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the Archaeclogiâ€" 1 Explorer c ox. ‘evypt, make know y be al sity »edlâ€" C 30 TQ 1 obâ€" of er, re man, to whose sound judgment, exeâ€" ecutive ability, and genial personalities so much of the success of the who‘s How the Branch Institute can bring the best results in departmenta! and college service to the doors of the homes of their own community. and the prosent and future possibilities of the work will be discussed by Superâ€" intendent Geo. A. Putnam and Assistâ€" ant Superintendent Miss E. M. Chapâ€" & + prabdinnentipadnt® Brnbnbsinat tdb n d . +.23 44. ) to which will represent an area sevâ€" about six inches from the wall, and eral hundred miles in extent. This temporary floor should be put dow? takes place at North Bay, October about the same space above the por 18th and 19th, 1922, and turns the manent floor with cracks between the flashlight on the fundamfnta! Z:’rj.e< boards. If the piles have to be made of work being carried on in that inâ€" very large, square ventilators of wood teresting part of the province. made of skats and running from the The Institute‘s relation to the home top to the botiom can be put in here and to the community will be the main and there through the piles. Those. eurrents running through the proceedâ€" with the ventilation afforded at the ings. How the Institute is contributâ€" SHes and bottom, will keep the potaâ€" ing to better home life for its memâ€" toes in much better condition than if bers, fostering neighborliness and they are in a solid heap. Another good hospitality, helping newcomers in the Plan is to keep the potatces in large community, advocating more practical Crates made with slats close enough training in homeâ€"making in rural together to prevent the pctatoes from echools, will be dealt with in reports falling out. The temperature should from the districts through their be kept as near 3% to 35 degrees secretaries. | Fahrenheit as possible. | Recreation, supervised play, organâ€" '_Aâ€" t xn ' ized sports and games, the school, utumn. | health, and child welfare will be thorâ€"! Roger in the cornâ€"patch, whistling oughly discussed with Dr. Helen Macâ€" lively songs; | Murchy, Chief of the Child Welfare Pussy by the hearthside, romping with , Division, Dominion Government C+â€" the tongs; | tawa, and Dr. Mary Mackenzie Smith Chestnuts in the ashes burstine Those two staunch friends of n The first program to hand is that of the Northern Comvention, delegates n ine coming of that pleasant autumn crispness in the air after the harvests have been safely garnered in for another year, come also thoughts and plans in the farm homes for the great Annual Women‘s Institutes Conâ€" ventions. It is on occasions like this that the full magnitude of Ontario begins to be realized. The past war developments among these nonâ€" sectarian, nomâ€"partisan study centres for rural homeâ€"makers have been so great that it is now necessary to have five of these gatherings to meet the expanding needs of increased numbers in branches and membership. | alone, cither D. A.: Could you tell me if boiled rye will injure fourâ€"monthâ€"old Pigs, and bhow? I have rye of my own but no corn, but have been told that the rye will cripple the pigs. th ing. to g the m sunflo W bel Ir () choke w hich walh then a e seed 80 scres muck (not deep), and 80 acres muck spotted with clay and sandy loam with direct outlet into dredge ditch? t} vunuuCrELV 8Â¥ PROP. HENRY 9. SELL Tho object of this department !s to place at the serâ€" wige of our farm readers the advice of an acknovledged authority om ali suisiects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all qusstions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in tare of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Torom to, and answers will appear in this column in the order In which they are received. When writing k‘ndiy mem tion this paper. As space is limited it is advisadle where Immediate reply is necessary that a ctamped and a#¢ Cressed envelope ‘1e enclosed with the guestion wham . & L7 H.: I have ab W £2<farm Crop *.; . Querres jossime i0 got a see (a and sweet clover, so wheat. It would seem if alone late in August wil tch, chanees ought to P ng with wheat Puttins inewer will be has got them out scems to 1 has of cost rs in, and they look promi;- ould like your advice