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2 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1921. Address Better Farming in 1921. "How am I going to handl 73 Adelaide St. West. Toronto ing their labor the the and making the m Work on my farm "in 1921?" is a Another thing: A question every farmer is askinj; him- greatest possible u. self this winter. ; saving machinery? The smartest farmers I know d put off figuring out this problem til the spring work starts. They city, and begin 'selling' their own pro-, position. Many of them are knocking their own game, when they should be boosting "To begin with, each farmer who wants hired help should be sure that the conditions under which such help is required to work and live are acceptable to a self-respecting man. If they are really attractive, so much economically the better. This is not hard on the t money. ordinary farm, but it is far too often you making the ignored. The hired man needs of your labor-; as well as a lantern. There is such The farmers on a thing as too long hours, even on a many of the smaller farms in the farm. Eight hours are out of the eastern part of Canada could learn question, but sixteen are unnecessary, some valuable lessons in the use of unwise, and unprofitable, know they will then be"too busy,"and labor-saving machinery from their; "A job on a good farm, it may be too late to make just the cousins on the larger farms in the! ployer who is reasonable adjustments they would like to make West. | the best kind of a job for any work- to save labor, purchase labor-saving Often two men may be seen machinery, and provide some of the in moderate-sized fields with a team, Ld faj the best kind of er. Such jobs ought to be at „„j ium, and they will be if the proper, things that "may*be needed "to"make both working at a job that could have educational effort is substituted for their workmen more contented and easily been done by one man with the Present 'viewing with alarm' and efficient. j larger equipment. The farmer of the j 'we're going to starve to death' I can see three ways of helping West has learned long ago the value, propaganda._ the situation: First, reorganize the of larger equipment. Many Eastern' f pnfrpc T AlflNP I rcc farm work to reduce and distribute farmers have thought this was sim-, UKJ^£*La»\virVi?fttr.o the labor and to make each hour of ply because the fields were larger,! PROFIT ON MANY LINES labor more productive; second, use thus making it practical to use gang! - labor-saving machinery to the fullest plows and four to six-horse disks.; Ret] Rose Tea People Make possible extent; third, try to make This type of equipment can certainly) FiirtViw ^h»t»mAnt your laborers more efficient by mak- be used to better advantage where I r urlnet oiaiemem. ing working and living conditions fields are large, but scarcity of labor I Some of our friends amcng the" more pleasant. : and the need of more economical pro-: grocers, in speaking of cur letter to' It is often possible to change the duction, rather than large level fields,! the press on grocers' profits have in-cropping system to reduce the acre- have been responsible for the intro-; dicated that apparently it has been age of crops that require a large duction of large labor-saving ma-' construed by some readers to mean quantity of labor and increase the chinery in the West. Surfely, it is; that Red Rose Tea was ihe only ar-acreage of those that require less, time on many farms in the East to'fide on which the grocer takes a More land can be seeded down to give each man at least four horses: smaller profit, in order to give his cus-grass. A young farmer said last and provide riding implements. j toiners a higher quality, spring: "I am seeding more and more Power machinery can also be used! 11 was not our intention to convey, of my cultivated land to grass. I will to good advantage to save man labor.! sucht an impression, as we know that pasture dairy cows, use a milking Where a vast amount of work must be ; most grocers sell well known brands machine, and cultivate just the area! crowded into the shortest possiole'0' °,"ler s,oods at Iess proflt than tney of land that we can work ourselves." period, owing to unfavorable weather.1 con!d. make °n some brands equally This is a sane view to take. The ps was the case last spring, tb total production of the farm 'will be tor will be a valuable supplement to decreased much less and the profits j the teams when conditions are such will be much greater than if an at-1 that its use is practical. The tractor tempt were made to cultivate more; can be operated a much longer day land than could properly be farmed., than horses; ir fact, some farmers in In many cases where a four-year J the West make a practice of operat-rotation of corn, oats, wheat, and i ing their tractors day and night dur-clover or a five-year rotation of corn, ing periods when work is rushing, oats, wheat, and clover and timothy] A greater substitution of the trac-are used, an additional year could be' tor for team labor will often reduce added to the rotation, perhaps some the cost of mar. labor. It should be other grasses seeded with the tim- j remembered, however, that it is sel-othy, the land left to grass a year or i dom profitable to operate a tractoi two longer, and used for pasture. | when the teams on the farm are nol Such a system