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It should be emphasized that the alâ€" falia should be employed as litter durâ€" ing the winter months preceding the Dbreeding season, and the same treatâ€" amont given to male and females. By the simple procedure of using alfalfa hay for litter in the breeding pens at the Dominion Experimental Station, Summerland, B.C., a marked ducreas» in fertility and hatchability of ezgs has been noted. Experiments ‘ Taking the figures for two consecuâ€" tive breeding seasons, during the fAirst of which straw was used for litter, as azainst alfalla hay during the secâ€" ond, the following percentages are shown _ Exactly 20 per cent. better Tertility, and _6.4 per cent. botter hatchability of the fertile eggs were wbtained from the birds on alfalia hay than from those on straw litter. Mortality of the chicks up to three meeks of age was under two per cent. in each case. ber and quality of the chicks hatched each spring, that any knowledge that wou‘ld increase the fertility and hatchâ€" ability of the eggs and the livability of the chicks is important. Alfalfa in the green state has long been recognized as an ideal poultry foed when used in conjunction with the usual grains and mashes. It is only necessary to see a flock of birds ranging in a young stand otalfaifa to realize that this quickâ€"growing, tenâ€" dor plant contains some extraordinâ€" ary healthâ€"giving property. It is used extonsively as range, or as cut green feed ior birds in confinement during epring. summer and fall months, in most alfalfa growing areas, but the vailue of the hay as a winter feed is not so generally known, states D. G. Denuy, Dominion Experimental Staâ€" tion, Summertand, B.C. Better Results It is the constant aim of all successâ€" fu! poultrymen to develop and mainâ€" tain high standards in the vartous phases of their work. So much of the vear‘s success depends upou the numâ€" You may reach the barn sately and the door opens easily to its cold dark interior. Since all‘s well so far you confidently start across the barn inâ€" terior to quickly do only the necesâ€" sary things intending to hurry back. However the little imp of darkness is seated here just inside the door and laughs to himself to see what will happenâ€"Bangâ€""Oh, there." And here is the rake to step on jutting out at a fortyâ€"five degree angle, all ready to hit you most unerpectedly. It did seem the place was practically empty} a fow hours before but someway or| other is isa‘t now. At last the inner door is reached, the hook is qulckly‘ liited but on entering even the hook has a most unusual way of catching lnl your sleeve, far back too, where one Use Alfalfa Hay In Breeding Pens Now you might be very sure you knew just where to put the food in the dark so they could be quickly fed, but isn‘t it strange, the minute you start out with that innocent looking dish of food things begin to occur. For one thing perhaps the animals must be fed. "Better late than never," grumble our confined defendants in the dark barn as they at last hear the familiar purr of the car coming hurâ€" riedly up the lane. Doing Things in the Dark. Did you ever come home later than and fall to arrive before the mantle of darkness had descendsod? It may be usual on one of these cold misty days something nseded to be done in the dark; Something that is swiftly and easily accomplished in the light. I will seek to change saduness and Buffering to happiness or comfort. W. Wentzel. xperiments Prove Increase in Fertility and Hatchability of Eggs MUTT AND JEFFâ€" _ By BUD FISHE JEFE wHAT Are] / x Ain‘T RaAT Elénteenâ€"baAY |/ Listen! cve Y:'éof,fl'“e’ ;‘T"\""‘i! piet is creat (r eaten So MANY * s | Eruir | ate a _ STVFE, AIN‘T (T5)) Paatr + CANS | GRaPeffuiutr:) mM Gwe myseLce 41.#3 2 A SHOWERBATH 7 :Â¥ * wilHt A sPoonl: ? 5 ram y Py a 4 ) 3 K 4 A t ; h. SEp ~ 4 wl mAÂ¥ C aPaR o T | P } m p f | We ""7 e <â€" e @ | f | C ‘f TB 82 * SA 4 1 F ’ P d C p 6 L 4;, e 'Qz e 34 J d 4 Q insd /d 4 h’"‘ Vfi ‘ 6n cz l / j :’} 3 f‘, * Fimâ€" @»| || «l If e > ul | ' i e q # 1/ S yc ** o es %fi bion [ 24 t‘. E' R ‘ ba: . i _ _A Â¥+»» i h :\'\ * e s .. * f 3 § s _ n @§ P s _ en n e MARJZE ANN BroT "To make speeches worries me as much as trying to play good golf."