on how the seed off without wastinge () raINnQ g canger in feed ground or boiled W grain f n Copyright by Wilson P ublishing Co., Limited .: Can you give me some’you get a grain hig st of tiling 160â€"acre farm,| relatively low in carl muck (not d(‘(‘p), and 80| a feed temile tr mmont If uld like to know if it ° would séem if sowing e in August will secure ees ought to be good wheat. Putting these the spring when the ecome hard and the _ a heavy top seems to t easier than red clover, > start quicker. t} For Home and Courtry O im of New Ontario Homeâ€"Makers By Gibson Scott A) u m n C l 000 C euce FASnmt % BEKLE e > @ this department is to place at the serâ€" 6 oi yc 33. eaders the advice of an acknovledged es * *al *%’i itlects pertaining to soils and crops. *&*.z 2t 1sstions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in ie *;& n Publishing Company, Limited, Torom e, e <, Jn | Il! appear in this column in the order o. Foe s .. * . {j‘. _ recelved. When writing k‘nd‘y mem 32 *“; * * s space is lIimited it is advisadle where ~ Bs . is necessary that a etamped and ad bv e enclosed with the question, wher m :A e malled direct Nq .25 ubatoclnt Towr Nertrewem: BF aute es uoo oc ee ) c c e es mer reporting@ on 1914 gave a figure z 10 acros of muck clover, sowing it w n _ as they are / / n, but before| 1 Ting them like | a shallow piles / 7 vhen dry, put 5& hing machine.| +i r M a half acre of look promisâ€" your 160 acres . The farmer esu n W 1 now seeding of grain. A nflowers TT h a light tr e is to Illinoi r get h bar ver counâ€" f the The one thing we can "put on the hog" to advantage is fat. Did you setect your seed corn or did you just gather it? tye Don‘t vou i S oo Amotel lively songs; i Pussy by the hearthside, romping with , the tongs; | Chestnuts in the ashes, bursting through the rind; | Red leaf and gold leaf, rustling down the wind; I Mother "doing peaches," all the aft.er-[' noonâ€" at irmer s satâ€" very large, square ventilators of wood made of skats and running from the top to the botiom can be put in here and there through the piles. Those, with the ventilation afforded at the siles and bottom, will keep the potaâ€" toes in much better condition than if they are in a solid heap. Another good 27 "n ure MA M wn ear Potatoes, says the Dominion Hortiâ€" culturist, should be stoved in a cool, wellâ€"ventilated cellar that is perfectly dark. Instead of pilimng the potatoes against the wall, or on the floor, slate shou‘ld be nailed a little apart, say about six inches from the wall, and a temporary floor should be put down about the same space above the perâ€" manent floor with cracks between the boards. If the piles have to be made be im eeremi norey ORBt ven, women and giris, government, The great mounds colleges and railways, all meeting in rose almost to the ce a splendid bit of nationâ€"building coâ€" still barn. operation, augur well for the future "I must go and ge of the North. Mkccan altelts es oc )c en s ern homeâ€"making, Mr. G. W. Lee of the T. & N.O. Railway and Principal Casselman of the Normal School are rendering every assistance in their power, by word and deed. Men, women and giris, government, collewes and rauilwaus alf masiic.. :2 to counteract this acid. Exp. Station found that beet tops cut with an ens with equal parts of corn, silage was formed. e, "p and are proken off. Hills of Verâ€" e mont tested corn from which ears had &‘ been gathered, the corn put in silo and o fed with the ears ground, versus corn _ out when ready for silage and put in ‘, the silo ears and all; afterwards fed R to cattle. His report was that 1 acre of corn cut when ‘green and put in ~: silo was worth over 1% acres of corn, "|ripened ears removed, remainder put ‘| in site and later fed with ground cars. "|_ D. H.;: What is the value of sugar ; beet tops as feed for beef cattle? Can | they be safely fed in large quantities,| \ say seventyâ€"five or eighty pounds per| . head daily? I am thinking of winterâ€" ’, ing a lead of yeariing steers on beet‘ ‘tops and light mixed timothy hay. Do you think this would make a satisâ€"| | factory ration? _ Also, should beet ; tops be fed directly from the field, or: may they be put into the silo? | |_Ans.: Henry and Morrison in their, book, Feads and Feeding, say that an‘ acre of beets yields about 5 tons ofi , leaves and beet waste. These have, about half the feeding value of beets.