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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide 8t. West, Toronto SEPTEMBER 2 timothy at the rat* of 10 pounds per acre when seeding down. Or, if pounds of timothy, 8 pounds of i clovt-r and 2 pounds of alsike are Paul the Apostle. Acts?: 54 to 8: 3; 9: 1-31; 11: 25-30; 13 to 28; Phil. 3: 4-14. Golden Text I press on to- ward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phil. 3: 14. seeded, a good even seee, a Roo ee _ g timothy will he scoured the * chris nri nf clear i LESSON FOREWORD This stnno 01 week wolof Clv.-ist. The knowledge of which after !p au j speaks Is the knowledge of the year hy will be secure """r"T Christ, the most conspicuous figure in i heart rather than that of the mind, after Heeding. It is seldom HIM h Npw Teg ,_ ment Tt was the ereat, Count . . but duna. Paul docs not A/. T. Will you pi fane tell me tvhat time of the year i* best to plant ihubarb, and hw to replant iff I have tcveral burtche* but they are not doing well, Answer Rhubarb may be planted in either the fall or spring. September jt * D*.*,**...,^. ^ vne i>ew i es'-niTieni. 11 was ino vc- (>:IL > v ** vt /. i aui uuca nvi. is a good month to replant bi-cause the there is not 11 fairly ck-an stand 01 achievement of Paul to lead Christian- seek to strike a balance between his roots are dormant by that time Rhu- : timothy somewhere on a farm; sucn j ty to ft wor i<i_ w |(j e adventure. Paul losses for Christ and his gains in barb is a ravenous feeder It is 1 area should ho reserved for seed pur- was led by his experiences to so under-i Christ His losses are not worth count, necessary, therefore, for best results' poses. It does not mean a great loss stand Christ as to see that he w., the >>* They are hk. thlngB cast on the to fertilize the soil well before plant- j of hay as the straw after threshing is light, oi. the world, and to so ^ under- 1 rubbish pile, ing. The plants should closer than four feet apart that has been well fertilized to a a seeding of timotny aione HI *= Christ and the world together. depth of two and a half feet. 7. A. if .I hod 'in unflffrtlnf ap- p,ranr, of ,//<,,,, and brush gave in 1921 280 pounds of timothy ( seed, and 2,220 pounds of straw perj acre after threshing. The harvesting: I. HOW PAUL FOUND CHRIST, ACTS 22: 8, 6-10. ing to keep the law in one's own strength, but the righteousness which acre alter tnresmng. me inu-vramM*: .. , . ,, er ;i u , nnn a /,,..,! comes through the power of God in his was done August 4th, and as the , sea- , p } '* ^ woHg , ^ b ^,^tor^p M*o pe ih* ' ,ranr, o o,,. ,<,,,, an rus , . worg erufcne thit spring in front of my house alon-gl* was dry the seed ripened rapidly. whrre ' he hnd come for the flfth al ,j d^ofthe hear, tke roadie, and sp <n t ,o,ne tune in This same area produced 157 pounds , , Umc> ft th th ; rd issi ary cutting aa, rfou n. Now the itumps of seed and 2,475 pounds of hay per, journey. Friends In Ephesus, Tyro h , fc sufferings of Christ, so are ,hootin s out branch, and by an- acre in 1922. A considerable amount and Caesare-i had trial to dissuade that hJR dpath wou]d nform , n irit other year it will look jnt at t,n- of other grasses, particularly red top, Un f.om this Journey while Agabu, ^ chrigt , s death and thnt BO in turn * Beauty is only skin deep- Keep the skin clean, fresh and beautiful with Lifebuoy. The smooth creamy lather of Lifebuoy wakens up the skin. Lifebuoy makes soft white hands Fresh, wholesome bodies. Lifebuoy's health odour it delightful. "i 1 | ('" l "iMirit7''\Il ' i ic I ' ' "'t'lii", n i in ootvi 1 1 1 .-i KVIIIBL * * i i i , , ! , V, t ,!-,,. tightly. Itn't there something I could was noticeable in the 192^ cutting. An i r . ' . .. f ' ,.. he might share in y _a i i 1 * i'ii i larttn Ilicnn i in \i risuii iiiuii t lu iiiiii. /\LW* .. i . /^L. !,,**_ .,.