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2 the COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNe) ONT., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL MAY 1 Bible Teachings About Education. Deut. 6; 4-9; Proverbs 3: 13-18; St. Luke 2: 40-52.GoIden Text-Pro v. 4: 7. Connecting Links--The ideal human evident from such passages as 4: 9 Society will be intelligent, as well asiand Exod. 12: 25-27 that the teaching industrious. It will value learning as was to include the history as well as It values labor. It will seek the the laws, and much of the history con-healthy development and growth of tained in the Old Testament books the mind as well as of the body. It seems to have been written with this frill recognize that physical health teaching purpose in view. The chil-iand industrial efficiency are promoted dren were to be taught by story as by education, and will seek the best well as by precept, instructed both in means and instruments of education, j the history and in the law of their The training of its young folk will be, j people. Through that instruction they together with the feeding and cloth-1 were to learn to know and love the Ing of them, its chief concern. \ God of their fathers. Moreover the But this training and education will! teaching was to be not simply by be twofold, having regard for char- lessons learned in school, but also by acter as well as efficiency, and aiming talk and conversation, in the house at the making both of good workmen and good citizens. It will seek the highest perfection of both mind and Soul, both head and heart. The fine art of living together requires nol Jnerely diligence and skill, and effec- by the way, both evening and morning. Prov. 3: 13-18. Happy is the Man That Findeth Wisdom. The first nine chapters of the book of Proverbs have been appropriately called the "Praise fallen upon times in which society,; he frequently uses the term "My son" both national and international, has become exceedingly complex, and the right ordering of it demands the highest wisdom. We have become familiar with all sorts of theories, some them exceedingly crude tastie, of reform and reconstruction/work and God' and have heard again and again the dom, therefore, addressing his pupik. Wisdom is to him the divine plan of the world. It is personified as God^s architect or "master workman, of stands for the divine order in both fan- nature and human life, for both God's "*. A man's wis-seeking to know _ . lution. Our safety lies God's will and to do it. It lies' ._ in education, and a broader and better ordering his life according to God's education, and an education founded plan, for thus, and thus only, can h< npc:; Christian faith and morals. In live a true life. See, especially 1: 7 an educated Christian people lies our 3: 1-10; and 8. hope for the future. ! Wisdom is here presented as the Deut. G: 4-9. Hear, O Israel. The ; source of true happiness, as the great-book of Deuteronomy, in its present est wealth, and the most precious of form, comes to us from the early part all treasures. Wisdom promotes of the seventh century before Christ, health and long life, as well as pros-It is a new edition, prepared by dis- perity, and is compared to the tree of very high level, and are accompanied One can understand from this how by exhortations to obedience, based it is that the New Testament writers upon love to God and gratitude for all represented Christ a3 the perfect ex-His great kindnesses to Israel. The ample of wisdom, and the source of book makes love the strong bond wisdom to all who follow Him. Ir which binds Israel to Jehovah, and Christ they recognized one who per-makes love, therefore, the ruling mo- j f ectly did the will of God. In Him tive of conduct for all good Israelites.; they saw perfect faith and perfect The section of the book included chaps. 5 to 11 has as its text the 1 commandments (5: 7-21), obedience, and they sought to be them-n selves led by His Spirit. Christ was i- "the power of God and the wisdom of i series of finely conceived and God" (1 Cor. 1: 24), and in Him were impressive exhortations to loving "ail the treasures of wisdom and obedience, fidelity, and grateful re-'. knowledge hidden" (Col. 2: 3). ' A true education, therefore, will not leave Christ out. The knowledge of Christ, and of God in Christ, will be tted to memory"and"recitecf by its crown and completion. Knowledge They often carry out literally without the highest wisdom would be -------i- _«-------o ^ 9j yfj-ft. barren and unfruitful. St. Luke 2: msmbrance of God' The passage before us is held high esteem by all good Jews, and th<'r the commands of v--. ing the whole passage upon strips of 40-52. Luke s brief narrative of the parchment and upon door posts. We childhood of Jesus culminates in verse ourselves