| ; They can be fed green or put in the â€" silo. Fed green they tend to purge | the cattle, hence they should be fed ; with straw or hay. If the tops are 1 decayed there is danger of poison.! There is an acidâ€"oxalic acidâ€"in bect) ; tops which in large quantities is poisâ€"! onous. German farmers put 7 Ibs. of t common salt to each tor of beet tone + you think that Autumn‘s pleasâ€" anter than June? â€"Thomas Bailey Aldrich. the fiel feed m up and mont t« E. A.: I plan to snap corn from the stalks jus* before silo filling. The corn will be matured. Would it have as much feeding value as where cut and put in shocks? My idea is to pull only the largest cars and leave the smaller ones go into the silo. | Ans.: I would not advise pulling the ears off corn before putting it in the silo. Certainly by shocking it in the field you will lose a lot of valnabla| you get a grain high in protein and relatively low in carbohydrates. Such a feed tends to upset the digestion of the hogs and in actual experiments has sickened them (Wis. experiments). A mixture of rye and barley, about equal parts, has proven a good feed. Rye and wheat alone are both short of the boneâ€"forming elements. Storing Potatoes will lose a lot of valuable il in the leaves that dry broken off. Hills of Verâ€" corn from which ears had grain high in protein and upset the digestion of actual experiments has carbohyrates. Such 1000 S+ 4 fhought you were another| performed under this head are given boy." | in the report as well as of the success Tom‘s eyes were almost as big as| met with at the Wustration Stations saucers. "Well, if it isn‘t Dulcie!"i in the incressed growth of crops by he said. | the employment of nitroâ€"culture, and Then Dulcie explained about Aunt; of the investigations carried on in Ellen and the gingham dress and sunâ€"‘ many directions at the Dominion plan| bonnet. | pathology laboratcries at Chariotteâ€" ; "That‘s just what hanpered to me,"| town, P.E.J., Frede:icton, N.B., St.1 said Tom. "Unelo Henry popped me Catharines, Ont.. Saskatcon and ln-l into farmerâ€"boy ciothes be/ore I couli| dian Head, Sask., and S‘umm}and,l say Jack Robinson. Ho! Isn‘t this B.C. Then Dulcie explained about Aunt Ellen and the gingham dress and sunâ€" bonnet. C io c C onl ne Oe e clothes? I thought you were another boy." Tom‘s eyes were almost as big as saucers. "Well, if it isn‘t Dulcie!" he said. OP P ADPiremintnt ioi ninlitintb l dilnes es tdsc l s h l 1 138 1 "Her name is Dulcie," said the boy.;l Chili variety formed the larger proâ€" Dulcie gave a little gasp and peered portion of potato inspected and they closer at her companion‘s face. |are not so prolific as some of the "Why, Tom Bell!" she cried. "How white varieties grown in other provâ€" could I know you in those funny;inces. Full particulars of the work aintlame # Y kbenimadks o. eE Annc sc & . ) & TT TCachned toOward ‘her. ‘"Here, PH]| Nova Scotin with 75.4, New Bx-um:l Not only what you feed heip you,"‘ he said. "And then I‘ll wick with 67.2 and Prince Edward fowl, but how you feed it get my sister to play." | Is‘and with 56.2; but as regards yield the system and condition. "Oh, so there‘s a girl too," Dulcie per acre of certified seed and of genâ€" must be to build up the re thought. | eral crop New Brunswick led with, tem rapidly. A hen‘s syst« With the boy‘s help she scrambled Quebec coming second, and then reduced to a low stage, | up to the higher mound. "What is Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, and feed, or by broodiness. T your sister‘s name?" she asked. | Ontario. In Nova Scotia the Garnet, cireumetances the muscles } "Her name is Dulcie," said the boy.| Chili variety formed the larger proâ€" feathers relax, the feathe Duleie gave a little rasp and besrad . nortinn of natma, 1. . _\ ____ 3066 PDQâ€"/ @HILUICDS Te Pss » "I wonder if I can get as high as that," said Dulcie. The boy threw himsef face down and reached toward her. "Here, I‘ll help you," he said. "And then I‘ll get my sister to play." I‘resently the himself into the them. They were silent for a while. was thinking, "I wonder if Tom there will be another boy to with." Suddenly, as she bounced gayly up and down, a dark object came rolling from the mound just above. Dulcie gave a very high bounce, and the thing came down in a heap beside her. Thenl she saw that it was a tousled boy with overalls