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k' â- < - . I * A - ^ A ^, -^ .*- 1 -^ *^ <â-  *; i > 3 1 Have Been Faithful â€" After My Fashion â€" This dead dog has a really faithful buddy. The little fellow sat beside his fallen friend when the knimal was struck by a car and remained there /iO 1\; until the body was removed eight hours later. , (J oroH*^! ^^X t. Buying A Tractor? '•S*^ >i#»?^ -^ hronicles %iwerFarm Q GvctvdoUn.e P.Cle^rke There is oa« thought in evcry- â- 9m*'t mind these days; one tt^ic Am takes the apotlight in all con- TWMtJoni ... the drought! That is, fasofar as country people are con- ••racd. Whether city folk are equal- V wdrried ia a qiiestion â€" actually ll appears not to concern them sl|ht at the moment Some might •vea grumble if it rained and apoilt • pkntc. How we would welcome it. MQipoaing it spoilt a dozen picnics â€" b«t at present there is no sign «f a break ia the weather. It is keart-breaking to go out at night -watering planta and things in an «ifort to keep them alive. We give tbeai a real drenching, and yet by the next evening they arc wilted and weary again. One wonders . . . wlMt is it that makes rain more keaeiicial to plants than water from the well or cistern? We still have •Mr tomato plants, cabbage, peppers mmk some annuals in baskets just as tiMy came from the greenhouse. We flnd them easier to care for that way than if we set them out in the garden. The wheat is out in bead but withotit rain what will ttare be in tihe kernels? Yesterday Partner was lookmg over one of the fences with a view *• future repaira when he saw quite a aumber of dark objects hanging •â-  a tree. On close inspection he found they were wild plums â€" andersized, premature, and dead ripe. He picked one or two and aplh them open. Except for the atones they were liollow â€" abso- lately no fles<h or juice in them at aU. That makes me wonder what will hApoen to the cherry crop? lllaybe this is one of the "seventh yaars" of which the Bible tells us Aoring which we should neither sow «• reap, nor gather any of the Inrita of the earth. Maybe what we 4l>a't do voluntarily we may have to accept without choice. No, I don't wish to be gloomy but you mustad- wiH we do take an awful lot for granted and although we work, and plan, yet every once in a white we are set back on our heels and forced to a realization that we are still ab- solutely dependent upon a Higher Power. I am wondering what my sister- ia-law will have to say in regard to •ar way of living. Last year, when Ckely was here, we heard very Ihtle about the shortages in Eng^ land as compared with our land of plenty, mainly, I think, because Ckely had no worries about house- kaeping. She had her noon meal at school, which helped her rationing yue^lems considerably, and her Housekeeper looked after things at home. But ParLiiers sister has had it all to do, and, until a year ago, an invalid mother to look after as well. Now she is alone and we are hoping a holiday in Canada will do her a lot of good. At this moment Bob is away to Toronto to bring her back to the farm which she has not seen for twenty-two years. Incidentally i am thinking she will wonder what she has struck when she sees our front steps. They are pale green â€" and only j)artly finished at that! The other day, when I was looking them over I was thinking they were going to soak up an awful lot of paint when I did get around to giving them a paint job. So I got Bob to gather up all the odds an<fc;ends of paint that happened to-5>e around and mix them altogectiep to use as a first coat. The ^ .eonglomeration emerged as the colom I have men- tioned â€" pale spre«n.'^ut fcjr a first coat what did the colour matter? So that same evening I went at it . . . had the top ot the steps finished and was starting on the first riser when Partner called me to look at a calf that had suddenly become very bloated. So I went and we worked with that calf until one a.m. I imag- ine we saved its life for which it appeared to be very grateful. Would it have been. I wonder, had it known that we saved it only so that it might be stnt to market in a few weeks time, .â- \nyway it was the calf that interrupted ray step-paint- ing ob â€" and I haven't got back to it yet. Funny thing how it is often so hard to get back to a job once it has been interrupted. Well, we hear quite often about cats and birds, but on Ginger farm we do things differently. Here it isn't the cat that gets the birds, it's our Honey. The other night 1 found no less than five fledgling starlings on the back lawn. Not one of them was eaten so I knew the cat was not responsible. Later, by her tac- tics I discovered the culprit Honey, by snooping around the shrubberies, found the young birds which had been taken there for protection. Partner says she alst; gets up into the haymow and finds them there, just as they are learning to fly. li they were any other birds than star- lings Honey would get a scolding . . . but starlings . . . well, you know what 1 mean, don't you? In Los .-Vngeles, Calif., a thief who took $250 from a cafe called on the telephone a few hours later to tell his vjctim the money would be found in public locker No. 3225 in a railroad station â€" and it was. A VIA A WoU( WoUI 38 BuokB Worthâ€" Deputiea at Polk City. I«., h^ld jfven baby wolvei found bjr Harold WicJter, whw Btitit- uiff for mushr&oint. wlcker tttrned tb« aalnMM la for tiat $5-a-head bounty off«red for wolv««. Tbitsi wul b« aMtffO]r«<). if you are thinking about ouying a tractor, here are some questions you may want tc answer before you close a trade: 1. Is my farm large enough to support a tractor? Can i keep it busy enough doing real farm work to make it pay? 2. Can 1 replace enough Horses with a tractor to make it pav from that ang'e? J. KxK my fields large enough to use a tractor, or can I make -hem sto? 4. Would a tractor tit in with my system of farming? 