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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-7-26, Page 2Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto shine and daring. use of brig color I It " sudden death sicca R • !venation_ Haven't you ever observed how hard it is_to be pleasant after you have been visiting friends and have sat hard deal with, there is in a gloomy ronin, or in a room where absolutely no chance of treatment. IF, the calors of walls rugs and foppish 'however,' some inkling can be had :as lugs were in discord? You do not have the cause of the death, there is the a. to have these surroundings in your to own home, The sun: room, which has . Possibility •of preventing further:I now become so popular iti modern losses in the flock, One of the causes -houses, is a gay room. Pleiat f sun I of sudden death in the summertime, POULTRY Sudden deaths ;in the poultry yard are h ar wi , since 0 ht 1 'ris heat prostration. This does not al•- ta* as a filler for• intervals following as the leaves are are wanted. Like one's hobby, the !ways result ii' su , H.—Can T use lime + some birds will show symptoms of they ilixer captaining nitrogen, phos-� noticed to curl,; The following is the h i ti b t i sun room should be different—some- xert phonic and potash' !method of preparation: thing to a ens us as c a ou . In extreme! hot weather birds that. eek we .. • 4lbs. Now all this can:be put into your! y LESSON SETTING --This w Answer—Lime is quite unsuitable, Copper sulphate(bluestone)w4 lbs, home. The this magic the• t into t vas+.slouch down. on the floor or giouud study the life and character' of Matte or the purpose suggested, for the; Hnslaked lime P 1 with wings outspread panting axe un- thew• In the Gospels of Mark and f P P gg reason that lime'would cause a de -i Water (1 barrel) struction of the nitrogenous portion, When spraying P g you. the leans had often a strictly Jewis of th almost anything for Light warm A • birds that ordinary formula, it i small poorly lighted°room seem larger thew) what to do for hens which have large of 3 lbs• copper sulphate, 4 lbs lumps growing between toes inside of to 40 gallons water. b bright room. much•more . agreeable. say,the more V. 9a,. As. Jesus passe -,•- 1water. . Needless, to which is composed of substance like Dissolve the copper sulphate (y ,with paint one can have any color"arids--e ectal- pence, Jesus had been in Caperraumc lyhen the Pharisees saw. Jesus 1s pshade provided In the run sp hard black bone and one on,, the body suspending it in a wooden or earthen' any wall finish he may desire—and all shade—the less likelihood where he had healed the paralytic under constant observation by his about size ofa walnutfloatingabout vessel containing 4 or 5 or morn gAl_:;tvashabie, sweet and sanitary. ly 'natural -borne of four friends. In the course and they lose observation of losses from heat"prostration, � this miracle he had rebuked.thi3 under the skin. Have not noticed any Ions of water). Slake the lune in A a Now that texture can be had in . cause of trouble enenemiesof accusing him when he mal es alit other vessel. If the lime, when slake ,hrou h practical Avery common scribes and Pharisees in fearlessdthe they think ;is a false step. They said mites but hens are constantly looking could be; painted wall finishes t g warm weather, although it ma ha unto his dtisciples, seeking to taunt or dust baths. Would the eggs be is lumpy or granular, it sl li mottling • processes, g y P-•�shioii. From this time onward f O.K. gg ed through coarse sacking ora stippling and mot pen at. any season, is poisoning,. Pto- scribes lost no opportunity of accusing them and undermine their loyalty to. Kfor eating? • strain •sulphate ` there is an increasing vogue for ellen, maine oisonin Odle most common• Jesus wherever theythought they- saw Jesus, They that be whole• A Physi Answer—The symptoms described fine sieve. Pour the copperUnfortunately in the est, anted P g' an o ortunit . aw a man, namc+d be type and i� caused by the birds eating, y elan cannot choose his company. He would 'indicate trouble of a tumorous solution into a barrel, or it may :walls meant something bare, shit' and yp l or impure or moldy;111att :czu. Seeing men was with Josue must go where the• sick are. Jesus is nature, Unless the infected fowls dissolved in this in the first place, i without any suggestion of'hominess, decayed fles i P more than a physical' and mental a n a physiciaia of souls. He must go ole it would be half fill the barrel with water; dilute; You couldn't blame folks for shoos- feed. In one case last summer several tion. It was a spiritual' estimate,., a where needy souls are, Learn "What are exceedingly valuable, well to destroy them. Definite in- the slaked lime to half a barrel of ing beautiful patterns of wall paper, hundred growing pullets were lost be -unerring moral judgment. Sitting tin that meaneth niece/, and not merle regardingthe character of water, and pour into the diluted cop -;even with the easy cleaning, sanitary cause they were fed moldy wheat.