THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE.' ONT., THURSDAY, JAN. 27,192f. Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Inventory Shows Savings. "We haven't very much to show for -eur year's work," said John Gun, addressing his wife at the supper table. "Sometimes I think it would be a good thing to have a sale and go to town and work for those attractive city wages." "We have had our living," answered the more optimistic member of the family, "and our house rent, and besides we have made a payment on the mortgage. And then there is that binder note you paid off. Our farm is nearer paid for, we own our farm machinery and have more cows than we did a year ago." "That is all true," said the farmer, "but I had to hire money the other day to go to the farm bureau meeting. If we have made any money it is hidden from sight." After this conversation had taken place Mr. Gun decided to take an inventory each year so as to know how much he is saving. The following is a summary of two inventories taken a year apart and show how earnings may be covered up in various parts of the farm business. In this inventory summary the horses, sheep and feed have decreased slightly, and the other items show an ■increase. The dairy herd has increased considerably, machinery and tools have been added during the year, consideration. There are reasons for taking an inventory on December 31 and other reasons for taking it on April 1, or even later. December 31 is the last day of the calendar year and an inventory taken at that time fits in well with the closing of the year's business. The reasons, on the other hand, for taking an inventory on April 1 is that at that date the spring's work has not yet begun and the amount of feed on hand is much lower than on December 31. This means less trouble in estimating feed on hand. Indeed, from the standpoint of figuring feed, May 1 -- even June 1, would be better st However, aside from the easiness of figuring feed there is no reason for taking an inventory at any other time than on the last day of the calendar While inventories are easy to take they are also highly valuable. An ' ventory when taken will tell how much one has saved during the year. Indeed, it is often encouraging to take an inventory of what one has and thu: compare the amount one owns with what one owned on some former date. In almost every case this will show an increase in the amount of property owned. Very often what one has saved is not always apparent, as shown in the summary below. It may have gone into increased live stock or into A short time ago ihe retail price of Red Rose Tea (Crimson Label) was re-duced 10 cents a pound. Whenever conditions permit, the price will again he reduced, but never to such an extent as to lower the quality. You will always find the quality of Red Rose Tea all you expect it to be-- the same good tea for over 25 years. T. H. ESTABROORS CO., Ltd St. John Toront. Montreal Calg; Inventory Summary. Value Value Items. Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Increased 1918. 1919. Inventory Horses .. $ 400 $ 350 $ ... Dairy cattle............ 827 1,260 433 Hogs ................... 125 156 31 Sheep................... 321 309 Poultry.................. 100 110 10 521 745 224 960 897 125 200 '75 Real estate and buildings. . . . 10,000 10,000 Bank balance ............ 378 412 34 Bills payable............ 1,500 550 950 Totals ................. $7,757 Increase in inventory valuo and the outstanding bills against the farm have been decreased $950. The farmer's inventory from various sources shows a net increase during the twelve months of $1,632. By thus carefully taking an inventory a farmer may know what he has saved during the year and without an inventory it ia vary difficult for him to tell what progress he has made. An inventory may be defined as a complete list of the property a person owns, together with the value of each item on the list. Taking an inventory is not difficult. On the average farm at is about a day's work. At any rate it will probably require a day the first time an inventory is taken, but the second inventory can be taken in less time than the first, as nearly everything will be already listed and will need only to be checked over. The date of taking an inventory is of sufficient importance to merit some the payment of a mortgage or kite new equipment, and an inventory is the best means of showing such hidden gains. Inventories are also useful in making income tax returns and in figuring returns on live stock. Undoubtedly inventories are most popular form of farm records. Everywhere over the province farmers are found who regularly take an annual inventory, and many farmers are found who have followed the practice for years. It may also be emphasized that one may .take an inventory whether he keeps any other records or not. The Commission of Conservation, Ottawa, has issued a Farmer's Account Book which contains convenient blanks for taking an inventory as well as blanks for the other kinds of records a farmer may wish to keep. A copy will be sent on