would do well to imitate 52. where He is presented: as a healthy, them in learning it by heart (v. 6) j well-tramed and well-brought-up boy, The first declaration is that Jehovah, advancing in wisdom and stature, and the God of Israel, is "One." Fori m favor wlth God and man, to a Israel He alone is God. The prophets strong, intelligent, religious and social manhood. Application. In a new country such as ours we have to guard against many dangers, and of these not the least menace i3 ignorance. An ignorant man is dangerous. It is in the dark, unswept and unwashed places that vermin taught that He was God of all tions, and Creator of the world, and that other so-called gods had no real existence. The commandment, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God is declared by Jesus to be the first and great commandment of the law, and is joined by Him ! ..... ■with Lev., 19: 18 and 34 (Matt. 22: breed and disease begins. Let 37-89). [light--open the windows--this is the Thou Shalt Teach. This is first of! remedy for the unhealthy room. We all a command addressed to parents. [ must maintain in our land an aggres-They aire to teach the laws of reli- ! sive policy of Christian education; we jjicn and good morals to their children.! must keep the newcomers from South-The reference is primarily to the ten ' ern Europe and from other countries commandments given in the preceding; where there is little education, well-chapter, but it may very well include, j informed. We are not afraid of the in our application of it, all that the i light, Bible teaches regarding our duty to j every welcome it; but 1 After years of experience in raising poultry on the farm, I find that my best aid in clearing the poultry houses of vermin is the kerosene For the eradication of the pestiferous red chicken mite I take an old brush and some kerosene, and go over all the roost supports, joints, seams in the nest boxes, uprights, and wall cracks with a penetrating coating of the kerosene. It is sure death to each and every mite it touches. I find that this is all the care needed in the hen houses, winter and summer, after thi spring and fall cleanings and thi usual whitewashings or creosoting of the interior surfaces, nests, roosts. I examine the roosts ally in the winter, every three weeks in the summer, brushing the sea and joints with the kerosene. If thi are any mites, they will appear, none, you can be thankful. But if their numbers seem legion, go every inch with kerosene. And this is not its only use. If the scaly-leg mite appears in your flock, take up the kerosene brush again and paint the scaly leg with it, being careful not to touch any of the feathers around the knee joint. Usually one application will kill the mite that works and causes this scaly appearance of the legs; but if not, I continue the applications until the legs are The powder shaker, with a good commercial louse powder, is the easiest remedy for lice. But with a farm flock on range, with boxes of ashes and dust baths available, it is seldom that remedies will have to be resorted to. The average hen will take care of herself under ordinary conditions. I use the powder on the setting hens at least three or four times, being careful to make the last application a few days before the eggs are to hatch. this i: sary and n inay be all that tiKzers ot.'d be scattered broadcast and harrowed in. Thorough preparation of the soil by plowing and working deeply is advisable. The land is finally levelled with a smoothing harrow and the plants set in rows three and a half feet apart and fourteen inches apart in the row. Closer planting .is unnecessary and does not permit of easy cultivation between the rows and epportunity of picking without tramping on the vines. The planting is done by pushing a spade into the soil, pressing it to one side and dropping a plant with roots spread fan-shape into the opening, holding the crown of the plant to the top of the level soil and pressing the earth firmly around the plant with the heel or some other way, and finally levelling with loose earth around the crown of the plant. This is quickly done. The importance of pressing the soil firmly around the plant Address communications to Agronomist." 