The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Address communication* to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto TAMING THE LIGHTNING Wo all abhor the approaching sea- son of destructive thunder-storms, and it behooves every farmer to prepare rhine, corresponding to a brilliant lightning discharge of small propor- tion, was allowed to play upon the roof with the following results: The lightning struck the galvanized steel roof and the charge was carried oft* ! by a grounded lightning cable, with- out in any way injuring the wooden structure or the hay contained in THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Pasture Makes Cheaper Pork. There is no use quibbling about the for it. We have no hesitation in say- j A te rne-plate roof gave the same re- v Th P cron will ' m * thHt tho Almighty has placed gu ] ts as the steel roof. The discharge paratively ** A " withi " reach ' every man the means Wa8 , eft on for an indefinite lenth MAY 7 5"! Isaiah's Ideal for a World at Strife, Isa. 2: 2-4; 11: 1-9. stand hard pasturng. re mount w Wi a I f Talue of pasture in producing pork.) of. seed required to plant an acre of Teats by the dozen have shown that 'rape is comparatively small. every man te means Wa8 , eft on for an indefinite length the lightning| and has of tjme ^^ Golden Text Come ye, and let us walk in the way of the Lord. Isa. 2: 5. Lesson Foreword A specimen of the house of David. (See "i Sam. 7: It Is possible, when pasture is used, to produce pork with one-fourth less train. As an actual example, let me tell of two bunches of pigs at the Experi- ment Station. There were ten pigs In will grow until very late in the fall, thus giving it a longer growing season than some of thc other crops. It Is lt given him the intelligence necessary j the wooflon 8truc j rc or the contents : | [j^ , P"j* ^j"* ^ U& "f'o to make these means av.,tahle If to .. To obtain protection from light . ** ^'^ ^atTk^own as !nt 14 \. 2 6 7 _ J( nmg with metal roofs, proper ground- Messianic hope. From now on this |rir ;K . Here he I .*_ _ _ * Y .1 C*.. An , ' -_. or refus, neglects or refu e other ch ol tne omer c.-oi. - - , - in mind however, that destroy famll '- . his equipment well to rape will not grow upon , barren famll >' j . u, f complain if a bo t mg of thc roof of the utmoat im . hope occupies the heart of Isral. Even for ^m. The Spirit of the Lord, . hig barn, or kills some of his portance . A suf fi c i e nt number of in the darkest periods of her history God's Spirit is conceived as the pro- )igs m ground, but that it requires a fairly each group. Ono group was fed grain '' fertile soil. The crop is quite adapt- and tankage In a dry lot, and the! able. U m * be sown. several_ *- other had corn and tankage, but was allowed to run on rape pasture. The pigs on pasture averaged 65|Kape snouia ne = , \"" t i~"' re pounds wnen the test started, and the;'" <^ ht to tcn P ounds * thC "" ground leads must be used, and they Israel believed that God had a great j ec: j on of his The question is asked: "Why should must be firmly fastened to the roof , I purpose for her in the world and that j t ^j zes certain men such as warriors, any farmer, or any one else, -go to the ; so aa to make good contact with the ' ^f r _ ultlm u at ?. ^ tu .. wo _ d .:_ ^,5_L?f craftsmen, prophets and kings, and expense of putting up rods when in- j latter. The same precautions must be will protect him from loss by ; taken concerning ground plates orj 1-ur ou, f*e. flre from ligthningr Whoever asks pipcs> bend$ in ,eads, distance of leads ' or at the effect , iT i t t-Vio rate ojfl that question seriously does not real- 'from hould be sown at the rate .