Liberty Express, Volume 13, Number 34, Liberty, Union County, 24 March 1916 — Page 7

THE INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Interesting Bible History for Present Day Readers

DUCK JUISING IIY 0. K. C'ONKKY.

Story of Early Church Inspiring. I truth. On that day, and ever after-

There is another branch of tho poultry industry which has never leen fully appreciated. I refer to duck raising, a very profitable occupation. Ducks are easier to manage than chickens, have fewer dUcnHc ami mature more quickly. Hut it taken good .miihc and proper attention to detail to make a mure of the huHiness, Duck are raided chiefly for' meat, but their ej;gs are a valuable food. With

( Ity Andrew ('. Zeno, in The Continent.)

International Sunday school lesson for

March 2d: Keview The great multi

tude. Revelation 7 : 1-1 7. Sölden Text,

Hevelation 17: They hall hun ger no more, neither thirt any more, neither hall the nun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which i in the midit of the throne hall feed them, and hall lead them unto living fountain of water; and God fdiall wipe away all tears from their eye. ar The' Christian of today ha very good reason for thankfulne for the authentic record lie rtosMessca of the earliest day of hi faith. These record are not only authentic but minute. No matter what may be Haiti of Inaeeuraeies in uniinjHirtant detail, the narrative containing the deed and word of the apostie during the first few year of the church's life convey n sufficiently vivid and trustworthy idea of what took place. To the modern Christian thi is not only instructive, but inspiring and encouraging. A he contemplates the birth and infancy of the church, he ia assured that God' hand was guiding and protecting it, and hi faith in the pcretual guidance and protection of the name divine hand is reinforced. In the first place, the church received the warrant of it being, from, it Ixrd and Master as lie accomplished hin earthly mission and ascended to hi eternal throne. " With the fact of hi ascension the church also received the assurance that be abides forevcrmore the ground and source oC all Iter hopes, being beyond the reach of further assault on the part of the power of evil. Hy hi resurrection he ha conquered them. He can afford to leave the task of reaping the fruit of his victory to hi representative upon earth and himself withdraw to a position whence he could better direct their effort. Early Church Had Power from Spirit. The second fact brought into view in the story of those early days is that the

church received her power through the direct coming of the Holy Spirit into its membership. The visible token of the jMtssession of the power were the extraordinary gift of healing and of "tongues" bestowed on the leader at ientecot, the. approval seiupon their effort to bring men to the knowledge of Christ and the changed live and character of all those who received the Spirit into their hearts. Some of the manifestations of thi ower, from the nature of the case, belonged to that age and generation, and could not be duplicated in anv other. Other have invariably followed the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in all place and at all times. The third fact revealed by the story of the first days of the church is that

wards, within the teaching regarding tl.e j l,rol'r '"'"inent ami care, the peculiar flavor which has always been an objeccoming kingdom, they alwavs saw Jesu'tion n,u ,,e '""t- ,),uk an' Ur?' n"'1 MUa" command from five to himself a the enthroned King. I lon , H,t ,nor l,,an Wn 'WH lM'r ,,0,'M ", t,,,, ,m"k't- Kor cooking they go

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explanation because it was ho different! ,,U'U ,m' UMna,, hatched and brooded artificially in large numtcrs but from ideas of Messiahship current at the ' "u'rv t,,m' H,e OI,,' 11 f,'w U U "lon,i,r' to hens, a duck prove

uureiiaoie. r ggs w in require iweiiiy-cigm ior naicning. Young, duck shouhl not , be exposed to the hot sun without available shade nor allowed in rainstorm in the down stage, as this will produce harmful result.

time. Messiah had always hitherto meant anointed king. Now it wa to mean Saviour. It wa the part of the king to protect and save his Hople from their enemies. Jesu a Messiah wa to save hi people, not, however, from earthly and human enemies and oppressors, but from their spiritual adversaries, the powers of darkness, whose work was summed up in the single fact of sin. Together with thi apirituiilization of the Messiahship, came the emphasis laid

on faith an the menu of attaining the

salvation offered by .Testis. And since faith wa possible to all men, whether Jew or gentiles, and since further sin was common to Jews and gentile alike,

Jesus was seen to be the Saviour of all

men and the only Saviour for all. "And in none .other is there salvation; for neither is there any other name under

heaven given among men wherein we must be sav?d."

