The Exeter Times, 1921-8-18, Page 6Picking, the Profit Producers.
"Poultry cwlIting," is 8 eon parative-
Iy recent addition to the vocabtaara
of the poulhainata This team already
releases areeh to the poultry itelustra
as poultry gulling becenie the test
mai most cert....he meane of eliminating
from smeatry raising. the enorntous
leaks which 'have stood in the ay et
4a tretqis and profit.
Poulay eulain-g may be ' well eome
pared with the 13abeeek test' of the
deli -Arlan. By the use Of the Babeoek
ket and the scales, the dairyman haa
been able to eliminate the star iseetd-
sass from his herd. Before it ca•me
mm
e, it was difficult for the dairyan
to determine which of his cows were
producing a profit and which were
ceases- of hesees. In the mete way the
practice of poultry culling enables
the pealtryina.n to select the hen -s
which are leis best layers., those which
have a fair capacity for laying and
also those of which it might be said
that it would be throwing money away
to feed, except for fattening purposes.
The business of poultry raising lia.s
often been a haphazard affair. The
few hens that were kept would be
thrown. feed of indefirrite quality and
quantity and often provided unsuit-
able houses both from the standpoint
of sanitation reed protection) from- the
weathea Such toraditiena would make
it impeasible to produce profit from
even t'he best hens. At first we learned
of proper lsoussing and the use of egg -
laying rations and through. these we
svotdd obtain iaaeasea egg yields-, but
we payee could get clown to what may
ba ealasa afficieney in poultry raising
until the poultry culling method be-
came fooro-u.ghly established.
Poultry selection is based upon the
conformation of the hen and her
physical cenditen. One of the most
important indications of the 'condition
of the hen is thelesad. A study of its
conks:mat-ion will sito-w many vela -
able points that will be substantiated'
by other examinations. For instance,
if you find a healthy, refined head, you
wil/ be quite certain to find a -similar
body back of it. A tread indi-
eate,s feminism, inieligence and alert -
Leas ie one which -will he found en all
of the heavy producers. The skull
should be moderately narrow and the
face lean and deldeate_ A wide alcual
with hanging eyebrows and an indi-
ca:idea of fatty wrinkles is eammon to
the, ithed of hir-th: which will put on
flesh seithat than to- produce, eggs,
Preference Sheuld be given to the hen
wall an oval eye which shows con-
siaierable of the eye membrane direct,- t
b- in front of the eae-ball. The jaw
sleould be refined, said -not thick and 1
hoalry Se-. The beak- should be -shoat
and strong and sightly curved, and
the distance from the eye to the be.a:k-
aletalel be short.
The comb sinala indicate a good
healthy red and should be •ef :goad size
fos the breed. When a hen ia laying
or is acacia td lay, ,her comb and warts
-ate- are plump and full el bleed .and
eherad have a somewhat waxy feeling
to the touch. When she is not laying,
cite has a .shaunkere comit which, is
pale in wiser and- hard, and is usually
covered with whitish males. A v:ery
dark comb is usually an indication ea
disease. A hen that has a crow ty-pe
of head will never be a producer and
she might ea well be consigned to the
market crate right away.
On, the yellow- legged, bade, the pig-
neartation test is also of value to
determine the laying qualities of the
hen, especially her past record. It
fs a proven feat that the yellow legged
bina will "lay out" the yellow color
as her lege, around the vent, the wart -
'ties, and in the ring STOiand the eyes.
The hen that has bright yellow legs
has been a low producer, or to say
the, least, has- been resting for a long
time. The lege of a heavy laying bird
become almost white, although a short
rest may cause some el the yellow
pigmentation to come hack OT to be
restored. In the lase of this teat, one
mast guard against the freaks in th.e
pilaw -legged breeds which are sosn'e-
times horn with Belt -colored 1ega.