(the place of toll (Rev. Ver.). The Ro- fisc. Jesus not onlydefends himself, formation the trouble could be secured by send- per sulphate solution, then stir thor- and enduring properties of painted Usually the birds die suddenly and•man government did not collect taxes but•attacks. What the Pharisees were a specimen of an infected foot as oughly. It is then ready for use.! walls. , in large numbers. )directly. Wealthy capitalists under- to 'God was only the mere out- ing p took to raise the revenue ft;oeii the dif- givinguardforms of religion, mere xeligi- well as the floating lump beneath the Never mix concentrated milk of lime+ There are two principal methods of; Before they die they show lack of. p stippling and mottling walls: One is control of their muscles, due to a par- ever' they end i and tabove the osity, What God demands is the spirit skin to the Poultry Division of the and copper solution. pp g g tial axal • see as manifested in an. y of mercy that should prompt all reli- t Farm at Ottawa. The A stock solution of copper snlpltanty glazing and stippling with a cloth P y ' rsum of money that they undertook to gious service, b epaxed a unsteady gait, finally resulting in loss. prpay to the Raman government for this' 1. P neck to understand how this system Th li be e trouble in time to allow for treatment THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON .JULY 29. Matthew the Publican, Matthew 9: 9-13; Luke 5: 27-32. Golden Text -I came not to call the righteous, but. sinners. -Luke 5: 32. 4p gals. never more effective than ,in the de-' dl * affected b the heat In ex- Luke he is called Levi, This is ae.- z corating of the home: Coior • will. do doubte , y a � and pin n e' eases the = `" c c dxo insensible or .counted for by the'fact that the Gali- in eacrem h name, the fertilizer material. foliage which may be injured by e colors, such as cream; will make a r Paralyzed• Any it s ` give _ s safer to use, � indications of being affected by the (Levi) and a .Galilean name ' (Mat- . mixture in the proportion d A. Mel .—Will you kindly advise Bordeau. u jme and more sunshiny. Rich browns anti • heat should be remove immediately I MATTHEW THE DESPISED PUBLICAN, greens will make' a large, bare, over t0 of quiet spot and their" _ .some cool, MATT. 9:9A. ' heads and 'lege . treated with cold i ''` d f Matthew are there. So also are the new friends of Matthew there. See the rare courage of Matthew. He holds this feast to introduce his newlt�astet to .his old companions. Matthew's sense of loyalty to his friends compelled m to bring to them the best he had o. bring. His sense of loyalty to his new `Master compelled him to^ chow plainly what his friendships and life had been in the past. He makes: a clean break and a clear break with his past, b put and milk of lime may a px to produce mottled effects, the other specimens should e up in a of use o£' the legs entirelyand in stroll • solution of salt and sant by kept in separate covered barrels; by rinting the texture on with a rivilege, was their own. is easy express, prepaid. The eggs from such throughout the spraying season. °; sponge. In both types the pattern is m r put a fowls should be quite wholesome, quantities of copper sulphate, Bine. applied over foundation brush coats Usually the ria tien to the poison is 1 premium on dishonesty and extortion. When he became a publican, Matthew and water should be carefully noted. of fiat wall paint in plain colors. so quick that treatment is impossible. The men employed by these capitalists ;threw in his lot with men who were G. H.—Please print a sprayform- Bordeaux mixture deteriorates with, The cause of the trouble must ,be to -I to do the actual gathering of taxes far removed from the higher ntiu- p p y STIPPLED WALLS IN vARIETY. 1 were called Publicans. Al over the ula. for blight on tomatoes. age and should be used as soon as The only equipment . necessary in sated immediately; examine the range I ire there was a1�fitter ll against , ences of life. He took up. a calling ft Bordeauxmixture, i-+ or run carefully, looking for ear- P y which had few, if any, refining possi ;sponge tippling is s flat wall brush y'' I' greed and unscrupulousness of these bilities and which made worthy living and a sponge, First, give the wallsagents. f at - difficult ar" h ave known cases of ptomaine poison - young, there was a great road leading from t Every vocation has its awn at- APPLIOATION. 