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2 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE, ©NT., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928 ^'lannNotes and Crippling i Pigs the seed produced from the small quantity seed a larger acreage. The lower the grade of seed the more weed seeds they contain, and generally speaking the lower the vitality and poorer the quality. Copies of the Regulations governing By Geo. B. Rothwell, B.S.A., Dominion the Grading of Seeds may be obtained Animal Husbandman. I by applying to the Publications In the case of rheumatism or crip- Branch, Department of Agriculture, pling in young pigs to which a brief Ottawa. reference is made in our new Circular - No. 61 on the Feeding of Swine, the Drainage and Oil for the Mosquito. Important point on which stress or j During the warm months of the year emphasis should be laid is that these mosquitoes are often a serious pest conditions are preventable rather than not only In rural and forested sections curable. In other words, with breed- but also in towns and cities. The ing stock, such afflictions can be pre- many species an dthe life habits of vented by housing out doors, feeding this Insect, as well as methods of con-with roots and alfalfa hay and a light trolling it, have been given serious meal mixture, never over-feeding, giv- study by the Entomological Branch ing plenty of exercise, fresh air, dry of the Department of Agriculture at quarters, and keeping stock generally Ottawa, and in Circular No. 62 of the In a healthy, firm-fleshed, clean con- Department, recently Issued, there are dition. I outlined plans that have been found With winter pigs the same thing ap- successful in bringing it under con-plies. Possibly the most important trol. The mosquito passes through facto ris that of feeding. According several stages in its life history and to what we find, rheumatism and requires water for its development, kindred maladies may be prevented Control measures therefore call for even under undesirable housing con- the drainage of stagnant pools and dltions where pigs are properly fed,' the emptying or screening of water mainly where they are not forced. At- j barrels and other receptacles In which tempting to force a winter fed pig the eggs may be deposited. Where with comparatively strong rations pre-1 permanent control by drainage is disposes trouble. Where the situation feasible, it becomes necessary to treat is complicated by the fact that the pig ' water surfaces with oil. A surprising-is housed in a cold, damp building ly small amount of this will spread it-and in a pen which precludes the tak-' self over a considerable surface, des-ing of exercise, stiffness and rheu- j troying such mosquito stages as are matism frequently appear. Where present. this pig is given quartetrs which ap- j In work carried on by the Entomo-proximate a shed open to a yard, logical Branch to control the mosquito where it is cold, but where the pig is in the district of Ottawa and in other supplied with a warm., dry place to ' parts of Canada, a medium grade of sleep, he is enabled to get exercise, pettroleum oil such as furnace fuel fresh air, and automatically dry quar- j oil has given good sattisfaction. The j Wahabi Rising Adds To Near East Unrest Arabian Peninsular Life, Never Dull, Takes On New Interest as Result of Raids this decision was made In order to compel Ibn Saud to provide a source of livelihood for them. Wahabl or Non-Bellever. These tribesmen apply the term "nonbelievers" not only to non-Moslems but to all persons who are not Wahabi. They consider themselves J the only real Moslems, and so greatly have they gained in power of late that they have come to be feared by all Jerusalem.--Life in the Near East ■ tne surr0unding countries, especially never becomes dull or monotonous, j 6lnce Ibn Saud at ^ head of nls Hardly does one sensation subside be- j army, entered Mecca. The best ex-fore something new arises to arouse I ample ot tniB fear i8 tne fact tnat the populace and eventually to cause : when the name Wahabl is uttered by some change in the political aspect of R sunnl or Shlite Moslem he immedi-the territory. The rebellions of the j ate]y adds. "May Allah protect me Druses in Damascus are still fresh in from him." the minds of not only the Syrians but I Another and quite contrary view all the peoples of the Near East, and J maintained by some Arab experts is now the Arabian Peninsula has be-. tnat Ibn Saud BeekB to attain more come the cenere of interest because' territory, and eventually to become of the raids of the Wahabi tribes and tne ruung power of the Moslem their attacks upon the peoples of Ku- world. It is for this purpose that he | is behind these raids and Is intimidating the surrounding peoples. Sunday School Lesson May 6. Lesson VI.