-._,: _ apply to the ttumv* to m-r.afnt nitii adjoining area seeded in ISfiU viin ^ i^3BZZ3 u _. i i-.i cm ; < on. to prevent any the clover and timothy mxture men- A fal8e charKe of having polluted the| Vs - lz - 14 ; No - tiolie<1 abovc yielded 186 pounds of , temple b y taking Gentiles into it .stir-; r '' ad V , att . at d ' Vs. 12-14. Not as thouyh I had >il- Answer The best plan, and per- tloned abovc yielded "l86 pounds of templeYyTaMng'Gentiie's mtoTt7tir- ! ready attained. Paul has not yet haps the only plan so far as willows timothy seed and 3,052 pounds of tim- red the p eop i e to violence against him, ; reached l^aH hiB_desires. / follow after are concerned, of getting rid of the oth y 8traw P* r acre ln 1922i This from wnom Paul was rescued by plants, is to dig thcm out root and 8ced waa ot Particularly good quality, Roman soldiers. Paul speaks branch. By digging around the roots^ ufh better than the seed '">">: J"> rda R ' a team of horses with a chain should the area in timothy seed for two years, j the ca; sue. be able to remove each plant success-! The P ractico here ls to , Ve *"! taken by - it - . 1 * it A! i : lv ..f tf\*> aao/l ** _ j Roman soldiers. Paul -,-,-,. ... w; - than the seed fronv words of defence from the stairs of attained. He seeks to ay hold on it His first words declare , ** fe. Just as Christ had laid hold 'ew for he had been mis- on nlm * or this end. One thintf . . r ._ _ tanen oy some for a foreign despcr-'/o^H/nff . . reaching forth . . preis fully. Indeed it would seem that a timothy that is to be cut fr seed ; ado , Act* 21: 88. Born in Tarsui. ' toward the mark. A high call has neat appearance of the front of one'i I standing until it is nicely filled and TarBUB was the capital city of Cilicia , come 4 >_ Paul from . ^od, through house could not be secured excent bv' to cul with blnder The sheaves are in Asia Minor, a great commercial , Christ To answer his call is the su- complete removal of the roots mH stocked neatly and allowed to stand and university centre. It was part of j pn-me del ram. so, in th '" *"'" "' * ""~ 1 " "" " ntil th " Pnlll ' s trainini7 - aH anostle of Ihe Gen- 'runner in Ihe race, he never oval of the roots and stocked neatly and allowed to stand and university centre. It was part of | levelling and seeding in the usual .'^. ' th , W ^^^ heads shell readily, in and threshed in a threshing at the fett of At the fitting age, he goal to be reached and the prize e won. These words show the ^^^L^^^^^OUSSK manner for making lawns. SAVING TIMOTHY FOR SEED. that birds C8U8e . great ,oss irom^ t Gamalic , We t Tests made at Experimental Sta- shelling in which case the sheaves ft e of Gamaliel in Acts 5- 34 Pnul the prisoner. But his spirit is tions go to show that it is quitt- profit- : should be taken inside to a loft and! Taught according to the perfect man- as ea K er M cvcr in tho service of his able for one to grow his own timothy! allowed to stand unt'l they can be' ner ; and therefore was not likely to Master. loss from of Paul. He is Paul the aged and <*d. This may bi- done by seeding threshed. Storing Spuds, and Other Jobs Good a stable scarce manure is becoming 1 house sweet and clean. In the spring and be guilty of doing dishonor to thej APPLICATION. T Paul > the Tarsian. The pre-Chrls- Vs. 6. 7. It cam. to pass, that a, tiftn (ln of p au , are fu]1 g interest / made, my jnimity. Paul, having de- for us No man leavM al , his t clared himself H Jew, now proceeds to behin(] him The intere8ts ot K the tell how he became a Christian on the carlier period have a modifying effect way to Damascus as a persecutor. on ,,, gubsequent experience. Paul, LBoi Home Education "The Child's First School Is the Family" Froebel." The Story Hour By Mrs. Grace P. Abbott. It has been one of the many ro- all just sit there ever so quietly untfl mantic fancies of my life that some- a new thought comes along and hops day, seated in front of a glowing fire- right out of us. Or sometimes w There shone . .a great liyht. Even t k e ch r ; s u a n apostle seems and is'! P' ace > 1 would observe that holy of have great fun telling nursery rhymes expensive com- the manure will require to be crushed, ut