneed available
plantfood.
Cause and Effect.
Plantfoai and rooting are intamate'-
1y recited. I de not need to tell prac-
tical farmers that rich coils produce
greater root growth than poor. Yet
many a wheart grower wonders what
Is the "natter with his wheat crop
when be sees it etand still, or, after a
period of rather nn11a' orable weather,
ire sees parts of his field killed out.
If he examines a'littb® closer, often be
finds what is commonly called "heav-
ing" This is excused by the water in
the soil freezing. It is a law of
physics that water expands one-tenth
in freer,""ing. Therefore, when the soil .and
water eepands one-tenth it raises sa
overyilring with it. When the ice melts
the sail drops Black into, place, but the Pp
toots of clover and fell 'wheat are In
lett high anri' dry sometimes to the no
extent of or three inches. It is eo
sort of thing which ruiner the da
z ewth of the wheat crop, because un- it
take eumberrs oe tiny active wheat
roet hairs aro broken d@ and it de
Lacs rills ithees el iteelve "planutfoad-
getterJ' which are of primary irate
portanee to the growing wheat, If
they are broken off the trunk lines oe.
pliettfood are;deotrogeel..
Feed the young, wheat crop with
are being obtained where your wheat
has a low supply cf plentfood•, or
where it has a medium supply, or
where it has a meal large enough to
I
satisfy all its needs. Remenvber the
rooting and stalking of your crop this
l fall and next spring will depend upon
how thoroughly you prepare the home
of the plant and how well you balanree
!its food rations, and this thought
Malls to the lack observation which is,
!that plantfaod and yield: are directly
! eonnected. The materials which aid
the formation of starch, piotein and
Iother components of your wheat crop
;enter the plant through the tiny root -
hairs already described. Now that ma-
terial must be carried in the liquid
which clings about the soil particles,
if the ramifying root -hairs are to ab-
sorb it. It is unnecessary to enlarge
on this phase of the subject more than
to point out a few actual field tests.
These establish the principle beyond
any controversy. They are not new.
Many of them have been in operation
beyond the lifetime of most farmers,
but in this land of plenty little atten-
tion has been given to the planffood
side of wheat growing up to the pres-
ent time. But :here are the yields:
Wheat Yields Per Acre.
Ohio
No Fertilizer 11.4 bus.
With Acid Phosphate 19.6 bus.
With Clomp. Fertilizer 28.8 bus.
Delaware
No Fertilizer 11.5 bus.
With Add Phosphate 19,8 bus.
With Comp. Fertilizer 28.9 bus.
Kansas
No Fertilizer 12 bus..
With Comp. Fertilizer 21 bps.
Virginia only 210 pounds greater on the
No Fertilizer 9 1-8 bus. macadam than on the earth road.
With Acid Phosphate 11 1-3 bus. ' Therefore, waren a road is hard sur -
With Comp. Fertilizer 14 2-3 bus. faced, the maximum grad's allowed
Pennsylvania must be low in order to secure the •full
No Fertilizer 18.4 bus. advantage ef the •hardened surface,
With Acid, Phosphate 16 bus. Steep grades are.also slippery and
With Comp. Fertilizer 25.7 bus. dangerous in winter, and the mainten-
Oite thing, is certain., if Canadian area charges are always high. In fact,
Wheat crops next summer are to show the better and harder the road. surface 1
that improvement which is possible, the more imperative it becomes to
Canadian farmers must not only rend secure easy grades.
agree with the things that are Excessive grades are usually un- a
Id about essentials to increasing necessary. Steep grades have eome'
crop yields, but'they must actually about kargely Pram the desire to lay
t these suggestions into 'practice, out roads in straight lines and; along
other words, get goocb seed' wheat, farm boundaries. The ,gain in' distance
w. Obtain fertilizer suited to yourriin passing over a bill instead of.
ondibions at the earliest possible l• around it is very slight, Many roads t
te, an that you will he sore to have have been relocated' around' hills with r
on hand when the ground; is ready' no addition to the length,
for wheat sewing. A very little extra There area never •been• on raced a
yield will pay for 200 to 400 lbs. of oope where a properly relocated road
fertilizer per Vete, You can oaeo, y 'ins afforded any dispute as to the
keno what the probable r£ti rri would I question of. its mater.al reductio
.be at the average in reago In Wheat' the hauling east. n o
yields obtained at the-EExperiment Star Tho cost of hauling
tion tests.g Farm produce n-
market Is probably not a
ymuch in.
