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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, »NT.. THUPSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921. British Bacon Market Goes Back to Old Requirements. a Ag.u selecting1 that i1 : ly sto Selecting the Seed Cor You can make good i your seed corn in the field. A very successful corn grower told me that he attributed his success as water, a grower of corn to the fact that he maJ' mo',(i or be mp made a practice of carefully selecting: in&- Dry corn will his seed each season in the field. He cold weather, and electing,! proper:y If it i The British bacon market has reverted to the rigid limits of weight for Wiltshire sides. During the war the demand for bacon and for fats generally was so keen that the limits I were relaxed, so that for a time W = st. Toronto. Wiltshire side weighing anywhere selected, be sure/tween 45 pounds and 100 pounds :ivied and proper- accepted. As a consequence there »« taered in the field not the same discrimination made by;£°th they would P* large amount of packers' buyers between the prices proper: y dried :t ror light and heavy hogs and the price ed later by freez- paid fcr select hogs. The extraordin-' °" ' not be injured by ary demand, however, is over. The' Elephan on. that matures fat, lard-t;,pe hog is at a distinct dis-'fnends-can often be count in Canada. So with the light- Once upon a time the king of the Brest lost his best tooth. A tooth \ ^ is a very important possession of a be"j.king, and old Leo dared not roar orj vas | smile, in the presence of his subjects, because once they missed that sharp AUGUST 21. Paul Prepares for World Conquest. Acts 15: Golden Text--Acts IS: 11. 1-16: 5. for his Z\ The old 1 • eight hcg; it should'be finished c sad thought stored without taking extra precau-to it than to any other operation in j toons. growing the crop. ! But if the corn matures late and A little thought will convince any contains considerable moisture when istry's limits for Wiltshire w«c intelligent corn grower that the best jth* first f rost occurs it will be nec- pounds to 90 pounds. The market seed can be secured only by field \ ess«T to dry it by artificial heat ir selection. In no other way can the ] order to obtain seed of the best qua! grower know the character of the^ty- It is always the safest pi: irefully the seed son. If you do not have a regular corn-drying room you can use the kitchen, the attic, or some other warm, well-ventilated place. When the corn is thoroughly dry, it can be transferred to a more convenient place for winter storage. If for any reason you are unable to select your corn from the standing stalk before harvest, the next best time is when the crop is husked. A box for seed ears can be attached to the side of the wagon. In this way they can be kept separated from the Even though you select your seed corn in the field, and store it carefully, do not fail to make a germination test before planting the next spring, if you want the best results. Corn properly selected and stored will probably grow, but it doesn't pay to take chances. The germination test before planting will insure a good stand. Bordeaux Mixture. The standard Bordeaux mixture which is commonly used on grapes, potatoes and other plants for the control of fungus diseases, is made of four pounds of copper sulphate, four pounds of stone lime and fifty gallons of water. In making small quantities trie lime should he slaked with hot water and diluted to about twenty gallons. The copper sulphate should be dissolved in stalk upon which the ear was produced. Seed of strong vitality, that will germinate quickly and make a vigorous early growth, even though the weather is slightly unfavorable, is absolutely necessary if you are to obtain a good stand of corn. Do not underestimate the value of good seed. Since one bushel of corn will plant from 6 to 12 acres of land which will produce from 300 to 800 bushels of grain, it is apparent that the character of the seed planted is <f (he greatest importance. You are v arranted in spending all the time ; n 1 trouble necessary to insure the be t possible seed. Good farmers have found that the best way to secure good seed is to select in the field. After your corn is mature, and before the crop is harvested and shocked, go through your field with a sack or basket and select good4ooking mature ears that are growing on thrifty-looking stalks. The character of the stalk upon which the corn was produced is of as much importance as the ear itself. They should be strong, upright and leafy, of medium height, and largest at the ground, gradually tapering to the tassel. The ears should be located on the stalk at a convenient height for husking. By selecting each season stalks with ears at this height, it is possible gradually to develop a strain cf corn that will be very uniform in this respect. I find it best to select ears that! hot water "and also diluted to twt...., have a shank of medium length and i