noon, when the sun was at its a vcry ^i(f erent person from Paul, the holies, the story hour, with my fair-j In turn, each one thinking up hers modity that home gardeners who are reducing it to a fine powder on a hard height, this greater light came. Heard ph ar j se e; and yet it is possible to un- haired boys and girls gathered at my! while the one in turn before, recites. So situated that they cannot procure all floor with the back of a heavy spade ' t'oire. The onpmal words make it duly minimize the thinjrs that are com- 1 knee. My girls, it is true, are fair-i The littlest one of us, my baby of usi. g add half its SKJSLC? i.."" n . .3 mon V both Pod8. We can be sure haired and dearly love stories though three, has to be started on her rhyme . they require for their gardens must or club. Before try to replace it with other humus-! weight of acid phosphate and you will JftthouTEng thcwordi ft,-u form.ng maUnal. | have an excellent fe-tilizer for all Th , y were ^^ not of angcr> but of . ^ lw h 'j ^'^"t"^ h " e mon to both ptriods. We that it was not missionary, under For this purpose there Is nothing garden vegetables. loving reproach. BH a Christian obligation to de- lad and I of hisj a citizen of Tarsus, and they are young yet, but they do not quite often or switched from ller fav- love "The story hour" as I had so, orite recital, the "Now- I- lay me, ' better than the leaves which in fall; The time will shortly be at hand Vs. 8-10. Wlio art thou . I am arsus an gather In drifts along our roads and, when the harvesting and storing of sus of Nazareth., .t was Jesus whooe moreove r that he enjoyed the 'privi- under the trees; when properly stored the potato crop will require attention. JfiS*J**glJ a" d resurrection Paul had lejreg nnd immunities of a Roman citi- the story-teller and they the starry- yet from good old Mother Goose. My eyed audience. I know that I am not alone in this other daughter loves to tell stories of real life as she sees it, stories about they become in time "a rich" humus' The' carlier -varieties must have our aenied - n hom tnou persecutest The zen And a(fa j n( whatever emancioa-l disillusionment for I have seen other' good little girls who drink all their which needs but little stimulating first care, but in taking them up to! {^7" persecution of Jesus himself" ^ n f thought thcrc waB when he| mothers try the same thing and then) milk every day for weeks and weeks dressing of commercial fertilizer to store, the main guide Is the weather l What shall I do? These are the words "f"rh ^f ^? 3pel nn<1 ' earn d the truth abolish the story hour, saying regret- j and weeks and grow fatter and fatter make it a manure substitute that is and condition of the soil. Of all mis-; o f surrender. His proud will has been ; wha t he earNer learned at the feet of fully> " Somenow ' m y children don't | and fatter until I am afraid they will even superior to some animal ma- takes made in dealing with potatoes , broken by love. His hard heart hBs; t j, e frreat Rabbi, Gamaliel tinctured' care I none is greater than working among been molted. Go into Damascus . . |^j g (j^-trine. nures. The question of storage requires thcm, and especially digging them up,|^' some consideration. Where the gar- when it is raining of when the soil is dcncr's grounds are commodious there soaking wet underfoot. If we wish to should be no difficulty in selecting have our potatoes in the best possible sonic out-of-the-way place for the condition throughout the winter, the compost heap, but in tho small yard crop must be left severely alone while it may take some thought and a little they are wet In light sandy ground T u h v e ^ r8e r uto . r ! I'aul, the Christian. Paul was a Christian. Kverything else commission. HOW PAUL HERVKI) CHRIST, PHIL. 8: 7-14. I seems subordinate to this great deter- |minative fact. C'hrist was everything for stories. I guess they i burst of goodness or too much milk, aren't like I was when I was a child. I get in one or two short funny stories I used to sit by the