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By Agronomist.
hits Department is for the use of our farm readers who want the device
of en expert on any question regarding soil, seed, crops, etc. If your question
fa of sufficient general interest, it will be answered through this column. Ii
etamped andaddressedenvelope is enclosed with your letter; a complete
-answer will be mailed to you. Andress Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
'Co., Ltd,, 73 Adelaide St. W. Toronto.
Keeping Stock Well. I Every farm should be equipped with
1 a small building, suitable for hospi-
Fl
Fo-livellow the krnplc ation of prac-. tat purposes, where sick animals can
ticale stock sanitation and You' be eared for until they recover. This
will be surprised haw easy .it is to building can also be used for the de-
keep your farm animals well. Avoid tendon of new' stock, until you nicer -
dark, damp,
housingstablingBadlly vont live stork d- ventilated build-' Lain if they are free from disease or
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logs. Endeavor at regular intervals to' not, This is an important step in the
furnish your stock with a good Gnat-Idh•eetion of preventing the spread of
ity of food and water, and be sure' disease. Diseased animals are some -
that. they have plenty of both, It is: times sold, you may be unfortunate in
important that farm animals have' purchasing one of them. If you hold
some daily exercise, even if it only the animal in quarantine for three
a short walk. The question arisesweeks it Will generally determine as
'can the owner of live stock afford to' to whether they are diseased or heal-
, ignore the common and well known thy.. Never allow the carcass of an
simple rules of sanitation. I say no. animal to decompose on your farm,
Now, then, ' are 'the farmers either bury it deep, or burn it.
and stock men of this court- Familiarize yourself with the com-
try doing their level best to keep mon symptoms of diseases, but when
their animals healthy, also to prevent in doubt as to what the ailment is,
'the spread of infectious and eontagi- promptly 'call your veterinarian, who
ous diseases? I doubt it very much, should be qualified to make a correct
It is true that many of the stables diagnosis of the case.
are a
ntirel small,f thenumber
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oo - tor e Green Feed For •Yens.
of animals leapt in them, besides the,
barns are too often located on low Nothing in the hen's ration is more
,nand, which if not properly drained important than green feed and it is
are usually damp and decidedly tin- especially important in winter'. In
healthy for steak. Many stables are the early fall it is best to plan on the
poorly lighted and without sufficient winter's supply and take a chance on
ventilation. For sanitary reasons the overestimating the amount needed
floor of cr'stable should be composed rather than underestimating it
of other material than wood. Every Mongols are the best winter green
stable should be drained, cleaned out feed and a large amount of them can
daily and disinfected •ince a week. It
is a mistake to allow urine and excre-
te meet to remain in a barn for any
great length of time. It should be
hauled out onto the lot or deposited
under cover some considerable dis-
tance from your stabld. The well is
often situated too near your barnyard;
drippings and learhings from the
manure may make its way into the first 'ind save the mangels until late
well. This infected water is almost in the winter as they will keep better
sure to sicken and perhaps cause the than cabbages.
death of some of -your stock. It Lt Pumpkins are liked by poultry and
not expensive and a very good plan we find that the crop of pumpkins
y to occasionally pour some kerosene will not bring • mach money on the
` in• your barnyard, and a few days market and they are a bulky crop to
later taste and scent the• well coater, deliver. It is much better to feed them
If the sap of the barnyard is making in the winter to the hens and market
Its way into the well, you will he able them in the form.of fresh eggs. Boiled
to scent and taste the til. If possible pumpkin mixed with bran is a health -
'keep your barnyard clean, and avoid
storing much memo.... in it at any
be grown on a small space. Sprouted
oats are greatly relished by hens, bull
it ie some work to prepare them and
oats are expensive, so many poultry-
men will find that they can get along
very well by using mangels and leav-
a
ing out the sprouted oats. Plan on
supply of cabbages if the mange' crop'
is short and then feed the cabbages
fill food and very good for forcing the
Young stock or keening the old hens
one titn», ser convenience some farm- healthy while confined in the laying
ars throw droppings front stock out house.
