The Exeter Advocate, 1923-5-24, Page 7Address communications to Agrotto`let, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
LAMB. MARKET NOW IN STATE
OF RADICAL CHANGE.
In the new conditions of the Can-
adian market there is no place for
the buck lamb. .
Seventy per cent. of the male lambs
that come to the Toronto market are
bucks. This in the past has had the
effect of discouraging the eating of
lamb by home consumers. Fanners
alone can remedy this. They can do
so by the simple process of castrating
and docking mals lambs. If they fail
there is not the «lightest doubt that
there will be a glut of buck lambs in
the fall of 1923 with a serious break
in prices.
The causes that have brought about
the radically changed conditions are
not hard to follow.. It will pay pro-
ducers to understand thein.
After the first of August all buck
lambs develop an odor and a strong
taste. When consumers get this meat
served up the appetite for lamb is
lost and consumption generally is
greatly discouraged. This fact seri-
ously influences the average price
paid to farmers for live lambs.
During the past few years a new
situation has arisen which will un-
doubtedly further affect the *habit
lamb. Many farmers, especially in
Western Canada, have taken to feed-
ing lambs for the winter market. The
slaughtering of lambs at inspected
packing , plants in the first three
months of this year were 28,150 as
against 13,000 in the first quarter of
1922. The -result is that fall lambs,
which used to be stored to supply a
winter retail trade, are no longer
needed so largely. Buyers state they
must henceforth refuse to take the
risk of buying large numbers of lambs
and putting them into storage as they
cannot compete with lambs that have
been grain -fattened coming on the
market in the fresh state during the
winter.
The great bulk of Ontario lambs
are fit and come to market during
September, October and November.
Except for those that are unfinished
that is as it should be; most Ontario
lambs would be too heavy if held
longer and fed. For ewe lambs and
the few wether lambs that offer a very
considerable export trade has been
built up, and there is a growing de-
mandfor this prime stuff in the
United States. Canadian Iambs of
this quality hold their own in the Am-
erican market, and often indeed ,sell
at a premium. But the surplus has
largely bean cold stored and used in
the domestic market for the winter
trade. This prevented the farmer's
price from being smashed to pieces
every fall during the big run, and
supplied the retail trade when lamb
was scarce. To -day withthe advent
of the Canadian grain -finished winter
lamb, the demand for this stored pro-
duct has fallen off. Buying firms will
no longer be able to take the risk of
putting these lambs into storage.
Furthermore, in the interests of in-
creased consumption at .home, it is
better all round business to supply the
consuming market with fresh lamb
from ewes and wethers of good qual-
ity and appetizing taste.
Farmers and buyers alike are fac-
ing a serious problem in working out
what is to be done with the great rush
of lambs in the fall, It may be faced
with confidence if all lambs are dock-
ed, properly finished and marketed at
the right weights, and if the male
lambs are castrated. There; appears
to be no reason why the export trade
in Ontario lambs should not be fur-
ther extended so as to take care of all
the fall surplus. But it certainly
cannot be done with buck lambs.
The indications are that very much
larger numbers of winter fed lambs
will be on the market next year.
Packers can no longer afford to take
bucks at the same price as ewe and
wether lambs and unless other outlets
are found, bucks will be heavily die
counted in price in the fall of 1923.
This is the timely season for farm-
ers
armers to take action. Proper treatment
now will avoid serious loss next fall.
After this plain intimation from those
who know the meat trade, farmers
alone will be to blame if they lose
heavily by their own neglect.
Black and White Costume.
A striking costume that indicates a
tendency of the coming summer's fas-
hions. It is in black crepe, embroidered
in white, with tight -fitting sleeves.
teers in his great campaign, the im-
pulse to be of service overcame every
other consideration, and he cried out:
"Here am I, send me." The call to
religious leadership comes in differ-
ent ways to young men and women.