hour and listen each night but they must be very short to my Mother and I well remember and very funny. The ones which can once how ": "By the hour" was be illustrated in life hy the making of probably how it seemed to them and j faces or gestures are the most popular. to him. The love of Christ constrain- j not to their mother* and they probably | I have learned how to tell a story , _,. r cd nim - urged and impelled him to all listened much as do the children of i and make it interestine (stubborn Vs. 7, 8. This passage is taken from that heroic missionary life of priva- a letter written by Paul, a prisoner in tion and peril. - - ^t-_ /-!!._;_!. i ..i.-_ _ . . . themselves. | me to it and for once I can be thank- _ in ___ ^ __ v .,..o ^. ,0V ^o v .. a ra ther long time to'ful for my stubbornness) but more barrels the leaves can be left in some soil, even though the latter may bo sending a gift to him. Among other iour and Lord. "I live; yet not I; but'' earn my ' esson - I hated to give in | than that I have learned how to ob- put-of-the-way corner, or a hole can moderaU-ly wet, but in heavy land the | things ne warns them_ajjainst teachers Christ liveth in me: and the life which i to the fact that I was beaten and I serve the story hour and make it it . .. a H 1 '' wiiiix:!! ' . inui, u ill intuicri .. iblc to concoct a suitable rccep- the tubers as a rule come out clean Rome( to the Christians In Philippi, ini Paul has no honor and no friend but Ucle. Tramped firmly in boxes or and free from any heavy deposit of acknowledgment of their kindness in Christ. Christ was to him both Sav- to-day, by doing all of the talkingj pride in my romantic fancy brought fxing four strong posts in the ground Get as many taken up as possible dur-|he waV zealous" u'nto'Ver'secution.'Te JesuTchrlst'.""ln'alTthis'h 1 e iVarTin-i ! have come to a ha PPy compromise, they will love that "time at your kriei to form a square and then nailing ing the early part of the day, bringing was blameless in his observance of spiring example to modern Christians. wh 'cn is really what all great happl- ; by the soft firelight quite as well at boards or wire netting round them. them well to the surface and spread-! the law; but when he came to Christ, Personal loynlty to Christ this was; nesses re based on, we make up our 1 you and be willing to sit there for the Another method of storage is to Ing them out to dry as digging pro- n !' these things, on which he prided the outstanding fact in Paul's life, j stories together. I start in or one of hours that we all think we so vividly build a wall of sod, either in the form ceeds. Then before evening they! h> mself . were as nothing. Alt tliini/a (See 2 Cor. B: 14, 15.) It may be that the children starts, or sometimes we 1 remember, of a square or an oblong. In this the should all be collected together and! ' \'^ ; , no * only , the ^hings of his sometimes this important aspect of leaves are tramped (irmly in layers of covered over on the ground. It is, bout one foot. On this is spread three however, a better plan if, after being or four inches of fresh manure, then exposed for two hours or so, they are past life, but anything in his present Christian life has degenerated, and life In which he might glory, were also become too sentimental, but in the counted loss. Shop Tools. Of course, you have a shop. And! Feed Floor Buys Itself. I think that a concrete hog-feeding For the excellency of manly, wholesome, reverent, passion- --. --. - * the knowledge of Christ; for the su- ! ate devotion of Paul is to be found the . - - , ,, - more leaves as before, alternating the taken into an open shed and spread preme worth of all these things thnt Bee-ret of his marvelous power, and the after you have '* what ought you lo r pa . y for ltself ln about flv layer of leaves with manure to any out to dry there. In this way much; he had learned in Christ and learned church's great need to-day. have in it? years. I built one 36x40 feet. I be- desired depth, the whole being covered