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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL A Carefully Planned Farm Home nt. ... i . Working MAY 15. ith Others. 1 Cor. 12: 4-27; St. Golden Text 1 Cor. 12: 27. By MRS. E. C. WAGAR. . 1 1A b. 1-14. 1 Cor. 12: 4-1.1. Diversities of Gifts. The apostle is writing about such mental and spiritual gifts as were used in the ordinary services and ministries of the church, but what he says has a wider application to all the work of life in which men share. Paul says, first of all, that, what- ever the gift of work may be, it is inspired and directed by the same spirit. All gifts are consecrated; all true work is sacred. So, in the teach- ing of the Old Testament, the prophet, the priest, the statesman, the law- giver, thi i, ing, the soldier, the skil- ful workman all are recipients of the same spirit of God. In particular it is said of a certain workman that the Lord had called him by name, and h;is "filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all mannei of work- man ship." (Exod. 36: 30-36: 4). So should it be with all who labor, whether with head or hand, for their own common good, and so it will be v.herc life is offered in whole-hearted service to God and man. The gifts of which the prophet speaks are those of wisdom, knowl- i -. faith, healing, miracles, proph- ec. . insight, speaking with and inter- im mg tongues. These he compares to the members of the body, working harmoniously together. They who possess and exercise them in the church are members of the body of Christ. 14-27. Not One Member But Many. The apostle's ideal for the Christian community is that of happy and healthful co-operation. It is a com- munity in which each will hold in respect and honor his neighbor's work, in which it will be frankly and fully recognized that all men nre not alike, that they are of different sorts, that their tasks, therefore, must be different, but that each has need of the other, and that all must combine in harmony to make the perfect whole. Ir. it the health of one will be the health of all, nnd each will be happy and honored in the well-being of every i the roin.i on life, and will hold his own ;:t-V. in respect and honor. It is the co-operatJor. of all which makes the community possible. The humblest ar.d most obscure is not less necessary than the proudest ar.d most conspicuous. There should, therefore, be no Kchtsm in the body, but the members should have the same care one for an- other. If one suffers all suffer, if one is honored all rejoice with it. The Christian community is the body of Christ. The apostle sets forth in this way the great law of co-operation, which has as its organizing ;in<l guiding principle the desire of ench for the good of all, and nt simply for his own good. It is the law of love. The man who is not governed by this law is a disturbing 'member of the com- munity. He is a source of weakness and not of strength. He does harm and not good. He does not know and does not fulfil his high place and duty as a member of the body of Christ. John (i: 1-14. Five Barley Loaves and Two Small Fishes. The lad might have refused to give up his lunch basket and might have eaten his cakes and fishes alone, but if he had this great story of the feeding of the mul- titudes might never have been told. He did not refuse. He made his small contribution nnd the multitudes were fed. One of the humblest took on that day the place of great honor, because he was willing to share with others. One of the most interesting writers of the great wnr (Sapper, in No Man's Land) says of the disciplined army: "Self no longer rules; self is sunk for the good of the cause for the good of the community. And the commun- ity, realizing that fact, endeavors, by every means in its power, to develop! that self to the very maximum of which it is capable, knowing that, in due course, it will reap the benefit. No longer do individual pawns strug- gle one against the other, but each, developing his own particular gift to the maximum, places it at the dis- posal of the community who helped him in his development." Must we not preserve that fine spirit and that dis- cipline of h*nd and head and heart in days of peace ? The duty is the same. God calls to n higl.er and even more strenuous task. Let us learn to live and labor together. It is an interesting question whether or not competition in business or labor is incompatible with co-operation. May it not be a useful, even a necessary aid to the most perfect and fruitful co-operation ? May we not believe in the possibility of, nnd strive to pro-! duce a friendly rivalry in all good work, freely granting honors and prizes to the winner, each and all rejoicing in and profiting by his sue- 1 cess ? Application. A gardener was explaining to us recently the process of grafting. This has become quite a science among