of stahlc windows, and here allow it Clover is ono of our best poultry
to ar.'un.ul. de for a long tilac. This feeds. It may be rolled in a cylinder
is dcci,lc,lly unsanitary, especially if of poultry wire ' and placed in the
you keep cows. i house. where the birds can pick at it'
I'eedinit stock badly cured grain or Clover can be soaked in warm water
fodrlo.i• mil •fragnently sick?'" them, to freAten it and then Blared in the
prociurinec a sort of forage poisoning, poultry house in troughs. A fork of I
The under -feeding; of live stock less elan clover hay thrown 'on the floor,
sees their power of resisting diseases. of the house will keep the birds busy
When live stock are stabled and de- while they are confined during the
prived of fresh air they will not thrive. winter or on stormy fall days,
Every barn should be equipped with Save all of the cull vegetables for
ventilators, fresh outside air should the poultry. They can be boiler' and
be admitted and the foul air allowed feel in the form of a wet mash. Such
to escape. feed is so'much better than a straight
It is well to keep in mind that dis- grain ration for fowls that no flock
case is the functional, or structural should be without it. It tortes up the
deviation from the normal or healthy birds during the winter and helps
standard. It is, of course, that condi- them to lay eggs. Even if the cost of
tion which obtains where a living be- eggs in winter 'is about the value of
ing or animal is unable to adjust the eggs, the hens have to be fed
itself to its environment. The cause something, so why not give the all
of disease may be divided into two they need and get paid for lit ra er
them and receive
�i• predisposing in and exert- than halffeedtt
groups, viz., pied spos g a c
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ing causes. Predisposition to disease thing for what they do get.
includes all conditions which diminish We have found that a few feedings
an animal's resistance and thus ren- each week of boiled cull potatoes are
der them subject to the specific ex- relished by 'the birds and it helps to
citing causes of disease. Here is reduce the cost of feeding them. At
where heredity is often charged with the present price of potatoes they are
being the cause of the disease, or ail- 'not economical poultry feed but there
meat. The most important active are apt to be many unmarketable culls
causes of diseases are of a ptierasitie especially after a dry season, and they.
nature, and can be transmitted from can be used to advantage in the pout -
one animal to another, from farm to try mash. If there_,is a vegetable
farm, county to county, province to grower in the community some poul-
province, and nation to nation. In this trymen can do well to purchase any of
way tuberculosis, glanders, and many the cull stock which he is glad to get
other infectious and contagious die- rid of at a very low price. Often farm -
eases have become world-wide in dis- are in the community raise crops of
tribution. Immunity is. that power of carrots, mangels, turnips or beets.
resistance possessed in some degree which do not find a ready sale on their
by every animal, and it is due to a local market and sometimes the poor -
combination of- protective . material er grade can be purchased by the poul-
substances that are much alike in all try man at a price that makes it an
animals, with one exception, namely, economical investment.
that peculiar type known as natural One former in our section fed silage
immunity; , It is rather strange that to his hens and they seemed to like it
one animal sickens and another and it had a good influence on egg
escapes the infection; however, we production. It might pay if some of
usually find the strong, robust, heal- our experimental farms would find
thy animal is the one that survives, out the value of different kinds of
It must be admitted that this matter silage for poultry feed. The poultry -
is none too well understood. We have men and farmers with large flocks
but two kinds of immunity; first, nat- need a cheaper source of feed and it
ural, which I have mentioned; second, seems as if some kind of a. chicken
usually termed reediest Immunity silo might be used to advantage.
is no longer a theory; it is a science Clover silage ought to be a good green
fully as well understood as psycho- food for hens though the writer has
logical actions of drugs. never seen it used.
Don't make any special effort to
turn the cow dry that is going to drop
a calf next spring; neither feed her
with a special view to milk -production.
Just le nature take its course, and
you will be. the gainer in the long rine.
When building a dairy barn, atten-
tion to good drainage will result in
various .benefits not always' ,apparent
at first. 'In early spring and after
heavy rains, a well -drained, yard will
be drier.