request. •onto gary Winnipeg Edmonton Simple Methods of Tanning Satisfactory results in tanning skins either with the fur on, or with it removed, may be obtained by any one using the simplest tanning tures. Success depends more largely upon the amount of work done the hands than upon the magic of the tanning liquid. The Indians produced a creditable article in buckskin before they had any knowledge of the most common materials now used tanning. One of the simplest preparations for tanning skins is made by dissoh ing an ounce of sulphuric acid and or quart of salt in a gallon of soft water. The mixture should not be kept a metal vessel, but in a stone jar. Put the skin in this liquid and let it remain one day. When taken out of the tanning liquid, wash several times in soapy water. Wring as dry as possible, rub the flesh side with cake of hard soap, then hang on a lii hair side out, and leave till dry. When both surfaces are barely dry and the interior is still moist, lay the skin over a rounded board and scrape the flesh s.ide with the edge of a blunt instrument. In this way layer is removed, and the skin becomes nearly white. The skin is then stretched, rubbed and twisted quite dry. If parts of the skin should still be hard or stiff, more soaping, stretching and working with the hands will render it pliable. Butter, lard or tallow worked into the skin while warm and absorbed with dry sawdust increases the softness. This method is best suited to small ski: Another good way to tan either large hides or small skins is by of a preparation applied to the fh side. The skin should first be soaked in warm water till soft, then the side should be scraped with ar file or other blunt-instrument. Take borax, saltpetre and Glauber salts lin equal quantities and moisten with water till a paste is formed, then apply this with a brush to the flesh side THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Jesus Greeted as King, St. Matt. 21: St. Matt. 21: S 1-6. Golden Text-- of the skin. Fold the skin with the fiph side in, lay away for twenty-f our j 0 htjfers, then wash it clean. Take sal-|3l, _. ounce, borax half ounce, and, Bethany, ; the cleansing of the Temple did not take place cr. the same day as the entry into Jerusalem, but Mark places it on the day following (see Mark 11: 15), that is, Monday, April 3rd. And cast out. John 2: 14-16 mentions a cleansing of the temple as occurring at the begir ning of Jesus' ministry. Many think that this was the same event as that which the other Gospels place at the close of the ministry. Them that *old and bought; in the Court of tie Gentiles. The traffic consisted in the sale of oxen and sheep, and s.ich other necessaries for sacrifices as wine, salt and oil. The tables of tre moneychangers. The worshippers had to pay their temple dues ir lie evv coin. Brokers had their stalls in the temple precincts, where for ;3 small fee they changed foreign money into Jewish. That sold l the poor were allowed ; ?ad of lambs. (See Lev. Luke 2: 24.) is written; in Isa. 56: 7; Den of thieves. A certain traffic was necessary in vith the temple; but the : :handise crowded out the 'ship, and sharp practices t:°21,l'2 V. 13. Time and Place--Sunday. April 2, A.D. 29, and the day following; the west slope of the Moont of Olives, toward Jerusalem from Bethany; the streets of Jerusalem; the court of the Temple. Connecting Links--At the time of last lesson (ch. 20: 17-28), Jesus, with his disciples was approaching Jericho on the way to Jerusalem. Just before he entered Jericho (Luke 18: 35-43) or just as he was leaving the city (ch. 20: 29-34; Mark 10: 46-52), a blind man received from him his sight. Jesus stayed in Jericho over night (Luke 19: 5), and was entertained by a rich tax gatherer named Zacchaeus, Luke 19: 1-10.' On the Friday before Passover week, the week of t: ■■ Crucifixion, Jesus came to Bethany, where the anointing by Mary.took place on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, ch. 26: 6-13; Mark 14: 3-9; John 12: 1-11. I. The King's Welcome, 111. rs. 1, 2. Were come to Beth phage; Sunday morning, April 2nd, A.D. , *■ J on tbe way to Jerusalem, from ff' ' ^ -- 2 miles from -he city, .i0",1 • a refined white soap two ounces. Melt! at the southeast base of the Mount co. "rc"J.c these together and apply the mixture ?* Olives, Bethphage--a name mean- *Pj": ('to the flesh side. Again roll the skin ^ i^?^se, Flg's" seems to ha? wer" res-- „„, , „ • „ „.