the growers of flowers. It is done to se- 1 cure, as far as possible, a combination of excellent qualities. One flower has a delightful appearance, but no frag- rance. Another type has a sweet frag- rance, but is distinctly lacking in beauty. Others, which possess much beauty and fragrance, are so fragile that they are of little value. Then the gardener seeks to secure by the process of grafting a combination of these qualities. He unites beauty and fragrance with strength. No man in himself has all the qualities essential for a strong church, but by being him- self he can contribute his best to the "Household of Faith." We moved the old house and built where it atood, aa the trees would not be moved and must not be sacri- ficed. We live on a slight rise of ground and deemed it beat to build a semi-bungalow, with hip-roof for a better appearance. Every room is used every day not two big for a small family, yet arranged to accommodate any crowd necessary on a farm for business or pleasure. The water supply, hot and cold, for bath-room, kitchen and basement, comes from the cistern and is rain- water. As yet we have no well water piped into the house, but hope to have some day. We only use it for cook- ing and drinking purposes. \Ve have a hot-air furnace and find use at that titne. The arch between , living and dining-roms was rn.-rle i wide enough for French doors if they jwere wauled at any time. The col- jorvnade between living-room and den has two book cases, to keep my pre- 1 cious books, yet save floor space. The 'full lengch glass door opens from the i living-room rather than the den, as : I wanted a place somewhat secluded I for my writing, etc., and find we arc- more apt to use the living-room for | family purposes when the door goes directly to the porch. The telephone is easy to reach from any part of the house, and easy for the men to reach in a hurry from out- doors. The sewing-room nnd cloak closet is ideal. We wanted a cloak Eight-foot Basement Extend* Under Whole House. it is very satisfactory, have a register closet on the first floor, yet begrudged every room of the house but the any of the front of the house for that storeroom at the rear of the first floor, purpose as it always leaves a dark That saves any running up and down corner and we wanted all the light and the stairs to the cellar in the winter, air we could get so we combined the We use an ice box in the summer, two. It was necessary to build this There are inore modern lighting room and the store-room next to it as plants now than ours, but this has we wanted to cover the cistern and been m use nearly five years with no! could not have so big a cistern in the trouble at all It serves the double , basement otherwise purpose of lighting house and barn. The cot !< in rh. The men use the grade door ex-i S ln tne "^'ng-room dur- THE COMING CITIZEN All of the older women of to-day tan remember when it was almost 'i*e universal boast of women in gen- eral that they knew nothing about business; business wa-s the necessary evil which took husbands nnd sweet- hrnrU away from the fireside and was or mining aKiut which the feminine * rid not only need not but should BO, bother its "pretty head." In the trc'inendous change which has come to woman's world in this respect, the farm woman has had something of an advantage. While the city hus- banda and sv-eethearts kept their busi- ness affairs in that vague place called "down town," farm men and women lived with the world of their affair* right in the home, and whether it was fashionable or not, girls and boys grew up within fight nnd sound ami touch of the economic mill that ground out their support, ami while it was Johnny who most often went to town when the pigs were sold, Mary knew as much n.; Johnny of the history of the pigs and made it her business to know us much us he con- cerning the cash returns. When the great turn-over came nnd women entered upon the duties of citizens even to the extent of voting equally with their husbamla, once again the farm woman was reedy, for ahe long had had a sturdy participa- tion, at least by interest, in rural af- fairs that had close bearing upon the management of the farm business in which her hand bore to great a share. This spring season of 1921 finds the farm woman far along the road of buineas adventure . and ability for economic independence. More and more she is proving her ability to think things out and tee things through. She is managing large poul- try businesses, dairy interests, garden jwid canning projects; her provincial and county fair exhibit! grow in value; in increasing numbers, she is twndling the entire farm project; thej multiplying; eotmnuniity-bpttorment i movement* :iri> lulling her out into place.