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half his life he worked like sin ering silver ghekels in, - then he tried to loaf, but heck! couldn't rest, to save his neck. My very active friend, Ed Brinton, accumulated three sections of fine land and $100,000 in money. He dug it out of the soil, every nickel of it, and at age of 40 decided to leave the farm 'and spend the rest of his life spending the interest. He bought the finest and appeared to be having a wonder- ful time, but he was miserable, Ed had every plaything he wanted, but his nature demanded something __more than play. He was elected vice- president of a bank and worked as ~hard~as that distasteful job would permit, but without relief. He grew nervous and irritable, Thinking he needed a change of climate, the whole family toured the country from end to end, but each week and each town seemed to make Ed more disagreeable .than the last. They returned with Ed nearly in a frenzy, everything wrong. The ranch, which was running along smoothly under an excellent tenant, seemed to Ed in an awful r2ss. He kicked the tenant off alm and went to work himself. "house in town, bought new cars as * fast as improved models came out, Re only proper places on which to save and scrimp further. Is it, then, any wonder the owner becomes disgusted with the farm, and that the owner and his family will long for escape to the city or town i where folks appear to enjoy a pleas- 'ant and easy time? ; | In town the retired farmer is almost sure to be disappointed and unhappy; | town life seems so futile and empty it 'just doesn't fit. His farm memo: are all of labor and saving, so he | dreads to feturn; indeed, his physical "condition would not permit him, after {a while, to do the tasks he once did. | A tragic situation--now what is the matter? Well, the idea of farm life has been wrong. Farm folks (others, work, work without living until they can live without working. Shucks! A fellow might just as well try to eat without drinking the first half of his life and drink without cating the last half; he might as well plan to be ignorant for 50 years and a scholar from then on; it is all the same kind of figuring. TAKING A VACATION. Work and recreation must combine to keep us farmers balanced, and the i bodily farm home must be a place in which | "'avagely to really live if our families are to be} he started building up the p.uce say- contented, Home doesn't have to be a | ing cut. ing, "I might as well bury mys:.f on mansion, either, but it should be a too) "seem to think that they 'must | this old ranch as anywhere." And convenient place to work, and a com- then quite naturally he discovered that fortable place to rest in, the "burying place" was a good place! "Work is all right," says some one, on which to live; afte;r ten years of "but this recreation--how do you do futile search he found contentment it and get your work done?" right where he had left it. A WRONG. VIEWPOINT. Sunday off; take every Sunday off; make it a rule, Don't save up a lot Why, then, do so many well-to-do of odd jobs for Sunday. Better go to farmers retire in town? Simply be-' church in the morning, and read some, cause their farm homes are unattrac- | Pitch horseshoes with the youngsters, tive. They are unattractive because go swimming, visit the neighbors, or the farmers have held the wrong atti anything else you like, but get your tude toward their homes. They have mind off farm tasks all day long. You been so all-fired busy trying to make! will feel better and work better all both ends meet and overlap a little, through the week. Another mighty that they neglected to make the farms fine thing is--a little vaeation trip! good places on which to live. The every year. It broadens a fellow's owners worked, saved and scrimped so viewpoint and makes him appreciate long on their farms that they seem his home more.--Ray Tuttle. ~§S. LESSON March 7. Jesus Washes HisDisciples' Feet, John 13: 447" Golden Text-- on of man came not to be er" minietered unto; but to minister; and to give his life a ransom for many. Matt. 20: 28. ANALYSIS. 1. THE ACT OF LOVE, 1-5. to correct his Master (Matt. 16:22), and here again he assumes a tone of independence quite out of keeping with -giseipleship. He does not know the full purpose of his Master, This he 'can only understand afterwards, when I the death and resurrection of Jesus will put' things in their true light. | Now the disciples' duty is to trust and * y. V. 8. Thou shalt never. Peter per- sists and only consents on being told that his membership in the kingdom is | imperiled by his attitude. His pride II. PETER'S REMONSTRANCE, 6-11. {must be curbed, so that he will be III. THE MEANING OF JESUS, 12-15. (Jesiy to do anything for the sake of INTRODUCTION--The first part of Jesus. . John's Gospel ends with TH a 12,/| V. 10. He that