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SOME LITIlala•NOTICEII' WEEDS,
Every farmer knowsthistles,
"burs," "mustard" and a host of other
weeds; but what he does net always
know so well is that ho is often mak-
ing these familiar names cover a
multitude of pests, by no means alike
either in appearance, or importance.
)3y "thistle" the average person means
the 'so-called Canada thistle, which is
really the fieid or creeping thistle of
Europe. The term is also a part of
the name of the big, rough hull thistle
of pasture Janda, sometimes known in
Canada as Scotch thistle, which ie,
however, still another weed; of the
sow thistles (perennial, common, an-
nual, and spiny annual) ; of Russian
thistle, which can be found along rail-
roads all over the country, but' le best
known to farmers in sandy districts
where soil drifting occurs; end of
numerous other weedy plants having
more or less resemblance to true
thistles. The same remarks could be
made of the loose use of the term
"mustard" which embraces even a
greater number of distinct, weeds,
often with much resulting confusion.
The point we wish to 'emphasize is
that some very serious weeds, new to
the country or to a locality, are al-
lowed to masquerade under names
whose 'very familiarity breeds eon -
tempt, until we presently awake to a
ralization of the Rorty truth that we
have admitted one more rogue to the
hungry crew already contending with
our crops for possession of their re-
sources.
During the past season alone, our
somewhat limited opportunities 'for
field observation revealed the Pres-
ence., in localities whore they wer3 be-
fore unsuspcted, of quite a nuntnsr of
weed waifs from other parts of the
country. Thus, Russian pigweed
(quite a different weed from the
well-known redroot pigweed) was
found to be spreading, apparently for
only a year or two'yet, at Ottawa:
and ocneidering how'widely it has
over -run the West from the point of
Its first discovery near Winripeg, we
will be well advised to be on our gftard.
At a number of places in Canada
favorable to it, the persistent colts -
foot of
oltsfoot-of •heavy soils -in the Old World
has become established, and what it
has its bolds, even if not spreading so
rapidly. Another old -country nuis-
ance, a grass known as Yorkshire fog,
is now •sa-firmly entrenched in the
. congenial moist environment of coast-
al Britiah Columbia, and is also find-
ing places where it can thrive in the
east. At three. points, in Eastern On-
tario the western perennial ragweed
was found to have gained a foothold:.
Rough -fruited clinquefoil, an upright
growing species with rather large,
handsome yellow flowers and "five -
fingered" leaves, is still a stranger to
most farmers, but on a number. of the
lighter Brest, especially of Ontario,
it is becoming n permanent element of
the )vend flora, just as the equally
handsome blueweed, or blue devil as
some farmers on that type of soil pre-
fer to express it, became .some years
earlier, to their abiding grief.
These are but a few instances of
many weeds that have recently at-
tracted notice by their unexpected
appearance or spread. Space' does not
permit of enumerating the full list,
nor have we space to give' descrip-
tions by which they could be recog-
nized. We are ready upon request
to advise on any .weed, and desire par-
ticularly to receive the earliest pose.
table notice, with specimens, of any
auspicious -looking .plant interlopor.
—Dominion Dept,: of Agriculture,
PREPARING ROOT LAND.
One of the chief causes of root crop
failure in this country Is insufficient
preparation of the soil before the crop
is planted, pup great many farms,
i roots pre sown on timothy sod land
and prooedegrain. 'I'oo often la the
cultivation of such land, the rogvi`re.,
meets of the crop are lost alght of,
with the result that the roots are
sown on spring -plowed sod where it
is next to impossible to secure a
proper seed bed.
For their proper growth and de-
yeiopment, root crops require a deep,
mellow, fertile seed bed, free from
weeds, This is especially true of,
mangele, which have e. atrong tap root
and require their nourishment farther
down iii the soil than swedes. Roots
will not thrive on weedy ground and
efforts made to control the weeds.
while the plants are email often re-
sult is as 'much damage to the crop
itself as to the weeds. It is well,
therefore, to control them before. the
crop is planted, and the best time for
this work is during the summer of
fall previous to sowing, This is espe
ciaily true of the land intended for
mangels which require to bo sown
early in May, thus leaving little time
for spring cultivation.