^ ^ ingurance co ^ rs only 80 per 9i dered when cent, of loss of building, and the loss rods. in st cases is totnl, or 100 per cent.] "The lightning-proof qualities of lightning usually comes' metal roofs should receive proper con- enables them to do , tho nation wholly re- > east unusua! deeds, from all its foes O f ^e Spirit an the ervlightercrr.er.t and and understanding; a sharp and ma- installing lightning-: emphasizes both the City and the ^^ mind for discerning between ! King. right ar_d> wrong. Counsel and might; ggjwhen sown alone. pounds a head. In 84 days the pigs! Pigs should be turned on rape when ^ ^ on pasture gained 118.7 pounds a' it is eight or ten Cinches n 'K h ;__ Th ^V* j when th head; pigs without pasture gained only usually 84.9 pounds a head. Every 100 pounds' sown. of gain made by pigs on pasture cost there i* danger of tne crop oem* i> 'i an j wnen lightning starts a fire it is ; a da due to lightning. ^ $12^8; gain made by pigs without tured too cloacly; if the rape e ^ 9 j O f tt>n communicated to other build- farmer is vitally interested in pasture cost $18.16 for every 100 much larger before being fat pn ^"'j in?s; this could be prevented by rods, ning protection, and the foregoing ' Tne^nwintaln' of "The" Lord's "nou^e" I. War No More, ch. 2: 2-4. the ability to execute thj right when V. 2. In the last days. This phrase it is perceived. The Spirit of knowl- pounds. That difference of 58 cents a hundred ia not to b sneezed at. It may be that some people do not uje pasture in producing pork be- cause they do not know what kind of pasture crops to use. Is easily settled. That question For a permanent pasture, none ex- it becomes coarse and woody and is not relished. A well-drained piece of blue-srass. The secretary of a mutual insurance facts will be of value to him." V. 3. The kinsfs er*k>wment of or June-grass, with a southern slope, ( jj d ngt supplies good early pasture, and also| on a company having over $4,000,000 inj risks says that in seven years they ; a single loss by lightning | building. Another com- j How to Secure a Good Yield of Hay. ols alfalfa. Alfalfa is a feed of high provided, so that a continuous supply value, and its abundant and persistent will be assured throughout the season. remains green quite late in the fall,jp an y re p 0r t s that in (>00 losses from] While hay yields last summer but can not be depended upon during the summer. Other crops must be ._ __________ Jerusalem with its temple stood on Gcd's Spirit enai-Ies him to giv Mount Zion, but it waa overtopped by strong and true government. Under higher mountaiits in Palestine. Isaiah him civic virtues abound and crime looked for a time when the world ar,d vioienw are abolished. He shall would be so refashioned, whether not judge, etc. "He will be able, lik physically or metaphorically, that God, to probe things to the bottom, growth produces a vast amount of forage. Alfalfa can not be grown equally well In all sections of the coun- try; but where successful stands can b produced, there is no pasture super- ior to it. Breeding hogs can be main- tained through th summer on prac- tically no grain where good alfalfa pasture, plenty of water and shade are available. A combination of corn and alfalfa pacture is likewise successful for growth in young pigs, also for fattening. Red clover i* a close second to al- falfa. This crop is succefully grown throughout the country, and its adapt- ability for early summer or fall pas- ture makes it of great u*c In a forage rotation. Clover should be pastured before it becomes too mature, in order to secure the maximum us* of the crop. Rye Is a good <-rop for eurly spring forage. From tho standpoint of feed- Ing value, rye doe not compare favor- ably with many of the other crops; howerer, it finds a plaoa In