The Seaforth News, 1919-08-14, Page 3I3y Agronomist.
`'I ills Department Is for the use of our farm readers litho want the advice
of an expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops; etc. If your question
is of sufficient general interest, It will be anEwerecl through this column, if
stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, i complete
answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
ishing
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S,onto Modern Farm Machinery. service than w.culd at flrtt.thoug''ht b
Leaving. out of consideration tree- expected. These restrictions to not
tors, all engines and farm power of course, apply to the combined one
plants, dairy, poultry, barn and house- roan straw and manure spreader which
hold machinery and equipment ao de- is intended to handle both materials
mending too much space for treat- Anyone mho contemplates the pur
meat in this one article, the following chase of a straw spreader should fa
resume of recent developments and miliarise himself with all the makes
progress in implement design and an
enumeration of what the market af-
fords to -day is not without practical
value, ,
We begin with machinery for con-
serving and inorea: ing the fertility of mention the narrow truck "broadcast
the farztl, manure, straw and fertiliser ere type, a lime spreader with a
spreaders and the like. Nearly all harrow attachment ber means of which
manure spreaders are now made with the material ,is spread and harrowed
some form of widespread apparatus, into the ground at one operation, the
some per
a. little more efficient row compact drill, and th
than others, probably the worst fault n
of any of them being the tendency to fartl.nzaty attachment for eulti
vvincl themse'Ives tenth tough -niece of 1 eaters b means. of which tea to -
marsh hayend to clogand ince ase `'till fertilizers are d,lstributed
e ' growing row crops at the time of
the draft oF. the machine. Personally' it' , t' , At least t • makesf
crcherdist but of ahttost equal, value
to the general crop and ,gain farm-
er, The sulky weeder or aiding mulch-
cr as it is sometimee tilled, itn nturh
lighter• implement and may be equip-
ped with grape and grain seeder at-
tachments. It is particularly adapted.
to the teed, ofsthe grain and alfalfa
arrnet who wants to cover a large
field in a short time. i
Lut lil;lxt changes. have recently
been made in grain drills, that is, with
the 0:mception -of the designing o2
i;
special tractor -drawn designs. The
use of narrow, three and four-iineh.
drills, (toes riot cern to be increasing
ver;; fast, and as for other crop plana-
k. ing- nnachine�ry, a spec al lour -row
bean planter, the meta can
planter as combined with the �,,�,r•�
motor cultivator, large e four-ro list- <•t
g w 1st 'r 1
-las, and a potato planter that Buts the 's se -neer
- seed as it plants !t, completes the list.
I Nor has there 'Leen any marked
' change in the design of the new conn-
', -eaters placed on the market within
the last few years. There is some in-
crease in the popularity of the sinal -I
low or surface type, some very effi-
cient
cient one horse implements with wide
- cultivating sweeps or blades that cut
all the space between the rows being
offered, and attention may well be
called to devices for weeding in or
very close to the rows, brush weeders,
e tobacco hoes, some new three and four.
- row beet and bean cultivators, and
the motor cultivators of which there
are now five makes actively on the
market, exclu3ive of garden tractors.
TETE CHEERFUL CiER.UB
n c::,zxeare,s rsr,ee,as eto.T ,(wises t 15
The wor•icl ks4t little,
6 e'd.0'tie. a
rrT�o o 'f'er ba
sack day,
Dob't I'USt' along too
swiR'tl,y —
Yov'l1 (piss t}tin¢s, orr
the way.
trl'Cpr,1
as each has semo advantage peculiar
to itself, as for example, a device fol
saving the grain left in the straw, a
feature of one make.
As for line -premiers and conii ter-
cia fertilizer distributers, i ran bat
I have but little likin • for a return cu tea ion eas two o
g16 'H' F,.,..,Si.,.,7 •4r 1.7. nr..
-apron spreader, as the return mechan-' attachments, and there is a separate
:ism is about as complicated and asl attachment: that may be attached to
likely to get out of order as anything most any cultivator.