11t ca a well ostablletierb principle be creased by excea'sive grades as by the
Money Advantages of Good Roads
By M.
0. Eldridge
bad conditions of road surfaces. 11he
sal dresirable road! surface is hard and
reasonably smooth. Almost every
Certain direct money advantages
follow the improvement of pub]
roads in every community. These ad
vantages are probably most apparent
in the reduced cast of hauling. Certain
dependent or reflex money advantages
also arise in a community where roads
have 'been improved.
The increase in the value of farm
lands is an example of the indirect
money advantage of improved roar
conditions. However, it should not
considered that the direct decrease i
t'he cost of hauling and the increase i
farm values are not entirely separat
and independent. A farm increases i
value partly because the cost of haul-
ing is decreased.
The increase of farm values must
follow improved roade, for the effect
of improved roads is to bring the
farms, in a sense, nearer the towns.
The fact that on roads with improved
surfaces hauling becomes largely in-
dependent of the season of the year or
weather conditions means another
very considerable reduction in hauling
costs.
The cost of transporting goods to
the railroads and of farm produce to
markets is high, due mainly to steep
grades and yielding road surfaces on
unimproved roads. The worst grade
on any road tends 'to limit the load
that can pass over the entire road.
Fer example, if a 1,200 -pound horse,
by exerting a force equal to one-tenth i
of his weight, can draw a load' of 2,000
pounds on a level earth road, with the
same force exerted against the collar
he can draw continuously only about
1,000 poundts on a five per cent. grade
d
bel
n
n
e
n
road is fairly bard at certain times in
the year. Too frequently, -however
at the season when the roads• must b
used, the surface is soft, and. the roads
are impassable.
Many attempt% have been made to
fix the relative weights which a horse
can draw in an ordinary wagon over
evel road surfaces of various kinds.
The following figures are +current and
fairly reliable.
On a muddy earth road the amount
varies from nothing to a maximum of
800 pounds; on a .smooth, dry earth
road, from 1,000 to 2,000 pounds; on •a
gravel road in bad condition, tram
1,000 to 1,500 pounds; on a gravel road
in good condition, about 3,300 pounds;
on a macadam road, from 2,000 to
5,000 pounds; on a brick or concrete
road; from 5,000 to 8,000 pounds.
These figures show that if the speed
of travel is the same cm all these
road surfaces a horse will haul on a
good macadam road from three to
five times as many tons a mile in a day
as upon a moderately muddy earth
road. This matter may be considered
in another way by admitting that one
horse is`capable of a certain fixed
duty eaeh day. Then, with a given
load, the affective radius of travel
from a given point on a macadam road
s from three to five times. the radius
of travel from that point on a mode
erately muddy earth road.
Road, officials in any locality should
In the quiet oS wane Ara'hian town,
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a s.al in some monaster o.. t
y
y
Jewish soot of i�he-isssenes, to wh
he would have received a cordial' a
lcindily weleome, he s'tudie'd hie pr
lom and sought to salve it in the lig
of Holy Screpture, Now he is road
to begin the chief 'L•usineve of his 1•i
and he des'ires to begin it in J
=leen.
The disciples, that is, the Christian them!"
people of Jerusalem, were afraid of "You're not fair!" Mona cried
hinr, They hard lesson to be. They quickly, "Thoec aro aniy a few of
doubted -hie, sincerity'. But Bwrn•abas, the things; you'd never notice them
a good man, liberal and kindly of
fie the tate of your =eaters still rules
Se
—old stuffed chairs,' hideous walnut;.
marble -tapped tables! TJgh, I hate
Inc Hebrew of thou sacred books, spirit, leek ham aria vouched for' •tlni, among the rest. 1 lave your house
Ile knew the paint of view and the introducing 'than to the apostles; and better than any othee I was ever in'—
methods of the Rabbinical schools, and telling of -h,is convorsaon sad his it's all so dear and friendly and•. hotne-
could meet and. reason with the Jewish .preaching in Damascus. Seo what is like."
doetors on their own ground'. Much sale' of Barnabas in 4; 86, 37, and 11: "That is because it'isn't yours,"
learning had not made him mad, but 22-24. Lois retorted, not in the 'leaagtymole-
had given him an advantage and a
power each s f
c a e ,
wznan ave
h as sled
p se
But above v ell 1 ei..e, in Paul's prepara-
tion and equipment was his vision of
the risen Christ, and his conseiousnoss
of the constant presence, working in
him and, through •him, of the repirit
of God, which was to hien identical
with the spirit and the mind of Christ.
