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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, JONT.. THURSDAY, FEB. 10, I92T". Address communications to Agi Cleaning Milking-Machines. The following method of cleaning milking-machines has been found to be practical and should give good results: After each milking, immediately rinse the machine with cold or lukewarm water. This is done by attaching the machine to the pump line, and immersing the teat cups in a pail containing the rinsing water. It is best to break the flow through the machine by pulling the cups out of the water and then immediately immersing them again; this should be done ten or twelve times. In another pail, containing ■water and a soda solution, repeat the eame procedure. At this time, wash the outside of the teat-cups and rubber tubing. Bun the brush in teat cups. Repeat, the process, using clean rinse water. Draw a chlorine solution through the machine (chlorine solution described later). Detach long milk tubes froi head of pail. Plug air tubes (; inflation type of machine), and place the teat-cup^ and tubing in a chlorine sterilizing solution made fresh every day. It is important that the tubes be placed in the solution carefully, so that no aii-pockets will remain. Place the tubing in tho solution slowly, and in such a manner as to allow the ail to be expelled. Wash the buckets and covers thoroughly after each use. These should be washed in the same manner recommended for milk pails and and thoroughly sterilized with s When the units are assembled for milking, be sure that all liquid has been drained out of the air system. (This system should have been plugged, but it is best to be sure that no water has leaked in, as moisture will sometimes interfere with the pulsations.) After assembling is completed, rinse units with clean, fresh water. Twice each week the machines must be taken completely apari washed thoroughly. Brushes should be used in cleaning the tubing, teat-cups and inflations. The best results will be obtained if a soda solution used. Never use soap. Every two weeks clean out the vacuum line. This is done by drawing hot soda solution through the pipe line by means of the vacuum. The construction of the line permits this solution to be drained out of the line. Usually provision is made for it near the pump. If at any time milk is drawn into the vacuum line, clean the pipe immediately after milking. Tlic irA4sture trap on the head of the machine (cover of the bucket) should be cleaned after each milking To make the chlorine solution-- Dissolve a twelve-ounce can of commercial chlorinated lime in two gallons of water. Strain into a crock or glass jar, discarding the sediment. Cover and keep in a cool, dark place. This is known as the stock solution, •and will keep a long time. To make the chlorine solution in 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Imperial Mica Axle Grease and Imperial Eureka Harness Oil lessen the strain on wagon, team and har-«*m. They make heavy hauling safe and easy. • Tta mka ia Imperial Mica Asia Of saw forms a smooth, heat-rarfae-ing coat en axle and Hub, Over thto the crease work* easfly and faflt all friction, Imperial Mioa Axle areata goat twice bj far as ordinary grease*. Imperial Eureka Harness Oil keeps harness soft, flexible and strong. It protects leather from sweat, dust and moisture, and prevents cracking. It i#eaa% applied and quickly etree its email cost in harnees and repajre, It improves the appearance of any dark dressed leather and keeps ft in good condition. IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED P*w*r Hw| j Brut*** in all Cities Jmptul Mic* Mi, Gr* oonr«n»jM> «up», tuging from a tin to a bate-' Imperial Eur which the tubing and cups are kept, use one pint of stock chlorine solution to every eight gallons of water. This diluted solution should be used but twenty-four hours. Make up new solution every day. The crock or box in which the tubing and cups are kept should be kept covered and clean at all times. The presence of slime or dirt in the solution will destroy its usefulness. The machine must be thoroughly washed before any of the parts are placed in the chlorine solution. In preparing the cows for milking, the same care should be used as in milking by hand. It is necessary that the teats be very clean if a clean milk is to be obtained. Make Concrete Floors When You Need Them. Just now is when concrete feeding floors and sidewalks are most needed --in snowy, sloppy weather. "But we can't do concrete work in freezing weather, can we ?" some folk ask. The best answer is the experi of scores of farmers who are doing-concrete work in winter; they heat the water, cement, sand and gravel, and after the concrete is in the forms, cover it with canvas and straw. Laying concrete floors inside the barn or hog house in cold weather is not attended with such great danger from freezing. It is necessary to so mix, place and protect the concrete that early hard ening will be complete before the work is exposed to freezing temperaturr-To do this: 1. Sand and pebbles or broken stone used must be free from frost of frozen materials. 