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ve unkind mothers usually need some help to obtain nour- t. The mother sheep may be d by hand or tied with a halter hile the lamb nurses. This is gen- i not necessary for more than $wo or three days. The transfer of lambs from one ewe to another can be made at birth or while the lamb is still very young, by fooling the ewe, which depends largely on the sense of smell to identify her offspring. If a ewe have 'but one lamb a day old, and it is desired to have her feed a second one, rub the two jambs together until they have the game smell, and then test the ewe's ability to identify. I a ewe loses her lamb and it is desired to have her adopt and feed another one, such can be done by re- moving the skin from the dead lamb and placing it on the back of the lamb that it is desired she should adopt. This must, of course, be done in a very short time, by cutting a slit in each corner of the pelt through which the legs of the lamb may be passed, it is easy to keep the skin in place for a few days, Twin lambs frequently do not get sufficient milk for best development, pnd the stronger lamb will get more than its share. Close attention must be given to both lambs. When lambs are not getting all the milk that they need from their mothers, thay should o taught to drink cow's milk from a ttle or pan. GRATIN FEEDING. When the lambs are two or three weeks old they will start nibbling at grain, hay or grass. At this time they should be encouraged to eat by placing choice bits of fodder and grain'in a onal feed trough where they can each it without being disturbed by the older sheep. Bran, ground oats, eracked corn and oil cake meal are very desirable concentrates for lambs. The amount of grain to feed will de- pend largely upon the use that it is desired to make of those lambs, Lambs for the "hot-house lamb" trade require liberal grain- feeding, while those for breeding, or ordinary markets, should be limited within the bounds of profit- able feeding. With lambs for exhibi- tion, costs are sometimes of secondary importance and the grain feeding is more 1 than it is with the lambs of the breeding or market type. Lambs that are grain-fed will reach market weight six or eight weeks earlier than those not receiving grain until the commencement of the fattening period, | ticulturist. the age of the lamb, the purpose which it is being reared, and coarge feeds available. Grain feeding from lambs begin to eat is a profitable prac- tice if the amount of grain fed per day does not reduce the lamb's appe- tite for grass and other coarse feeds. During the fattening period, the quan- tity of grain fed per lamb:should gen- 'erally not exceed one and one-half | pounds per day. Good pasture grass, clovers, or rape should be supplied | Hirerally to all lambs intended for the ordinary market or breeding. With hot-house lambs, the coarse food is limited, grains and milk are largely depended on for rapid gains.--W. B. McMullen. The Value of Spring Culti- vation. = It has been found by experience that the cultivation of the surface soil | early in the spring is a very desirable | practice. Not only does it destroy | many-6f the hardier weeds and grass- es which begin growth early, but it gives the air freer access into the soil, warming it up much more rapidly than if it were left compact, and thus favoring early growth of the plant, whether it be a fruit tree, bush fruit, or herbaceous perennial. By cultivating the soil early in the spring, also; moisture will be con- | served, and later in the sehson the | moisture saved in this way might make a great difference in the value of the crop. Moreover, the loosening of the soil early in the spring makes it possible for rain to sink rapidly into , the ground and. so prevent much , evaporation of it which otherwise "might take place. By cultivating very early and then cultivating again ; after spring rains conditions should be favorable for growth. Sometimes , Just at blooming: time, or as the fruit is setting, there is a very dry period. | If there is a food supply of moisture {in the soil and the surface is loosened i by cultivation the chances of a good set of fruit will be much greater than if the conditions were just the reverse. | Because of the great transpiration of moisture from a growing cover crop fn an orchard In spring, it is of im- portance, where the soil is liable to get too dry, to plow under the cover crop early in spring rather than to wait until there is a large crop of green material to plow under, as by that time much of the precious mois- ture supply will have gone into the air. Plan then to begin cultivation as soon as it is sible to get on the land --W. T. un, Dominion Hor- er { The Sunday School Lesson MAY 13 David, the Poet-King. 1 Samuel 16: 1 to 31: 13; 2 Sam. 1: 1 to 24: 25; 1] 1: Surely goodness of my life.--Ps. 23: 6. LESSON FOREWORD--Saul has been rejected from the kingship. His succes- sor must 'be appointed. Ones in Bamuel, 8t the command of God, ata the role of kin r. As a Seer Bam- uel is gi with unusual {i and this time he chogses as Israel's king, avid, the youngest son of J 0: thlehem. Subsequent history justi- fled the choice. As a youth David had personal ties and charms which endeared him to all Israel--his comely rson, his' valor, his prudence "in Pench and his musical skill. And dur- ing his term of kingship' he made qualified' success 'of . it such un 1 to 2: 12. Golden Text-- 'mercy shall follow me all the days sons, although other Bethlehemites seem to have been present, vs. 4 and 5. 