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Pon 'try Feeding Problems, deg mash rnixtere used in cea pro -
Maty tamers have the wrong . ductk'n•
°Pinion of dry mash feeding forpoah
try and believe that it -must be an Preparing Market Lambs.
• ed
secend growth of kaffir oe soeghtim
must Rot he fed 1).114 stoek must not be
allowed to rule oil it as it generatee
timidly Palatial ,after frost.
Here ere • the big advantages:
Fleeter a green feel ti tide over the
period a dzy pasture; easily put ia
with the minimum of lahor; no cafe-
vating to do; any left •ovee after pas.
thee becomes good again 'end may be
out, cured 'and stored for winter feed.'
It =thee the best feed frr cows a*
the grain s eight with it My ho ga eat
it green or dry, stalkan
s d 1L More
expave xnetated, At ft thought 1 intbe min of the pker'e buyer
green feed and more cured (try feed
it seems as if the hens would gather When he enters a pen of lambs to to the teen than any other one plant
about the hopper and eat all the time.' make a bid on the lot, is the knowle or •oombination of plants I ever knew
But this is the way it works' 'outs The edge that the eonsumer wants a tene
hens occasionally take a bite of the der, juicy, eaelat.able pitece of mea. So
mash. Then they have to drink water. according to the quality a the lot,
The mash is ary and eareass be gersad its fitness to give this kind of meat,
ed dovvn. After a hen has taken a 'he mites his 'Offer.
-few htes of Mash she is ready to hunt rf there is a good proportion of
areunel foe other food. ' wethers in the lot he wilt pay more
The maeli is not suffidently 'happetiz-becalm he imwe they will Yisid a
ing to keep the hens from searching' igther percentage of the choice eute.
for other food. Hens that have been They will be better developed than the
without mash might consame much l'am most vaiambs just where the meat is of
more than natal when a was returm., value, The backs will be better
ed to them. But if the hopper is ao: covered and the lairs will be fuller.
ways full they soon satisfy their ape' In bam learbs the develoement will be
petites and then only eat at intervals.' in the neck and shoulders and this is
The mash hopper insares every hen cheaper meat then the bads and loin
an epporttmity of obtaining eggonaa_ tuts. In „addition tof the
he flavor
ug material at some tune daring the meat fmm rem iambs Put5 it at a
1 dietinct disadvantage as compared
clay,
When hens have mash they (10 nal th that et the wetlaers.
need so much other grain, E ' h wiBy the use of pure-bred ranee there
protein cannot be given to the hens has been an a.draitted improvement
in the form of hard grain. if they effected in the -quality of lambs offer -
have the mash they ean eat the ma.- ed on the public •stockyarde within the
ls needed tprodn
o a
e eggs. The peat ten years. Some districts ha.ve
teria
res,ched a higher etandard of excel -
use a mash saves enough hand'aisoin tetteyggen ethers, This is very akar-
to make its use practice'. it
if ly_ brought out by an analysis of the
enables the ben to lay ems and
znash feeding was more e.xgensive veriod
receipts at trio etockyards owe a
of two weeks this fall. Of the
lambs offered at one yard 55 per cent
were graded "eommon," while at an.
other yard only 5.5 pee cent. were
plated in that elass. Breeding to a
very large .. extent is responstble for
the difference. The pro'drace.rs have
profited by reason of the increase in
priee which the good la-mbs command,
as instanced by the difference of $2.40
pert:ed. in favor a the lambs classed
"good" for the period.
There is, however, as yet a great
than using hard grain, it would still
pay to use the mash, The profit with
poultry is the differezzee between egg
receipts end feed costs. A cheap ra-
tion might being no profit because of
low egg production. A well balanced
ration brings ,eggs and without eggs
t� sell there is no profit in the hen
business, even if the feed cost is dose
to zero.
