HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-9-5, Page 60,1
TEN ACRES AND A LIVINGV
She WFty Young, Teopular, and. Hat'' Been Reared
Everybody liefettgl ed When. Site Decided. to .Varig ---W
But That Was Four' Yeats Ago.
When she decided to be a farmer quality, but it would frighten away a
everybody laughed- She was youngcareful buyer. Likewise; I •'do not
illustrate any egg 'sales talks with a
sample dozen of odd sizes and shapes.
de-
livered
is needless to add that a go ods i
livered to customers must be of the
popular, unusually fond of frocks an
fun, She had been reared in the city.
? She didn't know a Jersey from a
Hereford, or a Wyandotte from a Ply-
mouth, Rock.
"You'll be back in six mouths" her same quality and appearance as the -
friends said, > samples, and that one must keep one's
Four years have passed. Mrs• promises to the dot. A little well -
Charles S. Tupper still is "buried" in directed enterprise will land a cus-
the country. Moreover, she is sup- tomer, but only good service can hold
plying cogs, chickens, honey, and
him."
home -canned goods to those of lien' When the current wholesale price
former assolcates ware are willing to
pay for quality, of honey was $3 a case, 112rs. Tupper's
per,' „ comb honey has been in demand at
"Frs. TuP
arming,"
ation for
ivocseid ithe woman who from 2Q to 30 cents a pound. ,; She
feels the modernmoderndesire for 'a job and disposes of every pound to private
the need of marriage and a home. customers and to one grocery store
"I never wanted a jab so keenl yas 'which caters to "fancy" trade. She
when I found myself hi a small city sells eggs from her 400 Wyandottes
frail without enough to do to at fri 4 •to 6 cents more a dozen
keep me busy. After Pd swept and than the country store is paying its
dusted and prepared meals for two. 1 patrons who bring in eggs and "take:
had hours of time on my hands." The them out in trade,"
corner bakeshop, the laundry, and
modern conveniences had thrust upon Mrs, Tupper figured that if a trade-
me, more leisure than I could use. mark has advertising pull for a Manu
Mr. Tupper is a young engineer featuring concern, it would help the
whose work takes him to various parts farm business. she christened her
of the Dominion. In his absenee.I 1O -acres "Graceland Farm;" and this
felt strongly the need of filling up my name is stamped on everything that
idle hours in some interesting, useful f leaves her place. She had'cards
way. , I r;rted bearingthe name of the farm,
didn't quite race the idea of , p
spending, all my spare time on cards,' its telephone number, and its pro- i 515
calling, women's clubs, and social' ducts, Graceland Farm is also em-
pleasures,
m pleasures. I longed to be a real; phasized on letter heads.
partner to my husband and to share ; "Prompt attention to correspondence
making the family income as well"
as spending it. is an easy method of advertising a
"We had a few thousand saved for. farm business," she suggested. A
a home, and were trying to decide ` typewritten letter on letterhead sta-
where to build. One day it flashed tionery, mailed promptly, creates a
upon me; 'Why invest in city pro-, pleasant impression on the man who
perty? Why not a little farm? Then has written' to inquire th'e price of a
we'll have a liome11l have •a job:, and, -
can make our living'-"
ng':" t setting of eggs or a trio of chickens.
The idea materialized into a modern "Suppose e delayed a week •
" and
bungalow on a 10 -acre Tann in On- wrote the reply with pen and ink, or,
tario, an hour's drive from a small worse, with a pencil on ruled tablet
city. Mr. Tupper's salary furnished paper? T'd stand: a good,chance of"
working capital for the enterprise and , Mrs. Tupper has found congenial losing; a, eustanrer, wouldn't I? If 1
1 didn't miss an order outright, I
work as farmer -in -chief, ,
Poultry, bees, and a'vegetabip gar -1 should certainly leave' a suggestion of'
den are Mrs. Tupper's specialties:, , inefficiency and carelessness which
Her side lines are a pig and a regis- ' could only be .charged to the debit
tered Jersey cow. She looks • after 1 side of the business."
the poultry, works in garden and ; She has found that a .$50 .type
apiary,.: and milks the cow herself);
She employs very little help. writer and a letter file have helped
"It wasn't difficult to get a start in; greatly to create the good -will which
learning to farm," Mrs. Tupper ex-; is as essential to the farmer business
plained. "I visited fariiis and studied i woman as to the woman who runs a
the methods of farmers and theirt" millinery shop or an insurance office.