1, A Man with a Dangerous Calling:' garaeu as an effective sasses of dead birds -or animals. n North o the Sea of Galilee Vocations do affect ch fall to the mixture when b lied t a 1'P iLIiJh4611G 1,7 •L " sac e spray to pre a drop of Ferro -cyanide of potassium vent blight on tomato plants. It should solution a in two or three rue -on coats offiatI actor. be a . lied when theplants are quite ready, If the mixture turns reddish-wallpaint of the desired color" Two ine to be caused by a dead rat or Damascus to the Mediterranean coast.'inoaphere, and it exercises a definite young, again soon fter the plants brow 1' rabbit under a near -by house. Sucli�At the point where the road passed influence upon those who breathe it: a are set out in the field, and at such no ch n, add more milk of lime anti spec takes place. coats will be sufficient for many colors I if the walls are in good painting con-' cases occur most frequently on range •from the territory, of Philip the tet- , There are callings which exalt men I th Dung stock is being •reared I rare to that of Herod Antmas, there :and increase their self-respect. There Spreading Cheer With a Paintbrush dition. If the walls are not in good w aero e y was a customs house where nods were condition three coats will be necessary; A. careful examinationtheg g vocations which degrade men, and duty collected I followed a grave spiritual to cover well. I will eliminate the possibility of pots After the plain color coats have been' ening loss of valuable birds from such applied you are ready for the stip-. a source as this. By Norman Collart and Berton Elliott piing. The sponge is now brought into ----ea -- Controlling In the selection of the sponge, Cmntrolling Insect Pests of of range are at least once a week in warm weather examined andMatthew' can on �+ b be o was probably at work hero. peril. Matthew had chosen a calling II. MATTHEW, THE CHOSEN DISCIPLE, !which tended to dwarf the higher at - MATT, 9 :9B. 'tributes of the soul and to develop a V. 9b. He saith unto 1dm, Follow mtie, . narrowing lust for money. It was strange that Jesus should call 2. A Neglected Man. Because he was humble fishermen to be his disciples,— a publican, Matthew would be left James, John, Andrew and Simon alone as far as religion was concerned. Peter. It was stranger still that he What possible interest could a pub should call one who, as a taxgatherer, lican have in religion? Like Matthew,. belonged to a class that the people Zacchaeus had definitely cut himself thought of as belonging, to the same off from the patriotic and religious order as "heathen, assassins, robbers." Jews who hated Roman domination. de It with men b their The publicans were given a wide berth Farm homes offer many more op- I able and pleasing backgrounds, or one should be picked out that has an portunities to employ light colors than! they interesting, lacy open-work pattern, - Roses. can 1 do city homes. The farm home is not subjected to the action of soot, dirt, smoke and grime, which cause the city home to ieee its cleanly appearance, so that color schemes may be employ- ed in painting the country home which are impractical in the city. • irritating and =homelike, As a rule ceilings should not be g There is scarcely a garden that is not beautified by roses in greater or less abundance and the insect pests are "'`ver present to weaken the plants and to destroy the foliage and flowers accoramg to > pile colors. stippled, and generally a very light Color is so active a thing that it is shade of paint in plain color should necessary to study for a moment the be used—something just ailette off the influence of different colors upon hu- white, such as ivory- or cream, man nature. When a man comesIf' desired,. two stippling colors may home from a hard day's work he be used, the second one being put on. wants relaxation. But, in addition, 'he after the first color has been applied Though the farm home is less lim-I needs the invigorating effect of a over the entire wall, ited in range of effective color schemes, cheerful home atmosphere. It is, Following are a `few harmonias than the home situated in a dusty,; astonishing how much the right �color 1 colorFschemes: amok nei hborhood there are a few' scheme in the living room will pep y g , basic principles in the choosing of. up a fellow after a trying day. colors which it will be well to re -1 Don't think for .a moment that the member. housewife isn't in need of dust the equal parts. Foundation color, silver It is fairly safe to say that no color same treatment, but with this added gray and cream, equal parts; stipple is interesting of itself. Rather a,factor: much of her time is spent in color,�'silver gray. Foundation color, startling statement? No! Any color f the kitchen, laundry and sewing room. { pink