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John, . . . and two of His disciples." _ John bélieved that the kingdom of the Saviour, so long foreâ€" told, was near at hand. But ke beâ€" lieved it would be a kingdom of the righteous. Its coming would be preâ€" ceded by judgment and a sifting of the hearts of men. Jobhn, therefore, preached repentance and preparation] of heart, and looked for the coming of the promised King and Szwiour.i He recognized Him in Jesus. "Beâ€"| hold," he said, "the Lamb of God." ; For as the paschal lamb whose blood upon lintel and doorpost symbolized salvation to the Jew, so would Jesus, he believed, be the Saviour of Israel. The disciples of John were thus introduced by him to Jesus and some of them followed Him. . Jesus was not unwilling to receive them, and those who are hoere mentioned beâ€" aemocracy bu form of char: modern social "will prove to which the wor +1 Ranc auth who good p W were in places of power, a He would do the will of G« ever cost. And so for all where He has shown the â€" true life, the life that is be, the life eternal. The be saved by those who sor that would rule must be 1 servant of all. We see kings and prince days falling from â€" their crownn because from th He had eives ower Lesson II. _ Christ Our Saviourâ€" Matt, 20: 27, 28; John 1: 35â€"51: 16; Matt. 20: 27, 28; John 1: 35â€"51:3:16; Matt. 20: 27, 28. Greatness Through Service. "Even as the Son of man." Jesus showed His disciples the way of true greatness. Not as the Genâ€" tiles, who "lord it" over those who are subject or dependent, but by;’ ministry and as servants, shall they attain greatness in His kingdom.’ And this was said to men who were| eagerly looking and hoping for a| Y ThaF s of those who se rity and power, h follow Christ in s to all. Character tvice, and the best which is like Chri are no ‘onger w uture of humani INTERNATIONAL â€"LESSON APRIL 13. M power and isters by built upon KING AND MARKET sTts. Toronto ALSO AT MONTREAL, WINNIPLIG, VANCOUVER The wide variety of the Rennio line assures you of obtaining just what you want in cither flowers or vegetables. All Rennie‘s Seeds are tested for germination and their quelity proven. Should your dezler bo unâ€" able to supply all tho seeds you require, write us direct. * Look for the Rennie Seed Display 15,000 dealers throughout Canada are ready to gsupply you with these tested seeds. It‘s time to think about planting your back» yard garden. Make your selections now. Sow RENNIE‘S Seeds e 5 0 e who sorve, a must be like ( some ¢ kingdom of the g would be preâ€" ind a sifting of Jobn, therefore, and proparation for the coming making olence. lived, 1 lling to ne not in the (Rom. 8: 31, 32.) place and| * emintiguatsees with those ¢ king to do‘ Cement Tile s developed| _ Cement tile are haracter is if well made C VsY n 3 1t plac wor 0 their | that is good. In giving us Christ He ‘s the, has given us all that makes for life themâ€"| here and hercafter. "He that spared Their not His own Son, but delivered Him cause| up for us all, how shall He not also serve.| with Him freely give us all things?" nd ‘hr h of n 11 Litile Violet had s bonnet All of velvet, softly. blue; There were dainty ribbons on it, And a diadem of dew. "I‘m afraid the rain willâ€" spoil it! Cried Miss Violet, always neat. Splashing drops are sure to soil it April is so indiscreet." "I will lend you my umbrella," Quick a gallant fairy said, And he raised a mushroom yellow Over preity Violet‘s head. _ Coment tile are as good as clay tile if well made. Cement tile should be made of one part of cement and three parts of coarse, wellâ€"graded sand screered through a sieve with meshâ€" es measuring oneâ€"half the thickness of the wall of the tile. They should be cured slowly and thoroughly.! Cement tile made poorly or from poor materials tend to go to pieces in acid or strong alkali soils. Good tile give a‘clear metallic ringi when Hightly tapped with a hammer.‘ They should be dense, hard and non-[ norous. Buy your tile of a reliable! irm Jesus URrst. Surely, says St. Paul, God who gave us Jesus Christ will give us all solf comparatively unknown, did the greatest work of his Life when he brought his brother to Jesus. "Follow me." Philip followed and induced his friend Nathaniel to folâ€" low. There must have been someâ€" thing in Jesus that attracted men almost irresistibly to Him. _ Thos: who yielded to that attraction became‘ His disciples and His followers. The twelve formed an inner circle, but there were many others. Their assoâ€" clation with Jesus Christ and their following Him brought them within the saving influence of His life andl death and resurrection. The Spirit "Simon." Jesus gave him the name "Cephas," which is the Aramaic equiâ€" valent of "Peter," and means a rock. Josus recognized from the beginning the sturdy strength and steadfastâ€" ness and capacity for leadership of this