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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921. Address c largely remedied, and wool from this country is able to compete in some measure with the best wool from New Zealand and Australia and to command as good a price. During the war the demand for wool was enormous, and prices naturally soared very high. Now they have dropped to some extent in every market, but there is abundant evidence that with the return of settled and normal conditi prices will be found fluctuation considerably checked. seasons the weather was unfavorable \ nad eve.r Known eitne :ab developed to such an extent; anything worth whi!< The Children's Hour. Some say that the ants were not always Industrious. They spent their days worrying their neighbors and always in trouble because of their idleness. They laughed at the bee be-he worked so hard at making -_""•-'_ A _ I honey, at the spider because he worked nications to Aeion^mist, 73 Adelaide St West, Toront* so hard over his web and at the bird . „. because he worked so hard in making The Grading of Wool. | placed by the British Government and ^ ^ ^ friend, with the The official grading of wool has had the lack of exportation facilities due ghift,ess flies_ a wonderful effect in improving the to the demands of the war, trans-, ^ ^ j quality and preparation of Canadian oceanic shipping was entirely at a wool for market. It is a well-known standstill for such commodities. As a; Tal "ho fact that not so many years ago Can- consequence of this and because of; certain 1 Me % nan ed Jack, who adian wool was held in poor esteem other discouragements orchards Buf-|OTen !azl.er than Bill. The two abroad owing to its coarseness and fered greatly. In addition, during deficiency in purity. Now this anu a^au uevejupeu lo such an ^v,.^..,/. - ^ as to reduce the vitality of the trees. I One day Jack and Bill met a bee Vigorous efforts are now being made; his way to gather honey. They stop-to remedy this state of things. Meet- j ped the bee and asked him to play ing are being held in the various [ hide and seek with them among the apple-growing districts, conducted in flowers. co-operation by provincial and Domin-j "No," said the bee; "winter will soon ion authorities, at which demonstra-: be coming, and I have no time to tions are given in the proper methods, waste." of pruning, spraying, grading, packing j He hurried off, and Jack and Bill and shipping. Organization and co- j went to hunt up the spider. The spidi rative"andj operation for marketing purposes are The being urged. As a result of these valuable work done by the official effort*' ^cials feel warranted in say-graders is testified to by the fact that; lng ^ app e-growers have every the demand for Canadian wool has yeason to feel optimistic as to the fu-been greatly increased. Their task is ture' J* 18 als^' said that although hard and exacting. Its extent is de.: P"ces for many agricultural product noted by the fact that for the year ending March 31, 1920, 3,788 pounds were graded for farmers' operative organizations. Of this pounds were from On- The majority of our people are many times weaker in confidence than any other faculty. A large percentage of those who are failures could have succeeded if this one quality had been properly trained and strengthened in their youth. Fair Premiums Fer Children spinning his web. The two friends were afraid to go near his house, but they stood a short distance away and made fun of him. "Why do you not work?" the spider said. "Where will you get your dinner to-day? I know; you will steal ihave declined, the price for the best, honey from the bee." ,| quality of apples has not fallen, nor is! Jack and Bill laughed and went ' | it likely to do so owing to the fact | away. At a turn in the path they met ' that production, even under favorable j a robin who was hunting food for his J conditions, is not greater to-day than' little ones. The robin flew down to the ui.iiL, iou,o(» po-unus were irom vjii-i .. ■ , - , , tario, 743,562 pounds from Saskat.! ^ was a quarter of a century ago, and chewan and 1,462,161 pounds from AI-! cannot be materially increased for berta. The system has undoubtedly j some years t0 come' given stability to the wool industry! , , . „. ,. and led to an increase of sheep breed- Pr°™«al Butter-Making Standmg. Ing, and sheep of an improved quality, j Ontario does not appear to stand It also equalizes prices and encourages : extra well as regards butter-making farmers to take greater care of and: compared with other provinces. Dur-more pride in their flocks. Grading, j inS the past year or two Dominion-after all, is only one step that has ; wide contests have been held with the been taken to develop the wool in- j objects of establishing a uniform type dustry. Exhibits have been made at of creamery butter throughout the home and abroad. In Canada displays j country, to create a healthy rivalry were made at all the leading fairs. • between the provinces, and to help ' In ten western exhibitions there were |the standardizing of methods a shown the grades of wool, processes! Practice in the butter-making indus-of manufacture of both wool and mo- j try- As a result in these contests, hair, a full line of shepherd's supplies : Ontario stood last of all the provinces and samples of the best feeds for!1OT flavor in 1919 and sixth in 1920. sheep. In the east at several of the! For workmanship, Ontario again principal exhibitions demonstrations' itood last ^ 1919 and eighth in 1920. were given