on and a ragged hat pulled over his face. "Good morning," she said rather timidly. "Hello," said the boy is a shy, grufl‘ vorce. "I must go and get Tom," Dulcie thought as she reached the top of the lowest mound. "But first I‘ll have a few bounces." ihe great mounds of golden hay rose almost to the ceiling of the dim, still barn. "Climb all you want to," said the man, and Dulcie beg'fm to scramble up, "Oh, may I climb up on the hay ?" Dulcie asked a farm hand who was feeding the horses. horses in one part and cows in an other, and in a third there were moun tains of golden hay. Dulcie was off like an arrow. After she had explored the house she ran out to the huge barn. There were When she had put on her new things Aunt Ellen said, "There, go any where you want to." Dulcie gave a squeak of delight as she saw a little dark gingham dress laid out on the bed with a sunbonâ€" net beside it. "Dulcie," said Aunt Elien, "don‘t you want to take off your traveling clothes and put on some country things? I have a little roughâ€"andâ€" tumble costume all ready for you." _ Dulcie went upstairs with mother, but Tom stayed to hear father and Uncle Henry talk. When they reached the farm they found .Uncle Henry and Aunt Ellen waiting on the porch to greet them. was a boy." Tom and Dulcie, who had spent most of their lives in town, were delighted. "Mary, I have a plan," said Father Bell to his wife. "Let‘s take Tom and Dulcie and go Down East and spend Old Home Week on Uncle Henry‘s farm. I haven‘t been there since I | _ "There‘s another thing I don‘t be-l ‘{lieve in," the old gentleman said" | argumentatively. . "Balanced tommyâ€"} , rot! All this talk of new inventions‘ , makes me impatient. Lots of good | catmeal porridge and meat, and r»o-! tatoes, and gravy, and doughnuts, and | pies like your mother used to make!! We had no time to talk of balanced [ foods in the old days, and we were all "'heaalth-y, except for rheumatism and neuralgia and a few such ailments that one must expect as one grows older." "That‘s just where we wore wrong, dad, I agree with you about the oatâ€" meal. Nothing like wellâ€"cooked oatâ€"" meal to supply the food principles,‘ But speaking of fruit," and the son tactfully guided the subject away from fried foods and rich gravies. ; "Fresh fruits contain from 75 per, cent. to 95 per cent. of water. Those] NioT / \d1OTE8 J( A Doubleâ€"Barreled Mistake. "Fresh fruits are much easier to get nowadays, dad, than when we were youngsters," said the man who sat at the head of the table, "and they are recognized toâ€"day as necessary to a balanced dietâ€"â€"" head at "But, grandfatherâ€"â€"" began the grownâ€"up Joan, while her small Joan looked up attentively and John scowlâ€" ed and rubbed his eye hurriedly as juice spurted from his sister‘s apple. "Teacher shysâ€"â€"_" began Ted, who} was older, but his mother shook her: i can get used to a lot of these newâ€"fangled notions but I think, Joan, that your children eat altogether too many apples." ed with disfavor the dish of fruit which centred the breakfast table, said tartly: _high bounce, and the flu'ng’f ter rust in Eastern Canada and on in a heap beside her. Then ‘ leaves of black currant bushes in rat it was a tousled boy| British Columbia, and as regards s on and a ragged hat| armillaria root rot and needle blight his face. of white pine in Northern Ontario. ‘ orning," she said rather| The work conducted of more general | public interest was that of potato inâ€" aid the boy is a shy, grufl‘ spection and certification. The extent to which this work was carried on is »â€" silent for a while. Dulcie| verified by the fact that 2,646 fields z, "I wonder if Tom knows embracing 7,900 acres came under inâ€" be another boy to playi spection. That the work is having a ,‘benefici:al effect is proven by the inâ€" the boy got up and swung) creased percentage of fields that were the mound of hay above certified last year compared with the ’number so passed in the previous 5C U mare cnrad uk Hibits Ns a 1 elderly gentleAmanr who regard Frank Discussion of Fruits as Food get as high as Degan Ted, whol "Don‘t take any stock in carboâ€" other shook her hydrates, myself," began the old gentleman, but his son continued: much easier to| "Take very ripe fruits, for instance. than when we" They contain, variously, cane and d the man who |grape sugar in high percentages. If