Amos, for example, felt an inner pres-
sure that gave him no rest. He heard
an inner voice commanding him to
preach and he obeyed. Walking by
the Sea of Galilee, Jesus spoke to two
fishermen, Peter and Andrew, and
said to them "Come, follow me, and I
will make you fish for men" (Moffatt).
Paul had a dramatic experience. Most
men gradually grow into the convic-
tion that they care of use as reli-
gious leaders, without any superna-
tural and overwhelming vision. "The
work is here to be done; why should
not I do it?"—that is often the way
in which we come to our decision to
undertake the task of leadership.
2. The kind of waric which fell to
the lot of Isaiah. We have seen that
he was primarily to be a religious
gseconuided fto hiseature peoople,ibut there wa
f hs career that
the public affairs of the nation. He
was a statesman, as well as a preach-
er of righteousness.
3. ThepeCuliarity of Isaiah's out-
look and message,—he was the pro-
phet of faith. Amos was the prophet
of justice; Hesea the prophet of long-
suffering divine love; Micah was the
peasant prophet, preaching economic
reforms; Isaiah asked rulers and.
people alike to have quiet faith in
God, and to cast fear away, ch. 30:15.
He lamented that although God made
overtures to the people there was no
response on their part; they had :3
faith in the divine goodness, no recog-
nition- of the divine care; ch. 1:2, 3.
This faith expressed itself also in his
bright pictures of a "yet more glori-
ous day" soon to dawn, when the
Prince of Peace would reign, 11:1-8;
32:1-5.
4. Isaiah's faith was also shown by
his doctrine that a remnant of the
people would survive all national cal-
amity to carry on the divine purposes.
He could not bring himself to believe
that God would be defeated in his
plans,—not even though the nation as
a whole should be scourged. This faith
was carried a stage further by Jere-
miah a century later, when beside the
bedside of the dying nation he pro-
claimed his faith that • God's plans
would go on without temple, or na-
tional government, or the land of
Palestine.
Figuring that she is cook, nurse,
laundress, seamstress, scrubwoman,
and assistant hired man, it is reckon-
ed that the average farm woman
earns every year $3,796. But she
doesn't always get it.
sa
tracts attention,—he had to
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON do with
MAY 27..
Isaiah,. the Statesman -Prophet, 2 Kings 18: 13 to 20: 19;
Isaiah 1: 1; 6: 1-13. Golden Text—Here ani I; send
me.—Isa. 6: 8.
LESSON FOREWORD—Isaiah was the
first great prophet of the southern
kingdom: Before him Amos and Hosea
had preached to the northern king-
dom and he was doubtless familiar
with their teachings. He was brought
up in Jerusalem, where he mingled
freely with its most influential citi-
zens and perceived clearly the trend
of Judean politics and life. He be-
longed to the upper reaches of society
in Jerusalem and had all the marks
of the aristocrat. As a young man
he witnessed the brilliant reign of
Uzziah, which was al,rended with
great material splendor and prosper-
ity (2 Chron. 26:5-15) as well as with
social injustice and other wickedness.
The death of Uzziah must have had
a profound effect upon Isaiah; for
now he saw a higher king. From this
time on Isaiah became a factor which
had to be reckoned with in the life of
Jerusalem.
I. ISAIAH'S VISION, 1-4.
Isaiah's vision came while he was
worshipping in the temple. He fell
into a prophetic ecstacy, during which
the earthly temple faded away or
rather was transfigured into the
heavenly temple. where God dwells in
glory, and the various appurtenances
of the earthly temple became symbolic
of great spiritual realities.
V. 1. in the year died. We do
not .know whether Uzziah was already
dead or living the isolated life of the
leper (2 Chron. 26:21.) when Isaiah
received his call. In any .case the
sight of the proud, successful king
humbled and punished by God would
cause the young Isaiah to revise his
former estimates of life.. I saw... .
the Load. The • simple brevity of his
description of God is impressive.. For
other visions of God see Exod. -33:
20-23; Amos 7:7; 9:1; Ezele., ch. 1;
Dan. 7: 9.: Sitting upon . a throne.
