mm I - 1 'i Row to Ke«p Good H«lp. Often th« hired man ^eems to have « hatred towsrd the d»iry bugineas. Th» question cornea at oi.2«: "Why 1» this tru«? U nr'lkinif harder than other wovlt?" I thinl< that, moat hu-- •d men will asrre« rliat mHkinif is not suoh hard work, but often the farmer figures on having the hand they bought for credit. I soon (;arae to the coDclution that I waa on the wronjc side of the fence, so I i-hanged. As to the seUingr end, I have in my| possession several books eont,a,!ningr i maivy <lo!!ar3 in !i>st accounts. Dur- j ing tl-e teven year* of my credit i)uai- nesi I lost at le»%t $200 in this way;! and I am certain,! lost iKat much by to do a day's work in the fields and buying on credit. But nevti aga n then 1.0 th«< n iking iu the inoinir.s; 'o"" me. Tiiat $400 is as gooci to me iind evrt!ing l:£:des. without any e\-l «» 't is fo'' the other fellow, ^ml here,: tra pay. Ortaiivly, if the dairy bu»i-j «'ter I intend to keep it. j ness is worth while the farmer should! I ^- Erery Acre Should I'ay. ! Farm management inveat.-gationg the extra labor arch 22"^ ba willing to pay involved. 1 worked for Feveral years as a hired man on the farm, and found that from the standpoint of the hired hand the wvjrk of milking the cows Is not harder than other work, but that the temiency of the farmer is too oficr: to do the milking after a Itard day's wcrk has Ijeen done in the field. Often the milking was begiin at five or exirl'.er in the morrj'ng, and in the evening when the milking was <fone, the mi'k separated, and the calves fe<\ it was from eight to nine o'clock. The demands of the K'red man of to-day are not so much for higher wages as thev are for shorter days. Th' can show that on almost evtry farm a part of the work t» carrieti on at a io«B. Many farma do not pay any- thing fcr the labor spent upon them,! if a fair rate of interest is deducted j and the Irving, lincluding house rent,! is al'.owed. ' The unprofitable cow is one of the factc^.s that makes for lack of profit on the farm; but the boarder cow in' mcny cases ia not the only boarder, i Low-yielding acres, Vke boarder | cows, are often fatal when profit from' the farm is conaidered. Poorly- drained soils, soils low in humus, and ; Lompact, .Hour soils grreatly reduce net proffts. Sometimes thirty per cent is all right, and if the farmer °' the farm acreage does not produce cut a few hours off the day's ^"°"^^ ^° P«y ''» ^»y- work in the field and use them in the dairv business, he will make just as , „ , . , ., imi,-h money and enjoy Vfe a great !'"L"*J^f^!^-!:f!'_ Lâ„¢^.''?!^_"",'1 deal better. The hired man will not object to this system of working. Cows in order to do their best aliould be milked at regular intervals. If they are milked at five in the morning, they should be milked at five in ihe evening. If this plan is fbl- lowed I am sux-e tb.at the hired-man question will not be so difficult to handle on the farm where there are â- goodly number of cows to take care of. A Iiix'ed man should be paid accord- ing to his ability and willingness to work. If he is a sluggard and still receives the same wages as the alert roan, the man with the higher amli'- tion is soon discouraged because he does not receive pay in proportion to the amount of work that he does. In many cases the farmer ia oon- rfemning the hired man when the farmer limseif is doing about all he can to di(oour:a^ the man's ability. Human interest and kindness are ...... , , . perhaps the hest means of getting the" P'^'*- ^,t POP^'at'O" ^ .'f-T*^ .j^' Unprofitable land can not be dis-' posed of so easily as boarder cows,; it' is profit-bearing. If the income from such land can not be increased, the labor spe^ upon it can be reduced until the income at least pays a little more than the cost of the labor. The size of the business often is the determining factor in makmg the farm profitable. Farms often have too many or too few acres. Decreas- ed yields per acre in a province