â€" Prince ‘of Wales, London.â€"The unusual event of three Queens shopping together was witnessed here recently at an exhiâ€" bition of the work oft disabled exâ€" service men at Londonderry House. Queen Mary of England purchased a velvetâ€"lined beauty casket, a stool and bridgeo scoring pads. Queen Ena of Spain bought a vanity case, and Queen Maud of Norway ordered a number of small articles. All three bought workbags with tortoise shell handles, 3 Queens Shop Together _ At Exhibit in London "By his optimism. When there is a drought he keeps predicting rain, and when it‘s raining he says it is going to clear off." phet ?" "How did Brown come to be so highly esteemed as a weather proâ€" It was pointed out that the greater number of electrocutions took place in the rural districts, where, unlike the cities, electric wires have not been placed underground. High tension lines throughout Euâ€" rope take their annual toll, says M. Delamain, of pigeons, swallows and fleld larks. Many of the larger birds are electrocuted when their hasty landing sways one wire against another. Paris.â€"Numberless _ spectacles of whole flocks of birds clamped rigidly to fatal telephone and telegraph wires, or crumbled limply on the ground beâ€" neath, have moved Jacques Delamain, French writer, to predict the graduali extinction of bird life unless changes are made in modern overhead electrici contrivances. But in our fortunate day and genâ€" eration we have the lights of educaâ€" tion in all their myriad forms to throw out beacous over the dark waters and as wo work, gaining by experience little by little, the paths become surer and more pleasant in proportion to the worth while things chosen in life. How much better we can do things if we have light. ‘ Uninsulated Wires Take _ Heavy Toll Among Birds Taking it seriously this does seem to apply to life with its experiences. The darkness of ignordnce of the unâ€" tried and of doubt seem always makâ€" ing things harder than they really are. If we iust had a ray of light we feel we could do things :o much better. Or perhaps in the house an electric light bulb is suspended in the middis of the room at the end of a Jong cord. The telephone peals out suddenly in ’tho darkness. The elusive light bulb so near and yet so far is most evadâ€" ing to the waving hand. Back and forth it waves as well as around, and around, until in desperation you give up. Then there it is ju : where you least thought it to be. You may feel like the Irishman who was carefully groping his way in the dark room putâ€" ting his arms straight out to feel for the door. The door was half open so of course he walked right into it, bumping his nose.. Rubbing it dubiâ€" ously he said. "Sure and this is the first time I ever knew me nose was longer than me arm." a must wiggle and twist to get free. Then over goes a water dish. Truly one wonders in self pity, what is going to happen next, when a warm furry body nuzzles up with a contented "Thank you," and you feel repaid for all these happenings. ‘ Paul warns Timothy of the perils that lie in his path. "Grievous times shall come," he said. "Men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastâ€" ful, haughty," chap. 3: 2. ~Did he speak of the first century, or of the twentieth? Still there are those amâ€" ong us who seem by their words and actions to be "lovers of pleasure raâ€" ther than lovers of God." But while{w "evil men and imposters wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceivâ€" ed," Paul counsels Timothy that he continue in the things which he had learned in his childhood‘s home, "the Holy Scriptures which are able to make wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. Timâ€" othy had learned the scriptures of the Old Testament. The New Testament was yet in the making. Our wealth of holy scriptures is much greater than his, and Paul‘s exhortation comes home to us with even greater force. Nowhere is the supreme valve of the Bible more perfectly described than in his words here written, vs. 15â€"17. There are two savings â€"f modera writers that may well be used of the home in Lystra. "A woman who cteâ€" ates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be : rong and pure men and wor en. is a creator second »ily to God." "When home is ruled according to God‘s word. angels might be asked to stav a night with us, and they would not find themâ€" selves out of their element." ‘ II. GoOD HOME TRAINING, 2 Timothy l:‘ 1â€"6; 3: 14â€"16. 