„__ „tQ„Q been better known and a more import- ' lu- up and lay away in a warm place fori,. ^ ^ Beth ^ ;s ^ IIL The Kin?'s Worship, 15-17. twenty-four hours. site ig not kri0wn. An aS9 . . and a Vs. 14, 1?. Wonderful things that Next wash the skin clean again,! c0]t- Mark (ch; 11: 2) and Luke (ch. He did; the cues, the cleansing, and then take four ounces of alum and'19: 30) say, "a colt tied, whereon the resulting enthusiasm. The excite-eight ounces of salt dissolved in a gal-' never man sat," and which was. ment of the crowds would be the chief Ion of hot rainwater. When cool1 therefore, suited to sacred use (see,source °f annoyance to the chief enough for the hand to bear, put thel?e«t.21: 3; 1 Sam. 6: 7; John 19: 'l^f, in.1 scribes It affected the SE LV^VT' S^Z^ -eeniel ^he East3 tJTSnffiTS' then take out and wring cry and hang: am, brinlr: without askin(, leave. as if giar.s. Children crying in the temple. They boys and girls of the city caught up and echoed the cry of the pilgrim throngs. Vs. 16, 17. Hearest thou what these say? The innocent shouts of the chil-... much!salem in the manner described in Old drer,, unseemly forsooth, in the holy time and labor than the simple! Testament prophecy (see 7a • i. 9: 9)-j Temple! What of its desecration by bafh anH sninhuric arid and salt but!He wlH send lhenl- The owner was , unholy traffic? Why did they not re-bath and sulphuric acld and Ja"' ™* | probably r friend of Jegus That ft buke ^ enthusiagm of th d? is more suitable for large skins and|might be fulfllIed. The prophecy of, But, no, hypocrite; and coward* as hides. [ Zech. 9: 9, is prefaced here by a they were, they must piouslv object The skins of rabbit, mole and other, phrase from Isa. 62: 11. According sniall animals can be tanned by one to Matthew, Jesus consciously intend-application of saltpetre and alum'ed to fulfil this prophecy. It was Hij Sprinkle the flesh side with a mixture! Purpose to declare Himself openly to of two parts saltpetre to one part \ ^ the Messiah and thus bring events powdered alum, roll the skin up and I ^ r^by WngT wlmn t't went lay away for a few days, then unroll) forth to war> the ass in timi:S of peace an^ scrape. Spread it out to dry, and j jesus' riding on the ass signified, wojrk with the hands till pliable. Salt j therefore, that he came, not as a proud m4r be made to take the place of salt-' king on his war horse, ' pel re. If skins are dry, they must j humble Prince of Peace. ' :oaked till soft before any tanning! VsLJi=8. Put on them their clothes, mikture is used. iuhe/wo d]s"^s. sent to 8et the buttermilk and wheat bran 2™**, t^eJr uPPer garments , , , , . one on the ass, the other on the colt, long been used as tanning xhey set Him thereon> Rev Ver., «he up;,for twelve hours. Repeat the last j the anjmal were tnei soaking and drying from one to three j Vs. 3-5. If any many say aught. Of times, depending on the degree of j course it was an act likely to be chal-softness desired. Finish by stretch-1 lenged. The Lord hath need of them; ing, pulling and working with the, in^ order that He might enter Jeru-hands. This method requii Rabbit skins that have been :ed for a day in a quart of butter-to which has been added two poonfuls of salt, should ^ and the flesh side covered dough made of wheat bran. The should then be rolled up and laid away for twenty-four hours, after which the bran is scraped off and the skin worked with the hands till pli able and dry. Utilizing Roughages, order to get the most out of the lughages found on the farm they should be utilized in a proper and economical manner. Not all the success of utilizing the roughage depends on the use made of it; the roughage, whatever it is, must be of good quality. We have good roughages and inferior roughages anc nearly every farmer will have some of both. Straw is pretty universally produced. I know a dairyman who would not consider it as a supplemental rough age. We make it a point every year to have this straw, especially the oats straw, so it will be available as fall and winter feed. It would be disastrous to success to^fill up the mangers % with nothing but s'traw, but wher feed silage or linseed meal a craving is created in the animals for a Little of this dry, bright straw, so much that when a herd of twenty and mc runs to a stack of the straw each day for an hour or so the stack diminishes very rapidly. If the refuse stray is kept cleaned up about the sides of the stack and used for bedding if dry, or spread on the fields, we are able to secure a great deal of nutritious feed from our straw. We also store from ten to twenty (ons of straw In the barns, either blow ft in at threshing time or bale from the stack as soon as possible after threshing. Baled straw is nice to feed, as it comes in easily handled flakes. When a flake of it is thrown into the rack it is compact, palatable, and easily munched by the cattle, sheep they will develop roughages and cons of them during the i We find it posaibh utilize practically roughage produced liking for the large amounts rse of the year, n this way to 11 the coarse the farm. The cornstalk when cut and shocked may have considerable feeding value, but when thrown in racks or spread on a field the stock does not get very much sustenance from it, largely because it is hard and cannot be easily masticated. When shredded its value as feed is increased considerably, fact, I think it superior to! When put in the silo we have a strong loose straw because the sweet flavor! rival to blue grass pastures. It " WHICH BLOW? of the straw is retained better and dust is not created in handling. I have heard many men say they could not get their live stock to sume much of the coarser roughages. One should not expect