The Brussels Post, 1917-3-8, Page 2A Few Words About Hogs.
There is no hind of live stock, we
believe, so much affected by panicky
conditions as are hogs. It is evident
that fewer swine than usual will be
fed this winter and fewer sows will
be bred to farrow in the spring. There
can be no doubt regarding the Price of
pork next spring and summer. It has
been pretty well proven by investiga-
tion and practical farmers that a
pound of gain can be accomplished
the wheat is threshed if need be,
They could then be finished off at
weights averaging around 200 pounds,
at moderate cost, Farmers should
give this *matter some consideration
for it is poor policy to follow the
crowd at a time 1}ke this,—Farmer's
Advocate.
Winter Work.
One of the farmers' most trouble-
some problems is the equalization of
with about four pounds of meal. In labor throughout the year. Among
many cases a pound of gain can be the suggestions for winter work are
accomplished with less, but, under the following: Repair each piece of
average conditions, we are safe in say- farm machinery, make tools and do
ing that four pounds of millfeeds or other carpenter and repair work, oil
chop will produce a pound of pork. and repair harness, haul manure,
This being true, it appears that even sharpen all tools, sharpen mower
with the present price of feed, hogs sickles, sharpen post for fences,
can still be fed at a fair margin, when prune orchard and other trees, clean
the farmer does not put too much seed, repair buildings (particularly in -
Flat Iron Copse the advance dressing'
value on his labor. If prices are 05 side work), and market grain and hay. station was established. Was all
attractive next summer, as conditions Where cows freshen in the fall, the the time under shell fire. It of the
indicate they may be, it is likely that larger care in milking them and car- orderlies were killed on the first after -
the man who feeds hogs this winter ing for their calves conies during the noon. Several bearers were killed in
may receive a good average return winter months.—Farm turd Dairy.
for his efforts.station. Others were wounded. One
Some farmers make a Practice of The Ice Harvest. night both doctors and men worked how can there be a God of goo nese
t mak-and mere an love when. a won c
NEW ZEALANDERS'
HEROISM DESCRIBED
INSTANCES OF BRAVERY OF
MEDICAL -CORPS AT COMME,
Malcolm Ross, War Correspondent,
'fells of Work of Doctors and
Army Nurses.
An interesting article written by
Malcolm Ross, war correspondent
with the New Zealand forces, and,
dealing with the work of the New I
Zealand Medical Corps on the Somme,'
has been issued by Sir Thomas Mac-
kenzie, High Commissioner for New
Zealand in England. The following
are extracts:
"No account of the fighting on the
Somme would be complete without re-'
ference to the splendid work done by
the New Zealand Medical Corps. It
was on September 13 that the corps
'took over' from the English division
that our troops relieved. In a Ger-1
man dugout at a place known to us as
the vicinity of Thistle Alley, another
-t can estimate it at its true value,
and the estimate is a very high one.
"At all the advanced dressing sta-
tions and aid posts they were under
fire, but they stuck to their work day
and night, with a heroism worthy of
the best traditions of British doctors.
Three out of our small band lost their
lives on the Somme.
GOD AND HIS WORLD.
The Mystery of Human Suffering
Solved by Life of Service.
wmtermg young pegs without to
g isfaof agorad + If He sthe word age battery cranking the engine, and
ing any attempt to finish them for. Durin February, the ice crop is for hours in their gas helmets, and y ;p dislocate your vocabulary vainly try -
spring delivery. They pe to let at its hest in the greater part of Can- that is not an easy job, ful and all -loving, how can He let ing to get a "fire" out of the engine,
gra
them run a while on the grass and ' ala, The farmer should utilize his
finish them in warm weather. It ap- spare time to secure a supply of ice
pears that cheaper gains result under fur use during the summer months. Fleas, about which the battle raged
summer conditions than in winter. It With the advent of hot weather, re- for some time. From there the bear -!hearts as during the past two years. i While the real fault may not be
may be that many farmers with light- ets at the tack of ice to cool bever ers had to carr uphill over sodden I Is there an answer? Does IIe prove yours, you are as much to blame as
er stores than usual should carry their . ages and to preserve food will be use- y P himself to men or is He only a dream
young pigs through the winter in a less, Action at the present time will ground through a fairly heavy bar- the gasoline, the carburetor, the ig
thrifty, growing condition, and then result in much comfort and Pleasure rage of 5,9 high explosives and shrap-; of the weak and credulous? Science rallies, or what not, because you can,
nel. It was a long and difficult job, ;cannot answer the question, for God if you understand a little about these
turn them to grass in the spring until !next summer. but rain or shine they never ceased ` is not measurable by mechanical du I things, end all your cold weather start
-- their efforts. In many cases it took - vices but by human experience. nig problems, tivrites an expeIto
t motor -
1 which they are very fond, They six bearers five hours to bring a i A certain man had become totally bit. The principal cause of hard
F^ -^t will clean up anything that may be on wounded man from tlic relay post 500 deaf acrd, in rebellion at his nnisfor- starting is the quality of the fuel, and
lerL the home place, unless fenced re with yards south of Fleas. A medfca] of- ne h I1 ti st his faith Looking at h ou b ]' f
Cold -Weather Hints.