Building on a small knoll is fre-
quently the mime of providing run,
Meg water from a cistern filled by the
down spouts from the barn roof. Such
a aster's has the advantages of an ele-
vated rgservoir and water from a barn
rook is usually cleaner than from a
house, owing to the eibsence of chim-
ney soot.
Shabbiness in plant, bush or vine
may be prevented if a little time is
given to removing faded bloom, leaf
or, branch, ' There is no excuse for
ea+ellessuess, even if the summer is
nearly over; '
Isiquid ammonia will remove stains
made on .clothing by Sewing machine
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Heals and hardens bleeding
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deodorizes all decomposed mat-
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PRACTICAL STORAGE NOTES
By I. J. MATHEWS.
When a little straw and more soil
shaped with a trifle of elbow grease
will beat both the iceman and the
groceryman, it is time to take notice.
I know what it means to pick parsnips
out of the frozen ground, and I have
participated in proceedings that were
more to my liking. In that, I was
not alone. Practically all products of
the garden and field can be kept in a
simple and inexpensive storage that
may be constructed on -..any farm.
Heretofore, only the hardy products
have been thus kept, but the occasion
demands that everything than can be
preserved in storage be kept.
There area few principles of stor-
age that must be borne in mind when
planning the storage of any product.
An even, low temperature must be
maintained if possible, the product
must be packed so that air may move
about from place to place and the
amount of moisture must be main-
tained at a high point Storage pits or
cellars not provided with ample mois-
ture account for so many shrivelled
and soft potatoes, apples and other
products. The demands for moisture
are not the same however, for all
products. While otuttoes, beets, car-
rots, and cabbages keep best where
the moisture is abundant, sweet po-
tatoes, onions, squashes and pump-
kins are at their host only where the
amount of moisture in the air is re-
latively low. So while the cellar may
be suitable for storing potatoes and
the root crops the attic gives more
ideal conditions for the storage of
onions, squashes and pumpkins.
As 'in canning, it is impossible to
take prime stored stuff out of storage
unless prince stuff was put be. When
the fruits or vegetables are placed
under low temperature conditions, the
ripening process is simply delayed and
it is carried on much more slowly
from that on. For instance, we will
take apples that should be ripe in
another week if the weather continues
at ninety degrees F. throughout the
day. If these apples are cooled to a
temperature of thirty-five to forty
degrees, it can be readily seen that
their maturity will be much belated.
In order to keep the longest, apples
should be kept under the same tem-
perature as much as possible. Accur-
ate records show that any storage
product decreases in value more rapid-
ly if the storage temperature is allow-
ed to change very much. Even tem-
peratures keep the ripening checked
and moisture in the air keeps the
natural moisture of the product from
evaporating.
When fruits and vegetables are
packed either in bulk or in containers
so that the air cannot .circulate freely,
there is bound to be trouble. Moisture
laden air settles into the pockets and
then the temperature there has a
tendency to rise a little and between
these two facts, molds, rots and de-
cays set in. I have removed sacks of
potatoes from the storage bins and
found the potatoes decayed the most
around the outside of the seek where
it came in contact with another. Pack
the products so that air can Have free
access to all parts of the bins and
storage places.
There are very few farmers who
can afford to build and maintain a
regular storage house unless they
leave specialized and have but a single
crop to store. Ont -of -door pits, root
cellars and underground cellars are
the most practical for farm use.
The out-of-door pit has and will
save many millions of dollars worth.
Of farm produce. May it also be said
that many millions of dollars' worth
of stuff lies also gone to waste in such•
pits. Potatoes and apples for early
spring use or sale may be easily and
safely stored in these field -pits. Tur-
nips, rutabagas and beets may be
stored in these pits, but if they must
be used during the winter, the piles
should not be made too large so that
the danger of freezing while some are
being removed is obviated.