-wives. I asked lots of questions. la Mrs, ,Tupper has encouraged auto -
"I didn't have any old fogyisms to mobile trade. Her a'piriry is' within y;Jiciced women iii history; spurring on words are from the Prance of Peace.
unlearn, and I didn't acquire a1Piy, 1" sight of the road, and a "Nonce >_ar her husband to a' hellish deed to: B.ut peace earl come only through the
went straight to the agricultural col Sale„ brings manya customer. col -
gratify his covetous s 'zit. The eld- prevalence of righteousness; and
lege and the provincial poultry ns. sign ave the ers and nobles of the citywere mere)
erimental station for instxuc�ions. Many of her city patrons h "' Y the ousness is attained onlythrough
p to the farm and re -tools in her hands. the antagonism resulting from the When a cow gives bloody milk,
While I was living in the country sup- habit of driving conflict of truth With error. The get a separate sample of milk from These parts have not been generally.
ervising the building of the bungalow, i turning with a hamper laden with 12. They proclaimed a fast—Not Christ -is therefore the sword eachp. 1 er' popular in this country, although they
g sword of quarter of the'' udder to deter-
I read and digested every bulletin I
eggs, honey, batter, or canned stuff merely to furnish an opportunity' to the Prince of Peace, are'in great demand. in Europe and
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cynic gel, . r� still studying u�• from the vegetanie, garden,. The ger- p' g g g7, I came to s a m n,, t �aii mine if the blood comet from ono also in the United States.. Beef hearts
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Canadian Food Control i".rcense No. 6-276
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON -
SEPTEMBER 8
Lesson X. Conquering Evil -1. Kings
21. 1-29; Matt. 10. 34-38; 1
Cor. 16. 13. Golden Text,
Eph. 5. 11.
1 Kings 21, 11-20
Verse 11. The elders --and the nobles
did . according as'it was writ-
ten in the letters --Jezebel is famed as
one of the most unscrupulous and
-GQO�D HEAI.�'�i QCIESTI01� BOX
Fay Audi•ewe F. Currier; M.D.,
be, Currier will answer all signed lettere, pretalning to health. If gout
Question is of general interest it: will be answered', through these columns;,
if not, it will be "answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is et
closed: Dr, Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or mace. dlagnoele.
Address Dr, Andrew F. Currier, euro of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelald•
6t. West, Toronto.
Blood •Medicines. nold food --•beefsteak, for instance,,
Blood medicines are evidently those But blood•decompases more quickly.
which are supposed to • improve the than other animal tissues, and when
quality of, the blood ---to "purify" it, You try to preserve • it with alcohol
as so many people say, who have no or " other preservatives, you destroy
very clear idea of what this statement some of its important constituents, ex
means. The largest portion of .,the make them unsuitable for digestion
blood is water. In addition, it con-
tainscorpuscles,
theand white c r
red � 1 t
v e P ,
the blood cells; furthermore, it con-
tains, in solution, various mineral
salts, -'albuminoids, and fats.
These various substances are de-
rived from the food, and distributed
and assimilation; hence, most, if :not
all,"of the •prepary�tions made from
blood, will not do what they are ad-
vertised to do.
