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Costs â€" the Greatest Joke on the Farmer. A city business man bought a farm and turned agriculturist in his spare hours. He had read a good deal about successful, scientific farm- ing, and the money made by handling everything in a big, modern way- crops, rotations, cultivation, fertility charged soldier who had served in the chemical division of the army, saw a farmer burning a pile of straw and refuse. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Oh, this is the rubbish from the hen house," was the reply. "Makes a good blaze, doesn't it?' INTERNATIONAL LESSON JULY 13. Baptismâ€" Matt. 28: 18-20; .Mark 1: 1-11; Acts 8: 26-40. Golden Text, Gal. 3: 27. Matt. 28: 18-20. Go Ye Therefore Jesus declared, before His final part- ing from His disciples, that all power ^ Invest Your Money In 51/2% DEBENTURES Interest payable half yearly. The Great West Permanent Loan Company Toronto Office 20 King St. West we have the story of John's ministry and of the baptitm of Jesus. Two YOUR PROBLEMS Mothers and daughters of all afles are cordially invited to write to thl» features of the story are worthy of j department. Initials only will bo published with each queston and its answer special attention. The first is that' ^^ ^ means of identification, bat full name and .uidress muct he qivcn in each John preached a "baptism of repent- 1 l!*'!':.^^'''*'' ?<} °"« side of paper only. _ Answers will be mailed direct if ance," that it was accompanied by a "An expensive fine breeds, good machinery and i the soldier buildings. His reading dealt chiefly j "Why â€" what do you mean?" de- with thousands of dollars. So he| manded the worker, his face getting blaze," answered ''^'' ^'^'-'" K'^^" H''" '" Heaven and in confession of sins, and that its in- tention was to secure forgiveness. stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. spent money freely for machinery, labor, seed, fertilizer. Being a business man, he kept ac- curate cost records of everything. When the time came to sell his pro ducts these records losses everywhere taught him that you have to watch all the littleritems on a farm. Profits from an acre of land are secured, not in thousands of d/ollarn, but often in a $5 or iSlO bill. Money spent in good methods will show profit, but farm operations do not offer the same field for heavy expenditure as does indus- trial production. The farm next to this city man's place was run by a real farmer. The city man went over to get some ad- vice. His neighbor seemed to be making money â€" the farm and family were prosperous. When they com- pared notes the agriculturist found that the farmer had few cost figures. red. Then the soldier told him what I am setting down here for those who prize poultry litter for its blaze- making qualities. If poultry manure could be saved showed heavy ^ from any loss whatever, its value as But they also| fertilizer, if purchased upon the market, would amount to $32 a ton at oarth. Out of that fulness of Divine; These were the essential things- 1 authority He issues this great com- j '-epentance, confession, and remission mission- "Go teach I of sins, and these thuigs were sought ^ baptize.'"' Baptism" was to be in the I '"«"'' *''""f^''''P''«'".- ^^ ^ , ^, threefold Name, "the Name of the! The second feature is that of the Father, and of the Son, and of the '•°"'>"K "^ the Spirit. As Jesus came Holy Ghost." It meant confession of "P o"'"^ ^he water there t-ame o faith in God, whose love was revealed, """ this great experience. It would Jesus Christ, and whose saving! "PP^"'' 'hat none but Himself and Engaged: The joyous news mi};ht bridegroom at her left. Do you notice be announced at a luncheon or tea I have said "bridejfrocm?" One of served on the lawn or verandah or my pet aversions is the word in the dining room. To mako the: "groom." About the order of the announcement at the right time lends bridal party: first, the Uihers walk a happy atmosphere to the meal. So in, followed by the bride on the arm it is best to decide upon the number of her father. of guests first and then prepare the Lonesome; Bless your heart! I am announcements. The old saw â€" "the so glad you poured y-t your troubles fertilizer each year, seventh of this manure can be saved, if desired. The ten pounds which can not be saved are lost in the poultry yards, or when the hen has range over the farm; but even then it adds grace was being manifested to men ' J°*"- knew what happened. It was ^at is out of the bag"â€" makes a ! to me for that is whut I iim here for. through the working of His Spirit in I P'^^'^tically Jesus call to His mimstry , splendid way of making known the You have been awfully brav.; and I of salvation.