The Exeter Advocate, 1923-5-3, Page 2gsvxasTY9►TTTYTT.
Do Lightning -Rods Protect?
By R, U. Burningharxl
Every once in a while somebody;
e says that lightning -rods are no good
_ -that they do not protect buildings
Address communications to Agrono 1st, 73 Adelaide $t. West, Toronto from lightning: Only a few months
ago a big barn that was rodded was
After the chicks are five or six days
old, if the weather is suitable, they
should beallowed on the ground, as
they will grow much faster, when once
they are strong enough to go out on
the range, than when they are confin-
ed to their brooder houses. Portable
fences, or some other arrangement,.
should be contrived whereby they can
be confined to a smallrun in front of
their house until they learn to go•
in and out of their own accord. After
KEEPING YOUNG CHICKS
GROWING.
Early hatching , is important, but
riot more important than to keep the
chicks. growing so that they will reach
maturity and the pullets start laying
leefore cold weather sets in. Factors
that are essential for the proper
growth and development of the young
stock are proper housing, feed and
water, free range, shade,•. cleanliness,
freedom from mites and lice, good
management,
One of the best methods of feeding
your young stock is to 'keep a hopper
of dry mash before the chicks, so that
they can readily eat whenever they
want to. Almost any of the commer-
cial chick mashes will do for this pur-
pose, or the following mash will be
latisfactory: Two parts by weight of
cornmeal, two parts of middlings, one,
part of oatmeal (crushed oats), two
darts of wheat bran and a half -part
Of sifted beef scrap. Supplement this
With a dish or pan of sour milk and
also one of clear bran, as the birds
will eat readily of these foods. These,
with the grain mixture and with pro-
per care, should bring the chicks
along in good condition. When they
are eight or ten weeks old, add one
part of ground oats and increase the
meat scraps in the above mentioned.
znash.
HOPPERS SAVE LABOR OF FEEDING.
Large feed hoppers holding at
least two weeks' supply of mash or
grain should be scattered aver the
range, so the birds can eat whenever
they want to. If you want to use hop-
pers for both grain and mash feeding,
one hopper will answer the purpose
by dividing it in the centre. Whenever
possible, place the hoppers in the
shade. They should beraised off the
ground four or five inches to allow
the air to circulate under them, which
will prevent the mash from becoming
moldy and damp.
Do not overlook the importance of
giving the growing stock all the cool
fresh water they will drink. This
should be supplied at least twice a day
and placed in the shade. Wash the
drinking dishes every day and scald
them with bailing water once a week.
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about a week the fences can be taken
down, as the chicks by that time will;
go to their own quarters.
If the chicks are confined to limited
range, it will be necessary to cultivate
the ground at frequent intervals if
you wish them to makea good rate of
growth,
If it is possible to do so, place the
colony houses near the corn -field, as
this answers two purposes. First, it;
provides shade for the young stock
and fresh cultivated ground for them
to run over, which also furnishes a
considerable supply of bugs and
worms. An orchard is also a splendid
place for chicks to run, and the chicks
are of considerable benefit, as they.
eat many worms and insects that are
injurious to the trees. If neither
.corn -field nor orchard is available for
this purpose, provide artificial shade
by making light frames which may
be covered with burlap. Be sure that
they are high enough so that the birds
will have no trouble in going under
them.
be made to keep
sanitary, as dis-
starts in unclean
some other litter
over the floor of
keeping it clean.
If it is necessary to confine the birds
for several days at a time due to rainy
weather, the houses should be cleaned
twice a week. Otherwise cleaning
once a week is enough.
FRESH AIR .ALL-IMPORTANT.
Beginning with warm weather, and
continuing until fall, spray the colony
houses at least once a week with a
good disinfectant. The growing chicks
should be provided with a house that
will give them a place to stay in at
night and during bad weather. It
should provide them with ample ven-
tilation without drafts, dryness and
plenty of sunshine, and should be ar-
ranged so that it can easily be cleaned.
The front of the house can be covered
with one -inch mesh poultry wire•net-
tinge which will allow plenty of fresh
air and keep out cats, skunks, foxes
and other animals that are likely to
catch the chicks at night. With such
Mss a house be sure that there are no
Every effort must
'the coops clean and
ease most frequently
quarters. Straw or
should be scattered
the house to help in
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground. The owner built a new barn
and decided not to put rods on it. "No
use," said he. • "Thc rods didn't pro-
tect the .first barn."
Possibly it didn't occur to this fel-
low that the rods which failed to save
his first barn weren't put up right;
or maybe they were poor rods.