Samaritans Offered a Messiah. Thi conviction came very early in the

course of the church's experience, but

the practical bearings of it were devel-

oHd slowly. It was quite natural that

it should be so. Ideas develop faster than practice by as much as the mind works quicker than the hand. The first

to be offered the benefit of the new and broader idea of the Messiah's saving

work were the Samaritans. Though

liatet by and hating the Jews heartily.

VARIETIES. The American Standard of Perfection recognizes eleven varieties: The Aylesbury, which is the market duck of Kugland, a white bird, good laying and rapid growing; the Kouen, brilliantly colored, the iVkin, which is the favorite market duck of America, the largest while duck in the world, of early maturing and good hying qualities; the Cayuga, a black American duck; Ituff, a popular variety; Crested White; Runner, the best laying; the Swedish lllne; the Muscovy, white and colored; the (Jray Call, used mostly for decoys; and the Kant India, white and black. rThe favorites are the IVkin ami Ummer The IVkin was first brought here from China in lHT.'l, and in now used more than any other bird for market. They are a large, early maturing, pure white breed and much liked for "green duck" farming, as they usually weigh over five pound in ten weeks. The standard weight is about eight or nine pounds. They are excellent layer. The feathers command double prices, a they are pure white, elastic, and largely mixed with

down. The ftunncr is just one-half a large as the IVkin, and not their equal for market purposes. However, they are wonderful layers. The yearly average will run from 1841 to 11) eggs a year per duck. The eggs of the runner are about the same size as the larger breed. HOW TO START. Start with a gKd breed and fine, vigoyou specimens. Select your breeding stock from the early hatches, as ducks wjll lay about two months Ix-fore the drakes are (it to be used for breeding. At the beginning of the mating xeuson, mate the drake with from five to eight ducks, and later in the season increase this to ten or twelve. It is better to have a oiid or stream handy, but this is not absolutely necessary. In raising ducks for market, keep them from the pools, a they'will fatten more rapidly. Young ducks can Im fitted for market as "green duckH." weighing easily live to six pounds' in nine to elcTCli weeks.

HOUSING. Keep their house a dry ns possible. They can stand cold and snow, but if the feet lecomc chilled egg prod net ion will immediately stop. Keep the litter

the Samaritan had an expectation of on the Hour clean, as thin m their roosting place. W sure and have a rat-proof the Messiah; and this fact undoubtedly door.

suggested to the evangelist Philip the

possibility of their being' able to see in

Testis the spiritual Saviour - Mensiah.

rhilip, in preaching Christ to the Sa

maritan, acted on the same principle

a the missionary everywhere and al

ways doe of finding a natural foundation on which to build faith in Jesus.

Next to the Samaritans, the proselytes contributed a class to whom it would be reasonable to present Jesus as the Messiah. For they, too. had an interest in the prophetic foreshadowing of the Saviour in the Old Testament. Accord inglyrl 'hi lip" found in" the Kfllopian steward of Queen Candace a typical man of the class ready to hear of and receive the Christ. Hut, natural as might apxar to us of later days, the passage from the idea of a Messianic earthly king to that of a Messiah-Saviour from sin, to the Jews of the time, the identification was revolutionary. If it were tolerated, Judaism must erish. The only salvation of the old faith was the destruction of the new. This wa the motive of the persecution

she found a center for her thought and that led to the martyrdom of Stephen life in the person and work of her Lord; and of the great host who followed him.

and Master. Ilefore the day of petitecost, all the disciples of Jesus cherished hi teaching regarding the kingdom of God as the sum and substance of vital

It is of this host that the author of Hevelation saw the spirits in hi vision of redemption as given in the seventh chapter of his book.