The temple was regarded as the
earthly dwelling -place of God and
therefore the foundations of hist
envie would be laid in it, but the
throne itself rises far above the
temple. High and lifted up. To the,
prophetic mind, , God is both in the
World and above- it. He is above the
world in the sense that he is free from
Its changes and imperfections. His
grain. The lower portions of God's
robes flowed down and filled: the en-'
tine floor space of the temple.
V. 2.. The seraphims. These are cel-
estial beings, not mentioned elsewhere
in the Bible. Theyare represented
as the guardians of God's throne and
repel from his holy presence ' all
things profane . and sinful. It has
been thought that the seraphims were
in form, winged serpents. If this be
so they would be suggested to Isaiah
by the brazen serpent which stood in
the temple.
V. 3. "'heseraphiins sang antiphon-
ally, one choir chanting the first half
of the verse and the other the, second
half:' One of the functions of the
seraphim thus appears. to be praise.
ISSUE No. 20—'23.
Holy, holy, etc. The threefold repe-
tition of the word holy gives the sense
of absolutely holy. Isaiah deepened
Israel's conception of holiness. Before
his time the people thought of holi-
ness as a sort of physical quality,
separation from the profane. But
Isaiah thought of holiness as moral
perfection. It is significant that
Isaiah's favorite designation of God
was "the holy one of Israel." Glory.
Usually in the Old Testament "glory"
denotes the nimbus of light which is
supposed to surround God's presence,
Exod. 33:22. Here it seems to be "the
expression of holiness as beauty is
the expression of health" (G. A.
Smith) .
V. 4. Filled with smoke. This may
have been suggested by the incense
from the temple service. The smoke{"
obscured the vision. "Only for a mo-
ment does Isaiah see the unveiled
glory of Jehovah" (Gray).
II. THE SENSE OF SIN, 5.
V. 5. Isaiah's attention was turned
from the glorious vision to himself.
The revelation of. God's holiness was
a revelation also of his own and his
people's sin and 'he was filled with
dismay. Unclean lips. Speech is the
expression of the inner life andwhen
the inner life is corrupt, the speech
shares in that corruption.
III. PREPARATION FOR SERVICE, 6-8.
V. 6. Itis remarkable that Isaiah,
on discovering his sin, did not seek to
expiate it by sacrifice. On the whole;
the prophets were opposed to sacri-
fice as a • means of getting into com-
munication with God. Amore>excellent
way was needed.. A live coal. It was
a custom in Hebrew domestic life to
burn fuel in a brazier or to heat
stones in a hearth and to apply them,
when withdrawn, to what was to be
boiled or baked. The seraphims were
thus following a domestic custom in
Israel..
V. 7: Laid it upon my mouth: In the
Bible fire is frequently regarded as a
purifying agency. • (See Mal. 3:2;
Luke 3:16.) `'Jehovah is a fire in
contact with the sin of his people,
which must either consume them or
purify them" (A. B. Davidson). Hav-
ing been purged. of his sin, Isaiah felt.
the sense of pardon and could no*
address both Godand man with clean
lips.
V. 8. The call was not addressed
directlyto Isaiah h. He
mere* '
ov
er
Y
heard God asking the seraphim
"Whom shall I send?" ..Face to face(
with a holy God, he realized that a
prophet was needed to deal with the
sin and folly of his people and he
responded, "Isere. am I."
APPLIOATION.
1. The call of the prophet. The im-
pression made on the mind of the
young Isaiah (perhaps -twenty -years
of age) by his vision was that God's
character was a holy one. So Iia
shrank from the vocation of. prophet
because of his personal unworthiness.
But when Jehovah called for volun-
HZ CHILDREN'S
DOUR
TO THE VIOLET.
"Come, little violet," said the sunshine
bright.