From the day of his meeting with
Christ on the road to Damascus Paul
believed, himself called' to preach the
gospel. Ananias, who came to him at
Damascus, had .sand' to him, "The God
of our fathers hath chosen thee that
thou shouldest know his will, and see
that just One, and shakiest °hear the
voice of his mouth. For: thou shalt be
his witness unto all' men of what thee
bast seen and beard" (Acts 22: 1,4,
10). Paul declared also that, in the
vision, Christ had said to him, "I have
appeared unto thee for this purpose,
to make thee a minister and a witness
both of these things which thou hast
seen, and of those things in the which
I will appear unto thee." (Acts 26:
16). This+ therefore, became the su-
preme business of his:life, and his one
conisuandng psseion, to preach Jesus
whom he had. persecuted.
19-90. He preached: Christ, dealer -
He
a him o ]cave Jerusalem.
ing in the synagogues to the assembled He Ir coded' that he might be permitted
congregations that Jee'us was the to stay, saying, "Lord, they know
Christ, that is that He was the long -
synagogue
I imprisoned and' beat in every
expected Saviour and King, whose 'synagogue thee" that believed on Theo
Paul dame, however, in answer to
came e of those Jowls Ch •i tin w
Jewish r a s o
s h
Reuel much fauit with him in later
years, that he received no authority
from the apostles in Jorusal'em and did
not a k r
., for any.Hiecommissionn
a
a
authority lie hld 'himself to have re-
ceived from Jesus Christ, when He
met Him an the. way (gee Gal: le 1,
15-19), He, therefore, felt that he
fied.
"Lois Brainard+ I think
,
you're down-
right olvn-
right ungrateful. What are the dear-
est times you ever had, the ones you
would least care to give up?"
"Here, with you,"Lois replied in-
stan'tly.
Mona shrugged her shoulders light-
ly.had tho same right to speak and teach Iler delicate face war full of a
as James and Peter and the other.' tivistfviness that Lois dei not see.
apostles, being not ono whit behind "Next to those, then,' she said,,
the ehiefest of them, and, be declares though they really aren't first if you
that thee right was+ freely accorded only realized it."
him by.the leaders of the Church in "Why, home, of course," answered
Jerusalem. (Gal. 2: 1-9). Lola. "Holidays when the family
SIO. To Tarsus. It is very much to comes and evenings when people drop
Paul's credit that he desired to stay on."
in Jerusalem and to fade whatever Mona spoke with• a passim, rare to
hostility or danger to :his life there ,her "Lois Brainard
might' be. He wished to preach Christ snFPose, lust
where he had pereeeuted: His followers. suppose, you Thad dived+ in en apart-
IIe was willing himself to suffer where Ment all your life and never had any
he had made others suffer, and so in guests, because there isn't any room
some measure to atone for the wrong for guests; never had any frolics or
which he .hail done. He tells (22: `17- candy pulla, because there isn't any
21) o1 a trance, or dream -vision, which room to play; never had any Thanks -
came to pian in the temple in Jer- giving or Christmas dinners because
usalecn, while be was praying, in you alga
which the Lard appeared to him and always take .your made at the
d d h' t cafe.Suppose you never could enter-
tain except in same pitlelic place. Sup-
pose you never had a. real' home tome
in all your life. Do you think that
beautiful clothes aria apartments fin -
coming had been proclaimed by pro -
loss
when the blood' of Thy martyr fated by decorators would make the
phets for seven hundred or more Stephen was shed, I also was standing loss upto Don't you know that
e years He ave :Him the title son of by and consenting veto his death, and Y
and only about 750 pounds on a ten
per cent. grade.
While steep grades are detrimental
on common earth roads, they are far
more so on an improved• road, Sup-
pose that a 1,200 -pound horse can
draw a load of 2,000 pounds on a level
earth road; under the same conditions
this horse can draw continuously a
load of 5,000 pounds en a level-
macadam
ever
macadam road in average conditions,
but on a five per cent. grade he can
draw only 1,600 pounds, while on a ten
per sent. grade the load would, have
to be reduced to 960 pound's. Thus,
while the load which can be hauled on
a level macadam road is mere than
double that on the level earth road,
the load' on a ten per cent. grade is
have information which will enable
them to establish, in some measure,
the money value of any proposed' sys-
tem of road improeernent. However,
it is undesirable for a locality to base
its calculations upon generalized data
deduced from nation-wide +abaerva-
tions. What is needed in the indi-
vidual instance is an:understanding
of the methods which mast be em-
ployed' to establish the ecanomic con-
ditions in time .locality. Certain facts
which are essential, such as the area
of the Toad' district or other highway
unit, the number of miles of roads of
various classes and their d'i'stribution,
the niore important crops, the number
of miles of railroad and the number
of railroad stations, and similar data
may be accurately obtained. Likewise,
the prevailing cost of teams with
driver for a ten-hour day.