The use of the pigmentation test is
usually supplemental to the other
meth:oda used in, derterrn.ining the lay -
lag eoncliticin of the birch
The condition of the egg soak as
ette of the Moat importantthinge-te
take into consideration. A feta yeare
ago when poultry d1ing first became
Imown, the flexibility of -the relate
,betteS was nipple -sea Ve the beet
Tri'leiCat4±/1; of laying, theWever, since
then it has been found that the ea:-
pacity sea the hen de best ae-terminecl
by title distance between the keel hone
and the pelvic bone, and -the flexibility
es,,a the egg tsa.ele. Hens which leae-
-.076-fr;uttr.,-, 7-1,2tv.-.,;olaaal'i'a'thil4. "'kat ""i,Yeit'a
mid the peivie bone so close together
that' it is hardly possible to-'g•et more
dean one finger between theme Good
layers show plenty Of Tema ler four
finger -a This space.between the keel
and'tne pelvio bones imaicates -*seed by
far good digestion and it helpte in, the
egg production. Depth, frOM the back
to- the keel bone iSalso desired. The
bird that IS lacking there end is high
on legs does' not Usitally show Ca-
pacity. '
The quality a the egg sack 4±,cle-
tietryidaloa hy erimnittniArg that portion
tweet. the peelvie bones 'and the keel
bone. On geoa aeer, this should
be flexible and mallow to the touch
8,11 1.1 10 C , warm and 14±
like. On acue of -the beefy type, thi
part of the anatoma, 'while deyelope
a hard arta lifeless to the touch.
To properly determine The eapaoit
and eaelaty of the egg saelc, the bir
-mu t b. pie eely enale-rl. 'fatless sh
Is properly balanced in handling, in
eorrect conclusions migat be derived
Ilold her firmly in the right hand
balancing and supporting her weigh
by the fingers, while the thurna grasp
the left thigh. Held in this way, th
hen makes no effort to escape and the
measurements) for -capacity tans' qual-
ity, can easily be made with the left
hand. The eight leg sbould• be free,
as otherwise a eramped condition of
the abdomen may result and a ptoper
de -termination could not be meal°. Mr.
Foreman says that "capacity indicates
the rate of yolk elaboration on the -
cycle of produetam, bet the quality
of the egg sack determines the TY'iihni
cr the number of 'months the hen will
be predecease."
General observations will help much
in selecting a productive hen. A inlay
happy, singing lien is usually a pro-
ductive one, and one which moults late
is one which will asualla fill the egg
basket. Early moulters usually take
a greet part of the season to do •Asair
moulting and will net be productive
until the next spring. On the other
hand, late moaners have undoubtedly
been busy- in egg production during
the SUMTILer, therefore have put their
meultin-g off until fall. They usually
moult guriakly and start laying again
when egg prices ere up.
Massy fatmers have sent their most
productive hens to the market at the
time they cull theta out in early fall.
The usual practice has been to save
the best laoking hens and to market
those -which may leek semewhat
straggly. A hen that ha e been active
in egg production is usually not in the
best physical condition, because egg
production is a great attain. Her fea-
thers rimy net •be as handsome as
those of the hen that has been a star
boarder, but she gets results. In this
respect we case fitly recall the expres-
sion, "Pine feathers do net always
make fine birds."
There is every reason why the
farmer wile Tai8E'S hens, and the inest
of them do, should become acquainted
with this method of poulty etelection.
In practicing it Le has everything to
gain and nothing to lose. Whereas,
by the old method he is virtually
hrowing mane.y to the winds When he
s feeding a let of hens that produce
asses imtead of profits.
icking App!eo.
One of the lueet important o
tiee perfoinicei on the frelb farm i
the •pielaita of the feciit lieceense in
foltaci. s.arta, Canada„eoaPCie
eiafl in the s ui4 at s Dale PO) Ls
ie 'British Columbia. Some exts'irk
s.
alaaltobain the • vicialtY P.f
many eases the next yeeVs•ceop of ae
alet- depends on. the way .the p•-ae-
are piked. By all eseares do teet
low tee :apple ssicastr topek twe, :Tema
:era) •ea, )a-peles, tiering one seaSen
eften doles- if the apple Pick-
er is not careful in pickino• the fruit
The ladder hce lei never be le ail e
into a tree, if it Ls peesible to avoid
Pk. Fruit spurs often cover the ground
under such conditmns; and not clay
,8 is the erop for the eterceed,ina year
cr+ damaged, fbilt openings air diseese are
left in the tree itself. The act of pick-
ing is a very simple ono if correctly
done. A stimp-le twisting 1nel:rat-neat
1,9 and 'down. on the fruit removes it
- from the .spur without loss of stem
• and this easy removal is usually a fair
indientlen of the maturity of tbe fruit.
t The stem may be broken without hurt-
s ing• the salability of the fruit but
C should never puncture the skin or be
pulled out of its socket.