"Come, do come," added the raindrops
light.
"Come," said the children, "do not
fear.
Come, little violet, spring is here."
The violet heard and did as they bade.
"If I don't come now," it thought,
"they'll be, sad.
So I'll brighten the lives of everyone"
And it opened its eyes to the glorious
sun.
"Come," said a child wandering near,
"Come with me to mother dear.
She'll put you in a pretty bowl
Not cracked or dirty, but all whole.
"You'll rest upon a table brown,
With sides which fold so they'll come
down.
So, little violet, do not fear,
But come with me to mother dear."
The days grewshort, the nights grew
chilly;
The frost was on the pasture hilly.
The birds to the south their way did
wing.
Said the little violet, "I'll come
another spring."
—Maxine Anderson,
THE BUTTERFLY'S WINGS,•
Butterflies are often compared to
flowers, because of their wonderful
and beautiful coloring, and because
they are both summer products.
But there is a still better reason
than similarity in color. It may be
news to some of you 'who have not
examined these tiny creatures that
the male butterfly has a faint, though
distinct scent. If you brush your
finger over the wing of a common
white butterfly, you will find it cover-
ed with a fine white dust which gives
off a delicate perfume of lemon or
balsam. As a rule, the duller a but-
terfly's color, the stronger his scent,
perhaps a compensation from nature.
Some of the dull -colored night butter-
flies or moths have a quite strong
odor.
Removal of the dust leaves a no-
ticeable bald spot on the wing; and
when we conte to examine the dust
under
amicroscope we find i
t of more
substantial composition than we ever
could have suspected with the unaided
eye. In fact, it is made up of count-
less scales—the real coloring of the
wings—for without the scales the
wing is as transparent as that of a
wasp or bluebottle.
The scales are laid on the wing in
much the same way as the slates of
a roof. But in spite of the exquisite
shape and coloring, they are so tiny
that the scales on the wings of a
single butterfly would outnumber all
the slates on the roofs of the houses
of a good-sized town. When you con-
sider that each must be arranged ac-
cording to its color, in order to give
the wonderful patterns that the wings
display, you will obtain some idea of
the wonders of workmanship in a but-
terfly.'s wings.
The Grading of Eggs.
Farmer, Welland :—Do eggs for
home consumption have to be graded
or only for export? What are the
Dominion regulations regarding eggs?
No, only eggs intended for export
or for shipment from out of the prov-
inces. The regulations read (1) Can-
adian eggs for export out of Canada,
and eggs for domestic consumption
intended for shipment from one prov-
ince to another, as covered by these
regulations, but not eggs intended for
incubation, shall be classified, candled,
and graded. (2) You can obtain a
copy of the regulations in full by ad-
dressing the Publications . Branch of
the Department of Agriculture, Ot-
tawa.
Home Educating
"The Child's First School Is the Family"—Froebei.
Is. Your Child Well-Bred?—By Helen Gregg Green.
I remarked to a friend the other ing, as it is for him to eat three meals
day, "Do you think it well-bred' for a day, and go to -Dreamland at night.
Jimsy to sit in the house with his If these habits are inculcated in, -
hat on?" • youngsters at an early age, they will:
"Oh, my dear, you are perfectly never be forgotten. I
absurd! Jims's only'five and a half:" Then there are the many little;
Which was the prologue to a rather things that children should be taught
lengthy, and a bit hectic discussion of not to do, except in privacy.
when, where,and how a child should I was calling at a friend's' home the
acquire good breeding. , - other day, whenthe son and heir of
My friend contended that'a,parent the household joinedus on the porch.
need not bother with "such little He was a handsome younster, just
things" until the child is old enough ready for high school. He had no
to become interested himself. sooner sat down, than it was appar-
"When he is interested enough, ent he had tarried only long enough
he'll pick it up," she.declared. for a first class magical
Good breeding is not picked up.:. It his mother was very much ember -
is either learned in childhood, or not gassed. Personally, I think she de
at all. Of course a certain superficial served to be:
type of good breeding may be. acquir She 'asked, "John, isn't your'bed
ed, but not' the way -down -deep, al room the' place for that?"