As a matter of fact, when a build-
ing. is properly rodded with good rods,
it will not be struck by lightning.
En 1912, eighteen companies operate
ing in Ontario 'teat • records which
show that for every 200 farm build -
lags insured, forty-two were rodded.
which is about 21 per cent. Out of
every 200 farm buildings which were
struck• by lightning only three `were
rodded. One would Expect forty-two
to be. struck if the rods were no good.
> ox every 7,001) farm buildings in-
sured by these companies, thirty,sevel'I
were struck by lightning, several be-
ing burned,. On the other hand, out
of every 7,000 rodded onesinsured,
only two were struck by lightning and
none burned. In other words,an un-•
rodded building is eighteen and one-
half times as likely to be struck as a
rodded one.
In Ontario, in 191,3, reports of
forty-five companies show that 26.2
per cent. of their risks were rodded.
During the year, 193 claims for light-
ning damage to buildings were . paid,
thirty-six of which were burned, am-
ounting to a loss of $40,904,53. How-
ever, only eight rodded buildings were
struck, with a total damage of $57.64.
This shows an efficiency of 99.5 per
cent.
FARM BUILDINGS ARE BIGGEST RISES.
About three out of four buildings
that are struck by lightning are lo-
cated in the country. City buildings
are well protected from lightning, be-
cause they are equipped with water
supply and heating systems, the radi-
ator and pipes being connected to
water -mains which make an excellent
ground wire. Also, electric light and
power lines and telephone 'wires, all
of which are grounded, are in contact
with city buildings; the grounding,
conducts the electricity away' from the;
buildings as fast as it collects during'
a thunder -storm, While this does not,
afford perfect protection, yet there
seems to be no question that wiring, i
water supply and heating systems are
largely responsible for city buildings
being safer from lightning strokes
than country buildings, especially
barns and outbuildings.
In order to understand how light-{
ing-rods protect buildings you must
know how lightning acts. It is often.
through lack of knowledge that the
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cracks in the sides and back to allow
drafts. •
OVERCROWDING CAUSES COLDS.
See that the birds do not crowd in
their houses at night. Do not place
too many in a house. This matter of
overcrowding is often overlooked and
may have most serious consequences
on the future health of the flock if al-
lowed to continue, especially during
the fall. At this season of the year
the birds are apt to crowd at night to
keep warm, and when let out in the
morning into the fresh cool air they
become chilled and catch cold. Colds,
as we all know, soon spread through
the flock and if not checked turn into
roup.
In working with the young stock do
not scare them needlessly. Move.
among them carefully, so as to get
them as tame as possible,and-you will
find that they do much better than
chickens that are wild and that come
to you only when forced to do so by
hunger.
PROVIDE MORE R0031 AS BIRDS
As the birds increase in siz
other houses. The colony
stock ft th
for artificial heat. le
As soon as the cockerels begin to
mate with the pullets, they should be
separated and those that are not
wanted as breeders during the coming
year should be sent to market.
Good Counsel 'f
for Hog
Breeders.
A. A. MacMillan, Chief of the Sheep
and Swine Division at Ottawa, gives
excellent ,advice- to swine breeders
when he says: The profitable hog is
the one that keeps growing from
birth to finished market weight. Grow
the pig out by feeding skimmilk,'
shorts, alfalfa and roots, or blood: or
fish meal. Finis 1; the pig when. grown
on barley, oats, and:corn. Mature `
bacon hogs are finished` weighing 200
1 to 210. pounds at six to seven months 1
of age. A few extra dollars invested
in the boar will often save a good,
many bushels of grain when finishing,
'` your hogs for market, and will get
' the farmer better prices.
GROW.
e, they
should be thinned out and placed in
brooder
houses can be used for theg
rowing;
a er ere is no longer need'
Hmt for Spring.
Don't fail to see that the right kind
of seedbed is prepared for spring-
s planted crops. It doesn't laay tospend
the summer cultivating and harvest-.
ing a' crop that hasn't a ghost of a
show because it didn't have the right
I kind of chancegiven at the beginning.
A good seedbed is deep, mellow, has
no large clods or open spaces below
the surface, and has plenty of plant -
food humus.
•
erally made of several small wires
rather then one large wire. If iron
is used,. it could be in the form of 'a
pipe, which offers a larger surface.
Copper has the ability to conduct -a
steady current of electricity six times
as well as iron wire of the salve size.