1 This letter is believed to be the last writter by Paul. He was for the secâ€" ond time a prisoner in Rome gv. 8) about the year A.D. 63 or 64. The letâ€" ter contains "the outpourings of the apostle‘s heart, when he felt his death to beâ€" imminent, to one who had been his faithful companion and assistant for many years. It shows tender anxiety for his ‘beloved child," whose strength and weaknesses he well knew, and upon whose piety and wisdom so much of the churck‘s future would depend." 2. Of mixed parentage, his father a Greek and his mother a Jewess, he must have had the advantage of a knowledge of the two languages, and gui}t;e possibly had a good education it oth. * 1. THE HOME IN LYSTRA, Acts 16:; 1â€"8. The town of Lystra was in the proâ€" vince of Lycaonia in the southâ€"eastern parts of Asia Minor. It was one of the places visited by Paul and Barâ€" nabas on their first missionary jourâ€" ney (Acts 14: 6â€"18) and it was then in all probability that Timothy first heard the gospel preached. On Paul‘s second journey he took Timothy with him, no doubt both as disciple and helper. Paul speaks in high terms of his mother, Eunice, and his grandâ€" mother, Lois, 2 Tim. 1: 5, and of the careful instruction in Holy Scripture which he bhad received in his home, ‘21 Tim. 3: 14â€"17. And, we are told, he4 "was well reported of by the brethrea that were in Lystra and Iconium," \'.' Paul‘s references to Timothy in his letters to the chrches as well as his letters to Timothy himself, show how highly he regarded his younger friend, his "beloved and faithful child in the Lord." In Paul‘s second and last letâ€" ter from prison in Rome he begs Timâ€" othy to cothe to him, 2 Tim. 1: 4; 4: 9. The writer f the Epistle to the Hoâ€" brews speaks of him as having himseif been imprisoned, but afterwards set at liberty, Heb. 13: 23. " 1â€"6; 3: 1/â€"16. III. PAUL‘s APPRECIATION or TlmMotHy, Philippians, 2: 19â€"22. k INTRODUCTION â€"There is no.hing finer in the New Testament than the friendship of Paul and Timothy. The Bible makes this contribition, and several others to the story of great friendships, for example, Abram and Lot, David and Jonathan, Jeremiah and Baruch,. Most significant of ail is the group of friends which vathered about Jesus, Joha 15: 12â€"15; Luke 12: 4. Nor should we forget the close comradeship on long journeys of Panl and his physician, Luke. | to make thee wise unto saivation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.â€"2 Timothy 3: 15. I. THE HOME IN LYSTRA, A«s 16: 1â€"3. II. coon ome TRAINING, 2 Timothy 1: December 21. Lesson Xiiâ€"Timothy (The Influence of Home Training) â€"â€"Acts 16: 1â€"3; Philipplans 2: 19â€"22; 2 Timothy 1: 1â€"6; 3: 14â€"186. Golden Textâ€"From a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are lblp Sunday School ‘â€" LiSsTEni PVE eaAten so man‘y CGRAPeFRuUITSs THAT & caAn CGWE mySseELFP A SHOWERBATH Toronto.â€"Valuable deposits of raâ€" dium ore have been discovered near Halburton, and the Ontario Radium Corporation, headed by Toronto docâ€" tors, is developing the find. The ore body is believed to be the richest yet found, The discoverers believe the finding of this body of ore will cheap en the cost of the valuable mineral considerably. 1 Five minutes later he returned with the lid from a dustbin. He put it near the shortâ€"sighted man, and said, "Here, can you see this?" "Yes," said the man. "What is it?" "Well, it‘s either a halfâ€"crown or a twoâ€"bob piece," was the unexpected reâ€" ply. \ Hopeless A man who was very shortâ€"sighted went to have his eyes tested. After asking him to repeat the letters on the test card without success, the specialist grew impatient and left the toom. ' Not only mother, but Aunt Jane, the neighbors, grandma or anyone who seeps house vould find these litâ€" tle labels useful when _ preserving time comes again. And the cost is