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Ll V? I INCREASED SIZE OF LITTERS [Iowa Station Assists Sow Before i Breeding With Rapid Increase In Feeding of Protein. I A breeding practice used at the ; Iowa Agricultural station should be j worth remembering by every hog raiser in an alfalfa district, since al ! faifa contains a high percentage of [protein, almost too much for a single i-feed. With a view of increasing the t number of offspring farrowed at the j Iowa station they assist the sow b> i Fore breeding with a rapid increase Sn ?the feeding of protein? which \~s cailed ?"flushing." Thlti ??euls to stimulate .the productlo?l bf ova or life germs, j which &ay later be ?ertilized by the ?6iH and consequently this tends to gari an increase in the size of the {litter. ft n&3 been found that where a jia'rge amount of protein is fed just be fore- the breeding season that the 'BOWS will not only require lesB serv ices, but more pigs will be farrowed than if scant rations are given. For best results it is Well to have the sows on pasture. POT best results also flushing should, commence about ten days before breeding, or a little soon er. It is also necessary to have a boar of strong constitution in order that ; sufficient ovas be fertilized. Tank age, Bleat meal, skim milk and such 'food* ?are used in supplying protein. BEST BREEDS FOR FATTENING Setter to 'Grind Grain and Feed In 'BoTm '?"f Thick Slop Than to ?Feed It Alone. .ft ^generally is estimatei that rye 'has a feeding value about ??0 per cent lower than that of corn when fed to battening hogs. It is ?better to grind ?he grain and 'feed it in the form <H 'a thick slop than to feed it whole. The dry meal forms a sticky mass in the hog's mouth that is not "relished. Some feed such as tankage, skim ? milk or shorts shtrald be fed in con nection with the rye Rye is lacking in protein and does not jive the best results when fed . alone. It also will be a good plan to feed some corn ia connection with tho Jrye If the corn can be obtained at a reasonable price. EASY TO LOAD BALKY HORSE Tie Rope Around Animal's Rump and Pull on That as Well as Halter Will Prove Effectual. While loading horses in a car we were troubled by one large animal balking, and although we tried every expedient we could think of, the beast could not be induced to en:er the car, . Getting a Balky Horse Into a Freight Car. writes Harlow D. Burnside of Ekal aka, Mont, in Popular Mechanics. After half an hour useless work one of the cowboys suggested that we tie a rope around the animal's rump and pull on that as well as on the halter rope. This we did, and it worked to perfection, proving a great help in ^future work of this kind. GREAT VALUE OF rHJMPKINS Vegetable Has Cooling Influence on Animal's System and Keeps Stom ach in Good Condition. Qreat value is obtained from pump Icins fed to hogs along with eora from "the correctiye Influences which they -exercise upon the digestive system. They have a cooling influence on the pig's system and keep his stomach ?nd bowels in perfect condition while lie is being fed a large amount of corn during the finishing process and /consequently he is less subject to ail ments at that critical time. But ?the seeds of pumpkins are s? exceedingly rich in protein that the ipigs should not have too many of them. Pumpkins are valuable for hog? af flicted with worms. SHEEP NOTES. ? ____ A very little grain, fed regularly, will go a long way In making the flock profitable. ? mixture of oats, wheat bran and ilinseed meal, scattered in a broad-bot ?tomed trough, shonld be fed. The linseed meal will keep the nowels to good eonditlon. If a ewe is constipated, put her in the hospital pen, and give her more linseed meal. The flockmaster, or owner, must be ?ver vigilant. He should know his flock so well that the very slightest indisposition will be detected at once. Feeding Floor for Pigs. Provide a plank or cement feeding] floor for the hogs. Keep It clean; It's the iiog'B table, you know. B? DUE AH Must Seek the Truth, But Stern Prohibition ls "Sell lt Not!" The commodity which is the most Important to purchase is truth, and . lt is the one above all others that should never be sold. It should be obtained, however much we are called upon to pay for it, and never bartered away at any price that may be of fered. It h ? significant fact that the truth cannot be bought fr?m thoSj who have it for sale. The mercenary pre??iier, teacher or public speaker Who Suppresses the truth by uttering smooth things to please men, are selling the truth for the supposed gain of popularity, but we do not ob tain the truth from them. There ls a mart of truth. God is truths and from him alone in the rev elations he has made is this greatest of all commodities to be secured. In a