The reeeptacle eelected for picking
should prevent all bruising, as far as
possible, and .should, give ease -in hana-
ling. Theoretically, it would [seem
that begs or canvass bottom pails
would be the beet for picking, but
practically such is not the case. Mere
is a bad tendency among pickers to
let the fruit fall into the receptacle,
and this is one of the many ways by
-which a greet deal of fruit is injured
during the picking. operations. Bags
allow the fruit to be damaged by not
protecting it against bruising when
corning- in contact with the ladder or
tree. When bottomless bags are used
the pickers will often let the fruit
sheet into the barrel with a great deal
of force, thus causing a great deal of
damage to tbe fruit.
Lime in Agriculture.
The use of lime ih proper quantity,
in proper quality, and at the proper
time will prove beneficial to most
soils. Used otherwise, its effects are
the reverse. That there may be no
lack of knowledge on the subject,
there has been- issued by the Depart-
ment ef Agriculture at Ottawa a re-
vised edition of a bulletin entitled
"Lime in Agriculture," in which the
Dominion Chemist, Dr. F. T. Shutt,
has dealt comprehensively with the
subject. Front this bulletin it is
learned that there are several classes
of lime, euch as quick ldm.e, Truant lime,
caustic lime, stone lime, etc., also that
limestone of excellent quality is to be
It is understood', of course, that
poultry culling -will not take the place
of peeper housing and .good arre. It
only eadminateia the waste of' time an -.id
money in 'giving proper housing and
good ease to hens that will never pro-
duce a profit. On the other hand', it
stands to reason that a hen -which fills
ab of the good -laying requirements,
unless she is given the food with
whieh to produce eggs and a house En
Which -to live that is sanitary and
protects her from the elements ecasa
not do her full clat.y.
During the mummer when the hens
have opportunity to pick their living
care should !be taken to give therm suf-
ficient extra feed to keep them hi good
shape. Egg,produetion very frequent -
/y falls off during the atemmer, be -
ea -use the hens are not igetting suffi-
cient feed to maintain their bodies and
produce eggs. An examination of
many farm fleeks would eihew that the
hens are too thin to even be called
normal.
A hen properly selected and proper-
ly cared for will predate° as much for
the time end trouble involved as any-
thing on -the farm.
.:4
Easy Way to Mix Bordeaux.
A .convenient modification of the
safe way to, anake Bordeaux mixtures,
aseuzing the most effectiv-e spray
solution, is now xecomme.ncled by sev-
eral experiment s-batio-ns.
The Old method, long followed by
careful and progressive growers, was
to make the etanclard 5-5-50 Bordeaux
bY mixing five' pounds' of cropper sul-
pha -be 'with twenty-five gallons of
water in one ,container; by mixing
five pound's of copper salreasite with
twenty-five .gallorts of burned lime
with another twenty-five gallons al
-water be another container; and by
poqu'ing the two dilutions together.
The modified method, 'said to- he alit
as sale and more convenient, i•a de-
scribe.d, as follows:
Afpl:i'eSe have a fiftyega.11on
tank to All with 5-5-60 Bordeaux.
Place in this etanlit five gallons of the
tstook copper etilphate solution; equiv-
alent to five poends of crystois, and
then add thirty-five galloai's of water.