man, one of the greatest men of history, and one of the chief apostles of the Christian faith. Androw, himâ€" "One of the two" was Andrew, the brother of Peter. Who was the other? There is no doubt that John, }the writer of this Gospel, was one of the earliest disciples, and it is thought by many that he was the other disâ€" ciple, and that he found and brought his brother James, but that through modesty he refrains from mentionâ€" ing his own name:. He says of Anâ€" drew, "He findeth first," as though there were a second, and it is at least probable that he himself was the seeâ€" ond, in finding his brother and bringâ€" ing him to Jesus. f Christ is in the world toâ€"day, a vighty and saving reality, and those ho yvielded to Him, who seek to folâ€" w Him, to learn of Him, and to be ke Him, are likewise saved. It is great thing indeed to bring one ul thus into vital relationship to came afterward His most attached and devoted followers. Cement Tile for Drainage In An April Shower It includes Pou!try SuppHes, CcOoMPANY LIMITED it!" The secret of Mr. Bowman‘s sucâ€" cess was the freezing of the grubs A few years ago Mr. F. Bowman of the State of lowa, won first prize in a cornâ€"growing contest, with 109 bushels ?ud 40 pounds of corn to a measured acre. Mr. Bowman says his field was blueâ€"grass sod, fall plowed seven inches deep. His neighâ€" bors did not grow any such crop of corn, and the fertility of the land was all the same. It was discovered that wireworms and grubs in a number of instances made replanting necessary. Assuming that the average crop was 60 bushels an acreâ€"and this is a high averageâ€"the difference between 60 and 109 bushels, or 49 bushels, repâ€" resents the additional wealth of Mr. Bowman for having fallâ€"plowed tbat‘ blueâ€"grass sod. 1 !of the plow the weed and insect | nuisance of Canada and the United | States, a loss which man attempts to ‘cstimate at $700,000,000 annually, can be eradicated. I say as a nation. There are many individuals who realâ€" ize the importance of good plowing, and the result they get is proof enough; but the vast majority are still at fault. Think what it would mean in 1919, not only to the fnrmersl of Canada, but to every industry, if, that seven hundred million dlollarsl could be turned into commercial channels rather than be fed to weeds and insects, both of which the proper use of the plow could exterminate, and which have no earthly use except: to keep the farmer on his mettle. l We have not learned, as a nation of fa_rmerg, that with the proper use If there ever was a time in the history of the world when the farmâ€" er should give close attention . to plowing, it is from now on. Strange as it may seem, this most important of all farming operations, this thing from which all cultivation starts, is given the least intelligent thought. The success or failure in the raising of a crop depends more upon the plowing than any other opemtionl connected with cropâ€"growing. Better Plowicg Maens More Dollars. a month) the turnips are gradually cut down to nothing. The percentâ€" age of bran, if it is good, is increasâ€" ed slightly until after the lambs are dropped. Then the oats are increasâ€" ed, as there is nothing like good oats to stimulats the milk flow. _ Salt should be supplied at all seasons of the year. A careful watch over the fock at lambing time will often save the lives of many lambs that will, at the end of six or seven months, be worth $25 to $30 each.â€"â€"Experiment-l al Farms Nots. | heaviest losses fromroiw};f-'f;;_ewve_s. Just previous to lambing (say about Just beforo the breeding season the qves should be culled; all undeâ€" sirabies taken out; and a certain period given between weaning and breeding time for the ewos to get into condition again. Best results are obtained where the ewes are turned in a nice clover field and flushed just before mating season. It is found that where ewes and rams are in the best of kealth and condiâ€" tion a greater percentage of twins and triplets is dropped. _ All ewes should be tagged before the mating season. The best time to breed is in the fall. If you have warm quar-‘ ters for the ewes and lambs it will pay to have the lambs dropped early;| otherwise it is not advisable to do | 'so. It is also found that a small | ’flock of twenty to twentyâ€"five per| pen is better than a large one. When ewes go into winter quarters they' should be supplied with good, wellâ€" cured clover hay.. The next best isl a mixture of clover and timothy. Pulped turnips at the rate of from 2% to 3 pounds per head per day should be given up to within a month of lambing, with the addition of % to 1 pound of a meal mixture (100 oats, 100 bran and 50 oilcake). This , will keep the ewes in a good, thrivâ€"‘ ing condition. Nor the best results, ewes should not be too fat, especially at lambing iime. We have had our‘ The flock must have a good