When there is plenty of sour milk
the beef scrap or other protein in the
rnash can be •cut in two, Some farm- ntegleot on the part of sheep raisers
ere find it a hard problem to feed in the matter of docking and castrat-
sear milk in a sanitary manner. If in,g o malle lambs. The former prat -
the milk is placed in low dishes it is bee adds much to the uniform appear -
soon full of litter and very unclean. ance ef a load of lanibs and at the
Dirty milk can be a cause of bowel same tirae minimizes the danger of
trouble. It pays to place the milk in lambs be -seeming infested with mag -
crocks on low wooden stands. These gots due to dirty wooi
crocks can be scalded and kept free
from dirt and gummy material. They
are rather heavily and not easily tip-
ped over. They are low in height so
the hens can drink the milk to the
bettem of the dish
We have used galvanized paile for
pour milk ibut the hens cannot drink
to the bottom of the pail- They may
roost on the edges .and tip pails over.
The dry mash from their bills settles
in the bottom, of the pails along with
other dirt and some of the milk may
have to be wasted when the pails are
rinsed.
One ha,s only to watch a nuanber of
lambs gathered together to see what
happens where castration is neglect-
ed. If in the field the ram %nabs, in
addition to not feeding themselves,
constantly distueb the others and the
consequence is they merely held their
own in weight where they do not fail.
Ihe same restlessness is observe d in
the shipping' car or in the alley et the
yards. The shrinkage in transit is
great. As the season advances this
condition becomes aggravated and the
breeder who wishes to keep his lambs
for a later market finds it unprofitable
&of
The marketing a thin eleleltena is
not conserving our meat supply, nor
is It the most profitable method to
producers. Present prices of market
poultry admit of the liberal use of
feed, and the marketing of well=
fleshed birds. g
The best birds to flesh or -fatten are
those of the heavier 'breeds, such as
WYnnclottes, Rhode Island Reds and
Plymouth Rocks. The light ireeds,
such as Leghoins, seldom pay to fat-
ten unless they are very thin in flesh.
The birds intended for fattening
should be placed in a pen, or ina
slatted coop. The process is not diffi-
cult if you will pay attention to a few
points that are essential.
Feed very lightly for the first day
that Mali are in the pen, hat be sure
to give them a &ink (milk is best).
Then feed gradually whatever bieds
will eat end leave no waste feed in the
trough. Generally the most Profitable
gains are made during the firet four --
teen to sixteen days" feeding.Such
birds will not be very fat, but itay be
fat enougb to cook and eat well. Some
markets demand fatter birds.
The most profitable gains are made
en those birds which weigh from three
and one-half to four and one-half
pounds when put up to.ffittem
The grains fed should be finely
ground and. if possible, should be mix-
ed with sour milk, to a consistenty of
pancake hatter. The more milk a
chicken will take the more it will
gain. Milk appear to have no aced
substitute for fattening chickens. If
you canntt get milk, then add ten to
fifteen per cent. of meat meat to the
ration, and mix with water. The ad-
dition' of a little green food &dig will
help matters. Many people get better
results by feeding a little salt About
one-half pound to one hundred pounds
of dry grain is sufficient This mixes
best by being dissolved in water and
adding a little at each feed. Be °are-
ful not to use too much.
The beet grains available noed.
mixture of ground barley, co
finely ground. buckwheat, and
Oats are good if part bf th
sifted out, .as are also ground brewers'
grains, and shorts mixed with deuble
the quantity of seer milk. In general,
feed nearly one-third shorts and what-
• ever finely ground grains you May
Some poultrymen find it a problem to do so because of the unsatisfactory have about a farm. '
to keep heus from wasting every ma- gains they make. He is the loser II The essentials are to select healthy
terial that is served in a. self-feeding two waYel first, because the lambs birds, keep pen clean and free Irene
hopper. .The hens seeni to leave a. have net made econoraical gains, and
vermin. If chickens do not eat all
mania for pulling out mash, oyster secondly, because lacking quality,
they living .a lower price,
shells or grit until the hopper ie
emptied in the litter and much of the
material wasted, This can be avoided flaw I Solved the dtasture Problem.