Net, take five gallons of the ,stoelt
lime, equivalent to five pounds of
atone- Hm, dilute it with five gallone
of water, pour it into the copper sal -
palate solatilana and stir the two to-
gether. Remember always to dilute
the copper sulphate before' Mixing,
Never 'add eomcentrated copper seas
'that°, either ta weals or setateng lime
,
eseiutala
Winijeg tnidWinnipgo4s. Other-
wise there is robe available on tho
prairies. Wheteis known as lime kiln
refuse is somets seld as "Agrietil-
tural Lime," but the advice is tender-
ed. that purchases should be made only
cu am1-1,37sis as to the percentage of
quick lime, calbointe ef lime, eta,
pre -seat. The chie-f objets -of the ap-
-
plication ef er ca-rbonate of lime,
are the neutralizatioa of souene,s nd
the improvement of the mechanical
con4ifon af- Fails. The (hare ctca eti c
of thosails that eliould be treated are
-pointed .cut and the influenee of lime
e-aalaIrted. The comparative values
ilre diffexeffit'leinde,,aee set forth
well as the methods of application.
Attention is given to the use anet mis-
use of lime arid resulte from detailed
experimeets. A, table shows the com-
position of limestone found in four-
teen places in New Bsunswielc, nine
in Quebec, six in British Columbia,
nine in Nova Scotia and ten in On-
tPelriinacvee Eaepdwons.ratsd'Isisnd is also
sthwn
Every year during July, August
and 'September a lot of SOV78 which
produced spring litters ef pigs are
sent to market. Some of them are
well fattened before shipment. Others
are simply. allowed to round out on
grass 'and, sent to market -only partly
finished, where they •core known as
"grass wiclowe."
The carcasses ef auch thogs are suit-
able for the productien of mess pork
and lard rather than for sale as freSal
meat. They sell at a big discount be -
law well finished barrows and smooth
young saws. "Butcher hogs" usually
advance in price during the latter eart
of the rammer but grassy sows ad-
vance but little after early July.
Is your Tann losing its fertility?
Did you do it? 'What? Let year
son in as a partner in the farm
business:
1)o mot atop with the tspraying of
the dairy cows. Calve* will not make
proper growth, beef animals will not
gain flesh and horees will not be able
to de their maxhamin 'amount of work
;if they are forced to fight flies,.
AUGUST 21.
•
Lesson,
ME1DElf)*Falt;GOOI)
9
Paul Prepares for World C onquest Acts 15:
Golden Ire)et—Acts 15,: 11.
Couneeting Linka—The one peat! Paul and Barnebara had statineh
1-16: 5.
fact which this first adveatere ef thel;friends, -and supporters in' -Antioeh
) 1
ou'tside of' Palestine and Syria paaved ,Terusalem must else heve 'lie la fl
aaostles of -ChTiCit Itn.to the greet wonal church bat these trouble makers fT911
was that Gentiles as well as Jews ,iesteng: There -was grave danger tha
were ready for the gdee'el and that 'the little Christian community would
be rent and torn by dassension. It was
deeicied, ...therefore,. oth,at Paul an
'13arnabas sliotild go td',rerifialein, trete
the apostles and elders about this
question. At first informally, and
then. to. a formal' geitherine el the
leaders of the thuech, they told their
story. Their -antagonists were there
aleo to present their case. In Jeru-
salem practically everybody kept the
Jewish laws, so that the feeling must
have been' largely against the tvve
brave miesionariess At,a.e.ritical. 711 0-
ment Peter came to their ad by tell-
ing the story of his visit to the Roman
Carne•lies, and bow Cornelius ana
tlmse with adin had been baptized- and
had received the Holy Spirit.
The decision of the Council was
spoken by James); who was a brother
af Jesus and•• the acknawledged heed
of the Jerusalem church. He recalled
the fact 'that the analent prophets had
feretelda net only the restoration of
the Jewish kingdom, the tabernacle of
David, bat else that the gentiles
should, •with the residue o:f men, seek
after the Load. The council. enjoined
only that Gentile Caristrians should,
for the sake ea peace aied unity, ab-
stain from cettain things. which were
peculiarly offensive to their JewiSh
neighbors and fellow Christians (vv.
20, 21). Letters were written 'and sent
by two trusted men to the Christians
of Anti:loch, in which the work of Paul
said Berno.bas- was -commended. A
great victory had been won for Obais-
tiarn :faith and freedom.