Some tests shave, however, that an
iron rod will take off a "sudden rush"
of electricity better than copper wire
of the same size. Either metal can be
very successfully used if it is made in
correct size. Professor Day said that
he examined a combination which has
been in use for eight years and found
the steel had been almost entirely de-
stroyed by rust Combination rods
are .made into one rod by placing the
steel or iron wires inside a sheath of
copper.
PUT THE GROUND RODS DEEP.
"Down to perpetual moisture" must
be the specification for grounding
lightning -rods in all cases. It may be
as bad as no rod,or worse, to have
lightning -rods if the soil is dry
around the ground wire, You may
think that a ground connection will
always be wet during a thunder-
storm because of the rain, but it often
happens that the lightning flash will
precede the ram storm.
TYPES OF GROUNDS.
1. The star-shaped ground consists a.
of a series of wires soldered together
in the shape of a star. To this star -
shape the rod which extends up on the
building is soldered. This form of
ground issometimes used for wireless
stations.
2. Coiled wire or rod made in the
shape of a spiral, with a diameter of
about six inches.
3, Ground rod fastened, in an ap-
proved manner, to a plate.
4. A piece of pipe may be sharpen-
ed and driven down to perpetual mois-
ture. The rod is fastened to upper
end of the pipe, or the lightning -rod.
can be run to the bottom end of the
pipe and the pipe filled with coke'
around the wire.
5. Lightning -rods may be attachedl
to water pipe outside the building.'
The connection may be made by fus-a
ing the ground wire to a plug and
screwing the plug into the water-;
main. Wells, cisterns and streams
also make excellent grounds for
lightning -rods, If the ground wires
come anywhere near gas -mains, it is'
wise to make doubly sure of a good
moist ground connection and get as
far away as practicable from the gas -1
main. The flash may travel through
, a few feet of earth to such • a main:
and melt it, or set fire to any leaky.
joints along its course, i
6. If there is limestone rock under
the ground, it may be hard to get
down to perpetual moisture. Then it
: might be well to bury a long wire in
a trench, dug as deep as possible, and
pack fine coke around the wire. The.
coke should be moistened, In .addition,
soil which contains plenty of humus
1 (not fresh manure), if thrown in the
trench, will help to hold moisture.
The powdered coke serves two pur-
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1 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON 11
unscrupulous lightning -rod agent may
get the best of you. If two positively
charged bodies' (charged with electric-
ity) are brought together, they repel
each other. But if a positively charg-
ed body and a negatively charged body
are brought together, they attract;
each other. In other words, "like
poles repel each other, unlike poles
attract. Thus in the case of lightning,
the cloud is the positively charged
pole, the earth the negative.
As a thunder -storm develops, the
air is able at first to resist a dis-
charge from the cloud to the earth,
but before long such a tension is de-
veloped that the strain becomes too
great, the air can resist no longer
and a discharge takes place. The area
of danger zone is about equal to the
size of the cloud, sometimes extending
in front of the cloud. The greatest
danger is with the passage of the
storm front. Within this zone almost
any upright object, suck as a chimney,
tree or cupola, being a better con-
ductor than the air, may be struck. -1
All bodies do not act the same when
charged with electricity. Some con-
duct
onduct the charge away at once; these
.are called conductors. Others retain.
the charge; .these are non-conductors
or insulators. Gutta-percha, glass,
air, and wood, for. instance, are non
conductors, while metals such as cop-
per, iron, etc., are conductors. 'Trees,
masonry, buildings, etc., will carry
lightning, but offer so much resistance
thatthey are, splintered, destroyed, or
heated to ignition when struck.
Telegraph .and light wires are in-
sulated from
n-sulated.from the poles by glass to
preyent the current being taken up. It
was thought for a Iong time that
lightning -rods should also be insulat-
ed from the building, but. this is; in-
correct. The rods should be attached
directly to the buildings. This takes
advantage of the fact that metal rods
touching the building: will take away,
the electrical charge. which will other- i
wise collect. on the building and may
finally result in a stroke.
Lightning -rods serve a second pur-
pose also. If the electrical charge
should collect on a building faster
than it is taken away, the rods will
take care of the flash,
IRON, COPPER AND ALUMINUM RODS.
I poses; it holds moisture and it is a
conductor. The trench should be per-
pendicular to the foundation and
should not run parallel with it.
PROTECT THE GROUND WIRE.
Where ground wires are located at
{corners of barns, they are likely to be
torn away by wagons or other farm
machinery. To protect the wires,'
build a box about six feet high, of
1x3 -inch lumber, around each ground
wire. Inspect the ground wire from
time to time to see thatit is intact.
WIRE FENCE. PROTECTION.
