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Pump Your Farm Water Supply With Oil. I By that we do not mean elbow- preaae, Init kerosene or Kasolino. Where is there a farm that can not use a small cnK'ne, NuniinK gas;)'ii\e or kerosene for pumping water?! Even on farms th:it have windmills for p'lmpinK there is a place for an. enBinc, for the w.'nd does not always blow when power is needed for pump- ing, j On a stock farm, where water for the stock must be pumped by the use of c'',!)ov.-Kreiisc, pumpinp; takes i from thirty min'itcs to an hour a' day. Fifrurinfj labor at the rate of thirty cents an hour, one man's time amounts to $109.50 a year â€" enough to pay for an engine. While not busy pumijing the engine can be do- ing other work around the farm â€" ' running' the washing-machine, churn, feed grinder, etc. | Small enjrines suitable for pumping' can be mounted on skids or trucks. This makes it easy to move an engine from one job to another, if used for \ rfifferent jobs. On some larpe farms' there is enough pumping to keep one engine busy all the time â€" pumping \ for the stool;, for the .irrigation sys- | tem in the garden and for the storage i supply tank. | An engine for pumping does not re- 1 quire any attention from the time it \ is started until it is to be stopped.] A common practice is to start the engine before beginning to chore in \ the morti'ng. It can be stopped be- fore going to the field to work. In , the evening it can be started when watering tlie horses and allowed to I run until the chores are done. If the ' pumping requires more time, the en- g-ine can lie kept running during the noon hour. In some cases it is kept running during the forenoon or ofter- noon. When used for pumping out-of- 4"ors a cover should be Jirovided for the engiine. Do You .Suffer From Tinkeritis? This story has to do with a peculiar malady. I have seen it work in many i localities and in all walks of life. It.s < victim seldom knows that he is af- ' flicted. It is a hah't more than a I disease, and more of a disease than ' many people suspect. It is called tinkeritis. I have in mind a young fellow of my own comnuinity who is badly af- fected. Thi.s young man is well posted on things pertaining to agri- culture, rents a fine farm of 140 acres, has the privilege of remaining on it for five year.i longer, and has already farmed it for three years. It is well fenced, has good buildings, two silos, and all of this for a price that the average renter would jump at. But t!ii..i man has just about! broken even, and will be lucky ,if he 1 CREAM WANTED W« ara In tha markat for Craam all throuKh tha yi&r Wa pay rha hlghaat market prlca. In bualnaas ainoa 190{. Drop ua a Una for partlculara. Mutual Dairy & Creamery Co. 743-745 King 8t. West Toronto continues to do so. Cause: Tinker- itis. He bought a tractor. The tractor was needed. It is a standard make, tried and tested by years of service, an<l it worked well for a while. But the owner must adjust this and that and the other thing, and his hired hand plowed more land, put in more crops, and cultivated them, with three horses, than could the owner w.ith the tractor. Result: The tractor got a black eye in our community; the owner failed to get his crops out in time and lost money. You say such practice is foolish- ness. Granted; but it happens in various ways in almost every com- munity. This young fellow spends enough time going from one job to another to aggregate an enormous number of hours, even days, in the course of a year. To illustrate, I will say that I have seen him un- hitch from the plow in an unfinished field, harrow a few rounds in another, leave that and hitch to the manure spreader â€" all in the course of a day. I saw him â€" and this is by no means an uncommon occurrence â€" keep a threshing crew, and all the farmers who were helping to operate it, waiting for nearly two hours while he prepared a place to thresh his oats. Those oats had been sown in April, and he had known ever since that the day must come for them to be threshed. He tried dairy cows and made some money at it; but old tinkeritis bothered him as usual. I remember that he bought a car with which to deliver milk, and the ma- eh'ne suffered the same fate as the tractor. Fortunately, the automobile was an institution and its reputation beyond hurt. I know another man, not so young now, who has farmed all of his life. He is not a success. He has made no money to speak of, his family works hard and has no permanent prosperity. He is continually start- ing in. This man's tendency runs to the specialty crops, the truly whop- pers that hold out alluring prospects. He