:about the machine, and while its Corning now to the actual tillage
weight is not SD great as half the tools, beginning with rho plows, rhe
apron of 'the full apron spreader, yeti most prominent features are the de -
I cannot see where the disadvantages velopment of tractor plows and the
of its complication and the bother of I elimination of left hand, wood 'besot,
always having to see that the apron and other obsolete types.
is returned before the machine is'
l Practically all the newer light trac-
ready to be loaded, is offset by arty, tor plows are of the self -lift or auto -
practical advantage. It is sufficient to*matic type, may be furnished with
say apropos to this, that by Par the I the rolling coulters and jointers,
larger numbers of spreaders now be- have quick detachable shares, and may
ing sold are of the endless apron type.. be furnished with a variety of bottoms
Excepting where it as intended to use to suit soil conditions. Mention may
a mechanlcal loader, 1 era inclined to' aiso be made of L•he self -lift light
favor the lone -down extended four -!tractor disc plots, a plow with inter -
truck type rather than the higher me- changeable disc and mould -board bot -
chine having all four wheels under the toms, and special plows for plowing
load. The increased draft of the
't 'll
stony land. here also may be con-
.• ,- sag..° ,.a r wi never steered the peculiar machine Known
be noticed in actual erode, but change as the "once-over" tiller. This imple-
front pitching into n low machine to' itient, which is made in both tractor
loading a high one, and•you will notice) and horse plow sizes, consists of a
the difference (,:lick enough/ It is I rotating knife member which is held
true that the spreaders with the front • an the farrow •r r
wheels under the load as now hitilt,1 t x bo sd. as i is .turned by
are much lower than those of a raw I the mould -board. This "rotor" is
years ago, at least ane maker having oonthe iven f • a entail gas engine mounted
ase
practically succeeded in putting thei of engine plows, ratoe of tby he power fromthefront wheels under the load and yet I tractor. The "rotor" revolving at
retaining a low-down front truck con - I high speed threshes and pulverizes
atruetion by means of stn automobile' the soil to a
type of front axle, the front and rear l perfect Bead bed at a
I single passage of the machine. An -
wheels of this spreader having the l other' curious ,implement that is mi-
stime width of track. In brying a: marily a plow is the "once-over"
spreader it might bo well to consider t quack grass killer. This machine is
whether or not the wheels are so
mounted on wheels and bulks about
spaced that the machine can be used as ;large as a road -grading machine.
s first a sixteen -inch plow-
share, followed by an elevator sonee-
what on the plan of that of a potato
digger, but with a solid or continuous
carrier, which elevates the furrow
slice to a revolving cylinder very sim-
ilar to that of a threshing machine
which thoroughly threshes and pulver-
izes the soil, which as then passed
back to ti devolving screen which al-
lows the finely pulverized soil to drop
back to the fgrrow, while the ggawk
grass and other roots are retained to
bo passed to an elevator which rte -
posits them in a wagon that is driven
along halide the machine. This ma-
chine is engine driven, and as might
be expected, requires a fair-sized trac-
tor to pull it, and it is, of course, a
rather expensive affair. Neither of
these machines have as yet come into
very extensive usage but they are
for top -dressing row crops or form r11e1, ;
strawberry mulching, and there are
jobsa for which some spreaders lire
adapted for which others will not
serve. Some spreaders may be equip-
ped with lime hoods, at least two
makes are furnished with extra top
boards :for .increasing the capacity of
the machine in drawing light manure,
one at least can be equipped for ;lis-
tributing the manure in rows, a device
of particular value to market -garden-
ers, melon and cucumber gruwori`, rind
four spreaders are now furnished with
straw ttpreadeng attachments.