by iraking a lip with a small piece of For the past four years we have •
feed in fifteen mitutes, remove what
is left from pen, and mix ground grain
with sour milk if possible,
Scientific Beekeeping.
and lost peens. Infornation onthece
matters it might be suggested, has
been eecured and made anblic by de-
reensteation
an experiment at six-
teen Dominion Experimental Farnts
Scattered throtighout the eountry, and,
it may be added, by the distribution
of bulletins and geoh reports as the
oecr referred to. Many ot the expertMental probleme in Oanadaan ‚beokep-
rng to the simplifying of meth-
eda eo as 'to enable the keeper to oare
far a larger number of colonies ine
given time. In Cenada a great deal of
time ie spent in hendling bees to pre-
vent their maiming. Long, warm,
gunny days, melt as we have had this
year, and the heavy honey flows, de-
velop a stronger tencleney to swami,
and the 'warming season lasts longer
than it does in the south. In most
Parts a this country the swarming
season continues far into the main
honey flow, rendering manipulative
work for the prevention of swarming
paialcularly exacting because of the
necessity of removing and afterwards
replecin.g the superseontaining the
'honey, in order to reach the brood
charnbee to catty out swarm control
operations therein. The need is a rea-
sonably certain method of preventing
swarming and requiring but little
labor, and that limited to certain days,
making it postale for the bee -keeper
to do similar work in out -apiaries in
the intervening days. Successful
manipulation is retarded' when the old
queen is left in the hive, The greater
productivity of a young queen makes
the colony more ;profitable in the sue-
ceeding year. Young queens'which
can -he raised from selected stock, also
improve the strain of bees.
How to Grow Mushrooms
Successfully.
Mushrooms are inneh appreciated
by epicures and would be by many
other people who realize the sawn -
knee and delicacy of, mushrooms on
toast or with steaks', if they ceuld
more easily be procured, and yet they
can be freely and cheaply grown. All
that is required is a little laeowiledge
and a little tro•uble. In a circular pub-
lished by the Dominion Experimental
Parma, the F'lant Pathologist, Mr. F.
L, Drayton, points out that they can
'be grown in a cellar, an out -building
or learn hi, which the temperature can
be kept fairly uniform at between 48
and 65 deg. F., and under greenhouse
benches. A little stable manure Where
wheat or oat steaw has been used for
bedding will 'promote the growth. The
leaflet explains how the inanare is to
be treated and, Made use of. The ma-
nure can be placed on the floor and
ridged upagainst the wan or spread
on shelves; a sample of which he gives
in diagram. Bricks of spawn which
must be.booken up into len or twelve
pieces can be obtained from any re-
liable dealer u seeda at 3c or so per
rick. Some "don'ts" are given in
a-elm:der, such as don't use -old
manure mieed with siva-knife er saw-
dust; don't cure the manure too late,
that is, when frosty weather has set
in; don't plant the spawneuntil th•e
temperature has been, at 65 deg. for
three ow four days; don't overwatex,
end don't cover the bed With soil. until
the eamern has started to make a
anoulchlike growth.
He who receives a goad tern should
nevex forget it; he who does one
should never remember it.—Charrom
board on the front o•f the hopper: Then • had a long dry spell every summer. Nobody knows what aitamines are
the trough of the hopper can be deep My pastuee—inestly ravine and rough For the •advancement of beekeeping but to get them into your system is
enough so the hens have to reach ground, has dried up until the little in Canada, says the tate F. •W. L. eas-
e as ABC. Simply- see that milk
down for the material. If they sena grass left was fairly bnittle and look- 61`aden, in his last annual report as 'and green vegetables are plentiful in
waste it,a piece of nne mesh peniti7, aeact what to do for green feed Dominion Apheast, covering the year the diet.
wire can be tacked aver the opening; for 'cows during that period was the ending March 81, 1921, the great need
se the birds will have to perk throughtquestion. I solved that problem this is to educate beekeepers to replace John Dill ig in a prety pic den mg
kle and g p g e part es and
or gri pan th el
with modern methods of management folks are treating hem cool es a .cu- cementieg them together.