gallons. These two dilutions should diameter, and which hang down suffi-j be poured together into a separate ciently to prevent water from enter-; container and enough water added to ing the tip. Make sure that the stalk! make up the fifty gallons, selected grew under average field con-; In making larger quantities fifty ditions--that is, Where the stand was | pounds of copper sulphate may be put normal and where there were no spe-1 in a burlap sack and suspended in cial advantages of moisture and plant ■ twenty-five gallons of water. When food. The ear selected should be good this is all dissolved it will make two because of the vigorous breeding of j pounds of copper sulphate to one the parent plant rather than from any \ pound of the solution. Therefore if advantage it may have had over other j you wish to make a fifty-gallon batch plants in the way of location. Do not' of Bordeaux, two gallons of the solu--select ears that -are too large or too tion will give you enough copper sul-immature. Average-size ears are phate for that batch. There is one most desirable for seed. Strong, sym- j precaution necessary in making this metrically developed ears, with | stock solution and that is the copper straight even rows and well-dented sulphate should not come in contact kernels, will give the best results in with iron, nails, hooks, etc., as its good corn growing regions. Seed chemical action will ruin them. In ears should be a little rougher than handling copper sulphate in this con-the average, because of the tendency, eentrated form use a wooden pail in-fore variety gradually to become1 stead of a galvanized one. smoother and the kernels shallower. I Lime may also be made in stock Remember, in selecting seed corn,1 quantities. Fifty pounds or more may that the ability of the corn to grow( be slaked in a tub or other receptacle, will depend largely upon the condi-' Agitate well when slaking to prevent tions under which it matured. If for1 burning and to make lime firm and any reason the ear failed to mature smooth after it has been slaked. This properly, the vitality of the seed is' should be kept covered with water to very likely to be deficient, and a poor; prevent drying out. To get a fairly stand of corn may result. A sound,; accurate measure of the quantity of firm condition of the ear and bright lime to use, slake four pounds in a glossy grains are the best indications 1 pail and mark on the pail the height of proper maturity. If the ear is not to whxh the lime comes.- This psil firm, if the kernels are lacking in; will then be a measure for your lime. stre, or if the grains are more or. It is better to use too much lime than }e;3 discolored at the tip end, do not' not select it for seed. These signs indi-} The great precaution necessary for cate poor vitality. Ears of this kind j making good Bordeaux is to have both will not yield as well as those that are: the lime and copper sulphate diluted well matured. _ j before mixing. If either of them are It is a good idea to select two oriin concentrated form and mixed, the three times as many ears as will be j Bordeaux mixture will be coarse and needed for planting. It may be ad-! will settle quickly. Poorly made Bor-visable to discard many of the field-! deaux will curdle somewhat like sour selected ears when they are more j milk. As the Bordeaux is a meehani-carefully examined. If an abundance | cal mixture and not a chemical one of seed is selected, only the best need] it is very essential that it be kept be used. | thoroughly agitated while spraying. thought and thought, olved to consult Abner one of his most trusted d get his advice. The house i of Mr. and Mrs. Elephant, with whom j Uncle Abner lived, was in the deepest part of the jungle, and the whole fam- past the British MinJ ^ was ^own into a ?ut^r b^ the 1 unexpected visit from the king. Oliver Elephant, Uncle Abner's little nephew, was sent straight to bed because the king explained that he had come upon a very secret mission. The king looked anxiously all around to be sure no one was listening. Then in an agitated whisper he told them of the loss of his sharpest tooth. He could remember nothing about it, he said, but waking up in the morning and finding it gone. "If you can find it for me I shall give you the freedom of the forest and a royal talisman to protect you from every beast in the jungle," said the king. I Uncle Abner did what he could to \ comfort his royal majesty, and prom-! ised to search diligently for the returning to normal and the weights are now 45 pounds to 75 pounds. Packers have long since recognized that the return to normal was inevitable and warned farmers and breeders against going in for any but the well-known bacon hog. They repeat that it is all-important for the future of the bacon industry that farmers breeding types and breeds of hogs unsuitable to produce select Wiltshires should at once get rid of them and stock only hogs which will yield prime Wiltshires that the British trade demands as well