practically very forage rotation due to the fact Uiut it supplies the earliest possible forg In the spring. The crop should be fall sown. Rape is one of the most desirable pasture crops available* fur .swine. This crop is desirahlo for H number of rea- sons; vlxi 1. Thu Oats and field peas are a combina- tion frequently used successfully for Jerusalem would stand high above all not bing misled by deceitful appear- be grounded by running a number 'cured on a forty-acre field. The Do-; to which the tribea went up to offer acce ptcd from" the rich, and the poor hog pasture. This mixture can be eight or number ten __ sown very early in tho spring aridj w j r> fam eac h strand furnishes an ahundunt and luxuriant | | nto tne ground. The w growth of pasture. The proper rate twisted two or three times about each The soil is ur.derdrained and is a kind of (ceding for thlt mixture is one and one-half bushels each of the oats galvanized iron 'minion Field Husbandman gives a de- ' sacrifices and to celebrate their reli- ^^ generally pushed to the wal! vrit md of the fence' script ion of the methods adopted to f 10 ? 9 fe * u l **;* Fs l ", : ,, , no redress. Rod of his mouth, an e wire should be bring about such a satisfactory eop. JSSLTvSrSI MMWrtStam to W ' th th u brNlth . . f ?. 'I 1 '-* : b - ohn .nh TK.' ;i i. .i^ ;. o bin^ n * tlon ? or tne worm VMM tuin to mean .. hls gpe ch. The king wi turn to for their spiritual instruc- strand and should reach to a depth of, of sandy loam. A three-year rotation | t j on 8n a inspiration. The Gentiles will ^\\ be quell four or five feet into the ground. If of corn, oats and hay has been follow-, yet recognize that Israel possesses .vith and both The 1-ing will voice and cvii-doere and pets. Seeding* may t>e made tne soil is particularly dry the wire'ed, the corn land from time to time during the growing season. The cost of seeding with this mixture is greater than that of oats and rape, or rape alone, and the am- ount of forage secured is no greater. Soybeans arc also a desirable for- iige crop. Thin crop i suitable both for a forage and for hogging down afUr tho lioans have become fully matured. The fact that soybeans do I good use in protecting against light- should bo sunk much deeper. Field j thc rate of eightee fences should be grounded every. The hay mixture c^,,.,. . twenty rods, and fences about barn- pounds of red clover, two pound* el- fj^* f^ T yards and feed lots at least every ten rods. Precaution is cheaper than risk, and money that goes up in smoke is a complete loss. That metal roofs can be turned to The Girdle; is a sash or belt, " n,,f -i; ' " " that the lovo of righteousness faith 'Viness will prompt and ut>h<>y the king in all his , sike. The major portion of the crop "". consisted of re,l c!ov,r and alfalfa, jgrttt. but the alsike and timothy were used hovjih as rova!t>i to Israel. The in- llr - l niversal Peace,v6-9. in case the former crops might winter habitants of Jerusalem will become' Isaiah se the security and peace kill. The crop of five tons per acre' the world's teachers in the moral re- of man in IfeMteak times extended not grow equally well in all sections ning j, evident from the following let- , clover and alfalfa in equal propor-! . was taken from three cuttings: th qtiiremfiita which God has !s.ld down to th brute creation; nature as weil first cut, consisting mainly of red for .men and that the^tof ,eed ,. sometimes high, make* this crop iMI ,leiiahle than gome of tho others which cost lor from . manu f ac turer of ,.! tions. gave three too,, second cut, roofing: "Recently, a farmer was rather s'.ir- and the third cut, cinsi*ting exclusive- Him, H e a'.orv l>e-!ng God and King" as man will be rtdfcnuvi. G. A. Smith V. 4. He shall