73 Adeiaida St. West, Toronto Minerals in Swine Ration. i be of value oily in cases of fermenita-It is true that mineral requirements! ticn> and th«n oniv for a very short or swine is practically a new thing Period cf time. Extensive tests have i feeding swine, yet it promises to be P™ 5 cf the foremost steps in improved , methods of securing maximum growth and health. Practical feeders for years have been allowing their hogs access to wood ashes and to charcoal or soft coal and the like for the supplying of these minerals. Such substances have been very good, and did supply feme very essential material, and yet in the few experiments that are being- -.arte at any of the stations at this ti very great and the plant should betr"Lbrm,g °Ut,uf0n^ v*ry plant! ^ t t^p t0 th,s t,me !t £ that i body in the sa and has but very little use in a The minerals that are most likely to be deficient are calcium or lime, chlorine, sodium and phosphorus. These are the elements that enter into the formation of the skeleton in the larger amounts. It may be possible that iodine is sometimes needed, but this only ir. sections where there are > the sufficiently firm, so that if thi is pulled by a leaf the leaf will break 'before the plant will pull out. Onlyj young plants should be set; that is,-plants of the previous season's growth.! The planting should be done early, in I fact, the earlier the better. Much of j the failure with strawber to late planting. This is a job that can be done in the early spring, the sooner the plant becomes established the earlier the formation of runner plants, and the earlier these runner plants form, the larger and better developed are the crowns, without which strong stalks of well formed fruit are impossible. The summer cultivation should be shallow to kill weeds and form a loose surface in which the plant can root without difficulty. As the runners develop the cultivator should be narrowed, so that the runners are not disturbed after they commence to form _ble! hairless pigs, and that i that j fact that in some sections the soil i re being made depleted in these elements and thereto swine that fere the crops do net contain a normal originally made in the earlier amount. This can be easily and feeding tests, in which they attempted j cheaply supplied. The following ma-to argue from the complex to the teriala furnish the minerals common-simple rather than from the-simplei ly used very cheaply and at a very to the complex, which seems to the! slight cost: Sodium chloride or corn-logical way to approach these sub.'ects.! men salt> ground rock phosphate, It took scientists many years to' ground bone meal, either raw or awaken to the fact that some things I steamed, wood ashes, and many others, about our common feeding practices1 Common salt or sodium chloride would never be understood ur.t.': we! furnishes both sodium and chlorine i very simple plants and great c began with the ration and then worked plex one, so that an accurate check could be made upon the true value of various feeding materials, under varying conditions. The wonderfu. discoveries made during the past : rcarte have been ample proof that this was the proper method of making the feeding trails and more actual history as to the value of feeding mai ■ rials than has been accomplished avoid disturbing the plants at this, time necessary to isevera, guch periods previous t time. Some of the runners may be The Strawberry Plantation. l^X^^Z^,^ t Whatever else is neglected, one hand hoeing will be necessary to pre-! not *or any specific action which they should not fail to start a strawberry i vent weeds from growing later, plantation during tthe spring. Any It is wise to plan for a new plarrta-fairly dry area will grow strawberries. \ tion every year, as it is difficult to The ground should be one on which keep weeds under control the second water will not stand during the winter to form Manure at the rate of ten to fifteen tons per acre may be appli plowed under, or even more may be used to advantage if no other fertilizers are to be used. It is usually considered wise to apply five hundred pounds of a 4-8-4 fertilizer per acre. That is, one containing 4 per cent, of nitrogen, 8 per cent, of phosphoric acid and 4 per cent, of potash. However, if the soil is in good fertility plant. Blossoms are likely to develop on the spring set plants and these should be removed to throw all energy into the development of runners as early as possible. My Visit to England's Glass-House Farmers God and i • fellow It i Fight the Corn Borer. Observations recently made in Elgi County, Ontario, particularly in tl district of St. Thomas, by officers of the Entomological Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, and others, indicate that the European Corn Borer found in Canada for the first time in August, 1920, has through the winter in a very healthy condition. The Department urges, therefore, the assistance of all farmers in affected districts, in the efforts •which are being made in controlling this dreaded pest and preventing its further spread. The borer or caterpillar is the destructive stage in the life of the insect and it is in this stage at the present time within corn stubble, pieces of stalk, old ears, or parts of the corn plant which large enough to shelter it during the winter. Farmers, therefore, should realize the importance of destroying, at