For' the best resulta, sod land in-
tended for roots should be plowed in
July or August, as soon as the hay is
removed. It should be top worked at
intervalsuntil fall to control .grass
and weeds.; For couchy ground the
spring -tooth harrow or duckfoot culti-
vator are very useful in bringing the
root stalks to the surface of the soil;
when they may be gathered and burn-
ed. For the best results, this work
should be done during hot, dry.
weather.
All root crops are heavy feeders and
require plenty of plant food in the
soil, They may be grown on light or
heavy soils with good results, provid-
ed they receive proper fertilizing and
care. Splendid crops May be grown
witlrbarnyard manure alone, applied
at the rate of 18 or 20 tons per acre.
If the manure is available it should
be spread in the fall and plowed deep
into the soil. Plowing the manure
down, in the fall, gives it a chance to
rot and prevents loss of fertility, On
the average farm, however, there is
seldom manure enough available at
that tame of the year and the farmer
has to depend on what is produced
during the winter, which, may be ap-
plied on the snow or, better still, it
may be stacked and applied in the
spring. Fresh green manure is not
a suitable fertilizer for roots, there-
fore the manure for this crop should
be piled up•or applied as early in the
winter as possible. This should be
plowed down in the spring to a depth
of six or seven inchesin order' to
secure a deep mellow seed bed.
Commercial fertilizers may be used
profitably if manure is scarce. Basic
slag is a'useful fertilizer for turnips
and should be applied in the fall or
early spring: Where club roots is
troublesome, experiments have shown
that quicklime" applied 'in the fall at
the rate of one-half ton per acre is
beneficial. However, seed from a
strain proven resistant to club root
should always be uaed in such cases.
Such strains have been produced on
the Experimental Farms. If no ma-
nure is _available, an. application of
150 pounds nitrate of soda, 400
pounds acid phosphate and 75 pounds
of muriate of potash per acre will
give good results, where the land is
fertile. Poor or light soils will re-
quire- a heavier application. This
should be broadcast after the ground
is disked in the spring and should be
harrowed in with a.sntoothing harrow.
If part'of the nitrate of soda Is.re-
served and applied later on, when the
plants are three or four inches high,
it will help to stimniate growth. It
sbou:d be applied on 0 rainy day, as
otherwise it is apt to cause burning of
the young, tender plants.
Timely, Suggestions.
Seasonable flints, issued by the Pc'.
Minion Experimental Farm arntelna
pinny timely suggestions,• among
which are the following:' '
Good meads Ran seldom be pained,
and moat certainly can never be held,
unless our prelude thew top quality.
Canada's per capita consumption of
home products ha not nearly as 'large
as it might be were farmers to pro-
duce, pack, and attractively diepiay
such things as the Canadianconsumer
most desires.
For the feedings o! steers or beef
cattle barley has a high commercial
value.
The suitability of barley for bacon
production has been repeatedly demon -
titrated; but it is not a desirable feed
for brood sows before furrowing or
during the.early part of,the nursing
period;' nor should it be fed' to newly
weaned .pigs in any appreeiable gime-
Experiments at Happen, N:S., show
that the average heifer with a produc-
tion of over 5,000 pounds of milk as
a two-year-old is 100 per cent. super-
ior to the average heifer below 5,000
pounds at the same age.
In choosing a dal'ry herd, pure
breeding, size; conformation, quality,
and record backing should be given
first epnsideration. In sizing up the
milk record on a pedigree, it shopid
1p'be remembered that the important
,
records are those close up, If. im-
provement in the herd is to be accom-
plished, the herd sire must be of bet-
ter quality than any of the other ani-
mals ih the herd. •
The care of live, stock during the
How to Break Up Broody
Hens. ;
As the hatching season is ended the
problem of broody hens will be con -1
fronting most poultry raisers for the
following month or two.