^^and with that the^as-j engagement. Make bags of pale blue feel that things will "break" for you the blue soon. Just keep up your courage and All but one i '""^^ ^"® community of those who I i"f »nm<: b-il vx t.it vj,.,w.,^«m.„ ..^v,.. j.„ i,„e t),e p,„j. (jm ^.^^^ f,.;,^ thin ' your father is bound to realize in through zeal and heroic enterprise i '^'^'^ apostles, and upon their converts, cardboard and paint them black, for time what a good mother and house- and patient suffering were witnessing! scmetimes preceding, sometimes fol- y^y ^j^^^y ^.j,jj^ ^^^ y^^^^^. ^^^ ^^ ^ keeper you have been to tho.'e little present pricen. Each hen produces! the world And it "^^-^tj.arm,,lon ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Make bags of pa approximately seventy pounds of i |"to the fellowship ot the Church, s,"^^," ^^ of H^ fprtili-zpr pJh vppr All hnt nnp 11*0 the Community of those who' ^."^ ^ame Kiit ol tne spirit tamt upon ^ ^^ ,,,,3 j},g ^^^^.^ ^.^^ ^^^^ ^^.^ for Christ and spreading abroad Hisi [°^y'"*?' , 'heir '^»P''**'|" J-'^';^^^^^^ Jfj: surprise is good luck. Tie around the motherless children and reward you Gospel. Baptism without teaching j 17), and confirming them in the faith' ^.^ts' necks narrow white ribbon and !of one who was ignorant of the ^yho believe and enter upon a new p.,ig pj^i, ^^j 1^,^^ ribbon. Yes, he paid the hired man so much a worth eighty-seven cents, not count- month and his board, but did not| ing that deposited in the yards or on know what it cost him in wages to plow and seed 20 acres of wheat. He something to the fertility of the soiL^vail nothing. At the best it would Four-sevenths of the manure is de-|he only the admission to the Church posited on the dropping board and can be easily saved; the remaining two-sevenths is found in the litter on the floor of the poultry house. At current prices, the hen's yearly production in fertilizer would be would which they professed. 1 attach the cards of the engaged In Rom. «5: 1-4 Paul compares the^ c^upig p^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^ -^^ ^^^ i^^^^, .,,jj change which take^ place m those j-hen blow up the bag and tie with properly. And whatever happens re- member it is fur the best. Write me again. Proper: You do not have to ac- .._ . . . . then ; knowledge wedding announcements, Chui-ch's faith and life. That is, of ^'^'^ «* f^'th in Christ to baptism into ; f^j^g^ ^ ^-^^^.^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^|^g j^g^,. ^^ the ! but if this one is from a dear friend course, true of the baptism of chil-^^'^ death. Just as a man goes down \^^g Qr you may make a large bag! and you did not know she was going dren, which can only be justified '"*° or beside the water and comes of ahernating strips of blue and pink : to be married, by all means write when and where the parents under- i "P '^ confessed and accepted disciple, tissue paper and use as a centrepiece, 1 her a nice little personal note and take to teach the children, as soon ! ^o does He come to Christy dies with banking the bag with flower.s. Place! wish her joy and happiness. eats in the bag and then run a white! X. Y. Z.: I am going to lie married ribbon to each place and fasten a ! very informally at home in the morn- place card to the end of each ribbon, j ing. What shall I wear? Also can got so much for his apple crop last â- fall, hut did not know what it cost him to raise and pick the fruit. He remembered when he bought his harvester, and how much he paid for Jt, but knew nothing about the ma- chinery per acre cost of raising grain. When the city man went back home he knew how he lost money as Ihey are able to learn, the nature! ^^'''' ''"'' '^ '^'"â- ''^'' ''''"' ^^'â„¢ '" ''''â„¢". and meaning of this sacrament. ciation of the old life of sm, and the range. Many people .lo not value Acts 8: 34-40. If Thou Believest i:!:.?^,,";;^, ",â„¢,1"^°;,^.