I do not say that such preparations
may not be liarmless; but that is not
what people aro after, when they pay
When Ryer the body. for its. iipbuilding; if their good money for them. `tib herr "
there is too much or too little of any you see advertisements of sarsparilla
''cif them, disease would be the result, compounds and sure cures, burdock
and the best way to remedy it would and, willow dock syrups, iron and
be to supply . foods containing the prickly, ash strengthening blood vital -
elements which are wanting. iter, and mixtures containing mother -
But thy'`wastes of the body are also wort, dandelion, mandrake, poke root
carried by the blood -L. -chiefly as car- runiex and many other herbs, do not
bonic acid and urea—the first of let your iniegination cloud your judg-
which, is' carried to the lungs for ell- ment. These are all hirrnless ub-
urination, and the -second to the kid- stances when of goad quality ,but ..
have er little influence on the bod .
Heys. The blood may also contain v very i Y
substances' which are' -foreign to- it, or the blood. When they are of poor
like sugar, bile, disease -producing quality, they are about ae useful as
dried sticks.
Many people will remember the- sul•
-
phur and molasses they used to be
liver bile, filaria is one of the ,para- cohpelled to take wh'eii children. If
sites found in'the blood; and there you want something which will stir up
are many kinds of bacteria. A. blood your blood and most of .your other
medicine is therefore, something' internal arrangeni1ents, try a :few
which will have some sort of effect doses of this useful remedy rather
on these different substances direct-' than the blood medicines with fancy
ly or indirectly, and the number of names with which the market is filled.
bacteria, and animal parasites.
In diabetes, sugar is circulating in
the blood. In inflammation of the
possession? . dogs shall lick these is very small. Quine will kill'
thy blood,is the law
blood—Blood for
of the Levitical code; The shine idea tale -germ of malarial fever, and is,1 QUESTIONS --AND ANSWERS -
of
hRS
runs through the Greek tragedies.
Bloody deeds are sure to be'recom-
perused with blood.
20. Hast thou found rne, `0 mine
enemy Ven eai�ice comes up at last up ,by .the red corpuscles when their
with the criminal. Ahab had for Years number is too small, or when they
seen Elijah on his horizon as ,a sort are deficient in iron—as is the case in
of incarnate conscience appearing at anemia.
times to denounce hint for his many 1 t z.do see whyyon a
crimes, I have found thee because One very'common.:form of paten nary effort, I not y may
rmedicine is preserved beef blood, not continue to do so.
thou hast sold • thyself to do that which
is evil: Ahab was not lacking in per- which when properly prepared, may 2 --fen operation is possible, but it
ception of right. He knew what be useful, just as anemic and tuber- consists in breaking the bones' and de
woman and had largely become a•tool cular people sometimes seem to be shaping them. Of course this is.
in-her hands. He had sold his high- benefited by drinking 'freshly ;drawn very; much''more difficult in an, adult
er self for the rewards of sins and blood at a slaughterhouse. This is than' in a `child, but it is sometimes
crimes.' equivalent to taking any other albuzni- done very' successfully.
therefore, a true blood medicine. J. L.=1—Ani bow-legged' and my,
Mercury and arsenic will destroy the ^giosition requires that I walk seven
germ' of syphilis—sometimes. Iron, miles or' so, a day.- Is such walking
in proper organic form, will be taken desirable for a bow-legged person?
2 -Is there any way of straighten-
ing bow legs?
Answer-1—If you can accomplish
your walking without pain or unneces-
Matt. 10-34-38
34. \Tot peace, but a sword—These ,
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a
Some' Low -Priced Meats
Certain parts of the butchered car-
casses which provide'us with meat
are comparatively low in price.
•condemnation becauseII
e lits. su seri e for see den last summer suppiied.material for
papers and a bee journal. more than 900 cans of vegetables.
