HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-12-16, Page 6Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West,Toronto,
Essentials. for Winter Eggs . t
The problem of obtaining winter
eggs centres in the making of condi-
tions as near like spring as possible
in the hinter laying -house. The floor
of the poultry house is the winter
range of the hen and there she must
find conditions conducive to health,
and foodfor egg production, or she
cannot lay.
First, early -hatched pullets are
necessary for the best results. They
are the best machine for turning out;
winter eggs. Then the ration must
contain animal food. This can be sup -f
plied by using beef scrap in the dry,
mash or by feeding plenty of sour
milk. Green food is a tonic for the'
birds and needed to keep then in the
right condition for laying. It can be'
supplied in the form of mangels, cut'
clover, cabbages or sprouted oats.:
At the present price of oats, the
mangels are the most economical as'
as source of green feed. If cabbages;
and manacle are used the cabbages ,
can be fed first as the mangels keep
the best.
Charcoal, oyster shells and grit
must be supplied in hoppers to help
out in producing these spring condi-
tions which are needed. The char-
coal is good for the digestive system
when the birds are eating heavily to
obtain the ingredientsnecessary to
make eggs. The oyster' shells fur-
nish lime to Blake strong egg shells.
The grit is needed by the ben to grind
her food. There are many farm flocks
that suffer during the winter .for a
lack of grit.
A clean dry litter is important.
There the farmer throws the scratch
grain to make the birds exercise.
The scratching for grain. helps to
keep them warm on cold winter days
and tones up their physical being in
the same manner that they are stimu-
lated when scratching on the grassy
range during the spring and sum-
mer. Straw makes a good litter and
it should he dry and deep. A sunny
poultry house gives the litter a chance
to keep dry. A. dark and damp poul-
try house means that the litter will
be damp and the birds will not en-
joy working for grain in such a mix-
turd.
Lice and mites can thrive even in
the winter and must be controlled if
winter eggs are expected. Colds
must be prevented by keeping the
Birds vigorous and isolating any in-
dividuals that show signs of cold by
the eyes becoming swollen.
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The water supply should be watch-
ed in the winter. Galvanized pails
placed on wooden stands make a clean
source of supply as they are not
scratched full of litter. Empty them
every night so they will not freeze
over and spring a leak. Change the
water frequently enough to keep the
pails free from ice. Some poultry-
men give warm water to the birds in
the winter while others use water as
it comes from the well. Both seem
to have success of the water is clean
and changed often enough so that
the birds always have a fresh supply
before them,
The best grain ration we have used
in the winter consists of equal parts
of corn and wheat. When this is fed
in a deep litter the birds will swarm
after it and it is good for egg pro-
duction to keep them scratching for
a couple of hours every morning and
to send them to bed each night with
full crops. Oats area good egg fettle
but the birds do not like oats as well
as wheat: They will eat more oats
if they are boiled or soaked over night
and placed in the poultry house in
gaivanizedpails.
The amount of feed to give poultry
in the winter is only limited by the
amount they will eat. There is noth-
ing gained by half -feeding the flock,
as that places them in a condition
where they are unable to pay for
what they do eat. If they- can not
be made profitable on full rations
they cannot be made to pay at all.
The dry mash in a hopper insures a
plentiful supply of feed containing
the elements of egg production. This
is supplemented each day with the
grain ration fed in the litter and any
table scraps which may be available.
Then the birds are sure of enough to
eat of a balanced ration and this
means that they will not overeat of
any one food and they will keep in
healthful condition.
If possible, separate the pullets
from the hens in the laying -house.
It is essential for the best results as
the ration for pullets that are forced
for eggs is too fattening for old hens
that are to take a rest se• they will
be in the right condition to lay hatch-
ing eggs in the spring. In some large
laying -houses a partition of ,poultry
wire might be used to divide the pul-
lets from the bens. Vigorous pullets
can stand heavy feeding and pay for
it and' they should be given every
chance to turn out winter eggs so
that their winter feed hill will not
be a loss to be charged against the
spring and summer profits.
When Our " lig !nine" Plays.
Supervised Play Must Still Be Genuine Play and Make the
Player Glad.
BY ORA A.
CLEMENT.