The average load' and the average
haul are Less easily obtained, but they
are essential in developing rfact5
When all the information has been
carefully studied it will be possible to
derive ton -mile cost for the various-
dames
arious
classes of commodities hauled. If the
area along the roads devoted to var-
ous crops and the acreage yield in
tens can be compiled, it will be of
great value in determining the' annual
erica of the road,
A 'traffic cane should be made and
the total hauling charges for the com-
munity should be approximately esti-
mated. Prom a strictly business
standpoint of then Seances necessary
o make a conservative estimate of the
eduction in hauling' casts, that will
result front roast improvements,
The important point is that at Inc at
a part Of the re$uet-Ion in the total
annual hatlago clrargos to the tom-
muitity meet be regarded as measur-
ing the interest and maintenance
charges which the eommunity can
economically afford far an investment
in improved. roads.
God, recognizing Him thus as divinely kept the raiment of them that slew '°u would rather 'have the shabbiest
sent and anthos:med' to win His King him." But the command was peremp-
home in the world if only it was the
dam and' to work out the redemptiontory, Depart, for I will send thee far acini of place where people could drop
01' His people. hence to the Gentiles." in rwund the filo or be taken right in
21-22. All that heard him were Added: to the effect of this vision at a meal or for the night? Don't you
amazed They knew hto' fame as per- was the �persuasiam of Peels friends. know it, Lois Brainard?"
secvtar, knew why he had come to They brought him. down to Caesarea
Lies was looking at her with nide
Damascus, and were amazed that this' (the seaport) and sent him forth to
dreaded and, powerful enemy who had Tarsus• eyes. Suddusnly the beautiful little
letters in his pocket authorizing him Back in his Own home eity and apartment seemed :lonely and empty.
to arrest and imprison them, had be-
come their friend and advocate. Paul
went' on preaching, gaining strength,
and making converts, until the Jews
of Damascus were aroused against
province. and in the neighboring pro-
vince of Syria, Paul continued his
work (Gal. 1: 21-24) until some years
later, when Barneb'aa sought him to
be his helper and co-worker in the
him- I church at Antioch (Acts 11: 25).
Why—I suppose—I •should," she said
slowly.
Beneficial Effects of School
Fairs.
School fairs are to the boys and
23-25. The Jews took counsel to kill Application.
him as they had killed his Master. 1 As soon as Paul saw the hollowness girls of the land what the larger fairs
That, they supposed, was the most of Phariaaism he became an. active are' to adults. By this time they should
effective way to silence him. But they! Christian. There is what someone be thoroughly organized: prize lists
did not yet see that a crucified. Christ i has called "The 'peril of the empty
and a martyred Paul "right still, are heart." If our fields are not sown with
stronger than all their enemies. The' good seed, then very speedily nature
incident of his escape in a basket low -I sends along the nettles and 'weeds. A
erect from the city wall is mentioned 'ou occupan
again by Paul do 2 Corinthians 11:
82.33.
In telling of these days in another
epistle (Gal. 1: 13-18), Paul says that
he went away into Arabia. Whether
it was 'before his preaching in the
synagogues, or after, that are went,
we do not know. At least it was three
years after his leaving Jerusalem that
he returned to that city.
published and circulated and programs
of proceedings prepared; the two in-
deed being given in one publication.
hnuae ]eft stamd4ng th t is These fairs increase in number every
wilt rot and mould and fall to pieces year and are proving of inestimable
much faster than if it were ocoupied.
And in the spiritual life the danger is
not less. It is not enough that a man
sbould cease to drink and 'smoke and,
swear. Such a man may well rejoice
that he is delivered from such things,
but unless he is actively employed.
Ohristian service the evil spirits will
soon return from the wilderness.
Make -Believe.
Sometimes I'm mothers Idttie fox,
A nice one, very tame;
And then we play that one glad day
Out of the woods I carne.
l
Wlien I'm a fox her little girl
Has always gone away;
I don't forget to say: "We met
Out in the woods to -day."
Then mother makes the loveliest den,
All deep and dark and snug.