%."J „ ^',.,f the hen much Wgher than that. | With All Thine Heart. Fcr a man ^gh ousness (compare Coh 2^ IK 'of mature years and intslligence, ^^R^"'' '" ^»'- 'â-  -"â- -*'' "^ ^^y^' "^^ Some of this value will, of course, I be lost in handling if the work is not years that was and is Have the first course in place before seating the guests and while the sec- done properly. If the droppings and ! '^"nf^'t.'""- Baptism the indispensable' '"^"y "f >'o" ^^ ^^'^''e baptized, into ond is being served have the cats pul would be of no! Christ ''"' P"* °" Christ." It is as jed from the bag and the space thei litter are piled outside, much will be lost in leaching from rains and snows. The best way to save the manure is to keep it dry and the moisture ab- sorbed. "Poultry manure," said the soldier- and how his neighbor made it. For j chemist, "is lacking in acid phos every item of wages, machinery, in-jphates. When this is added, it is a terest, and expense generally had j fertilizer without an equal. I would been faithfully charged against the! suggest that acid phosphate be pur- agriculturist's crops, while the farm-] chased on the market and lightly er had only charged incidental items sprinkled over the dropping boards. use without a whole-hearted ^ith. In: though they had put off the old, un- the former part of this chapter we clean garment of self and sin, and read of Simon, the magician, who was '^eing washed had put on the new baptized on profession of faith, but !?arment of the Christ-likc life, Com- whose heart was "not right before, ^'^^s '-"l. 3: 8-14. God." Peter said to h'm: "Thou g anil tne spac filled with a mass of flowers. you suggest some menu for a simple wedding breakfast ? A silk dress in some pretty navy blue, tan or gray shade would be ap- proprhite and you c."<n wear your hat. hast neither part nor lot in this mat- ter." The gift of the Holy Spirit was not for such as he. But the Learn by I'mitiation. Much of a child's earliest educa- Puzzled: If you want to be real j When you leave, slip your separate punctillious about the seating ar- 1 coat ovei- your dress. A leghorn hat rangements, here is the correct way I goes well with a silk dress and gives to dispose of the wedding guests:; a festive touch. Of course you can- the bride and bridegroom sit side by , not can-y a bouquet since you are s-ide lit the head of the table. The ; not wearing a white bridal dress, but best man sits by the bride; the maid t you can wear a small one and if you of honor by the bridegroom. The choose, carry a pi-ayer book. For actually paid out of pocket. "What did it cost me to pick my apples?" he said in surprise. "Why, practically nothing â€" we all turned •out and did the job ourselves!" Which was the same as saying that the family picked apples without pay. And that is the greatest business joke on many a farmer â€" that the work of himself and his family is thrown into farm production gratis, and that if accurate cost records were kept, and reasonable wages given Mother and the girls, and the boys paid like the hired man, many pro- ducts would show a loss, and in the light of cost figures the farm would be turned to raising other things that pay. One day a machinery salesman came along and tried to sell a gas- oline engine and pumping rig to a farmer. $50 for the outfit. They had always pumped water by hand, and figured that it cost nothing. But by a few cost figures the salesman demon- strated that his family had been pumping water for about five cents an hour, for many years, because a gasoline engine would pump for that amount. "Are you willing to work for five cents an hour?" he asked. "I should say not!" rephed the farmer. "I want that engine and pump rig." Cost figures are like magic spectac- les when used to view business op- erations, farming no less than fac- tory or store. They show country It will absorb the moisture, make cleaning easier and will balance the manure. Do not burn the litter. Ap- ply it directly to the soil." in his heart. He must have had a great story to tell when he returned The Sweet Wild Rose. to the court of Queen Candace, and In the moons of long ago two lit- 1 he may have been one of the found- tie Indian children wandered far ' ers of that Ethiopian Church which Ethiopian officer, under Philip's care- i^ion, often the most valuable and