has tried them all. | The only time he ever made any money in his life was once when he got into debt rather heavily and he was literally forced to keep on the jump by his creditors. They made him hustle, and he admitted after- ward that he made the most money in the shortest time he ever had in his life, and was going to stick to that plan. I He vowed that he had learned some- thing, and his wife and children brightened perceptibly. But present- ly he was back in the same old rut. The holii of tinkeritis was too strong. How many unnecessary trips have you made from the house to the barn in the last few days when work pres- sed? How many hours are you go- ing to lose next month that m.'ght be saved by careful planning now? â€" W. C. S. S/or/es Little Hoy's Wild Friends. Once there was a little Boy who loved all the w.ild things; the birds, the spiders, the caterpillars, the but- terflies, the tadpoles, and even the little green snakes. i He knew where tlie meadow lark; made her nest in the grass; he was the first to find the tree where the i baby robins were beirig fed; he sat i for hours watching the queer looking spiders weaving their webs in tlie i bushes, and once brought home a big gray spi<ler in a box, which he kept ' for a long time hoping it would show i him what kind of a web it could weave. When it wouldn't weave he ; said the spider was homesick and he put it out on the vines around the porch. Ho gathered the little brown houses the caterpillars make when they get tired of being caterpillars arvd want to be butterflies, and wat- j ched them crawl out of their houses' and unfold their pretty Wiings to fly away. When I.itlle Hoy's mother was sweeping one morning, she ' found a { lot of brown and yellpw fuzzy things; crawling round on the carpet, on the couch, and on the hn'o curtains. She said: { "Liltln Boy, where did all these caterpillars come from?" "Oh, mamma," said Mltle Boy, "1 was 80 sorry for the little caterpil- lars last night when they crawled round trying to find a warm place to sleep that I brought them in and put them in tlie big vase; please don't .throw them out, mamma." Little Roy brought home tiny min- nows and tudpolei from the pond; he put them in a great glass jar, and took much delight in feeding them. One day he told u boy at school thit tadpoles grew to bo frogs, and this ll>oy said, "Aw, I don't believe that, frogs don't have tails," so Littlo Boy took his friend homo with him to see tha tads grow, until he was con- vinced that little tads grow into big frogs. One mM morning in winter Little I Boy ran to his mother crying, "Oh, mamma, all my lish are froze!" i Sure enough .lack Frost had iced the water so that the fish coujd not swim and Little Boy thought they were all dead. But mother put the glass jar near the stove anil while he watched the warm air melted the ice and they soon began to wiggle as lively as ever. One day Little Boy came homo from a walk in the woods with a green snake in his poi'kct. He scared little sister by making snake open: his mouth ami wiggle his tongue at her, for he wasn't afraid of snakes and didn't see why she should be; he thought ,it was just funny to see tho little tongue wigijle. When Little Boy's papa said something about killing the green snake. Little Boy ran out into the bushes and when he came back he said: «. ' "I told snake to run along home to his mamma, she might be worried about him if he stayed any longer.", Reviving Arbor Day. Tree planting is sojncthiiin of a lost art In Canada For many years the hoalthglvInK and wliolesouie custom of having cliildren spiuid one day In the yoar in |)lanllng Irce.s and tlmvera. ' has been neglected, liut fortunately, thefo Is now a widespread inovenient to revive tho practice. It Is being urged thill treeplantlng is a lilting manner in which to comnieniorale the Hervlc.o of Canadliins who have died In battle. Tho Idea has niuch to com- mend It and will doubtless receive hearty support In many (inarlers. Hut if. In addition to liin eslal'llslinient of ineniorliil treo plautiitlons, InlerusI ciMild lie roiiewod In the olil-tlmo Ar- Ixir day. Iho lioMoflls would be more than doubled. What Hchool-boy of \\\ Keneration or morn ago, who shared In tho aiinuiil celebration of Arbor (lay, but ha:t an o.spoclal liilerost even yet In a tree, or a (^oiip of trees, which ho helped to plant anil care for' near tha old school bulldlUK- Both children and Krnwii-ups are the bettor i for aHROclntlng with trees and Mowers. | -Arbor day Is nn nnntial that merits | IranHfiirniiilliin Into a hardy perennial, i INTERNATIONAL LESSON JUNE 8. Lcsi-on X. Obedience â€" f;en. 12:1-4; Matt. 