* of ;' (innsibility, and, to our way of thinking, she i* in every res- pect The Coming Citizen nnd upon j her we may count for the active sup- port of the be-t ideals of country (MB* The Farm Goose Business. A small flock of geese on the farm can be made a profit-maker if there is plenty of range and some member of the family is sufficiently interested in the birds to help the goslings to make a good start. Farmers that wish to enlarge their business in geese be- ynnd the stage of the "small flock" should be very careful not to attempt too much and become overstocked. The ganders are apt to fight if they are nenr together on a small range and if the range is overcrowded it will not be good for any of the birds. Geese require attention in the spring and they should not be allowed 1 to steal their nosts. The first eggs produced can be hatched vwder hens and when the goose comes to the end of her laying period she can tie given some eggs ami allowed to set. The goslings are tender at first and should be confined on H limited range where they can be fed and protected when serious storms arrive. Sufficient grc*n food must be included in the ration at that time. Most of the pests, 1 such as weasels ami skunks, that trouble chicken's will also cut down the profits from geese. It pays to] fasten up the goslings at night in a rat and weasel-proof colony house. Hawk* will occasionally kill the awk- ward young goslings. The general farmer will find the goose business the most profitable if the flock is limited and quality is em- phasized. Then there will be chances to sell both hatching eggs nnd breed-' ing stock anil the niaxirmim profit per bird will be made. The stock should be pure-bred and unrelated. When obtaining n start with geese it is a good investment to buy a trio of the best breeders ob- tainable and then incro-ase the stock only as the profits appenr nnd the experience becomes broader. First Floor Twenty-six by Forty-six Feet. Rules for Clean Milk. Any dairyman can produce clean milk with small investment and a little extra cnre. This was proved by experiments made in a poor dairy barn, to determine the expense of pro- ducing milk with a low bacterial count. The only changes made were: 1. A simple sterilizer for utennils. 2. Clean cowsespecially clean ud- ;i. Sm;ill top pails l'.:r milking. 4. Proper iniinuN i,-:'i;i\;il and good bedding. The Imf'prmi count fell from as hiprh m 1,200.000 to an average of clusively. They wash i:i the basement, 1 lenvc their boots, hats and coats there, an d can reach the dining or living- room without going through any part of the kitchen. Thu is a grand thing on threshing day. : The P ."-' 11 llo . 1 ' '? cement. It is casv to clea " an<1 w: " not rot> ls en ' tirely screened, and has porch shades that / can he lowered when ncede.l It ig used a ;i the time in summer for deep so there is chance for plenty of light, and room for furnace pipes. And now the kitchen. How we plan- ned and planned. The range and hot water tank just fit in their space we measured and re-measured to get that chimney in the right place. Across the south side umle.- the two short windows is the sink, at the proper height, and on cither side is a cup- board below and a drawer above, with work table at the fame height as the sink top .above each. The cupboard on the left holds griddle, spiders, ; toaster, cooky p*ns, etc., and bread can. The drawer above has mixing, spoons, paring knives, forks, etc. The cupboard on the right has two shelves , for all the tinware and kettles. The drawer above holds hammer, cook- ' books and all kinds of miscellaneous ' things needed around the kitchen. The large cupboard on the side, flour bin,' and a cupboard with two shelves" hold all of our gr.->ceries at the bottom, and two drawers above, one for towels and one for aprons and handkerchiefs. Above that is a space about a foot j high that gives ample serving room. Above that is the cupboard proper,' with four shc-lves the doors are broken, two above and two below that the entire space is not exposed when a door is opened. We keep oar large roaster, extra kettles, etc., on the top shelves. This built-in pantry runs to the ceiling. The kitchen floor is covered with linoleum, also the floor of the store- room. IvUfjj are used on all other floors. | I must speak of the water faucet outside that saves many a trip after water when doins little jobg outdoors.' The sewage from the bathroom and sink goes into a septic tank near the barn, from which it is connected with a tile drain to the large drain cf the farm. This septic tank is in two com- partments, made of cement, air-tight,' and has been very successful in every way. In fact, it has never been open-j ed since made. The linen closet in bathroom con- sists of three large drawers below and three shelves above, with two doors. The closet in bedroom No. 2 has a chest of three large drawers in the rear with shelf above. The small closet from hall has five shelves on, one side. The broom closet from