Numerous methods' have been oleo-;
Bated from time to Hine for handling
broody hens. Almost everyone in any:
neighborhood has a pet plan forbreak-!
ing the ,hens of this condition, which
is guaranteed to work. Many of those
are founded on sense and will give re-
sults, while a good many are founded
on abuse of the hens, which ehouid
not be practiced. '
One favorite method we used to,
have on the farm was to dip the hens)
in a tub filled with water. We kept'
thein under the water just as long as
we dared without drowning them.
This was supposed to scare the hon
so badly that she forgot about event-
ing to set. Sometimes it worked and
sometimes it didn't. When it didn't,
something else bad to be tried. The
broody trait in hens is hot a "notion"
but a natural condition in response to
natural Jaws, The" longer the hens
are tolerated in this condition, the
longer it will be' before they return
to laying and the less;the profit real -
Med from the investment.
It is foolish to think that Mistreat-
ment and abuse which breaks up the
tendency is a wise one, One idea
sometimes used was tostarvo the hens
when they became broody in order to
break them up and get them back to t
Laying, We now know that this was 0
the exact oppodite to what We should W
have done in order' to encourage early b
laying" What is advisable is to feed
the hens liberally on a good egg ra-
tion which would within" a few days
have induced the hens to lays Once
laying Is resumed the broody trait
will disappear.
The open yard method
of breaking
up broody hens is one of the most
humane treatments we 'can give the
fowls and is also most productive
of
results. The method is simple. A
small area is fenced off in a grassy
and shady corner in which a box is
plated for protection in bad weather.
The bens are turned loose in this yard
and plenty of fresh water and feed is
given, and as a rule the broodiness
ceases in a short time.
Slatted and wire mesh coops bndeore
or out work fairly well when the bird
is caught in time, but in warm weath-
er do not give satisfaction, According
to myjudgment, the best method for
curing broodiness is the open yard,
There is less expense, work and trou-
ble invoneed
rou-ble:invol'ved to this .plan that; in any.
other tried, It breaks up the birds
more quickly and thus gots thein back
into the laying class with a minimum
loss of time.'
Those who quit feeding the poultry
flock mash now are inviting the lions
to molt early:' A good, mash will keep
them laying.
Now that touring time it here ones
more it might be well to state that
innny farm Women aro still taking
annual. jaunts of 20 ntilt:s and more
ach year just to bring the necessary
ater from the well, located by the
ern, to iho house to perform heir
regular duties, .
storm' weather of autumn, and wheel'
pastures are bare or dry, is an ire.
portnntxagtor to enecessfui live stock
husbandry,
Tile,.yegetabio: garden Seed plots at
this season of the year require par-
ticular attention especially concerning
cuitetetien; 'rogueing, and protection
against inpeete and disepgea.
Tho storage life of an apple de.
ends largely on the treatment it re-
eelves` daring -the six or eight weeks.
following the time it is picked. Air-
cooled. or common storage bouses offer
a relatively cheap, • and when properly
constructed and carefully operated, a
fairly efficient eubstitute for a local
cold e g P ge
The.
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• JULY 27,
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The Temptation of Jeans, Matthew 4; 1-11, Golden Text
In that he himself hath suffered being teelnpted, he is
able to succor them that are tempted}. ---Heb. 2: 18.
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erre4CATION''
INTaoDUETION—The call. received by
Jesus at.his baptism, marks a great
spiritual crisis in his earthly experi-
enee, and is followed by a prolonged
period of conflict, in and through
which he obtains divine clearness re-
garding his future task, The voice
from heaven had.: designated Jesos as
San of God, but what ]rind of vocation
did this name signify? It is not
enough to say that it meant that be
was the Mesaiah, for what does Mese
siahship mean in the wary of life and
duty? Many_ ideas of the Messiah
iota e lent built on a sa
I
scale. ' The storage life of even the
summer apples Gan be considerably.
prolonged by the use of air-cooled
storage.