once, preferably by burning, all unused portions of corn stalks, cobs, waste, etc. Crop refuse around silos and also that left during the winter in infested corn fields should be carefully The little river Lea, rising in southern Bedford, flows eastwardly across Hertford to the border between Hertford and Essex, where it is joined by the Stort, coming down from the north, and, turning south in a broad, flat valley,, it reaches the Thames near the eastern limit of London, a total urse of some 50 miles. In this Lea Valley, there has grown ) a great glass-house industry, more than 1,000 acres now being covered with glass in a district some 12 or 13 miles long, in which are half to'dread the darkened j dozen towns and cities of 5,000 to 5< ' 000 population each. The men engaged in this industry had become so impressed with the value of scientific research in the problems related to their work, largely as a result of the Rothamsted investigations, that in 1913 they decided to establish an experiment station in their midst, having for its sole object the study of these problems. They association for this purpose, under the name of the Nursery and Market Garden In- Felds within the infested district should be kept free from weeds, as the borer has been found in thick stemmed grasses, ragweed, smart-weed, lambs' quarters, etc.--Arthur Gibson, Dominion Entomologist. Making Biddy Exercise. A fairly common practice among \ therefore organized poultry keepers is to suspend cabbage or mangels in a string sack on a cord. The object of course is to encourage' dustries Development Society, Limit- sufficient quant-ties. Steamed bone meal or ground raw bone meal furnishes both calcium or lime and phosphorus; wood ashes or kainit furnish potash, but this is not so often needed. A very good mixture consists of equal parts of salt and steamed bone meal; snother of salt and law bone meal; another of salt ar.d wood ashes; another of salt and raw rock phosphate very finely grourd. All of these may be mixed equal parts and fed in a self-feeder. Animals will consume about one pound of such mixtures each month; this can be provided for in this way: Mix a pound of the mixture with an expect to obtain, but simply because amount of tankage that they will eat it has been a time-honored custom, in about a month. If they are eating Such agents as sulphur, copperas, I about fifty pounds of tankage per charcoal, seem to have very little, if; month, then add two pounds of the I any, beneficial action for swine, and \ mixture to each ore hundred pounds ^ will h. f a ^rlnf' i ' if «<* given properly, actually of tankage and y, u are certain in this Dnln I , Ti ^V fnaTl Prov« ^ vet swine bidders ! way that they get that amount. If nW P mrl rT, T1?6S, have long used them in their tor u and j they are eating more, increase it, and ,m" mineral mixtures. We must depend ! if less, decrease it. This should be more on our late experiments to tell | very well mixed and fed in a self-us about these materials. At this time [ feeder; most animals will eat about sulphur is rarely used as a medicine; this amount of it, if it is fed alone by veterinarians, and then usual'.? in | iri a self-feeder; this will depend an ointment for its effect in killing somewhat upon tho individual, parasites of the skin. If it is taken) It is not advisable to attempt to into the animal's body in fairly large | furnish all the minerals that are doses over a long period it may bring j needed by the animal in this way, but • about a serious blood condition. It | there are certain feeds that are very turns the feces, or manure, very dark I rich in minerals, and much of the in color and gives it a very foul odor, minerals should be supplied through and should be given in very small i them. Among these feeds are alfalfa amounts until we learn more ab< ut it.! and clover hay, bran and soy beans. Copperas, or iron sulphate, is a com-] The hay can be, and should be, fed mon remedy, and while it may be, to brood sows in a rack during the given in small quantities for some j winter months, or when they are not time, it can not safely be given in i on pasture; sows will consume about very large doses; our latest informa-! one to one and one-fourth pounds per tion on iron is that it is a food rather; each one hundred pounds of body than a tonic or a medicine, and later weight per day when it is fed in this | day veterinarians use it in that way. t way; the use of pasture crops, such It is also thought to be a worm de- as alfalfa, clover, rape and the like, stroyer, but tests have proven this! also provide large amounts of miner-without any foundation; it is very j als for the breeding and growing ani-readily changed into another form mals. The mineral requirements for exposed to the ordinary atmos- swine need occasion the breeder no to