When you enter your garage on a
zero morning, jump into the front seat
of your car, almost exhaust the stor-
Battle Was Raging Near By.
"Two thousand yards away was
such things be? It is the question of
tortured'soulsof every generation—
never, perhaps, asked by so many
doesn't; the easy starting problem
' strike you as being a logical one for
you to study? 1
w en y uy Baso me or your mo or
four -feet poultry netting. The calm- firer and -twelve men were sent out the won through the lens of his own you accept it with all its limitations,
field affords a dusting place during there. The post was no sinecure. bitterness, he saw only cruelty and in- and in self-defence you ought to know
t to for- There it was that Major Martin and justice. After a while he learned lip 'hat those limitations are,
the summer, and a good place o - e reading, It gave him back much of
!age in the fall. Capt. Boyle were killed. They were what he had lost, but did not soften
,-.,. splendid fellows and very brave, i
a his itterness. He was still angry
Selecting Hens By "Lay Bone" 'fest "During the whole of the first week with the God in whom he did not be -
things,
will do one of three or four no sane reason why he should not, I Great Improvement on Glass Eye.
Turkey Culture the Germans kept up their barrage, things, or all of them. The present there are others,but of far less of
Turkeys can not he raised like other „ i• no secret but with a view to preventing transport Un
The whole subject of hard starting
can be forgotten if the automobile stances named, although there seems
•NEMS FROM ENGLAND •
Brwtt RY MAIL A1W(1T'T iO}Il1
BULL AND HiS P1'Ittl'4if.
Oeeerroneee 1a the I.an4"'fist Reigns
frapremn la the Commefi
Ail World.
Over £900 was realized at a Red
Cross sale at Frodsham, Cheshlre; a --
turkey was sold for 19 16s., and a
donkey for 156 tis.
The freedom of Maidstone will be
presented to Commander Noel Lau.
rence, Last November he torpedoed
two German battleships.
The Salvation Army are making ar-
rangements to house 1,500 eoldiers a
night in London, and have set aside
£10,000 for this purpose.
The expense in connection with the
turning of the Grand Hotel at Her-
rowgate into a hospital for officers
will be borne by Lord Furness,
The Amalgamated Society of Engi-
neers claims to be the wealthiest and
most powerful in the world. Their
membership is 230,000, and their funds
amount to £1,750,000.
James Boyton, M.P., is the only
member of the House of Commons
doubt about the action of these liquids who has only one arm. Be lost his
being certain at low temperatures, arm in a motor accident
The writer has repeatedly tried prim- Land has been offered by Baron
ing in this way, and each time the Latymer, near Walton -on -Thames, for
engine fired as soon as it was turned the purpose of raising crops for the
over two or three times. use of the local poor.
A dash {rimer for using petrol-
. Lord Cavan has been awarded.the
eum ether or the grade of gasolne C.B.,the Knighthood of St. Patrick
mentioned, consists of an air -tight and the Cross of the Legion of honor
tank of about one quart capacity for services on the field.
fastened to the dash under the hood; The new Treasury notes will likely
a pipe leading from this tank to the come into circulation this month. The
inlet manifold, and another pipe from design will be of such a. character as
the tank to a control or a pump on to defy imitation, it is said,
the dash within easy reach of the Lord Wolesley's old charger, Marl -
driver. Outfits such as these may borough, was one of the animals from
he Purchased. the Horses' Rest that received the
In those ears fitted with acetylene usual New Year's feast this year.
tanks for lighting, it can be arzang_ The Town Council of Colchester
ed so that acetylene can be used for have decided to erect a -status to
priming. The concern supplying the daylight eating t, the originator of
tank is in a position to supply the
necessary attachments for using C
acetylene in this way. RUBBER EYES!