an animal to eat very much at a time. These roughages should not be fed merely to fill an animal; when a certain feed is given, no matter what grade it is, ii should be given to nourish the body of an animal. A few pounds of straw given with other feeds will satisfy dairy cow's appetite for straw, and if she relishes it there is no question but what it has been of value as a feed. Recently I saw a small herd of cows and calves whose biggest part of the ration was straw and shredded fodder and it was a rather unthrifty looking herd. The best way to utilize the coal farm roughages is, so it seems to r to feed them on a "free-choice" pli Put the roughage where it can reached easily or where it will be accessible at various times, feed th< live stock liberally of other feeds and ilage that our stock consumes most of the other roughages. Much the same happens when feeding linseed oilmeal with other dry feeds and without silage. To make the roughage most palatable they should be harvested in good condition. Wheat, oats or rye straw that has been badly weathered and A mile or two out of our little town there is a quarry where an old stonecutter used to work at getting out blocks for the few stone buildings that the neighborhood required. On Saturdays, when there was no school, a boy used often to walk out there to poke about the quarry and talk with the friendly old stonecutter. One day he found that the old man had uncovered a new vein of sandstone and was preparing to get out a block. He had finished the holes for the wedges and was fitting them into their places, and because it was the largest stone that he had taken out some time he was going about it with great care. There were five of the bleached before threshing or has been1 wedges, and he struck each of them poorly stacked or has lost much of its jn turn--not so hard as the boy sup-bright color and sweetness; straw that posed he would; but the blows fell badly infested with rust; corn fodder which is immature, or very old and rather musty--these will be largely rejected by the stock. The val roughage depends much on its and freshness. File Your Clippings. Nearly every farmer has a collec-tion of clippings or articles stored away in a drawer or empty box. The notes contain information that is valuable when needed, but it takes too long to sort over a pile of clippings when the farm work is pressing. Buy some sheets of thin cardboard and fold them so that one side is a third of an inch longer than the other. On the projection write the name of the material which it is to contain, such as poultry, rations, dairy notes, alfalfa, silage, etc. Place articles of special interest under these headings as they accumulate and the information will always be available when it needed. The cardboard files can be placed in' drawer in alphabetical order. Busies correspondence can also be filed cardboard folders. It is often useful to have old letters handy and business keep all such correspondence and usually keep a copy of all important business letters for future reference. very evenly and steadily, wedge flew out and had to be put back again; but that was the only time that the old man stopped until he had finished. When the boy had almost begun to think the rock would never split, and was about to urge the old mar strike harder or to let him try |Strengthen Manure! 5 For Your Crops s S /^vHIO Experiment Station 5 ■ IB makes up for the great loss ■ J of plantf ood that leaches out " ■ of manure before it reaches the ■ ■ fields, by the addition of 50 lbs. ■ S of Acid Phosphate to every load 5 5 of manure. ts of Erp to split fence-posts too small. They rot out much more quickly than larger ones. No post should be used if less than four or inches through where it goes into the ground. ■ Make similar gain? on your farm Ii ■ in 1921 by the addition of Acid * 2| Phosphate to manure, and by a £ ■ liberal application of high- ■ ■ grade fertilizers to un-man- ■ 5 ured fields. ■ Figure out your fertilizer needs for ■ ■ 1921. and ORDER EARLY. ■ ■ Write for Booklets. Let us help you. " ■ THE SOIL AND CROP ■ ■ IMPROVEMENT BUREAU ■ * of the Canadian Fertilizer JJ ■ 1111 Temple Building - - Toronto 5 sat thereon." This was done to make a seat for the Master. ' V. 9. The most part of the multitude (Rev. Ver.); the crowd of pilgrims who were accompanying Hin: (see ch. 20: 31)-. Spread their gar-ments; to make a carpet for their hero, after the manner of the people honoring their kings. Others cut down branches; for the same purpose. Neither the garments nor the branches would improve the road. The enthusiasm was embarrassing, though well meant. Multitudes . . followed. The crowd divided itself into two parts, one in front and one in the rear, with Jesus between. Cried, saying; in the words of Psalm 118: 26. which was the hymn used at the Feast of Tabernacles- Hosanna; Hebrew for "save now," addressed to God in Ps 118: 25, here equivalent to our Hail! To the son of David; the Messiah. He that cometh; a familiar title for the Messiah. In the highest. May our praise on earth be ratified in