ways -have -it -ready kind that is really John was unimpressed. His mother
charming and worth while. had spoken eight years too late. The'
A young banker in our town, a manicure was completed with flying
chap about twenty-one, has passed me colors.
repeatedly on the street, and spoken You, can tell 'a well-bred, child, one
without so "much as touching his` hat, taught. the many :little niceties of life
It seems' unbelievable, when quite young, by his Iack of self-
It should be as natural for a small consciousness. This is the beauty of
boy to lift his liat at the proper`tune, it all. This and his thoughtfulness,
to stand when a woman enters the' And, after all, conn esy, charming
room and to do the hundred and one mariners and good -breeding are syn
ather little things that are so charm- ,onyinous with forgetfulness of self.
e. I could see
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Fences.
If there is anything on the farm
conductive of harmony among neigh-
bors it is good fences; and, as I have
been recently constructing some
fences, I thought I might have a hint
or two to offer in such work, especially
in poultry fencing as I have recently
constructed one to please the women.
When I was stretching the netting
I found considerable difficulty in mak-
ing it sufficiently tight at the bottom
to prevent the fowl from crawling
under it. I was about to go in search
of a supply of stakes, to which I
would have stapled the wire, when I
thought of some old tubing lying at
the end of the machine shed. I got
the pipe, drew it through the indi-
vidual meshes near the ground, and
the result was I had a much neater
and a much more. effective fence than
otherwise would have been effected.
While speaking of fencing I might
pass on to your readers a method I
have in use for keeping a handy open-
ing in a single -strand wire fence.
Often we have to loosen the wires of
a .fence from a few roots and weigh
them down to make temporary open-
ing.
p y p
ing. This can easily be made a per -1
manent gate that the casual observer
would scarcely notice.
Instead of fastening the wire to the
posts in the usual manner, staples are!
driven horizontally on each side of
the wire. The staples are set into the
post far enough to have an eye
through which a nail is inserted to
hold the wire to the post. The wires
are kept by hooking them over. nails
driven into the posts near the bot-
tom. I have found these things of
practical use at home, and I hope they
may be .of service to others.—N. A.
Drummond.
Getting Fid of Weeds.
"I would like to know how we can
get rid of the weeds from the gardens
and the fields," writes a subscriber.
"We have lots of them. Some are
thistle, ragweeds, dock and milk
weeds and burdock."
The only practical way of getting
rid of weeds is by thorough cultivation
or hoeing. This, of course, means'in
our gardens and cultivated crops..
Weeds in our gardens and corn and
potato fields are not always a_.nuis-
ance. Some' nies they may be con-
sidered a blessing.. For instance, if
there were no weeds in our gardens
we would be tempted to' not cultivate
or hoe at all. Yet it is very important
that we stir the soil,.this conserves
the .moisture, etc., and at the~ same
time kills the weeds. We realize that
we cannot let the weeds grow for that
would dwarf the crop. When w culti-
vate we; not only kill the weeds but.
accomplish other things that are very
necessary. But the weeds made us do.
•
it. Therefore the weeds were a benefit.
Thistles, dock, milkweed, etc., that
grow in meadows and pastures, and
retard the growth of grass and crops,
can be killed by mowing off close to
the ground, or by cutting with a sharp
hoe or mattock, or by using a spud,
1 a very narrow spade. Careful work
on these kinds of weeds s for several
seasons will exterminate them.
It is work, nothing else, that will
keep down weeds. You must fight all
the time.
Plan Green Feed Now.
Stock and poultry thrive on green
feed. It is time now to prepare for
the crops which will be needed during
the summer season. The necessary
seeds should be ordered and plans de-
veloped for getting these crops in as
soon as the late spring will allow..
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