the open•ings and only be able to ob-i Year- be
tain theplaaterial that they eat I had a piece a yvalow clay ground the aid neglecieCul methods that sera cumr' He got an •agency far life •
• The. Weihre, of the Home •
Baby's First Tog, Himself—By Martina Gallaudet Warim
When we begin the training of the
baby we must eever „forget that the
first thing he should learn to use is
himself, tiled thet ais firet tools sh•ould
be the God-given ones of his own body
--anember•s and brain, We are apt to
overlook this in feet, though ready to
admit it in theory; therefore, let us
glance aver the beginning of this kind
of training.
Froebel, with his never -failing in-
sight into the needs of the developing
child, has given us among others, the
Mother -Play of "Falling -Falling."
This, as well as the "Play with the
Limbs" and "Pat -a -Cake" Amulet be
used with the very tiny baby es stem
at isv he showe .signs of conscious se -
Babies always respond with pleas-
ure to exercises with the soles of the
feet pressed against the pa•lras of the
mother's hands,. and to the , eareful
moving of the arms up and down.
These simple exercises begin to dif-
ferentiate their nembers for them,
thus giving them early control of their
bodies, "Pat -a -Cake" comes next and
then "Two Little Dogs that ale Walk-
ing a Mile" played with the feet thus:
"Two little dogs are vrallcing a mile,
Two little dogs are crossing a stile,
Cross over, cross over, cross over."
During the first two lines lift up the
baby's feet successively as thou•gfh
walking in the air, and for the last
line cross over alternately. Next
conies rolling over on the bed and pull-
ing up by the arms, first a little,
gradually all the way, before the baby
tries to stand or walk. As soon, how-
ever, as he begins to gull hianself up
by objects, shew him stable ones that
will not rock or move. From then on,
it is all a matter of first lessons in
u,sing hie snost impeetant tool, himself.
At the age of two a el:it(' adto is
normally strong and ha e been 'proper-
ly trained can do wag- of the fallowing
things, adding to bis activities aimed
hourly. He can climb on chairs oar
other objects, by -which he can steady
himself. He tan walk and run with
ease, else balance •againet moving oh-
jects such as a •ge-eart. He can ope,n
and shuteeloons, drawers and bove,s,
and It eovers or stoppersto theie
proper openings.
At the age of twenty-two months
our baby, who was quite used to going
up and down the inside stair ef alone,
was observed laboriously elianbing
down Mem, holding the banister with
one hand while in the other he held
a rattan suit -ease, light hat unwieldy.
Thi e he careful ly lifted down- from
step to step, climbing after it, imith
never 'a slip, so we let him alexia and
watched. 1 -le carried the suit -ease
down a long hall, carefully opened the
back door and descended' the back
steps into the yard. We followed un-
observed into the garage, until we
saw libn climb laboriously Into my
electric coupe still tugging at his pre-
cious stilt -case, and calling to the man
"Bill, Mania's 'chine, ehoo-choo earsd
Tybee." Tybee is the seaside resofei
nearest us, and the power of that
thought.wieh had taken hien over as
difficult and laborieus a way as many
an explorer's expedition.
My eaPerience has been with my
own three children, that through
proper training, tame is a rapid
growth of mental balance and judg-
ment, with excellent control of the
smaller or accessory museles as they
come into use, so that 'in malty ways,
through their kindergarten and school
life they show the effect of a. right
stai•t in the use of this most tnipertant
of all toola—the human body.
How to Test Concrete.
Many times you have been puzzled
osier the failure of concrete to last
satisfactorily,' and maybe you were
inclined to trireme the concrete. Gen-
erally, however, other things have
been the matter. There are a few
simple tests of materials that you can
make at emelt expense without going
to a laboratory.
• Tests of cement. If the cement has
b,een carefully stored, alai hes no hard
lumps that cannot be readily cruehect
with the fingers, it is probably safe to
use. Of 'course it should be a standard
brand, put up in a properly labeled
package. Th•e label should gate the
name and address of the maker, the
brand of cement, ans ! net weight of
contents.