so little it is entirely negligible, If the children are especially active, you might suggest that they draw a tiny picture of the fruit they write the labels for, such as a little red apâ€" ple on the stickers for apple jelly, or a cherry for cherry preserves. Get a couple of dozern white stickâ€" ers, preferably without color around the edges. Let the children print the _word, "Cherry", "Apple" or "Quince" on different ones and in difâ€" ferent colored crayon, ink or paint. Printing jelly and preserve labels on ordinary white stickers is one litâ€" tle thing they can do and which will be useful and acceptable when done. Children love to make Christmas presents for their mammgs, if someâ€" one ounly will tell them what to do. And we from every burden seemed released. Range beyond range, we saw the wooded heights; And far away, backed against pale gold, Their rightful lordsâ€"unspeakable deâ€" lights!â€" Their purple splendor sturdily up * hold, While, climbing slow, the moon and eve‘s first star Ts Led every thought to heights more‘ cool and far. â€"From "A Book of Poems," by John‘ W. Chadwick. (White Mountains, 1875) Building our beacon fire, we spread our feast On the bare cliff high up against the It must have been to Paul a groat comfort in his )fng imprisonment {Acts 28: 16, 30) to have at hand so true and loyal a friend, a friend who had the same interests deeply at heart, who really cared for the things he cared for and absolutely to be reâ€" lied upon. Such a friend was Timothy, product of a good home, "a good minâ€" ister of Christ Jesus." one like him for genuine ‘nterest in your welfare. Everybody is selfish, inâ€" stead of caring fo: Jesus Christ. Put you know how he *ss stooi th test, how he nas served with me ir the gospel, like x son helping nis father," vs. 20â€"22. ages and bring Fim tack word of their welfare, "that 1 also." he said, "may be of good comfort when I know your state." Moffatt renders: "I have ns munity at Philipfipi, written from Rome dvring his first imprisonment, Paul bears very high testimony to the character of Timothy. He was hoping to send Timothy on the long journey to Philigpl that he inight bear messâ€" ages and bring Fim tack word of their III. PAUL‘S APPRECIATION ¢ Eastward a few lone clouds went sailing by, As more and more the sunset glow increased, ad every sound of bird and leat had ceased ; Far down below, we could the stream espy, Seeming at rest all motionless to lie; In his letter to the Christian comâ€" Mother‘s Xmas Present Valuable Deposits TORONTO Crow‘s Nest Petorâ€""No, but it came near enough for me to hear its propeller." Motherâ€""It hasn‘t bitten you, has it, darling?" Peterâ€""There‘s a mosquito in my room." On a Strafing Cruise "Why ever are you sitting there when you ought to be in bed?" through your town, And you grow sad to see the troes turn brown, And find their beauty lying at your feet. â€"Robert Gates. recall f The sorrow of cold days when trees are bare, While far away other proud trees let down f Their golden hair, their leaves fall to the street In sorrow. Their darkness and defeat Sends the same music echoing Here is blue dusk and poplar leaves are falling, Sma@ll, golden notes of autumn on the air, Music, not heard but dimly seen, and fair A bells of birds upon the evening calling From unseen towers and answering everywhere ‘ Music with joyous beauty in its fall ‘ Of colour, music whose undertones: Style No. 2812 comes in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 38 and 40 inches bust. Size 16 requires 3% yards 39â€"inch. Bordeaux red canton crepe with beige trim, black transparent velvet with lace, burgundy brown patterned crepe woolen with plain blending crepe and black crepe marocain are charmâ€" ing ideas for this model. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Survice, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronts. Picture yourself in this captivating modél in rich dark green crepe silk dotted in onyx jewels. To make it even more elegant whive cobwebby lace trimming pieces are placed on the sleeves and accent th» sunburst neckâ€" line. Its distinctiveness and individuality will have instant appeal with the smart woman. Paris interprets the a. cernoon mode in simple lines and rich {abrics. BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON IMustrated Dressmaking Lesson Furâ€" nrished With Every Pattern What New York Blue Twilight Music Mutt Donates Jeff‘s A teacher in a LaGrande (Oregon) school asked her pupils to tell who the world‘s smartest man is, and give the reasons. One urchin suggested Thos. Edison "because he invented the phonograph and the radio so people could stay up all night and use his electric light bulbs. Foxglove ente d the very expensive luoking restaursnt and called over the waiter. "What have we today?" he asked. "Roast beef fricassed chicken stewed lamb baked and fried potatocollegepudâ€" dingmilkteaandcoffee," the waiter reelâ€" ed off. "H‘m," pondered Foxglove, "give me the third, fourth, sixth, eighth, and "Are any of the Christmas maga zines out *" "Looks like an early winter this year." & "That is very strange," murmured the magistrate. "And what is your business, might I ask?" "Yes, yer honour," replied the thickâ€" set individual. "*You say you were quietly minding your own business and making no disâ€" turbance when the police officer came and threatened to strike you if you didn‘t accompany him to the station?" The magistrate was questioning the man in the dock. What! You think the doll must have been broken on its trip down: the chimney! Oh, no! It was an unbseskâ€" able doll and was quite ready with its best painted smi‘e when Lucy anâ€" wrapped it. Merry Christmas, dears‘! At last Santa remembered. He made his reindeer fiy for all they were worth, till the tall chimney of Lucy‘s garret came in sight. He lowered her parcel down the chimney, because it "was too narrow to climb down; jumping back into his sleigh and away he went home. "Surely, I meant this little doll for somebody," mused Santa to himself, So he pondered and pondered and pondered. Just as the first streaks of dawn climbed into the sky, he found his bag empty of everything but one little doll. » a busy man Santa Claus was that night! â€" What a lot of dolls, trains, books, balls and all kinds of toys, he placed in various stockings. . Yet all the fime a little demon of worry was tugging at his heart. . What if he had forgotten something! imagine how St. Nicholas ever IOTB! poor little Lucy. The night was beautiful and starry and nearly all the world was covered in a beautifui olanket of white. Such :) divdiclfins ares advainttaoelieirtzin ove This year, Santa bad a bigger load than ever. _ He thought be had reâ€" membered everybod}, but I am sorry to state he had forgotten one little girl. _ Her name was Lucy and she lived in a garret with her father, who was a poor newspaper dealer. I can‘t x | steak ang Kidney Pic, English Style, By JEAN BROUGH |\ ne and onebalf pounds steak, % This is a tale of Christmas for litâ€" pound kidney, % pint & rtock or tle folks. _ You all krow that £004 water, 1 tablespoon flour, 2 teaspooms St, Nicholas lives in a beautiful castlo salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, faky pastry. lnthemmrthtuumlllnu'.h cutstukhtoahntflu about 1% makes toys for good boys and &!"!8 inches wide, roll up and dip in four all over the world. When ChristmaS ang seasoning mixed, put a layer at night comes, he harnesses his beaut! (pa bottom of Pig dish. Slice kidney ful reindeer to his big sleigh, *PUtS ;hin, remove all the fat, season and his bag of toys on his back and fles pyt a layer of Over the steak and conâ€" through sky and . stars and â€" SP4C% gipyue until dish is full, raising it nice around the world. He visits nearly 1, ;n the center. Half Sll the diskh every home, climbs down the chimâ€" with stock or grayy, wet the edges of ney and fills our stockings full of the dish and cover with strips of good things if we deserve it. _ _ | pastry, moisten these and cover with D M m doinn ds smmdt Aimain. "I‘m a burgler, "came the reply A Tale of Christmas St. N By Syllables VEA AMLY "*:o~nce. T s 0 0 mAE CECG ne.u‘“n"'. "all but the three next door,"â€"w LC Miamt Shores, Fla., Parent‘s Mams wima , "You say you are well recommendâ€" ec?" she said. "Indeed I am, madam," replied the | girl. "I have here thirtyâ€"cight exceiâ€" lent