may or may not indicate poorer agricultural methods. For instance, as the price of wheat becomes higher more land is planted to wheat. Much of this land may not be a<iapted to wheat, but better prices make it profitable. In this way the average yields per acre are decreased, because land thlit was formerly unprof itablei is brought under cultiivation. Higher prices, better farming methods, more efficient machinery, immigration â€" al-i these tend to ex- tend agriculture into sechions that formerly could not be farmed at a most out of the hired man. IfNhe is greeted in a cheerful way in the laorn'ng when he meets his boss at the bam, and is treated as a man, a real human being, he feels that there is something in thi.s old world he- aide* hsrd work, and will fee! more li!ii» trving to please His employer. On the other har'd, if the man is gr.;etT}d in a grouchy way in the early niornin.7. or receive.* no grafting at aH, he feels that the man fcr whom ^""^ profitably be is worki'ng is interested in him only 30 far an he wishe.s to get work out of Ivim, ' , If some of the foregoing hints are curied out. the dairy business will not bo dreaded to so great an extent by the hired man, and in the long run: the farmer will be money ahead. The dairy business is certainly worth while. Why should not the farmer do his best to develop it on his farm? Buy and Sell for Cash. After n ne years of di>ing busines^s on a ci'edit, two years ago I adopted a strictly cash system of buying and â- efiing. Since that time I have saved a gccd mary dollars that would other- wise have been lost to nie. It took me a long time to learn this lesaon, bat I have learned it well. When I began business as a mar- ket sa;-dener,I had to buy nearly rrerything I needed on the long-time payment plan, for I had only $200 after paying for my land. It took me •even years to get out of debt, be- cause good« bought on credit cost me • great deal more than if I had paid cash. Of course, in my ca.se it was' convenient and necessary, but in the' long run I paid dear for it. j I always bought my groceries, dry-, |rocd», hardware and other aybiclea from stores that would tr.ist me fori lereral mopths at a time In fact, I I was paying even ntcvre at my owm! classes will be benefited if the rapidly rising cost of farm products can be^^ met lin part by making idle acres work and making unprofitable land produce a satisfactory income. Some of our unprofitable land can never be brought under cultivation by any method now known. Land not - now in farms should be farmed, and unimproved land now in farms should be improved only when ths can be Every farmer who owns unprofitable land should make a detaile<i examination of his farm, acre by acre, to determine the un- profitable areas. Next he should de- termiine about how much it would cost him to make each acre pay its way. This study will show what and how much in the way of manure, drainage, cover crops, commercial fertiMzers, lime or other preparations s needed to produce satisfactory crop yields. This analysis wiill show v.-hut acres can not be cultivated profitably. It is better to leave such land in per- manet pasture than to farm it at a los' - The farm is not only a liome; it i»; a place of business. .-Vs such, each enterprise and each acre should re-; ceive attention and be put on a paying basis. i « i Ship Ijour Raw Furs At Once Last Receiving Date March H* IS IT TAG DAY FOR YQU? AtUch one of these tags to your package, bale or bales â€" take to expreaa or post office and it will bo on its wray to join thousands of others already in our warehouse, sorted, listed and put up in best possible shape, for the inspection and bids of hundreds of eager buyers. You will get the opinions on your furs expressed in the aatisfyinj form of RECORD PRICES by at least 300 buyers from the chief great distributing centers of the world. The SMALL SHIPPER ia welcomeâ€" we want to prove *to all consignors, large or small, our certain