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Department of Agriculture Epo5 JVeekly News Letter from Washington, Sj? D. C, in the Interest of Better Farming SS

Save Fruit Trees Girdled by Mice or

Rabbits or Seriously- Injured by Blight or Other Diseases.

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HOW TO BRIDGE GRAFT. I The method also is useful when large

areas of bark have been killed by sun scald or other troubles. The author of the bulletin point out, however," that protection of trees against rabbits and mice and disease is, "of course, better than having to bridge graft to overcome damage. 'Method of Bridge Grafting. To be effective, bridge grafting should be done in the spring before growth starts, though sometimes it can be done after growth starts if dormant scions for the purpose can be secured. Prepare the wound in the tree by cutting away all dead tissue and thoroughly cleansing the injured parts. If possible, sterilize by washing with a solution -of bichloride of mercury, copper sul

phate, or some other antiseptic. The ir-

ftridge grafting, the use of scions or small limbs to connect the cambium above and below a large wound or girdled strip, may be practiced successfully on almost any kind of fruit tree that ran be propagated readily by grafting. It is used more often with the apple than any other fruit, but pear trees often ar treated in this way, especially in certain sections. There seems to be jio reason why the method should not :alo be successful on plums and cherries, accordin gto Farmers' Ilulletin 710, "Bridge Crafting of Fruit Trees," just

issued by the Department. Peaches, how- regular edges of the bark above the

ever, graft less readily and there may; girdled tract or wound should be cut

FEEDING. Keep plenty of water handy day and night. Do not allow the young ducks to go to the swimming place until they are feathered out. As the duck has no crop, do not feed the heavy grains-mash feed is better. Heing natural foragers, they can secure a great deal of food if allowed a good range. If con lined, feed plenty of green fötal. A with chickens, feed nothing for the firt forty-eight hours. Then start the young ducks oii a mixture of two parts wheat bran and one part corn meal, moistening slightly with water of milk. Mix in one raw egg with each quart, and also a little sand or fine grit. Feed this several times a day but do not allowany to stand around to become sjKjiled. Make them eat it all up clean. Another good ration as a starting food i moistened rolled oats with a chopped egg added to each pint. (Jive them clean water in a dish; so arranged that they can put in jiwwt f I ln In. iid Imt lint their hoilv. . .

wa, ... .... .... - - q At nie "week, give' three pit ts (by ificaTJiiearhranr ttro jrarKvom-nieH

with about 5 of beef scrap and .1 com scV-oid or chick grit. Keep changing above so a to have equal parts wheat bran und corn meal at six week, with altotit 15 meat scraps. For market ducks from thin time on, increase the corn meal or add a little low grade Hour. The ducks should le ready for selling in ten weeks. In fattening, limit the green ftasL Feed some green ftaal but not ttx much, as the skin will become yellow, and the market demands white skin. (Jive breeding stock a free range if possible. For the morning mash give three parts (by weight) wheat bran, one part low grade Hour, one part corn meal. Add 5 lcef scrap ami 3 fine grit. Feed about the same in the evening. For laying

sttK-k. give equal parts (by'weight) of corn meal, wheat bran and low grade flour, with about 15 beef scrap. To this add otic-fourth cooked vegetables, such as potatoes or turnip. Mix w ith a iTttle cold water to a crumbly feed. Another ration is three parts (by weight) corn meal, two parts wheat bran, one part low grade flour, one part alfalfa, meal, cut clover or vegetables, one part beef scrap. . Hither of these can be fed twice per day with a lunch feed of a little corn, wheat

ami oats. Usually the flwks are brought in from range the last of November. After

being put on the laying ration, they should commence laying in three weeks.'