"0f course, 1 learned a great deal, The neighbors smile her zeal for
from the' practical experience of te'' fairs and poultryorsite at.
people about me, but I checked up "
everything to the rules and directions "It isn't fun altogether: it's busi-
of government provincial agricultural ' ness," she'te",„*hem.
exrts, which may be had for the! It was eold, di• agreeable work, for conspicuous place where the proceed -
price of a postage stamp. I tried to , instance, to prepare` an exhibit for the ings against him might have the ut-
take orders intelligently. I ignored; National Exhibition at Toronto last most publicity,
old rules for poultry and beekeeping- 13. Carried him forth out of the
Mrs. Tupper"s chickens are hatch' -'1 fall; but Mrs. Tupper felt repaid. She .city and stoned him to death with
ed in incubators, hovered in a eoal-1 won first prize on pen, first and SOC.'stones—Capital punishment was exe
a _ pullet, a fourth Lara! outside t rt _ is _ the
heated brooder house, fed according to' -` cuted on
directions, " and
reared in poultry houses built from
experiment=station designs. From
the first they have been practically
free from lice and disease. She gets
once with his father : e that'
of guilt and; l' quarters en
osreth`.fatlier or mother more than me If it comes' from a q g
should do some kind of penance. Fasts
were proclaimed to show : hug -filiation
after defeat or in case of threatened
calamities (Judges 20. 26; 2 Chron.
20. 2-4). Set Naboth on •high—In a
Then she exhibited at the County Fair case of Stephen (Acts 7, 58). Accord
with even better success. ing to 2 Kings 9, 26, Naboth's sons.
"These prizes will add to theewere also put to death with him. They
value of every chicken I have,'and to were, perhaps, the only heirs that
all my poultry products. They could rightly claim they inheritance of
th ineyard This may have been
winter eggs. Even in zero weather give me another advertising point," according to .a primitive law that the
and fed present costly feed, her spring she said... punishment included . also a man's
pullets more than pay their way. "The shows gave me a fine oppor family.
"Bees responded as readily to pro- !unity to :meet possible customers and 15. Take possession of the ,vineyard
is not worthy ,of me—Theline of
cleavage between truth and exror, be-.
t i een loyalty to Christ or antagonism.
totions.
him cuts through all human rela-
38. Fre that doth not take his crsos
and follow after me, is not worthy of
me—Christ will have first place or
none, To follow him may mean bear-
ing the cross, going to the, death.
There can be no compromise, no
temporizing. Where a man stands`..
for a great principle -which is dearer
to him than life he can come to no
terms with whomsoever opposes hint.
This involves an inevitable separation
from all opposition, just as loyalty to
one's' country means the utter giving
of oneself even unto death and no
parley with traitors.
I Cor, 16. 13
per treatment" she said "My sea to Iriiake friends for my business. I `A confiscated property. It has Watch ye, stand fast in the faith,"
end season I harvested $265 -worth of was on the job for days. Inlet scores not been unusual to confiscate to the 1 quit you like men, be strong -This is
comb honey from twenty working of people and distributed hundreds of state the property of traitors and an appeal to the Corinthians, a church
swarms. And I was stung not a cards. 1. learned a lot, too, in talks other criminals. Ahab now goes to plucked froth the inexpressible corrup
half-dozen times at that." with judges and 'exp rejoice in his blood -bespattered .pos- tion of a notoriously, wicked city in
Some of Mrs. 'Tapper's neighbors ers."
errenced breed- session.. ' which were all the refinements of un-
... The word .of Jehovah came to , godliness peculiar •to that age.: It is
were inclined to joke at first at' her The Tupper bungalow is neat and Elijah;the Tishbite—We first hear of [likewise an appeal to every one who
appetite for bulletins, her belief in attractive. In spite of her duties in Elijah in 1 Kings 17. He bursts upon;names the narneiiof, Christ,to hold fast
experts, and her rigid insistence on the poultry :house 'and apiary, Mrs. us unheralded and flashes like a me i to ,theideals of life and character set
pure-bred stock and poultry They Tupper serves appetizing meals She teor across the sly of Israel, a flam- 'forth by Jesus.
