HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-10-28, Page 6The Welfare of the Home
Parental Devotion.
By E. M. UNDERHILL.
Why is it that so many of our
Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West. Toronto naughtiest children belong to parents
ivho are devoted to them and who
gladly make personal sacrifices for
their little ones? Surely parental de-
votion is a common virtue, yet the
number of spoiled children whom we
all have encountered leads us to won-
der whether some people have not a
mistaken idea of what constitutes
parental devotion. Have the parents
of such children an honest desire to
develop the best in them and an inter-
est to study and apply good material
on child training?
There .is the parent, for instance,
whose child is never forced to do any-
thing he doesn't want to do from go-
ing to Sunday School to,washing his
hands. This is the child who later
develops into the little monster who
will argue every simple request or
command ad nauseuin, and when he;
grows up is able to reason himself
o'er any law he niay see fit to dis-
regard. Parents of such a child fail to
realize that to teach him first to obey
immediately, unquestioningly and ab-
solutely is the most valuable training
they can give him and the best pre.
paration for a useful career..
No parent should have to go
through hours of coaxing and discus-
sion over the habitual activities of the
child's day such as getting up in the
ing, going to bed, dressing, eat -
Winter Calf Rearing.
To many, winter seems. an off sea -
'eon in which to raise calves, but
nevertheless it is a fact that most
successful ealf raisers find it to be
the best season. in the first place,
the farmer has more time to give the
proper attention to the details so im-
portant in calf feeding; secondly,
there is usually a greater supply of
skim -milk owing to the smaller num-
ber of pigs raised in the winter than
in summer; lastly, the calf has not
got the summer heat and flies to con-
tend with and is just at a nice age
,,to turn to pasture the following
spring.
When the calf is dropped it should
be allowed to remain with its dam
until she has licked it clean and dry,
or else be removed to a separate stall
and rubbed dry with wisps of straw -
or a piece of bagging. If at all pos-
sible. the winter raised ealf should
have the brightest, driest and sunniest
place in the stable for its winter quar-
tera, and they should be kept clean
at all times, for comfortable quarters
mean almost as niueh as good feed-
ing. The calf should receive within
twelve hours, a feed of the colostrum
or first milk from its dam. It is im-
portant that the ealf gets a feed of
this milk as it has a beneficial effect
on the bowels and ensures the calf
getting the proper start. For the
first few days the cow : heal be milk-
ed and the calf fed three times daily,
the milk being fed while still at blood
heat. Eight to ten pour:+.is per day
should be suffiedent for the average
call. Feed the calf whole milk for
the firet two to four weeks depending
nr ite strength, a weak or piny calf
beirer Parried 4 ;n whole milk for the
tone -east periled. Gradually tihange
!rem whine milk tis skim milk. making
the period in which the eh,nge is
Y vie extend over about ten days, as
a 9r,;pt changes are apt to bring ran
dieeetive treeble . At this t.:me the
telf eitould be :oans::ndng about twelve
peureis of 6k:an-milk daily in two
feeds. As the change is made from
whole to skhn rill the fat removed
from the milk should be replaced by
adding a tale!ecpoonfui of finely
ground d swalde•1 flaxseed jelly. The pro-
G,.:.tk n of the flaxseed yo.,y and skim -
mill: can be increased gradually and
at about three months of age add to
the flax eed jelly other constituents
to make a calf meal composed of
ground flax 1 part, fine greund oats 2
parts, and gr.suni torn 2 parts—this
mixture to be fed in the milk, similar-
ly to the flaxseed jelly, at the rate of
se pound per day at the start, gradu-
ally ircrens!ng t.) cue pot.::d ler t;ay.
at fear v, live months. At this time
the skier -milk ratirn may: be cut off
and the dry grain ration mentioned
below inereased proportionately.
It is well to start the calf eating a:
little dry and bulky food as early as
possible. With this end in view a!
small quantity of fine clover hay and
whole oats should be kept before the,
calf after it is a month old. As the
calf grows older the whole oats may;
be replaced by a mixture of bran,•
roiled oats, and ground corn. Thiel
mixture should be fed at noon at the
rate of le pound per day at start, up
to 1% pounds per day at time of re-
ducing -
d g skim nnilk and calf meal mix -
1 ture, at which time the dry grain
mixture may well be increased to 3
i pounds per day and be fed in two
feeds, morning and evening. Roots
are a valuable feed for growing calves
and may be introduced into the ration
in small quantities when the calves
are from two to three months of age.