Careless or improper„ methods of
curingaifaifa and clover for hay may
result in a loss of as much as fifty
per cent. of the entire crop. The
bleaching of bay by the sun and the
dewand rain lower
]o tion b a
'sea ra
Ili
I y
the market price.
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Cod liver oil is "not only good for
children but it puts strengthintothe
legs of little chicks as well.
Unless, pastares areimproved and
made to return larger volumes of feed
they will slowly give way to crops.
4
It is bad that women who, because
of poerly arranged kitchens and lack
of conveniences have to walk about,
fifteen miles per day, do practically
none of the journey out where the
air is fresh,
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Dis-
ease have never occurred in Canada.
This disease is probably the most in-
fectious malady of animals of which
we have knowledge and causes tre-
mendous losses to the agricultural
interests of any country it invades. It
spreads very rapidly and extensively,
and entails the entire loss of export
trade in live animals and the inter-
ruption of domestic commerce: Unlike
most other infectious diseases Foot
and Mouth Disease may attack the
same animals repeatedly, and they
are„ therefore, a dangerous source of
infection.
There is no permanent cure for
Foot and Mouth Disease, the majority
of affected animals recover from an
attack in ten to fourteen days without
swine, all ruminating animals are sus
ceptible. Horses, ' dogs, oats, and
even poultry, have been victims of the
infection, the last three classes being
dangerous as carriers of infection,
Man may also become infected, and
children frequently suffer through
drinking raw milk from infected
cattle.
As all the natural discharges of
affected animals are highly infective,
and as some of.them, particularly the
saliva, are largely increased during
the attack, the disease is readily con-
veyed by these, media. itis frequently
conveyed from place to place by hu-
man agency, such as attendants, own-,
ers and interested neighbors, as also
by dogs and all small animals.
Although the fatalities are quite
Cow showing typical roaming at mouth in early stage of Foot and
Mouth Disease. „
treatment. The greatest' difficulty is
the eradication of the infection and
this can only be accomplished by the
slaughter of all affected and exposed
animals, the proper destruction of
their carcasses and .the thorough dis-
infection of all contact matter. If not
controlled by those radical iueasures
Jf the ,disease spread, very rapidly
'throughout the tvho:e country,affect-
ing practically all susceptible animals
with enolnnous economic losses.
The disease commences with a high
low serious losses result from the
diminution or cessation of the milk
secretion and consequent interference
with the business of the dairy, as welli
es through the extreme loss of flesh
In animals. Dairy farmers are put
entirely out of bmsincee for Indefinite
them were very worldly and unspirit-
nal, and Jesus not only found in them
ne guidance, but turned from them as
from positive errors and temptations.
Thio now Is the meaning of the temp-
tation. experience, "Led by the spirit;
Jesus withdraws into the wilderness
in order that, in solitary oommunion
with God, he may receive light upon
the path of life. There, one by' one,
the -forms in which the ages, past and
present, had pictured to themselves
the divine Messiah,.rise before his
mind, and are rdjected by Jesus as
having their origin not in God, but in
Satan. By these ideas Satoh tries to'
turn Jesus from his course, but Is de-
cisively repulsed.
I. THE MESSIAH 'i'sMPTED, 1, 2.
V. 1, 2. The Spirit which "leads" 1
Jesus is the Spirit which descended I
upon him at his baptism, The baptism -1
al experience has filled his mind with
absorbing thoughts which require forI
their working out, a season•of prayer
and solitude, It is to the desert that
Eastern prophets and saints retire
when they wish to be alone with God„
and therefore Jesus is led there by the
Spirit. So great la the absorption of
his mind in the task of his calling,'
that he. takes no thought for food, but
fasts for forty days. In the hunger
and weakness which follow the fast-'
ing, his ordeal becomes intense.