Professor Joseph Lee, discussing
the stages of childhood, characterizes
the age between six and thirteen as
the Big-Injun-age, because the child
at that period in many of his pre-
dominant traits resembles an Indian
brave to whom all the world is a
hunting ground and who recognizes
no master save his own will. Chil-
dren of this age are full of vitality
and energy—if they are not it should
be regarded as a danger signal. If
their play at this age is supervised
and directed, they receive a great
deal of invaluable. training and edu-
cation through it.
- • It is possible to teach children
many of the fundamental facts of
Iife and to train them in many cul-
tural habits through the medium of
their play. The overworked teacher
or mother need not feel that this
means an added burden. A very
slight amount of thought and prepara-
tion enables one to quite effectively
direct children's pray.
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Let no one imagine that super-
vised play means calling a group of
youngsters from their mud pies by
saying: "Come, children, tet us do a
folk dance. That is a nice clean play
and it will be good exercise for our
bodies." The reply the little bakers
would make to'such an appeal is eas-
ily imagined. I suspect that teachers
whose suggestions have been snubbed
on the playground have made the
mistake of trying to inaugurate too
great a. change or of suggesting plays
which did not appeal to the children.
And why should children accept the
leadership of a new teacher before
she has proven her good .fellowship
by playing their games with them
under their own leadership? Chil-
dren have to be won tactfully. If
they want to do nothing but stand on
the shady side of the school house and
giggle, the teacher can best gain their
confidence by standing there with
them and. by telling the best story.
No one need think of leading chil-
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One of the peculiarities of this age
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of activity and mischief is that the
children cannot think of enough things
to do. We constantly hear them sayin.,ias they stand kicking stones,
pinching one companion while they,
make faces at another; "Aw, what'll
we do now?" It is in response to
this query that the looking -on grown
up may very tactfully and with proper
humility, make suggestions. If the
suggestions are well taken, the chil-
dren will be disposed to listen next,
time something is proposed.1
The most noticeable thing about the
child of this age is his growing body,
and the parent does not live who does
not wish his child to develop a strong.
and well-proportioned form and if •
left entirely to himself, he undoubt-
edly would, as the savages do. But.
modern life interferes with his al-
ways following his chosen pursuits.
He spends several hours a day bend-
ing over his desk at school,, he does
chores at home and perhaps lifts too
heavy loads; --it is not unusual to see
a child with a shambling, listless
walk and with stooping shoulders and
hollow chest. Such children should
be given plays that tend to correct
these faults.
Gaines That Develop the Muscle.
There is an almost unlimited num-
ber of plays which meet the needs of
the growing bady. Running games,
such as races, dare -base, prisoner's
base, pull-away and last -couple -out
have been played for ages and con-
tinue popular. They all develop limbs
and chest and also tend to straighten
stooping shoulders.
Games in which throwing is. the
prominent features are all the ball
games, pitching quoits or horseshoes,
bean bag, throwing darts or weighted
feathers (a nail driven into the quill
end of a goose feather), tossing up
parachutes made by tying the four
corners of a pieee of muslin to a
weight, and many variations of these.
Throwing games need supervision in
group -playing cc
laying on amount of the dan-
ger from missiles. There are many
games based upon pulling and they
are largely variations of tug-of-war.
Circle games, as drop -the -handles -I
chief, blind -man's -buff, Ruth-and-
Jacob,�
are especially good for group
playing if the children will play them.!
There comes a time during the Big-•
Injun age when they are taboo as,
"baby games," and when that time'
comes they may as well not be men -1
tioned again. One might as well ask'
a boy to dress in his sister's dress
as to join in such games after, he
feels he has outgrown them,
The senses develop with the muscles
and there are many games for both
indoors and out which give really
valuable training to the faculties"
Vanlations of I -spy cultivate alert-,
ness of the eye. Loto, games . in'
which letters are dealt out and each
player watches. for;, a group which
spell a word, blackboardgames like
tit -tat -toe, train both the eye and the
mind and furnish endless amusement.
Games like beast -bird -or -fish in which
a player must think of an answer
while a finger is pointing in his face,
develop concentration of mind. There
are many more games of this charac-
ter which children like and which are
especially valuable to the smaller
ones whose hands, tongues and eyes
are not yet trained to respond quickly
to their will.
Another outstanding characteristic
of the Big Injun is his desire—shall
I say his determination? to excel.