Silage should not be fed to very young
calves, and as it usually gets strong
I towards the latter part of the winter,
only very small quantities should be
fed if used at all. Feed salt in limit-
' ed quantities regularly. Provide fresh
water but do not let the calves gorge
themselves with it.
I Strict attention should be paid to
the cleanliness of the utensils and
mangers in which the 'calves are fed,
', as well as to the box stalls in which
they are quartered. The latter should
be eleaned out at least once a week,
and preferably oftener.
The above feeding may seem heavy
and the feeding of it a matter of some
detail, but it is attention to these
points that ensures well grown calves.
capable of developing into profitable;
• nature animals.
The Acre We Added.
Give nature an• inch and she'll take
an ell, and do it so quick it will make
• your head swine. That is what hap-
pened in our cow pasture. We did not,
get around to eut the brush for a few;
years. and when we did, we found that
it had grown up so that the pasture,
was producing niueh less than it had
when we stopped trimming it up,
regolardy.
"Cut eff that brush, Father, and we
C311 keep half a dozen more cows.' So:
seed the young man of the farm, and;
the idea got a good grip on us. So:
• strong a hold, in fact, that we ground
' up the taols and spent all our spare!
time that fall cutting the stuff off.;
The poles that were iztrge enough for
weed, we trimmed and laid in piles to'
• dry, and later we drew them down to'
the house and "buzzed" them up. They
made pretty good wood, too, although
the stieks did not have the lasting.
' 6lualities that word cut from mature'
trees does.
The small branches were cut off and
for this we found that a sharp hush -
hook is the best tool, a good deal bet-
' ter in fact than an axe. A single blow
' severs a limb an inch in diameter. We
piled the brush carefully, taking pains
to press them clown tight together, and
left them to cure out for the burning
that came that fall.
! All round among the brush we found
a good many briers which had borne
berries earlier in the season. These
the Brut with a stout scythe, pulling
. thein together,with a pttehfork, adding
.them to the heaps of branches cut
from the saplings. The field looked
fine after we bad been over it this
way.
It looked finer, however, after the
brush had been burned and the pole
wood hauled away. The most sur-
prising thing about it was the fine
quality of the grass which grew in
where that brush had been. Without
any seed at all a good lot of white
clover came in and the cattle ate it
with the greatest possible good appe-
tite. So we added our acre to the
pasture. More are coming.
A. good many of our people, especi-
aIly those who raise poultry on the
farm as a diet issue, experience great
difficulty in obtaining eggs front the
hens during the cold winter days. The
last few years, one dozen eggs pro-
duced from the flock during wintry
weather has commanded a higher
price than two dozen during the
spring Iaying days.
If we would only stop to•analyze the
contents of an egg, we would learn
that it contains all ingredients neces-
sary to produce a living object—bone,
muscle, blood, etc.—and until a hen
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gets the kind of food to make these
parts, there will be no egg.
During the summer months, when-
ever we maw the lawn, I immediately
gather up the Iawn clippings and
spread them in the shade to dry. In
this way the sun does not bleach the
young blades, and they cure a natural
green. When thoroughly dry the clip-
pings are stored away in gunny sacks,
and hung up to the rafters of the
barn or shed until needed.
During the cold winter days, when
green food cannot be obtained, they
are fed once a day of these lawn clip-
pings, always at midday. It is pre-
pared as follows:
To e. peck of the clippings enough
boiling hot water is added to cover.
This is allowed to stand for half an
houx; when the clippings will turn as
green as the day they were cut. Then
I put bran to the mixture until it pro-
duces a mash. When fed to the chick-
ens you would be surprised to see
how greedily it is devoured.
In the morning the flock is given an
eight -quart pail full of dry oats scat-
tered in a litter of straw, and at night
all the corn on the cob that they will
clean up. This assures the'necessary
amount of exercise required for the
hens to do their best. Ground alfalfa
, will take the place of lawn clippings
' if obtainable.
Before winter sets in a large load
of fine gravel is hauled and put in a
neat pile in the chicken yard, and by
!spring it is generally gone. Oyster-
shell grit is also kept before the flock
at all times, and this assures the nec-
eseary food for shell production. Un-
less this is done the eggshell will be
of transparent thinness and easily
broken when handled.
• Again, their drinking water should
be kept lukewarm throughout the cold
winter • day. This is essential, as an
egg is composed of about nine -tenths
water, and the flock will not drink
enough real cojld water to produce the
amount necessary for egg production.
If errand -running be you part,
Raise errand -running to an art.
•
ing, putting playthings away, per-
forming household duties, eta But
many of them do, until the continual
reasoning (or nagging) wears out
both parties to the argument and
everybody else as well. Early in life
the child should be taught to con-
sider those personal duties as facts
to be accepted and acted upon.
