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iLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORN!ONT.. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921. Your Servant Electricity ■ four Address communications to Aflroncmist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Mating the Breeding Flock. I stuff, the goslings are raised much ~ . „ . , I more cheaply than other fowls and it n On many farms the problem of im- ( difficult to succeed with them 31 proving the poultry has been compli-j , ^ are followed. I cated by the lack of one fenced en,, u ^ ^ for Ming the eggs closure to confine the beet hens dura*| as inc;ubators do not ive very satis. the breeding season. Only one colony. In fixi ^ ^ T house and a fenced yard is needed In | > ^ diH fa ^ ^ this enclosure can be placed a number | box%hen cover with hay or i l-!flh,enS T ° , ! ™f i straw. After the first week or two, male bird that can be raisec. or pur- wJth warm watar aWut every chased. Then the eggs from this £ ^ week ^ ■man flock can be used to develop the. * crinkled every day. breeders for the coming year , ^ ^ ^ ^ five wegks for the On most farms there will be manyj eggs to when set under nens. hens that can be classed as useful jA medium_sized hen can Co birds although not quite good enough eggs to use as breeders. These can be j As sQon ^ thft birds given free range during the breeding I take fr(>m the hens until aU are hatch-season and if hen hatching is used, the j e(J If jt sgems best to keep the heTls free range flock will furnish the set-1 fof moUwrBf shut ;„ a coop s0 that the goslings cannot wander away as they do not heed the call of the hen. If one prefers to raise without a mother, and I usually use that method, wrap warmly in a blanket, then fill a jug with warm water and set in the middle of the box where the goslings can crowd about it. Cover all warmly with blankets. Be sure they are kept warm, though not too warm if the weather is hot, for they are very tender the first few weeks. When they are from twenty-four to thirty-six hours old, I give the first feed. Even then they will never eat much and sometimes will eat only gTass. They never have the appetites for grain that young ducks develop. They should be fed alone as they cannot eat as fast as ducks or chicks and s used, the will furnish the setting hens to hatch ^and brood the chicks from the eggs laid by the best stock. Frequently farm flocks do not improve rapidly because the best hens lay first and are broody first. When the lest layers become broody they are set upon eggs laid by inferior layers that have just started. This removes some of the best layers from tie chance of egg production for a long period. More improvement would be possible if the egg's from the best layers had been placed in an incubator and these hens allowed to continue laying to reproduce themselves •s often as possible during the breed- The number of roosters necessary to mate with a breeding flock is a debatable question and, of course, depends on the individuality of the male birds. The male is sometimes blamed For the woman who can lessen work by the use of labor-saving : chinery, the appliances which are tached to the electric light socket a valuable field to investigate, looking over the variety of equipment that is now being manufactured, the housewife will realize that electricity iueceeds in solving a large part of the household problem. Electricity is odorless, clean, dependable. There i3 no elaborate machinery to rig up. No fires need be built, so the storage and carrying of fuel are eliminated with ail the accompanying labor and dirt. Screw the plug into the socket and press the button. Besides being so easily put into use, electrical appliances are very attractive in appearance. They have beauty as well as utility. The benefits of electricity are available for the farm as well as the (jryi! city home. The farm lighting and - ' power systems are simple in construction and operation, easy to oil and easy to care for. The standard plants are stoutly enough made to1 stand every-day hard usage. The large power plants are also in ing their service and are becoming available to an eve ber of farm homes. The home that is to be equipped with electric labor-saving devices should be properly wired. When stalling a plant, all the equipment which will probably be taken care of ultimately should be listed and the house properly wired in the beginning. Perhaps the first machine the housewife will wish to consider is a power washing machine. The number of machines on the market is almost; countless. They all are or can be equipped with reversible wringers. e good makes cn the market and all gv results. All of them work more sat-11 isfactorily from a wall socket put in for the purpose than from an ordin-By ary electric light socket. The mangle is a valuable machine for the large family. The secret of getting good results with the mangle depends upon a woman's ability to fold clothes properly. If she masters this, nearly all kinds of clothes can be ironed with the mangle