II. TES HIND OF TIIE AGE AND nig
MmNo OF CHRIST;' 8-10,
Vs. 8, 4. One form in which the
mind of the age pictured the Messiah,
was. as giving heavenly bread to the
people, This had been done by Moses
when he prayed, and God sent the
people manna. Many in the time of
Jesus thought that when the Messiah
came, he, too, would provide miracu-
lous bread for the multitude. And this
bread they conserved literally, not
spiritpally, As Jesus was famished
after his long vigil, this conception of
the Messiah pressed itself . upon his
mind. The temptation came: "If thou
be the Son of God, command that
these stones be made bread." But from
this temptation Jesus turned as from
a suggestion of the evil one. It meant
putting a wrong construction and
meaning upon the love of God, and
Jesus would have none of it, He ans-
wers, using the words of Deut 8:8:
"Man shall not live on bread alone,
but by every \vurd that proceedeth out
of the mouth of God." That is to say,
man's primary need is spiritual, and'
therefore_ however popular the idea
of a bread -giving Messiah may be,
Jesus will minister only to the spirit.
He will not put the material in the 1
place of the spiritual, for that would
be yielding to Satan.
Vs. 5-7, Another form in which the
age pictured the Messiah was as giv-
ing extraordinary "signs" of a super-
natural character. The 91st Psalm
spoke of the marl who dwells in the
love of the most High, as being super-
naturally protected, and in it occurred
the words: "He shall give his angels
a charge concerning thee: And in
their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot
against a stone." Men thought of
these words perhaps as referring to
the Messiah. Consequently in Jesus'
temptation, which should be thought
of throughout as inward or mental—
this conception also rises before his
mind, and the g e.,,ion oc• us: Sup -
Tarnp tatione and Testa, There is a
great difference between these two. A
test is "subjection to conditions that
disclose the true character of a per-
son or thing." A teat may be made
with wholly good intent, Its purpose
is to reveal qualities by which the per -
eon may be better and more useful.
Thus the school examination is made
the basis of promotion, and the try-
out practice means-af winning a piste
on the team, So, too, a statement of
previous :experience is required in
qualifying for some coveted poaition.
Even the steel ship has its trial run,
and the new bridge must prove its
carrying capacity. Tests and trials
are made by God, and by good men.
They may . reveal weakness but are
never meant to cause an injury, We
learn to swim by risking the water.
A temptation is a diderent matter.
The intention is to cause evil action,
injury and loss. It is a test with the
desire of making the person yield to
wrong. "Temptation is 6 downright
battle for life, with a strong and
ruthless foe." The devil is no mere
symbol of evil. To Jesus he wag a
real and terrible antagonist. Satan
and bad men are the agents of temp-
tation. And in this warfare "we
wrestle notinst flesh and blood
a
but „against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world," It is a
struggle in the dark, and with the
soul at stake. It proflteth little to
gain the whole world, and lose the
soul.
Temptations of the Body. It is hard
to master physical temptations be-
cause they are based on natural de-
sires. Eating. and drinking are nec-
essary to life. They minister to the
enjoyment as well as to the continua-
tion of life. 'Yet gluttony, and all its
kindred indiscretions ' in the matter
of food habits, is the root cause of
most sickness, Just as the children
pay the penalty of "too much Chris
mas," so the human family continue
to suffer for its appetite. If we woul
only feat to live," rather than "liv
to eat," we should be less sluggish i
learning the great truth that "ma
shall not live by bread alone," Be
w are of the earth. "How man
friends have we, the nowt of whos
death would so affect us, that
should miss a single meal?" But s
simple a test as this may we leolan
1the depth pf our tentjment seems
the pull of our appetite. Drunken
nese is becoming, more and more, no
the joke it once was considered but
thing to be deeply ashamed off, indi
eating a higher standard of attitud
towards things physical. "When th
fight begins within himself, a man
worth something." Jesus refused t
place his ministry on the low plane
„WHEN TO THE
There are times when strenuous
work Palls on one; it gets en one'e
narvee and instills £ desire to get
away, It is rightly so, hr we Mumma
arc not built for one ;continuous grind,
and for Physical and mental Welfare
a ahange'is often advisable.