2. If these materials contain frost or frozen lumps they must be ed out before using. 8. As cement forms but a relatively small bulk of the materials in any batch of concrete, it need not be heated. 4. Mixing water should always be heated. Although adding common salt to mixing water will prevent freezing of fresh concrete until it has had time to-harden, there is a limit to the quantity of salt which may be added if the final strength of the concrete not to be affected. Salt simply lowers the freezing point of the mixing water; it does not supply what is most needed--heat and warmth. It delays, instead of hastens, the hardening of the concrete to the desired perrnan- Sand and pebbles or broken stone and mixing water must be heated so that the concrete when placed shall have a temperature of from 75 deg. to 80 deg. F. Some sands are injured by too much heat. The same applies to certain varieties of pebbles anc" broken stone. A temperature not exceeding 150 deg. F. will generally prove most satisfactory. Place concrete immediately after mixing so that none of the heat will be lost before placing in the forms. Warm the metal forms and forcing before placing concrete, move ice and snow and frozen crete remaining on the forms from preceding work. Forms can be ed by turning a jet of steam against them or by wetting with hot water. Even though materials have been heated and the concrete placed immediately after mixing, it will lose much of its heat if not protected from low temperatures, at once. Therefore! protect the concrete immediately after placing. Canvas covering, sheathing, housing-in the work, or hay or straw properly applied will furnish the required protection for different jobs. In addition to these means, small oil or coke-burning stoves or salamanders can be used in enclosed structures. Guard against dry heat. Temperatures which may not be low enough to freeze the concrete may, nevertheless, delay its hardening for a considerable time. Do not expect concrete placed when the temperati is low, and remains low for some time afterward, to be safe for use as soon as when placed during warmer weather. If concreting is unavoidably delayed or interrupted, the work should be covered until concreting is again begun. Cover and protect each section of the work as soon as completed. In severe weather continue this protection for at least five days. Do not remove forms from concrete work too Frozen concrete sometimes very closely resembles concrete that has thoroughly hardened. When frozen concrete is struck with a hammer it wdM often ring lrke properly hardened concrete. Before removing forms, examine the work carefully to see whether it has hardened or simply frozen. To determine this, remove one board from some section of a form, pour hot water on the concrete or turn the flame of a plumber's blow-torch or a jet of steam under pressure against the concrete. If the concrete is frozen, &« beat will soften it When you pay «f 0 cents for a half "pound packaged Red Rose Tea (Crimson Label) you get exactly the same |ea for which you formerly paid 35 cents a package.--Quality in Red Rose Tea is the first consideration. 0 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Are Yon Prepared to Fight a Fire? FEBRUARY 13 Lessons on Citizenship, St. Matt. 22, 15-22, 34-40. Golden Text, St. Matt. 22: 37. Time and place--Tuesday, April 4, AJ). 29; The Temple Court at Jeru- Connecting Links--When Jesus entered the Temple Court, on the Tuesday of Passion Week, the last day of His public teaching-,, the Pharisees asked Him by what authority He was acting, Matt. 21: 23. In reply He questioned them about the baptism of John (Matt. 21: 24-28) and added the parables of the Two Sons and the Wicked Husbandmen, 21: 28-44. The Pharisees wished to arrest Him, but feared the people, Matt, 21: 45, 46. ,Jesus then spoke the parable of the Marriage Feast (see last lessor,, Matt. 22: 1-14). Then followed three questions proposed by His enemies, one by the Pharisees and Herodians about the lawfulness of tribute to Caesar,' another by the Sadducees about the resurrection of the dead and a third by a lawyer as to which was the ir'Ya;< commandment. The first and third of these questions form the lesson for to-day. I. The Tribute Money, 15-22. V. 15. The Pharisees; a religious party fanatically opposed to everything non-Jewish, hence their name which means the "Separated Ones." "They were the soul of the opposition! rf to Jesus, opposing Him on national and religious grounds" (Anderson). Jesus frequently denounced their hypocrisy. Took counsel; concocted a cunning plot. Entangle Him; ensnare, Him, as a fowler catches