15: 36-1-6: 5. Let us go again:
The victory we -9 wen, arid the svay
was open.far the apostles of the Gen -
to continue their work. They
could go everywhere now, with the
wherever they had gone' nen of• all
races hed, liatened, eagerly to ,thehe
messag-e, had belayed'', and entered'
into the household( '''of faith. This
meant surely, if Christianity wee° te
be triumphant, that „the world of the
future' would sat be a jeWish world
only, •ancl that the long expeCted sal-
vation svotial embrace both Gentile
and Jew. It meant the yielding of
those national' hopes and ambitions
which the Jews held: tenacieusly,
in order to find a larger hope end a
more splendid ambition In the pros-
pect of a united, world-, the old bast -tiers
broken down, and, peace, brotherhood,
and goodwill taking the piece of en-
mity, -strife, and hatred. at is no wee-
der that the tellieg of their story
811001C the church' both at Jerusalem
and Antiech, and -that those who held
the old. and narrow national idea
Ehould have been stirred to active
antagonism. The apposition which
Paul 80W ericounterect was to, follow
him with increasing bitterness for
many years.
When Paul., with, his little company
of misehonarie.s; readied Pisidian An-
te:eels, he found bineself on the great
Roman read which ran etast and west
through Asia Minor, along which
came heavily laden. caravans and. Re -
retail legionaries, and many a traveller
and scholar seeking to know mere of
the world of their time. - With these
he muet sometimes have eenversect,
and we can imagine his gaze turned
westward to the rich cities of the
Lycue valley-, to Ephesus the great
seaport, meeting place ea east and
west, tto the ships which sailed aver
the sea to Greece and Italy land far-
off Spain, and ta Athens and• Corinth.
and Rome. Akceady he must have
entertained) the hope ef seine day car-
rying hie victorious gospel along that
westward road, anct of winning the
Raman empire for Christ.
15: 1-35. Certain men which came
down from Judea. These were Jewish
converts who held that all who believ-
ed in Jesus should cenaorm to the
Jewish laws. For therm faith in
them was net enough for salvation.
They were willing to admit the. Gen-
tiles, il the Gentiles would submit
themselves to the Jewish customs, and
in particular to citeuirecierien.
-Why Women Stay on the Far
la you are este of the many women
whose work is made ten times as hard
as it need be. by an inconvenient kit-,
then and a misplaced, pantry, this
story of how another farm woman
completely 'changed her home by mov-
ing a pax -titian along five feet, and
eliminetina the pantry altogether,
may give you anhielea. of how you can
overcame soma of yaur difficulties.
You wouldn't believe unless you saw
its how much difference just changing
that partition and 'altering the posi-
tion of stoves, tables and cupboards
could make in a daYas work.
Mrs. Baird owned the kitchen. It
was much such a kitchen: as the av-
erage farm kateohen, too small for all
the things which should, be in it. In
fact, it was the surremer kitchen, -with
all that implies in the way of movisig
storves twice a year, arid having to see
corner. A door lea from. the kitchen
onto the Intel:: ,
The alteration was made by -taking
five feet off the large dining-roorn,
thus analtheg the kitchen itaegular in
shape, but giving room- to bring the
cupboards from the -apiary into this
worrkr000n. Not all! the space 'ta,ken
from the dining -room was needed for
kitahen space, so this was made into
a closet for the mesas outside gar-
mente,. the entrance being just at the
south af the door between kitehen
and dininganoom.
In. 'the eeld arrangement of rooms
there were no eueboarele in the kitch-
en. Dishes antd supplies veere nill
kept in the pantry, -the aline. in -cup-
boards 'which ranged down the kitehen
side a the pantry- to the pass window.
The flour bin and broad shelf were on
the opposate aide urvder a window
which looked mst on a screened -in
porch.
up by the pantry door, the cupboard's
corning cut ef tate -ce•at closet, in- the
idtaert.
A (loot which in the eld earaege-
meet led arein the pantry to the cellar
has been -utilized to give Rfll outside
entaance to the loathsome -1 so that
warkme-n may enter that room and
wash up, without bat -heeling' workers
in the kitchen, 'Deis deo-r opens into a
little vestibule, whicat opens out upon
the sereenedsin porch. The window in
the old. pantay has- been made into a
half -window in the new bataitoont.
