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The Exeter Times, 1924-7-10, Page 2serge" SIIISMER VERSUS 'WINTER PRUNING. The subject of 'summer pruning has long been a moot one among fruit gretvers. Some men have claimed that summer prunieg produced fruit and -winter pruning preduced wood, Some eve cleimed that if the trees were pronoin summer they would bear .bruit at an earlier age than those pruned in winter. In the -writer's own orchard a block of ton acree wae summon pruned in ceche' to gat a comparison with the icsi of the place that received only winter pruning. After a period of several years no difference sould be sen in this ten -acre block. It did not come into bearing notiee- ably earlier than the rest of the place 1101' has it produced any more fruit. To look at it to -day no one could tell \viler() the ten -acre block ended and the rest of the orehard began. This one experiment does not prove that there is no value in aummer pruning. One experiment seldom proves anything. Ib is only by taking the results of many experimentssthat we filially arrive at a little of the truth in hortieulture, Even then we may occasionally go wrong, Othen growers have felt that sum- meruning increased the fruitful- ness of their trees. In some cases there has been a distinct increase iu the number of fruit buds produced after a year of summer pruning. In such cases emphasis is laid on the fact that the work, was done early in the summer before the trees had fin- ished their annual growth. In most of the apple -growing sec- tions this would be before the first of July. The fruit buds for the next year are developed early in the sea- son and the tree .must be pruned be- fore these buds form if any results are to be secured. If the pruning is done after the buds are established no more would be 'accomplished than by winter pruning. PLENTY TO DO IN THE ORCHARD. From this time on the cultivation in ., the small fruit plantations should be made especially thorough. We are getting into the period in sections where -there is likely to be dry weather. We have alsb approach- ing the period, or have reached it, when the bush _fruits are ripening their- crops. And the combination of dry weather and a heavy draft of water by the plant to mature its fruit ie likely to result in a shortage of soil moisture. • Moreover, as the picking season comeson, one is _verylikely. to let down a little on cultivation, partly because of the extra work involved and partly because cultivation makes the conditions not quite so comfort- able for the pickers: Don't do it? Keep the cultivators going. It will pay in the extra size and attractiveness as well as the extra • yield of the fruit. THE BEST STRAWBERRY MULCH. The questions as to •what materials to use for a mulch on the strawberry bed is often a serious one, and if one must grow some crop especially for that purpose it ought to be decided upon at once. Of course, if wheat, oats or rye is grown largely in a section, that set- tles the question very satisfactorily. Or if one is in a section where pine needles or straw can be had, they make a very good mulch. But in sections where none of these stand-bys can be had, one is often'at a loss how to supply the need. To begin -with, if there is any low, swampy land on the farm which grows grass in abundance, this ought to he cut and the hay used for mulch, since one is almost certain that such Material will contain seeds of no plants that are likely to come up as weeds in the strawberry bed. There may also be available some hay fields on which the grass is so poor as not to have much feeding value, and which may therefore be added to the mulch supply. But under the best of conditions the man who grows a half acre or more of strawberries is often obliged to grow some special crop for +lie mulch. s Tr athied With Consti than And Bad Headaches They Wee Relieved By MUM II'S Mrs, James O'Neill, Bancroft, Ont., writes:—"I was very much troubled gash constipation and bad headaches, and my skin beeame yellow looking, but since taking .M.iiburn's Lax -a -Liver Rills the constipa,ti,on, and headaches have aleappeared and my Ain has become, cleat agala. I would advise all those who ,are troubled with their liver in any way, to uso Milhurp's Lfixa-Liver ‘I..a.sta0M-ver Pills ' ' have boon on the Market for. the past 80 years, so be, sure an,d, got them when you ask for them. Put -up only by The Milburn Go., Lbnitd, Toronto, Opt, Various erelja are grown for thiS purpose, the choice clepenolug on one's locality and to some extent on the soil available. Two of the best are Jap- aAese rijl1t and,. §orghuni, the latter sown thick enough so that the stalks do not become too heavy. An advan- tage of sorghum is that it is heavy enough so that it is not easily blown about. The one solution which ought to be avoided at all. costs in this strawberry mulch problem is to snow all the odd corners about the feign and use the hay thus secured for the purpose. I S'uchomaterial is certain to contain all sorts of weed .seeds. LATE -HATCHED BROILERS. Almost every year, on the average Canadian farm where fowls have free range, some hens will steal away in the late sumrrier months to appear agairi a few weeks later with broods' of baby chicks. What to do with these