would reduce the work j used to the fullest extent. The trac-during the busy season of the year, j tor should be used in addition to the would add rather than detract from i teams on the farm, and in only a few the productivity of the farm, and .cases can it be expected to replace would make it possible to handle well! them entirely. Under certain cone" the land that was cultivated. | tions the number of teams on ti There is nothing gained by trying j farm can be reduced when a tractor to cultivate more land than can be purchased, but more often the tractor could make well known, and for the that they recommend Red Rose Tea, simply to give their customers the best possible value. In our letter we mentioned Red Rose Tea because it naturally came first to our mind and because we knew that grocers were selling it at a less profit than they make on other teas.-- T. H. Estabrooks Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. worked timely and well. To produce a crop with the least labor, I must push my work, not let the work push me. A field plowed in good condition at the proper time can be fitted much less labor and expense than if the ground is plowed when hard and dry. A man that is ahead of his work can do every farm operation at the right time. It is not necessarily the largest field that produces the most If you must reduce the area of land under cultivation, try and keep up production by doing the work at the right time, by using the best seed of proper varieties of grain, and, when necessary, by using the right amount of the proper kind of fertilizer. In these times the most successful farmers try to make an acre of land produce as much as we used to grow on an acre and a half or two acres. I know this is easier said than done, especially if we are to secure this increased yield without much additional out' »y of labor. But it can be done. There are farmers doing it in every section of Canada, i fa i m-management investigations i h w that it is these men who have a :arge acre production that CLMNIIMSS IS HEALTH GnJUETWhlXE 'is one of the most useful and economical articles on the market. *Iet Gilletfslye do it" is a common expression among those that are familiar with its many uses. Read the directions under the wrapper GIUETIS EYE EAJS DIRT MABE IN CANADA. used to best advantage as substitute for team labor for certain ki: of work, and to supplement the w of teams when work is pressing. The present labor shortage folk ing the World War will probably stimulate the invention of new types of farm-labor-saving machinery, and may eventually react to the benefit of all of us. You can well afford to keep informed of new types of labor-saving machinery on the market. Study the operation and use of these machines. They may be abl, labor on your farm. If we are going to hold the labor we now have on our farms, tract additional labor, isn't that we asked ourselves and the young men that are leaving the farms why they prefer to work in the city': I have talked with a good many men regarding this, and here are their answers: First, "We earn more money in town." Second, "We have shorter working hours." Third, "We think the work will be less monotonous." Fourth. "Living in the city is more pleasant." It is true that these men will draw higher wages in the city than they can earn in the country--in dollars; but, at the end of the year, in which place will they have the most money? Nine times out of ten the farm workmen have more money in the bank at the end of the year than the city lad. Wages may not be as high, but living expenses are much less and saving is When a workman in the city is so fortunate as to be able to save a little money, there is small opportunity to invest it safely. The country boy's savings can be invested in dairy cows, brood sows, work stock, and machinery. After a small accumulation of this kind the workman socn becomes a proprietor on a rented farm, and no longer a 'h'ired man." He becomes his own boss, with added opportun-! ities for investment and saving. "Corns, let i i to the clean-s Let us go back where our freedom lies, Back to the scent of the clover sod, Back to the old home farm--and God." Concerning Important Glands By P. W. ST. JOHN, M.D. Since the discovery that certain glands, the thyroid, ovary, suprarenal, and others furnish to the body a so-called "internal secretion," which has to do with very important functi of the human economy, it has become more or less of a fad among the medical profession to use the various gland extracts to supply deficiencies which occur. - In many instances preparations of thyroid, peptic, and other glands seem and probably are very useful. This will be true only when used in selected cases. There have been on the market for several years preparations containing one or many of such substances. Recently a few doctors in America and Europe have successfully transplanted parts of glands from recently deceased human beings or from living monkeys into the human subject, and a few cases so treated showed signs of rejuvenation. Whether this rejuvenation was actual or psychological Remains to be seen. As is usual, the patent medicine venders have seized upon this situation as an opportunity to make "money, 'and are now offering medicines containing gland extracts which are supposed to renew youth and prolong life. While in carefully