The el'ectric light system. and the
pump for the water sueply are in a
cellar under the kitc'hen, 'wlich, being
separated from the vegetable cellar
is alvaarys clean and is utilized' as a
laundry. Water, pumped from the
well -by a rivinidinal is sacred in a
storage cistern, underground, outeide,
The pump is automatic, starting when
0/f.4.0A1
These. diagrams, before and after r ernodeling, show inconvenience changed to convenience in the kitchea.
your dining -room eteamea up in the
winter months with cotakery. The
pantry, as you can see by stadaing the
first illustration, opened eff the din-
ing -room. There wasn't a door into
it from the kitchen; just a little pose
window through whielt. dishee and
food might be ,put. . Flour bineand
moulding board Were tin the panta-y.
This meant that on baking .days isa
steamier, you atood the pa,atry to
get eau's. cookies- ready bake, and
while you might put them through
the 'window into the kitchen, aou had
to rbraerel around out there through
lite dining zoom to get thean into the
oven. ,It meant no end of steps that
shouldn't he taken, and Mre. Baird
being a proaseasive farm WOIllan' took
M,OPS tO eliminate theme
TII:e old kitchen, as yea will see,
was a rectangle, abbot 11x12 feet. Tho
ra)nge,atoed against the wall separet-
ina the kitchen from the dining -room
the eink was in the farthest corneic flys:
the PaDtrY Die table was on) the
opposite wall under oneewindow, and
and the hot water tank'filled uncial&
The cupboards were torn out of the the tank, which bekls only a pailful,
pantry and taken. to the kitchen. A
secend wisidow was cut -through along-
side the other, end a work-ishelf with
cupboards !beneath built along this en-
tire north well, with the exception of
srpace enough for the isiele and cistern
pante. The dam- leading onto the porch
Was wallecl up and boards bent in
this nicrhe, 'with flout bin and 'mould -
dal board beneath This brilegs the
things for baleing altogether. The old
ntrya was then cotwerted into a
thrown. The range was. Moved -hem
its pesitien by the ditangsreoun reseal,
and sob next the bat:bream Wall, Where
connection could he easily macie wath
the hot water tank in the latter room,
The tank Was plececi.ini the bathroom
to aseist tin heating it, as the house
has no furnace.
The table, little used as 'the work -
shell under the windows takes its
place, was put in the spaee to the lett
of the dining -room, with the oil stove
an the porch nide -o•E this alcove. In
the dining -room a china, closet was
Wilt On the wall opeee fermertly taken
is emptied.
An electric washing machine, elec-
tric vacuum eleaner, tend electric iron
are among the labor-saving devices
which makes life en the Baird farm
easy, but in spite of these conven-
iences -Mast. Baird d.eclares that if she
could- have buttorne--electakity 'oir run-
ning water ----she woulatake the water.
"Nobody knows unless they have
had to go without it, just what lam-
ning water means to a thoesekeeper,”
she oars. "You pacrat imagiee how
much water ri't takes to de the day'a
work on a" farm, eapecially dairy
fasta euro, With all the milk cans
and Tails and tatrainers to came for:
We used to hav-e a jer 'which ;held
twenty-five .galione, aria wee. felled
frram the wietamill, but many a day
we emptied this end had. to have more
water. Now -just to turn a tap end
hme 0,a ',41-9 water You tca rma)
out so60±s to me a gattater labors. -
saver than even the electric watehring-
Machine, though wealdn't want to
gave ,that up now, elthez
consent and accord of the great
leaders and founders of the Church,
and open the door wide to „their Gen-
tile converts. In Christ there was to
be no more Jew nor Gentile --all were
to he one in faith whatever difference
of practice or custom, or law there
might 'be. The way was open for a
triumphant progress of the gospel to
all the nations. •
The thought af Paul turnedrnow to
the young, and ertruggling Christian
communities, in Gai•atia, and the era-
poeed. to B•arneasee that they should go
and visit them. Perhaps his thought
reachea out beyond -them, too, to the
road that ran vvestward to the ..E.gean
Sea, to Ephesus and Smyrna, and -the
ether Greek -cities, •and the islands and'
coast beyond.
