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TJtiH; UKKUON DAILY JOURNAL, POKTLANU, b AT U Ki)A Y -, JUWU. - lttfiu. Be Saved : i. Agricmturm E$y- 'Piro ducts : A uab, ire Val ALL BY-PRODUCTS i SAVED IF MUST PROFITS ARE GOOD By R. C. Stewart Utilising the byproducts often means the difference : between profit and loss. . For many years , our ' largest Industries allowed vast quantities of the cull, ma Tterial to go to waste. ; Waste material la : now utilised 'la every - conceivable shape, and form. 1 The list of byproducts from manufacturing concerns Includes ' most everything from stock: feed to fer tilizer and from vegetable' oils to dye. It Is only In recent v years that- the byproducts of our largest - and most important industry have been.' recog nised and any attempt made to conserve i them, i. e., the agricultural Industry. The manufacturer has hired experts to work out' systems of conserving evey atom of waste, and has : benefited by the results of this study. The agricul turist has depended upon the experiment stations to work out his problems. . In most cases ho pays but little: attention to the findings, and as a result few are profiting by the knowledge worked out. Many are utilizing some of - their byproducts, very few are, using, ail " of their waste material. - STRAW IS WASTED , In ' this and In ' future - articles - 'the writer iill take- op.' the discussion of conserving the waste materials -in the various lines of agriculture adapted to his region. , , In grain farming one of the largest sources of - waste is , the straw... Until recent years almost all of the straw was burned, notwithstanding the fact that nearly all of the land was lacking In humus. , The writer-has counted as many as 30 large straw stacks being j destroyed in one fall evening, , all of them on land badly In need of more humus. True enough the land where Lithe stack was located was much richer, but at the expense of the entire farm. GOOD EFFECTS SEKlf The effect of putting the straw back Into the soil can be seen for several years. - There is but very little land that is not benefited by the addition of more humus. Karthworms will, not thrive In soil devoid of humus. Without - earth worms surface drainage will be poor. Plant roots need the decayed vegetation and the humus matter that -. has ' been f ground' -up by the 'earthworms: to feed the young plants. The more decayed vegetable matter the soil contains the t better it will drain, the warmer it will stay in winter and the more moisture it will hold during a dry spelL . Probably the biggest disadvantage In returning the straw to the soil is the returning of the weed seed and In some cases scattering weeds to some hereto fore clean field. One way to partly over- , come this objection is to keep the 'straw from weed infested fields separate from the rest, and put the straw back on the area .from which It was taken. Most of the weeds will have reseeded the area In which they grew anyway. and will have to ba killed out by con stant . summer cultivation of the soiL STRAW VALUABLE , . .... Where- livestock Is kept and tfc should be 'kept on every - farm much - of. the straw can be used for winter feed. With the addition of a little stock molasses, straw is relished by the stock and they will winter on it very nicely. By feed ing a' little grain or preferably ensilage, the stock; will . show material gains on this very economical .ration. In stables or sleeping and feeding sheds liberal quantities of straw should be kept dur ing the winter months, it will not only keep the animals cleaner and in a healthier condition, but will absorb the liquid manure and become very valu able as a fertiliser. Making use of the natural byproducts often means the difference of a loss ,or gain on the farm balance sheet. Poultry fc? 1 notes -"3rr Can it be that Canadian