"My dog can lick yours," "My dress
is prettier than yours," "I can run
faster than you," are commonplace
challenges. From this trait comes
their willingness to enter contests of
whatever sort. Very simple contests
such as an egg hunt or a strife to
see who can get the most. "hundreds"
in spelling, are entered with spirit,.
and still more enthusiasm is shown
lover more organized contests. Every.
competition carried on under estab-
lished rules must be supervised if it
is to be successful, for children of
this age will not observe rules. This
is not an indication of lax morals
or of faulty training but only one of
their age. They do not yet see the
importance of rules and fair play—
their only object is to win.
Mania for Collecting.
Another almost universal eharac-
teristie which may be turned to good
account is the child's mania for col-
lecting. If a parent or teacher shows
interest and gives a few suggestions,
children may supplement their nature
study with very interesting collections
and classifications of stones, kinds of
wood, leaves, grains, seeds, seed pods,
and other things. With the same in-
terest they will. keep 'bird lists and
weather charts.
Children Iove growing things and
annuals, especially if they feel a
sense of possession in them. A jar
of minnows caught in the streail!i will
interest them, and of course a cat
or dog becomes a playmate. They
love to watch seeds germinate and
grow, and they probably get more in-
struction and pleasure from a dazeYf'
beans planted by their own hands
than from a potted plant which they
must handle carefully it -at all, Solite
rural teacher's have encouraged boys
to do seed testing for the. •farmers
and have performed a real service
to the community by so doing, as
well as furnishing the boys an ab-
sorbing pastime, Even young chil-
dren like tools. The child of ten to
thirteen should be taught to use them,'
Boys will amuse themselves almost
endlessly with .a hammer, saw, nails
andplenty of .old boxes. In rural
schoola where both boys and equip -
hent are •scarce, the three or four,
dren in their play without first wun-
ning their confidence.
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large boys may be encouraged to
make shelves, book cases, sand tables
for the little ones, and even teeters
and swings outside. Girls also may
be taught fascinating hand. work.
Basket weaving, stenciling, rug
braiding are only a few of the pretty
things a girl can do without taxing
the eyes with a needle or crochet
hook. Such work should be super-
vised to some extent so that measure-
ments and work shall be accurate and
careful. Otherwise the attempt ends
in failure raid the child is discour-
aged.
If they are accustomed to it, chil-
dren like dramatization, but the child
of ten or more who has never played
that way is often diffident and shy
about that form of make-believe.
Folk darting and even wrestling
may be introduced if it can be regu-
larly supervised.
Passing into the "Gang Agee'
Children o£ thirteen and fourteen
begin to show a disposition to form
little "gangs" or etre es, This indi-
+sates the passage into another stage
of play. If posaih',e, Boy Scout and
Girl Guide organizations, Boys' and
Girls' Clubs or some similar organi-
zation should be formed to meet the
new need. If the group is too small
for these, some other little club
should be formed, even if it has only
three members. It is highly im-
port -ant that at this age the child's
desire to belong to a society of his
own, be gratified, for in its conduct
h, will learn as ho will nowhere else,
the lessons of loyalty and self-abnega-
tion which prepare for good citizen-
ship in his mature years.
There are many books on the
market which give long lists of plays
for children and which will be found
very :interesting by parents or teach-
ers who wish to preparo themselves
to give more careful attention to
their children's amusements..
In rural homes, blessed is the large
family circle, where a "bunch" of
brothers and sisters can enjoy home
play -times together, thus cultivating
the spirit of loving fellowship and
fair play, unselfishnes, patience and
forbearance.
To get -rid. of moles, trap them.
There are special traps made for the
purpose.
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"What,". asked Alicia, "are you go-
ing to give Aunt Hester?"
"Oh, I never have to bother about
leer," Ethel answered. "I always give
all my aunts handkerchiefs. I get
two dozen and divide them up among
the aunts.. It's such a relief to have
so much off my mind on Christmas "
"It must be a great surprise,"
Alicia cemmented dryly.
Ethel frowned; then her faeo
dimpled.
"Don't you think," she suggested,
'that there's a great deal more
Christmas spirit in a gift that you
don't worry over than in a gift that
you trail round ' town to find, all the
while hunting for something new and
different? Sometimes you almost
wish that there wasn't a Christmas.
And I always give nice handkerchiefs
—you can't deny that."