--Greatness Through 8ervlce--Mark 10: 35-45. Golden Text--For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.--Mark 10: 45. I&troduction---In spite of Jesus' eltt, Iraq and Transjordan. Real ause Not Apparent. Outbursts is, however, hard 7 Is true that these "e Bsert," as they are called, ire a warlike people, wl antly find, of the . the »f differ ernment or betwe of the n sula is now in a state of great t. The Wahabis seem to be aiming particularly at Kuweit on the ao are con- Perslan Gulf Kuweit is a "Mashai-and pillage chah"--that is, a country governed by of Allah. To justify their sneikhs of tne Sabakh family. Tae lm »^cks on their neighbors preBent ru,er ig calied sheikh Ahmad, ery cleverly spread reports that Tne country coverB 4i00o Bquare -- doing these things because m]les an<J nas a popuIatlon o( 120,000. ices with the Iraquian Gov- Qf thege) aoout g0 0000 are resldent m the question of boundaries ,n tne port of Kuwe)t> wnile tne rest n them and Kuweit because problems. The real truth Skirt a Bit Longer. Picture taken at a race meet Paris portrays the desire of the Pari- Where with this method of j circular, which is obtainable from the j sian designers to bring back the long-housing, the methods of feeding are | Publications Branch of the Depart-based upon the use of comparatively j ment at Ottawa, gives explicit instruc-light rations containing some bran ■ tions for carrying out the oiling pro-and made up largely of wheat by-pro-; cess and tells how to organize control ducts and oats with a minimum of, campaigns for districts where the barley or corn, the use of some rough- mosquito is particularly troublesome. age in the way of alfalfa hay and culence in the form of roots, the pig may not fatten to such an extent during the winter months, but it will be thrifty, firm-fleshed, and will grow the frame that is required and on which the required finish may be placed toward the end of the feeding period and without untoward results. Where evidence of trouble appears, it Is, of course, first desirable to restrict and change the ration. Where ivlder ers, say at around one hundred poundi of weight, the use of Epsom salt is particularly good combined with lessened feed of a lighter character, containing more bran, wheat by-products and oats, and the use of a few roots. The use of Epsom salt, which is the t and possibly the most ef- Canada's Retreat From Prohibition "Our next-door neighbor, Canada, is an almost ideal proving ground" for a study of the drink problem, according to J. M. Campbell in April Current History Magazine, who pays . that "outside the Province of Quebec, of trouble appears in feed- . „„„ . , , ^ucuc^- t_______j___J.„_j__j_____j„ | whose inhabitants are largely French, the people of Canada are very much like ourselves. . . . There are three outstanding factors in Canada's century-old effort to find a workable solution of the liquor problem. One is the racial-climatic factor; another is the religious factor, the third is the geo- mrgeiy "of British11 birth or ancestry" and Britishers are i known particularly for "moderation the use of liquor," the author says it -* all extraordinary" that Dream Ships The great ships go out to sea Beyond the lighthouse tall; I know not when again they'll be Within our harbor wall. And my high dreams go out t At harbors far to call; I know not if again to me They'll ever come at all. ticed, might be, m so far as quantity Is concerned, about two ounces of salt per hundred pounds, plus one tea-spoonful of ginger, given in a pint of ,.. water. Mor mature breeding stock, | " four to six o s might t considerable proportion ... of those • As a matter of fact, I might say I W^ho.. ha™ made home ln Canada that we rarely, if ever, make use ofl^°"ld have brought with them ( any medicinal treatment of this kind j gh'y devel°Pe<J taste for intoxicant! at the Experimental Farm for the ' Ta, thereby the Problem with which simple reason that we prevent it by le^iBl&tion ^ to cope. In 1875, proper housing and feeding methods. Where any trouble Is noticed, at the start, we change our ration as suggested, arrange for more exercise, and the medicinal treatment usually applied is that of the administration of ■alts. Clean Seed. Canada's life, her very existence as legislation has had eight years after the Canadian Dominion came into existence, the power to prohibit licensed houses locally was Introduced by the Canada Temperance Act, a Federal law which was commonly known as the Scott