as the products required in our domestic market. "Out-wciights" below 45 pounds or above 75 pounds are heavily penali the export trade. The hog to give best results should average about 185 pounds live weight. At present packers are compelled to make a difference of from $1 to $2 a hundredweight in what they pay for light weights and from $2 to $3.50 for heavy weights, as against hogs of selected weights, Grading Dairy Produce. All the grading of dairy produce being done in Canada at the present time is more or less voluntary has no authority of law behind it. There seems to be some misapprehension regarding the Act recently passed at Ottawa to regulate the grading of dairy produce. Objection to the measure appears to be based, in the first place, on the supposition that the grading will entail additional expense to the producer and, in second, that all butter and cheese export would have to be graded at Montreal. The reasoning is unfounded. The producer will be subject to no additional expense and ther nothing in the Act calling for the grading to be done at Montreal. The Act empowers'the Governor-in-Coun-cil to make regulations for grading, and assurance is given that befort such regulations are adopted a draft thereof will be submitted to interested parties. When the preliminaries h^i been agreed upon the grading will be entrusted to well qualified and disinterested persons who will be governed by official standards and definitions. Grading, which is another term for standardization, will be the means of enhancing the reputation and value of Canadian dairy products. iupply of 1 ing tooth. So the king returned to his castle greatly encouraged. Now I know Oliver Elephant was supposed to be asleep. But what little boy, elephant or human, is going to sleep with a king sitting in the parlor ? Oliver, I am sorry to say, put his big ears to the floor and heard the whole story. He resolved himself to find the king's tooth and win the freedom of the jungle. Next day instead of going to school Oliver went off under a tree and sat down to think. Of course, one thing was sure. It! was impossible for Oliver to go to the king's palace without disclosing his purpose. But he went to the end of, the gate and looked reflectively into j monarch's private drinking pool, hich was just outside. No one was sight, and the water was so clear ' .tempting that Oliver resolved to i a swim. A big sign stood on edge of the pool stating clearly: King's pool. All trespassing for-idden under penalty of fine and im-jrisonment." But Oliver decided to take one range and come right out. Down, down, he dived, then gave a 'gle of pain.' Something had stuck his trunk. He rose to the surface id clambered crossly out • on the mk. Then he gave a squeal of surprise. 3^--^. re stuck in his trunk was-- what \[o you 'spose? The king's tooth! He clapped it into his pocket and was about to start off when two of the palace guards seized him and bustled him into the king's presence. The king was holding court--talking out of one side of his mouth so his missing tooth would not be seen. But when he heard that Oliver had dared to swim in his drinking pool he gave a roar of anger. Then, clapping his paw over his mouth and gazing Laying Out Land for Fall Tractor Plowing World Agriculture. At the last general meeting of the International Institute of Agriculture held in Rome and attended by Mr. T. K. Doherty, Chief of the Institute for Canada, many important matters were dealt with. Proposals for greater speed in the collection and circulation of crop reports introduced by the Canadian delegate at a previous meeting were adopted. These reports are to be cabled before the 10th of each month, a summary made and cabled to the governments represented two days later. The establishment of a special bureau in each country to carry on correspondence, the same as exists in Canada, represented. Some changes were made in the classification of live stock for annual report and census purposes. A table of the classification adopted by the Institute is given in The Agricultural Gazette. The permanent committee was asked to' report on expenditures incurred by the different governments in the interests of agriculture. The Institute was requested to publish the result of inquiries into the methods adopted during and immediately following the war for the increase of agricultural production. It was decided to recommend to affiliated governments the appointment of agri- In laying out a field for fall plowing with a tractor, one should do away with all unnecessary traveling, as it is simply a waste of fuel and time and wears out the tractor without giving returns. A field should be marked off therefore and plowed systematically. One of the best ways to plow a rectangular field is by use of the continuous furrow. If this plan is followed, the first thing to do is to set stakes along the centre line of the field. This line of stakes should extend ten or fifteen feet closer to the ends of the field than it is