excepting those which have ruffles. Rompers, children's aprons, mother's aprons, shirts, and collars can be satisfactorily and quickly done with the mangle. In ironing with the mangle the worker places the folded clothes between the heavy rollers which are usually heated by gas, gasoline or kerosene, and turned by electricity. By using a mangle the week's ironing can be done in from one to two hours. There is as much difference between using a hand-iron and using a mangle as there is between walking and riding in an automobile. Although the use of electricity is a wonderful aid to the laundry, it is quite as valuable as a help in food preparation. There are, of course, electric ranges which are marvels of beauty. As yet, they slow and quite expensi are numberless small which will help much . j best feed, although I sometimes make lor a lack of fertility that is due to | a johnnycake of cornmeal and mid-the hens. The male is half the flock i dlings with a little soda and moisten-but it is the hens that produce the' ed with milk or buttermilk, then baked Most of them are now being made Sere is danger that~tbey W starve I ^ metal tubs. The driving gears to death. Bread and milk makes the, and belts should all be either enclosed eggs. If the hens are overfat or lacking in vigor they will not produce good hatchable eggs even when mated •with the best male birds. A mating is not necessary for each fertile egg as experiments have proved that fertility will be present in eggs laid by a flock as long as two weeks after the males have been removed. This means that the breeder must wait about two or three weeks before the results of accidental mat-ings will show no effect. It has been found that the first eggs after a mating will be infertile for about ten day-3. The practical value of this means that the breeders should 'be mated up about three weeks before eggs will be used or sold for hatching. Investigations in tr^tpnesting and pedigree hatching have proven that some hens lay eggs which are never fertile, while other hens lay eggs that nearly always produce vigorous chicks. A general rule in mating is to use eight females to a male in the Asiatic breeds. Ten or twelve females to a male brings good results with the American breeds like Rocks and •Wyandottes. Fifteen females to a' male is all right with Leghorns. In many cases a larger number of females per male have brought very good results but, of course, they might not be depended upon. When the fowls are on free range the fertility seems to run better with a smaller number of males than when the breeding pens are closely yarded. How to Uake Gosling3. The growing popularity of geese in thi-. country makes it advantageous for every fai hard. When ready to feed, moisten with milk or water but do not have it sloppy. If it is possible to feed the bread, however, it will give much better results and even a considerable expense for the first few weeks will pay in the end. If they can be kept from indigestion and from getting wet or cold, there should be little difficulty in raising them. It is well to feed about five times a day for the first two weeks, gradually lessening the feeds until by the time they are about two months old the, morning and evening feeds will be enough. They require a great amount of pasture, however, and if the weather is wet, they must be given plenty of chopped grass and weeds. They should have water deep enough so they can wash out their eyes and arranged so they will not get wet. It is better not to give it at meal time. If the weather is at all favorable, put on the grass every day, for the little feet will spread out if kept long on a board floor. One must be careful, however, that the little fellows do not become cold or damp. If for any reason they are wet, wipe dry, then wrap warmly and let them dry by the heat of their own bodies. I have never had much success in raising them after they became real wet. If vthey can be kept well and strong until they begin to feather, there is little trouble to raise them. After they are feathered they can shift for themselves and may be turned onj pasture with only a little grain. If it is possible to spare an goose to raise the little under the machine so as to prevent any chance of injury to the operator. The ironing of clothes is quite as hot and tedious a task as the washing. Electricity will furnish the heat for the iron as well as the power for the washer. The use of the electric iron lessens the time of ironing one-third to one-half, besides furnishing a constant, even heat. There are several re somewhat . But there accessories i cooking. electric toaster and an electric percolator are not only efficient, but add a hospitable air to the breakfast table. A light breakfast may consist of fruit, cereal which has been placed in the tireless cooker in the evening, and coffee and toast prepared at the table by using the electric toaster and the electric percolator. There are small portable electric ovens and electric waffle irons. An electric grill with three or four heats and two pans will cook and