ability to get them real results. WE HAVE NOTHING to oHbr buyers at this sale but genuine average Canadian furs in ORIGINAL collec- tioRS â€" that'a allâ€" just the best in the world ! Immens'? quantities of every variety marked on this tag are on hand â€" yet we have not nearly enoughâ€" there are not enough anywhere to supply the universally keen de- mand existent. March 1st is last receiving date; all shippers are cordially invited to attend the sale. • ADDRESS: Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co., LIMITED - MONTREAL / Temporary Offices: /V^' Wtndaor Hotel, Montreal / ^« " / YOUR PROBLEMS' AJdr»»a all i, -.minunications for this department to Mrt. Helitn Lav*. 238 Woodbina Ave.. ToronTo. " Pre.;idem: Why not try a "Non- j ser.se social"? Th« younif people wriU . all want to come to it, and the older I people, young in spirit, can't keep away either. Besides, the not'.cea /.^ /.t>jy Quality in Quantity nuJcM tfie REAL market / <r .•^- receive a prize â€" a mcut4i organ or a "•â- 'a horn, or something: mutiral or pseudo-muaicai. Tlie feeling contest: .Ananiro an aasortment of objects f.ir each ecu posted around town may be worded: te?tant, blindfolded, to !>e identified 30 that 1,0 c«e need hcait.Hte for fear' by t<;uth. Such tiiinirs as a carrol of being thought frivolous. Print; a piece of crayon, a g.aas panei I v/eight^ a leather cage, a piece of theiu thus: "\ little nonsense â- \-i\\ and then Is relished by the up-: of men." 1 So Why not put in a jolly evening at a Nonsense .Soflal next Friday at the Community Hal!. Admiasion 5 senses. Fir.5t of all, all the people sugge^t'ons for such sponge^jwe teat. The smell contest: Thii is an old stunt, but fit'? in liere. Prepare sever- al little plain bottles and fill them with different lio.uids, all hav.'ng an odor. Some should be enough aiik« to make discrimination -hairi, as fci instance, Liiy-c-f-the-valley perfume, there y.HH be jokes on' ''?7'"'°" Perfume. white rose and who think they have ^"o'". _va-i:na, almond cream, bav puzzled out tlie meaning of the ad- '""'"•. ^'" °"^ '"'ttfe with clear water mission price and try to pay five cent ^."° "°*^"^^ '*>« different odor.? as- pieces. But the real amusements of *'!?neaJo .t by the contestants. j the evening will consist nmong others j of nonsense c-ontests. I Announce that for fifteen minutes i there will be a deaf ami dunil> inter- ; val, and that all conversation and i communications must l>e carried on After these tests, let tha noneense e.'ement enter again. Here is a nonsense game that ii Treat fun if everyone is in a happy mood â€" it is called ''You Have a Face." All sit .in a circie, and the came l>y signs. If everybody enters into *tarc3 when one person turning to his the spirit cf it, it will be exceedingly right-hand neighbor remarks, "Von I joUy. I have a face." Th? other asks "What Following that may cuine some blindfold stunts. One that is always ; good â- jpoTt is blowing out the candle. The contestanu are in turn blind- j folded, turned. around three times, and , headed for the lighted ••andle. The ' object, -of cour.'e. is to blow ir. out, and there are sure to be all sorts of j ludicrous results. A good way to carry out another ; contest in which the sense of smel; â- is featured is to provide a variety \ of food samples which each contest- ant mu.'t identify with eyes closed ami i;ose he!d tightly. Cooked oat- meal, bread, cake. leaf .sugar, a piece of banana, a bit of potato, all are mystifying w'.thout the sense of .smell to aid the sense of taste. i After the •'nonae.ise" contasts may come seme â- "'sense' contests. Tile sight contest: Fil; a tai)!e with a great variety of objects, and ailocv everybody a minute by the cl(X'k to cb^rve it, after which each [»sr- son writes down a list of what he or kind of a face?" The first person replies, using an adjectiva beg.uinlng with "'a." Thfs he may say, "an an- g^elic face" or "an ambitious faca" or an "anarchistic face." The right- hand neighbor then in turn telis his right-hand neighbor tiiat ~ he' has a face, and so it goes around the circle. The second time around, "b" may be the initial letter of the face adjective. There is nothing pei'sonal about the applicai;ion of liie adjectives, and often the incongruity of them with the faces tj which they a^e applied makes hilariy run high. A. nonsense prog^-ani could be ar- ranged as a climax to the evening if desired. The reireshments may be an.