table, "and t.he'y! you can‘t take much sugar, there are as necessary to, fruits like plums, raspberries, peaches ,and apricots which have a low sug'ari ing Iâ€" don‘t beâ€"| content. Fruit ‘ cations Branch, Ottawa. The report zg{:v{‘m' states that many enquiries were reâ€" Y. 14. ceived during the year relative to, were not weeds, poisonous plants, wild rice, and blackmail | other topics such as chicory, table against t mustard, ocilâ€"bearing seeds, silk trees,; pumsnnemeames | henna tea, carob trees, orris root, ) hellebore powder, and Canadian wild | * flowers. No fewer than 686 Specimens P were sent in for identification. Seeds _were exchanged with botanical garâ€"| x / dens in over a score of other countries.!. Wh®" ! Experimental seeds were distributed PATCS for to different farms and stations, while respond t« the major experiments and investiga. Old coat < tions were carried on at the Central §U%h £ood Farm, Ottawa. Much valuable work th* new ¢ was carried on in forest pathology, Protection especially as regards white pine blis. Witter. T ; of vegetation, as well as of forest ‘trees. The activities carried on last ‘year are duly set forth in the renort | for the twelvemonth ending March 31, , 1922, recently issued from the press and which can be had from the Publiâ€" D prll gall 03 e CCCO2 S IORTZ TR S iB+ l ) st j rtant W(,rk’tinction between one \\_ho is a Jew i! po:}f?r.;:gd tl};; S::;t[)(l)gggio:nlaxmi-}i““'a”d]y and one who is a Jew outâ€" / mental Farms is that of the Divisicn;wa{,‘d'lg' ‘The axe i8 Inid unto the aoot [| of Botany. It is the function of t}?“t{Th(e.ki'nfz;sdmn does not bring an easy | division to deal, on the one hand, with | privilege for the Jew, but a ieen edge > agricultural botany, which finds °*â€"| test that will remove lives that are not , pression in the study of weeds, poisâ€" fruitful in good. _ onous plants, economic plants, shrubs| _ . The Faithfulness of John‘s and trees, and, on the other, with | hM“Sliie.. 1}9-”- 'Pl‘ant pathology, which concerns the| lev. 10. T‘ei";‘? e{ht .vep?;mvmon 7"'":; | diseases attacking vegetation. In it‘!gadda;ce(g;po}g Jo}(:n dfe; nflfmttge antiâ€"weed campaign the division "a"â€" i favor of the great, ncitiser is he a [ ries on a deal of correspondence W‘lth5demagom1‘o flattering the multitude. farmers who send in special weeds| He lays his finger upon the besetting for investigation, and in ddenti'fying'!s}ilns of each cless, and he demands a| and suppressi lants that by reason change. : of theirp poiso:fu;, properties endanger| _ V. 11. He that hath two coats. These the life of farm animals | were undergarments. John demands """In the work of plant .pathology fiw:unselfishnes-s _from the people. division exercises farâ€"spread influence‘-rhz’ ;sz, Publ&:ans; th“”‘;axfm‘he{mm' s C 3 man taxes on the Jews were in the study of diseases of all cl«asses,'g,t}mmd by men who severally conâ€" : of vegetation, as well as of forest tracted to raise a specified sum from trees. The activities carried on last| a specified area All over this sum year are duly set forth in the renort| belonged to them. These men in turn C for the twelvemonth ending March 31, engaged Jews to do the actual collect. ] 1922, recently issued from the nrese| in# of the taxes on the same nPinainks . funny ?" They rolled on the hay and shouted so loud with laughter that the horses and the cattle down below pricked up their ears.â€"Violet M. Robinson in Youth‘s Companion. The old gentleman regarded his grandson for a minute, then reached for an apple. processes," "Apples and cherries have more had sugar than other fruits," said Ted,-sy"‘t unable to restrain himself. "And I S:; heard one of the profs say in a lecture' but that while fresh fruits were chiefly ) anq of value because of their minerals and that carbohydrates, their acids formed whi« carbonates in the body and their vipe alkalinity helped regulate the body how "Of course, apples are extremely good,‘ began the mother of the little flock. * "The apple is a mine of food value. The juice allays thirst, contains minâ€" eral salts and is a little higher in calories than the orange and is easily digested." _Appes, bananas, grapes and figs are, I suppose, the best examples of food fruits. Dried fruits fall into the food fruit class, too, because in dryâ€" ing fruits by evaporation the water percentage falls to about 30 per cent. "There