to the sides, which will allow for narrowing the furrows in turning at the ends. The first tractor furrow should follow the stakes which have been set up. When the tractor reaches the. end of the stakes, the plows should be'and third lines of stakes, is plowed, lifted, the outfit swung to the right,! When that has been plowed, the and then back to the left in a com-1 outfit is turned to the left and the plete circle. At each turn the ends'dirt thrown toward the second line should be rounded as much as pos- of stakes. As the opposite side of the sible so that after a few rounds have'field is reached, the tractor is turned been plowed the outfit may be swung | to the right, idled to the first line of around the ends without lifting the stakes and then the dirt thrown to-proposa! was made that the govern-, ,ws TheTeafter a continuous fur-; ward them. These two lands are plow-ments should establish scholarships j rQW be pk)W6d. If properly laid ed in the same way as the first two-- enabling students to vis,it the Institute] out and plowed) the whole field will and then the plowing of the whole be turned except a small spot in each: field continued in a similar way. After corner. the centre of the field is plowed the Curve plowing, however, is rather; forty-five-foot border should be piow-the tractor gears, and a dif-1 ed by the endless furrow method. recommend-' Plowing hilly lands requires the first, sixty feet from the single furrow plowed as a guide line; the second sixty feet from the first, and the third, 120 feet from the second. Begin plowing at the right of the first line of stakes and throw the dirt toward them. When the length of the field has been traversed and the marking furrow reached, lift the plows, turn to the left and go to the third line of stakes. Let the plows into the ground at the marking furrow and throw the dirt toward this third line of stakes. When the opposite end of the field is reached, the tractor is again turned to the left and with the plows out of the ground driven back to the beginning. This round of plowing is continued till the land between the first and second line of stakes, and half the land between the second Connecting Links--The one great fact which this first adventure of the apostles of Christ into the great world outside of Palestine and Syria proved was that Gentiles as well as Jews] were re.idy for the gospel, and that wherever they had gone men of all races had listened eagerly to their message, had believed and entered into the household of faith. This meant surely, if Christianity were to be triumphant, that the world of the future would not be a Jewish world only, and that the long expected salvation wou'.d embrace both Gentile and Jew. It meant the yielding of those national hopes and ambitions which the Jews held so tenaciously, in order to find a larger hope and a more splendid ambition in ".he prospect of a united world, the old barriers broken down, and peace, brotherhood, and goodwill taking the place of enmity, strife, and hatred. It is no wonder that the telling of their story shook the church both at Jerusalem and Antioch, and that those who held the old and narrow national idea should have been stirred to active antagonism. The opposition which Paul now encountered was to follow him with increasing bitterness for many years. When Paul, with his little company of missionaries, reached Pisidian Antioch, he found himself on the great Roman road which ran east and west through Asia Minor, along which came heavily laden caravans, and Roman legionaries, and many a traveller and scholar seeking to know more of the world of their time. With these he must sometimes have conversed, and we can imagine his gaze turned westward to the rich cities of the Lycus valley, to Ephesus the great seaport, meeting place of east and west, to the ships which sailed over the sea to Greece and Italy and far-off Spain, and to Athens and Corinth r.nd Rome. Already he must have entertained the hope of some day carrying his victorious gospel along that westward road, and of winning the Roman empire for Christ. 15: 1-35. Certain men which came down from Judea. These were Jewish converts who held that all who believed in Jesus should conform to the Jewish laws. For them faith in them was not enough for salvation. They were willing to admit the Gentiles, if the Gentiles would submit themselves to the Jewish customs, and in particular to circumcision. Paul and Barnabas had staunch friends and supporters in the Antioch church, but these trouble-makers from Jerusalem must also have had a fol- j lowing. There was grave danger that ] the little Christian community would [ be rent and torn by dissension. It was decided, therefore, that Paul and Barnabas should go to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. At first informally, and, thtAi to a formal gathering of thel leaders of the church, they told their story. Their antagonists were there also to present their case. In Jerusalem practically everybody