HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-5-8, Page 6TO A FR
By Rev. 11, V. Kelly, O.S.B.:
(Oontinus(' from last week) '
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Content When S,ucceesfel-
I am not :going; to tell yea how to
keep your bogs on the farms.; ; It there
is may pieceof adviiee fox eatich you
Imes supreme contempt,' it is surely.
that. City editors; women'& maga-
zines, agricultural college lecturers,,
farmers who have. had no, sons ot: their
-own, and a host of others who know
nothing about it, have undertaken to.
instruct you on this subject, I have
heard few real, experienced farmers
say how the problem is solved, and I
don't pretend to know. M is general-
ly the case, those who have had the
greatest success with this supposed
difficulty have least to say in the way
of advice. There are farmers; how-
ever, all of whose five or six sons con-
tinue la their father's calling, and
there are others with five or six boys
willing to stay on the farm, if their
father or mother . or both did not
actually urge them to something else.
It there is anyone really anxious to
know how to keep boys on the farm,
I should suggest his trying to And oat -
in a number of particular cases—say
a hundred or two hundred—just what
causes prevailed to make them leave.
I dare to write you on tho subject at
all, because I have done this and feel
a little the wiser for it. There are
rural districts in Ontario with whose
•
residents I have been acquainted for
`thirty years, in other districts much
longer. In all these districts I know
the history of families for several
generations.. T know the whereabouts
of many young men whose grand-
frathers I. remember in their days of
ambition and vigor. As far as I can
see, in at least nineteen cases out of
twenty, a boy will stay on the farm if
his father is making a. success• of it.
If the prospects are good, if the farm-
er understands his business, it his in-
terests are right there, Who has re-
apect for his calling, his sons are
satisfied with their lot, their interests
'also are centred there, they have con-
fidence
onfldence in the future. It is sometimes
supposed—by city people, of course—
that hard work is driving the boy
away. Look around among your
neighbors, and you will remark that
en any Yarm where things are going
right, everyone is working steadily
and faithfully, and it is precisely there
that none of the boys are thinking of
giving it up. You know men who
started with nothing and are called
wealthy farmers to -day; you know the
hong hours everyone, old and young,
puts in, and you know that every son
m still farming, because there was a
farm to give him and he knew how to
f dtandie it.
Just while we are on the subject, it
'is pertinent to remark that not only
t7te bays, but many farmers them-
selves are off the farms they once
owned and cultivated. Go through a
'list o2 these, and you will find the
,very same causes prevailing; they
left, either because they were !neap
-
able of managing it, because they
were giving too much attention to
something else and neglected the
,farm in consequence, because they be-
came too fond of spending long hours
and late hours in town, distracting
their minds from their real interests,
tune to marry a, woman determined to
not live ,on eefarm, .and. dreaming Of
life in a town, where she a<nd'her glrild;
ren could dress with greateredelicacy
and e shim.. T isle r'none-of those cir-
ouzitstanees cohld farming be a suc-
cess; -nri calling can be made a sue
cess .withon,t giving earnest attention
to it. Farming, like every other busi-
ness
ustness or profession, is full of interest
for those who understand it and look
after it. If a man's work is not his
chief interest and chief enjoyment, be
is not likely to be eoutented with any
other.
When Parents Drive Them Away.
I maintained that when the farmer
is prosperous, his 'sons are not dis-
posed to leave the farm. There is,
however, one widespread exception to
this. Many farmers, wben they ac-
quire a neat competence, feel con-
strained to encourage one or more of
their sons to aspire to something else
—to enter one of the learned profes-
sions or perhaps go into business.
