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d of their laying h stopped laying Bi ore they start "go through a moult, e season. And it that early moulters - a her willl very. 2 spring, whereas the one that has been busy laying all summer and delays her "moult anti late fall will soon recover from the moult and start producing again, i H "Fhe advicable thing to do is to have 'the flock culled so as to eliminate all and : feed hopper the following mash: Equal parts by weight of corn smeal, bran, middlings, ground-oats. If your milk isiavailable give them Plenty «of it. If it is not, add to the three-quarters of a pound of commer- ~¢lal meat scraps to every four pounds ~of the mash. Sour milk is very valu- "'mble as a poultry feed and ean be put "to as good use for feeding poultry as any other way on the farm. It will . replace meat scraps, which is the most' + expensive ingredient of 'the poultry © ration,"and also one of the most valu- "@ble. Besides the mash, the hens should be fed in addition, scratch feed composed of equal parts of cracked corn and wheat, This scratch feed is especially desirable if the hens do not "have a good range. If the range good it may be dispensed with in some 'cases and the mash entirely relied upon to make up the deficiency in the amount of feed the hens get. It is advisable to make all changes | in "feeding gradually, as any sudden changes may bring the hen into al moult. "The short summer feeding "A liberal feeding of either hens or chicks' at this time of the year is "A stitch in time" 'which assures poultry of the year. ter layers. For instance, | marketed before the middle of July. by the tale of early lambs, rotation of enforcing dog laws and keeping sheep +b. Use of pasture to the greatest ler or alfalfa hay, supplemented with grain, to the breeding ewes at defin- 'possess merit in wool, as well as in mutton character. Constitutional vigor care are flock. flock on the farm, their value as weed profits later on. + Essentials in Sheep Raising. 1. Willingness to pay proper atten- tion to the flock at the critical times 2. Production of lambs of early ma- turity . that should preferably = be 8. Control of parasites in the flock pastures and flock management, 4. Protection of sheep from dogs, by community interest in sheep, by in protected quarters at night. Feeding of corn silage with clov- ite periods. 7. Selection of breeding sheep that and health as.a result of breeding and) essentials in- a foundation 8. A pure-bred ram of a desirable type and quality should sire the lambs. + 9. Cheap equipment, which offers protection, plenty of ventilation and a bed. 10. 'Marketing of products of wool and mutton with an understanding of market 'values and demand, Commun- ity organizations are beneficial in this regard. : 11. Grow into the business, not go into it. A few bred ewes in the fall is a good buy. - 12. Realization of the fitness of a destroyers, 'utilizers of rough feeds, and conservers of soll fertility. t rat, traveling € a three«course me ticular line. ree eee. Barium Carbonate is the rat poison It i bou, carbonate in the proportion of one part poison to four food; then put a tablespoonful i kind on a piece of paper or a board, so the his runway, finds repared for him. One of the three baits almost sure to tempt him. ne wh Why Go to College? Also, Reasons Why One Should Not go to College. By Eugene Why should a young mah, "Say eighteen years of age and a graduate of & good high school, spend four more years of his life and all the money he might and more for the sake of a college course and a degree? This questionevery year presénts itself to thousands of young people, and the way in which it is answered colors the lives of. millions, if not indeed of the nation as a whole. 'The reasons for going to college, therefore, should stand clearly out before e who at this time of the year are 'mak- ing 'one of the few great decisions in Jif, th noon 4 The real reasons for going to col- lege may be briefly stated as follows: 1. To gain information which be more systematically and widely ac- quired through a well selected college course than by any other known method. The world's stock of knowl- edge has now become so great, and the need along any particular line eo specific and exacting, that self-made men have become almost an impos- customs and of the worst Thero was a large Jewish colony, but Christian preachers had attracted and gathered into the church both Jews and Greeks. After leaving Jerusalem Paul had ne to his native city of Tarsus, and ad continued: to preach the gospel in Cilicia and Syria. Barnabas, who knew him in Jerusalem, saw how valuable such a man would be in church of Antioch. A highly educated Jew of the Pharisees, a thorough Greek scholar, and a Roman citizen, he would appeal to Jew, Greek, and Roman. He had already the purpose Davenport. who wanted to see a better world. If it were not so, there would be no col- lege to which he could go. It would be a sorry problem if these young people seeking an education to- day were obliged to found and build their own colleges, gather the facul- ties together and pay them and them buy and install the necessary equip- ment in the way of books and labora- tory apparatus. If they had to do all that, they would be too old for colleges before they had the institutions half ready for courses. Now, by any count, the fact of hav- ing a college at mll creates a debt which these young people owe and which they must pay by service of some kind, Not only that, but they enjoy many other privileges because of the Jabor of those who have gome before. The forests are cleared, the stumps taken out, the stones picked off and the ditching is largely dome. The nailroads are laid and many an- other hard pioneer job has been com- pleted by those horny-handed soms of toil who preceded us and who worked 'sibility. 