This brings us to the steaaw spread-
er, a machine of comparatively recon
introduction and one whose use will
pro r,bly remain somewhat restricted
bo localities that are largely grain
raising and where the straw is neither
baled and sold or fed and used for bed-
ding for live stock. There are now, interesting developments that hold
exclusive of manure spreader attach- promise for the future. Of the'com-
ments, at least seven of these ma- mon horse-drawn plows there are to
chines on the market and. there is no bo mentioned a new very light and
standardi:. anion, only two of them be-
ing anything alike, Four -are design-
ed to be used with any wagon or truck
with a )sake rack or "header barge,,
one is a combined straw and manure
spreader, rack and all that may be
used on practically .any wagon gear,
one is a separate 'wheeled machine to
be hitched lee:hind the wagon like a
hay loader, and the seventh is a cone -
plate machine, truck, rack, spreading
apparatus ailtogether, being a tether
bulky machine. Five of these machines
are advertised as being also adapted)
to spreading manure, one maker
claiming that; his machine will spread A very prominent feature of the
manure over twenty feet wide, I tendency toward the better tillage of
doubt very much if they will be 'able the soil is the increasing use of the
to compete in this respect with the double disc harrow, the solid disc
regular manure spreader, as four of proving 'to be more popular than the
them require' two men for their opera cutaway. Perhaps the last word in
tion, a driver and a man to help feed
the spreader, as the aprons or carriers
of these machines are shoat and nar-
row, the longest of them being ten
feet. Further, as mounted on a flat
rack, 'they would be unhandy to load.
As these machines are wagon attach-
ments they cost but about half as
much as the regular manure spreader,
and it may be that they could be used
with a wagon box and give , better
simple riding plow, harrow and sub-
soil attachments, and two deep -tilling
-plows of the disc type, one of which
while not adapted to quite as deep
plowing as the other may' be con-
verted into a two -furrow shallow disc
plow.
In land rollers the tendency is to-
ward an••inceeased use of the bar and
corrugated types, and also of various
forms of pulverizers, crushers, and
roller -harrows, some of these last,
particularly a "western" double star -
wheel design, are very efficient itnple-
ments,
The Great West Perinnanent
Lan Connpany.
Toronto Office. 20 King St. West,
4% allowed on Savings.
Interest computed quarterly.
Withdrawable by Cheque._ •. 11,7ag/e�.oA D"elientnr8s,
interest payable half yearly.
Pdld up Capital $2,412,178.
this ,implement is the double disc,
solid in front, cutaway rear, equipped
with tongue or fore -truck, transport
trucks, and so designed that the rear
discs may readily detached, There
are now a number of special engine
disc harrows conveniently designed
for • control from the tratytor, and a
new horse-drawn single disc harrow
with offset gangs that leave no uncut
centre ridge.
Other implements that deserve mare
extensive use are tete curve blade
harrows and pulverizers of the "acne"
and "killlifer" types, for .some purpos-
es to be preferred to the disc, and
the light straight blade disc liarpwe
of the "Meeker" type used by garden-
ers and onion growers in preparing
very fine seed beds, these implements,
in fact, practically taking the place
of hand raking. Another good imple-
ment is the "light draft" aopring tooth
harrow, originally intended for the
Ted.",f 7
The foal should be well fed during
the summer, When it begins to nibble
,at the mare's feed, a low feed box
should be erected out of the reach pf
the mother, where the young animal
can be fed regularly. A mixture of
ground oats and bran, or a mixture of
ground oats, ground corn and bran or
oil -meal is a good feed during the
summer and early fall.
By weaning time the colt should be
eating grain and grass or hay. Under
careful management there will he
little trouble in weaning the foal. The
mare and colt should be separated, and
the marc milked by hand to prevent
caking of the Glider. In the meantime,
the colt should receive plenty of feed
and water, and should be kept in a
well -fenced lot, paddock, pasture, or
a good box stall where there is plenty
of fresh air and where exercise comes
naturally.
Every phase of labor and organiza-
tion required by the exigencies of
modern warfare are shown in the
Canadian War Memorials paintings
to bo exhibited at the Canadian Nn-
tional Exhibition this year.
'Ulna the Prince of Wales will.
spend three days in Toronto during
the Big Fair. He will open the Ex-
hibition on Monday, August 25th, in
the open air, where many thousands
may see him, and will remain in the
city until 'Firednesiiay, spending all or
part of three days at the Exhibition
grounds.
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9
August is the opening month' of the
niolting season. 1 -fens that start molt-
ing this month generally end in time
to become good winter layers, But,
goodness, how ragged they look)
Molting is not a disease, and yet
nearly all 'the poultry doctor books
refer to it. It is a condition that de-
velops whatever weakness there is in
a fowl, and sickness and death often
follow. The period lasts about 100
days, which dates from the first fall-
ing of feathers to the completion of
the work.