and cream, equal parts; stipple project requires a favorable setting,{ There should be well-planned color!, color, pink, cream and ivory, equal An incorrect trim color on your house. schemes for these workshops of the parts. Foundation color, silver gray; or a body color that does not harmon- 1 home as well as for those spots where; first stipple color, sage green; second ize with the surrounding background I quiet relaxation and recreation are; stipple color, silver gray and ivory, will cause you to dislike your favorite sought. equal parts, Foundation color, silver color, Without shadows nothing What are good workroom colors?' gray and cream; first stipple color, could be bright; without proper con -Generally speaking, they are neutral shell pink, cream and buff steno. equal treat there can be no interest. For colors primarily, enlivened by a touch parts; second stipple color, sky blue example, if you expect a surface to of sunshine in the form of cream wall' and silver gray, equal parts. be beautiful or interesting simply be- paint or rich ivory curtains. A stencil border will , add much to paint is snow-white,a sea- For the modern kitchen, for - in- the room. It gives a finishing touch cause the . son's grime will make it very ugly. stance, there are two combinations, that is most pleasing. Suitable sten_ But if your white seems pure and which are eminently suitable: One is;,cils for any room are carried by most charming because it is contrasted with a rich trim color, time -will soften the contrast but not destroy the interest. If the house is to be painted in white or ivory, introduce a trim color. This need not mean painting cornice and corner boards in the trim color. Foundation color, ivory tan; stipple color, cream. Foundation color, sky blue; stipple color, sky blue and.white,. gray and ivory, using suitable tones' first-class paint sores. Regular stencil of soap. Apphcationsvshould be thoi- of each; the other green and ivory in 4 colors in small tubes are also carried. ough, a forcible misty spray. ap elic•i He never a bytheir fellow -countrymen. Fortunately, however, a little care and classification, but by their individual8 A Man Wcciting to be Called. the proper use of simple insecticides character. It was always the indi-' will eliminate most of these troubles, vidual that he "saw" as he passed by. when Jesus called Matthew, how The common pests are the leaf- It was always the individual that he quickly he responded. He had bben eating insects, such as the slug and called He arose, and followed. Luke waiting for that very call. It may have the sucking insects, including aphids says, He forsook all, and rose up and been tood shamefacedlyt he had often lion theeous, followed him."His reason was like er plant lice, leaf .hoppers, and scale. White grubs occasionally attack that of the Galilean fishermen,—with= skirts of a crowd, and the .Master's out question, without reserve, without words had gone right to his heart. He plantings in new beds which were in delay It is not difficult to assume is more than ready to obey when Jesus sod the previous year. that there had been some previous pre- calls. The rose slug is readily controlled paration in the heart of Matthew. + 4. Matthew's Gratitude and Joy, by arsenate of lead at the rate of one Matthew' may have heard of Jesus. Ptoe harassg Matthew s feel lye heTh ere Half ounce of powder, or about eight The message of Jesus yeas always for must press been at least an element of the outcast and the despised, As Mat - level teaspoonfuls (twice as much if thew listened, he would hear the new glad surprise that Christ should choose paste form is need) to a gallon of note of sympathy in strange contrast it ini—the man who had forfeited the water, and if aphids are present add a to tho note of scorn in the words of right to be called a son of Israel. It of custom. Soon, after, he teaspoonful of forty' per cent, nicotine the scribe and Pharisee. was a new sensation. He gained his .1.3.1. MATTHEW, THE BR.9.VE MISSIONARY, receipt self-respect and passed over from the sulphate. If slugs only are present, wrr the arsenate of lead may be applied as 1048, I showed his gratitude and new-found a powder, either pure or mixed with V. Jesus sat at meat. Luke puts it,' joy in a very practical manner. He equal parts of air -slaked lime or dry "Levi made him a great. feast" The prepared a feast to which were invited flour as.a carrier. If aphids and young home of Matthew is opened to Jesus as many of his old friends to meet Jesus. leaf -hoppers oily are present, spray well as his heart. Many publicans and It must have been a sort of public with i forty per cent, nicotine sol- sinners came. Note how "publicans" , acknowledgment of his discipleship. phate, one teaspoonful to a