9 means that the time Hiner. This 2 the few en should learn to live not simply by imitating the neighbors, but by pos- sessing itself as far as possible of the world's stock of information and expenience. 2. To know the method of research that may be depended upon in seeking information about a mew subject re- quiring opinion and conclusion. 8, To gain instruction and exper- fence in handling conflicting data, in discriminating between facts and ap- pearances, in weighing evidence and in forming safe judgments as to the principles that are indicated by the facts. 4. To train the intellectual faculties to "obedience" and precision, as the athlete or the skilled artisan trains his muscles to the most delicate ser- vice and the most accurate judgment. b. To acquire that knowledge of the sources of information, that familiar- ity with "intellectual processes, that command over one's faculties and that independence of sound judgment that | distinguish the educated from the un- educated man. 6. To learn the laws of health and to train the body as well as the mind in such ways as shall prolong life, wind 'and health and provide a good machine with which to do one's work and to enjoy the one life that has been given. i 7. To form acquaintances with men of parts and influence all over the world, and so to multiply one's oppor- vantages. Sublities and ad the very best 'of one's powers, prepare for serving the world |, and} to make a world ready for living. The world not finished yet and which have been provided by those who have gone before, but will add nothing himself to the world's stock-- that man is not fit to go to college. If he presents himself, he should not be admitted. And if he is admitted, he should be kicked out the moment it is discovered that he intends to absorb everything possible to himself and to give nothing in return. We are not training a few thousand young men in order that they may stand on the heads and shoulders of the masses to their exploitation. Our colleges are supported by peo- ple who get no direct advantages from them. There is not a college graduate to-day who does mot in some measure owe his education to citizens of all classes, even to the washerwoman a hundred miles away, for the tre- mendous cost of education is laid upon all classes of society. Everybody helps to pay the bills; a few people only reap the direct advantages, and the obligation resting upon them is heavy indeed to return to the public in one way or another in the form of service @ very large share of the advantages which they have acquired through education. i There are certain considerations that should not enter into a young man's head as reasons for a (college. Some of the chief though erroneous reasons sometimes given for going to college are the following: ~ 1. Because one's chum is going to he who would take all the advantages | and the ambition to Sarry his message to the outside world. Where could have found a better starting point? 11: 19-80. They which were scatter- ed abroad. See 8: 1, 4. Persecution (had driven many from Jerusalem who carried their faith with them, and pres hed Christ wherever they went. very means whith were used to destroy the infant church were made in the providence of God to increase and strengthen it. Christianity has always been in greater danger from prosperity and wealth, than from per- secution or poverty. These first missionaries, driven by necessity, went as far as the coast cities of Phoenicia, which ly alon, the sea to the north of Palestine, an to the island of Cyprus, and to the city of Antioch. It was natural that at first they should bear their message to Jews only. Their Jewish prejudices were still very strong, and they dis- liked mingling with the Moreover these early teachers had the idea that the gospel, and the kingdom, and the province of future glory and power were for the Jews, and not for other people. But some of them were men of Cy- prus and Cyrene, Jews who had lived so long among Greeks and in foreign count that their prejudices had broken down. The gospel appealed to them as something broadly human, not to be confined to one sect or na- tion. They spoke to the Greeks also, and the hand of the Lord was with them. Many were converted, and Jows and Greeks came together in the church and in Christian fellowship. The gospel was already breaking down national barriers. It was beginning to. realize the dream and hope of human brotherhood. (See Eph. 2: 11 22 Yin startling turn-6f events came unto the ears of the Church in Jeru- salem. It was a difficult and delicate situation to handle, requiring unusual tact, patience, and discretion. Barna- bas, himself a man of C 8, was chosen to have the d on of this new stlan community, the mem- bers of which were now, for the first time, called Christians. He was glad. He was big enough in heart and soul to appreciate and to understand what was happening. He saw the grace of God, how thdt God, through the gospel, was building up a new race, which should be neither FE forms of eastern and western vice.