Properly made, the field pit is a
friend in disguise. The error often
mads is in thinking that.pits'for All
products should be the same. As a
matter of fact, potato pits should be
warmer than the others. If potatoes
drop below thirty-five degrees in stor-
age, they take on that sweet taste
which ,is relished by but few in pota-
toes, Hence the pit temperature must
be kept between thirty-five and forty
degrees F. for quality potatoes. Put
the pit on a well drained location,
heap the potatoes 'on the pile, cover
liberally with straw. Then put on six
inches of dirt. Now another layer of
straw covered with from six to nine
inches of soil completes the potato
pit and if these details are carefully
followed out most fall potatoes should
keep until spring in good condition.
For the other root crops and apples,
the second layer of straw does not
matter so much. They can stand tem-
peratures pretty close to the freezing
point. Parsnips should be laid out to
freeze before they are put into the
pit. Vegetable oysters and salsify
should also be treated in the same
way.
Cabbages may be stored in a pit
but I find it Some easier to put thein
into or remove thein from a trench.
My way is to dig a trench about
eighteen inches deep and a foot wide.
Put a layer of straw an the bottom of
the trench. Leave the roots and
leaves on tiee cabbage and put it into
the trench, ropts up. Then put a layer
of straw in the trench but above the
heads and cover the rest of the pit
with soil.. Cabbages keep well in this
long pit and may be easily removed
when needed for the table.
Root cellars are very desirable if
built with a ventilator. The trouble
often is that the ventilator already on
has been nullified by leaving a board
put on top of it. This shuts off the
air circulation and causes the stored
materials to ripen more rapidly since
the heat of the root cellar is not al-
lowed to escape. Boot cellars ought
to be watched carefully and ample
ventilation provided at all times.
Many house cellars are too dry for
the storage of root crops; although
these same cellars do.wellfor dnions,
squashes or puneplcins. Moisture is
absolutely essential and must be pro-
vided in some way. Of course, there
can be too much moisture. When it
collects on the potatoes, apples or
other materials, then there is too
much. Cellars often suffer from lack
of ventilation and it is a good plan to
open a ventilator or window from time
to time to let off warmed and foul.
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By John B. kruEb r; .A1`4,/4•D
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Dr. Huber will answer all shined letters pertaining to Health, If your
clues Ion is of general interest It will be answered throughthese columns;
If not, it will be, answered 11 stomped, addressed envelope It on.
closed, Dr. Huber will ,rot prescribe' for Individual cases or' make dlagnos a
Address hr, John B. Huber, M.17,. care of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
St. West, Toronto
by the skilled surgeon or through op-
eration, such as cutting loose part of
the bones 'of the thighs and setting
them in proper position.
Questions and Answers.
Eleven years ago Mother was
stricken with paralysis, following a
stroke: How many strokes can one
be subject to? Also please inform me
if strokes are due to arterio sclerosis?
Also can gangrene be cured?
Answer—In some cases a patient
succumbs to one paralytic stroke. In
another case there may be several
such strokes. Strokes are generally
due to hardening of the arteries which
rupture in the brain substance thee
producing the paralysis. If the gan-
grene is due to the hardened arteries
it may be cured. If it is due to. dia-
betes, it cannot, in most cases, be
cured. Apoplexy is the result of a
stroke. The first and second strokes
are often recovered from. The cleanses,
of course, diminish with the sufferer's
age. In any event the chances of 'till
recovery from complete paralysis are
slight. Power is usually restored in
the leg sufficient to enable the patient
to get about, but in most instances the
fiber movements of the hand are lost.
More or less mental weakness may
follow an attack and the venerable,
thus recovered, may become irritable
and emotional. The general health
must be carefully conserved, and the
emunctories( the bowels, the kidneys
and the skin), must be kept active.
When the paralysis has persisted for
more than three months, the patient's
relatives must understand drat the
condition is past relief, that medicines
and electricity will not cure. tnough
they may relieve and give comfort.
What kind ell glosses are most rest-
ful for the eyes when one is riding a
motorcycle?
Answer—Plain glosses ars levee and
preferably of amber hue.