Then again there is the mother, zee
usually is the mother who Is over-
anxious for the expansion of her
Old October.
Old October's puri' nigh gone.
And the frosts is comfit' on
Little Heavier every day --
Like our hearts is thataway!
Leaves is ehangin' overhead,
Back from green to gray and red.
Brown and yeller. with their steins.
Loosenin' on the oaks and e'ms;
And the balance of the trees
Gittin' balder every breeze ---
Like the heads we're seratchin' on!
Old October's purt' nigh gone.
I love old October 80,
I can't bear to coo her go --
Seems to zee like losin' some
Old -hi ins relative er chum --
Tears like sort o' settin' by
Some old friend 'at sigh by sigh
Was a-passin' out o' sight
Into everla=tin' night:
Hiekernuts a feller bears
Rattlin' down Is more like tears
Drappin' on the leaves below --
I love Old October so!
—By James Whitcomb Riley.
child's personality; she wants him to
learn to do by doing and she fails to
realize that his personality may be ex-
panding to the great diseomfort of
friends and neighbors. Such a anoth-
er has a mistaken sense of devotion
to her child and .is doing him a grave
wrong in failing to teach him one of
the most important lessons and .the
first essential of good citizenship, i,e.,
respect for the rights, property and
comfort of others.
If, for example, his development re-
sults in the destruction of the best
table cloth, or of his playmates' toys,
or the enamel on the visitor's motor,
his mother remarks that "Reginald
was just finding out. He is so cur-
ious to know about everything. Come,
Dear, and say that it was a mistake
and you are sorry," So Reginald says
it with an easy sorrow that pops glib-
ly, by long practice, from his lips and
he continues to pursue his destructive
way wardne s with the surety that if
he says he is sorry when Mother tells
him to, all will be well and the help-
less and outraged will be silent. That
is the same child who will expect to
be forgiven in later years no matter
what hia misdeeds, if only he express-
es his sorrow for the outward conse-
quences of his fun, after he has had it.
Let usgo to the best educators for
advice and council in bringing up our
children; but let us be sure that we
really understand and apply their
whole, philosophy and do not misinter-
pret it by selecting a few detached
phrases which happen to suit our own
selfish convenience and thus burden
society with one more peculiar and
exasperating member.
Parents will find the following
honks helpful: When Children Err, by
Elizabeth Harrison; Moral Principles
in Education, by John Dewey; Moth-
ers and Children, by Dorothy C.
Fisher.
Sunken -Garden Beauty Sp
Made from Ugly Gully,
Ornamental gardening, always in-
teresting and worth while, is doubly
so when it transforms an eyesore into
a beauty spot. A certain residential
district in the suburbs of an Ohio city
was afflicted with an urgy clay gully,
335 ft. long and at one point 267 ft.
wide, a disagreeable contrast to the
sightly homes and lawns in the neigh-
borhood. After a tentative planting
of shrubbery had shown the way, the
residents attacked the problem with
vim. The work of a year has made
the former disfigurement a veritable
sunken garden, with formal flower
beds and terraces, rough hinkory per.
galas loaded with blooming ramblers,
and a rusts stone fountain where once
was a muddy spring,
se --
Men who want promotion should
consider that it is the best fruit that
first leaves the fruit basket.
1
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
OCTOBER 31ST.
Hew Down the Corrupt Tree. World's
Temperance Sunday. St. Matt. 17:
13-29. Golden Text, Matt. 7:19.
13-14. The Straight Gate. The
gate by which one enters and the way
of the true life are straight and nar-
row. In the very nature of things it
must be so. There are many ways by
which one can go astray, but only one
that leads to the city of God. The
broad way appears to be the easy way,
for in it there are no restrictions and
no scruples. It is the "do as you
please" way, the way which has been
wrongfully called that of "personal
liberty." As a matter of fact that
sort of liberty speedily degenerates
to license, and leads to bondage un-
speakable. The way of high principle,
of duty to one's self and others, of
unselfish service and sacrifice, is a
narrow way. Straight and narrow
is the gate by which it is entered.
Many, in times of stress and strife,
are the possibilities open to- the shirk-
er and the slacker; but for the man
of honor and truth there is in the last
resort, but one. For him it is the
straight gate and the narrow one.
15-20. By Their Fruits. Every age
has its false prophets. Sometimes they
are sincere, but ignorant. Sometimes
they are self -deceived, or even carried
away and deceived by their own
cleverness. Sometimes they are wholly
bad, although"'they may appriar inno-
cent, and may make loud profession
of good. Jesus would have them
tested,not by their pretensions and
their boastings, but by their fruits.