A fowl in good health will grow
feathers rapidly. It u cases there
dl n such s s
n y
will not be that ragged appearance
-which is noted in cases of slow or
hard molt. Fat hens. readily shed
their feathers, but they seem to lack
the power of promptly renewing the
coat. A fowl that is poor ,in flesh has
great difficulty int shedding her
feathers.
Molting fowls must have clean, pro-
tected houses and plenty of exercise.
They must be fed a nitrogenous food.
Corn, cornmeal, middlings and pota-
toes must be given sparingly. The
males should be separated from the
females. Bran, green bone, sunflower
seed and linseed meal are highly valu-
able in the bill of fare. Spicy condi-
ments must be avoided, especially sul-
phur. If the hen is not in proper
condition for niolting, no amount of
stimulating food will make up for the
lank of a reserve of suitable material
for cell growth; and the use of spices
at this time can only overstimulate
and act injuriously on the future of
the fowl
The laying season of the heavy-
weight ducks ends this month,
March -hatched pullets should be
laying now.
Get rid of the surplus fowle before
they start to molt.
Caponizing can be performed in
August.
Set hens or incttbators for Febru-
ary table poultry. •
Remove scorch marks from linen
by rubbing with a fresh -cut onion.
Soak .in cold water,
When peeling onions place in water
deep enough to cover them. This pro-
tects the eyes.
Ming "Pep" " Its the Heine Fir
County fairs in general were hard
hit by the war. Many associations
went by the board. Acres upon acres
of centre rings were planted in corn.
Midways enol packing spaces were
turned into sheep pastures and the
ballyhoo and bai°k of the spicier are
no more.
County fairs hod degenerated even.
before the war, There is no denying
that fact even by some of the sophisti-
cated mortals who ran them.
Community fairs, on the other hand,
were rapidly gaining a foothold when
the war intervened. Letens hope they
regain their standing and go ahead,
for they are educational and help to
raise standards in any community.
They tend to arouse local pride, de-
velop a friendly spirit of rivalry and
bring about a better to -operation be-
tween families of the neighborhood,
also between town and country, They
have no gold mine of premiums. They
are purely local affairs—sort of minia-
ture county fairs with the cotnmereial-
ied amusements left out.
Several years of experience in as-
sisting in community fears, acting as
secretary and visiting many fairs in
other localities, convince me that one
of the chief faults of the average fail.'
is lack of unity in exhibits, Lack of
apace is sometimes responsible for
this. Lack 'of experience on the part
of those in charge of departments
often causes exhibits of high quality
to show poorly, This hinders compe-
tent judging, spoils the effect and
somethnes leads to dissatisfaction
among those who are showing farm
products. Where vegetables are be-
ing shown every exhibit should be
uniform. A peck of potatoes, beets,
turnips, three pumpkins, squashes, a
definite number of this or that; then
with plenty of room the display be-
comes both. attractive and educational
Jam things together and the display Is
neither educational nor attractive.
If it is possible to secure enough
vacant store buildings in town to hold
tjoe exhibits, half of the battle for a
uccessful community fair .is won. The
next best plan, but one Oat usually
takes more work and cash outlay, is
to have booths along th,e sides of
streets, or canvas tops erected in the.
street itself. Hartford City, Ind,, a
place where one of the most elaborate,
best arranged and successful fairs I
have ever seen is put on every year,
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By john, L. Huber AM, i•D
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Or. Huh:. will:maw r all signed letters pertaining to Health. If your
oueation Is of generoI Interest It will be answered through. these columns;
If not, It will be atnswered. personally If stamped, addressed envelops lo en.
closed. Dr, Huber will not prescribe' for.Ir.d'vidual cases or make diagnosis,
Address Dr, John S. Huber, NM.D., caro of viii,,,,, Publiehlne Co,, 73 Adelo,ido
6t. West, Toronto
No ono who can afford to do other-
wise should buy hoose milk—that is
from the can or taken home in piteb-I
ers. Bottles of milk should be wiped(
or washed as soon ae received front!
the wagon and placed directly in the,
refrigerator, The latter should never'
heith
w out mice nor allowed to 'become
warm, Milk should at all tines be
'covered, as a protection against dust
and insects. It should be kept in
1 some part of the ice box where there
I are no strong smelling foods like
ionions, cheese, 00 other substances,
I from which odors might be' absorbed. 1
The object of such precautions as
}these is to keep the milk clean and
to retard the growth of germs in this
fluid,
What measures are necessary to
safeguard the purity and safety of
milk?
