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> '| Don't tesd more than pigs wily clean animal should clean his trough and 18 a naturally clean animal, ess of everything he uses helps' prevention of indigestion and i! nthe || "After four months of sge a system | {of feeding the breeding pig should be ployed that whl still tend towards grog. muscle, bone and trame rather fat, "In the case of 'the market hog of from four to four and a half months || | of age the onward effort should be to- © wards maintaining length and scale and at the same time acquiring finish through the use of more highly car bonaceous feeds such as barley and corn, and heavier feeding generally. Rations should be palatable, readily ! digestible, properly balanced as to pro- jteln and carbohydrate of fair stiocul- jgnce and varied as to constituents. pig being omnivorcus his rations should contain a variety of suitable teads. : 4 Make changes n ration slowly, Strive to prevent the causes of dis- |. _ SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD : 9, v } Prem der, hose term of office r short! ly after ? er , observed this year, "Born in Glesgow in 1815, he migrated with his family in 1820 to Upper 'Canada, where they settled at Kingston, He was educated at the Royal Gram- _ mar School, which he left at the age of fifteen to enter a law office; and ~ was called to the bar at the age of twenty-one, After eight years of practice, i Yip he was elected to the Législative Assembly of Canada in 1844, and continued i to represent Kingston in parliament until his death in 1891. His first term 'gggeq . of office wae in 1847-8 as ReceiverGeneral in the Draper administration. By | Feature exercise in breeding and 1867 he had b Prime Ministér in the Macdonald-Cartler ministry. On growing stock, : the defeat of the Tache-Macdongld administration in 1864, he was a prime | Remember the feeder needs the mover dp the formation of the "Great Coalition" designed to carry through |frame but the packer wants the finish, the plans for Confederation; and after the resignation of George Brown in: Soleot market hogs must have both. 65, Macdonald was the chief figure in the discussions and bringing into y force of the Eritish North Anierica Act. Therefore, at the inauguration of this Dominion in 1867, he was selected to be the first premier; and by force ot his genius he held: the- position; with the exceptidn of Mackengie's five years of office, unti) his death, - j "7 Some of the Trials of Being a | * Hero Appear in the Fol- lowing Clipped from 4 the Press Three U, S. mall trucks, displaying large signs which read: "The People ~~ of the United States by Air Mall Con- @ratulate Lindy," carried 500,000 let ore to Colonel Lindbergh when he dis- ¥ rked from the Memphis at the Washington Navy Yard. How much "mall he received via regular railroad services is unknown. : bt Press Clippings | Before hopping across the Atlantic, 'Qolonel Lindhergh made a contract. y Sip Manhtittan clipping bureau to watch for any newspaper stories con: + cerning his flight, Faithful, the bureau ~ dollected two freight cars full of crip: . pings. "x ' aL Telegrams ~~ 75,000 telegrams were delivered to Colonel Lindbergh in Washington, : Fails Under ordinary fleld conditions, the | presence of the' proper strain of legume bacteria in the soll is neces: sary for the successful growing of {alfalfa or other legumes. It is there | 'fore always essential to inoculate, when there is any reason to suspect a scarcity in the soll of the bacteria, associated with the particular legume | being grown. There are times, how- ever, when inoculation fails to benefit | a crop, Such failure may be assigned | to a number of different causes wi are enumerated In a new Experimenta! ' Farm pamphlet which may- be obtain. | ed from the Publications Branch, De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. | In a large number of cases the rea- son for lack of benefit from inocula- i tion is that the: sofl 'has already been inoculated, and the addittonal bacteria consequently are/superflous, In other y ; Instances, where the crop growth is as : i } |poor with treated as.with untreated N 3 Ta | seed. The proper 'treatment of the soll 1s very important and is fully de-| soribed in the pamphlet, Good drain: | age and liming are frequently neces-. sary before a good degume stand can | be establshed us they favor the ¢rop, not only directly, but 'also indirectly | by fostering the uitregren-gathering' bacteria. Inferior seed is a very frequ- | 'ent cause of failure, The use of hardy Canadiangrown seed is essential. In short it should always be remembered | that legume bacteria are living things and to do their work properly must ve | in a suitable environment. Statens | Rd 8ir Alan-Cobham ~h Famous British dviator, who, with Chamberlin, may take the Columbia on' [a new flight, details of which are still rasan LF € '® A bua British Settlers for the West The Great Wall of China | sgkqtoon star (Lib.):, The prairie, Few people realize what an almost Provinces in the past few" years have ction condition prevails along a Yeosived ewer settlers aim Croat of the great wall-of China. n an dthe United th Ou . i ge Part of Te penaret are gs firm from Continental Hurope, especially, Canadian Ports for Canada ' gver, and their edges have stood §candinavian . and other | Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph: The o severe climate of 'North China tern countries, greater utilization of home ports for " Sith scarcely 'a vreak. The' paving many of thei uadian trade {s an object which along the top of the wall is so th p bec prosper. d, appeal strongly to the eitizens ' RE re may ride: over it with & ous farmers and splendid citizens of of all provinces, and not merely - to 'bicycle, andithe great granite blocks the West. But if these. newcomers | Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, | with 'which it is faced as smooth and continue to outnumber greatly the {Which "stand to benefit most directly. a8 closely fitfed as when put in place English-speaking immigrants it is only Anything which increases the trade | Fi 000 years ago. The entire a matter of time u basic stock of the country as a whole is beneficial length { becomes a orit It would jto all parts; to build up a greater © fs twenty-two feet high, and twenty be to the advantage of Western Can- |business at Canadian ports is a prac. "feet fn thickness. At. intervals of ada if.a greater ! farm get- {tical way of 'contributing to the fin. one hundred yards or so there are ntries | creased prosperity of the entire Do- 'towers some forty feet 1a height. je : Jminion, de 1 $s having b EE of this wall is 1,400 miles; it j when assu to the will jcustom of the time for | make t| 'first four months tho | from oh el i a more than three hundred years, Samuel, who has a prominent in our lesson story, was the last of | the great judges of Israel, but unlike niost of those who went before him, he | Wad HOt a spider, but a propret, He! lived tn the eeventh contury before! Christ, but the exact dates cannot be given. In the earlier years of his life iprael was sorely oppressed by the Phulistines, but under the inspiration of his leadership .and the religious faith which he taught to the people they were able for a time to throw off this hated yoke and to enjoy peace "nd prosperity. (Bee 1 Sam. 7:18-15). Twice the chiefs of the for worship and con- erence (7:5-18; 8:4-22). On the sec- r asked him to choose d -- a ng low make us a kipg," they said, Judge us like all the v TH AL | will be firmly fixed in the public mind, HE NATIONAL CAFITAL The Ottawa attitude ie that govern- tll very recently, #t was customary |lment or public expenditures for the im- for the people of Ottawa, ag well as|Provement and beautification of the those resident elsewhere, to regard the | ity should not be SoutTued Sthet Capital as the favored child of the than as efforts to diguify the e¢ political gods, past and present. Any legislative city of the country, and expenditures designed to aid the city, | 24d to the prestige of the Ration 84 8 even indirectly, were resented in other | Whole. "Not our Capital, but yours localites and it was a commonplace to. ® the Ottawa interpretation which the read or hear that Ottawa was main: CIty is seeking to impress, 'And in this tained by the presence of the legisla. it 8 sincere, for while the Dominion tive bulldings and all such an establish Pérliament had done much for Ottawa, (eh. 8:10). m ment implted. Buf gradually a more the City In its turn has saorified many ctant, holding to the older national spirit and outlook has develop. Millions of dollars in taxes and other the theocracy and tribal inde- | ways in order that the country, Indi , yielded to their de od d that it was mand only Ottawa was probably the first city ctl, should benefit. God. But he gave the to recognize that it owed a duty to the Nature, as had often been said, has People solemn warnine of the dawrer Test of the country, and it set about dome much for Ottawa. The natural which they were focino, in that ther creating a betior understanding of its beautdes of her site are unrivalled and king: Hie other Kins o the country position, at home and abroad. It is of late years much has been done to i GE over ne sia olse now nearer its ideal of a national capl- emphasize her advantages in this re their ancient 2 Secon of el raver tal than at any time In {ts history, and spect. The Ottawa Improvement Com ment would be lost. the new movement has only begun. mission, one of the creations of Sir 1. THE MEETING OF SAUL AND SAMUEL, The conception of Ottawa as the Capi- Wilfrid Laurier, has worked for many 9:1 to 10:16. tal of the country and not merely an years, with limited funds, to beantity Ch, 9:1-14, The story of the search individual city, has grown In favor, and the outer fringe of the capital with a asses iy simply and It Is not too much to assert that at serles of driveways pnd parks, and has graphically told Kish, Saul's father, this Confederation celebration thé idea in reality given the whole scheme a Depa gue, of Wo tribe of i was 'a man Kings 1:89). and a goodly," fall and stalwart, and tele Sas] Te the Philistines, value of unity, to make a hitherto { had taught them the and they now sought federation of their nd | a and ruler in at first way of for Te gift which Samuel feiic,_aetion he rallied the men of will receive from pil- Israel to the relief of an important 0 il ott was appearance "every inch 'grime to the shrine at Bethel will be town in Gilead. Henceforth, his title king. search led them, it would the first recognition of his royalty. to the kingdom was undisputed, and Jeet, first westward from