youngsters is often a serious problem. It had been my practice to give away such late broods, hens and all,I to avoid the trouhle of raising them; i but a few years ago when I offered some to a farmer acquaintance he ad- vised rne to force-feed them for •the broiler. market. "Pen them up," he said, "and begin, feeding for quick development. This is September, and by Christmas you, should have a fine shipment of broil- ers weighing from one to two pounds, each." j Chiefly opt of curiosity I agreed to experiment, and the sixty-five baby, chicks, alL White Wyanclottes, with' their respective mothers -were confined in an unused shed, with a small yard for range. Froni the very first the feeding methods prescribed by my friend for this flock wore almost identical with those I had PTacticed with other young stock, the only exception being that the percentage of flesh -building elements, such as beef scraps, ground bone and chopped green clover on alfalfa, wereincreased gradually until, they constituted almost a half by weight of the entire ration. At this time the chicks were wean- ed and the hens removed 'so that self- feeding hoppers could be installed for the entire flock. Wheat was fed in clean litter every morning to induce exercise, arid charcoal, grit and fresht water were kept before the birds at, all times. The hopper feed was cracked corn and oatmeal, and, as the chicks became more developed, some cracked corn was soaked in sour milk ansi fed in the evening.. I Fifty-seven chicks were raised to er size an e last o De-. cember were ready for market. When dressed the total number weighed ninety-four pounds net. j Before shipping I wrote a reliable commission merchant for prices andr advice en' shipping. The shipment netted me forty-three cents a pound' after express and commission charges ' were deducted—forty dollars and forty-two cents in all. Since that time I have raised sev- eral broods of late summer chicks for broilers with slightly varying success and, although I could not advise any poultryman to take up this branch of work as a specialty, I do affirm that it offers a profitable means of disposing of late chicks. The American; or general purpose varieties, such as the Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth Rocks, rank .as the beet broiler breeds. A first-class broiler when ready for market should be plump and full lea-. therecl. Comb and wattles should be small—here the rose.conib variety takes precedence—and if skin and legs are yellow these points will add to appearance and value. The poultryman' specializing in White Leghorns is not in a Position to -raise the large OT medium broilers, but his late -hatched chicks are espe- cially fine for squab 'broilers when force-fed in a similar manner. They can be made to average one pound or better in eight er nine weeks. In dressing broilers for winter mar- ket dry picking is better than scalding, but all other work is conducted in the seine manner as for adult fowls. . ) Progeny of Six-Yea.r-Old Sow Already Number Over 140. For productiveness Arthur' Clow, R.R. No. 4, Rockwood, is the' posses- sor of a sow that has broken all breed- ing records for Western Ontario,. Al- though only six years old, this hog has given birth to no fewer than ten lit- ters of pig's, "two littere a year," num- bering, all told, one hundred and seventy, of which one hundred and forty were raised. On May 16 she brought into the world a litter of nineteen, sixteen of which are living and thriving. Of this number the mother is raising thirteen, the other three being bottle-fed by their,prond owner, broil d b th f ThcSunday S4z.b.:00,1 Lesson JULY 13 A HOUSE PARTY ON THE FARitA ilitoyhood of Jesus, Ltdre 2: 40-52. Golden Text -- Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.—Luke 2: 52. IerreorsuuTiole—Nothing is told us coesciousness (2) as a confession of or the early years 'of the bey-Jeeus, his seese of God as Father. In Jesus except what is related in this passage, day it was not uncommon for men to of Luke. In later times fanciful gos- speak of God as the heavenly Father, pels came into existence, pretending but none put into that name the won - to give narratives of tjse holy child- drous depth of loving meaning which hood, but the good sense of the church Jeeus put into it, becauseno other refused to accept these fantastic le- shared .his unique experieece. Men gends. How Much more reverent and spoke of God as Father, and yet did Impressive is the silence of our canon- not see God clearly and rightly, and teal gospels! But while we cannot did not draw' the proper inferences leMoVe the veil of mystery from the for their own lives. But Jesus lived early years of Jesus, eertain things in God, and his first task was to re - are clear. (I) The mind of the boy veal to Men What God is and means to Jesus was in these years ripening to be for man. This absorption in the that perfect sense of sonship to the thought of God takes precedence over Father in 'heaven which afterwards all other intereste and duties. forms the deep foundation of all his III. JEST.IS AT HOME, 51, 52. work and teaching. (2) jesus grew Vs. 51 52. Jests with all his unique up in simple and unquestioning ae- knowledge, is the pattern of. a boy's ceptanee of the duties which the