The earn -ter is fortunate in having
a variety of work and periods in
which his endeavors are not strenuous,
But there are times, especially in
spring, when there comes a n',uiti-
piielty of duties which sontetimee
seem beyond one's ability to attend.
Such things are wearing, and that'
longing to get away, if for only a day,
is likely to predominate.
As the season grows into summer
the work becomes a little less strenu.
Out, but the old feeling still prevails.
Then thought should be given to this
inner desire and arrangements made
to fulfill it, A few hours, a half day, a
day or a. few days should be given to
going somewhere.
It might pay to neglect a few things
and pack the family in the old bus, or
in the buggy behind old Dobbin, to go
fora change et scenery. You will un-
doubtedly enjoy yourself, but even if
you do' not, the change will do you
good. And when you get back you
will observe -with happy wonderment
how the corn and other crops have
grown. You will be pleased at the
bounding glee with which the dog
greets you. The cackling of the chick-
ens and the neighing of the horses
will be music in your ears. Home will
look good again, and work will be re-
sumed with renewed determination
for another period.
Whenever work permits, hit the
trail, for it does one good to see new
things and to experience new experi-
ences, Variety is the spice of life and
a little spice now and then makes
regular living taste the better,
t- Calm Mind Cures Nerves.
What would we do withoat our
enerves? And what are we to do with
e them?
n How tired they make ue at times,
t And yet at other times we are thrilled
y with the power of their electric force.
e It is easy to lay blame on nerves.
Ne Nothing in nature quite equals the
° marvelousness of the nervous system,
leonine
Like a delicately woven piece of lace-
-: work is this nerve organization of
t ours. You can't injure or disturb a
a single inch of the body without getting
- into trouble with this perfectly put
e together nervous system.
e Controlled as it is from the seat of
o the mind, it will not stand abuse.
o And when it is disturbed we got
1
v rv+auu un wv
wanted—aMessiah who would feed
their bodies and a othe them.
Temptations of t)u, Mind, Luke
places this temptation sccond. It is a
suggestion that Jesus become a Cae-
sar yieldingto ambition for place and
power by te most direct method. It
s self-seeking in its ideal, a using of
noble gifts for "miserable aims th
end with self." There is an ambition
not for place, but for fitness to fiIi th
place we have, that is in every wa
worthy. But temptation comes t
'get while the getting is good," a poi
periods.. Quarantine restrict;;;; }lose ho, takinr• the vr.;: d of the Psalm
literally, should oust himself from the
seriously interfere with the mo«°ornant temple pinnacle, would God's love pro- th
of;livestoek, their parts and products, teet him from death? This would be
also of hay, straw and other fodder;, a great "sign' -to the people, and they
in addition to other farm produce, would enthusiastically•aeciaim him as,
Stockyard operations and the business God's anointed ono. But from this
fever, followed by inflammation of of slaughtering centres are seriously idea of the miracle-workiag Messiah,
sleepless, cross, unfair and are some-
body else than ourselves.
Dr. Thomas Hyslop, of England,
says that the best possible sleep -pro•
clueing agent which his practice has
revealed is prayer. He says that it
will do more than anything else to
pacify the mind and calm the nerves.
It le not so much praying to God,
at but to our better natures, our highest
senses of right, and seeking adjust-
ment and solace through the unloading
o of our fears upon a higher power than
- our own,
itieta method responsible for most
govermnental inefficiency, and the
majority of our social ills.