is washed needeth where we read of Jesus' ministry to. not save to wash his feet. Each morn- the world. Now the second part be. ing the body was cleansed in the bath, gins, which is devoted to the ministry but if during the day any dust got on of love abong his disciples. He ad-|the hands or feet this could be easily mits them to mysteries from which ths washed off. Jesus sgems to teach that 'world wis excluded, Most of ail; he! these who" receive "their first pardon gives them thé assurance that he will on accepting the gospel were like peo- admit them to a richer inheritance of Ple Waking Shei morning jas but spiritual 4 1 o- them Since they might receive soiling from "and ial ides «He wil rang Hosko The contact with the world they needed to "latter part of the gospel divides as|come again and again for further follows: (1) The ministry of love, vs. | cleaning. Forgiveness is an exper- i h death, |ience that must often be repeated. The 18.00 13 y Ay rue 21, In 'dally prayer includes, "Forgive us our he # debts." : Br dircet rab. The 13th ebaptor wo have naires: ref. III. THE MEANING OF JESUS, 12-15. .. {=z THE SILHOUETTE OF MODER- ' ATE. LINE. the simplicity of this attractive design lends itself to the development of this graceful afternoon frock of interest-! The back is straight and | slender, while the front displays the! [jumper effect, | inch, or 3 yards b4-inch material. Price 20 cents, originated in the heart of the style centres and will help you to acquire that much desired air of individuality. Price of -the book 10c the copy.- HOW TO URDER PALTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving smumber and size of euch patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or eoin- (coin preferred; wrap t= address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail, Seal TA A GARDEN TIME. Now's the time to make a garden, « When the snow is drifting deep; | Long vefore the early wild flowers Through the leaves begin to peep. Get your seed-book and a pencil, And a piece of paper, too-- Make your garden by the fireplace, When there's nothing else to do. G. McK. Floral patterns are especially mod- ish in the new printed materials, and There are two rows of | fine shirrings at each shoulder, and the right front is cut with a jabot and fastens over the left with large but-| Every woman's desire is to achieve sprinkled over the seeds will keep the that smart different appearance which| mice away. It is contended that moles draws favorable comment from the, are not vegetarians and that they observing public. The designs illus. trated in our new Fashion Book are ) for each~number, and" two_around a piece of cardhoard until a pad about an inch thick, three inches wide and five inches long was formed. This was saturated with water and ; hung in the top of the incubator about | three inches from the radiator pipes: In a 200-egg machine the use of one | pad, says the Superintendent in his | report for 1924, moistened whenever | the eggs were turned, if the pad were dry, was sufficiént to maintain the re- quired humidity. On the twelfth day i the pad was removed and the machine | run dry until the last turning of tho eggs, when the eaturated pads was again hung in the incubator and left until the chicks were hatched. By this method, other conditions being favor- able, there appears to be no reason, states the report, why satisfactory hatches should not be obtained at any time with good eggs. a © a a Mice-Proof Seed. | the best ways to start is to take next! side of the skirt front contribute extra should be treated previous to planting. character. { fulness, and the long full sleeves are Moles have & great liking for newly, begin With milk, not so much because | shirred to fit the wrists and finished planted peas. If the peas are stirred it was there that she first went wrong | i with a narrow cuff. No. 1282 {s in with a stick dipped in kerosene just as because of the importance of milk sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bum. | before they are planted the moles will Size 36 bust requires 3% yards 39! not bother them. Mice are very fond of muskmelon seeds. A few drops of turpentine | never eat seeds; but it is always diffi- 'oult to make a practical gardener be- lieve this. Particulably when he has succeeded in killing the pests. by the use of rolled oats which have been i by - the addition of a little stryehnine. Ein ff RN Laundry Wisdom for F Weather. : Sult added to the-last rinse water keeps diothes from sticking to the line on a very cold day. a Heating the clothes pins helps pre- vent the hands from.becoming quite so cold when hanging out-the washing. A clean, dry sheet laid over the clothes basket keeps the clothes from getting cold and stiff before they are on the line. As severe freezing often Injures very fine fabrics, any delicate gar- ments