birds. In' His talk; literally "by word," either the question they were to ask or th« answer they hoped he would give. Vs. 16, 17. They sent . . their dis ciples; young Lcholars. It may bt that the leading plotters felt themselves to be so discredited with Jesus that they were not likely to succeed if they went in person. With the Herodians; a political party, deriving its name from the support which it gave to the dynasty of Hsrod. "Perhaps they hoped for the restoration of the national kingdom under one of the sons of Herod" (Hastings' One Volume Dictionary of the Bible). Master, "Rabbi," the usual title of a Jewish teacher. Thou art true; the most insidious flattery. They approach JesuL as a teacher whom they trusted. The way of God; the kind of life and conduct in agreement with God's will, Neither carest . . for any man. With hypocritical flattery, they lay emphasis on His fearless outspokenness to lead Him on to commit Himself the question to be asked. Regardest not, etc.; are not moved by outward appearance; Thy decision will not be influenced by wealth or power or prestige. It is lawful; from a religious point of view. Tribute; the tax levied by the Roman Government, to which the Jews were subject. Caesar; the Emperor of Rome. If Jesus said to this question--.this was the greatest ("first") inent, enjoining the love of God i uttermost of our being; '3, enjoiring the love 5 ourselves. "Jesus' special aiity lies in his combining..... e of God, and the love of neigh-iking the latter a derivative of mer and a form of its expres-(Anderson). Amongst the isees the love of the law had i the place of the personal love fed, while no place was left in ^system for the human love of On these two . . hang all the the prophets. The moral drift whole Old Testament is love, i-ping of any single law ii . unless love prompts it. Jesus above all petty legal question; spirit of love, which alone gives to any foiT.i of duty doing. The Lesson Applied. 1. Jesus showed us that religion is above the intrigues of politician", "erodians and Pharisees thought "ap Jesus, and so have ground unplaint against Him to the Ro-authorities. Jesus lifted the dis->n clear above tire fevered ques >f allegiance to Rome. It was as said: "You bring this coin as £ d of Roman rule and authority: you the mesage of the eternal to whom you owe obedience." My brushed the political ques-aside as of no importance com " with the spiritual one. ~ occasion hi r that the minds ealth, and other external poods. "See first," he cried, "the kingdom of God." We leam also that tin- leaching of Jesus was not a signal for politico 1 revolt, and yet the startling thing is that when Jesu3 pictured the triumph of the gospel, he had in mind an empire before whose magnificence and power the imperialism of the Caesars faded into ' nificanee. Jesus showed that men have ■ical duties. We are to reject thi ituted authorities, and make ou. ibution for the welfare of the i. We are to render to Caesar tings that are Caesar's. good citizenship in Can-more than obedience to the Recently a Premier of one of rovmces declared that the man who held more land, more anything than he could use, was lacking riotism. What did he mean meant that it is your duty and mine to make the fullest and largest tribal ion to the state, and that no is justified in preventing another from using these means which he hims " keeps undei- lock and key. When curse of Deborah tell on Meroz it v because that community omitted send help when a stand was being made against the common enemy. Yet there is no doubt that if the go against popular feeling, which wa, ^^a^nVw?on* tZtl-^tt\the^ Hnd SSimr^«^cTthat a,, rt.tf.fS ?,nlAS lock«d up. The same is true of timbe. the Messiah; if He>oM 'No,' which. ldmiits a£d th reswirces. wTv: Sttt ^'^"^Tb?*!. Sund^us Why tempt ye Me. The purpose of u f the ^ ^ He & toflat^_ww^^1^«rf,llot allow Jarge partfof Ms mental 10,1'and spiritual life to be barren and All must be freely put Ontario'* field crop value reached the record figure of $396,000,000 in 1920. Tie male oi the boney-foee cookes; between the queen xn& the worksrs in «ize, and is stmghssa. Jesus. Ye hypocrites. They v____ because, while they pretended to be searchers after truth, they were really striving to entrap Him by unwary words. The tribute money." The tax could be paid only in Roman money. Penny; the Roman denarius, worth about 17 cents in cur money. Image. The denarius bore the Emperor's image. Superscription; the inscription on the coin. Unto Caesar . . Caesar's. The people used Caesar's money and lived under Caesar's protection; Jesus left it to themselves to decide if they should pay taxes to Caesar. Unto God . . . God's. People have duties to God, as their Ruler in spiritual things, asi™fj/(™f s^^Se^js ri^£h£r noes notTflne S i^ST^jSZ* bf^K fnTLrttt P°ktlcal|the hearts of the people." We Lv* V. 22^MarveHed; "wondered;" the ^ oL^^f^Tfw °»h unfruitful. on the altar of the country's need. 3. This leads to the truth that "patriotism is not enough," as Edith Cavell declared before she went to her martyr death. Perhaps it would be best to state it in this way: that thi richest patriotism involves the su preme law of "commandment" as en unciated by the Master--love to God and love to man. On these foundation stones a glorious Canada shall rest. 4. The fundamental requirement of citizenship is love. Agitato: the thoughtless to overthrow But the way ' The" Sakduceer-^ct of the fiLJi. E rivals to the Pharisees, who did not ^ °L,°"Sr^SJF f J£? had sought ^ *J?»