isn‘t much protein in fruit, I grant you that. But there are carboâ€" hydrates." | "Maybe so," he murmured gently containing more than 80 per cent. water are classed as flavor fruits, those having less than 80 per cent. water, as food fruits. ; "Apples, ; Less Canadian Fruitâ€" Agricultural Botany. va Scotia the Garnet, rmed the larger proâ€" to inspected and they | lific as some of the grown in other provâ€" d i {ly . _ ~ ""A timensions that they could not C 18 SASUY | senore It. In Join 1: 19 we read of a 'deputation sent to John to enquire if extremely he were the Messiah. That came . i of the little to be baptized, Baptism with John was a new rite. Ceremonial washings have more had a place in the Jewish religious said Ted, System. There was the ceremonial {. "And T Cleansing of the priests and the bapâ€" l lecture Pi°m,of Gentile converts to Judaism, M iR m s but Join demanded repentance of all ore chiellÂ¥ l and made baptism a symbo! Tor all of inerals and that inward change of mind and heart. ds formed which he demanded. â€" Generation of . and their vipers. John saw the real motive and | _ the body how subtle and maliciouns their spirit| |was. But John is no courtier. He arded hisfspeal)(sk_the fearless word to Pharisee; |as ing. | en reached ‘ V. 8. Bring forth . . . fruits worthy | | of repentance. Repentance is a change ; ed gentl'y.'of mind and heart evidenced in ai ~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"«» / change of life. This is John‘s demand ‘on all. We have Abraham. As chilâ€"| [dren of Abraham, the Pharisces} nd shou“dathouzht themsclves entitled to unconâ€" thg horsesi‘ ditional privileges in the kingdom. |â€" pricked up| John says that character, not race, â€" binson in"detcrminod the individual‘s relation to | the kingdom of God. Theso stones to : raise up children unto Abraham. John takes broad ground here and {akes . ny. the same ground as Paul in his disâ€" ; ant work| tinction between one who is a Imw . TORONTO [as pr:sible. : Fow‘s should be fed aces~* | their condition. If they are p>s; jto a long period cf laying ’sh:uld kave a ration rich in 6,] a moderale amount of pro e ‘a.nd sunflower seed, for instine the sitatem nnot snmiitinss . my . "_; _ "| L0 a great degree vroodiness influâ€" the system and condition. The aim ences the time of molt. Hens that must be to build up the reduced 8Ysâ€", shed their feathers late in the season tem rapidly. A hen‘s system may be take less time to molt. Tests show reduced to a low stage, by lack Of that in every case where the molt apâ€" feed, or by broodiness. Under such peared not to be influenced by the cireumstances the muscles holding the feeding, late molters completed the feathers relax, the feathers loosen,| work in less time than those that and when the new feathers start to molted earlier. grow, as the system is built up, the! The early mo‘ters lay more early old feathers are pushed out of the winter eggs, but they are not, necesâ€" way. The hen that goes broody in sarilf, the best yearâ€"round layers. the latter part cf the summer and â€" When fowls molt naturaily and well, gets in poor condition, molis when it is scarcely noticeable that they are hor eystem is built up again. Food!| mo‘ting, except in the accumulation of containing a great percentage of fat feathers about the place. Young hens muit, as a rule, be aevoided as much muolt musne . sn d i ue o Al moiters. _ They practically shed a!l feathers at one time, usua‘ly late in the season. Tise early molting hens drop only a few feathers at a time and, as a rule, are poor layers.. Not only what you feed a mclting k V Ves L S 1 _ _Just how the hen goes through her molt determines her success at proâ€" ducing eggs during the winter. It is largely man‘s ability to breed and feed that gives results. | A hen that possesses a good digesâ€" tive system, and a good cireulation of ; blood, will be able to take nourishâ€" ment out of the food and to distribu‘e it to the different parts of the body. Such a hen can grow a coat of feaâ€" thers in a short time. | When fall arrives all nature nreâ€" pares for the coming winter. Fowls respond to this call by shedding their old comt of feathers, which has done _such good service for a year, and grow the new crop which will afford them protection during the cold days of winter. Therefore, fall is the natural moXKing season. were not