(Table, you know, that's used to eerie
All covered with a rug:)
And then, while mother sits ami sews,
I cuddle in my den
Or else Steal out end, prowl •about
And then go in again,
kill—air, I need my mother's arms
And de not 'want to roam;
I creep up dose and smile. She knows
Her little girl's come home!
Importance of Pure Dairy
Products.
The ',Wholesomeness of milk and of
milk products os of 'se modal concern
to the 'Canadian, people es to those of
the United, States, Consequently /deem
than are taken in the one country to
ensure purity are of nnieli•interost in
the Other, M the present nuenent
there are two bilis before the House
of Reprea rstatives ftt Washington
dealing with what is known as "filled
milli," One of the meati9ures known
as ,he Voght bill prohibits' the menu-
facture or sale of what it terms an
adtiltoratod food product, the other,
known se the Becic bill proposes to
tax and. license the mnnufaeture of the
stuff with emetic regulations, Daforo .field
the House Committee on Agriculture,
which is engaged in investigating the
merits of and' the necessity for the
Voght bill, some testimony has been
given of vital importance and of note-
worthy interest. One of the principal
witnesses at the first sitting was Dr.
E. V: McCollum, of Johns Hopkins
Univensity, Baltimore, a gentleman
well known in Canada for his teach-
ings. Ile detailed 'studies and experi-
ments in which he has been engaged
and which has convinced him that
dairy products supply the only pro-
tective food likely to be used in suf-
ficient quantity to produce a nonoral
growth in children, preserve norma']
health in adults and prevent the early
beginning of senile decay; He attri-
butes the stunted growth and devel-
opment of orientrals to the general
leek of dairy products in 'their dietary.
The great races of the world aro those
who have milk as the basis of their
diet. He ivhowed photographs praying
that ulcerated' sore eyes and rickets
resulted front a diet deficient in milk
or its products. He thought that every
adult should consume two quarbs of
milk a day. An authority who has
also devoted considerable time and
energy to research as regards dairy
products declares that every argument
Dr. McCallum advanced against the
stale of counterfeit milk applied with
equal forte to counterfeit butter, The
famous, Professor Mendel of Yale and
other well-known scientists aro to be
examined and are expected to furnish
much enlightenment regarding the
evil effects arising from the coneum,p-
lion of impure and inferior articles
that aro sold as dairy products or
mixed! therewith.
The a ,
A erica" man on an overate is
taller than the Briton,
value in the agricultural education of
the young and even in beneficially
influencing the more mature. Of
course boys' and gir1J clubs are the
principal feeders of the fairs, hut
entries are usually accepted from chil-
dren svho are not members of any such
organization. Agricultural Represen-
tatives all testify to the splendid ef-
fect the fairs are having upon farm
life and agricultural pursuits gener-
ally. One, for instance, writes, "I do
not know of any one thing which is
a. greater factor in improving the
farm ,production and the farm Indus-
try of the country than the school
£airs.. In addition to bringing di-
rect, practical results, school fairs
have had a very effective influence
in encouraging. teachers to take up
the teaching of agriculture in the pub.
dee schools," Another says: "The im-
portance of the school fair cannot be
aver-empbasized, .It teaches torr fu-
ture,Iarmers lrbw they can take the
most out of the soil. It makes our
rural people better and happier." In
recognition of the truth of the old
adiage "All work and no play makes
Jack a dell 'boy,". a program of eports
is usually included' in the day's list of
proceedings. .
Chinamen as a race are the most
honest men in the world.
With the British and local govern-
ments co-operating, several wells will
be bored in Papua in a search for
petroleum.
There are two sorts of content, One
is connected with exertion; the other
with habits of inclolen.ce.• The first is
a virtue, the other a vice.—M, Edge-
•
.vrri:h,
The Sarre melee, is, gradually, com-
ing into its own as a source of profit
et well as pride and'"pleasure to tho
Sarmer and; his family.
Into ,the twilight of the world are
Munched eneli year myriads of tiny
dhipe. Tinder a 'sky of cloud's and stare
they grape oat to the great waters
and the great 'whftle—little sloops of
life, on -whose vcye'gdng the future
We never saw the Metterhern or hangs, they go fortis blind, fooldns'
te lob of other groat sights, but we their way. Mothers, and you who w111
don't believe. God ever "rade anything ,bo nrothena, end you who have missed
prettier than a golden' sunset an se methal rood, give them their chance/,
of ripening grain. —John Galsworthy,