^«™£*gJ; do our part to Christianize them, and •^LtTiZ^w their attachment to the country will ing that a belief was absurd, knowing that Jesus believed in the resurrection. Put . . to silence; litenaHy, "muzzled." The Pharisees were doubtless pleased with the defeat of their rivals, and, hoping to succeed where they had failed, attempted another encounter. Vs. 35, 36. A lawyer; one of the scribes or interpreters of the tow. Which is the great commandment? Literally, "Wfcst sort of command- „„ther ment is great? What are the qualities' f, that determine greatness in the law?" lt" The Jewish scribes reckoned, yn 613 commandments in the law. Of these some were "heavy," while some were "light," and it was keenly disputed which belonged to the one class and which 'belonged to the other. Vs. 37-39. Thou shalt love. Jesus answered by quoting Deut. 6;: a as th* care of itself. To-day as none too soon to start making up your list of seeds, bulbs, and nursery stock for spring planting. Many farmers are pooling their interests and purchasing fertilizers to-carload lots. Have you tried Read this twice: Which is the best, to give that boy of yours an acre oi ground and have him raise a hundred' bushels of -corn, or to have Mm go to the city and maybe raise a hundred kinds of Gain, 2 A little group stood in front of the post office discussing the fire at the George Halsey farm. "Didn't George have any insurance?" someone inquired. "No," was the reply. "He said the rate was too high, so he never took out any. The fire began in a rubbish heap near the barn. There wasn't any water handy; the spring that supplied the barn had ran dry. "He told me," continued the speaker, "that there was only a small blaze when first discovered; that if there had been a fire extinguisher handy they easily could have put out the flames, but they had to run to the house for one and by the time they got I back it was too late. A brisk wind1 was blowing; the house caught fire| and everything went." Every year the fire losses in this country total the enormous sum of about $25,000,000. This is the actual loss, without considering the sacrifice of life and the many millions of dollars necessary to maintain fire depart-. ments and fire appliances. Yet experts tell us that by the timely usej of chemical fire extinguishers the loss at many of these fires could be: kept down to a few hundred dollars.] Chemical fire extinguishers are espe-j cially valuable on farms where the water supply runs low at certain seasons of the year, or where a fire department is too far away to be de- i pended upon. The type of chemical fire extin-' guisher most commonly used is the | acid-bicarbonate type. This consists ! of a copper container holding a solu- j tion of bicarbonate soda, with a sep - J arate glass bottle containing sulphuric acid. When the two chemicals are mixed, carbonic-acid gas is produced and a stream of water charged with this gas is thrown on the flames. Carbonic-acid gas is the gas found in da water. Fire cannot burn in it. The acid-and-soda solution in these extinguishers are usually mixed by inverting the apparatus, although in some makes you must use a lever or handle to break the acid bottle. Another kind of carbonic-acid extinguisher throws a foam. This is especially good for burning oil, gasoline, One objection to soda-acid extinguishers is that in winter the liquids may freeze. The soda solution freezes at about 20 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit, about 29 degrees ;, it has stood for absorbs moisture fron its freezing point t above that of watei vent.this to to put in an air-tight box trie light is kept bu cf this type she :id ordinarily ove zero, but after vhile the acid ab-n the air, causing :o rise, sometimes r. A way to pre-; the extinguisher n:ng. Extinguish-ild be discharged, cleaned, and recharged one The popular small hand extinguisher containing carbon tetrachloride or something similar is highly effective against gasoline or oil fires, hence it is much used in automobiles and garages. A fifteen per cent, reduction or the fire insurance premium for automobiles is usually allowed, when the car is new, if equipped with an extinguisher of this kind. Fire extinguishers, like other fire appliances, should be inspected regularly; their