1. The cow should be healthy, and
the milk of any animal which seems
should osed sho d not be mixed with
that from the healthy cows.
2. Cows must not be fed upon swill,
or the refuse from breweries or glu-
cose factories, or upon any other fer-
mented food.
8. Milch cows must have access to
fresh pure water.
4. The pasture must be freed from
noxious weeds, and the barn and yard
must be kept clean.
5.—The udders should be washed
and then wiped dry before each milk-
ing.
6. The milk must be at once thor-
oughly cooled. This is best done in
the summer by planing the milk can
in a tank of cold water or ice water,
the water being at the same depth as
uses the plan of housing the exhibits
under canvas tops set up in the middle
of the street. They show cattle,
horses and hogs, as well as the lesser
far products, and build stock pens
along the side of the public squared
The town folks turn their little city'
over to their country cousins for the
week.
This fair raises a considerable sum
of money each year from banks, mer-
chants and manufacturers; but large
sums are not necessary. Some money
is necessary, of course, but it can eas-
ily
asily be raised by a few good solicitors
among both farmers and merchants,
for all are directly benefitted; but
strong competition and ribbons will
bring out the exhibitors. The import-
ant thing is to appoint hustlers, men!
with both knowledge and "pep," on
the important committees. Have live
men for department heads. Give the
poultry exhibit to a live poultryman,
Let the best liked truck groove' handle
the truck crop exhibits. _ Turn the
fruit exhibits over to a fruit grown'''.
Get the women interested and yodr
fair will make good.
Make your fair interesting. If the
qualities of the exhibits are high, if
they ate wail displayed and if there
is interest by the exhibitors, the visi-
tor and the casral spectator will have
three things to carry away with him:
1. Ile will be attracted. 2. He will be
interested, 8. He - will take home, as
will the exhibitors themselves, ideas
that are sound and which will prove
of worth. The community fair is the
best place I have ever visited for the
exchange of ideas among farmers. It
beats the institute and community
school, because leen and' women ex-
press themselves more freely.
Amusements help make the fair a
success, Games, foot races, greased
poles and kindred contests lazing
laughs and some pride to the contest-
ants, and they amuse more because
they are local and the contestants ate
known/to all. There should be exhi-
bits of household products—home-
baked bread, pies, cake; home -canned
foods, jellies, preserves, butter;
needlework, and other,€hings in which
women aro interested.
Make your fair have Rs much unity
as possible, take es much time in stag-
ing exhibits as you -can spare, and
community fairs-, ill continue to.
prosper.
the milk in the can, It would be
well if the water in the tank could
be kept flowing; and this will indeed be
neceseary unless ice water is used,
The tank should be thoroughly clean-
sed . each day to prevent bad odors.
The tan shoiold rernain uncovered dur-
ing the cooling, and the milk should
be gently stirred. The temperature ,
should be reduced to G0F, or lower•
within an hour. The can should re-'
main in cold water until ready for;
delivery.
, 7, The milk should be delivered
during the summer, in refrigerated
cans or ,in bottles about which ice is
packed during transportation.
8. When received by the consumer,
it should be kept in a clean place and
at a temperature below GOF.
Questions and Answers.
Question—I am a boy of 16 and
very small. Is there not some device
for malting me grow? I have been
toldthx to device a ehasbeendiscoee d.
by which your feet are held and which
fits you somewhere around the spinal.
column. Is this true?
Answer—It is not true. You have
plenty of time to grow. You will not'
attain your full growth until you are'
21, I would not worry about it.
Question—I have had a lot of 1
trouble with my nose lately. It seems;
to get blocked up making ,it very hard;
at times for me to breath properly
and affecting my speech.
Answer—There may be some ob-
struction, such as polypus or hyper-'
trophied turbinates. You should:
have your nose examined by a coma:
petent specialist. Additional informs -1
tion is being mailed you.
Doing Over Old Machinery.
