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^*\^l H m naisrii ' MCJUufitM'J I riera' ^ MiE'8 ^E«,aa Look for the Rennie Seed Display 15,C00 dealers throughout Canada are ready to supi^y you with these tested seeds. It's time to think about planting your back- yard garden. Make your selections now. Sow RENNIE'S Seeds The wide vcnety of the Rennie line assures you of obtaining just what you want in either flowers or vegetables. All Rexmie's Seeds ore tested for germination and their quality proven. Should your dealer be un- abla to supply all the seeds you require, write us direct. Send tor copy of Ke; •â- â€¢;?'â- ! Tool Cnt.ilcgnf. It includes PouUry SuppUu, Plaact JUiiij: Garden Tools, iprajrera, Fei tiUzurs, elt THE WILLIAM RENNIE COMPANY LIMITED KING AND MARKET STS. TORONTO ALSO AT MONTREAL, WINNIPEG. VANCOUVEH INTERNATIONAL LESSON APKIL 13. Lesson IL Christ Our Saviour â€" Matt. 20: 27, 28; John 1: 35-51: 16; Matt. 20: 27, 28; John I: 35-51: 3: IS; Matt. 20: 27, 28. Greatness Through j Service. "Even as the Son of man."i Jesus showed His disciples the way of true gi-eatness. Not as the Gen- tiles, who "lord it" over those who are subject or dependent, but by ministry and as servants, shall they attain greatness in His kingdom. And this was said to men who were eagerly looking and hoping for a kingdom of material wealth and pow- er, an empire greater than that of Babylon or of Rome. He Himself was shov/ing by His own example this true way. For He came to serve. I His work from beginning to end was \ service, and His death v. as His 1 crowning act of ministry. He died ' because He refused to turn aside \ from the way of service upon which He had entered, because He persever- ed in spite of the opposition and hatred of evil men everywhere who were in places of power, and because i He would do the will of God at what- ' ever cost. And so for all men every- where He has shown the way of the j true life, the life that is and shall be, the life eternal. The world will be saved by those who serve, and he that would rule must be like Christ, servant of all. We see kings and princes in these days falling from their places of j privilege and power because they I sought lordship rather than service. | We have seen, too, great masses of j toilers, men who wonk with their j hands, seiaing in some countries the i reins of power and making them- selves masters by violence. Their i power will be shprt lived, because ; they are no longer willing to serve. | The future of humanity is nat in the hands of those who s^'ik place and authority and power, but with those who follow CK.'-ist in seeking to do good to all. Character ,is developed | by service, and the best character is I that which is like Christ. "Only a ' democracy built upon the highest ' form of character," says a great ^ modem social .and religious leader, [ "will prove to be tjiat instrument by j which the world is to be saved." I Ji,hn 1: 35-51. The Winning o4" Men. John, . . . and two of His disciples." John believed that the kingdom of the Saviour, so long fore- j told, was near at hand. But he be- lieved it would be a kingdom of the righteous. lbs coming would be p?t<- ceded by judirment and a sifting of the hearts of men. John, therefore, preached repentance and preparntion of heart, and looKed for the coming ot the promised King and Saviour. He recognized Him in Jesus. "Be- ' hold," he said, "the L.imb of God."j For as the paschal lamb whose blood ; upon lintel and doorpost symbolized Mlvation to the Jew, so would Jesus, ' ba believed, be the Saviour of Israel, i The disciples of John were thus | Introduced hy H'm to Jesus and some j '4 them followed Him. Jesus was •T>t onwilling to receive them, and diose who are here mentioned be- 1 came afterward His most attached and devoted followers. "One of the two" was .A.ndrew, the brother of Peter. Who was the other? There is no doubt that John, the writer of this Gospel, was one of the earliest disciples, and it is thought by many that he was the other dis- ciple, and that he found and brought his brother James, but that through modesty he refrains from mention- ing his own name. He says of An- drew, "He findeth first," as though there were a second, and it is at least probable that he himself was the sec- ond, in finding his brother and bring- ing him to Jesus. "Simon." Jesus gave him the name "Cephas," which is the Aramaiic equi- valent of "Peter," and means a rook. Jesus reco;jnized from the beginning the sturdy strength and steadfast- ness and capacity for leadership of this man, one of the greatest men of history, and one of the chief apostles of the Christian faith. Andrew, him- self comparatively unknown, did the greatest