act." This actt, which "appears to have been the first successful effort in Canada on the part of what are now called prohibitionists,' "was not widely adopted" outside the Maritime Provinces. "In 1908 It was in force In a nation depends upon her agriculture. Probably the most important phase of j only twenty-two counties or cities, of this great industry is grain growing, | which ten were in Nova Scotia, ten in and the crop yield, the harvesting and New Brunswick and two in Manitoba." marketting costs, depend upon the In the first two decades of the twen-luality of the seed. | tieth century prohibitory laws were Two phases might well be printed j adopted respectively by Nova Scotia, and posted in all places where seed j Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, grain Is bought and sold; "The Best1 Ontario and Saskatchewan, all of Seed Grain Is None Too Good," and ; which States have subsequently dis-"You Never Stop Paying for the Loss-1 carded prohibition, starting with Ales Resulting From the Use of Poor , berta in 1923 and finishing with New Seed." Brunswick recently. Thus "Five Pro- It seems hardly credible, yet H is ajvinces which, at one time or another, fact, that officers of the Dominion | have had prohibition laws, have Beed Branch found a farmer sowing changed front; three others are still with his wheat 495,000 weed seeds to \ dry; one is, as it always has been, the acre. In another case 472,000 ] wet." Turning to the factor of re-weed seeds to the acre were being, ligion, which the author deems of town. In other words they were very j "greater importance In everyday life carefully sowing a "smother" crop, j in Canada than in the United States," and much of the labor of cultivation we find that "the farmers and small was in reality making for a rapid ! towns people" who are known in multtiplication of weeds. The use of j Great Britain as "non-conformists" the fanning mill will correct much of , are Liberal and favor prohibition, this evil. j "Tne people of the factory towns and Farmers would increase their yields cities, the Roman atholics and, to and lower their operating costs by ! considerable extent, the Anglicans, using clean graded seed. The Domin- | are Conservative and oppose prohibi-lon Department ot Agriculture admin- j «on." After reviewing the history of isters through its Seed Branch a repealed prohibition acts, the author "Seed Act" which provides that all j says "it became increasingly clear seed offered or exposed for sale in | that prohibition was not the success Canada must come within minimum j its proponents had said it would be standards provided for the removal ; and in the end it became small, shrunken, immature tacks on one another. When they cept the doctrines of Wahabism, with Ibn Saud as their ruler, it was under-Stood that they were to be allowed to attack those Bedouin Moslems who ■efused to become Wahabl. They took part in the conquest of the Hed-3a* from the Hashimite family in the expectation that Ibn Saud would al-them to confiscate the estates of the Hedjaz, as had been their custom dnce the days of the prophet Mohammed. However, much to their sunrise, Ibn Saud not only would nott How confiscation of the estates of he Hedjaz, but he would not even impel the conquered people to accept ahabism. Whereupon the Wahabi enraged ana aecidea to rail do not propose to pay; it is the pl»fn-|back on their old practice of living by tiff who proposes that I should!" 'the power of the sword. It seems that There is a diversity of opinion. is under a British protectorate. Dur-among Arab authorities as to the ! ing that same year a treaty was also cause o fthese latest attacks. Some | signed between Great Britain and Tur-iattribute them to actutal hunger on: key whereby the latter gave up its the part of the Bedouins. Their cat-1 rights to the former in many import-tle had dwindled, and, being left al- j ant ports on the Persian Gulf, the penniless most of them were on chief one of which was Kuweit. Since fte point of starvation. Hitherto that time the British Government has their only source of livelihood had taken it upon itself to give full pro-been the spoils of their barbarous at- But the great ships, when o'er the sea, Their anchor chains let fall In some old port of mystery, Beneath some city wall. And my high dreams when o'er the At God's own Harbor call, And wait at anchor there for me, Beneath His City will. --Carl Holliday in the Churchman, Solicitor (in County Court)--"Ho^ ming about i nthe desert. The population of the city consists mostly be that it is in of gunni and shll(e MoslemK, besides blood of all Bedouins, and particularly the