citizens -are profiting more by the advice of the bu reau of markets. United States depart ment 01 agriculture, regarding me mar keting of eggs than our own people for whose benefit that advice is intended? -Because of the superiority of Cana dian eggs, due to grading, packing and shipping methods similar to . those ad ( vocated by the bureau of markets, Cana dian eggs sell for 3 to 17 cents higher In British "markets than American eggs. Canadian eggs are carefully graded as to quality, size and color : packed in clean cases with clean 'fillers of proper . weight, and provided with adequate re-: . frigeratlon. . " . ; WILL ADVERTISE . SK00KUM APPLES y4 '""TV ' - ' " ' ' , : 4 J ' ''.7 - ; 'r ' . " I. A IV v. J The outstanding feature o the twenty- Eveiything for the "Poultry Keeper, Gardener and Orchardist leFage Catalors Tells All Free lit-l7 SSCOXD ST. ' tgf BROorxns 1 SfpoaTRsuppuEsra WA foods Kj ewmlWlMtsnTnt. felctfttftm. ttiniMr MUITIT mi 8S. Write hr tin Mi SkiHf Ts SWIFT a WUMPANT - XU SDsss Stratt niTUU, lUUI I i 1 1 rfr t ( i Norton Tj. Moffe bas been secured as advertising manager for the Skoo knm Packers' association. ' TairyineB Help Fonltrymes - v Resolved, that the Oregon.. Dairy men's (Cooperative league hereby in dorse the Pacific - Cooperative ' Poul try Producers and urges every poul tryman in. Oregon and Southwestern Washington to join this , poultry as sociation. The Oregon ' Dairymen's Cooperative league' extends Its best wishes for the fullest success of the Pacific ; Cooperative Poultry, Produc ers and assures that organization that it will have the hearty coopera tion of the cooperative dairymen.' . Done this 7th day of June. 1920, at Portland, Or. ; , . , . (Signed) " i ' ' - .. ... . OREGON DAIRYMEN'S LEAGUE.' HGURES SHOW RAISIfJG PULLETS By C. S. Brewster It is a well established fact? that growing pig's make: the, cheapest gains - -weight while young. . Ac Cording to Dietrich. ; it . takes about four months for a pig to grow his first hundred pounds. He will con sume during this time about1 240 pounds of .'feed. To:: grow the sec ond 100- pounds, takes only ; two months but 300 pounds of feed. The third' 100; "pounds i requires 'nine months and about a ton of feed. 'The data collected at the Storrs sta tion seems to indicate that a very similar condition exists with chickena The fol lowing table gives average figures for Rhode Island Beds: ' Pcmiids of Giwth. - - 1st. 2d. td. 4th. 5th. ITnmber of weeks ... .,:! t ., ... i ...to aiake .each ' . ' poond .. 6.i MU B.5 1 JO.O Poand 'of (eod for. each pound ofmin ..... S.6 U,M 10.0 1S.0 It Is quite evident that the fifth pound is a much more expensive increase than the second or third pound. For instance. as an example., take a flock of Rhode Island . Red pullets, .averaging: three pounds in weight. To put. them-up to five pounds each will take 28 pounds of feed, according to the above, which will cost at least a dollar, assuming that feed will cost about4: cents per pound.1 LEOHOS58 TAXI XKSS RED The next table shows the same data for the Leghorns, with ,the exception that the figures are only given up to three and one-half pounds, since very few Leehorns reach four i pounds in weight. The Leghorns show up better In the comparison- because they do not have so long a- time to grow : ; " . ... a Pounds of Growth. Next Sd. half. ninth week of the international laying contest at Storrs is the fact that a Long Island pen of Barred Rocks from West hampton Beach has relegated tq second place a Massachusetts pen of Rhode Island Reds from Grotton that has hung tenaciously to first place since the sec ond week of the contest. ' During the; twenty-niith week,v 82 hens, including Barred, . White, Buff and Columbian Rocks, White and Buff Wy- andottes, Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites. . Light Brahma, Dark