in the preparation of wool for market, shearing, grading of wool and dipping. Stationary wool exhibits have been supplied to the agricultural colleges and placed on view in museums. Demonstrations have further been made by experts in the finishing . of sheep and lambs for the market, in docking and dipping, in shipping, and in the care of sheep generally, both on the farm and in transit. The Apple-Growing Industry. One industry that suffered owing to the war was that of apple-growing. Owing to the embargo on apples The standing of the provinces last year was like this: For flavor: Alberta, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick. For workmanship: Nova Scotia, Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba. Samples from the contests are exhibited at the dairymen's conventions in every province of the Dominion, at the dairy schools, at produce merchants' conferences, at butter graders' conferences and during butter-scoring competitions. One of the best schemes to discourage broodiness, widely used and indorsed by the foremost authorities, is to place the broody hen in a coop that is fitted with a slatted bottom. The hen is unable to squat in a comfortable position, because her feet protrude through the openings between the slats. She has no sense of privacy or security, and the sensation of currents of air under her is not to her liking. Two or three days of this harmless pillory usually disgusts her with the notion of setting, and when released she is only too anxious to rejoin her companions in the laying house. ft is understood that food and water are kept in the coop at all times, for the "clucks" should be encouraged to maintain their physical trim and not be starved. The coop should be kept in a well-ventilated place, under perfect sanitary conditions, preferably where there is strong light, because plenty of light is distracting to the sitting hen, who naturally seeks dark, secluded spot in which to bring off her brood. In mild, pleasant weather "broodies" can be turned into a yard and made to sleep outdoors. Do w you will with them to distract the clination to sit, provided they are injured, frightened or impaired in ; way. By all means feed and water them liberally. The chief consideration is to segregate the hens as soon as they become broody, if possible on the first day. A hen removed from the nest at this time is very much easier to discourage than -when she has been allowed to indulge her fancy for a week or more. To insure getting the "broodies" at an early stage, the poultry keeper should make it a hard and fast rule to go over the nests every evening about an hour before sundown, during the spring and summer months, and to remove therefrom any hens found at •this time. Very few hens lay after 4 o'clock in the afternoon, consequently one is entitled to view with suspicion any fowls found on the nests ir the evening. ground. "Now I have caught you!" he cried. "You are so useless and harmful that I am going to feed you to my little birds. That's what I'm going to do!" Seizing Jack and Bill he flew off to his nest. As he dropped Jack into the big mouth of a young bird Bill tumbled to the ground. He was so much frightened that he ran home as fast as his little legs could carry him. When he reached home he cried, "0 mother, Jack has been eaten up by a robin, and I was nearly eaten up, too! If we do not build us a house, the robin will catch us all. We ought to work, anyway, like the rest of the world." Bill trembled with earnestness; he had learned a great lesson in a short "Let us start right now," replied his mother. "We will build us a house and store up food for the winter." That very moment they began to carry out their resolve. And all their ant neighbors, seeing them so busy, began to follow their example. From that day to this ants have worked so hard that "as busy as an ant" has become a common saying in the world. All normal boys and girls are on the bags, aprons, hand-embroidered tow-alert to make money; and all men and: els, table-covers, camisole yokes aud women, who are on the alert to keep ■ what-not made in leisure minutes and the young folks on the farms, want to! exhibited with pride and success, help them. The fair managers in j The domestic booth with its canned many counties offer special premiums ■ fruit is profitable also, especially be-to young people; but even where there; cause the canned fruit is not made are no special awards it is easy to just for the occasion but must be pro-let the boys and girls earn money at vided for winter in every home. By entering farm j taking a little extra care, and select-fathers ; ing jars of the same size and shape, it possible to pick up many extra this department. the fairs. Instead < produce in their < and mothers get the children to select j ; the articles and then collect the prem-! iums, only stipulating that the young j counties fruit can be entered as single workers prepare everything, attend to j exhibits and also in groups, so that it making the entries and getting the is possible to win two separate prizes things back home again. on the same display. I think nothing Where there are both boys and girls! &ives a greater thrill to a young_ c i a family, the girls usually take the j1 ■ than to i ■ beautiful fruits Housing of Poultry. Not all who keep chickens either town or country know how to secu the best results from their flocks. For lack of knowledge the chicks often develop into spindle-legged, small-bodied, poor-laying creatures. And yet any amount of instructive