Temptations of the Spirit. By sub
tle appeal to spiritual pride, the temp
ter would have our Lord presume
upon the protecting power of God
Some one has written regarding this
"in pestilence the best prayer rs the
right use of sanitation; when a cap-
tain disregards his charts and drives
his ship on the rocks he has no right
to expect the Almighty to save it;
a man cannot be a glutton and then
blame his Maker for dyspepsia."
Tempting p g God is a very different
ing from trusting him. Shall we
rontinne in sin that grace may
;bound? God forbid. Pray rather,
`bead us not into temptation."
the membranes of the tongue and interfered with. Marketing, trans -`as from the other idea of the bread-:
those lining the mouth, also of the portation, feeding, and slaughtering giving Messiah, Jesus turned sway.
s operations are deranged and inter» It marked not God's wary, but Satan's,.
ensitive structures in the hoof. This fared with. losses' of this character' It was Satan who conjured tip such
is quickly followed by the formation thoughts before the mind of the age,
of blisters on these membranes, vary may reach enormous proportions, The and Jesus answered: "Thou shalt not
ing in size front that of a pea: to that foreign markets are promptly closed, tempt the Lord thy God." d
of a hazel nut, These blisters also and .the export trade of an infected. Vs. 8-10, A third conception of the
appear an the udders and along the! country ;is lost for long periods, i age was that when the Messiah see ti
Caring forCreamon the
Farm.
As soon as the cream is separated
the container should be -placed in cold
water and kept there until time for
slivery" Cream can be cooled more
quickly in a told water tank thitn in
rofrigtsrator.
2. Do not mix warm and cold cream.
8, In ordot• that cream may have a
treed body and be tree from hintps it
s tonld be stirred at least twice a day.
4. Frequent delivery is essential in
urnishIng good cream. Cream over
hree days old „will not make the high-
st grade of butter.
8, A clean, cold water -soaked blan-
t thrown over the cream cans and
Ott.,
there while' en route to the
testae"*y will aid in keeping the ex-
terior of the can clean and the temp-
rattire of the cream down.
.0, The washing and scalding of
ails is ef, the greatest importance,
Igh grade butter cannot bo made
teem a raw product that has been
polled by neglect. With flies, dust
nd hot weather to contend with,
ternal vigilance is the only practice,
tap of the hoof also in the cleft di-
l The British authorities have been peared, ho would b_"gi,+en paliticiall
endeavoring ata cost of millions of dominion over the nations, and \you
entitin all the tthe a oof. mombruneshey may binpttle�pounds to eradicate the infection of ha be auarantaearthly
ci by the tv relahis te£ Ps, 2:
swine animal, or' may appear only in; this disease in that Gauntry fpr over 8, 'Ask of tee, and T ithitil ;;ice thea 1
the mouth, or may be limited 'to the two years; and those of the United the heathen £or tltino inheritance, and
toots. States are similarly engaged in the the uttermost arts of the earth for f
State of'Callfornla, where it was re-lthy possession!' The Jews all thought t
The symptoms into very character cantly introduced from foreign conn- that this promlet would be literally, e
die. Th irritation f tl b j
tite, and dribbling of sullen from the ' 4Jesus seas itlmself in vieiou, taken to
nieutli which owing to const; t The coati 1 oderal 1?epartntent the summit of a high mountain, The
g e. of Agrieujture, with a view to pro,, kinggdoms of the world are spread bo c
ntoven}eut of the lips and 'tongue, lie totting our live stork intea•ests,: are fore him, and a voice says, "All these t
comes: frothy and adheres to the Cor-• enforcing the most stringent regula-' will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down ' a
tors, of the mouth and muzzle, The Cons vl "ch cover tl f 3 d vo hl e," 1; l 1 Jesus '
s e, a o to membranes tries through the port of San Fran-' fulfilled, and they dreamed of an
n the mouth results ;n loss of apps- ,, ,,, earthly empire for the
Mesalah, So
i \ 33 Ot er le species a nal an \ r3 p tri n does 69n8