time will be saved and the tubers will ^-- -- TT^T-== First and foremost, a set of bits and lieve the ferd ; t saves me has easily augers, of all sizes; and don't get paid for the materials in the few them at the ftve-and-ten-cent store, years that I have had it It make* either. Get some good ones while you feeding easier. You don't have to with n roof of three-inch sods. Late then be handled in the finest possible the following summer the entire mass condition. Some gardeners pull up all lected for seed are not so carefully dealt with in this respect; in fuel, Is turned over nnd mixed thoroughly, the vines before beginning to lift tho | they are all the better for becoming and it makes a pile of unexcelled ma- roots, butthis is not a good way of j quite green, as in this condition they m.rial ,.., nurial matter. POI LTKY-HOl.'SE FKKTII.IZER. _______ But where no place is available for' hi " of roots is locat<>d ' and thfi conse- composting the leaves they may be ( J uence '" that a " Innumerable quan- going about it, for there is nothing! seem to keep must better and are not left to guide them or show where eachj BO likely to sprout prematurely. They ' should be spread out thinly in shallow boxes and may he fully cjcposrd to the light It is an advantage to have the ' VIT I I I ,t , MC A *i *iL _! .! 1 dug into the soil as they are gathered tlty of them aM spolled wth the fork -, - The best plan is to open a trench along The P. r P er wa V of otn nb ut the| sets nicely sprouted in the spring be- one end of the patch, into which a work ! R to p th . e fork in behind j fore planting and if proper accommo- Do It Now. The "Do It Now" sign is very often found in business offices for the pur-; are about it. Back of the bench nail get so dirty, especially in the spring-, poses of getting things done quickly up a strip of inch-board with holes and the feed is always cleaner. On th so that the big boss can go golf play- in it to stand the bits up in. Get a ground some of the grain is bound to ing, or to give the impression that tho good stock to go with the bits and be wasted. J. H. place is a busy one. hang that up on a hook close by the While this sign is used mainly for bits. A couple of nails driven into the impressional purposes in offices, it wall an inch apart will bold the might be used to practical purposes augers. layer of the leaves is spread, eacn ni " an " lnrow ll forward. A few dation is available they should be box- 1 around the farm buildings. It may Then get good saws, rip and cross- them with the next spading^, inches must Dtf ttl 'wd for the crowd 1 cd for sprouting in the fall or soon pay to wait in some few things but cut. Farmers as a rule are pretty continuing until the entire area is ' ' tul)t ' rs wnirh cluster near the base 1 after they are lifted and sorted. when it comes to repairing and re- short of good saws. ; of the stems. He careful not to get For our purpose shallow boxes nre puintinp, a stiU-h in time saves nine. No reason why they should be. A thick Money grows on well-kept berry bushes, even if their fruit goes only . jellies and jams for th* ,' " t1l;lwer sticks, try rubbing the In whatever way the leaves are , . . , r ' Kht on top of thcm with tne fork ' il necessary and if the ends are three The longer a small repair job is left saw is one of the most indispensable "*** of tlu ' lwo si(i '' s vvilh laundry cut:i|,.Mt( d or piled, a little air-slaked lime should he used an the work pro- s tends, scattering just sufficient be- tween each twelve-inch laycv to whiten th- surface. is best to push it in a little to the inches higher thnn tho sides they ci\n the longer and more expensive the job tools on the f:irm. Pome hooks back When a quantity has been dug be tiered one above the other and still will be. Our sense of economy mny of the bench will hold tht-se, if they and is spread on the surface, they admit light and nir to all the tubers, indicate that building materials are don't run away wilh some cureless A dry cellar wherein air can be ad- too