The contention:, which arose about
John Mark, cauld -not be settled. , He
was -'earl-y related to. Beenabas, who'
was naturally resaa to foteive him for
having teat them on the first journey.
But Paul would net take him again.
Long afterward we know that he was
recencilei to Mark, and that Mark was
with -him in. -his Roman prison (Col.
4: 10 and 2 Tien. 4: 11). The -friends
parted, -and Paul took with hint Sile.s
(or Silvanus), one of the two rnessena
gers who hest been sent with the let-
ters 'of the aeausalern council to An-
tioch (15: 22). This tine he went
overland), travelling northward aml
westward from Antioch-.
Timotheres, OT TinT0,01y, was a na-
tive ea Lastra, a young man who had
heen. led to faith in Jesus Christ uroon
Paul's first visit to that eity. Of his
mother and grandmother Paul speaks
in a letter svnitten many years later
(2 Tim. 1: 5). The coeripany ef three
went on, visiting end encouraging the
churches.
Application.
Isa la.st week's lesson we saw how
Paul and Barnabas were horrified
when mete thought they were gods.
"We also are men of like passions
with you,'? .they protested, To -day's
lessen teaches haw true those words
were. Apostles leaders though they
were they we -re very human, an.d per-
haps it is a good thing for us that
we have this account of, the sbarp
difference of 'opinion which took place.
Some people are very fond of talking
about the "good, old, times," and the
wonderful people who livatd long ego.
They disparage everything modern
and praise everything which happened
in the past. If Such people would just
take their New Testaments and read
OITCT the Acts of' the Apostles or some
of the epistles which had to be written
to cor-rect grave abuses; they would
net rave so much about the- past.
Alexander Maclaren used to say
that one of the tamest proo-fs of the
truth of the 1,13ble was its perfect
candour. We all know what 'it is to
read id book of fiction in which the
hero conducts 'himself ea that there
is never a flaw to be found either in
his conversation tor his conduct. The
heroes .of the Bible are not set forth
in that light. If Moses loses las tem-
per: and strikes a rock we are told
about 'it. If Elijah becomes, -depressed
ancl- owardly eve leave an account ef it.
Il Job loses his patience .ancl Divid
his purity are have a full recital of
the te.vents down te the most -sickening
details. And, 'so here in the New
Testament we read of the inconsisten-
cies as well as the magnificent hero -
isms of Peter tared Paul anti Barnabae,
and many other servants of God.
lmperial Fruit Exhibition.
Entries to the Imperial Fruit Exhi-
bition close September 30th. All en-
tries -and entry fees an the Overseas
and British Empire Sections must he
in the hands of the Fruit Branch, De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, on
or before September 20th.
British Empire sand Overseas ex-
hibite must be entirely eeparate.--
0. W. 13axter, Fruit Commissioner.
A dairy farm should haVe a eilo, and
•a farm that can affoitl a silo ean as -
ford a bathroom,
Alice Ina broken , e of her. rao'stt
cherished beleugleg-s, an antique VASO
that had been her great -grand- (
mother's. She wept diSconsolately
overthe jagged pieces and then, she
though they ,seemed :useless, he: laidl
them cardully away.
A little late. she told the mishap to
her aunt and showed her the pitiful
p. 'le' /I lifiraeAene,°:;1ni.se aotee88011' s.'niemsntme'd:, e aw'r 17g'a'C'esn'tr') ynT.'''''"Frteuto7krm.teTEnstvlid;i.
tecl
eral weeks she heard, taa Theni
g'weltehder'a.y einb.'areaket'ittno7- ,
islmtena o cleverly had the man
mended the vase that she could 'hardly
see where it had been 'broken.
"It does look pretty good, doesn't
it?" her aunt said, set -Laing. "And he
says it is so strong that it will never
break in the same place again."
The old. vase may be taken as a,
symbol of a life that sin hasenarred.