work of his Life when he brought his brother to Jesus. "Follow me." Philip followed and induced his friend Nathaniel to fol- low. There must have been some- thing in Jesu^ that attracted men almost irresistibly to llim. Those who yielded to that attraction became His disciples and His followers. The twelve formed an inner circle, but there were many others. Their asso- ciation with Jesus Christ and their following Him brought *hem within the saving influence of ills life and death and resurrection. The Spirit of Christ is in the wo'-id to-day, a mighty and saving reality, and tiiose who yielded to Him, v/ho seek to fol- low Him, to learn of Him, and to be like Him, are Cikewise saved. It is a great thi^-g indeed to bring one soul thus into vital relationship to Jesus Christ. Surely, says St. Paul, God who gavr us Jesus Christ will give us all tb'.>t is good. In giving us Christ He •'.•as given us all that makes for life here and hereafter. "He that spared not His own Son, but del.ivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things?" (Rom. 8; 31, 32.) Cement Tile for Drainage. Cement tile are as good as clay tile if well made. Cement tile should be made of one part of cement and three parts of coarse, well-graded sand screened through a sieve with mesh- es measuring one-half the thickness of the wall of the tile. They should be cured slowly and thoroughly. Cement tile made poorly or from poor materials tend to go to pieces in acid or strong alkali soils. Good tile give a clc.r metallic ring v.hen liglilly tapped with a hammer. They should be den?e. \..\tA and non- porous. Buy your tilo cf a reliable firm. In An April Shower. Little Violet had a bonnet All of velvet, softly blue; There were dainty ribbons on it, And a diadem of dew. "I'm afraid the vain will spoil it!" Cried Miss Violet, always neat. Splashing drops are sure to soil it; April is So indiscreet." "I will lend you my umbrella," Quick a gallant fairy said, .\wi he raised a mushroom yellow Over pretty Violet's head. Feeding and Caring for a Flock of Pure Bred Sheep. If the greatest profit is to be real- ized frcm a flock of pure bred sheep ; they mu.st receive the very best feed and care the shepherd can give them. I Not that tliey of necessity require ; greater care and feed than the grade, '. but the fact that the breeder of a pure bred flock expects to put the ! most of his surplus stock on the '. market as breeders means that he ! must feed the best and give the best care possible, that his stock may, reach .its best development. i At the Experimental Farm, Nap- pan, this has been well brought cut in the feeding and caring of the pure , bred flock. It was found that even during the summer season the pure bred flock could not be neglected, otherwise the results would be bound to show in the following season's in- crease and development of the young. The flock must have a good pas- tur 'T'i with not too rank a growth; preferably a short, thick bottom growth with an abundance of clover and plenty of good running water to which the sheep can easily get. Sheep take much more water than the avei-age farmer would think. This holds true especially in winter. Just before the breeding season the 4'ves should be culled; all unde- sirabics takan out; and a certain period given between weaning and breeding time for the ewes to got into condition again. Best results are obtained where the ewes are ^tdrned in a nice clover field and flushed just before mating season. It is found that where ewes and rams are in the best of h?alth and condi- tion a greater percentage of twins and triplets is dropped. All ewes should be tagged before the mating season. The best time to breed is in the fall. If you have wai-m quar- ters for the ewes and lambs it will pay to have the Iambs dropped early; otherwi.se it is not advisable to do so. It is also found that a small flock of twenty ti twenty-five per pen is better than a large one. When ewes go into winter quarters they should be supplied with good, well- cured clover hay. The ne.xt best is a mixture of clover and timothy. Pulped turnips at the rate of from 2\~i to 3 pounds per head per day should be given up to w.ithin a month of lambir'?, with the addition of Vi to 1 pound of a men"; mixture (100 oats, 100 bran and 50 oilcake). This will keep the ewes in a good, thriv- ing condition. For the best results, ewes sh^ould not be too fat, especially at lambing time. We have had our heaviest losses from over-fat ewes, i Just previvs to himbing (say about a month) the turnips are gradually] cut down to nothing. The percent- age of bran, if it is good, is increas- ed slightly until after the lambs are dropped. Then the oats are increas- ed, as