Cornish, Oregon and White Leghorns made perfect ; weekly individual scores by laying seveieggs each. Oneck Farm's pen of Barred Rocks from Westhamp toh Beach, L. I, laid S3 eggs,' thus out stripping all other pens-for the week. : Usually ' hens make better breeders than pullets. Cockerels, if well grown and matured, often give better fertility than older birds. . However, cock birds that have proved good breeders -should be 'used.' ; -v -; J . ,. Winloclrinltryinea, In Cooperative Plan A meeting of the Poultrymen of Win lock, Wash-, was held on the evening of Jane 9. A good sized crowd displayed much interest in the new plan of organ ization. Arthur Goldsmith explained the new cooperative plan. About 40,000 hens were . signed up . at the meeting. The Wlnlock people are planning on adopt ing a cooperative system into all features-of their industry. 43 Jerseys Bring $20,285: at Sale At the registered Jersey sale held ,pn June 10 by Q. O. Hewitt, near Mon mouth, Or., 43 head brought' a . total of $20,285, making an average of over $471. The top animal brought $1300, going to T. J. McKee of Independence. Number of weeks to - make ' each, pound ..... f 7.5 . S.S S.O 4.0 Pounds of feed for each Dound of saia.. . . . . . 8.2 4.5 -7.0 5.0 LATER FIGURES HI 0 HSR . 'The next table shows the number of pounds of feed consumed for each pound of gain made - in successive - eight-week periods, and the cost i when - figured s 4 cents a pound for feed. Figures for the fourth period are omitted . in the case of the Leghorns, as this would ex tend them beyond the period of ordinary growth : f Rhode Island Beds. - Leshoma. Period. Feed per Peed per . weeks. ' lb, sain. Coet. lb. run. Coat. 1 8 ... SB $0.14 8.5 $0.14 ,9 1 ... 6.5 .22 6.5 . .20 17 24 ... 8.0 .2 i 10.0 : .40 25 $2 .. .23.8 .03 ' ... .... The last table shows the . average amount of feed consumed a week by each 10 chicks at . different stages in their development. It Is . to be noted that the Reds keep a little ahead of Nthe Leghorns from the first: . ' " j- . " Food consumed i ' . - per 10 ehctks. . . . . - B. I. Heda, Lesboma, Weeka. s ponnda. pounds. 1 ............ 13 - . .! 2 . 1.00 1.S2 S .v. .- 2.72 2.00 4 .. 8.86 . . $.72 5 5.81 4.77 ..'........ .-. 7.00 ' 5.74 7 7.85 , ' 7.24 8 , . .7 8.03 .... 10.1O : 0.05 10 ... 10.60 0.08 11 11.28 10.56 12 f.42. 10.78 18 .'.J. 14.38 , 11.82 20 17.40 I 15.83 24 18.28 15.49 LEOHORHS CHXAPER AT FIRST To grow a Rhode Island Red pullet to 24 weeks of age requires about 24 pounds of feed. To grow a Leghorn to the same age takes about zu pounaa After that age the consumption is from one and a half to two pounds to each bird a week. . When there is added to the feed cost the cost of hatching eggs, incubation, fuel for brooding, use of equipment and labor, it is readily seen that the raising of pullets is not an inexpensive proposition and, that If a mnwn exnects to Duy gooa puueis ne must expect to pay; a good price for them. Because the , cost or ieea in creases so rapidly as the birds grow older it Is lmDortant that tne young stock should have the very beat of care and an abundance or good zeea to or- SOME FINE PRODUCERS i i "77 ! I- a ft- w f i Y Heavy laying stock and clean surroundings are essential In the poultry - - business.; . ; s ' tain the maximum growth during the time they .are putting on flesh, most efficiently. ? . - : .. , , SORMAL Gr6wTH AITD ..... FOOD CONSUMPTION f ' - . The following -condensed tables give briefly the normal weights of birds at different ages' and? also, the total food required. These tables may be used as a basis for comparison with your own flock. : It should - be remembered that it is very difficult tQ tell, by merely look ing at a flock of growing chickens, whether they are as large as they should be or not for their age. r Poultrymen are often at a loes on this point. "The only accurate method of- measuring the rate of: growth is to weigh the birds at Intervals and to compare their weight with a -table of normal or, standard weights,- such as is given below : ....... i Xefhoras " .v ' Food eoB- .