literature published and can be had without cost by applying to the Publications Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa. Housing shares in importance with feeding if the best results are to be gained. In this connection it is interesting to observe that a revised edition of the bulletin on Poultry House Construction by F. C. El-ford, Dominion Poultry Husbandman, has just been issued by the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, to meet the constantly increasing demand for information coming from almost every class of the community. The bulletin, which is based on trials of various kinds of poultry houses in different parts of Canada, treats of the subject clearly and comprehensively. Plans and building instructions, with illustrations and diagrams, are so given as to enable anyone to erect such a poultry house as may be desired. domestic and vegetable exhibits while j and vegetables securely sealed in clear the boys show chickens, grains, and i fIass and ornamented with the red or the farm animals. But a family of j blue ribbon that marks the first prize, girls can show the grains along with Meanwhile, the boys will be getting the fancy work and canned fruits, jthe calves, colts, sheep, chickens and omitting only the animals. It is hard . grams ready for exhibition. The grains for a girl to enter and exhibit a pet j should be cleaned and recleaned, as> calf or lamb, and boys on the other Ithe Judge win use a powerful glass to hand do not like to potter with vege- j determine whether or not there is for-tables, unless it be mammoth pump- elSn matter m the exhibit. 'Selecting kins or melons. corn for the fa'r is an education in tt, , j , . itself, and the boys should be encour- JZTi™7ZrTJ\ fUlCe±nSia8ed to ask a" agricultural student to tieW„,lm^le! coach them in the art of picking win-, ning ears. With beets and pumpkins I and turnips, size is about the only requirement; but in selecting corn, clover seed, and oats many other n tricks in the trade that will help cess along. Several months before the fair time, get out the list of premiums offered in the previous year. Even if an item or two should be dropped, the list will serve as a first-rate guide. Look it over carefully and mark on a piece of papeT every item that could possibly interest you. If you see some vegetable or grain which you furnish, and in which thi few entries, mark that thing down with a star, for it's your particuli big chance. Then when you have decided essary qualities determine the prize-winning display. Chickens are always interesting to exhibit, as more and more of the young people of the country are finding out. 'k i With plumage well washed and coops good order the feathered pets i tract attention everywhere. Prize winners at the big county fair usually find their way to bigger shows that your; 0ffer bigger inducements, and because Buy Canadian produc THE SUNDAY SCHOOL JUNE 19. Making the Social Order Christian. St. Luke 4: 16-21; St. Matt. 25 : 34-40. Golden text--St. Matt. 25: 40. Don't be afraid of thinking too highly of yourself, for if the Creator made you, you must have inherited divine, omnipotent possibilities, you must partake of His qualities. Prepotency is the power which gives a bull or cow the ability to stamp its own characteristics on its offspring. The value of the pure-bred bull on the grade herd rests in this ability to mark the calves and make them both better lookers and better producers than their mothers. The gestation period of the cow is nine and one-half months, or two hundred and eighty days. Sometimes a breeder figures it as nine months to the day, and then worries because it seems to run over a couple of weeks and the calf is not born when supposedly due. For example, a cow bred on January 1 would be due about November 8, not on November 1. The date of calving is found by counting; forward the two hundred and eighty! -- from the date of service. Connecting Links--The essence of Christianity is in the spirit, not in tin forms, of life. It is possible-for th Christian spirit to exist and to ir ™ fest itself in any recognized established order of society. Evi slave and his master may live gether as brothers beloved (see Philemon 16). The king, the feudal lord, the artisan, the physician, the stldier, the serf, the priest and monk, hermit and missionary, have all entered into this brotherhood. It is possible for this kindly Christian relationship to exist in the factory, the forest, the field, and the mine, between employers and employed, just as perfectly as between fellow workmen in the same craft. The Christian spirit is the spirit of love and service. St. Luke 4: 16-21. As His custom was. Jesus did not despise the religion of the past. His custom was to go to the synagogue service on the sabbath day. There, too, the opportunity was offered Him of teaching the people. On this occasion He was in His old home town of Nazareth, and was invited by the chief ruler of the synagogue to read the Scripti to the congregation. ^these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. follows that the Christian spirit _ " 'ays manifest itself in this way, id that such kindly, helpful, healing inistries are the true activities of kingdom. By them, far more ;han by theories and experiments, i3 he social order being made Christian, hey represent the mightiest forces of irogress and of reform. The nations . f the world can do without the revolutionary agitator, the preacher of Iclass hatreds, even the clever theorist, but they cannot do without the