"I can't see much Christmas Writ;
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in either," Alicia replied bluntly. a
"You work so hard to give something
`different' to Sybil Hunter, who
doesn't need it, and then don't give
half a thought to Aunt Hester, who
is old and shut in and would so love
some little surprise."
"But you can't find things for old
people," Ethel protested impatiently.
''Indeed you can, if you try. And,
it's such a joy to do it. Do try this
year, Ethel."
"Well, perhaps," Ethel replied'
lightly. "You're so funny, Alicia.,,
To give Ethel credit, she did mean
to try—but there were so many things
to buy that she did not have the time!
So she sent Aunt Hester handker-'
chiefs, as usual, trying to still a pro-
voking memory by sending half a
dozen -rand half a dozen handker-'
chiefs of real linen were indeed al
gift this year, she said to herself.
Perhaps it was that same provoking
memory which made her find tiino to
run in to see Aunt Hester on Christ-
mas Day.
Aunt Hester greeted her warmly..
Ethel realized with a stab of dismay
that she looked startlingly frail; but
her eyes were as keen as ever. The
tables beside her was covered with
gifts. Among them were at least
two dozen handkerchiefs.
"Your handkerchiefs are lovely;',
Aunt Hester said. "You always do
choose beautiful ores, child," 1
"But do you always have so many'."'
Ethel cried.
Aunt Hester's keen old eyes show-
ed her amusement.
"Just about," she replied. "1 often
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
DECEMBER 19TH.
Jesus Feeds the Multitude—St. Mat-
thew 14. Golden Text—St. Matt.
14: 16.
13-23. When Jesus Heard. Evi-
dently, it was when Jesus beard what
Herod was saying about Him, and
saw that as a result of Herod's fears
His life might be in immediate dan-
ger, that He determined to withdraw
to a remote place apart with His dis-
ciples. He had yet much to tell then,
very much to explain and teach, and
He desired to have them with Him
alone. But His purpose was at this
time thwarted by the action of the
multitude who watched the course of
the boat which conveyed Hini across
the lake, and followed on foot around
the shore, Instead of quiet hours of
rest with His .immediate circle of dis-
ciples, Jesus found Himself again
pressed upon by the curious, eager,
enthusiastic crowd. He might have
been angry, or resentful, or impatient,
but He was not. He was moved with
compassion. That was the effect the
sight of the multitude always had
upon Him. He could be angry with
the meddling, officious, self-righteous
scribes, but not with the hungry and
uncured for people. They seemed to
Him as "sheep not having a shep-
herd" (Mark 6 34). He healed their
sick. He "began to teach them many
things." (Mark 6: 34.) He "wel-
comed them and spake to then of the
Kingdom of God, and 'them that had
need of healing He healed" (Luke 9:
11). John says., that when He saw
the multitude He turned to Philip
and said, "Whence are we to buy
bread that these inay eat?" (John 6:
5). His first thought was not of His
own weariness or discomfort, but of
their need.
When It Was Evening. Apparent-
ly the day passed "without any effort
on the part of the disciples to get
food for the people., They naturally,
with their limited resources, thought
that impossible. Now .they come to
beg their. Plaster to dismiss 'the peo-
=ple that they may go and find food
for themselves. The place where they
wvere, however, was on the northern
or north-eastern side of the.lake, and
probably remote from villages. They
might have had'to go a long way for
the food, with which in their eager-
ness and thoughtlessness they had
failed to provide themselves. Jesus
said, They need not depart, or, as
Rev,•. Vers., "They have no need to
go -away."
The. command of Jesus to His dire,
ciples to give, even though what they
had to give seemed very little and
altogether . inadequate, illustrates
great truth. of His gospel of human
service. Giving is to the measured by
quality ;and not by quantity. That
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wonder whether people think that
shut-ins• have an extra allotment of
noses. There, child, I'm ashamed. It
is" the thought that makes the gift,
did do ahpreeiate them,"
"What did Alicia give you?" asked
Ethel.
Aunt Hiester's face softened.
"Alicia? She gave me that little
vase with the rose; and her note says
that the gift is to be one rosebud a
menth. Isn't that exaetly like Alicia.