home- loving obedience to his eartble Par - life at Nazareth imposed. (3) 'He ero,... His mother hasjayin the re- waS in close contact with the life of coil tion' of all his words and de (I.e nature, and saw in field and flower V. 52 is famous as a staterreent of the and bird and tree, the constant signs cloticifold life" of the boy Jesuo. In - of the heavenly Father'S wisdom, and tellectually, physically, religiously, of his care for all his creatures. (4) and socially Jesus grows, In grace and He Went to school and synagogue at in favor with God and man. We can - Nazareth, and there- his mind would not, of course, divide life into com- bo constantly occupied withIhe revela- po.rtments, or separate the intellec- tion of the holy will of God in Old .bual, physical and social 'development • . - • Testainent scripture, and in the his- ef an individual from his reliious de - tory and hopes of the jewish people. yelopinent. ',Religious growth,the All these instruments of education co- true-foUnclation of right developnient operated with •his own spirit to the in otIser epheres. 'Religious life;must perfecting of that. comthunion with keep pace With. our other :acquire-, God which th One other thing we may be sure of: There came no shadow of sin between s e divine secret Of his talents or true development will he arrested. APPLICATION. My Father. We study to -day the esus and the Father in heaven. In . , esus • portrait of a perfect boy. Jesus pass - the lives of men around him J saw alienation from God, disaffection, ed through all the experiences of e.r.opity, brokenness, guilt, failure. In childhood. He was horn, lived and , and obedient to his his own perfect experience there was grew, loved by broken fellowship, a joyous sense of only and parents. And just as his birthday was before' hs development front no cloud of this kind, but always an uninterrupted and un - oneness with the holy will and lovingibabyhood :to boyhood, so there came the great ' day of his personal 'con - purpose of God. Here was a fact sciousness that he was atothe thresh - which must have imprinted itself in- old of a new larger life. His first and the meaning of which he must srecorded words are about that spirit- ! ual experience. Before this, most of delibly on the consciousness of Jesus, have deeply and wonderingly ponder- ' his decisions had been. guided by he grew he was filled with wisdom, I say, ' aly: Those older an he was woul ed. The evangelist tells us that as,l which here means spiritual wisdom 'You must," and he would obey. and thatevery sign of God's gracious from I But this dayethe guidance came, not without, but from within. He favor could be seen in him. Made a great decision. No one could I. PASSOVER, 41-45. make- it for him. An inner voice of Vs. 41, 42. When Jesus was twelve mduut.sYt'tf' r°Ain.sGiritodilatralichgahntgheiincatm°estaoy'lit'I- years old, Joseph and Mary took him tie Sarauel about the same age. His up with them to Jerusalem for Passover festival. The law- required reply to . the- voice, "Speak Lord, for the kindly teacher taught him to say in eyery. pious, Israelite to make a triple thy. seavant,heareth." Jesus gave to - pilgrimage to Jerusalem every year, Ike voice 'a new 'meaning and its true but in practice only one was rossible and beautiful name. He said "my for Israelites residing at a distance Father." ,After this his parents knew from the capital, and this would uati- that their bey was growing up. What, ally be made at the Passover season. a happy World it would be if all boys, Passover was the supreme festival of at that momentous turning point in the Jewish people, commemorating as their liVes would decide, as -Josus did, it did the delivereaace , from Egypt, to de. :irk, ..'all, things thes'-will ',.,of ;the , . . . heavenly Father. Jesus entered upon 'the high path- way of fellowship witli God. In God's favor he "increased." "Ile grew more and more to be such a young man as was pleasing to God, for he had more and more capacity to use God's grace and make it effective -in his life." Open confession of religious life makes it easy and natural to know and obey God more perfectly. When any young man has a healthy body, a trained mind, and ' a personal knowledge of God, he will soon find favor with men. Nature, travel, his- tory, patriotism, industry, art and commerce will all provide open aven- ues for wholesome contact with fellow pilgrims, Jesus, the young man, four- square,, being exalt -Tie, inspiration and hope to all who, in his name, chose to be about the Father's -busi- ness. ewisn national- ity and religion. At this time Jesus was in his thirteenth year, the period bf life about which every Jewish box was expected to take upon hinasels the duties of the maw and to become, as it was called, a bar -mitzvah or "son of the commandment." We read in Josephus that at the age of four- teen his knowledge of the Lays was so full and exact that even4iprominent rnen "of Jerusalem came to him for information. In the case of the boy Jesus, the solemn duties of this period would naturally be present to his mind, and would give the visit to Jer- usalem a wistful significance. II. JESUS AND THE DOCTORS, 46-50. Vs. 46-48. Jesus, searched for by his parents, is fund at length in the temple, sitting