-.ounc- ed as appsaiing to ilie sense of taste and .<!igh'.. Periiap.-; oyster stew would be ••â- se::.-ib!c," or the conven- tional cof'*ee and sandwiches may form the '.Tienu. A. truly aonscnaical menu might consist of Oiia.:g6 ice and lady fingers or some ather verv airv she reniember.s. A prize may be given wafers. i'or the longest ii<t â€" for instance, a For soavanirs pass around- a tray of nail- cf rcse-colored goggles. \ "purple cows," paper ones of course. The hearing contest: Let a versatile *'"'th Bt:rge3s ,1 '':r.sor.'s famous musician play snatches of tunes on rhyme on each: the piano. The contestants, prov.:ded' "I've never seen a purple Cffw, with paper and pencil, write down the' 1 never hope to see one; titles as fast as they recogn;ze them.' But; tiiis thing I know, ailvhow, .\ga;n the o^mer of tlie best li.?t may I'd rather see than be one. I N rBRN ATION A L L ESSON . FEBRUARY 2:1. Peter Delivered from Prison â€" Acts 12: 5-17. Golden Text.â€" Psalm 34:7. 1-4. Herod the King was not Herod Antipas, mentioned several times in Christ. He was educated at Rome; and acquired with his education the ' vices which prei\-ai!ed in Rome at that time. .\t the age of forty, out of fa- vor with the emperor Tiberius, and banknipt, he f!e<l from his creditors and came to Palestine. His sister, less and wandering adventurer now one who knocked must be "h^s angel " settled down in Jerusalem, professed for they believe<l that every man had his adherence to the jtrict laws of the his guardian angeK who might on oc- .tncient faith, took part in the services casion assttme his form (we Heh 1- of the temple, and undertook to re- 14 and .Matt. 18: lOK press Christianity by a renewed and ^ severe persecution. Forunately hoi *- - Herodias. had married Antipas (see did not live long enough to do 'much' Mark 6: 17), and through her influ- harm and Iv.s kingdom came to an ence he was appointed to a lucrative end with him. His son. Agrippa II office m Tiberias, which he held only (25: 13) ruled over certain small pro-, for a short time. After majiy adven- vinces only (50-100 A.D.i. | tures, he succeeded in borrowing James the brother of John waa one . »H ^tc ^1 Ewes that are suckling lambs need money enough to take him back to of the three disciples who formed an,« f*^ pounds of roots or silage m a Rome, where he was put in prison by the emperor. But at the death of Tiberiaa shortly after, he found a Sa't thrown on spot wh'ch has: fallen on the cai-pet will prevent stain. 1000 Eggs In Every Hen New System of Poultry Keeping â€" Qet Dollar A Poz«n Eggs â€" Pamous Poultryman TELLS HOW the gospels as ruler of Galilee andj friend in the new emperor. Caius, Perea, but Herod Agrippa I. king^! who made him king but kept him in Palestine under the Romans. 41-44 Rome. When Clatidiius became ern- A.D., a nephew of .Ajttipas, and grand-j peror in 41 A.D. he receiv&i the ter- son of Herod the Great, who was ritories in Palestine which had been ruler at the time of the birth of' ruled by his grandfather. The reck- How to Figure How Much You Earn \ .â€" â€" â€" ^â€" â€" â€" â€" â€" â€" To find your labor income for the He would have made more money if ywr UM this plan. First put down, his capital had l>een invested in Vic- ' , , • _^v ^ torv bonds and he had worked out by how much your farm i« worth-not ^^^ ^ ^^j, ^^^ planning and what you would like to sell it for, but thought he put into his farm opera- what jrou could actually get for it you! tions didn't bring him a cent. Reraem- it on the ntarket. This figure^ ber too, that .