Gibeah, the The "hill of God" where he will moet his final coneecration took place at Ti, dawn through the valley "a band of prophets" was probably the sanctuary of Gilgal, near Jericho, ward nn, B Dosthward and east- Gibeah. Samuel gives Saul the great made especially socred by memories of 3 gain to Ramah, the home of assurance that "t spirit of the Lord Joshua and his encompment there dur- Same i they decide to consult will come upon his, as upon Moses ing the years of conquest, Joh, b: } © "man of God," whose fame as a and upon Joshua, qualifying him for 10-15. Bo Prophet must already have been his task, and that he will be a chang. wide-spread. It was Svidently the ud man (see especially vs. 6 and 9. | ose Wi s Centre of Canada's Confederation Celebration working basis. This year the Domin- fon parlfament agreed to the creation jot a Federal District Commission with considerably wider powers than pos- sessed by the older body, and a larger annual fund for improvements, Within the period since Confedera- fon Ottawa has grown from a'\lumber own of considerably below 20,000 population into a beautiful and mod- ern city of well over 120,000, exclusive of the neighboring city of Hull. Within a radius of three miles from the city hall gre some 150,000 souls, Visitors are impressed with the splendid public and other buildings of the CapMal, with her clean streets, her widespread system, her excellent transportation lines, urban and otherwise, her light- ing fachlities, and her progressive civic methods. The growth of the city hes been steady; no booms have marred her progress and the Capital has de veloped along sane lines. During the period from 1896 onwards her pro- gress has been very marked, and her future should be such as will cause all Canadians to refer to the seat of gov- ernment in terms of justifiable pride. | t t view the Free Press agrees. There surely is a Canadian race. A large section of the people of Canada are of mixed origin. Thou- sands of persons living here are the descendants of parents who were English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh, French, German, Scandinavian, These per. sons do not belong to the English thoroughly dis- ete sought the prophet's advice to: brin 11. 8AUL CHOSEN X|NG AT A NATIONAL | a present, and "the bit of silver | ASSEMBLY, 10.17.27, | weighing about fifty-six grains troy,' The story told here of the choice! and th about sixteen cents, was ©f Saul by lot in a national assembly deemed sufficient (compare 1 Kings at Mizpeh differs so widely from that 14.3 and 2 Kings 4:42). The high of ch. 9:1 to 10:16 that it has caused regard in which Samuel was held by much questioning and difference of the People of his native town is well Opinion. One fact, at least, is certain, | shown by the fact that at the sacri. and thi is, that here as elsewhere in | ficlal feast in the local sanctuary, or this book we are dependent upon two "high place." they waited for him to older® sources, probably two older sets pronounce the blessing. > of narratives which have been woven Vs, 0:15-27. Samuel had, accord- together and which do not always ing to his custom, sought guidarice Perfectly agree. Of course, it is quite rom God in prayer that he might Possible to accept the explanation he right choice of a man to be | Sometimes off: that the choice by king. He was looking, therefore, with ot in the national assembly was over- the confidence of a simple faith, for ruled by God so as to confirm the the answer to his player. When Saul choice made by Samuel. appeared the inward voice said, "Be.| V. 26. Samuel told the people the hold the man." Saul greatly sur. manner of the kingdoniFearing that prised, is addressed as the man "on under the rule of a king the ancient whom is all the desire of Israel" (Re. rights and liberties of the people may Version Margin), and is given be lost, Samuel prepares a declaration | "THE COLUMBIA" the chief place at the feas 'of those rights, has it written in a choice portion of the a and the Book and laid up in the sanctuary. Ch, 10:1-16. This is the 'Arst in-| There it would remain as a guide for | stance in the Old Testament nf tha use Suocessive kings and a peonle's chart-' of the holv anointing ofl in tha e~lamn er Avhich might be appealed to in ans consecration of a man ts the lirely Subsequent difference which might office. The custom antemrs tn have | 8 (Shee Deut. 17:18-20. been well known, hawames #a i iq |1I. SAUL'S VICTORY OVER THE AMMON- rofavmad to in tha Fakla of Tahan, ITES AT JABESHSGILEAD, 11:1-15, ndoes 0: R15. Flananfasit ny 1 The remarkable story kere told s how Saul proved his kiruzly of Taras! ia knows an Hikin T Aude sl anointed" (comnara 12.13. 54.0. 1 Qtalities when by prompt and ener- The Canadian Race Manitoba Free Press (Ind. Lib.): Several newspapers, "both East and West, think that there is no Canadian race, and as there {8 no Canadian race it is not reasonable to ask that Canadians be permitted to tell the census. enumerator that they are of Canadian raclal origin. With this ping | race, the Irish race, the Scottish, or any other race, They are a new peo- ple, of mixed origin, born in a new land. Many of them are the sons and daughters of stock that has been on this continent for 200 years. These people helong to the Canadian race and no other, and the census officials should know ft. . 3 .