should be partially dried, by wringing them inside a clean dry cloth, before putting them on the line, and they will not freeze so hard. rosty One day, when she came home from school, Effie found the sitting-room and kitchen occupied by cousins and which is nowhere directly descri in _V. 13. Ye call me Master and Lord. _ this Gospel. John's silence on this These titles were given to Jesus, and ~ pacrament was not dus to his fignor- Were ever receiving more meaning, | ance of it or to any desire to slight While Jesus, on his part, was quite "that the Jord's Supper was well known to all his readers and that full accounts had already been given. Just "as in chaptér 6 he gave a spiritual interpretation of the Eucharist, se here he gives the lesson on action 'which V. 15. An example: Here is the real purpose of the incident. Jesus has seen the pride and spirit of rival- ry in his disciples and wishes to cor- rect this, and he uses a means which they cannot easily forget. If he, their leader, is willing to take the lowest piace, surely the disciples should be willing to overcome r selfish pride, Rom. 13:8. Westcott says there are three different words in the New Destament, for sxqunple, Jus, here, one n 1 r. 10:6 and one a n Jude 7, L ug act oF Love, 1.5. and be. adds, "It will be observed that | V.-L Before the feast. From John the example of Christ-is always offer learn that Jesus was put to death of in: connection with some form. of Passover so that the SUPP (aif sacrifice." held a day before the reguiar The custom of foot-washing has con- Jesus knew. Jesus had full tinued in some branches of the church. iousness of all that lay ahead of put thie js of little value compared Each hour was marked, chs. 2: ith the practice of the spiritual les. . He knew the d. of the gon here set forth. There is no world- night of trial, and he also ty honor or distinction that is not to y that was soon to be re- | 'poadily sacrificed if the call of d on return to the Father. jogug summons us to such a task, r the excess of guffering nor = of ed could aan the love 1 is taught by the sacrament. He ves an instance of the great self- : i of Christ which illustrates the motives which inspired Jesus to Jife a ransom for many, as ted in the Lerd's Supper. is my body broken for you." In ested by 2s to get d sumo the uttermost," a8 , "le ip," ond other fine' grace sends ibly go. It was This is carried ry of Judas '? i without rolling, and the rollers we had were. oot of the om to make a 'smooth teod hed. We: took two oid] a oo and | Tims 10 tal nia over the bolt holes. which the pranks were bolted onto the rims and foot W an axle inserted through the wheel rom supper. bly with social cus- 'down and a square! seat and providing | 80 important an institution. He knew conscious of his right to these exalted | was soon to be married, and, of course, titles. spread on the icing; for it was a country wedding and much of the "re- freshment" part would have to be done at home. work mixing things eggs, ete. to another, begging that she might be allowed to help. ? about such things?" a rather impa-| tient old lady said to her. have no more peace. ways in the Lakes." 8 ; ; "Effie was but eleven Share old, but! she knew how to darn very nicely, for her mother had taught her, and she had been willing to learn. ~~ . Down she sat, therefore, close to the table Ee 80 as to be out of 4 and the way, and began her self- friends, all very busy and very lively --for they were making preparations for a wedding. One of Effle's sisters there was a great deal to be done. Effie thought how nice it would be if 'shé could help make the cakes and It seemed such easy together, beating So Effie went first to one and then "No, child, no; what do you know Another said: "Oh, my! now scho out, we shall widren are al- Ch HOW EFFIE HELPED socks and stockings have been put In their proper drawers, all ready for use." So she persevered with her quiet task, glancing once in awhile towards the busy group and admiring their skillful performances, 3 One of the cousins, who had: been 'cross' to Effie, noticed how indus- triously and steady she seemed at hor work in the corner, and after awhile brought over a beautiful iced queen cake and gave it to her. But that; nice thought it was, gave her not half the pleasure she felt when, towards the close of the after- noon, her mother, tired with her bak- ing and other work, sat down by her wark table, saying: "I would like to lie down and rest alittle, but I must get the week's| to use apad of paper and burlap made | | by wrapping elternate layers of the When.a garden is liable to be infest-| sake of his health and to improve his One of | tons. A group of shirrings at each ed with moles or mice certain seeds behavior habits for the sake of his a o the credit of Bobby's' mother th quickly her first serious