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wet feet; but the soles are so thick that the 

 feet are kept pretty well up out of the wet. 

 Here is another point : 



As we grow older we find our strength 

 failing. Even a fair-sized Bible I some- 

 times feel to be quite a burden when 1 have 

 to walk any distance. Well, now, many old 

 people will find it a relief to get rid of 

 every pound of clothing that can be dis- 

 pensed with — yes, I might say every ounce. 

 When I am going to take a considerable 

 walk, I take my heaviest pocketknife out 

 of my pocket ; and if I have any silver 

 dollars I lay them aside — at least as many 

 of them as I shall not need. Young people, 

 full of muscle and streng-th, may not need 

 these suggestions. There is a beautiful text 

 which 1 feel will come in well here: 



Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which 

 doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience 

 the race that is set before us. — Hkb. 12:1. 



I do not know much about the raiment 

 the Savior wore; but from the pictures and 

 other suggestions we gather, I conclude it 

 was verj' simple, light in weight, not ex- 



pensive, and gave him the full benefit of 

 the air and sun, as I have mentioned. Just 

 one word more about starched clothing: 



It is certainly the wrong thing for me; 

 and I hope to see the time when the fashion 

 of making the clothing with starching and 

 ironing will go out of fashion. With the 

 attention that is now being given to this 

 matter of health, there certainly ought to 

 be a reform in clothing as well as in the 

 food we eat. I am sure a style of raiment 

 can be devised so that both men and women 

 may look neat and tidy, and at the same 

 time get the full benefit of both sun and 

 air in the way I have described, especially 

 in hot weather. May God help us to break 

 away from foolish fashions when those 

 same fashions interfere with our securing 

 the best and most robust health. Therefore 

 " take no thought, saying, What shall we 

 eat"? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed'? 

 But seek ye first the kingdom of 

 God and his righteousness, and all these 

 things shaU be added unto you." 



Poultry Department 



TREADING IN THE FOOTSTEPS WHERE GOD 

 HAS TROD. 



Some scientist has said he greatly enjoyed 

 treading in the footsteps where God has 

 trod, or thinking God's thoughts over after 

 him, or sometliing to that effect. If I have 

 not got it exactly right, will some one please 

 straighten me out? Well, lately I have 

 greatly enjoyed treading in the footsteps 

 where God has trod. Let me explain : 



I told you last fall that I had prepared 

 to have an electric incubator to run during 

 (he winter down here in Florida. Well, 

 when I got here I found the}- hadn't got 

 ready to give us a current for the whole 

 twentj^-four hours. They thought, how- 

 ever, that by the first of January they 

 would be all ready ; then it was put off until 

 the first of February. Well, just a little 

 before the first of February we had some 

 cold, rainy, and dark days. The demand for 

 light all day was so much that they finally 

 put it on without giving me notice, as they 

 had promised. When I found out that tlie 

 current was on I hurried up and fixed the 

 incubator. In order to get eggs enough, I 

 put in part of them one da^' and part an- 

 other. I know incubator manufacturers 

 have, almost without exception, declared 

 against such a course. I thought that, un- 

 der the circumstances, I would risk doing 

 so once more; but just mark right here — 1 

 am never going to try any more experi- 



ments of tJ.at kind. They should all go in 

 ai the very same hour, and the temperature 

 sliall be kept right up from the start to 103 

 as nearly as I can make it. I want the in- 

 cubator warmed up and adjusted before the 

 eggs are put in, and then, as I have said, 

 e\-er3' egg shall go in at just such an hour. 

 The reason is this : I want the chickens all 

 hatched out at one time. If some of them 

 are dragging twenty-four hours or more, 

 there is sure to be trouble — at least that is 

 my experience. 



Well, every thing went along all right 

 until the eggs began to pip, and one Sun- 

 day morning I got a telephone notice that 

 the current would be cut off (in about an 

 hour) all day Sunday. Had they given 

 me notice long enough beforehand, so I 

 could have lighted the lamp and warmed up 

 my Buckeye incubator I wouldn't have 

 cared so much about it; but just imagine 

 the condition — chickens already beginning 

 to pip the shell, the incubator perfectly 

 cold, and a i^retty cool morning at that, and 

 on Sunday morning. I lighted my lamp 

 and did every thing I could to warm up the 

 Buckeye incubator quickly ; but by the time 

 I got it up to 95 the electric incubator was 

 also just 95, and going down rapidly. The 

 liuckeye, however, got up to 100, and the 

 electric was down to 90, and I decided to 

 make the cliange. Now, you know every 

 incubator manufacturer, at least nearly all 