be given it'alarm; it can be very easily handled, ten per cent, opportunity and ninety per cent, intelligent hustle. being made in co-operati cial greenhouses, under the guidance of extensive research conducted in the Rothamsted laboratories, in which the I find it best, how-: ed. In the spring of 1914, a site of j effect on the soil and on the growing to hang the green food only a about two acres, within the limits of | plant of a large number of chemical reasonable distance off the floor.' the town of Cheshunt on the mainj substances is being studied in corn-Jumping is strenuous exercise. It j London to Cambridge road, was pur- j parison with steam, brings parts under strain that the henj chased and buildings were erected,- Most of the difficulties encountered normally little Cm earlier ripening of a small part of the crop, but decreased the total yield by about 10 per cent. Houses in which the moisture in the air had been increased by overhead spraying have given somewhat larger June pickings of tomatoes, in three seasons out of four, than those not treated. In experiments with fertilizers tomatoes the omission of nitrogen i creased the yield, while the omission! ^ of potash caused a material reduction! pbere and if it in yield. The largest yield was pro-' shou]d be kept a duced by phosphates and potash com-:sib]e with the knowl,edge that we requires bined No further increase was pro- | have of this material at this time it is -duced by_ the addition of manure to doubtfu! if it is advisable to feed it the chemical fertilizers. j t0 g^.jne In the case of cucumbers, increas- charcoal is found in two forms, ing the temperature above 85 deg. F. that whjch is made from wood and sufficed to prevent the leaf-spot dis-; that from ^nes. The action of char-ease, and considerably increased the!coal is that ^ an absorbent, and its weight of the early pickings as well j functi0n in the intestinal tract is to as the total yield. absorb anv methane gas that may be Experiments in soil sterilization are generated in the intestines. This can rly dry as pos-j and quite inexpensively also; all it little good judgment i the selection of feeds, and possibly ome simple mixtures that we have iutlined in this article. Weli-ventilated quarters that are clean and cheery, and 'supplied with an abundance of bright straw litter, te.- 1 to make healthy birds, and such a i the birds that lay the golden eggs. chicken laying heavily, there ture if the cabbage ii deep, new litter, ir grain is sprinkled, i Cabbages and m spiked to boards or spikes. I like to split the mangels in half. Any green food can be mixed and fed in a hot wet mash. An optimist i man who believes ____ grow even better vegetables gathered up and destroyed by burning.' than the catalogue shows. When a flock is j consisting of an office, one botanical ■ by the gardener, under glass, are due is danger of rup-^ and one chemical laboratory, five cu-jto microscopic soil organisms. These, 5 hung high. Dry, I cumber and five tomato houses, and; under the glass-house conditions in l which scratch1 an isolation house for pot experiments which the natural action of such is a better exer- j and disease inoculation work. i organisms upon each other is inter- The county councils of Hertford and fered with, attain an importance that .angels may be Essex made small grants in support' is not reached in the open field, impaled on wall I of this work; the Duke of Bedford ; Among these are the nematodes 'contributed $2,000; the members of '■ (small eelworms that infest the roots) the society raised among themselves and the bacteria and fungi that cause aibout $4,000 for construction and as: the "damping off" of seedlings, and much more for a maintenance fund,! some forms of blighting of the ma-and the National Board of Agriculture ture plant. All these may be reached and Fisheries agreed to furnish nearly by soil sterilization; but there are $10,000 for construction and mainten- other organisms in the soil that are ance. The equipment was not com- beneficial--for example, the nitrifying pleted until September, 1915, and by bacteria. How so to adjust our treat-that time the war had seriously inter- ment as to hit our foes without injur-fered with the work, although the ing our friends is a delicate problem work was kept alive and some pro-; of strategy calling for the most elab-gress was made during the strenuous orate scientific research. To the sola-period of the war. j tion of this problem a very large part From the outset the work has been of the resources of the Rothamsted closely associated with that at Roth- Station are now being directed.-- part of it being conducted Charles E. Th the Rothamsted laboratories. With the end of the takpn in f ^hathotc^iSSs-1 HIDES-WOOL-! 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