mistake in involved in an uproarious scene with his milk. There had been no question day, for some unexplained reason, he without effect; then she offered bribes, and finally resorted to threats. Bob- by's stubborn rejecting of the offered milk turned into vehement refusal. Mother's overurging brought on a scene which was so upsetting that the sight of milk thereafter was sure to | took bring on a most unpleasant response in both of them. The result of the scene had even deeper significance. As soon as Bobby got his way in the milk row, he began to exercise his right to decide for him- self how he would behave away from the table. Mother knew it was high time for her to take Bobby in hand in order to straighten out his food habits for the She felt that she must in the growing child's diet. MOTHER'S CLEVER STRATEGY. She knew that as a source of protein to build muscles, calcium to build bones and teeth, and vitamins to pro- mote growth and to protect against deficiency diseases, milk had no equal. But she would have to begin carefully and perhaps resort to strategy because of "the emotional "upset which she had | allowed to become associated with milk in Bobby's experience; Thinking of deficiency diseases res minded Bobby's mother of those white rats whose pictures she had seen when ti ics teacher lectured. If Bobby could only see the poorly developed, scrawny little 'rats that were not given milk, and their plump, healthy brothers and sisters who had had milk since they were born, he might learn a good lesson. The differences between these 'two groups of rats must have been the re- sult of their diet, because they had the same parents and the same chances in every way other than food, The teacher who lectured said that a person could learn even more about the value of milk by noting the com- dition of the rats' hair, eyes and ears. Tho underdeveloped group had strag- gly hair, weak eyes and infected ears; because they had not had milk or enough of fresh fruits and vegetables to furnish a certain vitamin. % Mother decided to tell Bobby about the rats. 'She was careful to mention milk only along with a number of other foods so it would not be the out- standing point in her story. She was also too smart to put the moral-of- this-story idea in the foreground to spoil Bobby's interest in the plight of the poorly nourished rats. Bobby's interest was keen; boys are always | keen for a story about live things. His mother promised to send to the state hom: family could drive over to the univer- sity sometime later so that she and Bobby could see the real rats, MILK IN TOOTHSOME DISGUISES, In the meantime there had been no discussion of milk or of the other food antipathies Bobby had developed: Mother had changed her tactics com- pletely. - It was impossible now for mending out of the way. -But who has been here before me, I wonder?" she added, with surprise. d ore of way!" After Effie had been rebuffed in all, her attempts at being useful in the; pleasant way she wanted to be, she happened to cast her eyes upon a large work basket in a corner of the gitting-' _| room, and she saw that it with stockings and socks, wi be, looked over and repaired. i i "Now, if I really want to be useful," I would rather make thought. the little girl, "I might get: rors: She certainly these stockings out of the way for this PE Al : busy week. They have been forgotten, LP 2 pA "mental matters 8 Sd "Your Tittle daughter," sai d the young girls. "I coul 'but no- pudding--reaLy a cornstarch pudding tice her, after she had been refused most all milk! Perhaps Bobby was when she wanted to help with the' smart enough to detect the milk and to cakes and sweet things. Not many little girls would have been go thought-' save himself from the plight of the poor little rats. Perhaps he did not realize that the. once-hated; ful about doing work that tractive." : » was not at-. r than if she had been allo "top ul of his food habits. She was" biding/| be her time. One day without any talk | percentage o - pure-bred| : rams and show a marked improvement 'through grading up. showing a decided preference for bet- ter quality rams and breeders who have been able to qualify the highest number of XXX rams first to be sold out ir alout it at the table or. beforchand Bobby found at his place a raisin be glad of an opportunity to bégin to dit-of a certain | at she recognized bringing up Bobby--that of becoming | him the first time he refused to drink about Bobby's drinking it until one| full flatly refused it. Mother insisted] ar Liye Stock Branch is evidently having a most satisfactory effect in the im- university for some pictures like those the country. Primarily ith « greatly she had seen. She hoped that the of b the markets both at home and abroad. In his report for 1924-25 the Minister of Agriculture states that the demand for