pasâ€" tursge with not too rank a growth; preferably â€" a short, thick bottom growth with an abundance of clover and plenty of good rurning water to which the sheep can easily . get. Sheep take much more water than the average farmer would think. This holds true especially in winter. At the Experimental Farm, Napâ€" pan, this has been well brought out in the feeding and caring of the pure bred flock. It was found that even during the summer‘ season t:; pure bred flock could not be neglected, otherwise the results would be bound to show in the following season‘s inâ€" crease and development of the young. Feeding and Caring for a Flock of Pure Bred Sheep. If the greatest profit is to be realâ€" ized from a flock of pure bred sheep they must receive the very best feed and care the shepherd can give them. Not that they of necessity require greater care and feed than the grade, but the fact that the breeder of a pure bred flock expects to put the most of his surplus stock on the market as breeders means that he must feed the best and give the best care possible, that his stock may reach its best development. 05e aliention . ©0| _ Wood ashes make a profitable topâ€" _now on. St!‘lnge;dressing for grass land and pasture, is most important as they encourage the growth of rations, this thing| clover and the better kinds «of tivation starts, is grasses, which crowd out weeds and telligent thought.| inferior kinds of grasses. Ashes can ure in the raising . be very profitably used for corn. For _ more upon the/ this they should be screened and apâ€" other. operation) plied with a fertilizer drill, 200 to )â€"growing. 250 pounds to the acre. They are rned, as a nation very excellent â€" for strawberries,‘ th the proper use putting firmness into the berriesâ€"anl wee<’l‘ a:id 'iYmec'Eiabso!ute essential for shipping purâ€" 6: raue 412 wsk s | poses. It has been found possible by aviâ€" ators to use magnetic compasses by mounting them on horsehair cushions which counteract the vibrations of airplanes. SEED CORN Better quality preferred. WRITE FOR PRICES STANFORD‘S, Limited 128 Mansfield St. & Montreal The ashes from soft woods contain less potash and less phosphorus than those from hardwoods, but still they contain enough to make them a valuâ€" able fertilizer. The ashes of twigs and the younger growth of trees are worth more than the ashes of heart wood taken from the middle of an old tree. HARRY‘S COLLECTIONS OFFER These SEED Collections are made up of the ideal varieties and are excepâ€" tional value for the money. Besides their direct action as a fertilizer, the "alkali power" of ashes is great. This power is that which enables ashes to rot weeds and to ferment peat. The mechanical effect of ashes on the soil is also very beneâ€" ficialâ€"binding sandy soils and loosâ€" ening clay soils. i Send for price list and free booklet "How to Make the Garden Pay." _ With potash scarce and highâ€" priced, it behooves every farmer to conserve every bit from _ every source. Unleached hardwood ashes contain from five to seven per cent. potash and are worth about $40 a ton for their potash content alone. Besides their potash, they contain from one to two per cent. of phosâ€" phoric acid, about fifty per cent. of ‘ lime and a small amount of magâ€" nesia. The potash in ashes is very soluble; therefore, ashes should be protected from the weather. The best plan in this: Write to the Experimental Farm in your own home Province. Tell them exactly what part of the province you live in, and the kind of soil you have on your farm. Most provinces have made a very close analysis of the soil within their borders, and will be able to diâ€" rect your plowing operations correctâ€" ly. ‘ The unfortunate part is that t'he| principles back of plowing are not:! generally understood, and yet they' are vitally necessary for the increasâ€" ed crop production to which we are all striving. The plow transforms! latent power into kinetic energy. This! commonplace instrument decides the, destinies of nations; but, in spite of | this, ts proper use has been given‘ the least thought and attention of| any farming operation. | _ _On account of the different types of soil and different weather condiâ€" tions in different sections of Cangtla it is impossible to give a certain set of rules or formulas by which a farmâ€" er can plow his ground. We farmers cannot plow, harrow, and cultivate our ground in the same manner_any two successive years with the expecâ€" tation of being able to grow a maxiâ€" mum crop. Nature never gives us the same soil and weather conditions in any two years. We have a new problem every year. The workingâ€" out of that problem successfully il} determined by our knowledge of the €rops we wish to raise, what is necâ€" essary for their growth, and how to1 put our ground in such condition that these things can take place. ‘ and wireworms, and also the opporâ€" tunity to