judge, etc. "If all the says: "We who live in the countriee itions ments of consisting mainly of ulfalfa, one ton. wi) , natura ii y ^f,,- ,h e ir disputes to security and terror ths: they cause i ' " " less for seed, and which furnish just, prised when told that the great ex- ly of alfalfa, one ton per acre. Such (Gray). They shall beat. etc. Since nn much forage. ! pense to which he had gone to equip a result surely emphasizes the value all disputes iu-e to bo settUvi by Got! Finally, do not neglect to use pas- his steel- ture because you ar not sure which j rods was crop to grow, hut provide some crop ( grounding rather than in go along producing | have givei pork on expensive concentrate feed as the lightning-rods. alone. Provide a succession of crops I "Demonstrations of the lightning- was rather out of tho ordinary, the .tapering to a sharp point. They were I'' 1 " 1 ' " l% Proud w'rc:o they abound." Application. a to Henry Riohr.rd. Si ,-rc:ary me hi foot lothe i>uld will '.u: .' i a schoolhouse thai will last iluring the entire ea' n proof (iiialities of various kinds of yield for the past ten years at the 1 generally of iron or bronze and were and iiw the crops known to do best Write the experi- mental farm if in doubt. Controling the Pea Weevil. The Pea weevil causes serious losses to farmers should he carefully applied while the prinwuiy < "i mi-re:;! to our readers. i * F- ; i' - }w W1>0l t cn p i ow nn(i t j,<i whole p\nv seed is being shovnlled over. The "A miniature wooden bare ftlledwlth tag '"' the time t edge in u hero. WM ^ HpH , hat R m(|n ^^ >1UT y o: shovelling should be repeated every !' ia y WBC< P'rtfed in front of a machine: It is unfortunate that men will allow j( on his shoulder. Spears; consisted in Canada every year. ( j u y j or a( j c . a ,( f our ,|ays for about irenrniting 1,100,000 volts of eloo-j"good enough" to keep them fr.im thc generally of a lorp wooden st:ilT with v Some years ago the ati-mal I>H^S (W(j W(>ek , bof ,, re sow ing ' It should tricity. Thc long spark from the ma-' host. a sharp' metal head. Prunlngluioks; " decreuB<l, but indications are that ,, , ,. Mn /. ;,! ' [presumably thos<< were shaped like J - ' our sickle nr.;l wore ustvl for cutting tho grapes off tho vinea and for trim- 'he vines and trees. Neither 1S raoistl . ned two weeks before sow be seen that every pc this msect i, still a dangerous enemy with , cofl| o| , to pea growing. This Insect U also , n c Protection Ullflo( No . 9> is . jfivmg trouble ,,, , h( , province ,rf s , |(>( , b tho ,. p|irtme|lt of A i( . ul . IJritiHh Columbia, and to a slight ex- ture flt o , ( ,,, nominil , n Kn . tent m some other parts of ( anada. tomoloKi-t d( , s( ., ribcs thp inBe( . t to . Tho presence of tho insect is easily dintinirulshed. Tho individual peas will show round holes in which the woevil has developed, and from which it has escaped or lh> beetle miirh: still, bo confined to its homo In the semi. | If over a man could exult in a groat u>ry wo should i>ave thought ihaX aft BKle of gether with its life history. Certified Farm Seeds. Fixing up the Neglected Cemetery HY A. W. KOK. hi* . My heart i broken shall th y leara. etc. Isaiah's prodio- ierrihlo USB I bsm sustained in my tien of a universal peace is mcst un- U1 1 ' r ^'; l! * * r 'i <y>paiv.v,r.. atxl my usun! when wo conarder tho Hire in >oor v>.,iiers. Be-.evo me. noth.i* ex- which it was inaoV Then tho !> -mat P> -* battle lot can oe na.: so ,r.e.- ' condition among the nations was war >''.. he, I y M a hattio >\x>n. Neglected rural cemeteries, which tery when the association began its >Ik j no , j, o:l< ., Ma-iy of The shells used on the hat- are such eyesores, are becoming less work some twenty oil.l years ago. .. ...'. ... % ... 