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The Exeter Advocate, 1917-4-12, Page 2• '" " " • " ' , • a1.1. 'e,''''••,"'"e""•-•-•••• • " ''".;',•-•";',".."•,'"•••"•"•"".•eyee"'s",,,"•'•••,'•••••,'"'e...er• •'",••••••".••••';:'',•e•••••-e,:se.•-•"'"":""'"'""•'"."'s",""e„e'"","e'"'"'. „'''e,"'••••‘'•••'.'7•,.••-•••"••••eSeene , • • ••••., -eeere'ennee'en'ns"e."7""re"ne''"'"•""•,''''"••••'••"•"••"-••''''-''.'"'"''''• 'e"'"'",'"'""•"'"""'"e'"•""""' • Conducted by Professor Henry G. Ben. ' The object of this department Is to place at the‘ service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl. edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G, Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To- ronto, and answers will appear in thia column In the order In which they are received. As. space Is limited t Is advisable where Immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when the answer will be malted direct. Henry G. 13elL Question—F. P.:—(a) What fertil- izer would you suggest for corn in medium soil, and how much? Have no manure. (b) What is the best kind of soil for buckwheat, and when is the best time to sow, and how thick- ly? Answer;—(a). For corn on medium soil I would advise from 300 to 500 pounds per acre of fertilizer carrying 1 to 2% ammonia and 8 to 12% avail- able phosphoric acid. If it is pos- sible be obtain 1% potash, the addi- tion will be of advantage to the crop. A satisfactory method of applying this fertilizer to the corn is to drill it in through the fertilize]. dropping at- tachment of the wheat drill. Such a method of application puts the plant - food into the soil where the material can dissolve. The available plantfood acts on the young crop somewhat the same as whole milk fed to the young calf. It gives it a strong, healthy, vigorous start. In using fertilizers do not neglect tc grow clover or rye on this ground inside the next two years and then turn under a second crop of clover or a fair growth of rye or some other green manure. In using fertilizers you are adding plantfood but yot. are not adding organic r..at- ter or 1.umus. Humus is essential to the producing capacity of the soil, hence must not be neglected. (b) Buckwheat will do well on most ar.y type of soil with the exception of muck. It is successful sown later than the average farm crops,—even sown as late as early June. Prob- ably late in May is he bes time to seed it, using from 3 to 5 pecks of good seed per aere. Question — T. L. What is the best fertilizer for strawberries, and when should it be used, on the vines that are bearing this year or the vines to be set out thie year? Ansv er:—In fertilizing strawber- ries, good results are ,•obtetirini by us- ing from 400 to 600 pounds per acre of fertilizer analyzing from 2 to 8% ammonia and 8 to 12% available phosphoric acid, and possibly 2 to a% potash. This is best applied when preparing the bed for the planting of the young vines. When the ground ha. been thoroughly disked this avail- able plantfood should be drilled in through the fertilizer dropping at- tachment of the wheat drill, or it should be broadcasted over the pro- posed strawberry bed and thoroughly disked and harrowed in. When the young vines are set they will profit greatly by the added vigor obtained from this available plantfood. As a rule, top -dressing growing straw- berries has not been the most profit- able way to apply. Question—M. C.:—What is the best way to get rid of wild mustard? Answer:—A practicable way to get rid of mustard is to spray the young plants before they come into flower. For this purpose a spray machine .such as is used for spraying potatoes might be used. Empty, a 100 -pound sack of sulphate of iron into a kerosene or' vinegar barrel. Fill it up to the chine with water and stir until the sulphate of iron is dissolved. Strain the solu- tion through several thicknesses of cheese -cloth when pouring it into the tank of the spray machine. To be most effective, it is well to apply 52 gallons of this material to the acre. The more powerful the spraying ma- chine the better, since the mist is most effective when divided into finest particles. A pressure of 80 to 100 eourids at the nozzle should be main- tained. A two -horse spraying ma- chine will spray from 20 to 100 acres of grain in a 10 -hour day. In actual testswhich have been carried out, this method of treatment has proven very efficient in killing out this troublesome weed. It does not hurt the grain crop. Sheep will turn to profitable account more waste products than will any other class of farm animals. A sheep has a low nervous organ- ization, and once neglected gives up with little effort. But kept in thrift with good care it will be as hardy as any other animal. This is the season of the year when sheep need most care and labor. Rea- sonable attention in the lambing sea- son will save a heavy mortality. A good shepherd will raise a 125% lamb crop. Don't forget the spring clipping. Although other work may demand at- tention, yet this is the one phase of sheep husbandry that should never be neglected. Shear fairly early, at least before the very warm spring