get on his field earlier in the year with his disk harrow, and make the kind of a seed bed that nature demands for the corn crop. If fall plowing is impossible, spring plow‘ng should start at the earliest possible moment. It is not to be supâ€" posed that a farmer can control the weather, but he can place himself in the position to remedy the evil effects of bad weather conditions. He can do this with a plow if he understands how and when. ‘ RABBITS & BROILERS WA TED HARRY‘S SEED STORE 360 Dorchester St. West Ashes as a Fertilizer. Address: Brazil is the second largest conâ€" sumer of paper and paper products in South America, importing more than $13,000,000 worth in 1916, but the outlook for an increased trade in this line is not promising because of the country‘s slow educationa! de-’ velopment. | The commercial poultryman must fcahch the birds occasionally for exâ€" | amination and such work requires | careful handling and patience. _ It | takes a man with a good temper to |catch Leghorn hens during the day. 'f It is not advisable to try to do it as | at night the birds can be handled with \less confusion. We believe that | banding, treating for lice, observaâ€" |tion of the laying condition, and , culling of the flock should all be «done |at night. This saves confusion and | time. Laying hens are injured by | being frightened and the egg produc-! |tion will surely fall if they are ‘c‘hagegl around the laying house. l When crating birds for shipment they should be caught at night. Sevâ€" eral crates of broilers can be gatherâ€" ed from the colony houses at night in a short time. During the day it will be necessary to frighten and chase many of the birds on the range and this is a waste of energy and injures the birds. If it is necessary to catch birds during the day, take a piece of strong wire about four or five feet long and bend a crook in the end which will just slip over a hen‘s leg. â€" Then scatter a little scratch grain where the birds can see it and catch the desired birds with the crook. It is easier than making a grab with the hand, which often results only in a scared bird minus a handful of feathers. J Are well namedâ€"they Are well namedâ€"they m a sure gain to mean strong, heady mm “:8 79 so because our expert chemists co d the of what Canadian farmers really ~to 1 they get results. Write toâ€"day for disco@ GUNNS LIMITED Delay in ordering standerd fertilizer in the hope of lower prices only means risk of disappointment in deliveries. Prices are set by cost of this season‘s raw materials, ordered months ago, and labor wages, which are fixed by the cost of living. You cannot afford to let your land run down. i. inss‘ AaAINS ©.4% ‘ ‘â€"sh G # 37 sih ‘"shurâ€"Gain ~â€"~ Fertilizers In the first place we did not fill our silo until the corn was pretty well ripened, in order that the enâ€" silage would be quite free from acid. We put an abundance of water in with the corn, which helped in packâ€" Prices Firm for tnis Season With the ensilage we fed we cut wheat or oat straw, and used for the grain ration a mixture of ground corn, cats, and wheat bran, mixed in equal parts. Our method of preâ€" paring and feeding this ration was as follows: About six years ago we decided to experiment with ensilage. "We conâ€" sulted our veterinary, who advised against it, saying that the stuff was not fit to feed a horse. We, however, spent the greater part of the winter experimenting with different rations with ensilage as the base. We tried at first fecding it once a day, at noon, and found that the horses not only ate it with a relish, but seemed to do well on t. We then began feeding the ration in the morning, and at noon, and were really surprised at the results. There seems to be a prejudice in the minds of most farmers against using ensilage as a ration for horses. I say prejudice because I believe that in most cases they have never given it a trial. ARoorffnyy®s CiazseSereEF) land run down. x + y "Making two blades grow where only one grow before." TORONTO We have been feeding this ration 1| for five winters, and we could not y ask for better results. The cost of â€"| feeding has been reduced at least 1. oneâ€"third, and our horses have kept inl in a more healthy condition than beâ€" â€" | fore. ‘,"’ 6 Ees ptan .. < C o y 33 RBet 45 fax : 9 ** 2 «oo l -;}fi,lé‘. | »5 5 ? " ism ’ esX . eR > pee / hests ' $ ..;;," & \ We fed each horse what he would eat up clean, which we found to be from a bushel to a bushe! and a half, depending on the size of the horse. We fed this ration in the morning, and at noon, then at night we fed a liberal amount of good clover or mixed hay, and ear corn. We placed an iron tank at the botâ€"‘ tom of the silo; at a point where the cut straw could be put into it with very little labor. We put the ensilâ€" age and cut straw into the tank in‘ the proportion of two baskets of enâ€" silage to one of straw, and sprinkled the corn, oats and bran mixture over the top of the mass, and mixed it thoroughly with a fork or scoop. It was now ready to feed. l C1 ime nay mow directly over the feed room. We then put our straw through the ensilage cutter, leaving the knives set the same ms for cutting the corn. It is surprising the amount of cut feed that can be stored in a small space. 