diagnosed case3 there are no doubt benefits to be had from the administration of such remedies, unless every phase of such a case is thoroughly understood the remedy may be worse than useless. It is much better to leave such matters to those who know the most about them {the doctors) and they know little enough about the vital processes «f life. If wholesome living, wholesome exercise in the open air and a goodly amount of mental and physical labor, together with sufficient properly cooked food to maintain a proper balance, do not enable one to prolong his youthfulness I believe that the fountain of life will not be found this side of the grave. e? Sap THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Maple sugar utensils Irill soon be dripping. *If your farm is not already named, try for the best-fitting name and use this perfectly dignified ^ind effective way of advertising it, thus increasing the value of your farm. Put the name on your envelopes, letterheads and in advertisements. Handle Hatching Eggs Carefully As poultrymen, you and I want i near 100 per cent, hatches as we cs get. It is a big step toward biggi profits, therefore good business. If you are like I am you get n lot of free advice on this point, wlucb. you ignore, because you don't know why it is good advice. For instance, we are told that we must use fresh hatching eggs. But why? Also that we must gather them as soon as they are laid, that we must turn them often, and keep them cool and moist. But why? From study and experience I have learned the answers to those questions. And here they are for you, if by any chance you do not already know them: VWhy must we use fresh hatching eggs? Because the life germ in the egg grows weaker the longer it is kept without hatching, and a weak life germ means that you will get no chick. That means a poor hatch, lost me, and lost money. 2. Why must we keep hatching eggs cool and gather them as soon as laid? Because warmth starts the life germ growing before we are ready for it, and exposes it to quick death from change in temperature--just as an unseasonable spring day will start tree buds, with the danger. of later being killed by frost. We must gath-eggs often to keep the sun and other influences from starting the life germ to growing. 3. Why must we turn eggs often? Because if the egg is left too long one position the yolk, containing the life germ, tends to float to the top. They r.ev. lite germ, tends to noat to tne of mo;sture ;n (iia'f If it is allowed to remain there, to us £speciaIlv if germ, because of the evaporation r ho,d thege ' f( :„ ic- .v/^inr. rtM in (-no atvn- will .. . . the ger: that is going on in the egg, will tdhere to the shell and die. 4. Why must we keep hatching eggs moist ? Because the porous egg shell absorbs the necessary moisture to keep the egg healthy; and if it cannot get about the hours in town and! that moisture from the air about it, country? It is true that the farm] it is weakened and ruined, workman is on the job more hours! Every egg is fertilized before it is than the city man, but if the time j laid, while still in the yolk stage, be-iquired to go to and from work in' fore the white is formed, and while ie city is counted, the day will usu- the yolk still clings to the yolk ' ally average longer than in the coun-In the country the workman's occupation is varied. In the course ear he will not put in the number of hours of hard, intensive work that will be required of either skilled or common labor in the industries. When it comes to living conditions, the city job is in some ways the more attractive. The farmer has not leawi-! ed that the factory operator has j known for some time that it is nee-" essary, in order to secure good labor, J to provide conditions that will be at-l tractive. A little more attention to the comfort of the men on the farm J will do much to hold farm labor. Mr. i W. I. Drummond, in speaking of the Eggs to be hatched should never get warmed up after they are laid, until placed in thc incubator or under t|e hen. The amount of heat neces-ike them up varies, so that the safer side to be suro ' get any heat. The sources of premature heat most common are the sun, heated cellars, or egg-rooms. The kitchen is perhaps the worst place on the farm fpr them. The factor most harmful is that egg? are gathered only once a day, in the late afternoon. Many of these eggs were laid around ten o'clock in the morning. Most of the eggs are found in a few favorite nests. In these nests often ten or a dozen eggs are found. Those laid in the morning have been under a hen three, four, orj five hours, one hen going on after an-j other. Naturally, the first egg laid' is stimulated by this heat, and its germ leaves its dormant stage. It is often an hour before the eggs are] picked up after the last hen leaves. | The eggs cool down, in the early j hatching season, almost to freezing. The result is an egg in which the germ has either been killed or weakened so that the chick dies during hatching., and an egg which deteriorates very quickly. , Gather your eggs for hatching often--three or four times a day. Keep in a cool temperature, from 40 to 60 deg. F. Moisture an Important Factor. The "third big point is moisture. The egg shell is very porous, and the moisture readily evaporates. Nature provided a sufficient amount 1 it is up MARCH 6TH. Jesus Among His Friends. St. Matt. 26: 1-13. Golden Text--St. Mark 14: 8. Time and Place: Tuesday, April 4, "a sinner," and can surely not be A.D. 29. Simon's house in Bethany. | identified with the gentle and loving Connecting Links.