there is nothing like good oats to stim\i!at3 the milk flow. Salt should be :;:ippl,ied at all seasons of the .year. A careful watch over the flock at lambing time will often save the lives of many lambs that will, at the end o." six or seven months, be worth v'^JS to S30 each. â€" Experiment- al Farms Note. Better Plowing Maens More Dollars. If there ever was a time in the history of t"ie world when the farm-] er shoul4 g've close attention to | plowing, it is from now on. Strange as it may seoni, this most important of all farmir.g operations, this thing from which all cultivation starts, is given the least intelligent thought. The success or failure in the raising of a crop depends more upon the; plowing than any other operation j connected with crop-growing. | We have not learned, as a nation of farmers, that w.ith the proper use of the plow the weed and insect nuisance of Canada and the United States, a loss which man attempts toj estimate at $700,000,000 annually,' can be eradicated. I say as a nation.' There are many individuals who real-! ize the importance of good plowing, ' and the result they get is proof enough; but the vast majority are still at fault. Think what it would i mean in 1919, not only to the farmers of Canada, but to every industry, if that seven hundred million dollars could be turned into commercial channels rather than be fed to weeds ^ and insects, both of which the proper: use of the plow could exterminate,! and which have no earthly use except to keep the farmer on his mettle. } X few years ago Mr. F. Bowman of the State of Iowa, won fir.^t prize [ in a corn-growing contest, with 109 • bushels and •lO pounds of corn to a measured acre. Mi*. Bowman says his field v«i3 blue-grass sod, fall j plowed seven inches deep. His neigh-; bors did not grow any such crop of corn, and the fertility of the land was all the same. It was discovered that wireworms and grubs in a number of j instances made replanting necessary. .Assuming that the average crop was 60 bushels an acreâ€" and this is a high average â€" the difference between 60 and 109 bushels, or 49 bu.shels, rep- resents the addit.'onal wealth of Mr. Bowman for having fall-plowed that blue-grass sod. The <;eciet of Mr. Bowman's suc- cess was the freezing of the grubs and wireworms, and also the oppor- tunity to get on his field earlier in the year with his disk harrow, and | make the kind of a seed bed that \ naturo demands for the corn crop. If fall plowing is impossible, spring plow.ng should start at the earliest possible moment. It is not to be sup- posed that a farmer can control the) weather, but he can place himself in the position to remedy the evil effects I of had weather conditions. He can do this with a plow if he understands how and when. On account of the different types! of soil and different weather condi- tions .in different sections of Canada' it is impossible to give a certain set: of rules or formulas by which a farm-| er can plow his ground. We farmers cannot plow, harrow, and cultivate our ground in the same manner any i two suesessive years with the expec- tation of being able to grow a maxi- mum crop. Nature never gives us the same soil and weather conditions | in any two years. We have a new â-  problem every year. The working- out of that problem successfully is determined by our knowledge of the' crops we wish to raise, what is nee-] essary for their growth, and how toj put our ground in such condition thatj these things can take place. The unfortunate part is that the principles back of plowing are not; generally understood, and yet they are vitally necessarj' for the increas- ed crop production to which we are all striving. The plow transforms] latent power into kinetic energy. This commonplace instrument decides the destinies of nations; but, in spite of this, .its proper use has been given the least thought and attention ofj any farming operation. ' The best plan in this: Write to the Experimental Farm in your own homo Province. Tell them exactly what part of the province you live in, j and the kind of soil you have on your farm. Most provinces have made a very close anaIysis*of the soil within their borders, and will be able to di- rect your plowing operations correct- ly- There seems to be a prejudice in the minds of most farmers against using en.silage as a ration for horses. I say prejudice because I believe that in most cases they have never given it a trial. About six years ago we decided to experiment with ensilage. We con- sulted our veterinary, v/ho advised against it, saying that the stuff was not fit to feed a horse. We, however, spent the greater part of the winter experimenting with different rations with