11.1 - tlrtU-'aN of South AfrKti woro '.ritor There are few thlnifs more disap- frei|\icnt. There are still n few ccrno- After the association hccamo thor- taken : BaflAusd and M|M inte pointing to a farmer than to find that levies which need care, however. Often oughlv organize.! with its proiilcnt. _, V -, 1 - A rod out of the stem of Jesso. ,-luuvh Mis. Tho in*trumits of de- The DOUM ef David, the <>.-n of Jesse, .-triu-i ',>., \\erp convvBMd m^-> instra- 'the s,,,l bo has *,,wn has failed to these condition!, a.e ,lue to lack of MCrcUry, treasurer, membership com- e ou^-o c .vi. te ^ n o .osso. MT.U-ISM vv.re- convoruv m:v msr presence m Hurh a case is indicated . " M compnnv! to a trof which has boen mer.:. of eotMtmctMB, Th* promi " ' < - - comnuttee-. by a round spot on the skin of the! T'T llp . or lms l lntr ^ ttct U!l* his kowlo,l K o of just how to <M about mittoe. entertainment . tfut |lown . Clllv f{ - If th kin Is removed over this ' iin<1 , IIOXIOUH Wl ' c<l ieedt ; Whllt ' " llxill ' t "I 1 " "^'ccte.! cemetery. That grounds contmittee. etc., it \vas a test- thl ,, , tumpi (1 oc!ares the pea. mark in tho spring of the your the full grown beetle Is found. Infested can by a very close examinnt ion under n magnifying glass determine : only a stump remains, but of to-day ' lossor. is not that ip, declares tho prophet, will >-h'.l allow thir SWOTM* to ru,<: .imi mler is why I tell thu method used in fixing imr remark in the community that tho ser .,i f ort h a fresh shoot. It is evident tho.r spears to iuvoiue useless, but' in a up n country cemetery in my Lome "graveyard" was tho livest spot in it. that this prophecy was made at :i i'i:U they s'v.i'l .. ,.vcr: them :r.t,> .-or-. Tho J .ay will c.Mne aixl otithusissm now* It was indeed the truth. A Memorial timo when the Davidic dynasty was '\ not as glorious as it once wns. Never- i when tho way tlie ((iiality an purity county. sown without treatment ar of SSed. mosl fanneri lire, unprepared pie who were interested In I Da] tain to produce a weevilly fltnnrc imod is bisulphido of ei.i-lx.n. A I" 1 "' " lul Convenient nicthiMl of makes il a its business ti> perform these >fiof rural territory; since the associa- 1 Thanksgiving tho 111*11 kille:! tho (ion hegan to make a success of it quail, and tho hiilip* cooked them nnd quuntities of seed is to fill an ordin- ^" * ol '''' n r npin-oaches, however, there nl>oiit twenty years ago, many fam-| added other deliciuMos. While these is little lime In wait fur reports from' JHes, living in a village two miles' events wero largely :.oci;il in their out- I*H 111 ll V il <\i * VL*ni*>I iti 11 ti i Tiid 1 11 1 i i\ 11 >i f li.i* >...!.1^.J * Alii II ry coal oil barrel with the seed pens. to Iroat this f|tiantity of seed would '" ( ; ll .. ( ; X . iin ^ n " l .' on iMsli11 " dl ** tllt> h " V R "" K re<|ii ire about five ounces of binulpliido l>tlu '' 4 | m<>ans " r asci.|tainin.g the value within its limits. of carbon. This liquid, which in oh- ", f "' ' tainubln at a drug stinc may he pour ''' plots ward manifestations, means in a very material way for tho f the seed (hat is en ' The writer has a keen recollection achieving of various worth-while d Hninch issuos'of the place twenty years ago. Th* things in the cemctory itself. Besides the Farm. There is por!iap no profrs-ion in The safe disposal of farm .ewage *.'*"*** tl>* ">'^ "*r WortUni^r* It p'vmo'os remunorntion ana sfrtanCeiMIM* Ini- often '''"" lnst ' tne v etorin.ir.an. To-day. in places where product* 'from -lie th: * ! MlrMlit '* ''e.-cn .->sl In the uni-. farm are us.-.i. vorities n woh> of a Jo S iw. -int. Tho sceptic tank should ho from '* thii; of **** ril1 *: lt ls not "^ fifty to one hu.vlre,l feet or more fr.