7:lB-2<); John 11:21-24. Oolden Text, John 13: 14. Matt. 7; lG-20. By Their Fruits. This is said of prophets, of men who would be heard as teachers of their fellows, who would speak with au- thority as having a message from God. "By their fruits ye shall know them," just as certainly as a tree is known by what it bears. The pro- phet's life must be a good life, and so also it will be found that where there is genuine goodness of life there will not be false teaching. In this present day religious and social and political prophets abound, and in the confusion of tongues and strife of ideas it is hard to distinguish the true from the false. We must look for the fruits. What of the life and conduct of those who would be the builders of a new world, the leaders of a new democracy. Are they like Christ in word and deed?Or are they atheists, mockers of goodness, haters of all who are not of their own class or creed, destroyers of homes, murder- ers, thieves, ignorant and unclean? Or, a.r.in, are they the loud-mouthed preachers of a narrow and selfish na- tionalism, or of an equally narrow and selfish religion, both of which fail to recognize the obligations of our common humanity, and deny the universal Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of men? We have these false prophets in our midst, and they sometimes come to us "in sheep's; clothing." Beware of them! 21-23. Not Every One. Christ speaks here of those who make de- vout profession of faith. Their words are good and their speech is pleasant. They preach and make boast of heal- ing and other wonderful works. The final test of their genuineness is not in these outward appearances, how- ever fine or plausible they may be,' but simply in their obedience to the' will and to tho laws of God. Their i faith, if It be true faith, expresses' itself in obedience, faith worki'ng by love. 24-29. A Wise Man. True wisdom lies in doing the will of God. First one must seek to know His will, and here the Bible, more than any other book or teacher, meets the seeker's need. At the same time, however, he will look for evidences of God's vv.dl concerning him in hi.-; own dis- positions and talents, in opportuni- ties of service which are opened to him, in social and national iluties, in the ministries of the church, and in those linward voices by which God speaks to the soul. Tho wise man will build wisely, on a foundation well and truly laid. Jesus says that he who both hears and does I'n such a man. He builds upon a rock and his building stands the shock of storm and flood. Not so the fooli.sh man who builds on the shifting and uncertain sands. His house Wiill not stand. In John 14:21-24 Jesus describes the man who truly loves Him. "He that hath My commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me." He promises that to one who is thus obedient He will manifest Himself. In answer to a disciple who asked how that could be, Jesus declared that God would love such a man and that both God and Christ would come and well in him. If we try to put this great truth in p.imple words will it not be that the man who hear.s and obeys becomes like Christ. He is changed hy love into the like- ness of Christ, and so the Spirit of (iod, which is the Spirit of Christ, dwells ,in him, and speaks and acts through him. To him God in Christ is a present fact, a living reality, a vitalizing force, a saving grace, wis- dom, power, Fanctification and re- demption. 4h- Four large manufacturing firms have taken the Canadian Trade Coin- mis.- ion's folder, "The Why in Trade Balance," to distribute among their employees. YOUR PROBLEMS Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to v»rite ^° ^ " department Initials only wili be published with each queston and its .3"= as a means of identification, but full name and address must be given in e letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direci stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. .^g Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Ontario Girl asks for suggestions ^ for an appropriate entertainment in honor of the return of a wounded soldier. We are all interested in our returned "blesses," as the French call; their wounded heroes, and I knov^ it will seem as if we could not fete them enough when we get them back. May I tell you of a bit of advice given me by a doctor at one of the camp hospi- tals? I "Don't ask the wounded men about their experiences," he said. "They may want to tplk about them but don't: let them." I And as a word to the wise is suf- 1 ficient we will assume that our On-! tario girl won't let her guests remind their guest of honor of anything he has been