chief value lying in their being always ready to guard your house or buildings against the demon fire. PLANNING THE HOME GROUNDS Among your New Year resolution? perhaps was the firm intention to improve the looks of your home during the coming season. You will need to remember that nothing succeeds without a plan. It is not enough to read this suggestion and make a vague, indefinite promise to yourself that you are certainly going to do something to improve your place. Was it that bunch of shrubbery the middle of the lawn, always in the way of the lawn mower, or of something else, that you were going to move over to the side where it belongs? Shrubbery is a great addition to a home when it is properly placed ■but it must be remembered that its value depends almost entirely on its location. The handsomest bush that ever grew may be ruined by putting it dn.the wrong- place. If any.one of yours is not placed to the best advantage, now is the time to resolve to move it. Shi-ubbery has several uses. It ma; be used to fill up corners, such as thi angles between the front steps and the wall of the house or the comers of the yard. Planted on either side of the end of a wall, it defines the wall and prevents people from cutting ners. Inside of the curve of a walk it serves as an apparent reason for otherwise useless curve. Nothing looks more ridiculous than a walk which wanders aimlessly across lawn without any obvious cause for its windings. A path across an open lawn should be straight or only very slightly curved. If you must curve it; plant a reason for the curve. Still other uses for shrubbery arc as screens to block out unsightly objects, to fill hollows, to reduce the apparent height of walls or banks, to serve as a background for smaller flowering plants or to break hard unsightly linos. Unreasonable as it may seem, a yard may be partially filled with ihrubbery and its apparent size greatly increased. This is accomplished by planting in groups along the sides with openings in between so that the outline of the yard is irregular with little bays running back into the shrubbery. Do not plant shrubbery in a straight line unless you want a hedge. It looks awkward. Or perhaps it was some trees which you were going to plant, or a walk which you were going to build or change? Whatever it was, plan it tow. Get it on paper and see what t look3 like. It must be remembered that curves will seem greater and angles sharper on the ground than they will on paper, but it is nevertheless the only satisfactory way of getting a comprehensive idea of what the results will be. One thing more to remember; in planning to decorate the grounds around the house, do not forget the barn and the other farm buildings. j They, together with the garden, and possibly the home orchard, are all a part of the farm home and should be ".reated as such. The house and yard should not he decked out like a city iot and the other buildings left out in the cold as though they did not belong to it. A farm is both a home and Tneans of making money but it is a home first, and therefore all the buildings should be treated as a part of the j home. ! If it is a windbreak you are plan-i ning--and this is an appropriate time ! to be thinking of a windbreak--«t should be planned to include the whole home. It should not be closer than a hundred feet to the buildings and may be two hundred away so there is plenty of chance to include them all. The stock will appreciate it quite as much as you will yourself. If you plant a row of shade trees in front of the house, extend it to include the barns, the barnyard and tti« paddocks. It ties them all to the home. Animals need shade as much as people. Plan your drives in the same way. A good barn is something to be proud of. Arrange things so that it will show to the best advantage and then keep it in such shape that you are not ashamed to have it seen. Of course, you cannot do all these things in one season, but plan them all now so that they will fit together and resolve firmly to carry out some part of it this year. It may be a small part, but do sonuething! It is sometimes forgotten that the herd sire needs the best of care if he is to live up to expectations. The earliest form of "house" was probably a rough screen of branches of trees woven together and erected to protect the fire. Modesty is the essential chara< eristic of mankind. The history of religions proves it, for man adores everything, positively everything before adoring himself.--Remy de Go -mont. Pots and saucepans are now made semicircular, with one flat side, so that two of them appear as one when placed together. By this device two dishes may be cooked at once with the gas required for one. Our business Uae bmxx bnllt up on the willingness and ability to give you real service. WiU-iAh STONE SONS LIMITED WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO tSTABllSHKP mo_