among the teachers of the Law, an eager listener and ques- tioner. The familiar idea that he was consciously instructing the dectors, is founded on roisoonceytion,, for the A MESSAGE FROM A MOTHER. sacred text „saYS only. that he wa,s. With 8° many differen't little disP°- "hearing them, and asking then.' ques- sitions end so many shades of serious - tions. What these questions were, nese' ia the acts of Mischief perpetug we are`not told, but they must have ated by the owners of these disposi- had their origin in Jests' own wonder- tions, it is not always wise to apply ful thoughts of God, and they tvefe the same set of rules to every child. Generally the mischievous trait is brought forth from two causes: either the child is over -tired or else is of a ningled, with reproach. "Child," said very energetic nature. In case of the his mother, "how could you thus deal first, a warm bath and a nap will usu- with us? Look at the anxiety your ally bring him back to his own sweet -feather and I have had in searching self. But if the ;very active child is your problem, supply him with 'some - V. 49. The answer of Jesus is the thing to do. Get him jnterested in his, earliest of his recorded words. "Did work. make play of it and have him you not know that I had to be in my Father's house" (or "at my Father's PlaY with you. Spring a new game occasionally, even old ones with new, business"),? The words are remark- able (I) as the expression, thus early names are played with more en - n the life of Jeses, of a necessity to thusigsm, which he surrendered himself, the Sometimes 1 'give the cause of some tecessity of always obeying the guid- wrosig-cloing the wrong diagnosis. For mice of God as, it revealed itself in instance, my little girl had been sent- , , to bed for some naughtiness. After some minutes of extreme quiet, I went In td see if she was asleep, only to find her busily snagging holes in the quilt with her teeth. I then brought, her ont in the r00111 with me and gave her some El-Giese:us and .pretty pictures to cut out, andibeforo twenty minutes had passed she was asleep on the floor. Sometimes, if the ,case warrants, to deprive a child of a ewell-likecl pleas- ure is punishment enough, Do not make many rules and then stiek to those made. Above all, Set the children the ex- ample of a calm, unruffled temper yourself—for children are such imita- tors. 1 haveobecn surprised by hearing, my five-year-old daughter repsimand- ieg her younger sister with the very words I had nreviou- 'y 'poken to h sufficiently -astonishing to the trained echelars who heard them. But imagine the astonishment of his parents— though in .theiv case astonishment is Picking Gooseberries, Gooseberries are probably the lneanest fruit to picIi that we have. The ,branchos are so armed \\rah stickers that, one is temptecl to let the crop go to the birds rather than gath- er it. The irritation oE harvesting them can be almost entirely avoided by' the use df heavy gloves, buckskin being -the best. Bad luck is the man who .stands with his hands in his pockets waiting to see how 'it all turns out. Boils and Pimples ARE CAUSED Br Bad Blood When the blood. gets out of order it is only natural that boils, pimples, or should break out of the system. some other indication of bad blood What you rued, when this ocaurs, is a good tonic to build up the system and I baI put (ho b o into proper ;nape, Per this purpose there is nothing o11 the market to -day to equal Mr. Ifs, A. Deibert Alla7 n Sask.,ev("n same tone of voice, and, • WriteS soveral yeas -s r was I SuPP05e, 111e same gestures, although troubled with boils' end pimples. 1 do not remember having made them tried many trOatinceits, bet eoblci get in quite so lIorceful a mannere--leirs, no results.- 1 them -took Burdock Blood H. M. Bit -tors and hcamito free of Ay trouble,. It is tilo only medicine I tsok. that did , ‘I‘lrJy have got into the habit of inc any good." hoing diSsatistied. ' 13, is f"r111F8C13-il'eti OnlY 1./Y The Tie's true to God who's true to man, T. Milburn Go., Limited, Toronto, Ont. _I,Oseell, The "question of entertaining and having company is one that interests every. fairiily, especially wile,se, there are 'young people. One of our- contri: buteee; a' college girl who levet on a farm, writes- that, her, fan -lily- gave an enjoyable house party last &listener in spite of eonditiona that did not .at first seem advantageous.' We thought of a houseparty, she writes, but did not know we could have it. We were in moderate 'circumstances. The house was not large. It was seven miles from town. It was sun -Mier, and there was nothing to offer in the way of entertainments, concerts or. ,other attractions. The far-n(4as a here seO- tion with the usual fields, pasture, grove, and a creek running through one end. The barn was only of mod- erate size. No nammtains, lakes, r- ests or natural wonders were near to help entertain our guesta. "Let's take account of st,ock and see what we have that 'will help," suggest- ed mother. The "We" included father, mother, two., brothers, an older sister • . and ...myself. But all were young enough to, enjoy a good' t'Une, "Six rooms we rnight'have beds in" said One. "A big find dining room," added another.. "Three teams, a reek,- a v,vagon, a