men and the women of the kindly heart and ;he open hand. The greatest evils and greatest dangers of society are those of greed hatred, and these evils are not confined to any one class. The way of safety is the way of unselfish kindness If commerce and industry carried on on a basis o: unselfish kindness, then either we ought to have no commerce and organized industry or Christianity is impossible as a law of life. Either supposition is inconceivable. The speak Christian law of love and kindness chose the1 must be the law of business as well representatives for the fair, you can I cf these the young folks are easily led begin to "doll" them up. The fine (to develop a really profitable chicken pumpkin must be watered in dry business. weather and have all the small pump-j Hares^ puppies and other pets often kins and buds picked off, so that the come in for special prizes, besides vine will have nothing on its hands' giving an opportunity to their owners but the raising of one big vegetable, to sell at a profit and have only empty The choice potatoes can be picked out' C00ps to take heme from the fair, of the early ones and carefully com-| Exhibiting calves and sheep and pared to see that they are of evenj,pigg means more work than showing size and weight. The finest apples j vegetables, but it pays to let the can be located and all defective fruit j youngsters show off the best stock on removed from the branch on which the farm and enjoy the premiums. The they grow. The tomatoes can be trimmed so that the sunlight falls on every side of the fruit, and the vines can be carefully tied to stakes to avoid dis-colorations or bruised spots at the last minute. Any flowers and plants to be' w;u ever give hi boy who leads a prize heifer i ring, or raises the prize colt, will have a more exalted opinion of farming than hundreds of iectures on the superiority of farm life over city existence shown should have special attenti and the pots should be made clean and attractive. The fancy-work department always offers great inducemehts to the girls. Even if the premium is only $1 for first and fifty cents for second prize, it pays to hunt up every quilt and bit of needlework that has a least chance of winning. There are always the latest things, too, in the way of fancy Young people sometimes earn from $10 to $25 in premiums and then have the articles left for sale or for,home use. Often a public-spirited merchant will buy the prize vegetables to display in his window together with the name of the grower; or again some person who expects to exhibit at the Canadian National Fair will buy the best of the display to add to his own collection. sixty-first chapter of Isaiah and read j as of home and neighborhood life. Hi the great declaration of that prophet's ! who refuses to be governed by this mission to his people. Inspired by the j law is not a true Christian. Spirit of the Lord it was His to pro- For those who have fed the hungry claim the coming of a great delil^r- | and clothed the naked and ministered ■ ° deliverance, it is true, which j to the stranger and the sick and the realized in a material way J prisoner, are the great words of Weakness in breeding stock is often! by tne people of Israel, but which ; tation: Come, ye blessed of my Father, laid to inbreeding but facts prove that < Jesus now declares is to be realized j They have the greatest of all human the greatest progress in producing fine1 througn His ministry- |J°ys, the joy of service to those who cows has been by skilled men who' For Jesus has come to Preach the - need^ and they have the bright hope have used inbreeding. But such bre-d- fr08'1^1 (Le" good tidinS„s) ,to *he P0?1'-1 °£. " | i He has a message mortal inheritance of God. Application. the r stock and they are thus able to those held captive by the world's | However ably Jesus might deal with mate so that strong points will be; greed and cruelty. He has power to) thiThroat^£^1^0^^^, made stronger instead of weak points: open eyes that are spiritually blind, I He never forgot that in improving the made weaker, as is often the case: and to give freedom to those who are social order our dealings must finallv when breeding methods are careless, j bruised in sin's prison houses. He,, be with individuals; not with abstract An argument for fall freshening of! too> \lken the ProPhet of old, is sent to principles and relations, but with men cows is the fact that summer is a busv i Preac,h the acceptable year of the Lord, and women and little children Oo.n«™ ™ „„a u .-. the dawning of a new era, " l the farm and it is difficult! ] -.a, the long- conditions in which they live. In pol sought and long-hoped-for age of sal- j iticaf economy it used „ , vation. For those who would listen fashion to talk about tl lar attention about harvest time. If | to His words and believe, that new rtal " Ther*'is no such creature Be the milking work is reduced when the era was already begun. ! hind all discussion of sociology or work with crops is heaviest it is a All bare Him witness. The words of political science, or even religion is Jesus are not reported in full, but we,"the throbbing mass of humanity, can imagine that He spoke of the ! tempted, sinning, sorrowing, suffering, Father in heaven and His love "for \ struggling and striving." The social men, of human love and service, of the j problem is not merely intellectual, it coming age of justice and freedom is human. It will not suffice to cherish and the healing of the world's sor-: great ideas and noble ideals. If they