-... anmed per .- -.- bird since Bex. Normal weight Ara , hatching. Cockerels sad - '.. " polleU . . . 1 lb. 8 weeka. . 3.5 Iba Pallets ......i2 tbs. 14 weeks - 0.8 lbs. Pallets ...... lbs. 17 weeks 13. lbs. Pullets ..,... lbs. 21 weeks 10.4 Iba. , Rhode Island Reds Cockerels sad I '::. '-":; v- .""'.'"" - pullets 1 ' lb. ' 7 weeks. 8.0 Iba Cockerels asd ' . : .' - - ---. poilets ... . i 2 Iba. 11 weeks - 7.2 Iba, Polteta- ....... 3 lb. - 10 weeka 18.6 lbs. Pullets . . . . . . 4 ; Iba. 22 weeka 23.7 Iba. DrainagejMeeting Attracts Leading ' Men of Association - The second, annual meeting of the State Drainage .association, held June 11,-on drainage projects in the vicinity : of . Portland, brought -together the most representative ' group of drainage men ever assembled in Oregon. ; - There -are 150,000 acres of 'reclaimable land In the -state-and the soils depart ment of the Agricultural - college - is . as sisting in every.' way . possible .to bring this land under cultivation. : . r , Codling Moth Here v -' Oregon apple grdwers are notified by, the college entomologist that the codling moth emerged early in June - and the 80-day spray should be put on as soon after June 7 as possible. Use dry lead arsenaie one pound to 50 gallons water, or to 50 gallons lime-sulphur if scab' is present. - - - Hand's Jersey Herd Of 20 Head Brings : $7300 at Auction Salem, Or June 12. The entire reg istered Jersey herd of H..W. Hand of Orland, CaL, was sold ? at public auc tion at the state fair grounds here yes terday, the' 20 cows and heifers yield ing j ait aggregate price ; of $7300v One thousand dollars was paid for Brilliant Jersey Queen ;by Watt . & Acre, Hood River breeders, who also bid in Goldie's Nehalem Beauty, a former Oregon Jer sey, at $960, and Lula's Lola at $850. Colonel J. . W. Hughes of Forest - Grove presided as auctioneer. .. ; - e i -- V--v:-; Plan Duroo Hog Sale . at Fair -. Salem,' June 12- Plans for a show and auction sale of Duroe hogs to be held at the state fair grounds here -next Feb ruary, were formulated at a meeting of members of the Oregon Duroc Breeders' association here June 5. - About 100 breeders from aU sections of the state were present at Saturday's session which took the form of an out door picnic - PLOW LANDS GAINING IM VALUATIONS, SAYS -: U. S. CROP BULLETIN When farm plow- lands Increase In value per acre by one fifth in one year and by one half in four years, something has occurred that may be called a "phe nomenon." -These increases In value are indicated by the results of investigations by- the bureau - of crop estimates. , In March, ' 1916, plow lands In ; the United States had the average value of 58.39 ; in the same month in -191? the average was $62.17 ; in 1918 it was $68.88 r- in 1919, $74.31 ; and at the same time of the year in 1920, $90.01. buDding values- in all years not being included in the av erage, .. . , " ': . .. i. BIO GAIN IS HADE The average value f 1920 'is 64 per cent above.,!! of 1916,. 45 per cent above 1917, 32 per cent above 1918' and 21 per cent above 1919 Hence it appears that by far the greatest rate of yearly increase was from 1919 to. 1920. To the extent that plow land values are related to crop prices, this lag Wthe advance of land values behind the advance in crop prices is according to rule. : Values approximately . doubled In-the South in four years, and that is a part of the country where plow lands have low values. They are overjaktng '"the higher values of other states. The least rates of advance in values are found in the New England and Middle Atlantic states. In the corn. belt, where values