If one does not wish to use the sub- —
New Invention By Two Frenchmen
An expert says in speaking of the neve.
e• La Bone Test , It s e evening, sitting at his window, grade of gasoline you are buying •heavy, The old-fashioned method of Glass eyes are notoriously uncom-
byanysot. rule. attire y the and troops getting 'up to Flers, but a man and a woman in the lit- might he renamed 'hard -starting draining the radiator and refilling with fortable, and often unsightly, and it is
fowls, nor is nature's method of preparing he saw
plays tro important a part in the Life ]ten's body for reproduction. Sus be- during the whole of the fighting not tle park in front of his house. Some- gasoline," for it is such. Absolute- 1otwater brings results, but it cannot interesting, therefore, when the de -
of the vrun� to expect an • y iiefin!te h l f th a single man ever hesitated to g° thing' their ' ' b t 1 their
]y certain starting, ]00 per cont. sac- ba used unless ane is in the home gar-' fmmities of w*ar are so seriousa sub-
stu v, o
w he hen's tail at the en o e in attitude e rayec net cess, a fire each time (prey}led there age, or near some place where hot ject.of consideration, to learn that two
reruhs, Turkey raising ,s a Mune commonly called the backbone misery. He got his glass and "listen- French workers—MM. Lemaitre and
and a must fascinating one at that. yis a spark), even if the thermometer water can be obtained. Thus it has
are two projections of a bony cum- Worked Without Sleep or Food. ed' ; he could read their words clear- shows 50 below zero can be had if the restricted use. The application of Teuillieres—have evolved an entirely
Ptttienre of the rarest kind is also- po,itien. They are called the 'pelvic . "Some of the bearers worked for ly. They had come to the end of their engine is primed with 76 degree gaso- heat to the inlet manifold or to the new method of replacing a lost eye,
lately necessary, and the industry can or laying banes.' When the hen is forty-ei,ht hours,some for seventy -
only resources, and were saying that the line. As an alternative ,petroleum fuel in the carburetor bowl •will bring They aimed at producing a substance
not be relied upon as an exclusive af-Py _
fair far there are too many risks to rut laying or nature is not preparing two, without sleep and with little food, °mY thing that seemed to be left was ether may be used as the priming results, but the diffteeny lies in get-, of sufficient elasticity and softness to
her belly fur egg laying, these bones One who brought a wounded man to end it all. A fierce anger swept fluid. Either of these substances ting sufficient heat to these parts. i respond to the changes in the eye -
be taken; but as a side issue, under are very stiff and so dose that a ling• the watching man.
proper renditions, it is profitable and er can scarcely be placed between:rignt down to Flat Iran Copse was at may be obtained from afirst-class oil The gasoline you now are buying, socket, and at the same time of suffi-
"That;" ho cried, "is a specimen of
the finish almost worse than his pa- i dealer, or surely from the oil refiner, has a high initial boiling point as con- dent hardness to present a smooth,
pared wth petroleum ether or 76 de -i natural effect between the eyelids.
gree gasoline, and that is why it is Experience led them to take careful
so hard to get quick initial firing on casts of the Bucket in plaster, and to
a cold day. make from these casts the body of an
artificial eye which should exactly et
the socket. They solved the diflical-
A TIHEOLOGIAN'S REVENGE. sity students when they found that' ties of consistence by making the
the passage was, "Alexander the cop- front of the eye of hard caoutchouc,
How a Russian Student Got Even persmith did me much evil: the Lord vulcanized and enamelled to renresent
With His Teacher. I reward him according to his works: of the natural appearance, and the back
d lu t toitvzrd when requrecl
uiterestmg• them. When the hen is laying or na- Gods administration. I can do bet -
An ideal location is a farm u� about tore is preparing her body for the de- tient, Another bearer was wounded, who usually has branches in the larg-
y ter than that, at least, I'll take care
fifty acres or more, high ground, p::.t-? s. e but went on carrying in other wound- er cillos. The priming may he done
y Io itm of eggs these bones are two of those poor wretches myself,"
1 • wooded with pine, oak and chest; ar three finger -widths apart. If this ed till wounded a second time, He was l 1 in the regular way or by means of a
nut trees, with an abundance of feu ....t is carefully studied it will he shot in the leg. Later he was shot in
grazing land, and watered and drained
He stunt. for them and had a •talk with them. As a result r the long dash priming outfit. There is no
teat
arm, but even then he picked up
by a brook or two. found very profitable and practical,
his stretcher and wanted to earry on, talk he put the young woman into a
The hens that produce many eggs dor- t school where she could learn to earn
Feed a good quality of oats, and L
in add ing the Winter months should be kept ',for thenf et ld have
lodoctor had orderne so wero it ul her own living and he found a position
when very cold weather set for the breeding pens another year•thfor the man. The experiment turned
whole corn well seasoned, About In this way a strain of fowls may be him away. He now proudly wears out so well that he began to search for
the first of March cut out the corn,
produced that will be great Winter,the riband of the military medal. other people to help, and still others.