pure-bred rams is the nutty flavor, the kind she of minerals wits sandwiches with chopped lettuce i side. They were tiny 8o that -they would not spoil the appetites of young guests for the next meal still two hours off. Then for the final stroké Mother some cool and refreshing milk from the ice box and poured it into glasses shaped like ice cream soda glasses. Into these glasses she stuck some soda-fountain straws. Onto the tea-party table went the big surprise, and into the house went the wise mother, 4 Bobby and Betty Ann had a grea time. Nothing had ever been quite like this. Perhaps Bobby was glad to get sure enough milk so he'd grow as well as the round silky rats in the pictures had grown. Perhaps he had really liked milk all the time, only the satisfaction of 'a row and the joy of claiming the full attention of mother at each meal were greater than his liking for milk. : Of course, Bobby was only four and he did not understand in the language of grown-ups all about his satisfaction in winning out over his mother in the. battle scenes he had staged at every meal. But whether Bobby understood his behavior or not, the results of applying poor psychology in his train- ing had been at work just the same. A new and better kind of psychology was now having its influence. A WELL-EARNED VICTORY. The psychological "accident" from which Bobby had learned how nice it was to get his own way had come as unannounced as any accident. "It was as sudden as the automobile coliision mother had had when she was learn- ing to drive. But hér response was as quick and as wel measured in handl- ing Bobby as it had been in handiing her car. She went Into "reverse" as soon as her will and Bobby's clashed, because she knew it was to be difficult to get around the obstruction of Bob- by's temperament. She backed off for. way and watching her progress through geveral of the methods recom- mended as useful in overcoming bad food habits, : Her wisdom in "second" and her in- genuity in "high" enabled her to carry her son smoothly and surely over what mighe have been a rough and difficult road. Development of the Sheep Industry. The pure-bred ram policy inaugur- ated and conducted by the Dominion : of the sheep industry of demands of indicates that in inducing ind castrate their! Farmers are Wi a time, and then she came cautiously | forward again in "low," feeling her}: | early spring with proper management not likely to produce much honey the HT aif 8 E § ae her | else la - greens. or turnips. Some of the best lettuce that the writer has ever grown was from a patch sowed in the fall, : d The 'essential thing about the gar- den plan is that there be one. By ex- ~ emining a seed catalogue and other literature on planning gardens, point- ers may be received that will help one' wonderfully. I used to plant the "hap-' hazard way," but experience has taught me that it pays to. plan the garden--H. Q. H, ~The Bees' Ears. "You're wasting time when you hammer on a dishpan to bring down' a swarm of bees," says Jas. Hamble- ton, head of the Bee Research Division of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. "The custom of making a noise when bees swarm started in England | years and years ago for a different = reason. When'a swarm left its home' hive and went traveling the man who owned the land where they finally pet tled would claim them as his. The original owner would protest. The re- sult--a lot of fights and legal battles. "It was finally ruled by law that if a beekeeper saw a swarm leaving his place he should ring a bell or hammer on a. pan to let him neighbors know that his. bees were in the air and that they were his, = civonivaiii oe "Through the years this ancient custom has been twisted into the be- lief that noise brings a swarm to earth, Fe | "What _is more, no one knows yet enn, = whether bees can hear or not. At : ie least no one has ever discovered their hearing apparatus." ; i Beginning Bee-Keeping. - The best time to begin beekeeping is in the spring, remarks Mr. C. B, Good- erham, Dominion Apiarist, in his bul- lotin on "Bees and How to Keep Them." = Colonies complete in their hiveg may bo obtained, he advises, in May--April in British Columbia--or swarms can be had during June or early July. A oolony obtained in the will give a full crop of honey and one colony increase. A higher increase is made at the expense of the crop, A" swarm, Mr. Gooderham points out, is first year unless it i illetin needed for start with two colonies of ~~ fes-of bees in modern, 'hives complete with frames, and covers for increase; "two hives 2% pounds of um brood foundation; smoker; one pound No. wire; one spur or electric bee veil. d ] 7- production the are} #1x deep or 12 shal- supers filled with frames; seven half pounds o. light brood foun ig 1 5 ii oh 8 S 2 of cost on i Fa : Publications Branch of the Dept. 4