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"other hand; if feeds cost niore' than the product of the cow is worth, | the more we do if the dairy business wore we are off, and liberal feed-! will not save us from loss; though robably 'help matters tome- Economy in feeding demards that at least a part of the ration be com- posed of succulent feeds. The sum- Jet silo answers 'thé demand. = It hould. be on every farm where ¢orn enough can be grown to fill it. Tt _sheyld, be made small enough in diameter to insure the keeping of the ensilage in good condition.. The cows ould be given all they will eat up clean. We need not fear that they will faibto eat grass when.turaed into the pasture even if they have con- sumed a large 'amount of ensilage. They prefer the grass, and will eat dt if. it is to be had.. Give them a al amount of ensilage, keep up flow: of milk and save high priced If one has mot a summer silo, 0 'm of succulent rough- must be provided if the milk flow 18 to be kept up during the hot weath- 1 S an as, or oats alone, are feeds and will be eaten with a Feed liberally, - The more the "eat, the more milk will be pro- duced. Oats and peas do mot last long. By August first we must look for some- 'thing else. If we have alfalfa, our is easy of solution. Alfalfa 'has no equal among the many possilffe - summer feedg, It is better green, but may be fed with good results in the form of hay. Early sweet corn will be ready to feed in many districts by August 16. The amount of feed fyr- . mished from a given area of sweet corn will depend 'on conditions. If the _ ground is but moderately fertile. the yield will be small, but if it is en-| 1 riched, with a liberal application of. The handing of any soiling crop means labor at a time when most of 'us have all we can do aside from any work, The larger the yield from a given area; the less the labor in proportion. . If we must grow a soiling crop for the cow, let us grow on good soil. Let us fertilize liber- rand give the best possible culture itis a yuttivated crop. We : ) as rapidly as le and produce the largest pos- 'yield.. It will do this, if the sail ¢ Snough: snd we give the re- nd more of the grains form- : ws are used. for un ho eans that prices these feeds will be high and pro- resulting from feeding them re- will be 'much more i . Vor | off, or even turned into, 1; t products of the manufac- plus milk, § The greatest problem in the'ruccess- ful handling of the dairy is that of price. Its solution must be approach- ed from two directions. First we must: aspertain production cqsts ant get the! information over to the consumer; next, we must not res until the con- suming public understands the value of milk as a food. The average con- sumer would be willing to pay even more for dairy products than he is paying now, if he could be made to : understand; first, that the producer is; not getting enough, and second, that the product is worth more in propor- tion to its cost than other foods. ni Mp ent Practical Co-operation. We were five neighboring farmers who, despairing and under the burden of the ever-increasing cost of living, decided that by securing our food sup- plies in quantities, paying cash, get- ting a discount, taking our own turns 'hauling fr. vn to town and dis- tributing them, we would at least not have to live "from hand to mouth," but possibly might also save some money. We averaged about $25 a month in staple Tocds, and as a try- out each of us contributed that am- ount to invest in flour, coffee, cereals, sugar, canned goods, ete. oy We made out our list. To get the best prices we must buy unbroken packages--flour by "the barrel, soap by the box, canned goods, crackers, etc., by the case. Wholesalers will not sell consumers direct, hence we ndmed our combina- tion "Economy Grocery Company." We watched advertisements in farming papers and dailies, and sent for catalogues. Sometimes in our home town we found we could get good quotations on supplies for our company at a discount for cash. We have saved a least 30 per cent. on groceries and other supplies. N Each of us also has preserved three, cases of eggs (90 dozen) in water glass, and when they are scarce and prices high we will have plenty of eggs--L. B. Kilmer. iQ iio Trees Are Great Teachers--If we'll Just Go to School to Them. When we see a man who has run his nerves. ragged schemiB¥ and planning to get rich quick, or worry- ing because he doesn't get results in his work faster, we are reminded of the patience with which a tree goes about its business in life, It starts in a very small way, struggles up > fret | year is usually sufficient. The | ed almost indefinitely or until they become luxuries. Along with the use e,| of the elevated tank, the farmer may | have a bathroom all the house- 'hold may have a bath after a hard day's work, Ther there is the a | question of heating the house proper- ly, A. furnace, either hot air or hot k| water, may be put in at a. moderate cost. If the farmer feels that he can | afford such a thing, he will find it a great saving in the end. In normal times he can purchase his fuel from on hand an abundant supply of both| the coal dealer cheaper than he can hot and cold water. | hire a man to cut wood. By putting In connection with the sink, there|in a furnace the farmer will find that should be a dripboard so that all all parts of the house can be warmed dishwashing may be done with the duning the winter and made pleasant water close at hand. The sink, enam-'and healthy. Then, too, with a fur- eled both inside and out, may be pro- nace, the fuel is kept in the cellar, cured at a moderate cost. This kind is thereby saving the housewife from most sanitary and can easily be kept the dirt which must be cleaned up clean and the trap will keep out all when two or more stoves are kept go- offensive odors, . n-constructing the ing during the winter. drain care shoud be taken to get fall. Again, the labors of the housewife enough to carry the