references." | . ."That seems all right," said the misâ€" tress of the hous. "And how long have you been in domestic service?" "Just two years, madam," said the swered Molly, time?" * _Well, darling," she continu@d, "one can never tell," He looked thoughtful. "Then I think you‘d better marry a fireman," he said resolutely, this year, Didn‘t you father promised you a came out at the top?" Moliy miserably. "Tp, you work harder?" agske ""What have you been you you go through fire "Eh?" He st think that it will "Well, darling, can never tell," They fire. ‘"Molly," said th-Q girl‘s teacher, "I this omm e anialg.o 90 2 Williamson was talking to a sailor friend at the docks. "And you wouldn‘t begin a journey on a Friday*?" he said. ‘"Not I," agreed the sailor. Williamson laughed. "I can‘t understand how you fellows can have faith in these silly esuperstiâ€" tions," he said. 1 54 The sailor looked indignant. "Superstitions be blowed," he reâ€" plied, "Saturday‘s my pay day." girl, The mistress of the house was quesâ€" tioning a girl with aview of engaging her as a maid. |â€"cold weather At the same time I cook 4 package of spaghetti or marcaroni in salted water. When done, I add to the meat and put in a few tiny thin slices of the stems of lettuce if I have it or minced jettuce leaves. Cook together perhaps 5 minutes, then add % can of tomatoes (10â€"cent size). Use more or less as desired, Serve as soon as it starts to boil again or set way back on the stove. I cook this in 20â€"to 30 minutes and serve usually with hot biscuits. + Prune Apricot Pie. One cup cooked prunes, 1 cup cookâ€" ed apricots, 13 cup sugar, 2 tableâ€" spoons flour, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, prune and apriâ€" cot juice. Cut prunes and apricots into pieces and mix with sugar and lemon juice, Line tin with pastry and cover with fruit. Pour on fruit juices. Dot with butter and dredge with flour. Put on top crust and bake. Hamburg Steak Dinner. One pound bhamburg steak fried in butter and not made in cakes. To the meat I add 1 large onion and Z small cloves of garlic, salt and pepper. "Billy, butter, make an appetizing dish for Spanish Cake. One sup sugar, 2 eggs, ‘%4 cup sweet milk, % cup shortening, 1% cups flour and 3 teaspoons baking powder. Mix in order given. Bake in moderate oven. Flavor with cirnamon, etc., to ISums PEA CCCCCT O cooked peaches. Put a Iayer of bread in a pudding dish, then & layer of peaches, alternating layers until dish is filled. Add the juice of 4 lemon to 1 cup of peach juice, then place in a moderate oven until brown, Serve with cream or custard, Remove crusts from four slices bread. Spread with butter and cut each #lice in three pleces of uniform size. Drain the juice from 2 cups of en n ue pastry. Cutnbololncenttfuuho- orate top of pie with leaves of pastry, brush with eg£ and put into a quick oven for about 10 minutes, then bake slowly about 1% hours altogether. When pie is cooked, fill up with wellâ€" seasoned grayy. Lurm, PCMERRE CC T put uhyorolonrthcsmkulu.- tinue until dish is full, raising it nice ly in the center, Half Sll the diskh with stock or grayy, wet the edges of the dish and cover with strips of pastry, moisten these and cover with P [ 340 Sgur unds somek Sm A Good Collection The Only Reason were seated in the glow of the Not For Him He started. "Dâ€"dâ€"do you it will be necessary?" Peach Betty. use several kinds myâ€" my pay day." tell me your four ‘for 206 l s l CHRISTMAS wy We hope you have abo; With nger a care or w And that you ket on wealth, And get it in a hurry. We wish for you an o A past that‘s free from We hope you guessed right sna saw yor profits Be may your skies un And sunny be your w And if you meet advers May it weigh as a feat If the Christmas mean making others Kuletide will not hold lowing other . R spen t think of ire for you Consit is briet The ; May H Bring sald Bittl and CC der Phe wh« Fric Hugo Was, Ani "What 4 Man. "I the Irish selt by 1 Hugo Ecken that the Graft 1930 fying &« and given & * #ng the wint fath amo dom waist, sw10 i# around y« the Irishma M der 1 couldn‘t bre ed the elder Babylonian ! M use( Cladys ANOTHER in Now that w« C raf Is BUDâ€"de id th\ D {) LG 8 Are by Will W