keep hot two different dishes at once. The electric fan is not only a fine thing on hot summer days and nights but in the winter time it is a great aid in circulating warm air over the room and refreshing it by stirring it. The use of the electric fan also makes it possible during the summer to serve the meals in the kitchen when there THE SUNDAY SCHOOL are extra men to cook for and much canning to be done. Running a sewing machine may mean tired muscles even though popular opinion sometimes classes sewing as "light" work. An electric motor attached to the sewing machine removes all strain from the sewer, who can direct her entire attention to the garment she is making. Electric lights make it possible for the family to enjoy the long winter evenings together. Kerosene lamps are hard to keep in good condition, and their light is, at the best, flickering and dim. Electricity affords a flood of light in every part of a room. The dooryard, the barn and barnyards and outbuildings can have bulbs ready for instant use at any hour of the day or night. The electric vacuum-cleaner saves carrying heavy rugs to the yard to be cleaned, and there is no raising of dust as when a broom is used. Curtains, heavy coats, hats, robes, couch covers and upholstered chairs may also be easily and thoroughly cleaned by this electric friend. If the water for the use of the household can be pumped into a supply tank by an electric motor, much labor is saved. The same motor can be used for turning the churn and the ice cream freezer. Electricity even promises to do our dishwashing for us. The dishes are scraped and put into racks which are placed in a cylinder containing soap and water, the lid fastened :ind the current turned on. This current causes the water to become heatec, and to circulate freely. When the dishes are clean, the soapy water is rur. out of the washer and clear water poured over the dishes. The current is again turned on and the dishes rinsed in clear, hot water. They are tihen taken out of the cylinder and allowed to drain until dry. Electricity furnishes heat and cold and power and light, and all of these can be obtained from the same innocent light or wall socket. Our Supplies of Roughage. Have you ever tried to winter Watch the new hired man milk and see if he does thorough work. Nothing is more costly than hired help that steadily dry up the cows \ry stopping the process of milking before the flow has ceased. A young boy with undeveloped hand muscles should not be trusted with, heavy-milking cows. He may soon have very sore hands and prefer to ha.f milk the cows rather than own up that he can't do it right. A well-trained dog may bo a help in driving cat tie, but many dogs bring up the cows on the run and worry them. Such nethods are not good for milk production and irritate the disposition of animals which are naturally very nervcus. A dog barking loudly around the barn at milking time is not a good business proposition. I "believe it pays a farmer to drive in the cows himself when they are near the barn and not let the dog bother them. If you have a sick cow, give the veterinarian half a chance to save the animal by calling him early. When a cow is devitalized from sickness and half dead, the veterinarian may be blamed for ksses, though not responsible. Cows take larger doses of medicine than men, and medicine costs money. The veterinarians do a lot of good in the live stock business and farmers can Itarn much from them. Their fees should be promptly and cheerfully paid. The writer does not know any vets that are profiteers or any that have become unduly wealthy from their practice. The animal called the cattalo is a cross breed between the buffalo and thevordirjary cow. The product is an animal between the two in weight, able to "hustle" for itself on the plains. It promf?es to be a good beef animal. attle < ARRIL 10 Bible Teachings About Health.--1 Cor. 6: 19, 20; 9: 24-27; Gal. 6: 7, 8. Golden Text--1 Cor. 9: 25. Connecting Links--The first epistle | theme of Christian freedom, but of Paul to the Corinthians, from | particular reference to his own which part of our lesson is taken, written from Ephesi It is addressed to the priicti and problems of theTTTri" of Corinth, livin.g'as they midst of a heathen city, and „ , of wise counsel regarding unity and purity in the church, their party strife and quarrels, marriage, divorce, idol feasts, the place of women in the church, and other matters. Some of Paul's precepts are for his own time, and for the conditions of that time, not for ours, but there are principles involved which have a universal application. The epistle of • the Galatians was written, it is supposed, somewhat earlier, from Antioch, before Paul began his third missionary journey. It is chiefly an exposition and defence of , Paul's great teaching cf saltation by faith, but it contains in the last chap-| ter instructions and counsels for the <"« | life of faith, which have 3 practical it will be bearing. more satisfactory than any other; The Temple of the Body. . ■ .method. They are not only on