to bully the fioor_;l'or -]e\v blackmail on the rich, nor to mutiny against their superiors. In all these V. 14. The soldiers likewise were not to bully the poor n EP e oo ie is en en Inevitably this led to injustice tortion. John demanis of th Hithâ€"proq ucing |__V. 9. The axe is laid unto the a |The kingdom does not brin: an e | privilege for the Jew, but a ieen c | test that will remove lives that are |fruitful in good. | II. The Faithfuiness of John‘s ! ., > _ Message, 10.14. _ ninisatnt tA c s hi otcs us lfi ui Bc uid 93 _\ The character of king, governor, |ppj » |tetrarchs and priests given in the be"| * *"* l!u-lli(lys :g John‘s Message, ‘/ ginning of the chapter all suggest h id much the world rsgeded thegmtiurxl V. 15. The people were in expectaâ€" ‘ery of a prophet of God. What a con. tOX. The people were stirred by the trast John affords when contrasted P°TS0M@lity of John as well as by his with the gloomy tyrant Tiberius, the "*®2€C Might not this fearless and |adulterous Herod, the shuffling poliâ€" StrONE man be the Messiah Himself?, ‘tician, Pilate! 'What is his relation to the kinzdom?‘ ‘I. Fearlessness of John‘s Message, 7.9, For a lesser man there would have |__V. 7. Said he to the multitude, .'Iohn‘:'.f"" it great temptation to magnify|! cvidently spoke these words to the ""»%®!f. | Pharisces and Sadducees amon; tfi? V, 16. I indeed baptize . . . with crowd, Matt. 8: 7. Their interest in WAter. Unhesitatingly he bows in the: |John‘s message regarding the king. presence of a greater than he and| 'dom is not moral, but selfâ€"regarding \takes the lesser place. Latchet of | \They are concerned with their place whose shoes, It was the task of the |and power in the kingdom. The moye. menial to unloose the sandals of his: ‘ment begun by John‘s message was Master. John says he is not worthy | of such dimensions that they could not |to do even that humble service. Elseâ€" APouln? The Sunday School Lesson The Ministry of John the Baptist, Luke 3: 7â€"17. Gol Textâ€"Repent ye; for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand, Mait. 3: 2 (Rev. Ver.) to build up the reduced sysâ€" HNy. A hen‘s system may be to a low stage, by lack of by broodiness. Under such d instince, are thought i *+€ prorâ€"aue }&}'::!_',’ â€"thay same principle , influences _ The aim are â€" quick ‘ter, not race, al‘s relation to Phese stones to Abraham. John ere and takes aul in his disâ€" !. with) _It will help the day‘s work if each or Cii§‘af us WiH abart ang _i3 ""~ C CaLH|AK ce and exâ€" them honâ€" ng to i uy _ ; * _ 5)7 7 SYCe uoo mol #§+ such peared not to be influenced by the ; the feeding, late molters completed the sen,| work in less time than those that t to molted earlier. the! The early mo‘ters lay more early the winter eggs, but they are not, necesâ€" Y in sarily, the best vearâ€"round layers. arll ~ u) _ [2 0O PTF O N OCTOBER 15. They is over mot more quic Hens are likely molting, but reg T 20 OW CACE HIVs Hevesâ€" sarilf, the best vearâ€"round layers. When fowls molt naturelly and we‘ll, it is scarcely noticeable that they are mo‘ting, except in the accumulation of feathers about the place. Young hen« Jew outâ€" A very fat fowl is able to shed its feathers, but unable to renew its coat, while a very poor one will not have the strength to shed its coat. The best condition is between the two ertremes. To a wreat doonun innunAZinase t. a.. 8 f I do not call a molt hen‘thy where L mg a , the ken sheds most of her feathers i7 before the new crop arrives. To show Yellow that it is not in accordance with the he _ natural laws, consider the partridge, Father which is known as a wild bird. After C laying from fifteen to eighteen eggs, Then th . she hatches and cares for her young, it4 | then starts to molt. The process is very slow; the feathers drop one by Like a one, and at no time does molting ca ‘interfere with the flight of the bird. Shouthec Her molt is healthy because it is naâ€" Ag tural. Then why, in the healthy molt Whoe!s : of a hen, should not there be a rapid mt growth of new feathers to take the Wico orn place of the old ones 2s fast as they ing drop ?" t aut s l rich in oil and not lacking in protein. On the other hand, fat fowls shovld have a ration rich in protein to supply material to grow new feathers. Such feeds are o‘dâ€"process oilmeal, wheat bran, meatmeal, skimâ€"mill and cloverâ€" meal. It must