Tests for. sand and gravel. Pin a
quair glass jar about One -,third eux of
sand or gravel. Fill jar nearly full of
water. Shake jar well for about one
minute; rest a while, and then shake
jar for another rninsite, .Now allow
sae to standl =bit Water above the
sand is dear. Note the silte if any;
above' the sand., If More than one.
sixteenth of an inch of silt appears,
the sand ism* fit for use for perman-
ent work.
Fill a 12 -ounce prescription bottle
to 4 -ounce mark with sand. or gravel
to be tested. Now fill to 7 -ounce maxi*
with three per cent. set:Alen of sodium
hydroxide. (This may be obtained for
a few cents at any drug store). Shake
bottle well, and let stand oveneight.
Liquid may he clear or may range
from straw to dark brown In color.
If darker than light straw colter, ma-
terial should not be used.
This test shows presence- of vege-
table matter which often eeate grains
of sand or gravel with a sort of gela-
tin and prevents the cement from
no manare to tinkled to levy toll of lose, particularly
The clogging of dry mash hoppers too poor for corn, and
is a problem if they have narrowi spare for that piece I had a quantity in winter, from brood diseases and
throats. The remedy is to huild them: of soy -beans end some agefte.aorn from old and failing dxonerbreeding
'wide emzugh so that the mash will' seed. I plowed the piece the last of
not often dog. Even thee it is nee- May, harrowed it once, sowed. the soy-
essary to watcir the hoppers occasion...beans broadcast, broadeasted the kaf-
ally and see that the mash is feeding fir corn over the same ground, sowed
down as it is used. A stick several a smell quantity of pulverized sheep
feet long can be kept in a hopper that, mature fertilizer, ha.rrowed the
clogs and be ueed to break np the' ground again and waited for results.
mash. That takes tune and it pays I thought I might get a little green
to build the hoppers so they will sela feed and at least get a growth for
dorn fail to let the rnash slip down' twining under later on.
as it is used, That stuff came up and grew aniaz-
Whea old and young poultry use ingly. I began feeding from it ebeut
the same farm range it is often a the middle of July, mowing off just
problem to keep the chicks growing the eineunt needed for a day or two
rapidly. The old Weds crowd them at a time, I fed green feed from that
from the feed hoppers and frighten Piece until the last Septenebee whet
insurance and sold all his friend's such
big policies that they can't get any
fun out of life end keep up their pre-
miums at the -same time..
Water for Farm llomes
"Say, Martha, listen to this." , It though she carried the water farther
was Frank Anderson who spoke. He than the majerity; for Mrs. Chapman
had left the boys to finieh washing the said that these wells are located an
automobile befog the evening meal average distance of forty-one feet
was ready while he .came in to read a
letter from his bother who lived in
Easteen Ottaing "Bill tells me of a
neighbor's wife -who has walked 5,710
miles and carried 2,000 tons of water."
"Bill must he improving in his
oind
figuees " era's the casual rejer of
bhem at feeding time. It pays to con- the fail Tains had made the pasture Mrs Ltierson,
struct a dry 'mash hopper inside of good again. The stock ate lit clean, "I judge these are not Bill's figures
an enclosure protected by slats so that stalks and all. It seeing that a suevey of farm homes
the gating birds can enter while the I had only enough soybeans for is being made in his counly. Deiing
old one are excluded. The ehicles soon about 'half the piece so iiajd kaffir torn
learn where they can feed unmolested alone on the other half. The first of
and an improvement -will be noted in
their growth.
Such an enclosure can also be used
for the water dishes and sour milk
October I tut the remaining kaffir
corn by hand and shocked it There.
were twenty -tour big ehoeks of feed.