gallon of and. "sinners" are used as if they de-; Then it sprang out of a double sense water in which is dissolved m an ounce scribed persons of the same o al,' of loyalty. He was loyal to the men suitable tones. In all events, keep the A regular stencil brush should be used woodwork and wall colors simple. Al for the purpose, the color being ap- figured wall pattern in working rooms' plied by holding the brush, at right tends to make one nervous and fatigu-j angles to ie stencil and pouncing the ed. Also, enameled woodwork .is more, brush with a vigorous rotary . scrub - Shutters, sash or flower boxes might soothing in these rooms than where bing motion, be just right for your trim effect the grain of the wood is seen. The application of a stencil border In the first color scheme mentioned Guides are provided, so that - the —a combination of gray and cream— stencil, can readily be . moved along let the woodwork be in a soft French length after length, joining perfectly; gray. Put the' upper wall and ceiling and two-color stencils are provided in cream. Most kitchen walls are di- with guides, so that there is no diffi- vided about four feet up from' the cuity in getting a perfect register of floor by a chair rail. For the lower color. — - wall use a cream -gray enamel. A most This principlesound: To appre- ciate a,, thing we must sacrifice to se= cure it The man who has gone through years of, ups and downs to get a fine herd of cows is usually the KITCHEN COLOR e On the other hand dont £eel that COMBINATIONS. iS really very simpl , you have to paint in some heavy, gloomy shade just to be practical. If your home is subjected to a great deal of road dust, paint the body color a cream gray or a dust color and trim with a rich antique brawn or a moss green. The sash can be done in ivory or black as preferred. The scheme can be reversed, and the dark brown charming effect may be secured by used for the body color if the setting putting the wood -work in two-tone is just right; but don't get the impres- I gray—the door and . window frames, sion that the dark colors do not show,for instance, in French gray, with the dust. In reality dark colors show dust panels, window sash, and the like, in about as much as light colors, cream gray, or some other combines - The general effect of a color upon . tion of ` the two tones of gray espe- a surface is interesting. Red causes cially adapted to the woodwork design. a surface to seem closer at hand, and, I in your home. The walls should be you will notice, is often used in large a soft cream or ivory, or possibly on theatres to make the stage appear, the order of a buff yellow, so they will nearer the eye. Blue is usually a re-; not soil too easily. A stencil design treating color. Green is static. Yel- • about an inch and a half wide, in blue low is expanding. Dark, , coldcolors or gray, may be placed just above the are contracting, making objects seem' chair rail, completing the wall and: smaller. This explains why houses ceiling treatment. The walls may be painted in light, warm colors, such as done with either enamel or flat wall colonial yellow and buff, are bright,, paint in the desired cream color,. attractive and conspicuous, especially enamel probably being more suitable against a bank of foliage.. Small for,,,the kitchen, where walls and ceil houses appear larger, and big houses Mg are subjected, to grease and steam still larger in light yellow. This ex from cooking. Window curtains for ponding effect may be counteracted this room may be ecru or white with somewhat by using a dark trim color a dainty blue figure. If linoleum is for corner boards and trim. A white used, a blue and old -ivory block pat- tern would be ideal. If the flooris to be painted, one can use a dull terra- cotta color. ' per and lower body effect with light The second color scheme previously trim. A squatty house will seem tall- mentioned—in soft sea green and en in grays or greens with dark trim,. ivory --will have very much the same With this . type of house also avoid handling as the gray scheme. • It will emphasizing any horizontal - lines, be appreciated that inithe kitchen one painting them in the body color when- wants to avoid colors that have too ever possible. A home situated in an exhilarating or irritating an effect open exposed plot is best in neutral For this reason too pure white has colors. been avoided as being too glary: , living room:: and diningroom Now to the - interior of;the house, The vng, 'Walls are not for shelter alone. They should be restful but of a richness of are backgrounds, They can be"suit-j tone that seems to invite pleasant con - trim is generally expanding. PEPPING UP THE INTERIOR. , A tall house seems lower inan up - 1 and care should betaken to reach the undersides of the leaves. Seale insects, when present, occur ori the ;canes and give them' a scurfy appearance. During the winter months the heavily •infested branches should be- cut out and burned and the remaining canes thoroughly sprayed just before the buds 'open in spring with lime -sulphur' one gallon of liquid concentrate to eight of water. Buy land thatslopes toward the centre, and marry a girl whose mother is good.