water off quickly.' may be lightened by the use of a more The outlet should be far enough from modern system of lighting than the the house 'so that there will be no kerosene lamp. With the use of kero- dnager of the waste water contamin- sene goes the filling and cleaning of ating the well water. If it is on a lamps and chimneys which during the hillside there will be no danger of winter months must be done almost the water forming a cesspool and be- daily. By installing a gasoline or coming the source of disease. If pro- acetylene lighting system all this may per care is taken that nothing except be done away with and the farm water is allowed to pass through the house furnished with a nice clear light drain, there will be no danger from at a moderate cost. Or better still, this source as the soil will quickly the house may be lighted by means of abgorb it all ' |a gasoline engine, dynamo and stor- 'Another great convenience in the age batteries, This latter way is more summer time is the refrigerator. A expensive but one has at hand in one suitable ice house for family use may of these electric plants the foundation be built at a small Dost. If the farmer for a very extended service by using does not have a large dairy, a house the electric current for the operation 16x12 with a ten-foot wall will hold of power machinery, and for provid- enough ice to last all summer, The ing heat and light. ice may be obtained from a neighbor- | In considering the many phases of ing river or lake at a small cost. Then rural life the question iis often asked in the summer it can be used in the why our farmers do not have more of refrigerator. This can be put in' these conveniences in the house so some convenient place and the milk, that the housework may be lightened. butter and other things that ordinar- A few years ago most of these things ily spoil easily can be kept in it, would have been considered a luxury thereby saving many trips up and, and entirely beyond the reach of any down stairs to the cellar. Then the except the wealthiest. But within the ice will be found very acceptable in last few years these thihgs have been making jce cream and lemonade perf: and so reduced in price that which are found so refreshing in hot they are. now. within the reach of weather. : | practically all. So the progressive Besides these things there are the farmer and his wife are even now cream separator, the churn, and the keeping pace with the times by intro- washing machine, all of which may be ducing most of these time-savers and operated by the same gasoline engine comfort providers. ' ee ££; A . (3 Poufiry7> Hens which are troubled with lice Romans, are soon devitalized and this lack of| The Christian oath on a copy of the vigor soon results in illness which! Gospels seems derived from the late might have been avoided by a strong! Jewish path taken holding in the hand Bird. If a hen once becomes thorough-| they scroll of the law (or the phylac- ly infested with lice she seems to lose! teries), a ceremony itself possibly interest in dusting and then the lice! adapted from the Roman custom. have a better opportunity to thrive. The usual mode was to lay the hand Many strong vigorous birds seem to on the Gospel, and was kept up to a keep free from lice without any treat-| modern date in the oath of the Univer- ment and they do it because they dust! sity of Oxford. The practice of kiss- frequently. : ing the book, which became so well However, it pays to dust birds with established in England, appears in the some kind of insect powder or give Middle Ages. The book was often laid them the blue ointment treatment. We , on the altar, or (after the manner of like the blue ointment the best. Place ancient Rome) the swearer laid his a small bit of the ointment under the hand on the altar itself or looked to- TAKING OATH ON BIBLE. Custom Traced Back to Days of the | vent and rub it into the skin and then! ward it; above all, it became custom. place a dab under each wing a the ary to touch the relics of saints on bird be protected from lice™or the altar, Other objects, as the cross, several months. Two treatments per, the bishop's crozier, etc., were sworn blue by. ointment can be mixed half-and-half| An oath ratified by contract or in- 2 | with vaseline. When birds are dusted: spection of a sacred object was called powder the operation must® a corporal oath, as distinguished from or ten days to a.merely spoken or written oath. The 'hatch English word signifying the "sacred C which the oath is taken is The "halidome" on which jew Testament. Jews are on the Old. Testament; the of other religions are -- ex "ith 1914, Finan een' | Hungary, one in every o| It. was an old, old, old, old lady And a boy that was half-past three, And the way that they played together Was beautiful to see. She couldn't go running and jumping, And the boy, no more could he; For he was a thin little fellow, With a thin little twisted knee. They sat in the yellow sunlight, Out under the maple tree, And the game that they played rm 7 you, Just as it was told to me. It was Hide-and-Go-Seek they were / playing, : Though you'd never have known it to be-- With an old, old, old, old lady And a boy with a twisted knee. The boy would bend his face down On his kttle sound right knee, And he'd guess where she was hiding, In' guesses One, Two, Three. "You are ip the china closet?" He would cry and laugh with glee-- It wasn't the china closet, But he still had Two and Three, "You are up in papa's big bedroom, In the chest with queer old key?" And she said: "You are warm and warmer; But you're not quite right," said she. "It cant be the little cupboard Where mama's things used to be-- So it must be the clothes-press, grandma." x And he found her with his Three. Then she covered her face with her fingers, That were wrinkled and white and wee, And she guessed where the boy was hiding, With a One and a Two and a Three. And they never had stirred from their places Right under