--Jesus put very sister c.:' .Martha and Lazarus. No high value, in His teaching, upon the doubt this Simon had been healed of simple homely virtues of kmdneso Irs li t rise there would not and thoughtfulness. In the last of the have been held such a feast in his three great parables of chapter 25 He house, and it is an interesting con-declares that the highest commenda- j jecture thai Jews Himself may have tion of God, and the richest rewards \ been the healer. With them sat Laz-of eternal life, shall be for those who; arus, only a little while before brought, feed the hungry poor and show hos- back from the dead. It is no wonder pitable kindness to the stranger, and that the heart of this loving woman clothe the naked, and visit those who was stirred to its depths. Her gift are sick or in prison. E* en those was prompted by gratitude and who do not know that they are thus thankfulness for the healing of a serving and honoring Chris: are in- friend ar.d :he restoration of a broth-eluded in His declaration, for, He; er, that of 1 he woman of Luke's story teaches, they who thus m.nister to by thankfulness for a life cleansed human needs are truly minsfering to j from sir,. Him. I The alabaster box was probably a The Plot, vv, 1-6. ! bottle or vase with a narrow neck, 1-2. When Jesus had finb hci. The! made out of the soft alabaster stone last discourses and parables, of Jesus 1 found in that country. It was closely have been collected by Matthew in sealed, and opened by breaking the chaps. 20-25. These are now finished neck. Immediately the perfume would and he goes on to tell of thc betrayal fill the whole .rocm. The fragrant and death of Jesus. Mark i ikes the, oil, which is called, in Mark 14: 3, transition more briefly in 14: 1-2. "spikenard," was obtained from an After two days. These words were'Indian plant, sometimes called bespoken probably on Tuesday and the | cause of its appearance, Indian spike, passover was to be eaten on Thurs- j and was rare and costly, day evening. The day set for thei Given to the Poor. The objection passover in the Jewish law was the' was taken on low ground. The gift fourteenth cf the month Nisau, which: of love is n-D*. measured, and where happened in this year to be on a I such love as tr at of Mary abounds the Thursday. The feast was to be held 1 poor will never want. The poor widow in the evening after sunset and so,'gave out of her poverty to the treas-according to the Jewish mode of.ury of the temple which she loved reckoning time, which made the day \ and was richer for the giving. The begin at sunset, it was in reality on world is immeasuiably richer for the the fifteenth, and on the next morn- ■ costly gifts which have been made to ing (Friday morning), Je3us was j Christ's church all down through the crucified. j ages. "For the heart grows rich by 3-5. Unto the palace of the high1 giving," and i: is wealth of heart and priest. The high priest at that time' soul that makes always and every-was Joseph Caiaphas, the son-in-law j where for human good, of Annas, who had formerly !ie!d that For My burial. Je=U3 makes the act office and was still a person of great of Mary a symbol and prophecy of influence and authority Caiaphas His approaching death. Of course was appointed in the year A.D. 26 and Mary did rot mean it that way, and continued in office twelve years. The she must have hoped, when she heard chief priests and elders, seme of Him say these words, that the day of whom ' were members of -;<,<• great His burial, when it was the custom to Jewish council, consulted that they anoint ihe body with perfumes, was might take Jesus by subti.ty. It far distant. Jesus eclares also what would, apparently, have been easy has become abundantly fulfilled, that enough to take Him at anv time as her simple act of faith and love will He went openly through t.ie streets be told wheresoever this gospel shall or taught in the temple courts, but be preached to the whole world, they feared an uprising of the people! . „.,],-„„.; .„ and the consequent wrath < ' the So- . „ Apphcafon. man authorities who would nave held i A beautiTuf work was what Jesus them responsible. The eitv was full f»J,ed M?r>'s deed and on two counts of people, assembled for " the oass- i 'Me le J!.ave notT always It is no! over celebration, and many w re from fas>' to .!,.ve ** Jesus did surroundec Galilee and were friends r. i parti- h* suspicion and animosity, to b« sans of Jesus and His disciple?. These,: awafe. that fven in the circle of the under the leadership of sue . men as m?