Is life and conduct good? Do they do
good to those whom they teach? Do
you find them in sympathy with and
helping on every good cause? The
precept of Jesus is a warning against
too hasty acceptance or rejection of
their message.. It requires that we
look with care into their Character,
and examine attentively and honestly
the issue of their activities.
By this test the wide open use of
intoxicating liquors is surely con-
demned. The fruits of it have always
been bad. With 'excessive drinking,,
and the tendency is nearly always to
excess, there goes the breaking down
of moral principle, and as a conse-
quence every kind of-falsehood"and
foulness. Is there anything more sel-
fish than the thirst for intoxicants?
Is there anything more false than the
excuses made for indulgence in them?
Is there anything more beastly than
drunkenness, or more vile than the
tempers and habits which it fosters?
While the moderate use of strong
liquors has many highly respectable
advocates, is it not true that their ex-
ample is hurtful to those who are too
weak to restrain their appetite, and
that they are too indifferent to the
dreadful consequences of the liquor
habit in the lives o: so many of their
fellows? Do they not see that far
many who have formed that habit the
only salvation lies in total abstinence,
and that their own self-indulgence un-
fits them to help such persons? The
tree is bad; hew it down and cast it
into the fire. The day of the unres-
tnicted, and also of the licensed, sale
and use of strong drink is speedily
passing, but there is yet a big fight
to be made against the forces of law-
lessness and disorder, as well as
against the self-styled champions of
liberty, who are rallying to its sup-
port.
21-23. Not Every One. There are
those who will make loud profession
of being followers of Jesus, but whose
professions are false. Here again
the test is to be applied. Only, said
Jesus, he that do•eth the will of my
Father which is in heaven. Only he
shall enter into the kingdom. In these
days of many •conflicting theories, of
which loud talking of persistent ad-
vocaey of new religious nd social
doctrines and ideas, the ' trning of
Jesus must be heeded. Not the boast-
ing of clever men who claim to have
done great things, but their character
and faith should commend them to us.
Are they seeking to do thewill of
God, or are they workers of iniquity?
That is the test, and that test to -day.
must be applied to those who advo-
cate continued liberty in the sale and
use of strong drink.
24-27. A Wise Man builds upon a
-firm foundation: So also will a wise
nation, We in Canada to -day •are lay-
ing foundations of nationhood. Shall
they be laid upon the foundationdrock
of the teaching, of Jesus Christ? The
ancient Christian writer, Eusebius,
says of this passage, "The work of
virtue is the house, faith is the rack,
and the winds, rains, and storms are
every sort of temptation." The wise
man will not only seek a good founda-
tion, but will build well upon it. (Luke
6: 48). The house well founded and
well built will stand even against
storm and flood,
The principles and laws of the Ser-
mon on the Mount furnish a good
foundation.. He who builds upon its
principles of simplicity, sincerity,
'honor, and faith will build well. It
is upon such principles we would build
our nation, seeking -to establish her
in righteousness and justice, temper-
ance and selfeconitrol
Setting Our Sails for Loveliness
By KATHERINE HENRY.
I stood on our front verandah be-
side a friend of my children who had
come to visit tee, He looked out across
the country and said to me, "Mary, I
have never seen a more beautiful view
than this anywhere. I've seen wilder
and grander country but nothing more
beautiful, and I envy you for having
a home in this spot."
He had just returned from a trip
through Italy and France (peaceful
then) and I must confess that I felt
that if he had seen nothing more beau-
tiful than what was spread out before
us, he bad idled away a lot of money
to very little purpose. Fortunately.
I did not tell him so. I had spent
practically all my life in the country
and had little patience with farm
poetry and orations about the joys of
country life, I always had a secret
longing to live in town; life there ap-
peared to be so easy and with so marry
interesting and beautiful things to
enjoy.
The following spring I was not well
and far from happy. Spring pis a busy
time on the farm and for a while I
refused to go away; but I could do
little work and finally consented to
travel with my husband's sister, Em-
ma, who had a business tour to make.
First we visited a mining village,
only about twenty miles away from
hone, but as different as could be and
very interesting, Emma's position
opened many doors to us. We went
through the big breaker, we explored
the dark mines, saw coal in its natural
state, and something of the mining
process. We were shown acres and
acres of the big "stripping" (some-
thing Iike a great stone quarry), and
in the high walls of solid coal we saw
great bands of peacock colors glowing
in the sun..