The Raffia- had grown to about four
crocks used by the young grovving feet tall at that One and headed out
stock, Of course, it is beg to have with an abundance a lila grain. I am
then on a separate range but these feeding it now to the cow and notice
small feeding yards are very tzeeful that She elves more milk.
on the general farm where ail the 1 learned some lessons through this
poultry of all ages are allowed to run eepetiment. Hie they are for yoer
together. benefit:
Some breeder e use wet readies and First, I used! lta San toy -beans and
they ripened too soon end shed their
leaves. I shall ace a much later vari-
ety next year as the object is not seed
but forage, The stook; though, ate the
dry beans, stems pods end alit Also
I shall try sorgl;um instead of kaffir
corn in the combination ea email
but shall stick to kaffir for the
maul piece. have a,. idea eorghum
will make a heavier forage and Cute
easier,
might Mention that whom t MOW -
ed first, the Wilt. gretv again and got
find trouble in keeping the poultry
house clean and the feeding troughs
ir good condition. We believe that
this problm can be avoided and the
pouitoy houees kept Imre clean and
it no wet mashes are used. The
birds grow and lay on deg mashes
and as such mixtures save ranch labor
awl seem to keep the bizits healthy *We
.can eeci no necessity of /nixing up
much moist feed. Of course; whet
there is an aburicloce of table setaps
they cat be made Mote appetizing t�
this survey extension men from the
university who are doing the work
found this woman, now sixty-five
years old, who for the past fifty years
has been carrying the water needed
by her household from a well located
six feet below the level of the kitchen
floor rind one hundred and forty feet
away from the house. And now, after
a half eentuey they have learned that
it will require an expenditure of only
$18 to pipe the water tight into the
poor woman's kitchen." '
"Strange; isn't it—onlsr yesterday
at the community club this matter
came up for discussion, Mrs. Chap -
mat: gave a ten-minute talk on the
farm home water supply. Evidently
she had Intel:medheieself on the sub-
ject foe arena other interesting
tinngs she Included a statemen't oh
the number of homes having running
water, According to (lett gathered tbY
government men only one henna ill
every five has running water, while
sixty-eight per cent. of, the tvemen
tarry the water tletded in tilde home
the hens if they are made into a moist neecri7 two feet high by treat, so I got irc in wens outside, 1 pre:sOMe Binh
mese by tho audition of bran or the my cover crop after all, Qautiom this ne hc i one of thCse WOMen, il
froni the kitchen."
Before Mrs, Andersen had finished
this speech her hus'biand bad fished out
his much used pencil and began figur-
ing on the corner of a newspaper.
After a few moments_ he lifted his
head and -replied, "Mrs, Chapman hit
it just about right, for this commun-
ity, ed leaet. In the six sectione where
I know all the farmere, about tweety
per cent have reaming water in their
"
ho-mes
. •
And along this line be it said that
the percentage of farm homes with an
easily available water supply is bound
to intrease tepidly. This stwenty per
centis leavening the whole farm
populatienet With a better knowledge
of farm engineering these people have
come to know that the installation a
running water is possible under ale
most every condition and in a great
majority of homene diffieult probe
lents are involved.
The percentage will grow also be-
cause running water is the key to, the
introduction of many of the cororen-
ienees 'which farm folks are now seek-
ing, The advent of the bathtub, the
iratooe toilet, the kitchen sink, the hot
water'heater, all more or less depend-.
ant upon running water, will not only
relieve the women folks of the farm
from much drudgery, hut will also
give them a Sense of living up to the
poesihilities ot the times. And this
settee ef pride is, even a more imports
mat factor in the routine work of the
worealfe life than it is in the more
varied work of men. •
Value of Whitewash.
Don't fail to whitewash a stable at
least once eaeh year; twice might be
better. It not only improves the ap-
pearance inside, but eipels insects,
and etops any had oder, rendering a
building sweet and healthy for ani-
mals to steep in. It is grate essential
to the production of and milk. A
hoghouse neede frequent applications,
according to the number of hogs con-
tained in it; a poultry holies should
be whitewashed, the oftener the better
to, kill lace in cracks or other narrow
crevices where vermin may harbor.