\-«u shoiild receive some- inner circle about Jesu.s and shared ; part of their ration. Either of these some of His most secret thought.^ and sfcimulares the flow of milk, experiences. The policy of Herod .Sheep have not much of an appe-" seems to have been to remove the leaders of the Christian movement, and so he proceeded to sei.'^e Peter also. The character of the king is wol! reflected in the words of the historian: "Because he saw that it pJeased the Jews." His zeal for the Jewish religion was entirely a matter of policy. The days of unleavened bread were tite for hay that has beer, dragged under foot. Take the hint and feed no more than wiill be o'caned up every tmie. Clip away any extra wool that may be growing around the ewes' udders. That will help the lambs to find their place better. put it on is usually about halfway between what you would Like to gat and what you would get from a forcfed sale. Thwi fUfuTe in what stock you had during the year. Sales of all sorts of products are taken into account, R4 w«ll a» any e.xpense in repairing or buying machinery, the purchasing fertiliser, etc. In fact, list thing also for the work your family| ha<» done. jp»,vinrg the same mio* ajjd hauled my I yeenf 'slSStor o( to\i\] |ux*ha.e« Vame m my w««on t^\i?;'V^«1,rvi:'r, S«?aBnl times { notjced tokt oue; {^orit, qfuon «li». »' PoUUry euvoMa, â- â- i»y, TBO \:k Kill) m«y lay loj ,,> 'â- 'J P"U'Kflt, V«t, 8 l)«ef! solsnMn -all-v Mtivb/ishea ihere is something you ling you are ahead under "re-, cr year that will make your labor in- and whatever you spent on 1 come compare more favorably with th» f»nn undtr "expen««s." j the salary of the man of the same From this sample little pioMlem wi ability in town. Remember, too, that arithmetic you get the ilgMve show- ' it'costs him a hi move to hv^ than pie, whose .enthusiasm for the preser vation of Jewish law and custom could be easily excite<i. For that reason the king intended bringing ! him forth after ths Pussover Wr pub- , , . , , 'lie sentence and execution, believing If your labor mcome doesn t come u^^t this would win for him pooular out the way you v/ould like, don't be; enthusiasm and applause. Meanwhile discouraged. You might have had: Peter was carefully guarded by "four bad luck with some crops or .live' quaternions," that is by four groups stock, or vou might not have hit fa-j of ^our men. who watched for six vorable markets. Maybe, though.! hours each, and he was chained to two an do anoth "^ '"'^ '^''"'" K'lards. There seemed nfl I.U., »^. _ J f 1! ii .-• Oc-asionaliy ewes xviil pass the nor- the seven days following the eatmg ,„„i „_„;„, , . .. ^. '"â- ""' of the Pa. .ever, during which no : â„¢^' J"",'"!.",^ gestation oy several good Jew permuted anvthing leav- °3>''- S>uffieient time jhouid be given ened to remain in his house (Kxod. ^°'-' '"« e^'f '•o S'^/o birth to the lamb 12: 14i. ) It was a season when before assists -.ce iii given. .\ few Jerusalem would be filled with peo-_ days before lambing ihe ewe's flanks will drop noticeably, and immediately before lambing tiie ewe will become restless. BALED SHAVINGS FOR BEDDING .^ possiiJilily of escape from such guard- ianship. But "prayer was made earn- 1 estly of the church unto God for him.'' j 5-12. An .\ngel of the Lord. It is ii.iei698 to spe<'ii!?te jjs to ^vhether or; iiUy Write or phone fo.- Special Pr.cte. %Kr lot iiow Wch mora you Iwve at theiit does youand your famiiy in the j S.ood fend .in disguise, w!;o had suf rtmWy c«h »tor# »old good* much lUrTverVVuUs^u'biln-oV h*W<."i wilfii '"« -â- - -.-- '-;.â- , - ." . - ,^^^^^ vVlieve h. la t Bb«»p«r th#n I >va» pajitjg for tho ov»v (}»>) tliou»un4 m^-^ia ck »«rm» la end of the year yian at the begiimiuig. <-oui»'^y' "neie n» is • tlitfned ^»t tills on«ei'.»h9l»Mw4i:fo|i-^«»lx >Wi' tfnu- ir giVa prSp?.»; farm ftjjd fflu^prnw-.t, v8ly»<t at 118,- comfortable home Ikt oosU you nokh- i tills \o seU good* no cheaply bevatise ovtv (}ti>) tiioUKuna nui-4ia «« ••"M li) ena ot ttje year yian at \m> ooip , foijf t« •ix ytari' tinu- ir givjji ?.