The following recommendations are
made with regard to protection of
wire fences from lightning:
1. Ground the fence line at inter-
vals of twenty or twenty-five rods.
2. Ground the fences at all inter-
secting fence linos or -corners, and
1 wherever abrupt turns are made.
3. Avoid making direct connection
of fences to buildings, and ground all
fences adjacent to buildings, especial-
ly fences surrounding barnyards.'
4. Break the continuity of a long
fence by using a pair of 'vertical wood
harp, as insulators of not over 100
rods, whereby electrical connections
are broken.
5. Use three No. 12 or No. 9 wires,
securely stapled to post, and in con-
tact
ontact with all wires, for grounding;
The grounded wire should project
above the post €nd at least three feet
into the ground. Metal posts used at
intervals of twenty rods may be sub-
stituted for Freund wires.
Use lightning conductors which con-
form to underwriters' requirement and
have g- reliable lightning -rod concern
put up the rods.
�r, 1
For many , years iron and copper
were the metals most widely used for
lightning -rods. Recently aluminum
has become a competitior.
• Did you ever notice' that the i' ble
from the distributor to spark -plug on
your automobile is made up of several.
small wires ,twisted• together"? '' Elec-
tricity 'seetns to travel on the outer
su'r'face of a' conductor; and the sev-
eral small wires offer more :5u7•feee
than the same amount of metal' he one
solid wire. Lightning -rods are gen-
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MAY 6
Lesson 'SIL : 1 Samuel 1: 1 to 4: 1; 7: 3 to 10: 27; 11: 12
to 13: 15; 15: 1 to 16; 13; 25: 1; 28: 3-20. Golden
Text -Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with
all your heart: for consider how great things he hath
done for you. -1 Sam. 12-24.
LESSON Fonewoen-Samuel began ; With the Hebrews, the heart was the
his career as a seer, -one who could' organ of the intelligence, Hence Sam -
see hidden things at a distance and in uel bade the Israelites serve the Lord
the future. (Read 1 Sani., ch. 9,) His intelligently.
remarkable faculty of "second sight"' V. 21. Turn . . not aside. We can
together with his very realinsight, scarcely estimate the force of Israel's
brought him into wide prominence. In temptation to turn aside from Jehovah
a period of grave external danger and and serve other gods. Israel was s
of iur••
nternal disorder, due chiefly to the rounded with great nations whose
Philistine invasion, he appears to have civilization and military . prowess
acted as a sort of governor over Israel. seemed to attest the superiority of
Then Saul assumed the kingship, and , their gods. The foreign gods appear -
Samuel gradually withdrew from pub- : ed to be able to do things. Vain
lic life. In to -day's lesson he tenders things. The deities and idols of their
his resignation as a "judge," and de- . neighbors were unreal gods who could
livers his farewell address. In this render them 110• help of any sort.
parting address he not only vindicates: V. 22. His great name's sake. Jeho-
his administration, but he admonishes'vah's reputation was involved in .the
Israel to ever remain loyal to Jehovah, 'fortunes of his people. The surround -
who has been their protector and de- ing nations would judge Jehovah by
liverer. : what he was able to do for his people.
I. SAMUEL'S RESIGNATION, 1-5, i Consequently, if he should desert
V 1. Have made a king. According. them his n"azfie would fail into disr.e
the other nations. His
to ch. 8, Samuel anointed Saul as king,
peeplute e m Tonhe prophets ever insisted
only under protest. The people, ha -'that Jehovah' had chosen and redeem-
rassed by the powerful Philistines,
and rent with internal lawlessness, -,ed Israel not on account of their num-
felt that a king was necessary to hold bers or importance, but because he
Israel together. Samuel, however, thloved them. He wished to make of
thought that they should have no �king of chis specialr the people
but Jehovah. Nevertheless at -'God s p possession.
bidding, he anointed Saul, Years later V 23 To /nay for ijau. Itis apitar-
the prophets believed that the king -is ent from this narrative that Samuel
in a
ship was a mistake from the begin -
relation elation to deliovahnding and that his sPeciatext
ning. Israel's kings had 'been the
cause of most of Israel's troubles. cessions on behalf of the people would
have There are thus two views of the king- intent enuliar re contiilueyas meedvows.his
ship reflected in the books of ,Samuel.
tween God and the people I will
V. S. The Icing'tll before you. teach you. Ile will also instruct the
Saul is now the nation's leader, going
people le in their duties.
before them like a shepherd before his V. 24. Fear the Lord. Hold God in
flock. My sons are with you. His reverence. The foundation of the He-
brew religion was the feeling of awe
before God as the highest and holiest
being. In truth; with steadfastness.