'Fruit and oenarnerad trees, Should
be whitewashed once each gear to dis-
courage borers and to prevent bark
from. eracking end peeling off. A
strong solution, applied to fenee posts,
penetrates deep weeks, and keeps the
timber in a good state of preservation,
foe an indefinite period. This has been
proven for whenever an old house is
teen amens the lath are as sound as
new ones, beiug preserved by plaster.
November.
November walks with weary feet,
A veil of grey about her face,
'Tis winter that she goes to meet;
November walks with weary leet,
She calls to her the rain and sleet,
And holds them in a chill embrace.
November -walks with weary feet,
A veil of grey about her face.
Yet, though so sad and desolate,
She has a beauty soft and rare,
A dignity of poise and gait.
Yet, though so sad and desolate,
Isle blows of a relentless rate
Can take away her regal air.
Yet, though to sad and defroiate,
She has- a beauty soft and race.
—Losile Mary Oyia.
Think It—And It's Sol
Few of ue realize how mu& our
lives are influenced both by outside
"suggestion" and auto -suggestion.
We are, for instance,, feeling out of
sorts, and a friend. tells us we are
"really looking very 111." This mace
us feel worse at once, and we hastily
send for a doctor. He feels our pulse,
looks at 'our tongue, and says:
"Overwork, my dear sir. Take thie
tonic and a few days' rest. 111? No,
But you must certainly take great
oarof eco;rse you are not going to be iL
B
There are doctors, although I hen"
estly believe they are zin the ratnority
who look grave over very small mat-
ters that they almost suggest illness
to you; hut the average physician usu.
ally cheers you up by his healthyi
suggestions, for nowadays most phy-
sicians realize the power of mind over
body.
Most forms of faith-liealing are
merely valuable lessons in auto -sug-
gestion,. The sick are told to "deny
pain," "to remember they are well all
the time' "to realize health," "to ex.
press life," to "hold the thought of
perfect wholeness," and so on and so
forth. ' Now, what do we get out of
all Or any of those suggestions? A
sweeping away of small ailments, of
morbid fears, and the egotisin lof
invalidism,
It is marvellous how it will help ua
to throw off the little ailments that
now fill us with undue fear, ailments
that really de not is:atter: It ds also
wonderful how the thought that we
are going to be prosperous, and are
likely to succeed, will fill us with the
courage and perseverance that will
eovnentually lead us to the success we
hgfor.
Then auto -suggestion eliminates
many of our little worries.
I know a woman who, whenever she
feels overwhelmed with small and ir-
ritating cares, takes five mire. es
alone, closing her oyesand sayieg
over and over again to herself, "I am
peace and love ---I am perfectly gniet
inside," and gradually she feels A
sense of rest and patience erasing all
her petty irritations.
In using auto -suggestion we use a
mw that enables us to become a peel-
tive, instead of a negative, force. We
are, to a far greater extent than
many of as imagine, the eontrollets
of our circumstances end environment.
Auto -suggestion -will help us to
Make the ideal real. It will enable in,
to a great extent to thange our fate,
Before denyiiig this, let us at least
try it. Let us drop eur pessimism and
our mid talk leaelth and
prosperity, faith and courage and love
aria joy, and see the eff•eet, not only en
ourselves, 'but on those around us.
We are living in an age of grumbl-
ing and fault-finding. Of course, we
all loudly acclaim that it is the result
of the Great War—everything is the
war. But is it? If it is, we must wait
patiently until our soul -wounds are
healed. If, on the other head, the
pessimism sad gloom come Lem the
murky atmosphere of our own Maw
etneeiouseess, we can mitigate, if not
cure them, by healthy auto -sugges-
tion. It is at least worth a trial,
We ca,n begin with a few simple
self-sUggestions, such as:
"There is nothing te feat but fear."
"I am happy, and I will succeed?"
"I will only look for the good in
everyone 1 meet."
We might finish uee by saying to
outselvee, "1 am—on the whole—
very good sort, and I cannot be the
only nice person about eo I 1#111 +been
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