I actually envied the woman in
whose home we were staying; she
could enjoy this most interesting place
every day! I was full of questions
and that evening as we sat on the
verandah I asked her many questions:
Was the coal stamped or ground in
the breaker? How deep was the
shaft where the men were let dawn in
a cage? How thick was a vein of
coal? What did the nien mean by
"black damp," "outcrop," "gangway"?
Why was some coal "stripped" and
other "mined"? '
That woman could not answer one
question! "I don't know," was her
usual reply and her manner added,
"and I don't care!" Emma joined us
as we talked and asked about the
wonderful fossils that the woman's
husband had collected: ferns, leaves,
bird and animal foot prints. Her
answers were the same. The one sub-
ject she liked to talk about was her
loneliness, • her Iack of opportunity,
and -tier dislike for this "dirty," coal-
region town, filled with foreigners.
She wanted the theatre and flower
shows and big stores, and crowds. She
wanted to live in a city! I was puz-
zled.
A Different Point of View.
We were more fortunate when we
met the jolly little school teacher.
She bubbled over with interest in
everything around her. She told us
about the free class in English for
foreigners that she and the young
stenographer had conducted all win-
ter; of the lessons in French that one
of the engineers had given them fin
return; of the Italian she was learn-
ing from her school boys. She told
of the folk songs and the beautiful
laces the foreign women had taught
her. "Oh, it is a wonderful place!"
she cried. She did not pine for city
Lower shows. She told us that from
the time the first sunny slope was
graced by arbutus, to the frosty days
that touched the goldenrod, the open
woods stretching away from the min-
ing town were filled with flowers. It
was hard to .realize that she and our
hostess were describing the same
place. I was puzzled again—and
thinking.
Out of my thoughts grew a plan,
Then I began to look toward home
and as the days went .by I was really
rouging for the farm.
I would not have believed that I
could ever be so glad to be at home.
I could understand now what a friend
of mine meant when she said -that the
best part of a trip was the home-
coming; I felt like running to every
chair and table and saying, "How do
you do!"
That evening, while packing wait-
ed, I stole -out to the front verandah
and, as I sat before the familiar pic-
tures I began to know what ray old
friend meant when ` he spoke of our
beautiful view.
Then and there I took time to "look
and look and look" at the green fields,
the dark woods, the freshly plowed
earth, the misty veils that marked the
brooks, the distant mountains, and the
wonderful sky over all and I began to
feel the beauty and to receive a mes-
sage of peace and security that I had
never allowed them to bring me be-
fore.
Improving the Surroundings.,
Everything around hie was not all
beauty and I knew it, but I rewired
to bring out the best, and keep the
unsightly in its -proper place. It was
our own fault that the cow yard, the
pig pen, the ash pile, and an open
drain were in plain sight from the
kitchen.
I began to work, There was no
hurry. In time a change was manifest.
A row of sumechs, beautiful all sum-
mer and wonderful in the fall, hides
the pig pen; a screen of evergreens,
brought front the woods, shuts oil'
the cow yard and shelters it from the
north wind; the drain is closed over;
the ashes are put into a covered bar-
rel and regularly carted into the mud
holes in the lower lane. I keep the
garbage pail, the washing machine,
even the scrub bucket and the dish
pan ''out of sight and out of mind"
when not in use; and keep, where I
can see them often, a blooming plant,
a pitcher of wild flowers. or -ante pret-
ty china.
I have learned how to take time to
look into the heart of a flower until
I feel some of its beauty; when a song
sparrow perches on the spring -house
roof and nearly bursts his little throat
singing to me ,I stop to listen, and
it takes the drudgery out of my scrub-
bing. When my little daughter asks
me to come with her to watch the
sunset, I enjoy it with her if I pos-
sibly can. I have made friends and
very interesting ones, of every dog
and horse on the place; I am even be-
ginning to like the little pigs. but I
confess I have found nothing in the
big ones to admire except the dainty
way in which they lift and plant their
front' feet—.and even that is some=
thing.
My small daughter and I have
bought a few simple bird books, a
flower book and a pair of field glasses,
and I am more and more amazed to
find so many and such beautiful wild
things in our woods. When Emily
discovered that it takes two of the
little "twin flowers" to produce one
berry she was as happy as if she were
the very first one to know it.
We must set our sails for the way
we wish to go. There is no need to
drift. The wind that blows toward
discontent and failure will blow to-
ward bliss and success—if you will
only will to have it so and set your
sails that way.
"So many gods, so many creeds,
So many ways that wind and wind,
When all the old, sad world needs
Is just the art of being ,kind." '
Honesty is the best policy; but a
man who is honest only through policy
cannot be depended on to resist very'
much temptation.
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