>m in r>'ivate practice that opwrtunity < '' >r| i' ll ' lltl ' l "f grading, base. I \\ord that best iloserilioi its co right on the need locate pivurs to votonnsry pnctiUOQCn ..., .. , .. or other well I' 1 "" 1 ' 1 "' 1 ' OwfeW eviilence of the valun! whose rolntives still mot in the cetno- 1'ery h...i boon cleared away, t hereby! necemary fcr (food remiltn. The bis , P'lrehasor of th oil may, if IIP 'gates, which were oponed ceremoni-l a neighborhood war. All graves havo ulphido may lb<< plaend in slmllnw "'hoo.ies, have tho grade confirmed by oimly to admit a procession and kept | beon moundoil n<l turfed, and iiuikod dlilii- at Ihii lop of the bin or chnni siibniidlnj: a sample of (be seed de-j closed nl other times, (hough In keep with plain wooden markers and k'l'ono br. In th* prupiirMtion of a bin for l' v 'rwl Io the Seeil llrnnch where il in out what the \\ritei often wondorod. ed into lols. through which roils :>iul thin purpose Ihp rrackii should 1> ' <' lin >l"'r*<l with tho original control Following the custom then prevalent | pathways wind, edged \\ith (lowering -- '" on which the cirli(lcali> WHS is- in this section of (he country, Ihoso, chruhs. A beautiful greensward c.-v- panted over with papor, Strip* of felt may bo fntend along the top edge "*""" *lic>i the lid fits down. II should Ini observed that (be vap- our of MMulphiilo ol' I'arlioii is highly ' l stieh n cortitlcslu provwl. l npci'ssary to have families lhal were llnnncially alilo ers the ground an. I the mounds (here! iisiiiilly ininle provision against neigh- 1 summer, and a few cvorgrtvus ndil n are cnmpnrntively few sooil ineivhants j borhce.l neglect of a general fence,! lunch of variety in Ihe winter. A who would ininronresfti' the i|ii:ility l>y oiii'lnsing Ihi-ir own family plots' shelter of ipiaint inflammMkln of any kind. { !tt " ok tllMl lini1 (oil- hould thrrefore not be brought into ' '' 1 A f|iw ll'ftn<*SI ha\e o.'curtod of contact with It. ' nincnipuloiis donlintr l>\ suhmittinK (V>al oil may also bo used in de-| for xaminalinn a jtimiplo superior to eti-oylng the weovils. About half a] ""' MM ''' !< '" A ' nl " 1 I" 1 ""'!"''' are pro- i-nllnii of coal oil is sufficient to (real | vitlri1 f '"' "I'i'represematlons of this bout ft>o bushels of peas. The ( itn, conslnictod with barricades f their own f:incy,'for nci l oirmoil.>iiin ) v services held in This gavo (he yard n still more gro test|iie and gruosome effect, I'er the fiMicet were nf many and eriuy do-! grounds. A sexton is employed the eeiiio(or.\, now rnii> its sliappil roof in n fi-nlml part of th signs. It was indeed a "ghostynrd" at night, hhiiiinotl by younu ami old alike. Thftt tho condition of (lie c-.mu- Inrly to mow the grass in summer and In give attention to the graves the I'ciuv. didato will be paid, as if livai\ em- ployed, at (ho rte of ten dollars i!,-y with expenses. KxsminHtions ar night, ami ho xvas almost suffocated. ,' w hl>!( , s .; n , u ;, n ,,,.o H gly in all the pivvincos on April -?th. full parti- culars of wh'ch can bo had at ny )<o<t offii o. I t will bo observed that Farm Records Burned. Jim's barn burnod down the other Mafetd trying to pull thc barn door off the After he camo to. one ofi asked him, "Jim. wtiy (he ,,. ,,,, f(>v ths examination civessitatoo the earliest , Hcf.vMi by likely candidates. were you so vraxy trying (o smo th-it eld barn door?" "\\>'.l," said Jim faintly, "all my figures for tht U; five ywvs was right on tho inside of that door." It is a mystery why the farmer will carefully select pure-bred sires for hi< Ha.i Adum kept books *nd records lu-nl but will sow any kind of *oe,l ),i sanlfiiinir might not hare proved when tho planting season arrive*. | to perplexing to him. Tho lime >preavk'r i the soil'* sugar K>wl