-»?«.•; f^^m ^4 fQurprnw;!, valy^'t a •MM time there w»re f\o *X pe deliveiy wagons and labor. store also saved the expeme of, criMfit accounts with custonurs tiiu^le to ^y bills. j This Mt ni3 to thinking. Here I: ^waa h.lpiing i^ pay fcr delivery con i that I did not use, besidc< tho dealers for their lost ac- ' â- vit'i o'hor cii-to,"icrj. In a^i-' ' â- ' .1; losing interest! â- •-. '. ' , •â- >.. vcirien- payin,'. pront fiotn s^eo- lu'n in nix winter I aioptfts. TI)e«o ana many other monev inaKin« nouttiy leoretx i.ri, coutalnta lii , Mr. Tiaffiira'a f.OOO Kao HH^,-- »ys. I tern of poultry lalsUiB una copv of wlit-li will bo split Bbeoliii.'ly free to any leader of thU) panor who keeiin nix liepe or luore. 9st» eli'.iiij.1 g.) t,i a Jol- i l»r ur m>ro « ooseii thl>i \vliit«p. xius , n«une Wk urofli lo th" pimUry lioeDor hf B'lte the M(e. hi.- Traltoid yeat ore -^Si' *'"' y°^r tf rix^^ry *"'\ biitcher He' '>'1I» aro greatly reduced !>y the things during y^^ laiRB youiielf. 40 bad. I Bui ii j-oti Jl^ei tnai in sfUi!j uay nt the; or oBier the «a.lHry wu are eaiiiing capital inve.<(t»d. If ho invested that 'for yourself can be increas««i. don't 1^18,01)0 elsewhere \l« would ffet at stop figuring until you have worked least four per cent Interest; if he had out somo ways of increasinc your to borrow it, he would very likely i farm profdiii. It may menn i'i«.i\As4d pay six per vsnl. So wo take thai crops yieldji through using more ferti- avcrage, and »ay that his capital in- li::er. It may mean better clock by vested earns fivu per oeiii. Five per using « purw-bre^ sire or higher not tli6 aiii^el hi&y have t)e«n iiy In tlicj ffood friend ,iu disguise, w!;o \u\ •'Tugglingl li'-'itiit i'liluence to cajole or to bribe 'his gjiuras, If that werj th« case he v.oj\! liAve been r\y. a;!gel,a messenger oan but take Iha st Hi ado dam». The secret .•»«;. Bx^a tlia M(e. Mr TralToi<l leiln „ ,. ,,„, ,^,.,„, ^. ,, how If >ou Se9p (Jiiiciusiis uiui w„„';<^«nt °^ »i»,uuo /» ^vw. ho ni» cap ihoni to maV« rnpii«> f..r y,m, cu:. .-.; iml earned »900 of that $1,10(1. and creased labor costs throueh (his ad ai';l eenj It «Tl(h vour name mii.i I ,, J. ,, 1 • 1 j ,1 1 « • _ -.1,1 ., address u> Usury Xreftord, Siili« i;.io |. , the grower hi;.isu!f, working hard all 0, ,aiin pvAcr VVhate<-er it Tyne VXae. UlnKhampto.n, N Y a„.i n ' ycg-/ earivd cnly !?'-00. in other | is «i way for you to talxi the use fecen nv.r.j tlie less an of th'> Lord. We! ory a.s it is told, ar.d adnut that it bears upon a the stamp c' truth. Peter arose from .sleep and went fcrui with his un- knC^U guid«, walliti,; ai ijj a dream. He "thoi>fc^* lie «av.- .i "Wi^^.^'J Not until h'< deliveifr J?"^ iftf^TlFtil mn , he cvme it> hin.ioi:". Than 11? ^iVjwlu the Well known and hisnitable "house of Mjvy the -mother of Joh.i whoso surnrim> wa« Alavk." Wa.« it John R. LAIDLAW LL"V!BER CO. * Limited 62 YONGE ST.. TORONTO. clliu^ at rlie narie oUl prl-^ 100<-, ~ ~ ~ - Sel- 7ur« Sugar Cane Tvaaola. JIark stf rv 3.»-1i> V. ray ill" It ~n'v -•iy if •THB 1.001' tj.]., • iltili iii:.\ V." income. deride to do it. froi'i al-,.:ii T like !ea"i,cd the Tl.t \' • T;i;Hv.ed. Though ' '• th'« very thint. thnv could 'â- â- vo it tr'ic. so anuizii.g was â- '.•â- -•. (.Ktri. in-Jsed (loiVs . ..t "--V [^^^:r'' (^^^â- th: l8 •oted 100<-, 7ur« Suva Vme It ri>(rnl»rly. Fcoi! li to yoa» Cows, Pigs, iiprses, Sheep ftud wstch tiioui tkka on wetflit. ' Biirliikle tt over straw, oH luy, moiA ^ â- ifher fodder. It 'Ttcrps 1,^ Hetil.hy IJuikl.s Flenh Faslef Cow^ (iive More Milk It cu.s ao-ra cost >f fucdiag A v»la« •bie ccuaiUoner et ()«c;(tedlr reaeoaslita: co«t. aatade of yore »B«i»re»ne molasasM' Buy It by the imrreL ^^ ObtaLued froQi ajl fUst-cUeii 4««lsc% Scad for f«adl»a ol>^t»l»re Kii4 t»ie«. Cans mola Co., of Canada, Limjt«d 1 13 St. Paul 3t. West, Ms.ntrsal, Qu«i '^m ./