A man was telling me what quips
and quirks he was taking advantage
of to help out when times pinch. It
called to mind some of the ways we
have taken on our own farm to get
a little more wear out of different
teas.
For example, there was a wheel
rake that came to us along with some
other things when we bought a piece
of land adjoining our farm. As it
seemed to be a fairly good one, eve
put our wake away and used the old
one, When a shaft was broken, we
took one out of the rake we had stored
to put in the place of the broken one.
So it has gone on. Now and then a
part would give way in the mice and
we would draft the pieces from the
other.
We did the same thing with a mow -
ling machine. We had two of the same
kind after we bought the neighboring
farm, These eve used, changing off
as we liked, When any part WAS
badly worn or broken we went to the
other for a substitute piece. In this
Away we have made out to keep from
buying' a new machine a number of
years.
A neighbor of ours is a very ]panty
man at this thing of rigging up ma-
chinery out of old parts. Out of some
old mowing machine wheels he built a
fine land -roller, so good that we got
him to help us to make one just like
it, If we have a breakdown he is ala
most sure to have some way of mend-
ing it without going to much expense.
Ea certainly .is a handy man in the
neighborhood, and he saves a great
deal of money for us every year. This
knack of doing over old machinery is
one of no small moment in farm
economy and worth cultivating,
There is this danger—that the do-
ing over of old machinery, and replac-
ing of worn parts, can be carried too
far. Trying to make a piece of ma-
chinery do good work after it is al-
most ready for the junk -heap is very
often poor economy; the time spent in
tinkering would go a long way toward
p'ayinx' for new machinery. Besides,
the old machinery -that accumulates
on a farm, when old machinery is
saved, is quiite an eye-sore.—E. L. V.
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Soil For the Window Garden.
All who wish to have plants grow-
ing in pots in winter should prepare
it heap of good soil for them immedi-
ately, in the following manner: Find
some good rich soil which is covered
with a thick sod of grass but free
from weeds, out off- the sod, digging
'about three inches deep, and pile up,
mixing with ,it about one-fourth the
bulk of well -rotted cow manure. Al-
low this to remain in a heap for a
month, wetting it occasionally if there
are not frequent rains; then turn ib
over, break the sods and mix well and
leave it in a heap until needed for
use:t If the soil is heavy mix a little
sand'with it. Do this and next winter
your plants will grow and bloom.
Ronnney's portrait of Joseph Brant,
bought by the Canadian Memorials
Fund at public auction for 127,500,
and the famous "Death of General
Wolfe," generously presented to the
Fund' by the Duke of Westminster, are
among the paintings -to be shovan in
the War Memorials exhibit at the
Canadian" National Exhibition this
yearr.
Are you buying W.S. Stamps?
Garden Hints.
Cut out and burn the old blackberry
and raspberry canes as soon as they've
fruited.
Stop cultivating the bush fruits this
month. Keep the hoe and cultivator
going in the strawberries.
Never hoe beans or cultivate them
when the vines are wet, unless you
want "rusty" plants.
Celery may be blanched by means:
of boards, paper or drain -file. Earth'
is likely to eause decay if axpliod
when the soil or foliage is wet.
Overetatering '."hen transplanting in:
hot (weather should be avoided, Until
a new root system is established a'
plant can not take up much water. I
Start geraniums during August for
winter blooming. Break off the slips
and put them in the ground beside the
old plant. Pot them before frost.
For cabbage -worms: Mix one part
of fresh Persian insect -powder with
four parts of air -slaked lime, and dust
it on thelervi
lants at regular intervals.
p g t t3
Sun -scald is common on trees that
have not sufficient foliage to shade
their own trunk and main limbs. A;
little forethought will enable you to
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON
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Christian Missions—Acts 1: 8; 13: 1
to 14: 28. Golden Text,
Mark 16: 15.
Arts 1: 3—Ye Shall Receive Power,
and Ye Shall 13e Witnesses. These are.
among the last recorded words of
Jesus to His disciples. Theirs. is the
groat commif..sion, He tells them, to
be witnesses unto Ilio "both in Jer-
usalem, and in all Judea, and' in Sam-
aria, and unto the uttermost parts of
the earth:" Theirs also is to be"pow-
er from on high to perform that vworlc.