tninta•s often make a peculiar smack mads and commodities that are likely ;consent to such an idea of tfessianie o
se,
ng sound with their utouttts, to carry the infect ;on of tite disea I glory? He does not. It would mean el
o »%f live stock oar ^all ' givilrg in to Satan's methods, and
Exteetne lanonese occurs when the s ould heve Jesus dlamissrs the tempter with the
top.ns the hoofear n the cleft and on the reason to suspect the existence of thistwot•ds: "Thou shalt worship the Lord, s
P, 'edisease'in Canada, it is of the utmost thy God, and servo him mane.'" a
The- fever and the difficulty in rate impatience that they notify the near.)in. CHafsT vtcTORlntfs, 11, - o
ng causes a rapid and extreme loss in est Veterinary Inspector and tete-I Christ has rejected mat'- :ideas of
dealt, and a serious lessening or eessa- graph collect to the V ei:+i'inary Diree- the Messiah in order tabe guided and
tion of the milk secretion, for General at Otti:tva, In the moan -I regulated only by God's thoughts, If
The udders often become inflamed time they should tie up their dogs and he is to be the 14lessialt, it must not
and ruined by abscess formation, and
not porinit. mlythiitg tn'leaue their be in self-will, but only no the father' c
a large number of cattle so effected premises.' 1'rotnpt control measures sendereals himself
imd appointr..� esus will sure ,v
are rendered permanently valueless and the willing raid intelligent co- rendez lojet i, absctiuis. to God to
g be used ;lust whoa and whore anc� as i
Floral Medal Offered.
The Canadian Horticultural Coun-
11 will awat'd a .gold medal annually
r the Best new variety of florists'
p
for milli,; production, operation of ,Ihe stockmen are casae- God wilts, The temptation is the
The inflammation of tite feet fre- tial to ,prevent disastrous results if record of a holy Act of total surreatder.
uently results in the shedding of the the infection of thla diecase gains en. The Kingdom that I seek
hoofs, causing permanent, injury. trance to Caltada. Bleary one should Is thine; .so ld the way
Wltilu'lltis disease is essentially a remember, however, that prevention is Tint leads to it be thine,
disease of cattle, strop goats and 'better than control. Tulse I must surely stray,
4
lant, recorded with the. Council dur-
eg the year. This has been 'made
possible through tie generosity of the
Canadian Florists and Gardeners'
Association, which donates the medal,
The Begiatratian Oommittee of the
Council w;11 judge the entries,
William Samos says that "One part
of our mind dams up—even damns upl
—the other parts."
When you relax and hand over bur-
dens to some stronger agent, you re-
lieve the tension that bound you and
avail yourself of the joy of free ex-
pression.
If you would have calm nerves get
a calm mind.
SANITATION iN THE BEE YARD.
It is best to remove diseased colon-
ies from the apiary as soon as dis-
covered. Carelessness is the cause of
most of the spread of foul -brood.
Never use combs or equipment that
have come from an apiary or district
where foulbrood is known to exist.
When a colony shows disease every
frame connected with it should be
destroyed. If there is any possibility
of robbing diseased colonies shotild
not be opened. Be careful about mov-
ing frames of honey from one hive to
another. The liberal use of hot lye
water is advised in the inner surface
of all hives that have been used, Bo
careful to remove and prevent bees
getting at infected combs or honey.
Uses of the Apple.
"Delight in Every Bite," such is
the inscription on 4 booklet being cir-
culated by the Dominion Fruit Branch
under the title of "Canadian Grown
Apples." In this booklet, which can
be had on application to the Publica-
tions Branch, Department of Agricui-
tsre, Ottawa, are given no fewer than
104 uses to which the apple can be
put, the story of theapple in the dif-
ferent provinces, the text of the Do-
minion Fruit Act, and suggestions as
to the nature and value' of the apple
as a food.
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A Sure Sign.
Deg "-•• "Summer is coining; that
hedge needs trimming."