bride's father sits at the other end I your wedding breakfast, I suggest ful instruction, believed. He was made most enduring part, is that which is of the table opposite the bride and ! some hot dish like creamed chicken in to see, in the passage of Isaiah which! acquired at home, not by precept or bridegroom and at his right sits the patty shells or on squares of toast, he had been reading (Isa. 53: 7, 8), ai teaching, but by imitation. From the bridegroom's mother, with the with a fruit or vegetable salad, sand- marvellous provision of the charac-jthe earliest beginnings of learning wife of the clergyman at his left. ! wiches. rolls, jelly, olives, and ieei ter and ministry of Jesus Christ, and,! the child is copying the sights and Put the mother of the bride at one! cream with cake and coffee. For the moreover, that this Jesus was nonet sounds about him. If he lives among side of the table with the clergyman : centre piece, have a bowl of flowerj other than the long-expected Mes- People whose language is correct and at her right and the father of the ' or the wedding cake. siah, King and Saviour, the Son of I agreeable, whose manners are pleas-, =t^ _ â€" ~r â-  . .. • God. "He answered and said. I be- 1 ant, who show a thoughtful consid-! g^^^ ^ delight in persons of every! British Columbia's Lumber Sales. lieve." The Ethiopian went on his , eration for others and fc-.-hose he-, ^he opposite qualities are like-! ^he 191S vilue of the lumber out way a new man. with a new under- ; hav.or is gentle and kindly, he un-. ^^j^^ imitated and help to produce ^ ^ " "'" ' "* standing of his Bible and a great joy i^onscioiisly acquires similar ways. | jj^gt,,gj, 5^,.^ ^f djjid from their father's wigwam and lost their way. That evening an unfriend- ly tribe came and carried into cap- tivity all the people of the Indian village. There was no one left to look for the lost children. Twice the sun set and three times The latter hesitated to pay it rose as the little wanderers strug- gled on through the deep woods. They loved the music of the dav, but the continues in that country to the present day. In Mark 1: 1-11, which is one of the prescribed readings for this lesson, WHAT SHALL 1 "MAKE" OF MY CHILD? wept, "If only one bird would wake and sing us a song!" At last by the side of Singing bear had slept. The little lost chil- dren did not know anything about the bear, which had gone away for a while, and they crept thankfully into the tree and went to sleep. They called it their home and did not wander any farther. Every day they left the tree and went out to find The habit of courtesy comes not alone nor chiefly from direct instruc- tion, but from imitation. Good man- ners are an invaluable asset to every person, but they have their root and foundation in fine qualities of mind! The following rulOB for producing and heart and only the constant daily clean milk may be resolved into one exercise of them will give the chil- wordâ€" cleanliness- in the cow, in the dren that charm of manner which is milker, in the utensils, in the stables. That is the whole situation in a nut- shell. None of these things are ex- pensive, except the ice. 1. Brush the udder and wipe with a clean cloth; wash with clean water and dry with a clean towel. 2. Milkers should wash their hands with soap and water and dry with -a clean towel. 3. Whitewash the cow stable at put was $54,102,523, which was almost double that of 1U15. and 12 per cent, greater than that of 1917. The total production for that year was shown as 1,545,422,000 feet. Since 1915 the lum- ber cut has increased over fifty per cent. Sewing machine oil should be put on any rust spots on umbrella frames. people working at wages which no berries and water; every night the European peasant would tolerate, and often working for nothing. They show where crops and animals are being sold for less than it cost to raise them. They show where capital "I can see now where I made my a right to make himself what ho queer, harsh night noises made them | mistake with Albert. He should | wanted to be. Tbeir's was the bad lonely and sad. Each night they have been a farmer and I made him j old idea that the child belongs to the a botany teacher." It was a mother j parents and must obey. They want- speaking. "He was always crazy j ed Albert to do a certain thing, and , . , . over plants and flowers and tending j he must do it, regardless of whether' jplf® yearly. River they found a warm lodge in j them and picking them to pieces to 'he was suited to it or not. But they , ' ''.i'^" "** ''"^'^ *^^^'' ""^'' ^^^^^ the hollow of a great tree. In that see how they were put together. The are not alone in the mistaken idea the niilking. hollow, for four moons, a big brown teacher we had when he was fourteen : that we can mold our children to suit . '''; , ^,"'?