kept the Jewish laws, so that the feeling must have been largely against the two brave missionaries. At a critical moment Peter came to their aid by telling the story of his visit to the Roman. Cornelius, and how Cornelius and those with him had been baptized and had received the Holy Spirit. The decision of the Council was spoken by James, who was a brother of Jesus and the acknowledged head of the Jerusalem church. He recalled the fact that the ancient prophets had foretold not only the restoration of j the Jewish kingdom, the tabernacle of David, but also that the Gentiles should, with the residue of men, seek after the Lord. The council enjoined only that Gentile Christians should, for the sake of peace and unity, abstain from certain things which were peculiarly offensive to their Jewish neighbors and fellow Christians (w. 20, 21). Letters were written and sent by two trusted men to .the Christians of Antioch, in which the work of Paul sn-ded. n for Chris- t(f practice ight be. great victory had been wo: tian faith and freedom. 15: 36--16: 5. Let us go again. The victory was won, and .the way was open for the apostles of the Gentiles to continue their work. They could go everywhere now, with the full consent and accord of the great leaders and founders of the Church, and open the door wide to their Gentile converts. In Christ there was to be no more Jew nor Gentile--all were faith, whatever difference The way was open for a triumphant progress of the gospel to all the nations. The thought of Paul turned now to the young and struggling Christian communities in Galatia. and he proposed to Barnabas that they should go and visit them. Perhaps his thought reached out beyond them, too, to the road that ran westward to the JEgean Sea, to Ephesus and Smyrna, and the other Greek cities, and the islands and coast beyond. The contention, which arose about John Mark, could not be settled. He was nearly related to Barnabas, who was naturally ready to forgive him for having left them on the first journey. But Paul would not bake him again. Long afterward we know that he was reconciled to Mark, and that Mark was with him in his Roman prison (Col. 4: 10 and 2 Tim. 4: 11). The friends parted, and Paul took with him Silas (or Silvanus), one of the two messengers who had been sent with the letters of the Jerusalem council to Antioch (15: 22). This time he went overland, travelling northward and westward from Antioch. Timotheus, or Timothy, was a native of Lystra, a young man who had been led to faith in Jesus Christ upon Paul's first visit to that city. Of his mother and grandmother Paul speaks in a letter written many years later (2 Tim. 1:5). The company of three went on, visiting and encouraging the churches. Application. In last week's lesson we saw how Paul and Barnabas were horrified when men thought they were gods. "We also are men of like passions with you," they protested. To-day's lesson teaches how true those words were. Apostles, leaders though they were they were very human, and perhaps it is a good thing for us that we have this account cf the sharp difference of opinion which took place. Some people are very fond of talking about the "good old times," and the wonderful people who lived long ago. They disparage everything modern nd praise everything which happened n the past. If such people would just take their New Testaments and read . over the Acts of the Apostles or some of the epistles which had to be written to correct grave abuses, they would not rave so much about the past. Alexander Maclaren used to say that one of the surest -roofs of the truth of the iBble was its perfect candour. We all know what it is to read a book of fiction in which the hero conducts himself so that there is never a flaw to be found either in his conversation or his conduct. The heroes of the Bible are not set forth in that light. If Moses loses his temper and strikes a rock we are told about it. If Elijah becomes depressed and cowardly we have an account of it. If Job loses his patience and Divid Iris purity we have a full recital of the events down to the most sickening details. And so here in the New Testament we read of the inconsistencies as well as, the magnificent heroisms of Peter and Paul and Barnabas, and many other servants of God. cultural attaches to their embassies. On the suggestion of the French delegate a permanent committee on agri-'ctnlituiral meteorology iis to be appointed. A proposal for the creation of International Research Institute ^ of Plant Pathology was adopted. AJ ^^"the* ends"w7thout 'lifting "the| stakes and tli. at Rome for purposes of study. w;as decided that a consultative committee of specialist from each country should be established for the better -operation of the bureaus and1 to' methorisTsuai meet in annual conference. When adequate funds are available a Year Book of Economic and Social Institutions and a dictionary of technical I words are to be published. There a consensus of opi posed to the fixing of an