It was not for them to know. "times
or seasons, the time or manner of
Isis returning again and setting up, a
kingdom upon earth. They were stall
hoping for the restoration in Palestine
of the kingdom of David. It is sig-
nificant that Jesus neither denies nor
affirms thai: hope, But IIe bids them
to be witnesses for Him in all tlezt
world. We are not wiser than aur
Master. Let us leave off, therefore,
vain and foolish speculations about
times and seasons of I3is coming, and
set ourselves to the fulfilment of our
mission, the mission handed down to
us from the apostles, in obedience to
our Lord's last command. And.may it
not be that in this very way, by
carry-
inging
His Gospel in the power of Ilia
Spirit to all the world, that we shall
not only prepare the way, for and
hasten His coming again, but actu-
ally bring mit to pass as a spiritual
fact, a spiritual Presence, the domin-
ant and vitalizing force of Christ in
the Spirit putting all enemies under
his feet, and asserting His final and
everlasting dominion over the minds
and hearts of men?
Acts 14: 1-7. "In Iconium." Pant
and Barnabas are upon their first
great missionary journey. From An-
tioch in Syria they have gone over the
sea to Cyprus, anti having traveled
from end to end of that island had
sailed northward to the coast of Asia
Minor. Hence they hall gone through
the mountain passes into thn interior,
and from Pisidian Antioch had turned
eastward to the cities of Iconium,
Lystra, and Derbe. They had met
with varied experiences, the most dis-
couraging' of which was the bitter and
determined hostility of many Jews.
From them the apostles turned to the
Gentiles, and opened wide to them the
door of faith (13: 46-481. The promise
of power was being rurely fulfilled in
their preaching. In k-ot:ium they "so
spoke that a great multitude both 01
Jews and Greeks believed," But again
there was persee `ion and they fled
to"the cities oft cionia."
14: 8-20. ' "At 5 t The power
which Je-ue had i r"...tided was some-
times manifested it Paul, as in Jesus
H ttoelf, in works of healing, here,
in Lystra, he made a cripple stand,
on his feet and wall:. The Gentile
people marveled, and-heugnt that he
and Barnabas moat ba .o:l, in Noonan
form, There was a story current at
that time in that ccuatry that certain
of the goes had visited them, and it
was natural that they sbo,ld become
greatly excited ever what they now
supposed to be their return.
Similar things have happened in our
own day, where ml:cid:meries with .the
healing skill of modern medical
science, or with the met] ads and ap-
pliances of modern chemistry and
physics and engineering, have seemed
to the simple folk they were trying to
aid to have supernatural power. The
story is told of a Scotch to du ell offi-
cer with the B.itish army of occupa-
tion in Mesopotamia who had been
able to treat successfully niainy cases.
of blindness among the Arabs. "The
result is that he isbeset by the blind.
People come leading blind relatives
and friends from miles and miles
away" In some cases cure is im-
possible, but "they think he could cure
them all if Ile wanted to, They even
go so far as to make prayers to him
and try to propitiate hien with gifts,
as though he were some kind of god."
Anil indeed the missionary i$ often,
as Paul and Barnabas were, in the
place of God to such people. He
brings to them: spine true knowledge
of God, and exemplifies his teaching
by his daily life and by the service
he renders them. Yet he seeksno
ixonor or worship for himself, but only
for the God whose representative he
is. Here the apostles "scarce res-
trained" the people from offering sac-,
nifice to them. Nothing could; more
effectively demonstrate the pitiful
need of humanity for that which the
Christian missionary can ,bring.
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The "Hell 0f Death" that faced the
Canadians at the second battle of
Ypres, when they were set against
the first German gas attack, is vividly-
portrayed in the War Memorials
paintings to be shown at the Canadian
National Exhibition this year.
"Finish every day and be done with
it. You have done what you could,
Some blunders and absurdities, no
doubt, -crept In. Forget them as soon
.
as you can. To-xlaorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too
high a 'spirit to be cumbered with
your old nonsense. This day as all
that is good and fair. It is too dear,
with !ti hoped and invitations,, .to'
waste, a moment on the yesterdays:'} --c
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