bath holds broom, dustless mop, extra toilet' paper, stool brush, plunger, etc., also the clolhes chute. Each bedroom has two windows, each closet a light. This house has a hip-roof, hence the closets: along the sides. A medicine cabinet! is over the wash basin. I do not wish to leave the impres- sion that we have an expensive house with expensive furnishings. We cut corners in every way we could. As yet. after four ye^.r we have not decorated any of the walls. The plaster was > clean, and not ug!y to look on, so what it would cost to decorate we put into \ some permanent feature of usefulness. , We chose fixtures with an eye to sub- , gtantial worth, rather than to ap- , pearance alone. Agricultural Instruction in Ontario. From the grant of $1,100,000 made annually by the Dominion for agri- cultural instruction, the Province ofj Ontario receives $336,"03 for the pur-| poses contemplated. Of the latter, amount, $115,000 was devoted in 1919- j 20 to the agricultural college and to' HIDES-WQOL-FURS] MVBKRATS mg money can Btlll b made on thes aklno. Ship your lot to IIM ami make Bure of re- ceiving th right price. Re- turim sent tie same day as Bhlpmcnt is I eceived. WILLIAM STCWESONS LIMITED | WOODSTOCK. ONTARIO ESTABLISHED I87O the agricultural school and farm ai Kemptville, $126,000 to the agricul- tural representatives, and $40,000 to elementary agricultural education, in- cluding household science and manual training as applied to work on the farm. The remaining $55,303 is used in various ways, such as demonstra- tions and instruction in vegetable growing, the encouragement of co- operation and instruction in market- ing, the development of women's in- stitute work, the extension of fhort courses, demonstrations with >,-c<e- tahles and hardy fmits in New On- tario, and in other ways, all tend-in^ to the advancement of agriculture and inproveir.ents in rural life. How the progressive work coming within the province cf the Act has been fostered is illustrated by the fact that while five yean ago thrre were no live stock shipping clubs in the province, there are now three or four hundred; by the creation tf ege circles and the ex- tensions cf co-operation in the mar- keting, not only of eggs and poultry, but of many other farm products; by the extension of the agricultural representative system to practically every county in the province; by the increase of agricultural co-operative associations, from 102 with a member- ship of 2.850 and a business turnover of $281,355 in 1914. to 329 associa- tions with a membership of 15,123 and a business turnover of $5,278,106 in 1918; by the expenditure in five years from the grant of $f>91.313 on the Ontario Agricultural College and the Agricultural School at Kemptville; by the extension of short course teach- ing; by the development of school and home gardening; and by the greatly increased number of school fairs. In 1914, only 2R4 schools with 208 school and 56 home gardens qualified for grant*, but five years later, 1,020 schools with 588 school and 432 home gardens qualified, while 1,500 public ami separate schools conducted classes in agriculture and qualified for grants. Also in 1919, 33 high schools had adopted agriculture as an optional subject as against only 11 in 1914. In 1914, the number of schools in the province engaged in garden work wa* but 208. In 1918 it was 588, and in 1919, close upon 700. In 1909 there were only three school fairs hekl in the province; in 1919 there were 357, with 11,823 entries. It is estimated that oi*l y 250 people taw the first school fair, with 58 children taking part, whereas in 1919, no fewer than 92.600 children and 107.590 adults at- tended the fairs. Made by The Canadian Steel and Wire Co., Limited HAMILTON, ONT. . , j .:..-. m . . AMERICA : * i \. ' ' ' KifeV-rt^ -'^^.' ORlCtiMAL AND 1 GENUINE A clr \t\mr DA A! At for this bctter> * tron e er rlSJt 1 UUI LSCdlCl heavier galvanized fenc- He buys in large quantities, secures lowest freight rates and ing can sell to you cheaper than anyone else. if.R the winter, and on the porch sum- mers, and can be opened in case oft emergency. The mirror door between dining and sewing-rooms was my one extravagance, yet we could not part with it now. For fitt'ng dresses, etc., ' it is in the ideal place. The laundrv corner of the basement is heaven for washday. I cannot savi too much in favor of three laundrv 1 tubs, if there is room at all to have! The Second Hour Has Ample Closat Space. working, scA-'mg, etc., by day, fiiui ai them. And hnvi- ilu'.u pbced ut the a ilMplng-porvn at night. It'hius wide right bright for the v oiran that u.-es cement luiilt-up si.Ji.;- that hold all of them. Notice Ihc- two windows over our plants in summer. Tin- twin win- thu tuba c:i Hie south side of the dows of the living-room aro :'.,os\ basement. 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