justified. neighborhood calls, and gives every ing the inm the ilse quitouspdeecls ofhets lAhabuaxid
'If Mrs. Tupper had trod in the well- TSbrsday to the Red Cross. Jezebel:: 1 It Will Never Die Out,
worn neighborhood ruts, she would The housework is speeded up with 1g• Hast thou killed' and also taken If you and ,I had a farm as big as
admit now that her faith has been finds time for chu"rch work and ing messenger'for Jehovah, overcom_, • .
have marketed her produce . by ° the such, conveniences as hot and cold wa-
country-store-commission-man-retail- ter in kitchen and bathroon, and steam
er-consumer route; but again she did heat. The kitchen is ap efficient lit-
not. From the first she planned to tle workshop lined by cupboards and
plug the leakage of farm profits in shelves. Mrs. Tupper can sit before
middlemen's commissions. When she her kitchen cabinet and prepare a
had anything to sell she put on a meal without moving about for ing-re-
good-looking tailored suit, a becoming dients and; utensils-, A serv'ce wa-
hat, smart shoes and gloves, and went gon saves steps between kitchn and
to the city to talk to ultimate con- dining -room.
Burners. . The floors of the. bungalow are of
The consciousness of being dressed hard wood. They are waxed a few
appropriately -not expensively or times each year, and a little work each
ornately is a valuable aid to the morning with dust map and carpet
farm saleswoman, Mrs. Tupper thinks. sweeper keeps them in good order. The
"If a salesman comes to me shah- washing is sent out,
bily dressed or flashily dressed, I "I couldn't earn an income from
can't give him a fair hearing," she the farm' if,I had a farmhouse with-
said. "I may let him talk on, but I out modern ,,improvements," Mrs.
decide against him the instant I look Tupper declared. "Reducing drudgery
at him. So I reasoned that a trim; to a minimum is only plain business
pleasing appearance would be as vale- sense. Laundry work, sc>ni4bbing,
able an asset to me as to the men who and dishwashing has a low economic
sell pickles, insurance, or gilt-edged value. Such unskilled labor eats up
bonds. It would mean a favorable the, time and strength one needs for
first impressionand open the way to the more profitable and inlerestingl
show'sarrsples and makes a sales talk, tasks of farm management, account -
"If I tried to interview a prospect- ing and• correspondence, advertising
Live.' -easterner handicapped by the and marketing,"
consciousness that my skirt hung bad-
ly or that my shoes -,were shabby, not �•�
only 'would I be timid find i11 at ease, Britain s ➢revenue.
but my appearance would suggest to 'rile total revenue of the United
the city buyer" the very slipshodness Kingdom for the quarter ending June
and lack of reliability he: fears in buy, 30th, shows a net increase of R39, -
big direct from the farm. 794,034 as compared with .the corres-
"I go strong on attractive samples, ponding quarter of last year. Of this
It would be useless to try for fancy amount R21,869,000 war from exoese
prices if 'I brought honey to town in profits and duties. The total revenue
enea'ri-loolcing cases or rusty cans. A amounted to 8165,753,320, The total
slight drip down the side of a package expenditure, ehargeabie - against • ro-
might not be proof positive of poor venue, was x728,975,6771.
FUNNY fiD°ups
CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED LINES
THE 51.9N 15 ORIGHT, TihE IVATE6 WARM
(THINK A SWIM WILL 00 NO HARM
-5110 FORWARD - --- -:r ---
50 ONE FOR TNF MONEY TWO FOR THE 5HOV
'CAREE TO GET READY.AND`IN I GO
might be covered by the sheets of pa-
per that have' been written over by
men and women complaining that this
world of ours is growing cold and sel-
fish, '
el-fish'we should have more land than
any of , us ever will own. Let me
say all I' have to say in reply to thie
wicked charge against the men and
the women of "our day in just four
words. ""Itis not sot
A neighbor of ours had a nice
young horse get sick one day. I.
know of men.. with so much of human
interist and love in . their hearts that
they went to the help of that neigh-
bor, sat up with the, poor suffering
animal night after night far days and
days. It was cold in the barn, but
they did not mind it. They gave the
horse its medicine, rolled up in horse
blankets, and wormed their way into
the haymow until it was time to care
for the animal again. Only a horse,
but it was a living thing, with a heart
in it; and it belonged to a friend..