—Japanese Proverb. Logically, the time to build 'up a beef herd is when conditions are in a bad way." ° Then, as these conditions improve, the producer's output in- creases and he is ready to -sell when ast one to . Sell' out his herd• prices are i elatively fig , PRINCE AT A. LWESTOCK SHOW The Prince of Wales has a keen Interest in the welfare of British live- stock ck and frequently visits fairs where prize _animals are exhibited; The picture shows him inspecting some prize sheep. Note how well the sheep are trimmed. standing; Sat down with him. and his whose calling he had shared. He want- disciples. antdisciples. All the old companions of ed to put thein in touch with Jesus, Feeding Beef Cattle. lot three. The fatter, ' however, the . Superintendent points out, made their. The results of a number of experi- gains largly on cheap home-grown meats in the winter feeding of beef feeds,• and therefore, show a greater cattle, undertaken in the winter of profit over cost of feed than the other 1921-22 at the Dominion Experimental two lots. Station at Leenoxville, @ue. , are Te- An experiment with loosese versus corded in the Report of the Superin- tied steers, which has been carried tendent -for 1921-22. In . the fall of , on for four years, shows that, inde- 1921, ninety-two head of beef steers, Mostly two-year-old Shorthorn grades, and including some fairly good stick- ers, were purchased for the purpose. In a test of light versus heavy stockers for winter fattening, two lots of ten steers were used, one aver- aging '719 lbs. per steer and the other 886 lbs. per steer. A table presented pendent of the saving in labor and equipment, dehorned steers, wintered and fattened in large pens, . make cheaper and greater gains each year than tied Steers. Poison Bait for Cutworms. Entomologists recommend an. `inex- in. the report shows that although the pensive poison . bait for cutworms, lighter steers cost' a' cent. per, pound either broadcasted in the field or, in less when purchased, the extra gains the case of.small fruits; sprinkled` made by" the heavier steers, ,coupled about the base,of each plant. The with the extra price realized' on EIC - material formula will provide enough' count of'their superior finish when material for five rees:'Bran, twenty marketed, enabled them to make a Pounds; Paris green, one Hound; gain of $1.56 per steer .over the light cheap syrup, two quarts, three lemons, er` lot and three and one-half gallons of In a'test to determine the length of water. The bran and Paris greenare time during which, grain should be fed isaired dry. The juice of the lemons in order to produce the most econ- squeezed into the.water and the omical ,gains in winter fattening peel and pulp chopped to fine bits and eighteen grade Shorthorn ;steers were added to the water. The syrup 'is selected in the"fall.and divided evenly, then dissolved in the water and- fruit as nearly as possible, into three lots. mixture and the lividstirred into They ail received forty pounds of en- the bran thoroughlyi n order to silage and as much hay as they could dampen, it evenly. If smallerthe ars eat up clean After grain feeding City is wanted, the amounts of ee.e f was"begun, the ensilage ration was'ferent ingredients may' be' reduced gradually reduced,' Lots one and two proportionately. It is recommended are fed meal from November 15 and that the poison bait be applied in the evening, because` the cutworms are January 15 onward,. :.respectively, night feeders and.the bait will thus while the third lot received only en- be in a= fresher condition than if .ap- silage and hay until March 1., The•plied earlier in the day, meal• mixture was`'made up of ground elevator screeningstwo parts and A farmer is known by the stock he oats and bran one part each. During keeps: The unsereened home swarms with danger of disease, the last few weeks of feeding, `-corn- meal was used in. Place of oats, ; The steers were 'stabled the first week in November and marketed about eh "The Squarest Kind of a• Square first of. May.' The, same experimentDeal—All for One and One for as been carried on for several years Stint in the feed bucket this time and the ;results so fax indicate' that of year means stint in the egg basket the: steers in lots one andtwo made a or mill.- bucket•' Grass won't do every- greater average ' gain than those in thing,