Wahabi, not to respect any order, and to rob their neighbors, and even their compatriots. Persians, Hindus, Christians and Tews. In accordance with a treaty dgned in 1913 between Great Britain and the Sheikh of Kuweit, the country Reared By Baboons, South African Boy Now Shuns Simians Restored to Own Race, He Now Is Given Charge of Farmer's Children and Is Noted for His Loyalty Twenty-five years ago two members of the South African Cape Police encountered a troop of baboons in a particularly barren stretch of country. As the men fired all the beasts scattered, save one, who lagged behind, states "The Living Age." Thinking they had wounded the animal, the two troopers rushed forward--only to find that they were not chasing a monkey a well grown native boy who hopped along on all fours like his Simian ancestors. He was captured with some difficulty -for without clothes he proved slippery handling--and was at once turned over to a mental hospital, which cared for him for a year. Gradually, however, he learned to speak a little English, and he finally proved so docile that he was committed to the care of one G. H. Smith, the owner of a large farm. Lucas, as the boy was called, had no recollection of his human forebears, though he did in time- disclose the habits of his baboon friends- He, renumbered one monkey that used to take him in its arms on cold nights, and he recalled joyfully how they would appease the hunger from which they constantly suffered by devouring crickets. On being interviewed by a local correspondent of "The London Morning Post," Lucas confessed that he had never been able to learn the meaning of time. Even sunset and sunrise mean nothing to him, and he is only capable of doing what he is told at the moment the order is given. Yet in spite of his drawback his employers say that they would not change him for two other natives. He can lift and carry two sacks weighing 100 pounds each; he runs a ten-mile errand without stopping once for breath and he will work a lathe unceasingly. tection to the Persian Gulf, therefore, not at all surprising that as soon as the Wahabi raids began, England immediately hastened to station a large air squadron and attachments of armored cars and warships at the port of Kuweit. They are now there, ready for action, if necessary. Gabby Gertie A tramp asked the lady of the house for a drink, and she brought him "a glass of water. "Here is a glass of water--pure, cold, delicious water," she said, beaming on the beggar. "What? You refuse it!" "I have to, ma'am," said the man wearily. "You could only attain the goal through sacrifice and siurrender, the disciples still preserved a very worldly expectation of what the kingdom of God would bring. Again and again we find them calculating their chances of preferment when Jesus should declare himself the Messiah to whom all power belonged. As the sun will shine out at intervals, and again be covered over with thick clouds, so the real truth regarding Jesus would break on the disciples' minds at moments, and again be thickly obscured by ambitious ideas of their own. One egregious instance of ambition blinding them to the Master's real thoughts is recorded in our lesson for to-day. James and John, the sons of Zebedee, ask for places on the right and left hands of Jesus in his kingdom. This provokes a well-merited rebuke from Jesus, and leads to a solemn lesson regarding the nature and methods of true greatness-The words spoken are among the noblest and most memorable which the , Master ever uttered, j Vs. 35, 36. James and John were inspired to make their request by the fact that Jerusalem was now very near. The solemn words of Jesus about his having to suffer and die had not prevailed against the glowing hopes of their youthful hearts that the event would be other than Jesus had said. They saw him victorious, established in power, setting up a glorious kingdom in IsraeL And with a truly Oriental ambition they saw themselves selated at hib side like satraps or viziers dispensing justice to the realm. So they come saying that they have a petition to make. Jesus asks what it is. V. 37. The request is accordingly stated. It is that the two brothers may have the right and left places of power by the side of Jesus in his king- j V- 38. Jesus' answer is that they !do not know what they are -asking. I Are they able to share with him the ! unexampled suffering which he now ! knows to constitute the only way in I which his Messianic victory can be I won? Jesus compares his passion to ! a bitter cup which must be drained, ! a fiery trial to which, as to a baptism, his soul must be submitted. Are bis ambitious disciples