eight-he day for agricultural labor and even to the consideration of that subject by delegates who represented town labor. A desire was generally ex- ju pressed that most cordial relations distance ."Then at should be maintained between the Institute and the League of Nations. This method is the back plowing; judgment. Where there is a valley in dead-furrow plowing. By this j which there is no stream, the plow-! method, nearly all the plowing is done! ing may be started in this valley as a straight line and the outfit is j though it were a rectangular field, the ied with the plows out of the dirt thrown down hill from botl strongly op-; ?immd To plow by this latter method, leave, about forty-five feet all around the field on which to turn the tractor. With one bottom only in the ground, plow around the field to mark this ce. Then at one side of the field, line of stakes, sixty feet from the furrow marked off forty-five feet _-*-- j from the fence, and parallel with that "calks" idled across. That When the pasture gets short a' furrow. Sixty feet from the first line! part of the hill may be so you can broken rail in the fence along the' of stakes, set up another line, and 120! curve around it, but the other has to corn field eTeates a big temptation, feet from the second line of stakes,; be mounted. In all cases try not to for the herd to sample the corn or set up another. The operator now has plow up hill if you can help it; pi. and the ends idled across if it is thought advisable. Or where there is just a round kro!!, it may be plowed with the endless furrow method, throwing the dirt down hill and finishing the plowing on top of the hill. The hill shaped like a horse's hoof may be plowed in the shape of a horseshoe and the space between the three lines of stakes to plow by--- with the hill. around anxiously, he ordered Oliver to be turned out of the jungle. "If it wasn't for your Uncle Abner I'd have you made into chowder," he shouted sideways. Oliver was terribly frightened, but begged to speak to the monarch alone, saying he had a message from his uncle. The king looked at him sharply, then waved his subjects out. "Your majesty," said Oliver, regaining his courage, "walking on the edge of your "pool this morning I was -attracted by something v/hite shining on the bottom. Looking closer I saw that it was--" (the king began to tremble with nervous- "What?" he asked weakly. "Your majesty's peerless tooth!" said Oliver, producing it from his pocket with a great flourish. "At great risk to myself I recovered it and am here to claim the reward." The king was so deiighter to get his tooth again that he forgot to ask Oliver how" he had heard of his loss. Pulling a small gold ring from his robe he tied it on a piece of red string around Oliver's neck, and after that none of the jungle animals dared so much as growl at the little jungle boy, for he possessed the king's talisman of protection. As for the king, he had his tooth soldered in and, although he could not chew on that side, his subjects never discovered it and, as far as I know, he is still monarch of the jungle. When you are discouraged and thdnk that there is no use trying, then get busy. With a short crop of hay over a large portion of Ontario, it is important that the straw be saved in as good condition as possible. Silage and straw make a very good ration for rattle. Gluten Flour--Its Uses and Characteristics. Nearly all of the so-called gluten flours offered to the public are not made from gluten. Such is the frank statement made by Dr. C. E. Saun-| ders, the Dominion Cerealist, in a I bulletin entitled "Wheat, Flour and Bread," recently issued by the Ex-! perimental Farms Branch at Ottawa, j The name used, says Dr. Saunders, I is entirely misleading, as these flours often contain a high percentage of starch and are quite unsuitable for diabetic patients. As a rule the gluten flours offered for sale are practically identical with the whole wheat and graham flours. Genuine gluten flour, which is made by washing the starch out of wheaten flour and then drying and grinding, is extremely expensive. Gluten bread has no resemblance to ordinary bread and as a substitute for such is an impossibility. Rather less than 50 per cent, of genuine gluten flour can be mixed with ordinary flour, and bread of medium quality be made. Gluten flour can also be used in the production of pancakes, biscuits and other products provided it be mixed with ordinary flour, fine shorts or ground nuts, together with eggs, milk, baking powder, etc. There is, however, no possibility of producing any form of palatable bread, biscuits or cake with a very large proportion of pure gluten flour. Dr. Saunders suggests that physicians would be well advised to take cognizance of these facts and not to expect their patients to purchase what is unpurchaseable or to eat what is inedible. The bulletin, it might be remarked, goes thoroughly into its subject, treating it in all its phases. per man-power thj^year? horse-power