very important sense, we have to buy the truth. There l3 no *Ueh thing as getltng something for frothing. If we <Io not pay for the thing ourselves, others have pai? for us. We may inherit that for which we did not labor, but others have labored for it. Every thing of great value ls bought at a great price, and there ia nothing of greater value than truth. No Price Too High to Pay. We must buy lt; that is, we must be willing to give up anything or everything else for lt. It 1B cheap at any price. Whatever lt costs there 1?, never occasion to repent or be sorry of the bargain. No specific price is fixed for it-it can never "be too dear. Money alone will not buy it, but money expended for education and the gaining of "knowledge is a means by which truth ls bought. All tho pains and labors endured in searching after truth; all losses suffered in tem poral interests by refusal to deny or neglect the truth, are payments in purchase of the truth. It ls -a pearl of such great "pricfe that every ?ne should be willing to sell all that "he has in order to buy it. And having obtained it, he must not sell lt. The divine prohibition is, "Sell It not" . The human prohibitory laws are di rected against the sale of things that are injurious and harmful. And all such things should neither be oold nor bought. In the divine law sale is for bidden of the commodity that is the most beneficial and helpful. All should buy and none should sell. It is a possession of such tran scendent value that the owner should never part with it. It may be im parted and yet still retained. It- is kept If it is given away. To teach knowledge tb others does not lessen but Increases our own knowledge. To sell the truth is to part with it entirely without getting value re ceived. There are many who sell the truth for the honors, riches and pleasures of the world. They make a bad bar gain. The wealth of honor fades, the riches take wings and fly nd the pleasures lose their exhilaration and charm. Truth is eternal, and it has no equivalent or substitute for which it can be bartered. Everything is value less when contrasted with truth. Life t itself is not an equivalent for it. A seeming paradox is that truth may be bought, and yet there is no equiva lent for which lt may be sold. "Buy the truth and sell lt not." Truth is bought with the currency of heaven, and it has no sale in that realm. If sold at all lt must be paid for in the currency of earth. The combined wealth of the world ls not equal in value to truth, therefore "sell it not." Prohibition Ever In Force. The prohibition against its sale has been In force from the beginning. Our first parents sold the truth for a taste of forbidden fruit, and their sad bargain entailed upon themselves and their posterity the appalling loss of Eden and all the peace, comfort and hope , that possession meant to them and to the'human race. The prohibition against the sale of truth has ever remained in force. It is an unrepealable statute of the divine law. Cain sold the truth for the fruits of revenge. For his parting with the great Ttruth of brotherhood he received in exchange the curse of the fugitive and the vagabond and henceforth bore upon his brow an ineffa?able mark of infamy. Judas sold the truth for thirty pieces of silver; Ananias and Sapphira sold it for a part of their possessions, and their names have ever been a by word and a reproach among men. The most awful and appalling conse quences have ever attended the sale of the truth. Therefore, "sell it not." It can never be disposed of or part ed with fer any price or any purpose without entafling disaster and loss. There is nothing of permanent value to receive in exchange for it. "It is more precious than silver or gold, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto it." Let not any -consideration, any pow er, any influence, stand in the way of your gaining the truth, and then sell lt not. Sell it not! It is the full effort that lifts the burden. Halfheartedness is wasted power. We need in all our duties to remember that success comes with all round endeavour-head, heart, and hand. Many -a failure comes from wasted energy. Fellowship With God, Trust in Him and a Comfort in His Presence. A man of colossal fortune, about to sail from New York to the foreign country where he has his summer home, was interviewed as to his 'own life. He was asked what he thought of religion, and with perfect candor . Tepiieat' } nave never Qt the need of prayer." j Another ?n?n of ho great forcuHt, btii of exalted reputation for learn ing and fine character, lay sick when a friend came to him and asked him how fi'? felt. He answered, "I am very w^&k and in great pain, but I can still OVay. and that is much." These two men represent two atti tudes of mind with reference