guard1 1 Cor. 6: 19-20. Paul is speaki to stuoy tne j every moment of the day and niffht,' this chapter of Christian freedom , . :ct of goose raising if she wishes but they ako find just the food which: especially w. 12-20). The man who the goslings need and will raise them is saved by faith in Jesus Christ, is on almost nothing in the way of grain.' "°*f„u"d^. °IJ°] Strange.to relate they will take them to make the most of her poultry and gain the greatest profit from the food which the farm produces. While hens are almost an essential because of the feed which they save, geese in connection with hens will bring in surprising returns for the time and money invested. We have found that they not only keep themselves during the summer and fall, on the grass and waste fruit from the orchard, but the other poultry, especially the ducks, will eat a much greater amount oi herbage because of running with the 1 the v 1 the water and . twelve Because of this fondues ^et gr; feed them the coi little ones grow with the best of The goose car fifteen eggs and will hatch in abort four weeks so it is well to let them lay until the end of the season, probably the middle or-last of June. When the goslings begin to hatch, take them away as soon as djy or the I goose may leave the remaining eggs. for green - When all the eggs are hatched, shut ----J the mother in a coop for a few days until the legs are strong enough to carry the fat bodies, for the old goose will lead them long distances. Even! after she is let out, a shelter should be provided for nights and wet weather. It is sometimes necessary to drive her into this as she is quite independent about caring for the little birds. I always feed several times a day as they will grow faster than if left to pick for themselves. and his own example, oes not appeal to tho. Corinthians to Bything which he is not willing r.;,n.l dees make a practice of doing, himself. He has rights as a man and as an apostle of Jesus Christ, which he does not choose to exercise. "We bear all things," he says, "that1 very intensive system of farming is ^Lnid'rJ.aIl^ toT ! followed; we must husk a part of n from the standing stalk straw, and if you have, hai found it a sort of uphill business? I have seen the thing tried, in the belief that it is a cheap or economical plan of wintering the animals. On most of our farms there is a vast amount of both these roughages which we must plan "to utilize as far a3 possible, but as for making either one or both of them sustaining feeds, especially during the winter months, it is not at all advisable. It has been estimated that on a farm having a rotation of corn, small grains, and clover there is about two tons of roughages produced for every ton of grain. This would mean over one ton of roughage produced, and, every one of us would consider that a very low fig-ure when our grain yields are fairly substantial or well above the average. Of course, we cannot use all these ■oughages as feed except where Ducklings T:eed no feed until they are from twenty-four to thirty-six hours old. For the first week they should be fed fi.e times a day; after that the number of times may be decreased to three times until they are two to three weeks old. A good ration to begin with consists of a mixture of equal parts, by measure, of rolled oats arid bread crumbs, with three per cent, of sharp sand mixed in the feed, gradually changing from les3 of the bread to more of the oats, and adding bran, and later cornmeal. This feed should be made quite moist, either with milk or water, and it is also desirable to cut up green feed, such as lettuce, clover, alfalfa or lawn grass, adding to the above mash the amount of fifteen per cent. If milk is not available.for use in fixing tha mash, after the first week add a small amount of beef scrap. gospel of Christ." And again, "I become all things to all men, that I j may by all means save some." And all this "for the goispel's sake." I Here, in vv. 24-27, he argues from I the self-discipline of the athlete to: that which is becoming to the Chris-1 tian. They who run in the races are | net compelled by law to be temperate, j but they impose this discipline of' temperance upon themselves. Their! purpose js to gain an earthly crown, but the Christian seeks one that is! incorruptible. Is he not, therefore, much more bound to temperance in all portion of our straw must be for bedding of farm stock. But even with all of the roughage that is made available through siloing or shredding the corn fodder and threshing of the small grain there is too little of it used as feed for our live stock. The silo has been the means of making much of our commonest roughages useable as feed. , While silage has been classed as a roughage tself, it is superior to the other f ........ - 1 HIDES-WOOL-FURS BEACON SKINS--The clalty. It will pay you WILLIAM STONE SONS LIMITED WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO ESTABLISHED 1870 things-desire ? ers of plea ■Intemperance habits of execs;.ive d.rinling and smok-hurtful to many who indulge 1. The small boy who imitates habit of his big hro her u,, trouble for himself :- oest life, and because of the influence ■ which his life has over others, he will not do them. He .will be governed by ^ui^hie dressing, and .rink, j roughages because it is more sui and of j l«n't and contains a fair propor I of grain when made of corn. I He That Soweth. j stock fed on silage is far thriftier! , „ ■ . ,| than that fed on stalks and straw, j Gal. 6: <-8. Paul warns against the But when feedm sil.a?e our stock! folly of those who presume upon tne , * . ..* T* , 1 mercy of God, who continue in evil-!clea^s £n a?Petlte for ■°Pfl doing with the hope that they will be j roughages, sucn as straw, snredded forgiven. The seed of evil-doing will: fodder, or hay, and in this way we are bear' a harvest, just as surely as that able to utilize such dry feds to good of well-doing. What crimes a man j advantage and secure a value for them immits have consequences which : that it would not be possible to obtain1 •en God's forgiveness will not null- j otherwise and get the roughage con--. God is not mocK-ed. - | verted in;to manure to he, conservej This truth_ applies to physical as our mil fertility. In following such a! ed as to spiritual hea.tli. Bad hah- t „, .-,,„.,•„„ mn. Pn\irt. «rP Hi its of life poison and corrupt the body. 1 *ys?f ,°* f om,e , te /J i Intemperance breed:* . i • Xir8 • rected largely toward keeping thei custom, or ceremony, or ritual obligation. He is not saved by doing cer-, tain things and refraining- from doing ;s„ feed while the others. His all-sufficient salvation is rapidly than jn Christ and in Christ alone. PauJ. had gone so far as to say, "All things' are lawful for me," that is, of course, all things which are not in themselves wrong, all things not immoral. But here he qualifies-that statement by saying, "Not all thing are expedient." There are things which he might do, in which there is no wrong, but which would be unprofitable to himself or hurtful to others. For his own sake,! thV'cigaWti for the sake of his own highest and! js laying ! later years. There are other habits cf LJome a bunch "^ISve^ His chief object is to feed the steers the supreme law cf love, and that1 duTg^nc'e VVeTtem' fascin^iiig'kiiwi- n!1 the roughages he has put away shall rule all his conduct. j of aintiiemt nt. •vr.h-'i are equally bad. I dur,n» the summer and fall, and by In the verses just preceding he, Let us take to heart Paul's lessons, jtae time these are all gone, which is ' along after corn planting tate of high produ e of the foremost problems! which is c of to-day. I have a friend who 1 into the stock yardi nd takes; Attacking the Gopher. How to reduce the number of gophers is a problem that seems near solution in Saskatchewan. The Department of Agriculture of that province, in 1920, conducted a gopher contest in the schools, with the result that 1,798 schools entered, and 2.019,233 gophers were destroyed, at a cost to the department of $3,159.75, or .15^ cent each. What this reduction in the number of gophers means in the saving of foodstuffs is hard to estimate, but it would be very great, as an makes special reference 1 a besetting sin of the 1 ity of Corinth. i byv. 1 foi phras '•chastity, j and remember that we Who are sow's to-day will be reapers to-i Application. e of the city "to live like ; Paul • The truth of this fa 11 allow frem Galatians is illust 1 of that sort. The Chris-'hand. The slightest acq belongs to the Lord. It is' what the doctors are I; it is holy. "Your bodies " 1 covering emphasizes •are .r.£«..bu's of Christ.": way in which physio t deprave ami make vile death follow "sowing To Nature is iron-like in no resentence though will md! buy off the he say You oa what belongs to the Lord Christ. ie.g tHf-t her laws takes them back to the stock yards! where he expects to sell them fori about two cents more per pound than! he paid. They are riot fat cattle but' have grown into good flesh and are| suitable for butchers or feeders for! some farmer who wants to finish them. All he plans on is getting n good price for his silage and rough-j ages and the privilege of putting many loads of manure back on his - Dcn't compel the women open and close two or three b through the cattle yards eve they go out to look up eggs. When we consider farmers for life, and n practical study, then Heavy curtains, thicl paper and other drapei spoil the breathable ail The smoothest looking axle is rough and pitted under the microscope. The powdered mica in Imperial Mica Axle Grease fills in this roughness and makes every rubbing surface smooth. Grease can then lubricate properly and will last twice as long as it ordinarily would. Imperial Mica Axle Grease is the best and most economical grease you can buy for your wagons and trucks. Leather is honeycombed with pores--thousands of them to every square inch. To pre- dust, sweat and moisture use Imperial Eureka Harness Oil. - It closes up the pores of leather and keeps it strong, flexible and new-looking. acids and it will not turn rancid. Farmers, teamsters and liverymen u?