ensilage as the base. We tried at first feeding it once a day, at noon, and found that the horses not only ate it with a relish, but seemed to do well on t. We then began feeding the ration in the morning, and at noon, and were reaily surprised at tho results. With the ensilage we fed we cut wheat or oat straw, and used for the grain ration a mixture of ground corn, cats, and wheat bran, mixed in equal parts. Our method of pre- paring and feeding this ration was as follows: In the first place we d^d not fill our silo until the corn was pretty well ripened, in order that the en- silage would be quite free from acid. W^e put an abundance of water in with the corn, which helped in pack- ing, and made the ensilage qnfte moi."t when it was ready to All. After filling the silo we turned the discharge pipe over into that part I of the hay mow directly over the i feed room. We then put our straw ; throujrh the cnailuge cutter, leaving , the»knivcs set the same as for cutting j the corn. It is surprising the amount of cut feed that can bo store-l in a I small Epaee. i We placed an iron tank at the bot- : torn of the silo; at a point where the cut straw could be put into it with verj' little labor. We put i\\2 ensil- age and cut straw into the tank in : the proportion of two baskets of en- silage to one of straw, and sprinkled (he corn, oats and bran mixture over the top of the mass, end mixed it thoroughly with a fork or scoop. It was now ready to feed. I We fed each horse what he would I eat up clean, which we found to be : from a bushel to a bushel and a half, ! depending on the size of the horse. We fed this ration in the morning, , and at noon, then .it night we fed a i liberal amount of good clover or mixed hay, and ear corn. We have been feeding this ration for five winters, and we could not ask for better results. The cost of feeding has been reduced at least i one-third, and our horses have kept in a more healthy condition than be- ; fore. Ashes as a Fertilizer. With potash scarce and high- priced, it behooves every farmer to conserve every bit from every source. L'nleached hardwood ashes contain from five to seven per cent, potash and are worth aboat $40 a ton for their potash content alone. Besides their potash, they contain from one to two per cent, of phos- phoric acid, about fifty per cent, of lime and a small amount of mag- nesia. The potash in ashes is very soluble; therefore, ashes should be protected from the weather. Besides their direct action as a fertilizer, tho "alkali power" of ashes is great. This power is that which enables ashes to rot weeds and to ferment peat. The mechanical effect of ashes on tho soil is also very bene- ficial â€" binding sandy soils and loos- ening clay soils. The ashes from soft woods contain less potafh and less phosphorus than those from hardwoods, but still they contain enough to make them a valu- able fertilizer. The ashes of twigs and the younger growth of trees are worth more than the ashes of heart wood taken from the middle of an old tree. Wood aches make a profitable top- dressing for grass land and pasture, as they encourage the growth of clover and the better kinds of grasses, which crowd out weeds and inferior kinds of grasses. Ashes can be very profitably used for corn. For this they should be screened and ap- plied with a fertilizer drill, 200 to 250 pounds to the acre. They are very excellent for strawberries, putting firmness into the berries â€" -an absolute essential for shipping pur- poses. The commercial poultryman must catch the birds occasionally for ex- amination and such work requires careful han(il;n^and patience. It takes a man with a good temper to catch Legh;)rn hens during the day. It is not advisable to try to do it as at night the birds can be handled with less confusion. We believe that banding, treating for lice, observa- tion of the laying condition, and culling of the flock should all be done at night. This saves confusion and time. Laying hens are iniured by being frightened and the egg produc- tion will surely fall if they are chased around the laying house. If it is necessary to catch birds during the day, take a piece of strong wire about four or five feet long and bend a crook in the end which will just slip over a hen's leg. Then scatter a little scratch grain where the birds can see it and catch the deaired birds with the crook. It is easier than making a grab with the hand, which often results only in a scai-ed bird minus a handful of feathers. j When crating birds for shipment they should be caught at night. Sev-I eral crates of broilers can be gather- ed from the colony houses at night in a short time. 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