are highest, the upward .movement is strong. . f.. FKICES ABE CITED ,?i :. VV ' " Among the states that have high acre values for plow lands are Iowa with $219, Illinois with $170, California- sfhd'jArl sona with $10, Nebraska with $1B, In diana with $119, Washington .with U15. Ohio and Idaho .with $106, Utah with $103, . and Wisconsin, Oregon with $100. Minnesota and A YOUNG BULL of EXCEPTIONAL VALUE FBOU-BEOIsm OF MEBIT JEBSETS , . i He must be seen to be appreciated. He is backed by big - ' production on both sides.. ' - Green Meadow Farm, Henry Stewart, Prop., Albany, Ore. FARMERS PRODUCE Ship Your WOOL Hogs, Veal, Poultry, Eggs, Hides, Cascara Bark and Other : Produce to the Farmers' Union Company We Are Operated, Owned and Controlled by FARMERS Tri-State Terminal Co." Fourth and Couch Sts. Portland, Or. 1. t J ' GET THE ! . MAGGOTS ; -;- before they get your garden and put to naught all your hard labor. r ; ! -' ' ' ' '' ie MAGGOTS AIT : ;. T -.; -. i- : ; will save your Cabbage, Radish, Turnip anc$ all root crops from these destructive yfHssts. ' This article was made in response to a demaad ny the geacral peblle every where, aad also as a paotee : tlos of oar own growing crops of Cabbage, ete. Mt is -the resslt of exhaastlve research work aad fronathe , , best InlormatioB obtainable frosm - Government aad ' .- Btate IssecUclde Experts. :.. r - 1-lb. . cans, with sifter tops,'. 25c each; also 25-lb. bags, '$2.25 ; postage : additional. ' . i Full Directions on Each Package-: t' - At your dealer's or by mail ' ; 'i The Chas. iL Lilly Co. ; - - - - - - . - Yakima ; ' Portland ' EOeasbors ' Wapato ' f. : FaFiMElg : iolsat Oil If the Mayflower had landed in San Francisco, New England would still be a howling wilderness I? So said an "Eighty-niner" Oklahoman when in terviewed by Mr. John E. Pickett, of the fieid staff of , 1 9 (Stage business : Yankee snorts ; West erner grins.) We all know Oklahoma as an oil state, , but the truth is that there is a lot jnore to her than oil. There's agriculture! Ifven in the oil boom ' list year the income of the average Oklahoma farmer nearly $4000 included only about $200 of oil money. Oklahoma is doing big things in agriculture. In a series of four Country Gentle man articles, all of which you will enjoy if .. you send me your dollar to day,' Mr. Pickett tells about them. Every . farmer hereabouts will profit by the experience of this great farm state, which pays the most ex ' cess-profit taxes. And re ' member: this series is just one among scores of features covering every farm interest included in year's subscription for this unique national weekly of helpful farm service. The cost? Next to ' nothing I Send me only $1.00 for 52 big issues! ITS -A WISE DOLLAR THAT BUYS , THE CG. W. C. COWGILL Postoff ice Box 24 Phone 1118-Ind. v Corvalli, Ore. Us Cstatrj Cent! tats Ts LtdWRstM JemsiTss Strsreay Ersalnt Potl UisMs-$t.M M -$LM . , II mmm-UM Experts ' Have Produced iii FEEDS the most scientifically prepared, most economical: and profitable rations for livestock and pouUj try feeding The farmer who does not accept the accomplishments of science,' and who is not impressed by . the results of actual 'thorough tests and experiments in the feeding of .livestock and poultry, --"certainly, does not "enjoy the success of the farmer who is eager and willing to know and to apply "them. - - : . . .' - " ' - ' , . , ; '. . . : -.. : OLYMPIC. FEEDS are not the result of commonplace methods.; They have been developed under the most .exacting and scientific conditions through a period not of a few weeks, or months, but years. The advantages of feeding with correctly balanced combinations of feeding stuffs, over any single -feed or ordinary feed mixtures, -have beeig demonstrated to a surprising degree with . .OLYMPIC Fl&EUS. . - - : Fortify and Strengthen the Sys