heaven! The Galilean pilgrims were full of enthusiasm in acclaiming Jesus as the Messiah. Vs. 10, 11. All the city. The enthusiasm spread among the Passover visitors. Was moved; literally, "stirred as by an earthquake or a great wind." Who is this? Jesus is personally unknown to these Jerusalemites. This . . the prophet . . of Galilee. The lgrims from that province, filled ith local patriotic pride, proclaim Jesus as their fellow countryman. II. The King's Works, 12-14. V. 12. Jesus went into the temple. This was the first place which Jesus visited on entering the city. There is nothing in Matthew to indicate that herd of his flock. to the singing of the "children! Yea. Yes, indeed. It is a checry'-and hearty-response. Jesus sees the absurdity of their sanctimonious objections i the spontaneous shouts of the children. Have ve never read; in Psalm 8: 2. (See, also, ch. 19-: 14). Went out of the city. Jerusalem was so crowded durm,r Passover week that lodgings were difficult to secure. Into Bethany; two miles away. Jesus spent the days of Passion week in the city, and the evenings in the quiet of Bethany. Application. The first lesson ,is the difficulty of religious leadership. One wonders what thoughts surged through the heart of the Master while He was being escorted by the enthusiastic men, women and children, into the capital city. They hailed Christ as king, tha son of David but, how appallingly they misunderstood His mission as king! What did the people think the program of Jesus was? They regarded Him as a national deliverer, but such a career was remote from His mind. 2. The second truth to be noticed is the righteous anger of Jesus with those who trafficked in holy things. 3. As part of Jesus' action in overturning the tables of business, note His sublime courage. He opposed Himself without thought of. consequences, to an entrenched system protected by custom and powerful connections. Courage is one of the virtues we need to cultivate. The fourth lesson is a warning. The scribes and chief priests were moved with envy when they heard the plaudits of the children ,in the temple, vs., 15 and 16. It was envy that finally led the ecclesiastics to have Jesua crucified. fellow pupil tops the class by of hard work, should not all the. boys and girls rejoice with him? If' a student wins a medal, should not his fellow students be glad also ? It is a very sad spectacle when. Christian workers and leaders are plainly influenced by this green-eyed mos iter of jealousy. 5. But what does the kingship of Christ mean for us? It means that spirit to rule our lives, selfish autocratic kii g, but the "king of love," and the shep- hand at it, the stonecutter paused for a moment with his hammer in the and then, glancing along the lint wedges, said quietly, "Here The boy, expecting to see the stone fly from its place with noise violence, almost held his breath. But he heard only a slight grinding r and saw only a thread-like crack stretching from wedge to wedge. As the stonecutter laid down his hammer and wiped the sweat from his face, he said, "Couldn't have come prettier. I was a little afraid that farther end would go crooked, but it didn't." The boy examined the big stone and, when he saw that it was really separated from the rest of the vein, said in some surprise, "I don't see why that last blow should have made it come loose any more than any of the others. You didn't strike any harder." The old man smiled as he answered, "It wasn't the last blow that did it any more than the first blow, first one and every other one had as much to do with cutting out that stone as the last blow I struck, difference is that you didn't see effect of the others, but you did see something happen after the last one. "There can't be a last blow without a first one, and you can't strike the last blow first. The first one must always come first and the last "one always last, and every one of them must be struck before the stone will "And more than that," he went on, after he and the boy had sat silent for a little while, "in cutting stone, as in life, it is the first blow that counts, just as much as the last blow. When you get to be the big doctor that you told me the other day you were going to be, and have a hard case to deal with or an operation that requires the, finest skill, you will understand that it is not just the stroke of the knife or the measuring out of the medicine that will save the life that you are fighting for: it is the hard blows that you have put in on your preparation all through your course that will carry you through. "You can't strike the last blow first in life any more than you can in stone-cutting. Unless you strike the first blow right, and <all the others, there won't be any last blow or any suc- A straw stack is poor shelter for stock on cold, windy days. The cow« and horses like to nibble around the stack on sunny days, but they must • have good shelter for stormy days. Always open to buy, and always prepared to giv» you the highest prloe an<t a square deal. Try U8. WILLIAM STONE SONS LlMIT^lf WOODSTOCK. ONTARIO^ i