prepared to put the same cup to their lips, and to go down with him to the same fiery stream of pain and woe? Vs. 39, 40. The answer of the two disciples. "We are able," points to a remarkable self-confidence on the part of the two young men, but also to an undoubted capacity for heroism. Jesus feels the heroic element in it, and with a pathetic foreknowledge answers: "You shall indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with my baptism." James, we know, was later put to a martyr's death by Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1-2), and many modern scholars believe, on the strength of certain ancient testimonies, that John also died a martyr. But, while acknowledging the heroic purpose of the young disciples, Jesus adds that their request is ebyond his power to grant Only the Father in heaven could assign the places of honor in the kingdom. I. false ambition rebuked by jesus, 36-40. II. where true ambition should lie, 41-45. "Why cannot one learn golf by correspondence?" asks a reader. Most of the other modern languages are taught in this way. broken kernels or inert matter; that the seed itself be mature, plump, sound, etc.; and that the seed comply with minimum standards for purity and germination test. The highest grade of seed is termed "registered." Seed growers producing such "registered seed" are under Government inspection and their crops must be 99.99 per cent, pure to variety before they receive recognition. Crop registration is assigned by the Canadian Seed Growers Association. Samples of such seed are subjected to laboratory inspection, and the entire lot from which the sample has been taken is inspected and if found up to standard it is tagged and officially sealed. i would do well to secure a joke--the butt of vaudeville ors and small-town story-tellers." Lastly there emerged the principle of "control." "Will control do what license and prohibition failed to do-- will 'it promote temperance?' That is a question which time alone can ans- Disarmament Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph (Ind.): Canada has whittled down and starved both the militia and tae permanent force beyond the limits of prudence. Even Miss MacPhail, we imagine, would hesitate to advocate the disbanding of all Federal, Provincial and municipal police forces; yet that is the logical conclusion of the policy of small quantity of this "registered" j disarmament and the one is about as ;eed and the following season with sensible as the other. j Looks Like Mid-Night--But Isn't MID-DAY DURING ONE OF OLD LONDON'S WORLD-FAMOUS FOGS A snapshot, taken by a visitor at its height, gives some idea of the fogs that have made dear ole Lunnon l the Strand a few days ago at the time when the sun is supposed to be famous. V. 41. The request of James and John was naturally offensive to the other disciples, and they showed signs of their resentment- Jesus' reply was to call them all together, and to expound the nature of true greatness. V. 42. Jesus takes the illustration of the Gentile or Greek monarchies such as Syria or Egvot. In these now defunct kingdoms the one test of greatness was the domination of [Others, and in other existing kingdoms jit still was so. Men rose in rank as they were able to put other men under their feet. Jesus says that though this is the world's idea of greatness, it is not the true idea. Vs. 43, 44. The true measure of greatness is capacity to serve. T.ie truly great man is he who serves most. The more a man is willing to go down on his knees to help or rescue or otherwise benefit his fellows, the higher ho ascends in the true scale of greatness. Jesus says that this new principle is the one which is to govern the lives of his followeds. They must take their cue from Oriental courts- Self-sacrifice, not self-aggrandizement, is what is wanted. Primacy in the kingdom of God comes by low- V. 45. And Jesus points by way of illustration to his own example at this critical hour. Is he not the Messiah? And yet he can only come to his kingdom by being willing to lay down his life for the salvation of Israel. Jesus has already lived for men. He has made every surrender of himself to bring the people of his time to God. Now he knows that he will die to complete that work. The "many," who __ave hitherto listened to him, will be brought to repentance by his death. Thus his death will prove "a ransom for many." Compare Isaiah 53. ly proposals, said Senator Dan-durand, regardless of where or how initiated, that tend toward advancing world peace, should be encouraged. And if there is music in heaven, where do the musicians go when they have to tune their instruments