^''' f'., "»''>""»"e from cow said h£ was a wonder in botany, so! ourselves. The world is ftill of such stable twice daily, we pinched and scrimped to save ourj mistakes. | , ^- '^'^^P ""fnyaro clean and have mnnpv anil send him to hiirh schnnl ^ j ^i • , , , i *he manure pile at least one hundred Tnd college 'nd make him nteacher I , °""i"" *''^ ^""^ ^""''' ^^t « ^"^ feet from the stable. Bu he ain't a success He hal a new! ^^-'^ ''^"'^ ""^'T. want them to 7. H,ve all stable floors of cement. Buc ne am i, a success "o nas a new, ^e musicians. Absolutely without any Rroncrlv drained school every year, cant hold the chll- foinnt for music iind HpvniH nf anv r. ,, uraintu. dren. the board says. You see, Al-I ,Sre to shTne n t at hne thev .re ' .^"T ^^undant windows in cow- bert is shy. He's afraid of the boys | ^^^r, ^ £ote five an!isi'xtur;: .Te^"^^ P^""" ^""'â- Â«'^' ^° --"^ and girls. But you ought to see his , day to pounding out scales and ex- garden. He can make things groW|ercises on the piano. And whore do where no one else ever could. He: they get? Nowhere. Many a girl is West Wind softly sang them to sleep One evening they found three little cubs fast asleep in the hollow tree. The children were afraid. They did not know that the old mother bear can be invested in machinery, build- ; had been caught in a trap, and that ings, and comforts to enable the fam- j the little cubs were lost, too. ily to produce more salable stuflF with When the cubs stole out to play fewer hours' work, and easier work, in the twilight the tired children Every business house must have an crawled into the tree and went to accounting department. Every farm sleep; but they feared that the bears should have one. The business ac- would take their home from them, countant is given an office, a desk, and so as soon as morning broke they and suitable working tools. The farm ' went and searched until they found accountant should begin with these ! some bushes to plant for a fence same essentials. There should be a ' round their tree. After a few days little office in the house or barn, | lovely pink roses grew on the bushes with a desk, account books, and writ- j and filled the air with their beauty ing materials â€" perhaps a typewriter | and fragrance. for farm correspondence. Very often j In those moons roses did not have separate places for entering records 1 any thorns. And so, when the bears around the farm are a convenience â€" | returned one day and began to push one in the milking shed, another at i through the rosebushes to the hollow a proper system of should have been a plain farmer or a! seUing ribbons or pegging in market gardener. the grain bins or scales, so that fig ures can be jotted down on the spot and later taken to the office. Then a cost-accounting system is needed. Stich systems usually look complicated when one examines the tree, there was nothing to hold them back. The children were inside the tree, and they did not know what to do. The Great Spirit was sad because the lost children were frightened, and he made very sharp thorns grow sud water tank for cooling milk. « Embroidered linen chair covers look cool and protect summer dresses. various forms for keeping figures 1 denly on the stems of the sweet wild and the different books that must be roses. The bears could not enter posted and balanced. That is too bad, with the wild roses keeping guard, and part of the joke on the farmer and so they turned and went away for who assumes that book'xeeping is good superfluous drudgery. For the sys- tems are really simikle as soon as one begins to do the work, and call for not more than five or fifteen min- utes' writing and figuring daily. Send to the Publications Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 'or the necessary equipment. LurninK Up the Dollars. '^â- 'â- â- '- ;:i:r.