high to do necessary repair work. man. milled, bul quite cool, though exclud- If that is so, our' sense of economy A couple of bi-niincrs will com s ap. should be sorted over. NEXT SEASON'S SKKD. Where chickens are kept their drop- The seed for next season is now se- ln K frost ' is * first class place in which needs adjusting. handy, one for the house and th- other ping) make splendid fertilizer if lected, choosing second-size tubers av-'to keep them, choosing a spot where Your implements may need adc- for the shop, properly cured for. As poultry ma- eraging two or three ounces each in they will receive plenty of light. If quate shelter; your chicken coop may Keep on getting tools, n few nt a nure is very strong in ammonia, its weight and taken from those hills temperature nnd other conditions are make it necessary for your chickens time until you hnve a set of strum? loss must be prevented. That can only which yielded well nnd heavily. The right, they will, by planting time, hnve to spend their winter shivering; your j I WttJ n standard sqiiiirr, n spirit- be done by keeping it dry. It is usual mnin crop is then picked up to store made short sturdy shoots. Two good barn may be lenkmsr and thus cause level and be very ctireful of thnt. for for winter. I strong sprouts on each tuber are loss in hny and fodder; and even your it M a valuable nnd delicate ii.stru to find air-slaked lime being freely dusted on the boards, but this is alto- gether wrong. The lime certainly In whatever place It may he decided ample, to store tho best tubers, th?y must house may begin to look n little the m*nt- two or three whetstones. c- 1); irse worse for wear. If that IK so the time and line, n:i iidz, n small bench . : .e. a to Ret busy is now. ! try-squrf, a bevel-square, n roinnusg, To keep in repair is greatest econ- a saw set, a cold rhisel. a sorcw- omy; to repair when repairing is nee- driver, H nail-set, some rat-tail, three>- keep the house sweet, but its action never be put . -ay until you are cer- Sn y s m: If you're building a on the droppings sets free the valu- tain they are thoroughly dry and then nolls ' and a fellow w111 show >' ou able nmmonia, it is driven off B.H a gas there will he no danger of any great wherp you've got the foundation . . nd thus is lost. Gypsum or land loss or deterioration taking place. An wrong, you'll thank him. But if you'ro ossary shows Rood judgment, but to cornered nnd flat files. wood rasp plaster should be used instead, ,111st- 1 open shed where the sun will not building, say, a marketing orgmma- leave repairing fT<> until it becornM a and finally a drawshave and son* Ing it over the perches and hoards 1 reach them is an ideal place in which tion, and he shows you a fault at big jot., is tho grossest waste and good planes. A good jack-screw is daily, using more when the manure Is! to dry and cure the tubers before rock-bottom why, dern him, he'n a extravagance. j "'so a farm necessity. Farmer Yin- scraped off. Gypsum will do all that' storing. Immediately they are dry knocker! When it comes to keeping things in cent. Sir-slaked lime does in keeping tha 1 nil litfht must he excluded, for if ex-' shape, or putting them in shape, "Do| - > - -- p-"< to bright light for many days; We have graduated from the- days 'It Now" is good, sound business! The spirit of co-operation dcuuiiiHs CIOUTO ay rviJIDITinM i tnrv w '" l "' oome Rreen, theroby im- when "business is business" to the i advice. | that everyone who participates in tho Olllfl I O A I t Anlui I lUN j pairing tlv ir flavor. It is an ndvan- days where our course calla for hn.ii ! growing, transporting, nreparinir and t ' pnMrti u..i !. .. Si,.., j tngc to hnve them dried nnd stored ble devotion to that ntw classic, "bus ('n-(>|v (Mlion is the way of the gol- marketing of goods is entitled to a Witwi <>"' 'SUM "C. M '"'M" r yi'/i' Te ' 11W11 >' nti 'I't-'kly as possible. Those se- ineas is service." ' dui rule in the commercial world. fair return for his effort, and no morn. 1 ISSUE No. 34 '23. SM ' f