be rememberei that feathers contain a large proportion of nitrogen. He also intimated that this sups one would exerciss a supcrior i ence. He himself baptized with wi but this coming one would bay with the Holy Ghost and with Water may cleanse in the rough, fire will entirely disinfect, â€" Fir the symbel of enthus‘asm â€"that wl ous dynamic which ever since made possible the thn‘‘l of great « secrations, of mighty conquests, stupendous martyrdoms. ing star to the sy ‘He was willin> to ‘that a worthi=r mi ‘a true nobility whi to recognize supe give it a more hon the dead cpposite « which overwhelms minds. Can we | acknowledge the n perior to our own? man. He from whic upon the v for th to pr summed uj ance and i in every case where the molt apâ€" »sd not to be influenced by the ng, late molters completed the in less time than those that V. 17. Whose fan is in his After the sheaves had hbeen trod the oxen, the grain was lifted â€" large shovel and thrown into : to s?nrate the grain from the Jesus‘ ministry is to be searchit the fire and separating like the erness. _ The greatness of John is shown in his taking his true place rather than the great place. Baptize . . . with the Holy Ghost and with fire. In his work as well as in his personality, Jesus is above John. Jesus comes to effect in the hearts of men that which John symbolizes in the baptism he uses. Jesus kindles. John symbolizes. Jesus creates, John deâ€" mands. I _ V. 16. I indeed baptize . . . with water. Unhesitatingly he bows in the presence of a greater than he and takes the lesser place. Latchet of whose shoes, It was the task of the menial to unloose the sandals of his master. John says he is not worthy to do even that humble service. Else-‘ where he likens himself to the friends of the bridegroom, not the bridegroom himself, to a voice crying in the wildâ€" demands John emphasized the fact that every coming of God in our midst demands a coming of God into our hearts, as the ruler of thougrht and J(,hn t noviceable that they are Ontâ€"half pounds coaurse ground wheat; pt in the accumulation of two and oneâ€"half pounds of any good t the place. Young hens Wheat flour; five pounds choppoed lean lm.‘*-h’ fllln dh On-.‘w; m"“r flM ounces of m()!a_\sh_,; ly to lose weight while three pounds of water; two ounces of regain it before molting SAlt, and four ounces of bakingâ€" lm. Bake oneâ€"half hour in the e e I" M« _ Mn W ay Applicatic ft l n tha zed with water would baptize and with fire t»}le rough, but n 1f P since h rreat eor in me p h 1t 17 18 ve no t1 iflu h S +1 wilder thrill, Clanking, huge and engineâ€"led, ; caught stacker, glowing rei Carne the kbeenest blest of all, hor ing and shril): So Came a gush of so farthest hill And your heart | h@fl“-.‘fl'}g’.t Cay When the threshor w its way. Again y Whoe‘s awo nd ty Kecipe for dog4breai Mother sime W W m y He H If we with the tion. we t} irier ders of his father and re high, with the presentâ€"day ities which have come to made a big mark in the 1 day, And if we go up and world we will not have to h: big lantern, nor a magnify to find scores and scomes : sands and thousands of men been m mirr ing c 2 bus its way did Take that man himse shrunk in his lifetime. knowledge, he is a bigy man than he was a fow is a better man than 1 He bas done things hi 11 ’ There is something in us that makes us reply, "That‘s so, Men have shrunk. We have no big men any more." That is our first, our most natural thought, But it is not worthy of us, and it is not true. I believe if this frien4 of mine were to think it over in his very heart of hearts, he would see that he was wrong; he spoke on the spur of the moment, as all of us do, and we do not express the decper, truer thoughts and feelings of our hearts Take that man himself. He has not Ch A friend of mine said the other day in speaking of the neighbors he knows, ‘"Men have shrunk. They are not as big as they used to be." nd and grold But h vou NUT+ , garnerer am I; king of all m in tune ; heart beat Harl e th v field « n no W The Thresher MEN HAVE NOT win nd never cou t4 sooly smoke from rred t7 whistled â€"Gertrude West H beat faster with a ter crops th slor, His s s and scores and thouâ€" usands of men who have _ successful than this e. The world never had men as it has toâ€"day. stan ither entine-led, sun» Seven and was on raldâ€" ive a very r. Oh pJ wn ir n 1 »'T