The vase seemed past all mending,
yet the expert made it whoa& and
strong again. Many a drunkard has
past reforming, yet by the
grace of Gad he ,has been redeemed,
Many a sin hasernade jagge3 .scare
in some poor soul. yet salvation has,
made it whole and beautiful again.
Even for young Christian's . the
.
mended vase holds its inspiration,
Little faults mar the beautiful her-
fection, of their lives. But tlette
One wha, if they will go straight as
Him with their broken resolutions,
and ideals, can and will make them
whole anaatrong tend beautiful again.
He can make the weakest spots i11
any aife iso strong that never under
any temptation or under any crasa of
disaster or force of ' evil will they
break again.
Machines Must Run at Proper
Speed.
A machine is designed to be oper_.
ateci at a certain speed or with only'
a limited vexation either above or-
tbelow this -speed. It will d.o its hest -
work when opeented at this se.eed and
if at as opera -tea at any other speed,
the best -results will. not be secured,
and eaten serious 'failure will reselt.
For instance, the gas engine rnay be
designed to operate at a maximum
speed of five huhdreil tevolutions eer
minute. It ihay be uneconomical and
perhaps 'dangerous to run it at a speed
faster than this. The lubrication, the
reciprocating parts, the flywheei and
the bearings 'have 'all been, designed
for pressure •and strains resulting -
from this speed), 'andif it be exceeded,
something is likely to break.
With pesvet units ancl power drivee
mechines feat coming into wide use, it
is necessary to give careful caneidera-
tion to tact matter of speeds. Trac-
tors are made with different sized.
pulleya, teaming at caffereat speeds:
The same is true of power -driven ma.
c'h'ines et the same class For
isa-
rrtamcs, one ensilage cutter may have
a- ten -inch pulley, supposed to ran at
700 revolutions per minute, while an-
other -one may have an -eight-in'cli.
pulley, supposed to -run at 900 revolu-
tion's per minute. It is clea)r that con-
fusion is sure to result if the machines
are connected up without looking to
see what size pulley's th.ey possess.
Manufacturers, engineering so-
cieties and -users are all interestedin
the proposals whicheare being made
to istandarclize belt speede ancl anal
action is very close Oil the 'adoption of
the following speeds: 1,500, 2,600,
3,000, 3,250 •and' 3,500 feet per minute.
It means that manufacturers will
have to carry fe-wer pulley sizes in
stook and buyers of machines will ob-
tain not only the direct aciaantage
resulting from this, but the great ed -
vantage of not having to change pul-
leys when it is de -sired -to use certain
anacliin es.
Getting Rid of Rats.
Sometimes -a goosi eat or 'a rat ter-
rier is an that is nedessary to rid the
premises of this dangerous pest. There
ate various rat poisons on the market
whach have proven very sucerasful.
The following homeana.de poisons are
probably similar to same cornmercial•
ones, and equally effective. -
One-quatter of a pound of carbon-
ate of baryta, -six ounces each of
elegar -ancl toe,tmeal or wheat flour; ,atact
eneugh -oil of aniseed to give the mix-
ture a strong odor makes a very good
poison. The adere•ntage of this poiso-n
is that it works -so slowly- that the
victims generally leave the premises
in -search 'ea water. Betym carbonate
and oatmeal is also a ,,good remedy.
One part poisen to eight of the eats
meal, made -into a stiff dough by the
use of water is 'alt- that is necessary
to have the poison ready for uee. "This
is also a slow -acting poison. What
is tailed French paste is also used
to rid the premisea, of rate,. This is
made of three pounds el oatmeal or
-wheat flour, one-half ounce ea powder-
ed indigo, four ounces ea finely powd-
ered white arsenic, stnd orsesquarter
'gram el ail of aniseed-. Theo in-
gredients .shoulci he miaect and thee
these poisons, they ehould be put in
places in which the ,rats ere likely
to keep thom i'rom ether animala and
th
to fregtent, Care should alscs be taken
pvi.°Turoaltrceg'ycle. bae:Pt nrsetseultvils entsw.alyano'cfl
ene-qu'arter pounds et' melte.ci beef
suet or mutton tallow,