Ducks lay early in the morning, therefore confine in the house till about eight o'clock. They make little use of nests, so the litter on the floor should be clean. insertion. The placing of the scions j correspond w ith these grooves. The two w ill lie facilitated if the bark at the i are then accurately fitted together in margins of the wound is slit for a short such a manner as to bring the cambium

taining pot a ah. As fertilizers with thi element are unusually high priced this year, the natural inclination will be to use minimum quantities. Willi soil that have been well fertilized in the past, failure to use a normal amount of potash will probably not a fleet the lawn badly in one season. These fertilizers should be applied at the earliest missible moment. NEWS LKTTKK FOUR Temptation to get on the lawn and clean it up is strong as soon as the snowis gone and the weather begins to settle. Impatience, however, shouhl Ik curbed until the ground is settled fairly curbed until the ground i settled fairly well, so that footmarks will not show in the turf. Where a lawn ha been trampled down during the winter or

played upon when it was soft in winter or early spring, the owner should take steps to compact its surface at the earliest jMissible moment. This compacting, however, should not be done until all trash has been removed. As soon as the ground is suflicicutly settled so that a rake does not dig into the turf, the owner should rake it gently with a woodentoothed rake. Frequently, however, nil that i necessary is to pick off the litter. If a lawn has been covered with manure in the fall, it win be necessary to break the manure up with a rake in the spring and remove some of the coarses portions. A wooden rake is best for this purpose, a it will leave so much more of the fine material upon the ground. Do not rake olT'so much of the manure that the lawn will have a thoroughly clean appearance. All of the fine manure that the summer growth of grass can possibly hide should be left. It is surprising how much litter the gras will obscure in a lawn, a one or two heavy rain will lcat down a quantity of such material. When to Sow Grass Seed. Ilefore freezing weather is entirely over, fresh grass wed shouhl be sown. for it must be reinontlnred that only by repeated applications of gras seed can a gMd lawn Im produced. The ordinary seeding of grass on a new lawn is one pound of seed to every 4tMl square feet that is, to a piece twenty feet square. For rescedinjj a lawn, one-tenth to onehalf of this amount should be used, ac

cording to the condition of the lawn at

the time. For the northern part of the United States Kentucky blue grass and redtop are the standard varieties. However, where there are many bare spaces it will be found well to use some white clover. About one-tenth the quantity of clover as of the other grasses mentioned will be required. Probably a good a time ns any to apply gras seed will W some morning when the ground is froen. so that, when the ground thaws during the middle of the day the sown seed will be covered siilliciently to germinate well. The most successful seeding is that done while the ground is freezing a little each night and thawing again in the daytime. Many people have success in sowing grass seed upon a light snowfall at a time when the snow Ts likely soon to melt. With either of these methods, however, there is danger that birds will eat some of the seed before it i covered in the soil. In spite of this, however, there is a ln-tter chance of getting a good lawn by these methods than when the seed is sown on land that will not quickly cover it.

The last operation in the preliminary . spring care of a lawn is to give it a : gotxl rolling. This rolling, which should be done w ith as heavy a roller as can be handled, should not be begun, how -1

A touch of Vernicol and your furniture is new again In almost every home there Is furniture that is becoming worn and dingy with here and there a rocker or other article that docs not match the prevailing tone of the room. You can quickly make old furniture like new bring the pieces that do not match into complete harmony with Vernicol Vernicol comes In convenient rani of all sizes and in a largo variety of colors such as oak, mahogany, cherry, walnut, or plain colors, Vernicol is fadeless, and Is an exceptionally -mm1 finish for old woodwork and old floors. Color card free at our btore.

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ever, until after the lawn is dry enough so that the roller passes over it without -inking at any point below the general levcl If the land is too wet the roller will leave depression. This rolling

ibouhl . bedonejusJ n soon as the land

i dry enough to crinit it, a rolling compact the soil alnnit the rtsds of the plants, brings them into closer contact with the soil, and gives them a better opportunity to make a quick start as soon as weather conditions are favorable. - (Iras cutting should begin just as soon a the lawn mower can get a good hold. The very early cutting may be made with the lawn mower set close to the ground. As soon as the growth of gras Itccoines a little less vigorous, the mower should be set just a high as possible. This high cutting should be done as frequently as though the grass were being cut shorter.