and teed lightly on oats and soft �_e "Owing :..::. _..__..-_„ :.: the New
layers." ( His life became very rich and full,
exclusively. Have ground oyster- 7.ealand eMed!cal C •r s orders were
shell and charcoal within reach.
Turkeys must never be yarded with
other fowls, as they don't agree, and
the latter are apt to cause disease in
the flock.
If kindly treated during the winter,
turkeys are not so apt to wander very which was still c m gconsciences by down in Lor
gs.
Theyas day.
far rvseekay rom thehome
r m own to lay nests their in the rents. The travelling man turned to Iu this way they got counting
oine long tnight of
under -brush or on the edge of the the waitress with: twenty-four hours. In other words,
woods. It requires watchfulness and This certainly looks like the they went right through, night and
flood,' day; many instances of bravery and
"The what?" untiring devotion to duty in the. big
"The flood. You've read about the event might be given.
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I
given by the army corps that regi- One day he began to think back.
News to Her. imental officers and other officers and
The trail led to his own ct deafness,
bearers were to go out only at night. which had been the direct means of
A travelling man one night found So far as I could see, there wee; his disco 1pecL the first two whom
himself obliged to remain in a small tory laudable intention of carrying '�e s cl ar; . Every step of the way
town on account of a washout on the out that order. was clear; the God he had denied had
railroad caused by the heavy rain, led him all the way.be When he began
° in "The New Zealander:: salved their to do God's work he knew that God
patience to locate the nests. Cautious-
ly follow the turkey as she is about to
lay. Keep an eye on her, and soon flood, and the ark landing on Mountthe victory will be ryes. Leave a Ararat, surely." Worked 20 Hours at a Stretch,
nest egg in each nest. k Mister," ,
Before the breeding season starts it "" she returned. "There were en who (lay and
is best to get rid of all young males, ain't seen a paper for three days," "I Wr
night went out under shell and ma -
keeping over the hen turkeys that ---- chine gun fire, time and again, and at
raised the most young the year before. Unnecessary. great risk of their own lives saved the
Mate them up to last year's mate an -lines of many wounded who otherwise
other year. Every other year a new The town council of a small Scotch would have died or been killed. Some
male should be added, so as to keep community met to inspect a site for of them worked continuously collect -
new blood circulating always. Thea new hall. They assembled at a ing wounded under fire for twenty
best hen turkeys should be kept as chapel, and as it was a warm day 0 hours at a stretch. But there is no
member suggested that they should need to multiply instance.. Our
long as they are profitable; about five
years, however, is the limit.
Grow plenty of corn, potatoes, mel-
ons, squash, oats, rye,—anything to
keep the turkeys contented during the
summer and fall months. They won't
then care to wander oft' in search of a
neighbor's cabbages and turnips, of
leave their coats there. stretcher hearers earned undying fame
"Some one can stay behind and in Gallipoli. The Somme enhanced
watch them," suggested another. the lustre of their laurels.
"What for?" demanded a third. "If The work of the doctors from be.
we are all going out together, what ginning to end was magnificent, They
need is there for anyone to watch the do not say much about it themselves,
clothes?" but those of us who saw something of
0.19==.111311., 01711.0501
was!