Beetle:le
Most babies appear to be bowlegged
at birth, as they have a tendency to
bring the soles of their feet together,
causing the legs to bow outward. This
condition disappears as the baby
grows, although sometimee a child is
born really bowlegged, Bowlegs de-
veloping between one and six years
are usually due to rickets. They are
seen also in robust healthy children
that have been allowed to walk too
early,- The bowing may be either of.
two bones of the leg, below the knee,
or of the thig'h bones as well, above
the knee. About one in five of us is
bowlegged and while the condition
causes no disability or discomfort it
is often a departure from the normal
that makes the one in five feel sensi-
tive.
Children having a tendency to bow-
legs should not be permitted either to
walk or to stand at an early age.
Clothing thick enough to prevent the
child from holding ,its thighs together
must be avoided. Massage (rubbing
the legs and kneading the muscles)
and making gentle and continuous
•pressure on the outside of tate limbs,
so as to bend them inward into a
straight line, will correct, the deform-
ity in ,infants, if the pressure is ex-
erted persistently several times daily.
Any tendency to rickets must be com-
bated: child must remain outdoors as
much as possible, the diet improved,
1 to 1 teaspoonful of an emulsion of
cod liver oil may be given three times
daily and pure warm cod liver oil
rubbed all over the body once daily
after the bath. If the soles of the
shoes are made 'thicker along the
outer borders it will favor correction
of bowlegs, when the child begins to
walk. In older children, when bowlegs
are very pronounced and the deform-
ity is of long. standing, correction can
only be secured by apparatus applied
gases.
There is scarcely a farm product
that cannot be successfully stored.
Moreover, suitable storage is easily
provided and seldom involves a finan-
cial burden. Let us store more this
year than ever before, since some of
the things we have ordinarily procur-
ed from outside sources will not be
available this year and it will be nec-
essary to make the farm -grown pro-
ducts take their places,
Prepare Vegetable Cellars.
If you have permanent vegetable
and storage cellars, clean, whitewash
and ventilate tleem nosy. There will be
no time for this when frost threatens,
and the product o1 the garden must
come in gith a rush.
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a son,o� n51[ee .
Jorvca day when I am
blue. perhaps
The wind will
brims it
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Imaginary Exercises.
A physician who had difficulty in
persuading once of his patients to
spend time doing the setting -up ex-
ercises prescribed for him hit upon-
an
ponan idea that will interest anyone who
is trying, in the midst of a busy.but
,sedentary life, to get exercise through
calisthenics.
"What kind of exercise did you
take when you wore a boy?" asked the
doctor.
1llnstly svoodchslepit: ind base-
ball," said his patient, with re laugh.
"All right," said the dotter. "Every
morning and night chop cones imegin-
ary wood and play some imaginary.
baseball,"
The patient thought at first that the
physician was ,jesting, but he soon dis-
covered that he could get good exer-
se asci even presence ny truing au
imaginary tree that grew in his bed-
room, or by pitching make-believe
baseballs to snake -believe batters 'at
the other end of the room.
One of the sports that children are
fond of is the "standing jump," the
exercise value of which is not so much
in the• leap itself, ns in the prepar-
atory movements—the swing of the
arms forward and upward ..and than
backward and upward, the bending of
the whole body vigorously, the bring
-
Mg into action all the muscles of the
trunk and the upper and lower limbs
from toes to finger tips. These many
movements repeated several times
with increasing effort will give the
devotee of imaginary exercise a good
return if he invests a few minutes of
,his time in them each day.
And so you may in imagination go
through the list of familiar games and
activities of labor alai take the more
important exercises, such as sparring,
driving a golf ball and swinging a
scythe. By doing these exercises both
right and left hauled, you will get
•the best use of each form.
Egg -Laying Contests Popular.