5. Would 1 like farming with a tractor? Am I the type of man who can change over from work stock farming to tractoi farming and do a good job of it? 0. Can I enlarge my farm enough â€" in row crops, pastures, etc. â€" to do my farming eucigh better to make a tractor pay? .\ man with a small farni may buy a tractor and make mone> and spread overhead costs with it by doing custom plowing and other work for neighbors. .-Ability to get his own rush jobs done on time is another advantage. Many good farmers who perhai)s could not afford a tractor for row crops alone make it pay by doing other jobs. They use the tractor to saw wood, thresh ;{rain. grind feed, stretch wire, and many such farm jobs. .\n Agricultural Exyeriniem Sta- tion found in a recent study that tractors used less than 400 hours a year cost 95 cents an hour to oper- ate. Those used from 400 to 800 hours cost 64 cents; from {<00 to 1,200 hours. 51 cents: and over 1.200 hours, the cost was 37 cents an hour. In the area covered by this study each tractor had rep accd an aver- age of 4.5 work stock. The study seemed to indicate that each tractor should have replaced about five head of work stock. With maximum use of power and equipment it was figured that each tractor could have replaced up to six work animals. If you decide not to buy a tractor now or if you cant get one, perhaps you would like to do these two things: 1. Keep accurate records for one year to see what it costs you to keep and use each horse, how much time each horse worked, and how much clear money each horse made for you. 2. Increase your cash reserves so that any purchase next year can be on a cash, or largely cash, basis The average 1' expectancy at birth of a native of India is 27 years, Government of India actu- aries report. a^== ' I SANDY THE GARDENER If >vu iilitul Hotiva ill tbe Spring. Ht»rt aa fArly m« ptistilble to work tbe sroimd. .\ml wh^n planting. u»t' DIXON'S VITAMIN ».l PLANT FOOD It ald« Nature anil i>romote« vigoroim Krowth DIXON'S-VITAMIN.B, for gardens house plant, shrubs 0«^«rtin«nMl, 44* 8PAOINA .«VK. Tur«nto, Ont. New Gadgets and Inventions You'U Probably Be Seeing KITCHEN COVBR RIMS Aluminum rims held in position by flexible steel springs, aire offered for kitchen use. L'Ser places sheet of Arax paper over jar, glass, dish or bowl, and slips rim on. Each rim adjustable to several sizes of containers. Come in sets for small, medium or large bowls and dishes ranging from 1 Vi inches to WA inches. FOR THE KIDDIES Krozen fruit-juice on a stick can be made at home by use of poly- ethylene plastic molds soon to be introduced to the Canadian market. Molds come with supply of wooden sticks. Stick is inserted through hole in end of mold which is then filled with fruit juice and put in ice compartment of refrigerator. When frozen push down on stick to release from mold. Mold is washable, may be used indefinitely, maker states. 'MlNDiBf SCHOOL ^SSON Rev. R. Barclay Warren The Songbook of the Bible Psalr. 1; 67. Golden Text: â€" Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing. Psa!.n 100: 2. During tliis quai we are to study the Psalms of Ancient Israel These are a group of lyrical poems pf which seventy-three are accredited to David, the sweet singer t ' IsraeL Some Psalm have been the object of sharp criticism because of the anathemas they contain. .\n ex- ample is Ps. 13:9. "Happy shall he be thai taketh and dasheth thy little ones against stones." But it should be noted that the anathemas are usually prophetic and not necessari- ly the personal sentiment of the writer. Neither does the psalm hint approval of the beastly action pic- tured in the forecast. The first psalm is really a pre- face. Here the line between the righteous and the wicked is clearly drawn. I'he righteous is happy. Since he does not walk as the un- godly advise, he docs come to stand in the way of sinners nor take his seat with the scorners. He is dif- ferent. But liis righteousness is positive, too. He delights in God's law and consequently his life is fruitful. How different from the un- godly who are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. The differ- ence will be manifest to all in tlie day of Judgment. From Fs. it is evident tliat the writer conceived of God as not only Israel's God b- ' One who would govern the nations. ".Ml the ends ot the earth shall fear Him." The God or the Psalms is a great God. .\11 men are called to serve Him with gladness and come before His pres- ence with singing. May we through confession of our sins and faith m His Son have that melody in our hearts that will vibrate in unison with the music of the Psalms as we study this book of poems this quarter. MOTH PRBVENTIVB New fireproof moth repellant with cadar aroma said to contain four times necessary potency; 10-lb. bag covers 80-100 sq. ft. wall space. It's mixed to a thick past* and spread on walls and ceilings of closets with paint brush. Dries in 24 hour? and will not rub off, maker claims. FOAM RU.BBER PILLOW Foam rubber pillow curved to fit the body is offered for use as headrest and backrest Originally made for airplanes, is now available for automobiles, buses, trains, homee, hospitals and ambulances. Pillow is U-shaped and about two inches thick. 20 inches long and five inches wide. 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