days arrive, and thus save the ewe discomfort and loss in weight. With wool as valuable per pound as butter, the greatest care should be taken to produce the cleanest, best fleece and properly to care for the same after shearing. Co- operative marketing will add from two to eight cents per pound revenue from your wool. Give the lambs an extra good start on grass. A lamb creep in the corner of the pasture and light grain feeding will usually be found most profitable. Willie Only Resting. He had yelled steadily for twenty mitutes. Then he stopped, and all was quiet. "I am glad to see you have stopped crying, Willie," said his mother. "I ain't stopped," exclaimed Wil - He, indignantly. "I was only restin'! Yaaaaaaaaa." TRAINING THE PRECOCIOUS CHILD Great Wisdom is Needed That the Brilliant Child May Be Well - Balanced and Win Success in Later Life. Whenever we meet an unusual- ly bright or precocious child, there is sure to be some fond and admiring friend or re- lative hovering near, anxious to "show it off." As a matter of fact, the child of average ability is in much less danger than the backward or pre- cocious one. The backward child may not be un- derstood or it may not have the most intelligent methods used in its management. For this reason, such a child may fail to achieve as much as he might under favorable circum- stances. However, no one expects very much ofga deficient youngeter, and if he is giver. healthful surround- ings, good care and sympathetic un- derstanding, his handicap may in time be partly overcome. Very often the child who is exceed- ingly bright in certain respects, is ble and was obliged eventually to give up both school and music. It is frequently remarked that the Ipupil who is unusually brilliant in school, winning much favor and many honors, is not always a success in later ;life. There are reasons why this is ; often so. If book knowledge comes too early through an extra good mem- ory or the ability to see through a problem quickly, little mental train- ing is given, and when that individual goes out into the world, superficial methods and the expectation of get- ting much and giving little, do not make for success. The precocious child is in danger of 'becoming over -confident, egotistical, lacking in thoroughness, and patroniz- ing in manner. Too 'often such chil. dren do not develop the mental and moral fibre which effort and dis- couragement, more determined effort decidedly average otherwise If you and final victory bring aut. One press a hall in at one point, it will star pupil was recently heard to boast bulge out or the Opposite side. The, that he could stay out of school three bulging or noticeable characteristis is days, attend one day, and still keep pretty Stree' td be balanced by a tient I up with his class, It may be the old souiewhete. ' This may be the rea- story of the hare and, the tortoise. son that many people who are really He is gaining a contempt for educe brilliant in some directions are not ;.advantage e and is likely to be well-balanced or evenly developed all handicapped for life with the idea that around, persistende and conscientious effort There is also grave danger that pre- are not necessary for him. - cocione children may have too much Teachers often remark that they •expeeted of them and be urged be are the beet instructors le. the .sub- yond their normal eapacity. A lit- jects which were harrl for them ' to tie boy who vas fond of mutic and learn a tipi1. They 'Icnciw svhdre who realty did exceptionally well svith the difficulties lie and how diecourag- hie violin leseons was erged to long ing they are, periods of praeticie end encouraged to Great wisdom is needed in:handling take part in many pUblic entetteins the precocious child se That it may meets. Theo tl.iege were aecones wellsbaltinced and kiectly, and plished a the cost of play and sleep. realize the neeessity ef achieving .its The child developed a nerVoUS trout owri hest. • Seeeassesia. NION SE" tS1:ig A9fil(1DO ): tE,LS.TAFEIDA :ONt1IT01 0 LESS THAN LAST YEAR, SOW 5 LBS. SEED PER ACRE. AVERAGE CROP 500 BUSHELS PER ACRE Yellow Glebe Danvers Onion, black seed—oz. 25c, lb, $2,10, 5 lbs, $9.25 Giant Yellow Prizetaker Onien, black seed..oz. 26c, lb, $2.10, 6 lbs. 9.25 Lar Red Wethersfield Onion, black seed, .oz. 26c, lb. $2.00, 6 lbs. $9.26 Market Maker Golden Globe Onlon......oz. 25c, Ib. $2.10, 5 lin• S5•25 Early Yellow Danvers Onion, biRk seed..oz. 200, Ib. $1.90, 5 lbs. $8.25 Southport White Globe Onion, black seed, ., , .., ...oz. 40c, lb, $4.00 Red Globe Prizewinner Onion, black seed. osz. 28c, Ib. $2.10, 6 lbs. $0.25 Select Yellow Dutch Onion Setta Ib. 350, 5 lbs. $1.70 XXX Guernsey Parsnip, fine smooth roots ..Pkg, 10c, oz. 20c, 4 oz. 500. 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Delivery Free in Canada Order through your LOCAL DEALER or direct from Wm. RENNIE Co., Limited RENNIE'S SEEDS Kinand Market Sts., T oronto Also at MONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL LESSON APRIL 15. Lesson III. Jesus The Good Shep- herd—John 10. 1-18. Golden Text—John 10. 