|A.D the mixed | f Gentiles. | 46 generous and broas a Es brought into the church, . Was gr g, Barnabas felt the 3 of a strong helper, and went after Paul to Tarsus. For one whole year they worked together and | uch peo : e date of Paul's coming to An« tioch. must have been about 45 or 46 Ly ben years after his cone version. We can imagine him at this time, a man of thirty-five or fi years, in'the prime of life and vi and full of enthusiasm for the cause which he had espoused best testimony of the work dome b these two fellow-laborers is that, the end of that year, they were separ ated by the Antioch Church and sent' - orth on their first missionary adven- ture into the regions be: A Chris< tian community which can set itself to its own unfimshed task, and at the same time set apart its ablest leaders for missionary work abroad, is truly growing, Came prophets. The Old Testament | prophets were first of all preachers of, truth and righteousness. They were! interpreters of the past, teachers 2 of the people in law and morals, sometimes predicters of the future/ These New Testament prophets, how ever, seem to have given themselves chiefly to the forecasting of future events. It is significant that they oc cupy a very small place in the New Testament Church, The l of the Lord Jesus Christ is not much aided in its appeal to humanity by predictions: Agabus, however, did predict a fam- ine which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. This atatement helps us to date the events of Paul's life, for Claudius reigned from 41 to 64 AD. We know that there was famine in certain parts of the empire during his reign. In Judea, Josephus tells ts, there was famine in the year This prophecy of Agabus led to a generous resolve on the part of the Christians of Antioch to send relief to their famine-stricken en im Jerusalem, and that which they con- tributed out of their comparative wealth was carried up to Jerusalem by Barnabas and Saul. 12:26. Returning, when they had fulfilled thefr mission, they brought with them John Mark, Barnabas' sis- ter's son, who was their companion on the first missionary journey, and was afterward the companion and friend of Peter, and writer of the gospel which bears his name. * Application. . Barnabas recognized the marks of the Christian even when they appeared in an unexpected place. As Dr, Jowett writes: "He knew the old fruit, even when he found it growing in a new garden." This is not by any means an easy thing to do. We associate Christianity with certain outward ac« companiments, and wien these signs are wanting we are not disposed to believe that the genuine article fis Shere ie. When, after the 1 ig of Jesus He app , she did not recognize Him at first. Hix appearance wag different, and she was not prepared for the change. AN honor to Barnabas, that when he found Paul doing a most unexpected work he could take up the words of the psalmist: "This is the Lord's do- ing, and it is marvellous in our eyes." money really needed to get it. In genePal, the four years from eighteen to twenty-two are largely wasted by most young men, and al- most any right-minded individual can be farther along in every way at the age of thirty if he takes four of his years for study, than he would be if he plunged at once into the modern world without the best preparation a college course can give. He may even well afford to earn his own money, but if he is to do this he should ex- pect to take more than four years for the work, else he is certain to saecri- fice either his preparation or his health. Something has been said about pay- ing one's way in the world, and some- ing that there is a vast difference be- tween what is inside different 'bundles of lve clay we fn It is the whole man educating--body, mind averago >in the Uuited Ontario farmer who has of : hot, days cool next year, Siesednseds It is amoying to have one horse pulling ahead of the other in a team. A remedy for this is to take an extra rein, or a small strap will answer the purpose. Snap it in outside bit rong of fast horse, then pass through dhaide bik ring under chin, then through the in< side "hame-ring. Take the end back and tie it to inside end of whiffletrea of slow horse. When the fast horse pulls ahead his bit will be drawn by the receding whiffletree of the slow horse, thus restraining him. Another good method I have is to shorten, about six inches or mos both reins or lines to be buckled on the fast horee's bit ring, both on thy outside and the inside, This will help wonderfully in equalizing the pull. ---- iri Fly screens for the stable windowy will prove a good investment. a Don't try spraying potatoes with lime sulphur; it is worse than useless, Horses will got ttle rest if shut 1) a close stable these nights; Bd as hot outside, but the is fresh : 5 " -- \ Ice on the farm is not a. these days; it is a plain ibis Arrange now fo put up an ice house --any old shed will do--and make the The soil should be moist and well otherwise eo seed-bed may wot be hoi