.No; love will never die out of the
human heart. It may seem .',some-
times as if men are too busy to be
good and kind, but let anything hap-
pen to the humblest fanner in the
community and the grass will be all
tramped down about his door by those
who dome to do- him a good turn.—
ID.L.V.
Wool to be reknit should be raveled
in. a ,colander and set in the ethane
over a vessel of boilfna• water. Cover"
the cole.ncler-and let steam until the
wool is` straight, 'Dry hi the air
andthen wind.
livers; tripe, ox tails, sheep's heads,
era) congestion of the udder esus caotherlves' parts heads, pigs' feet and -many
g. ,of the carcasses might
ed rupture of minute blood vessels in
well be used more freely: in Canada
the glandular tissue. This is not are,thus. relievingthe res-
uncon anon just' after calving and soon
than they p
sulasides. When it occurs in the sure of" the'demand upon roasts,.
udder of a cow that•has been milking steaks ane other higher priced- cuts.
'several months, an been or an
Any good recipe book will tell you how
fory to cook these cheaper meats and make
attack of garget.is the cause. of; them `delicious, tempting, dishes.
Bleeding often comes from growths
in a teat or teats which are irritated
by the act of milking: Such growths
sometimescan be removed by opera-
tion. If that can not be done the
secretion of milk, should be dried off
in the affected quarter.. This also is
the best course in a ease of chronic
garget.
Kindness and gentleness always ac-
complish
com lish more than the application
of a milking stool. or a number twelve
shoe to the back' or belly of a nervous
or fractious cow that holds up her
millo. A gentle, expert, scientific
milker may possibly bring back the
normal function, but it is certain that
brutality will have. the .opposite effect.
The habit which calves have of suck
ing each other's ears or udders is a
bad one and should be stopped as
quickly as possible. The sucking of
the udder stimulates an unnatural l
secretion ofmilk; when that starts
and sucking then is prevented; sail:
acute and usually unnoticed garget .
results. Where that has happened
the udderr,will be almost certain to, go ,
wrong when the heifer has her first 1
calf, and we regard this as one of the
very common, but least understood,.
causes of mammitis (garget).
An expert stockman says that no-
thing speaks so wel1 for a.&arm as a
well-mannered,.,r well-groomed horse
shown at a fair, even if the animal
does not bring home a blue ribbon..
Draft horses are shown at halter
except in cane of draft teams. Rope
halters ate all right to use. Draft
stallion /should be shown with heavy
bridles. Horses ,should be taught to
stand and to lead before they are
placed in the ring.
Good condition and good manners
in the show ring will not be of much
value unless: the horses are , well
g -roomed.. Use the comb and fibre -
brush followed by the hair -brush
every clay. To remove flirt, danpr
ened sawdust should bo rubbed into
the hair and brushed out with a stiff
bristled brush. The mane and tail
should be • combed daily: Tangled
parts should be separated with the
,fingers„ since \the comb is likely to
pull out the air,: The appearance
et' the animal is improved by singeing
the long h'a'irsabout the jaws"and ears
wth a lighted dandle.
The Choke
of all Ranks
T •SShaving under...
trench difficulties at..
the front will quick-
ly convince him",
that the AutoSttop
is the only practical
razor. It is the only
'ra.zor that sharpens
its ownblades and.
consequently is ° al-
ways ready ;,-for
instant service.'` -
Anticipate your
boy's request by
"including an Auto-
Strop in your ;next,
overseas package.
'rice $5.00
At leodio5 stores everywhere
aA. AutaSixop
Safety Razor Co.,
Limited ,
83.87 Duke Si. xl
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