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be some question as to the usefulness

of the method in the case of this fruit. While -seldom used on shade or other ornamental trees, the author, W. F. Fletcher, writes that this method of jfrafting probably would prove successful in overcoming certain types of injuries to them. - Mechanical injuries, which may be remedied are usfially inflicted by animald, by burrowing insect, or by implement carelessly used. Various disease, such as pear blight, also cause

back into an even edge, far enotigh from the wound to make certain that healthy cambium i under the bark. For the grafting, select scions from wood of the previous season's growth, either branches which grew the preceding season or water sprout that are only a year old. . The scions sliould le a little longer than' the space which is to be bridged, so they will arch slightly over the central part of the wound. Bevel the scions at each end on the

local injuries which may call for bridge same side of the scion with a long slop-

grafting. The trunks of pear trees are not infrequently completely girdled and killed by ear blight. Bridge grafting, if done in time, however, may save the .tree.

ing cut so that the wedge-shaped ends thus formed will be relatively thin and permit their being thrust well under the bark without danger of separating it unduly from the cambium at the points of

distance at the jMjints where the end are to be inserted. Importance of Uniting Cambium. In placing the scions it is of the greatest importance that the cambium, of the scions which is exposed in the sloping cuts at the ends be brought into intimate contact with the cambium that lies un

der the bark at the margins of the wounded area. The union of scion and tree can occur only where the cambium layers of the tw-o come together. The scions may be secured in their proper Mtsitions, if need be, by driving a small nail through each end into the trunk. Thi will aid in drawing the cambium of scion and trunk closely together. The operation is completed by thoroughly covering the area occupied by the ends of the scions and the margins of the wound with grafting wax, strips of waxed cloth, or by some other means that adequately will prevent these parts from drying out. Some operators cover the entire wound, scions and all, with melted wax. Where the bridged portion is below or near the ground, many operators conserve moisture by covering the grafts with earth. Bridging from the Ground. Where the wound is so large as to

make ordinary bridge grafting imossible, another method of bridging may be used . Two-year-old trees are planted about the base of the injured t-ee and their tops grafted into its trunk above the girdled space, which has first been cleaned as in the other method. As the tops of the small trees are too large to

manipulate readily in the manner described for scions, V-shaped vertical grooves extending through the cambium are cut just above the wounded area in the bark of the tree to be treated. The tops of the small trees are shaped to

of one into contact with that of the

other. Small nails may be driven through the. tops of the trees into the trunk, to hold the parts firmly together, The wounds incident to joining the tops of the small trees to the trunk of the large one should be well covered with wax, to prevent drying out. Sometimes

cord is tied around the trunk to aid in j

holding the tops of the young trees in proper position.

SPRING CARE OF LAWNS.

NV Is the Time to Apply FertilizerGrass Seed Should Be Sown Before Warm Weather.

Home owners who wish to get the best results from their lawns should begin to work on them early in March, according to the lawn specialists of the

Department. Too many people delay in giving any attention their grass plots until the weather becomes warm, and thus lose an opportunity to take advantage of melting snow and the alternate night free.ing and thawing of the ground. Apply Fertilizer at Once. If the lawn has not already been fertilized, some form of commercial fertilizer should be used at once. Manure applied thi late will not be effective in most cases. Ground bone i probably the best fertilizer to use, although tankage and fish scraps, some of which, however, have an unpleasant smell, also give good results. Prepared sheep manure is an excellent fertilizer for use at this season. Cottonseed meal, where obtainable at a low enough price, may be used to advantage. In connection with these fertilizers, however, it is desirable to use some wood ashes or other fertilizer con-

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