11. Verse 7. In studying the other par- ables of the fourth Gospel, it must be noticed that the Evangelist reports parables in a way of his own, fusing parable and interpretation. Here, however, he has given a parable (verses 1-5) in the original forme -and these verses are the interpretation. But the parable suggests two wholly independent applications, which are given successively without any atten- tion to their incongruity, a thing that matters less to Oriental than to West- ern modes of speech. In verses 7-9 Jesus is the door: true shepherds and false are distinguished according as they enter through the Door, oe "climb up some other way." Recall Milton's use of it, describing Satan's entry into Paradise: "So clomb his first grand theif into God's fold; So since into his church lewd eirelings climb." 8. All that came are thieves (mar- gin —The addition before me may well have been an attempt to explain a hard phrase. He that cometh was a special name of the Christ: see John 11. 27; Matt. 11. 3, etc. So this means false Christs, who tried to coax the sheep away. But they did not hear thein (verse 5). Robbers—Or high- waymen, sheep stealers who will use violence. 9. This- will refer to shepherds, not sheep. The true undershepherd (1 Peter 5. 2-4) makes it his business to find pasture for the sheep. He can go in and go out freely, for he goes through the Door (verse 3 ). To such is promised salvation, for we can be saved only by trying to save others. Compare Phil. 1. 19; 1 Tim, 4. 16. There is a vast multitude of true "pastors"—the word is only the 'Latin for "shepherd"—who were never ordained by human hands. 10. Corneth—The special sense still lingers about it from verse 8. Have abundance (margin)—Christ never gives just enough: there are always basketfuls left over. 11. Here begins what is really a nek parable, starting out of the other. A good shepherd, owning the sheep, will risk his life for those sheep when the wolf comes. The hireling has no motive for doing so: his life is worth more to him than his pay! Before, as well as after, this brief parable, Jesus tells us that such a shepherd illustrates what he is to his own. Layeth down—The tense shows that readiness to face death to rescue the sheep is intended: offers or risks comes nearer to the Greek. It is, of course, in the application of the par- able that Layeth down becomes true. 12,. Whose ea n— 11 turns on this. Hence it is that Peter bids the Lord's undershepherds to "shepherd the flock of God . not for base love of gain, but of free will" (1 Peter 5. 2). 14. This takes up verse 3, Com- pare 'the "seal" upon God's "firm foundation" (2 Tim. 2, 19). Mine owe knew me—Verse 5 is the converse. One recalls the "true Israelite" d John 1, 47 who Instinctively recogni-ze "the Ring of I8rael," 15. This is the note ,so often steuck in John 17: the Lord applies to us a standard actually cleawri from is own relations with the F ther. It 18 es- serltially like'Matt. 6.48 and Eph, 5. 1. For the sheep—In this context the suggestion is that he rescues his sheep at the risk of his own 'Title" we may still say for in Gethse- mane' he showed that he dotild conceivd of God's fielding at the last moment some other way, of accomplishing his purpose, But here that, possibility is eseeliek barely in sight: He is sure the offer- ed life will be taken, as he is 'sure that having lost his life he will find it again. 16. This fold—The Chosen People, who thought themselves monopolists of God's mercy. They shall hear, and so prove that they are truly his sheep. They shall become one flock—The margin there shall be is not impos- sible as a translation of the reading implied in the text: the difference made is slight. One flock—Jerome's extraordinary blunder, one Told, is per- haps the most disastrous translation mistake ever made in history. It was largely responsible for the un -Christ- ian idea that unity consists in exter- nal organization instead of the bond of love. In Greek the word flock is derived from the word shepherd: the vital unity of Christendom is in the universal dependence on the One Shepherd. 17. Perfect sacrifice is the condi- tion of perfect love. It was by carry- ing his obedience "as far as death" (Phil. 2. 8) that the Son won his ex- ataltion. That I may—An addition, like that in Rom. 8. 34. There is an mentionunwngness even to the ' • -Death alone, list men should think— as Art has so often persersely taught them—of a Dead Christ as the object of our worship. 18. Took it away (margin)—If this reading is right, it is another link with Jonh 17, in which the Lord looks back on his earthly career as closed and lying in the past. Power—Rath- er authority, derived from God. For without a clear call from God no man has the right to give or even risk the life God gave for his own purpose. Lay it down—A different tense now is need, which justifies this rendering. This commandment—To sacrifice and to resume life alike. Careful study of the Synoptic record of the Passion will show that the Lord was no pas- sive vittim. He chase the time of his death (see Matt. 26. 5) and the charge on which he woulde lead (Mark 14. 