V. 25. The penalty of disobedience
will be `the destruction of both the
people and the king.
APPLICATION.
grown-up sons are sufficient proof
that he is an old man; and on account
of his age, he wishes to be relieved of
the burdens and responsibilities of
office. Samuel's sons were regarded
as corrupt men, ch. 8:3. I have walls-
ed,• etc. He heel been their leader for
a Iong time. Perhaps he is here con-
trasting himself as one wham the peo- ` Looking back over a long stretch of
ple knew well, with Saul, who was time, the writer of thWbook draws for
still comparatively little known . to us an idealized 'picture of Samuel as
them. one of Israel's outstanding benefac-
V. 3, Samuel had been not only a tors. Samuel stood at the cross-roads
sort of vindicator of the rights of his in the history of the people, when their
people against their foes and oppres- political fortunes took a new turn, and
sors-such is the true meaning of a it was -.the country's good14fortune that
"judge" in the Book of Judges -but sucha wise and tactful statesman and
he had acted as a magistrate, adminis- religious genius was at the helm when
tering justice. Now the adniinistra- the transition from a loose national
tion of justice in the East is notori- organization to that of a kingdom was
ously corrupt. Bribery is rife; the made.
rich usually win out; the poor are 1. Let us .observe Samuel's qualiflca-
pushed to the wall. Samuel, however, tions for leadership at this crisis. (a)
vindicates himself as a fair and up- He was rich in experience. He had
right judge, dealing impartially with "judged" Israel for -many years, and
all alike. It is said that Mohammed, had also been a 'prophet" to the pep.
shortly before his death, delivered a ple. During his long life he learned
speech similar to this. to know the weaknesses and the
V. 4. The people acknowledge that strength of his fellow countrymen.
•Samuel has served them well. (b) He possessed an unblemished re -
'
V,:5. The Lord is witness. He calls potation. No one could reproach him
God to witness that what he has said with having used his high office for
is the sacred truth. Mr. Ribbany, .in personal gain. (c) He was intensely
his Syrian CI •• t, points out that the religious. Of course, that was the
people of Palestine to this day' add secret of his strength. From his
emphasis to their speech by calling childhood he knew the Lord, and his
upon God to witness to their veracity. character grew steadily because. it
The modern Syrian says, "By Allah was rooted in humble piety. (d) He
(God), what I have said is right and was fearless. How faithfully'he re -
true." His anointed; Saul,' the king. minds the people of their past history,
The king, like the priest and other and the reasons they have for grati-
religious dignitaries, was ' anointed tude and loyalty to the Lord. How
with sacred oil to symbolize, no doubt, earnestly, too, he attempts to dissuade
the outpouring of the Divine spirit them from their plans for a monarchy.
upon him. (e) Samuel was ' a great leader be -
II. SAMUEL'S PARTING CHARGE20-25. cause he loved his fellow countrymen,
,
and bore them on his heart before the
V. 20. Fear not. In order to con- Lord. He was an "intercessor" on his
vince the people of their wickedness people's beh'tlf.
in having asked for a king, Samuel 2. Saanuc/'s„ taarzitl it2ea toss that Is -
had prayed for rade and thunder, vs. real should be a theocracy, that is, the
17 and 18. It was at the time of wheat Lord should be the ruler of his people.
harvest, the latter part of June•or in 3. Samuel lays a sure hand on the
early July, and at this season .rain truth that the nation that does evil
rarely .falisin Palestine. Consequently and 'forsakes, God, will come to shame
the people were terrified at such an and ruin. (See 1 Sam. 12: 25). Amos
unusual occurrence. Withall your taught the same truth; indeed; all the
heart. With us the °heart is, meta- great religious leaders have proclaim
phorically, the seat of the affections. ed it..
How We. Poison Cutworms.'
When cutworms *et hungry, and go
to chewing off our garden plants, we
offer them a 'substitute. ' We mix a
quart of bran with a heaping 'tea-
spoonful of•Paris",green and a quarter
of a teacupful of 'molasses, and add
.enough water to make a mash, crumb
ly but not sloppy. We scatter it thin
Iy between the rows l}ibere the cu•t-
worms work; or put a little at the
base of each plant. It usually "gets
them. Chickens must be kept out, or
they will be poisoned too. -C. S. B:
• If-yo'ur kitchen range cracks on the
inside,. don't throw it• away Mend
the broken place with equal parts of
wood -ashes and salte moistened: with
we ter. This will prove hardand
trestle .
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