'In the earliest times the killing of an animal even for food was always of the nature of a sacrifice. The en- trails were consiimed on the altar, while flesh was eaten at a feast, either by the family alone or, with in- viiadiguiers. SIAN si V4 <The, ¢ldere of the town; the Taeads of the leading families of the town. As the principal townsmen they would fe y guished were 'pertu Israel always looked back ok ol ans as their ideal ruler, 1. THE SACRIFICE 'AT BETHLEREM, 1-5. | long wilt thou mourn; ete Ch. 15:85 shows that Samuel ve enced a feeling of desp personal grief V. 1. How at Saul's re} aul had turned : ut so different from what Samuel . FU thine hows, eto, Per. | E Sh To this day the wash in prayer. the time the of dogged following, fi then a "line" and then . finally a new breed is evolved: fixed | are of littl enough to be classed apart? All these| less they open tl successes had their beginnings in anjof life on the farm. TYPES OF CANADA'S FUT! inherent love of livestock, often fos- tered only by an accident. ) The impulse to note and watch and _IN CITIZENSHIP AND LIVESTOCK. » One of the most hopeful features in to-day's rural conditions is the spread of the movement for livestock # Buy clothes clean. Rubbing study the little whims and oddities of clubs for beys and girls. Such clubs farm animals, is inborn in boys and are notably making progress in the girls brought up in the country. But Province of Quebec and in some parts it is strange that where among the of the West. It is a healthful toke ¥ stock on the farm the principle is recognized that "as the twig is bent so does the tree grow" it is so little applied to the human product. There may be many reasons why boys and girls leave the farm but perhaps the commonest is the failure to promote and foster this inborn love of farm animals. An improvement has taken place in rural school teaching in the last few years by the inclusion of a, little agriculture but even 'that too often ends at the school house door. Do for Canadian agriculture. . Those most closely connected with the meat industry are most convinced that only by the application of greater intelligence and extended knowledge in both production and in all that goes after production can a permanent improvemént in that industry and in allied agriculture be looked for. Our livestock industry, based as it is di- rectly and unmistakably upon the sale of meat foods after preparation by the most modern technical methods, x y different kind of soap, and boiling - - The big soapy Rinso 'the. most ground-in * : dirt without weakening a single thread. = a package today. On sale at all good grocers fu an department stores, LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO " «" | tures of David's character,--the "poet~ soldier," And yet these two words .come far short of describing the wide range and richness of David's persons (ality: and wonderful career. | Let us set down some of inent characteristics: ¢ ; a His unusual capacity for friend- shi; 3 his prom- : fons in man: 1 ip. ; ] 48 "Sosial; mitons fe ; tre ist mest. highly trained and highly! 7 His self-restraint and magnanim- « ). "4 organi: competition from other "WU. farm? "A lad o' pairts" is generally, countries. It can only be successful , 3 He shared his people's sorrows, encouraged to look forward to, if he whet Tos : h ; he was mever is not from early youth set aside for, / Ne on ' _ i upon the same qual- a city job. thas become almost a 1ties OF Tater gence and knowledge 'as fashion of late in Canadian ities for | Other industries have. someone to compile a list of 'country-j A casual "uirvey of the enormous! bred boys who have "made good" in demand fr *s all over the world 4 igious man the city. Yet, with almost half 'our will show go far we have "put Torah. He wat u roligi d population in urban districts and with, reached the gate and threshold of un-| fects of his religious faith. competition in the larger cities nearly, dreamt-of opportunities. We cannot a ; as flerce as it is in the denser centres take more complete possession than by Careful Pruning Pa of Europe, one may wonder if the real setting the younger farm folk to ys. opportunities for the next fifty years "start where their fathers left off." will not be found in the country. Al-| Outstanding wealth may not come to ready the pendulum has begun to all even in the livestock industry any with trees swing backwards and one hears often-| more than to those in a city's indus- br Teds noite oo « . | 4 er than formerly a longing to be "back| tries but the probabilities are that' orchard as set out it is necessa ori the Yahid" those on farms Will have the far more ,. ove only occasional brgiches dangers, and hopes; aloof from them. 4. David had. very strong natural affections. 5. David's strength 'had its source in his reliance om Jehovah, the God. of i It would be more logical by early healthful life and proud sense of in- start encouragement to retain on the HE Rs that albost inevitably go which. out, in the injured the boys and girls who, unconsciously,| with country life. And at the last, for | and 40 Temoyy gens . have already reached a high stage of | those whom nature has endowed with: Sectmical raining in farming than § to| the magic love of livestock there will' gee them drift into cities where they ba the inward contentment of which the seasonal frequently waste that knowledge in|R. I. Stevenson wrote: "If a man love "re ches oF if the: dicious' tog la trying, often enough late in life, fo| the labor of his hand, apart from any; shor an geant, Jadicious of rejuvena- learn -what others may be far better question of success or failure, the gods. recommended fitted to undertake. Be elon Home 0x failure; tion. This usually consists In cutting back many branches and in entirely removing others, 'Prune weak-grow- ing varieties heavily; stron If the trees are fruits, if freely need little pruning; those with ing. Prune trees in rich deep soils lightly; in poor, shallow soils heavily. - The cutting back of all the branches of a twee is practiced regularly only with peaches and some plums. This 3 k attributed to the fact that, with _| those fruits, the wood of the past s gon, and therefore the crop, is born progressively further a: from the] and the. de-| n g-growing kinds lightly. Varieties which branch|# many unbranched limbs, much prun-,s In the yours i he ll Gh SF airy The wisest dairyman in the world: cannot tell a prepotent bull by his looks or by his breeding. There is no known: way of telling a valuable sire only b] his progeny. If his heifers are bet producers than their dams he'is a d bull--worth his weight in gold; but if his heifers are no improvement over their dams, or if not so good, the is worthless as a sire. +7 'Who can tell what th when you mate an unk poor somale Re man can; perfect individual, acgording to 8 ards, might be 'absolutely wo | without regard to the real need of the of a output of 'beet sugar in 4 and the United States for the year 1092-28 is estimated at 7. tons as compared with 1,102,000 Was Te in these fruits by cutting b branches in order to keep trunk, so that it is necessary to head- back the}