rows. "Words of grace" fell from His \ are to count for anything they must lips. But among those who heard i be expressed in our contacts with our were townsfolk of cramped and nar- fellow-men. "The enthusiasm for hum- „ 8c i,„„:__„„ +i, • u • j I row vision, who had no heart to under- anity is one thing; the enthusiasm for traction is, havmg on the horse mdus-stand or care iov these high things, the individual man is quite another." f. In the United States mvestiga-1 They were only disposed to criticize,: But Jesus brings us all right up m is being made on the corn'belt j and to make little of Joseph's son, the against the problem of our own per-rms with the object of finding out! one-time carpenter. St. Matt. 25:isonal dealings with our neighbors in what extent the tractor has replaced i 34-40. this memorable picture of the last e horse. Enquiry has also been made \ Then shall the King say. In this: judgment. He says that lives are to to the disappearance of the horse '■ Parable Jesus sets forth the things.be tested on the basis of what they great help on the farm. Then the cows can freshen in the fall when the weather is cooler and the field work less heavy. Horses and Motors. Of special interest both to farmers and horsemen is the effect that motor Preventing Soft-shelled Eggs. When the hen lays a soft-shelled egg, one marketable egg is lost for the poultry man. The egg may be eaten by other hens or the hen that lays it and this often develops the egg-eating habit. If the egg is dropped among other eggs in the nest they are all soiled and have to be washed. And washing eggs is injurious to their keeping qualities. An over-fat hen is apt to lay soft-shelled eggs, as the fat hinders the proper operation of the shell-forming1 glands. Such a hen should be isolated | from the flock and fed a ration ofj bran, and water and oats can replace! most of the corn in the ration. If the | hen continues to lay soft-shelled eggsj she should be marketed for table use. In many cases time is saved by mark- j eting fat hens as soon as they are; found instead of taking the trouble to reduce their weight. Sometimes the accumulation of fat seems to result when a hen has a lazy disposition and refuses to scratch and such a bird is not a profitable producer and should never be used as a breeder. Grain and clover contain a certain amount of lime which is sometimes sufficient for a hen to make strong shells on the eggs produced. However, some hens will not seem to obtain enough shell-making -- <.terial from their regular ration and for this reason oyster shells must be provided in hoppers at all times. We have never found many soft-Shelled eggs in houses where the oyster shell hopper is always filled. A soft-shelled egg is a rare find in such a he use. Even if the hens make fair quality shells without oyster shells, it is better to supply them and obtain the stronger and thicker shells which are better able to stand jostling during transportation. Platinum is nearly four times dearer than gob*. If your flower garden is a pretty one, some one is sure to be tempted to make one like it. The cows are in the corn, and there they browse. But if your fence was down, don't blame the cows. W O O X* Pack up your lot and ship to us. We do the rest--fair grading- -highest prices--spot cash payment. Try us. WM. STONE SONS, LIMITED WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO Established 1870 Baby Chicks Bathurst breeders are the large, ea r 1 y - maturing, trap-nested, hred-to-lay S.C. White Leghorns. They are prolific winter layers because they are Canadian and acclimatized to our severe winters For June delivery: 100 Chicks, $20; 50 Chicks, $10; 25 Chicks, $5. Special prices for larger quantities. Free circular. Bathurst Poultry Farm RICHMOND HILL - ONT. l cities and towns. Nothing in this I that are above all else pleasing to God.! have meant to other men in terms of direction so f>r has been rtnrvo i„ Cr, They are to feed the hunSry- give i food, drink, shelter, clothes and com-direction so far has been done a Can- drink to the thirsty, show hospitality I passion. Many of us have not time to ada, but m the estimates at Ottawa to the stranger, clothe the naked, visit; read and ponder as we should like, this year a small amount has been the sick and those who are in prison.; The pressure of the days upon us is voted to meet the cost of a similar in- For those who do these things the ' so heavy that we gci little chance to vestigation. When completed the in- kingdom of heaven is prepared. Even j examine the perspective of life. But formation received will undoubtedly though they have not known or heard '■ deeds of charity and kindness, words be of considerable public interest. 01 Jesus, or have not known that in 1 of encouragement and help, the atti- ___ this way they were serving Him, they tude of hearty and ractical goodwill, will receive this great reward. For! these must become the habitual char-Specimens of the smallest pike in Jesus had so identified Himself with \ acteristics of our relations to the the world, uring scarcely two humanity and human need, that He ; brothers and sisters among whom God have reached London' could truthfully say Inasmuch as ye has placed us, or ours should be jhave done it unto one of the least of "fearful looking for of judgment." i Made by The Canadian Steel and Wire Co., Limited HAMILTON, ONT. AMERICAN ORIGINAL AND f«*-j/m m W T™< GENUINE FENGE * STEEL FRAME GATES Ask Your Dealer heavier galvanizerMenc-ing. 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