61), when his enemies tried their best to escape both-=-Ehe former be- cause of the people, the latter because such a charge would not appeal to Pilate, the Roman procurator, The symptoms of spasmodic colic are: Uneasiness, stamping, pawing, throwing himself down, rolling, get- ting up, etc. The attacks are spas- modic, and during the intervals patient is normal, may appear to want to uri- nate. Drench with 11,4 oz. each of lauda- num. sweet spirits of nitre and tinc- ture of belladonna In a pint of water. Repeat in 2 hours if necessary. The general indifference to horse - °reeding at present in some farm sections offers all the more encourage- ment to those who follow the less popular course and raise horses before they are actually at a premium en the markets. Brood mares must be properly ex- ercised, preferably with light work but not where there is danger of straining. or falling or being crowded between shafts. Watch the mare carefully at foaling. A clean, thor- oughly disinfected bright cheerful oox stall is the best place to foal a marc, unless the Weather is warm and a clean comfortable grass 'paddock is available. Yearlings and 'foals well fed ,and free front vermin Will make the greatest and most profitable gains on sernmele pasture' but if the pasture is short, a grain supelement i8 a most profitable investment, The. geeret of successful tante rearing is to keep the animals deal), healthy arid constantly gaining in siee and weight until ma- turity: • An automobile with five persons takes doors gasoline than When (511d person ie riding, but the increase is very stnell. Canductedk, Pho ,.71.efeen „Caw O answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must be _ Mothers and daughters of all ages are corolally Invited to Ite to department. Initials only will be published with each question and il: given in each letter. Write on one side of Paper only. Answers 'Wilt b8 mailed direct if stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. ' AddressieFrank ii nailoacd,Toronto,orrespondence for thls department to Mrs, Helen Law' 75 cast M. E. Sn—A child four or five years whichto enjoy them and love them. old should drink at least a glassful of As a repult, the dullness and drudgery water between five o'clock supper and of existence are all they tomo to ex - seven o'clock bedtime. Children perience. should get the habit of drinking water "One mother of five children for both lemming and evening. This will years took at least one hour a clay for prevent a good deal of sluggish action rest and quiet reading alone by her - of the liver, kidneys and bowels, and self. Nothing but absolute neces- will obviate the need of laxatives, sity could induce her to break into which are used altogether too freely. this hour. F. It is misconception to be- "The result of this is not only that lieve a kitchen should be laege. It she had kept her own superb health, should be small, compact, cheerfully but she is a constant joy and inspire - and sanitarily finished, with cross tion to her children, her husband, and ventilation, and an abundance of il- her friends. lumination. It should not, of course, "It is true that she might, have be so small as to be cramped or con- done more dusting or mending stock- gested. A long, narrow pantry should ings than she has actually accom. be studiously avoided. Built-in cup- plished, but it would have been at the boards in the kitchen might take the sacrifice of that whole part of her life place of a pantry and save steps. 2. which meant the most to herself and Any worker desiring to eliminate others." waste motion and increase her effici- W. E. K :—Probably you will find ency 50 per cent., can ask herself these all the good recitations you need in questions: 1. Is my table, stool, board, "JessieAlexander's. or working surface the right Sketches." ThepricePlatformthe book is height? 2. Are my utensils and ma- $1.00. As for drills, there are three terials needed for this task all before little volumes you would find useful: me when I begin? 3. Do I have to "Ideal Drills," "Wilson's Drills and stoop unnecessarily? Do I take use- Marches," and "Twenty-five Drills and less steps? 4. Are my utensils ar- Several Motion Songs." They are 25 ranged with proper regard to each cents each. other, and to other tasks? 5. Is my R. W.:—How April Fool Day came position comfortable? 6. Am I us- to be no one really knows. Probably ing the best and right tool for the per- the best guess is that which credits pose? 7. Is the tool properly ad- the day to France, the first nation of justed and in good condition before I all Christendom to begin the year on begin work? 8. Ani I making any January 1 instead of March 25. Be - awkward motions, or ones I could fore the change was made the octave omit? of the festival, April 1, was the day L. N. T.:—Here is an extract from on which the celebration culminated, a book entitled "The Efficient Life," when visits were made and gifts ex - which may suit your case. It is a changed. With the adoption of the plan that is decidedly worth trying. A reformed calendar in 1564, New Year's tired and nervous mother will often Day was celebrated on January leand find fault unnecessarily, and