tems of Your Livestock and Poultry With smJ2Ei Feeds. They contain food essentials that make live stock and poultry feeding more accurate, ; supplying what ordinary feed and feed mix- - tures lack. They aid and develop the assimi lating powers, thereby promoting health and activity in both animals and poultry; ' The final. result is greater production and profit. :- r (IIS7E002 Hoj; Feed - VVithDriedButtermilk " , Basing feeding costs on what you get from what you feed, we believe OLYMPIC Hog ' Feed -with Dried. Buttermilk to be the most , economical in the world. It is made from . Flour Middlings, Com, Barley,- Dried Butter-' - milk,' Digester Tankage and Salt. Dried But t termilk contains 25 to 30 protein and is f 100 digestible, and is a valuable food ele- - .merit in promoting bigger and healthier ' frames and bodies. , - .--- ' ., ' . Tho OLYMPIC Una of Feed, t Scratch .'.'FW." GmrUt Chick Seratck. " Bsfcy Chick . Scratch. En Hash with Drise BattersUlk, Crate Fat tener wHh Dries BntUrsailk. 0hlck Mssh, with Drlee , Bsttenailk, Ficeen Fsea, Uerse Fea. Steck Feed. sisiasscs BMa riH, ausus atsissscs rot. '.H Fe -srlth DrUa BatUrsailk. Dairr F Calf ttmml .wita TirimA B.tl.nllk. NET 100 IB: "r-IADE MARK HS& US. PAT,' iJJARANTEED ANASX- !3?? csudc Fif I - ILL. I " ' -. T mt9 tik a a sa .ja. "Ask Tour Feed bmlmr to supply you With OuYhtFlC . FKEDS. or writ irmct to us for namm of Dealer. There's 1 00 of feeding value in. :every 100 -lb. sacks of OLYlilPJC -Feeds." The Elements and Guaran teed Analysis appeal on every sack The Portland VlMMvaas , ' as - Al ; tin - - .s&yk?z' Portland V .a OLYMPIC & ICASICADE POULTRY -FEEDS - - OLTMTIC BSMD BUTTKK1TILK MASHES" that eorraet, hy ' the use ol th BattermUk, the deflcleacles that exist la stralgst f rals and Animal Frotela Maihes. V OLYMPIC CHICK MASH" with S&rED BUTTERMILK." ' 01TMFIC EGO MfSH with DBIKD BUTTEalKV " ' "OLYMPIC GiOWINO CHICK 8CBATCH." . ; -OLYMPIC BABY CHICK 8CBATCH. "OLYMPIC SCKATCH" FEED. V . ' "KASKADE" A kffh.gTads Grain aad Aalmal Protcls Eff Jtfailu KASKADE 8CHATCH FEED. ' THY THJESE PBODCCTS THET ABE BCTLT BIGHT. State Grange Cooperative Etchangc tit THIBB STREET POBTLAJTD, OEEGOJT Riches That Cannot Be Shared Personal Ownership a Reality - By Dr. JAMES E. TALMAQE Of the Council of the Twelve, Church of Jeatis Christ of Latter-day Ealnta : , Bait LAke City, Utah you i For free eflpfes of other articles of this series, sead reqaert to tie katior t ;The present fs an age of personal and public charity, of benevoITK-e and altruism. As a nation we have had intensive training in the practice of srivincc; and whilst many have doled out Kuds;inKly, others have imparted willintfiy and In rich measure.: The averare is fair, thoug-h, as with the results of human effort in general, if ourht to be better. . - Thorough training in taints is an essential part of the divinely plannod curriculum in the university 6t life. Some of us shirk the lessons and try to eliminate benevolence from our list of studies. Others take the reading con r no but shun the laboratory training, which requires doing- as distinguished from learning what and how to do. He who has not learned to give bas but questionable title to; the fundamental rights of possession. Such comments. as tne foregoing have specific application to material be nevolence,, to the relieving of distress, to ceding the hungry, to providing employment whereby the beneficiary may be enabled to farther help himself, to activity- in community betterment and civic cooperation. But there are some possessions and they of the greatest worth that no man can. bestow upon his neighbor nor bequeath to posterity. Can artist or .mechanic impart his skill through bill of sale or transfer deed? Can the mn ef education by will and testament devise his high attainments to an IUI illiterate? The-moat that any