to pray er. On i has never felt the need of prayer. The other has, and prays, and thanks God that the power to pray is still his. Not long ago Doctor Hyslop, an emi nent physician and psychologist, de clared to his brethren m a medical congress: "As an ailebist and one whose whole life has been confined to the study of &e sufferings of th* mind, I woui? State that of all the hygienic m<?as%reB to counteract dis turbed sleep, depression of spirits and j all the ??is?rable sequelae of a di? j tressed rnftid, I would undoubtedly I give t-h-e 'first place to the simple habit j of prayer." Old Objections Dissipated. Certain old objections to prayer have been dissipated, or at least diminished, by the conclusions of modern science. The objections based upon the apparent absurdity of a mind on earth communicating with thte mind above the earth has less weight now than lt had before we flashed messages through space across a con tinent and across the sea without the use of clumsy wires. The objections to prayer based up on the uniformity of nature's laws has not the weight it once had. We are daily discovering apparent contra dictions of fixed laws, anomalies, dis crepancies, and it 'is dawning upon us that it may be -one of nature's au gust laws, :hat the mind of man shall go out in manifold mysterious ways to ward its maker, and that he shall min ister in manifold -mysterious ways to us. The late Chancellor Sims used tc mention one -of the commonest objec tions to prayer. He reminded us that here is one man praying for rain-he wants good crops; and there is an other man praying' for dry weather he is building a house. The objector stands off and says: "What kind of weather are we going to have in answer to these prayers?" The chancellor says: "It is as if the children of a family should ask their father, one for one thing and the others for totally different things." The father, ii' he is wise, may deny some requests and grant others, but he will do what he thinks is best for each of them, and the requests they make are a part of the pleasing heart-uniting intercourse of the fam ily. Find God Through Prayer. Columbus, seeking a western pas sage to India, found a new hemisphere. Marshall, digging a mill race, found gold in California. Alexander Bell, trying to help the hard of hearing, stumbled upon the telephone. And we, praying for a smooth sea or a prosperous journey or a recovery from illness, find God. What if the sea be rough and the journey adverse or the recovery be delayed or denied, if we find God, find a nearness to him, a trust in him, a comfort in his presence we had not known before? Fellowship with God is our greatest need. Prayer is a meanB of that fellow ship. Our minor needs are motives to prayer. If hunger and thirst and heat and cold and poverty and sickness and floods and fires and tornadoes and old age and death impel us to prayer, blessed are these, for they are the rude couriers that show us the way to the audience chamber of the king. God is the soul's eternal home. By prayer we have felt the weight of the world's weariness, we who know the bitterness of its worst and the vanity of its best gifts, find our way home. Power to See. What we need is the power to see -to see the chariots and horses on the mountains; to see God all r.bout us; to see the strong right arm of the Almighty stretched out to help us; to see that the darkest clouds and most threatening surroundings are under the all-controlling power of the everlasting Father. And see ing this, we shall have the prophet's hope and the prophet's faith, and the prophet's trust that they who are with us are more than they who are against us. The prayer, then, that befits our lips day and night contin ually is, "Lord, we pray thee, open our eyes, that we may see."-Walter Jubb. Gradations. We all, reflecting as a mirror the character of Christ, are transformed into the same image from character to character-from a poor character to a better one, from a better one to one a little better still, from that to one still more complete-until jy slow de grees, the the perfect Image is attain ed. Here the solution of the problem of sanctification is compressed into a sente^^e: Reflect the character of Christ and you will become Uk* Chipst.-Henry Drummond. { Normal healthy people often have a keen physical longing for some thing Good to drink - this is best satisfied with Chem-Col a THERE:S NONE .SQ GOOD Chero-Cola is sold only in ? bottles. This insures the delicate individual Chero-Cola flavor. Thispolicy is als?? ?ttar antee that you the genuine. It is in its original bottle ..-sterilized and labeled Chero-?&la. You will greatly enjoy its uni formity in flavor, the certainty of cleanliness. 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