cause only pretended gifts and mock friction in the home. Give mind and ceremonial visits were made on April* body a real ,rest every day, as this 1, with the idea of malting fools of message advises:— - those who had forgottea the change of "Many mothers slave for their chil- date. The custom once started was dren so many hours a day that they kept up after its origin was no longer have but little energy left with remembered. For specific information regarding, breeding, feeding, and general care and management of livestock, apply to your nearest experimental farm. Feed is high, but it is not so high that one can afford to ruin a good pasture by turning stock on it too early. Labor on the dairy farms this year is going to be hard to get, and un- doubtedly will cost all it is worth. It is a condition that will start many dairy farmers thinking about me- chanical milkers. A few years ago it was considered a norrm..1 thing for cows to give 2,500....,ne to 3,000 pounds of milk in a year. To. day yields of twenty to twenty-five thousand pounds pass almost un- noticed. Animal husbandry has be- come one of the most important and progressive vocations. Oats should be treated for smut be- fore planting. 'WHAT IS 'SERVING GOD'?" What Does God Require of Thee But to Do Justly, and to Love Mercy, And to Walk Humbly With Thy God ? The greatest things in life escape definition, and religion is no excep- tion. Accuracy does not always mean actuality. Statistics may only serve as a mathematical freezer.. It is noteworthy that Jesus associated himself with the classic avowals of the past, while He colored them with the rich blood of His own experience. No great heights can be attained or depths fathomed that fail to do justice to the heritage of the past. Yet the essential value of Christianity lies in its power of expansion to changing conditions and present needs. "To serve God." What is it? Time was when religion and morality had no dealings with each other." How could they? The were not maral. Zeus was an adult.. erer. Bacchus was glorified' drunk- enness. The Roman went to the priest for religion, but to the philoso- pher for morality. The service of God was in contrast to the service pf • men. Even the streams of early Christian teaching became foul and muddy by the later deposits of zealous ecclesi- asts. While religion and morality were made to he co -existent, "serving God" came to mean something over and above the great human obliga- tions. Now b system of ritual now a correct expression of be - • , - lief with the Almighty ,either as a "fussytcourt chamberlain" or as a theological examiner. Religion and Mor lity Even to -day this dualism is plainly observable, Religion is eessociated by many all to closely with thurchgo- ing, Bible reading, some special church activity or the acceptance of some creed, "'hese means of grace are made to be works of additional merit in another sphere. Consider the divorce of religious eclacation from sehoole. Here is a tacit confession that the service of God is something unnecessary for education in morals. ‘,"Thou. shalt leve the Lord thy Ged * * AND thy neighbor as self." The "and" is not that, or Addl. tion but of inelueion, We have out- grown the conception of an immoral god, or even of a god who seeks over- time in service, and, through the teachings of Jesus, have come to know One who is Himself the great Servant, whose service •is coincident with all our human efforts. We are nearly all ready to concede that the roots of our moral life are found in the natural endowments of sympathy, sociability and in the more recently acquired sense of justice. The very apil al of religion is condi- tioned by the' common thrill and re- sponse which enables us to project ourselves into the feelings of others. No gulf is fixed between love.—human and divine. Need Fellowship With God. Sympathy without religion, how, ever, is restricted to kith and kind. It flows freely only around most of our own habitation, and divides as well as protects. To fully translate the moral into the conditions of our com- munity life we need the infinite expan- sionNllih God. thatcomes through fellowship Sociability is another basic instinct through which our morality flows, Yet our modern life is largely 0110 Of impersonal relations. Evil is not clearly visualized, One navy he a good husband and father and still be guilty of grave wrongdoing When that vague mass "the pebic." is concerned, Thiless our range of Interests is en- larged by the coneeiit of a social God the gregarious tendency may breed on y sno sly an pa lonaee.' Again, a sense oF justice, 'a re- sult of thef Action Of minds, is that to which religion appeals, "Judge ye of your own eelves that which IS right." We ask for a "square deal," which, some one hag eaid, means often three sides Tor ourselves, Or else only tile conventional rulte of the game. The frown and smile of society are no assurance of the will of a just pod and a Saviour, To make lastice effective Wo need the reinforcement of the gospil, "What does Ood ,require of the but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ?".--Bev. W. P, Lemon. .•