The egg -laying contests throughout
the Dominion arc attrrrcting,consider-
able interest. Already the entries are
being rapidly filled by birds from all
classes of poultry breeders. The
fancier and the commerci-1 span are
being represented as are also the
backyarder and the farmer, the old
breeder and the amateur. Canadians
are not going to have it all their own
way either, for both the United States
and England are going to be repre-
sented,
The Dominion Experimental Farm
is conducting no less than seven con-
tests this year, reaching from Prince
Edward Island on thee east, to Alberta
on the west. At Ottawa will be held
the "Canadian" open to the world.
Other contests will be conducted at
six of the Branch Farms throughout
the Dominion. The farms selected are
Charlottetown, PEI; Nappan, N.S.;
Cap Rouge, Que.; Brandon, Man.;. In-
dian Ileadr Sask.; and Lethbridge,
Alta.
All contests start November first
and continue for 52 weeks. Applica-
tion must he made to Dominion Poul-
try Husbandman, Experimental Farm,
Ottawa, The time of receiving appli-
cations has been extended to October
fifteenth, .-
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The unfortunate person who has
everything coming his way. without
effort of his own, is likely to be over
supplied. We apolegine to this com-
placent and usually calf-eatieticd nee-
-son, for ecm*iarir•n him with the hen
whose feed I,- thrown to her it hand-
fuls, With her (Top 'tui, -lily stuffed
in this manner, s: hat i$ there left for
her to rho, to hope for, to look for in
the next fete hours?
Exercise is goad fur the molting
hens; it fact for :til hens that for any
reason or no reason are not laying
Hens that are laying +wised less en-
forced exercise, for they are healthy
and in condition; otherwise they would
not be haying. They are more alert
and take more exercise,, rind the fact
that they are laying will keep them
from running to fat.
On cold or rainy clays mix their
grain, a little at a tines, in the litter.
This will furnish the hens a means of
absorbing interest to "pass away the
time." They are too often allowed to
spend these days moping about in the
cold and wet, or ,in standing in hud-
dled, disconsolate groups around the
wood -pile.
It is really amazing how lightly the
importance of litter for fowls is pas-
sed over. A.moeeg the people I know,
or have known, not one in a hundred
provides it. However, my observa-
tions leave been mostly on farms where
there is a small or medium-sized flock,
Perhaps sure -enough poultry keepers
do better than this.
After being used but a short time,
litter becomes broken into short parti-
cles and packs closely. Do not scatter
the grain upon it and imagine you ore
feeding in litter when the hens can
pick up the grain as readily as if it
were thrown upon the ground. Take
a pitchfork and so thoroughly mix the
grain and litter that the very thought
of it will say to the fattest, laziest
hen on the place: "She that will not
work shall not eat."
The exercise will change the surplus
, fat to healthy muscle and keep the
hens fit; the seeatchiing sited will re-
sound with cheery song, and more
eggs will be laid.,
Burial ire dry flour -will keep silver
bright for a hong time.
The Great West Permanent
Lean Company. •
Poronto Office.., 20 kleg let. West,
4% allowed on tievingo,
Interest Computed quarterly.
Withdrawable by Cheque.
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INTEitNATib.NAL LE,"a$$ON
SEPTEMBER 14.
The Future Life—Matt. 25: 31.46;
John 14: 2, 3; 2 Cor. 5: 10; 1 Peter
3.5. Golden Text, 2. C,or. 5: 10.
A Parable of Judgment.—Matt, 25:
31-40. The parable represents the con-
summation of Christ's Kingdom, when
IIe shall "sit on the throne of His
glory" to judge the 'nations. There
will then be a separation between the
sheep and the goats, between the good
and the bad. The good''are invited to
"inherit the Kingdom" and enter "into
eternal life." .Tile had go away into
eternal punishment. ,
The parable makes it clear.that the
determining ,factor in judgment is to
be what men have done or,eglected to
do to and for each other. 'Even where
they have not known that, they were.
serving Christ their ministry of kind-
ness to those who evere in need re-
ceives its reward, and their failure
to exercise this ministry; its punish-
ment. To feed the hungry, give drink
to the thirsty, entertain the stranger,
clothe the naked, visit the sick and
the prisoner—this is to serve Christ
and qualify for the sterna: reward.