surrey, a pletly and lots of good -walking,' said father. Bach added added his "cdirtribution to the general list. e But there appeared fourteee names of guests whom we wished to -invite and where could they sleep and what could we feed them? There' wereethe potato patch, the garden the orchard and the poultry yard' to draw from. A pleat wagon passed every day. We had plenty of 'milk, cream and butter. — Finally some one suggested a tent for the boys to sleep in. We knew where we could get'a good-sized tent at a reasonable cost. So we decided that we could have the party. We sent the following invitation to ' fourteen young people: "Father sand 'pleasures do rio Worldly mother are going to turn the farm lasting contentment. over to us fel' a week beginning Ang-1 Farmingis a gam) e of put and take. ust 14. They are to be our guestssfor the week. We invite you to be a guest You have to put before you can take. also. Bring your old clothes, a blast- Folks who want the very best use RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE got its own supper anci cleared up afterwards. We gave a prize to the pair who prepared the best supper. Mornings the guests played, lead, . wrote, sang or did 'Whatever they pleased. We had planned that they should have some time to themselves. This gagetth'e home boys a' chance to do. the .11,, and 'ends necessary about the farm. 'Pie pony did not get much rest, for all the girls wanted to learn to ride. Of course the evenings were the best time of all. One evening we in- vited all the Young people of the church and their friends. For Smother evening the fathers and mothers were invited. On both occasions we had music, games' e'and simple 1 -refresh- ments... We wanted the neighbors to enjoy the guests and get Pleasure from their vieit. The night we ed.' we sat arotind a *small camp fire and told stories. One evening we played such gtunes as. hide-and-seek hi the ' Companion. , was the "best time ever." --Youth's Every one'of our guests declared it Les Sugar in Goat's Milk. I Goat's nailk is rich.en in tat than cow's milk, but contain's less e•ugar. Better a busy ritC.--ant's health than a rich man's idle wealth. e real work well T4 For ysentery You Should Use ft Will Give INSTANTANEOUS RELIEF Dysentery' is one of the worst forms liovrel complaint. It conies on sud- denly, and the pains in the bowels ho- st:am intense; the discharges occur witk great rapidity, and are very often at.. sompanied by blood. Dysentery does not need to persist for any length of time until the whole system becomes wealsened and debili- tated, and hardly any other disease so quickly undermines the strength and brings aboat a condition of prostration said. utter collapse that often terrain.- ates fatally. Mr. Robt Woodall, Kant' oops, B. C., done. writes:—"I was sorely troubled with that that terrible scourge, dysentery, for the last twelve months owing to the after effects of ptomaine poisoning. I had absolutely no control over my bowels, afford- aud after trying several doctors' reme- dies I was induced to take Dr. Fowler el Ext. of Wild. Strawberry. After doing so I got immediate and completo relief," That some are rich shows others may become rich. ket, your musical instrument and some music." All four of us children sign-, ed it. • - Of course we took care in making the list to leave out the fusty, the sentimental, the' very' eensitive and all others who would not "mix" well.. We asked only those who could enjoy wholesome, hearty pleasures, and who would appreciate our friends and neighbors. They all accepted, We Carefully planned everything in detail and Wrote down suggestions"for each day. We set the tent up in a grove, dug a ditch round it and made it ready. We put down .some horse blankets and canvas to serve as rugs. The beds were straw ticks on home- made frames. We do no extra cook- ing in preparation except bake a lot of cookies. o We met our guests -at..the railway station. All the girls rode out in the surrey; the boys and baggage come along in the wagon. They allobrought comfortable old clothes. The list of musical' instruments included three cornets, a flute, two mandolins, two guitars, and a clarinet. Several could play the piano. Before our., guests had been at the house an hour they agreed that two ,boys ancl two girls from among them should be deputed every day to -help us with the cooking and dishwashing. On our side we had planned that two of las, a ,boy and.a girl, should alter- -nate with ehe other two in doing the housework. One of the two Would look after the Outside work and the other to the comfort and entertain- , • ment of the guests. So there were SiX of 'es eac:h day to do the house- work, ' For breakfast we had a cereal, eggs, bread and butter with fruit. The dinners were also simple, consisting of a meat, vegetables and dessert. For suppers we had a salad, cold meat or fish, one warm vegetable, cooked fruit and usually cakes. One noon a big chicken stew with ,dumplings was the principal part of the meal. On the only cool evening we had a supper of , baked beans and brown bread. One evening we paired off, and each couple issa She Got Relief From EAT TRU .0y lis!oig . . .1Y,g HART AND NERVE PILLS. Mrs. Geo. 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