—a lovely thing to look forward to
all the year? It isn't money value—
it's love value in her gifts,"
"1 guess—it is," Ethel answered
slowly
The best winter quarters for sheep
is a stied in a dry location partly open
to the south, so that it affords amlils
air and the flock should have gree
range of the yard continually—au
old motto is "Never close a door
upon a sheep."
They should be fed 'a inter rations
after tho ground free%es, as grass
then hasbut little near:ah:ng power.
Plenty of green feed either in the
form of rape, clean torn tops or
roots, is relished at thri season and
only such hay as will 1.e eaten up
clean should be given. The hay is
best fed in racks. Sone shepherds
prefer a rack into which the sheep
can get its head, others, ineludi,i:,
the writer, prefer ane with slats
placed just far enough apart to enable
the sheep to enter its nese and pull
the hay out. A little hay is pulled
out under foot in this way, but less
is wasted than where the sheep get
a chance to get their heads in and
muss the whole lot. When sheep en-
ter their beads auto a rack they in-
variably tear the wool along their
neck and spoil their appearance, as.
well as the neck 'wool.
Whether or not some grain should
be fed during November, December
and January is a question that must
be decided by the sheep owner him -
self If the hay is young -cut well
which is consecrated to service is al-
ways multiplied. Ono gift becomes a
thousand. The kindly word or deed,
the song, the prayer, is multiplied a
thousand fold. That thought which
a man has cherished in his heart and
timidly feared to speak, becomes
when spoken, an inspiration and a
light, it may be, to millions and to
future generations. There is no truer
story in the Gospel than that of the
five loaves and the two fishes.
He Went Up Into a Mountain.
Apart, The scenes and events of the
day had moved Jesus strangely. The
persistent following of the Galilean
multitude and their warm attachment
to Him must have appealed to Him
very strongly. John tells us that
Jesus saw "that they were about to
come and take Him by force and make
Trim
king." He was not yet prepared
to take that step, which would at
once have involved Him in war with
the Roman powers. His kingdom, He
believed, was not to be gained by
war. And so He sent the people
away, persuaded the disciples to re-
turn to Capernaum in the boat, and
He Himself went apart alone into
the mountain to pray. What thoughts
occupied His mind, whatpetitionsHe
offered up to God, we do not know.
But we may well believe He prayed
for those people whom He had sent
away disappointed,• and for Himself
that the same spirit which came upon
Him at baptism would guide Him
through the perilous and perplexing
days which lay ahead.
It is Luke who .tells us in his gos-
pel most of what we know of Jesus'
habit of prayer—how He prayed at
His baptism, and after the strenuous
labors of a Sabbath day in Caper-
nauni,' before setting out upon His
first tour of Galilee; how He prayed
(before His first encounter with suspi-
cious and jealous Pharisees, and spent
all night in prayer before His choos- ,
ing of the twelve; how He taught His
disciples to pray, prayed with three
of them in the inount of Transfigura-I
tion; prayed for Peter, and prayed in,
the agony of. 'Gethsemane. Prayer
was. His constant resource, His coin -
mullion with. God.,, Prayer was the
expression of His unwavering faith.
24-33. From the mountain of prey 1'
er Jesus. went after. His disciplesand
cames .unto them, walking upon the
sea. The story ofthis amazing act
is told as simply and natura`ll -�s•'thati
py ya
of the multiplying of. the ioav'es and
fishes. The evidence %s as complete
and full as that for any other event
of Jesus' life. ' To reject it is to say,
practically, that we know nothing'
with certainty of what Jesusdid or,
said, and that no scholar of repute
would assert to -day. And if Jesus
did these things. who ,and what was
He? Must we not with Hisdisciples
worship Him and say, Of a truth thou
art -the Son of God?
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cured and with plenty of clover and
the sheep are in good condition, grain
is unnecessary. Succulent feed as
above mentioned should, however, be
provided. After tops are done turnips
should be fed daily at the rate of
from 2 to 4 pounds per head per day.
As the lambing season approaches;
all long wool around the udders should
be clipped away and a number of in-
dividual pens, 4 feet by 6 feet in size
provided, where each ewe may be
placed before or immediately after
lambing. This plan prevents the dis-
owning of lambs by the ewe and en-
ables the attendant to give the ewe
and lambs individual attention. When
a ewo has twins she is very apt to
lose ono of them if she is in the pen
or yard with the flock.
Your farm b ss is being enough
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Per year
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