the maple tree-- This old, old, old, old lady And the boy with the lame little knee-- This dear, dear, dear, old lady And the boy who was half-past three, EE - A SELF-PROPELLING RAFT. Will Sail to England--May Revolu- tionize B.C. Lumber Exports. It is*announced that Sir'James Ball, British Timber Controller, has given an order for 2,000,000 feet of cut lum- ber to be shipped from British Colum- bia to the United Kingdom in the form : of a demountable ship propelled by its | own steam. Industrial Progress, Van- | couver, gives the following description of this lumber ship: "The scheme is to, build the cut lumber into a ship and after arrival at destination to remove therefrom the machinery, which can be sent back for use over again, The method of construction is very simple. Blocks are first laid for the keel and fore-and-aft and cross tim- bers are then placed in position. When sufficient material has been thus put together to ensure buoyancy enough to keey the bottom high out of the water, the vessel will be launched with donkey engines on board. These are to be used to lift the lumber out of the water and no place it in the ship: The lumber will be clamped down se- curely with bolts and nuts for every eight feet of depth. On arrival at destination, the fastenings can be readily. taken off so as to leave the lumber and timber composing the ship immediately ready for distribution. The vessel will be fitted with schooner rig and auxiliary engines. inns teininmsims FRANCE SUFFERED HEAVY LOSS. One In Eveky Twenty-Six of Popula- tion Fell In War--Britain : Next in Line. The total of the losses of the vari ous belligerents during the world war, recently made public in Paris, had a staggering effect upon French publie 'opinion, * France, in four and one-half years of war, lost one man in every 26 i frit, ns st one in every 66 of population; Italys one in every 79 ins hal tants # e ol : losses work out as one man in evry 86 inhahitants; Austria- 0; Russia, world. i ; The New Testament. The new festa: ment, or rather new covenant, is con- trasted with the old. (See Gen. 17/ Exod. 24, ete.) The old covenant bond was based upon the observance of a law; the new js founded in grace and self-sacrificing love. And yet faith was the fundamental fact in both. The old covenant said, "Keep the law and live." The new says, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ." The new coven- ant is written upon men's hearts, and sealed with the blood of Christ. (Set Heb. 8: 6-18, and 10: 15-18.) Until That Day. What day did Jesus mean? It fis not easy to answer the question. Dit-He expect soon to re turn again in the flesh and to be with them in kingly power? Nearly nine. teen hundred years have passed, and He has not yet come in that way. But did Jesus here speak rather of a spir- itual fellowship in His Father's king: dom? That has indeed come to pass and has been provéd true in the ever- growing and multiplying experience of the Church, He is with His disciples and sits with them at the banqueting table of the Kingdom of God. Where | those who love Him hold communion He meets with them, and in spirit shares their common food. He is a present Christ. % I Cor. 11: 80-84. Ye Do Shew the Lord's Death Till He Come. Paul instructs the Corinthian Christians | that they cannot eat the Lord's Sup- per when they act in a selfish, greedy and gluttonous fashion. 'Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in?" he said. They should come "together reverently and thoughtfully, not for an occasion of feasting, but as those who remember their Lord's death. That is, indeed, the very purpose of their coming together, that they may keep His death in ming. Paul recalls the incidents of the last supper, and it is interesting to remember that this account was probably written before that in the Gospels, and that it may, therefore, be the oldest record which we have of that event. Paul goes on to say that this is an occasion for heart searching, for "dis- cerning ourselves," *and 'providing ourselves." The man who eats in this supper thoughtlessly, greedily, with- out any real love for Jesus Christ or desire to be like Him, is unworthy. He "shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Bord." The occasion is omt that should call forth all that is best in us--Xkindness, charity, self-forget fulness, courtesy. We should com. port ourselves as those who are in the very presence of Christ. There should be no traitor in our fompany, nt Judas who would betray his Maste: for gold. The very spirit and mind of Christ must come (in and dwell it us. We must find our soul's food i1 Christ. ssemniseio Pay to Do Too Much fo Your Children. Not long ago we watched twa robins teach their brood to fly. The youngsters teetered dizzily on a limb Father looked serenely on from his perch. Mother hopped around nerv: ously. Presently she skimmed over to the children and set them an ex. ample, fluttering from their perch to a lower limb. Father followed suit. Then one of the little fellows tried it. Very wobbly. He tried again. So df the others. By even'mng they could all fly. Those youngsters made mistakes, Of course they did. All youngstert do. But the parents corrected them, and they went on trying until they succeeded on their own. Your young- sters will make mistakes. But just show them how and let them try it. They'll have to live their own lives sooner or later, and you might as well help them to learn how instead of trying to do everything for them. Personal respone'bility is a great teacher. We ought to send our youngsters to school to it more. nee mein Journey's End. Under the blue of the sunlit sky A gay little stream ran swiftly by, Chatting and laughing, now soft, now shrill, = _ Bagerly wandering It 'Doesn't and never still. Rastissty hurrying on alone A little stream, to a river grown, Seeks through the meadows that twist 2 : and wind mi | Something 1t longs for but cannot : | Led by the stars, which are paling fast, # fo veurs