-. .:.i last spring a dis- Three times the moon had hung her silver horn in the night sky be- fore the children's parents found them. They had escaped from the unfriendly tribe and had searched many weeks for the lost girl and boy. The children carried some of the pink flowers back to the village with them. And ever since then Imlian children have loved the sweet wild rose. 9. Arrange ventilation. 10. Do not use milk from any cows Can't make hisi '"riTi ' '1 n 7 j'"""'.!''' u " , "V suspected of garget or of anv udder iving as it is without a garden to ' ''^'^''^u"""'' '^"' '"f"' '"^° "^'^ ''"'' inflammation. Such milk contains hX out" t° I enough money spent on her music, enormous numbers of bacteria. Her companion suggested that it,TT> ^^^ r°" T^ ^ ^°'"i ^l- Bâ„¢*h and groom the cows ncr companion suggtbteu inai u. hfe if it were wise v invested. <?,.„„, u„„j ^... f 7 u might not be too late to change, but And the perfectly\good carpenters' i"Z2T "' ' ""'' the mother did not agree. L^,, „,,,,„„, ^^j „,eehBnics and farm-1 iT^t no du,tv hpH^in„. v. . "We spent too much money on his ers who are drawing SIO and $12 a shl^inl or -«wd L !f^ ^A 7 . education," she protested. "He's got week clerking in stores or da^^^lingl dust to make something out of it now. Is, about in offices is appalling. An! i-j' iu„ ^ h ^ f â-  â-  your boy good in figures?" she con-! intelligent glance at the work boys' aoundance ot ice in tinned. "I see him figuring away so j prefer in school would tell the aver- often when I come in." | age parent that the things the av- "Yes, he's pretty good," replied the crage boy can do with his hands has other, "but not startling." | a hundred times the appeal to him "Why don't you make a mathe-!th;»t arithmetic and bookjiecping ! matics professor out of him?" pur- ^ have. Tools, machinery, athletics,' sued the first mother. "They make these make the appeal to boys. Even- lots of money and it's nice work." I hoe.', spades and rakes are preferred! "I don't believe we'll try to 'make', to books, as our school war gardens I anything out of him," tcmporarized have demonstrated. And how much' the second woman. "You admit you've' better for ths physical health to do' made a mistake in picking out your|some fcrm of muscular labor than I boy's life work, and I'm afraid we to bo shut up in a schoolroom or I wouldn't do any better. I think we'll store, or to bend over a desk all day! leave him alone and see what he de-long. ' ! velops into when he gets older." j Once in a while a boy or girl shows' "And have him wind up a motor- ^ marked aptitude for a professional! man, maybe," protested the first career, but the number of these who; speaker. "That's all he talks now. ! do is small. If your child happens I'd make him do something worth ' to be one of this small number, help while. At lea^t Albert has a job him, or her, along on her natural 1 folks look up to, if he isn't very good ! career. But your part is to follow! at it." BciMini' Bicycle Tires " Unquestionably the Best Tires Made" For speed, safety and thoroughly satibfactory service, Le sure to ride on "Dominion" Tires.,^ The extra mileage makes tliem the best and cheapest to buy. '" Sold hy the Leading Dealers the child, not to pick out arbitrarily And she left her friend wondering ' the thing you want him to do and if after all, she knew what her mis- 1 force him into it, without regard to take had been. A big mistake had: mental or physical qualifications, been made with Albert, certainly. We'd all like our children to be mar- But the, parents were still blind to I vels, but there's a natural law which the fact of what it was. They were I says that water never rises higher in total ignorance of the fact that ! than its source. Think of the source .\lbert wn.'? an individual, besides be- j of the child when you insist on his ing their son, and that as such he had; vocation. •iw" ><ja4ii;.-i^"' I Toronto rat Stock Show UNION STOCK YARDS. T^^ ' THURSDAY AND FRIDAY December 11th and 12th Classes For: Single Steers, Lots of Three Steers, and Carloads of Steers. Single Heifers and Lots of Three Heifers. Lots of Thi'ee, Ten and Carloads of Sheep and Lamb.s. Lots of Three, Five, Ten and Twelve Hogs. Further information on application to C. F. TOPPING, Union Stock Yards, Toronto " ^^iiiiiri "