*± intimate friends there was one Peter, who, as we know, i as quite willing to sell you to your enemies, ready and willing to figh 1 'or his •?,nd have oft-repeated[evidences of Master, might have made a great deal ?he OTllness and lack of understand-of trouble, and as a result th, • might i"? °n, tn4.part °: th°se, who, we™ have been imposed upon th city a faithful. His heart must have longed severe punishment < , a h. ar In e." It f,or sympathy. How He loved His is no wonder, therefore, that they: frlends and how the thought of leav-proceeded cautiously, raid insulted fs, ?em have^wrung His heart, how they might quietly and secretly fnd here w,as an outburst of affection accomplish their evil purpose. \om on,e, who evidently loved Him fat »t . t r io above all earthly treasure. It w^s a Marys Gift of Love, vv, 5-13. som.ee of strength and solace. Then_ 6-13. When Jesus was in Bethany, too, He read into her action an unjust before telling the story or Judas' I suspected significance, "for my bur-treachery, Matthew turns aside to tell; ial." Mary had no thought of this, an incident of the previous week in; It seemed a far cry from the festivi-Bethany, in which the mercenary i ties of Simon's house to the tomb character of Judas contrast with the simple and beautiful loyalty and self-forgetfulness of Mary. It is not certainly known who Simon the leper was. A similar story is told in Luke 7 : 36-50 of a dinner in the house of a Pharisee named Simon, but the woman there mentioned is called rock, yet Jesus right. And He often surprises those who give to Him with the far-reaching issues of their gifts. Even the least service rendered the "least of these" is "unto Me_" What revelations await generous souls in heaven when the story of what they have really made possible is made plain. SHOOTING A WELL , to ! ter. germ, after a little growth, becomes, dormant, goes to Sleep, so to speak, and in a normal fertile egg the germ is still dormant at the time of laying. Germ Weakens With Age. This fertilized germ remains dormant until warmth is applied to the egg. The amount of heat necessary to "wake it up" varies, depending on the length of time the warmth is applied, and the age of th give the hatching egg a chanci I The rapidity with vhich moisture will leave the egg depends on thref conditions of thc air surrounding tha egg. The drier the air, the faster anc the more moisture it will suck fron the egg. The warmer the air, the more jnoisture it will suck from the egg ^nd the more the air circulates, the' quicker it will take out the moisture. " Watch your moisture before hatching, and yi fertilized, the egg j ' while hatch ndled under the i t» grc ies. The f or hatching The dorm; The stand a quite ground bird or a hen, when she steals her nest, finds one on the damp earth, protected from the drying sun. Our fourth important point is to turn eggs often. During the actual hatching time frequent turnings are helpful. A hen sitting on eggs turns them dozens of times every day. It is well to turn eggs being held for incubation at least once every twenty-four hours. Don't jar them. A large number of our poor hatches, both under hens and in incubators, are not due entirely to faulty incubation or poor machines, but to a large extent to careless handling before setting, and no amount of care during incubation can remedy the harm al- Something very unusual was going on at the old oil well. Three or four men with a spring wagon were there; the pump had been removed, and two of the men were peering down into the pipe. Although not a gusher, it had at first been a 'good, flowing well. But after a few months the flow had grown less and less until it stopped altogether. Then a pump had been installed and for a long time kept the oil flowing. At last, however, even the pump brought no oil. I had heard that the well was to be abandoned. Having tied my horse to a tree, I walked over to the well. ' The men were evidfhtly getting ready for full of some liquid, which they were handling tenderly. When all was ready thc longest can ; was lowered into the well. Down, j down it went while the men waited! quietly. | I asked one of them what they were: are shooting this well," he, answered. "It has stopped paying,' and we hope that by setting off a. charge of nitroglycerine down below, we may break things so that there,, will be a good flow.of oil again." | I was too busy to stay longer; so; I drove on down the road. But as I i rode I found myself unconsciously j straining my ears for the sound of the explosion. I was disappointed, however, for I heard no sound. But al-j though no sound reached my ears, the; explosion came at the proper time' down in the heart of the earth. What a terrible ripping and rending there must have been! When the vibrations had died away in the bowels of the earth, there was an oozing and trickling as if the life-blood had begun to run from the terrible wound within. And truly it was so, for when the pump was installed again and the power connected the precious oil rose and poured out, bar- Those thing's I learned when I again drove past the .old well in the field; and as I drove on, considering the event, I thought that there are more wells than oil wells. There are the wells of the human heart; and those sometimes fail to flow just as the oil wells do. And when they fail the Master sometimes sees fit in His wisdom to "shoot the well" of the hu -an heart. It seems cruel sometimes, th jsa broken plans and crushed hopes. How many torn hearts there are in the world! And the Master has thouj t best to have it so in every case. But, oh, how rich is the oil of love and sympathy and kindness, and how full is the stream that flows from those broken hearts! If breaking the heart brings grief, surely the "oil of gladness" that flows at last will soothe and heal the wounded heart; and in the joy that follows we shall not remember the grief. 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