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DANIELS 1‘« fertilityâ€"they O, ONTARIO Winnipeg Â¥pres is sacred ground. No attempt is to be made to reâ€"animate its ruins. The battered remnants of its peerless Cloth Hall will continue to make their dumb appeal to the sky. Flowers may grow in its bloodâ€"soaked streets, the wild creatures of the field and forest find lair in its deserted cellarage. So far as human habitation is concerned, the place is to remain q solitude N monument to all time o‘l Gormm;‘t hrhrlsn. of l}‘:zmm" artyrdo; and of the hero and cfit-ucrlla" of the British soldier. In time anâ€" other Ypres will arise, but not upon the ruins of the old. Whether it will surpass tbe old in fairness is doubt Oh, I hope other girls have not made the mistake that Mary made, but if they have, I want them to reâ€" member that it is not too late to awaken to a sense of opportunities lost, to rise to the higher level set by soldier or sailor sweethearts who have come back with their newer and finer vision of life, and to build upon these nobler levels a real comâ€" radeship.â€"M. S. While Bob had been moving, Mary had simply stood still. She could not realize that his whole mental horizon had broadened and along with it his love and sympaâ€" thies; that the first joy of his homeâ€" coming had to include his mother; that he had formed new standards by which to judge people and that petty and unpleasant things like gossip and scandal did not loom as big in his interests as they had done before. While he had been filling his mind with new impressions and â€"larger ideas and facing the great foundaâ€" tion experiences of life, she had let herself drift along in idleness and discontent, taking to herself none of the lessons of the great war, letting her sacrifices and renunciation emâ€" bitter and not sweeten and deepen her nature. While he was at war she had not tried to put herself in Bob‘s place, to see life from his new angle in order that she might underâ€" stand him better and fully sympaâ€" thize with him when he came back to her. Mary had not tuned her life to meet the stronger, deeper note that now pervaded Bob‘s. There were other incidents, other little jangling notes that spoiled the harmony of that home coming and all becauseâ€" The climax came when Mary menâ€" tioned the name of Bud Hill Buad, suspected of being a trifle foolish at times and the butt of everyone‘s ridicule, had gone to training camp with Bob. Bob had written home of remarkable changes in him and of a warm friendship that had sprung up between them but Mary had not opened her mind to these miracles of wartime. When Bob caught the uncharitable half sneer in her voice, he became almost angry. And he certainly had reason, for Captain Hill had won the Distinguished Serâ€" vice Medal for his service in France. He was not half as interested as she thought he would be in the Millsâ€" Bangs feud which had been the fayâ€" orite topic of the countryside when he went away, nor the gossip about the new school teacher nor the rumor that the village sawmill was about to change hands. Did you ever plan for some event with all your heart and soul, focus 'lll your hopes upon it, live for it minute by minute, only to have its realization a disappointment you could not have foreseen unless you 'lud been gifted with second sight ? If you have, then you will know how Mary felt. When she watched Bob march away to war in 1915, it seemed as if tlim were a great big hole in her Then Mary was hurt because he did not notice the new dress she was wearing; she could not understand that to a man who had faced death not once but many times, such a deâ€" tail might at first fade into the whole general background of his home coming. She had expected Bob would give all his time and attention to hor that first day; he wanted to share the first joy of his home coming with every bne he knew. Then came the glorious news of November Eleven and then, for Mary, the days of anticipation. The vague "sometime" when Bob was to come back to her crystallized into an ectual date. Mary ringed it in her calendar and while she watched the days slip by, she planned the home coming down to the minutest detail Bob came. He looked different in every way, more stalwart and selfsceliant, an outer change that might have warnâ€" ed Mary of an inner change had she been discerning enough to see it. But she was not. She had not been thinking deeply enough or far ahead enough for that. life. w When So‘!di‘er Bob Came Back. Sacred Ground.