Not to do these things is to merit
condemnation,
The Bible unmistakably teaches sal-
vation by faith, but it is a faith that
works. See James 2: 1,4-1.S and 2
Cor. 6: 10. True faith finds expres-
sion in all good works, and it is thus
that faith is tested. The judgment of
God, we may be very sure, will take
account of what men do in their re-
lations with each other, and no pro-
feesion of faith will ever be complete
in itself without the Cain ei• the will
to do, deeds of mercy an l ].indr ass.
On the other hand, a latent, unexpres-
fort to troubled hearts. Be not trotibl-
in deeds of self-sacrifice and self -for-
getful kindness, or in In rote devotion
to some great and worthy reuse. as
I we have cern again sod n in the
experiences of the greet. t war. Surely. -
many men tend wernen who. in on hat r
of high devotion, putting aside life
and what Iifa had to give, offered
themselves upon ties altar of freed-tm
and humanity, will be found zoning
those surprised by the recognition of
Christ and His saying, "Ye did it unto
Me."
The Father's Ilouse.---John 14: 1-2.
This is Christ's great woi+l of cam -
commit our spirits into the heads of
ed. A place is prepared for you in
the Father's house. Thiers is plenty
of room, room for each and every
one, a place prepared by our Lord
xnd Saviour, .Tr -rti Christ. And lie
who has prir,:ared tar plp.ce
will came
again and take its rr:lis t•r be with
IIinr. Therefor" erre look f m a,a'si to
that last event of lfe without fear.
Like our Matter IIiiuseif, we shall
commit our s,tirit into the hand of
God. We shall go to dwell in the
Father's house.
"After all," on_ great man has
said, "inemoria[iy if a dreary pros-
pect if our Father is not in it." W.
Adams Brown (The Christian Tinge)
says' truly, "If we wish to make faith
in another life credible we must fill
this life with value. And the one sure
way to do this is to discover with Dr.
Rainy that "our Father is in it" --the
Father whose loving purpose for us
and for all mankind Jesus has reveal-
ed, and in whose service, which is at
the sante time the service of our fel-
lowmen, we find our freedom and. our
peace."
An Incorruptible biheritance. ' 1.
Peter 1: 3-5: The apostle gives thanks
to God for the "living hope" to which
we have been brought through our
faith in Christ, a hope based upon the
resurrection of Christ from the dead.
Because He is risen we believe that
we, too, shall rise again. Because He
leas catered into the glory of the life
eternal we also shall enter and live
with Him. Richer than any earthly
inheritance is this inheritance in
heaven, "incorruptible, and undefiled,
and that fadeth not away." For this
we wait in steadfast hope, and "by the
power of God are guarded through
faith." The full significance of it
not yet revealed, but it will be re-
vealed "in the last time,"
A Useful Pamphlet.
In canned goods there are two kinds
of spoilage. The first is called "flat
sour" which. includes all forms of
bacterial growth that develop evithln
the food. The second type of spoilage
to guard against is mold, a plant
growth that is distinctly different
from the bacterial growth. Molded
foods are seldom more than, surface
affected because airr is necessary for
its growth, but the "flat sour" spoil-
age means that the entire can must
be discarded. Bulletin. No. 93 of the
Dominion' Experimental Farms, "Pre-
servation of Fruits and Vegetables for
Home Use," 'which may be had on
application to the Publications Branch
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa,
gives full information on the various
methods of canning including old and
valuable recipes. as well as new ones
which have been found valuable.
Csnnierg leas become the most popular
means of preserving large quantities
of fruit and vegetables and ' since
these are pieeutiful during, the summer,
inge pts p64 �jt't enter titres difficult to
orrtan
it �o •reserve
�� s nsportant p
quantities detterig the growing sensori
for use lit Winner;. Moreover, the use
ot. ari abundat>,t upply of fruit and
green vt 'etalyles .he essential to health
at.all seaseleS of thsf yep' .rs