through. j I would make a party for a returned ; soldier as suggestive of pre-war days i as I could. I would have nothing to ; remind him of war and all that is ' associated with it. Perhaps a big flag prominently displayed would not be inappropriate, but for the rest I should have just flowers and the con-' ventional decorations we used to have, before we thought everything must be decked with insignia and Red Cross â-  colors. Could you have a progressive din- \ ner served from six to eight small tables according to the number of guests? The guest of honor stays in! one place and the others progress to him. You would need only two or three ! courses if you could not prepare an elaborate menu and then you would , have the evening for informal card : gan- ;s and guessing contests. Then as . a souvenir for the soldier you are honoring, have some artistic one am-l ong you make up a little booklet in ' the leaves of wh.'ch you could all in- scribe your names and he could keep this as a memento of this event. Doubtful: â€" I agree with you that every girl does want a home of her own and it is hard when parents do not like their daughters to receive; company. The only thing I can sug- gest is that you have a heart-to-heart talk with your parents and tell them you cannot bear the idea of becoming an old maid, particularly as there ,is a young man whom you know cares for you in the right way. But be sure he does care for you in the right way and that your parents' objections are not based on something else be- sides prejudice against matrimony. Mother: â€" My daughter has great taste for millinery but I want her to be a farm girl. Her father can- not seem to decide for either one of us. What shall we do? ! After all is said and done, the girl has some right to think for herself, has she not? If she is determined to spoil a fairly good farm girl and, you cross her path, perhaps you will^ be spoiling a better milliner! I Bride's Sister: â€" Whether or not a; veil should be worn is a matter for; the bride to decide for herself if the wedding is an informal home affair. If she is planning an elaborate church wedding, then a veil is in place and also long gloves of kid or silk. White stockings and slippers or pumps of white ted or satin complete the cos- tume. The veil may be a simple one of tulle, shirred into a cap that fits the head, the veil fiilling in soft folds at the side and back. The tulle comes three yards wide and this veil required two yards and one-half. Even with the ankle-length skirts the veil should be long enough to form a slight train. Arrange it on the head with invisible hairpins, tucking in a spray of orange blos- soms on one side. Of course the groom provides the bride's bouquet. Should the happy pair be even beyond par- cel-post delivery of flowers, they may be gathered from woods or garden. Arrange them in a bouquet and tie Wiith wide white ribbon or bands of tulle, allowing the ends to hang al- most to the bottom of the skirt. Sprays of ferns knotted into the ends give a pretty effect. Next in im- portance to the bride's dress comes the dress for the bride's mother. Un- less you very much prefer black, select white or grey for the color and crepe, satin, silk, poplin or a fine quality of cotton voile for the material. Young Mother:â€" Diet for a 17%- months old baby who suffers from constipation: 7.30 to 8 a.m. â€" Corn- meal, oatmeal, hominy, wheatena, rice (cooked four hours the day before), served with butter or milk and a lit- tle sugar; bacon, minced chicken, soft-boiled, scrambled or poached egg; drink of milk; bread (brown). 12 o'clock â€" Scraped steak, minced chop, rare roast beef (finely cut), minced chicken, baked or mashed po- tato, spinach, asparagus, string beans, peas, squash, white turn.'p, stewed carrots. Desserts â€" Stewed apple, stewed 5'/,% INTEREST on DEBENTURES. Absolute Securit-y. The Great West Permanent Loan Company. Toronto Office 20 King St. West prunes, baked apple, rice, bread or tapioca pudding; breadstufFs. No milk at this meal. Rest 1% to 2 hours after this meal. 4 p.m. â€" Sciaped raw apple or pear. 6 p.m. â€" Farina or cream of wheat (cooked two hours), or one of above cereals served in the same way; cus- tanV cornstarch, junket; drink of milk; bread (brown) or wheaten bis- cuit. ROOFING UASATBOXr EBAin> Ready .RoolinR. .Asphalt .Slate Shine- lea. Wall fioarJ. EuUaing Papjrs Roof Paints, etc. Writo fur prices and samples. Save money by buying- direct. McDERMID BROS.''^»Jj;i;„«' Feathers Wanted Highest prices paid for beat grade new Koose, duck, chicken and turkey feathers. Geo. H. 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