such possessors of real wealth can do is to provide facilities whereby others may gain for themselves knowledge and skill, aud to encourage such by-earnest counsel, admonition and persuasion as weil as by their own Inspiring example. t - So with even stricter literalness Is it with respect to spiritual treasures. .One who through humility and obedtenoe has gained a testimony of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is. rich therein beyond all the wealth of earth; but that priceless possession is his own. He can never rive it to another nor share It, however strong his yearning that his friend should be so endowed; but he can assist that friend to gain a similar' testimony In-his own right. In' the day of separation and Judgment each of the two, and every n of u hall stand alone, td.our Individual honor or shame, wise in the things of God unto salvation or defrraded through wilful Ignorance unto condemnation. It is. not given ;jnto man. devoid of Uivine cooperation, to convert his brother; though' it lis the blessed privilege of the converted one to help Iuh fellows toward-conversion. The ability to. repent Is a gift frm God, not from one man to another, nor a spontaneous growth; but the Uivine bestowal is assured If the soul be contrite and receptive :. When Peter was charged with a breach of the Jewish law. In that he hd associated With Gentiles, he told of the Uivine manifestation whereby he had been commanded to do as he had done ; and his hearers believed and x-latinl ; Thea hata. Goa also to the OesUles grastcd rrpentaore , nslo life." (Acts - .You may remember that In" the parable of the f-n virgins the Lord dfnir La the foolish five as pleading for a share of the oil with which their wiser si-tT were provided." But the latter refused ; Instead f oil they could give uiivico only that the deficient ones hasten to procure a supply for themselves ; nut alas, -while the unwise sought in eagerness and despair what thf.y had neglected to secure while time and opportunity had been theirs In plenty, the Bridegroom passed, and thev were ehut out from the marriage feast. Judge not the refusal of the trise and provident maidens as uncharitable. The circumstance Is typical of the fact that in the Judgment to come every soul-shall be individually answerable. : . . - Had the parable turned otherwise, had the wise virgins been pictured as im parting of their previous possesions to the slothful and unworthy, we would fafn find in the story some shadow of propriety for the utterly repellent ki.-i unscriptural heresy of super-erogation, which sprang up as a notoms wtisd dur ing the dark centuries of- the apostasy. This sacrilegious vagary pretends Umt the excess merits of the righteous may be drawn upon as a bank account and apportioned to the payment of. the sinner's debts in short, that the in of one man may be remitted through the more than average godliness of anothr man. If conclusions as o doctrine may be drawn from our Lord's ratable", the story of the ten virgins refutes the Satanic suggestion that my sins mny he neutralized, ' and I be saved, by no effort of mine but wholly throuirri my brother's surplus of worthiness. - In the first place, no one ol us h.- buv sut-h excess or surplus; and secondly, individual claims to salvation are strictly non transferable. - .' - s -. - -;- We fcaow1 so tsDererogatloa bat that made' aa!1atfe br the Atnsrmrnt of Jess rarlst, taroBga wlioe mrrlts swlvsUos is offered to ail ma. oa equal I terms. -.- ..... . - -. ' P"or every soul shall stand before God to be Judged according to his decdn. See Revelation 2u, and Book of Mormon, Alma 5. Per price list of Bank of Hormoa asd other Bshllfstloon, Inrlndlntr "The Vitalltr of MermoBlm.M whir eomr risen Hi of Ihete artclrs, srply to rlii- westers htatei Mlshlos,. 811. iant 31 aUott bU Portland, Or. 1 -