It is the proof that never fails. No
man or woman can honestly try to
live the life of love and service that
Jesus Christ aslcs of IIis followers
and not know that God is—that He is
caring for IIis world to -day exactly as
much as He did two thousand years
ago, and that the reason there is still to the wedding and because he -sus-
suc'h endless pain and sorrow in IIis pected that Doctor Schmidt had not
world is because there are still so few, believed that his excuse was a true
among the millions of earth who yield one. Accordingly he was determined
themselves to work with Him, to get some kind of revenge.
It chanced that on the day after the
.;, affair he was reading Si• Paul's sec -
Mexico's Shape. and letter to Timothy, when he sud-
denly
shape Mexico is Bice an crani- denly saw a. very clever way to get
In
satisfaction. Laying down the Bible
mous cornucopia, with its upening to- he wrote to the Dorpat newspaper and
wards the United States, ordered an advertisement inserted in
large type that said simply, "2 Tim,
iv, 14-15a," Every reader of the
You will be surin•ised to find how paper, surprised by that line, reached
much good there is in the world if you for his Bible and looked up the verses.
will only take notice.
Thirty years ago, Alexander
Schmidt was dean of the university at
Dorpat in the Russian province of Li -
whom be thou ware also.
Build Ship in Month.
of the eye of very soft caoutchouc,
hollowed out in the form of a ball and
filled with air,
vena. "The Bloodsmith," as that The new British Minister of Ship- These hollow eyes have been found
students called him because of his' ping, Sir Joseph Mackay, is expected to answer the purpose very well. They
researches concerning the circulation shortly to outline his programme in are soft and elastic; they respond in a
of the blood, was noted for the sever- connection with the construction of remarkable manner to lho ocular
ity of his discipline. An amusing in- merchant ships. Already contracts movements; they do not irritate the
cidentis told of him by an army chap- have been placed for several vessels,; socket; and they have the great ads
lain in the Zeitung der 10. Armee, and others will be given out as fast as ditional advantage of being unbreak-
A certain theological student once arrangements can be made. Iii the able.
wanted to get leave from the univers-
ity to attend his sister's wedding. The
dean refused the necessary permission
on the ground that the reason was too
trivial. The student was greatly of-
fended both because he wanted to go
Imagine the amusement of the univer-
United States and Japan standard
ships have recently been built in about
four months. One British shipyard
expects to cut the time of construction
to about three months, while another
concern has agreed to deliver fifteen
standard steamers in a year.
To The Doctor,
"Um. Yes. Al!" remarked the
medico in his best bedside manner to also to the larger appreciation of Can -
his patient as they stood in the consult- adian produce in British markets.
ing room. "I'll give you the follow- These business connections may be
expected not only to last, but to he
largely developed. Now there eomes _
a report of the very favorable opinion
Opportunities for Canadian Trade.
In commercial circles in England -
one constantly hears references to the
Increasing opportunities which will
arise after the war for Canadian
trade. Reference has already been
made to the service being rendered in
the supply of wood pulp for news-
papers in the United Kingdom, and
ing prescription," and he handed him
three small packages.
"A powder for my headache," he
said aloud; "a pellet for my liver," he
cot' - -.'3 .
ToM,i v 'ro ns„lorles'ro offs YHA
formed by Belfast linen thread -milk -
continued; "and a Capsule for my ers of the flax grown in the North -
gouty foot." Then he stopped and West Provinces for linen -making. In -
pondered deeply for a moment. "I say, evitably the restoration of the fields
doctor," he qeried, "how'll the little in Belgium must take a long time, and
with the world shortage in this re-
spect it will be open to north Saslcat-
ohewan and other parts of Canada to
meet a need. It is hardly neccssarY
to point out also that the awakening
of Russia will afford great possibili-
ties to Canadian manufacturers of do-
ing business in that country with the
closer relations that subsist between it
and the British Empire Russia was
honeycombed with German agents.
Whatever fiscal arrangements May be
made in the future, one thing is cer-
tain, the German agent will have the
cold shoulder.
beggars know the right place to go
when they get inside?"
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work, utilizing fully the time avail-
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With the shortage of labra on our
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work, utilizing fully the time avail-
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farms, the most must be made of that
remaining Proper planning of tiro
woric now will save time.
A Russian naval off}ccr is the in-
ventor of an electrical machine for
writing messages in cipher and trans-
lating such messages.
Pressing a button operates a new
container for salt or pepper that is
claimed to he moisture proof,