They will let themselves run away
with the notion that this is advancing
—,getting into something higher. In-
stead of impressing upon their family,
in season and out of season, that no
other secular calling is higher or nob-
ler or does greater service or is more
honorable than theirs, they, actually
seem ready to belittle their own posi-
tion and pay homage to occupations
less dignified and meritorious. As far
as worldly position is concerned, the
farmer who can tell of all his sons—
five or six or seven—continuing suc-
cessfully filling the positions for which
ho himself trained them, bas every
reason to be proud. Unfortunately,
he is often more willing (or if he is
not, his wife is) to refer, with satis-
faction, to a son practising taw or
medicine, than to several who are
proving successful farmers; this, even
when he is aware, and all the neigh-
bors are aware, that it was the boy of
real capacity he kept at home, having
encouraged the other to continue at
school, because it was evident he
would never be able to make a living
on a farm. How is it that the boy
who leads his o1a"ss in a high school,
and is first in an exaznination, de-
mands tire admiration of all, is report-
ed through the press of the country,
while there are no means of drawing
public attention to the record of a boy
of much greater capacity, just because
his achievements are manifested in
connection with farm activities or
farm management? While the coun-
try is stocked with class leaders who
are failures in life, I have no hesita-
tion in saying there is no case of a
young man capable of handling a farm
who would not prove a success in any
one of a dozen other spheres.
Between ourselves, you know, there
is often another reason for keeping
the boy at auhool; it takes less money
to set a boy up in a profession than to
set him up on a farm. I suppose we
should not be too hard on the father
who takes the easier course in provid-
ing for his family, Perhaps ft is the
best he can do. But we 'certainly do
resent his taking credit for doing the
greater thing and posing for the ad -
TOO LATE
THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
The fathers of the village are busy all tits time; they're on
the trail of pillage, uprooting graft and crime, They have im-
peached the traitor who runs the village scaler his misdeeds,'
small and greater, have landed him in jail. They're now investi-
gating the keeper of the pound; they're whooping and orating
and pawing up the ground, The uproar louder waxes, each day
its new probe brings, and men who pay the taxes are saying bit-
ter things, "Ne office holder bathers to- do his prager chore,
but all the village fathers ars out for some one's gore; we hear
therm idly spoofing, and while they rant away, the village jail
needs roofing, the peelers lack their pay. The Cockleburs are
growing upon the public street, while eloquence is flowing where
tinhorn statesmen meet, The village pump le needing a handle
and a spout while aldermen are pleading for warrants for some
scout. The alleys are dirty, the bridge is broken down, and there
are ten er thirty booklegging joints in town; and still the village
fathers investigate and roar, and not a statesman bothers to do
his proper chore." Some daythere'll be a rising of those who
pay the freight; catastrophes, eurprising the Bugle will relate.
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The board of education, Toronto, has supplied equipment for the use of.
pupils with defective eyesight. One of the children in the sight -saving class
at Orde Street school is shown reading giant type.
miration of the crowd, as aa father
who "had done particularly well for
his family," "had tried to make some-
thing out of them," While he is spar-
ing them, that they may take advent-
age of opportunities at school, he is
also calling upon the Government to
disburse thousands of dollars for their
benefit. The father who fits his boys
for the farm and gives them a start
on it, must stand alone; the time has
,not yet come for governments to con-
sider his efforts and co-operate with
them. ,
In this connection, I would also have
you note that the average doctor or
lawyer does not belittle his own pro-
fession. IY it was good enough for
him, it is good enough for his boys. He
is quite satisfied to bave them take up
where he left off. Because he has
made a success of his profession, he
does not feel obliged to train thein in
the notion that it is a second-rate call-
ing at best, and devote his energies to
training them for something else. Why
should you?
(To be continued).
Dr. Serge Voronoff
French surgeon and discoverer of the
monkey gland operation, who will re-
ceive the income for life from. the
American estate of his late wife.
Horses will do more nor a whistle1
than for a whip.
Pleasure may fill up the interstices
of life, but it is a poor material to
build its frame -work out of.
Lake Ontario Fisheries.
Gratifying results are reported by
the hatcheries service of the Depart-
ment of 'Marine and Fisheries from
the work of restocking Lake Ontario
with whitened.), The great catch of
this speciestaken by Canadian lake
fishermen during the season of 1922
totalling 21,020 cwt. as compared with
12,034 cwt, in 1917, and 1,260 cwt. in
1895, gives a good idea of the extent
to which the whiteflcfishery has
been re-established in this great in-
land body of water.
The Department of Marine and Fish-
eries undertook the restocking of Lake
Ontario at first with fry from the
hatchery at Sandwich but the fishery
showed such premising results, that it
was found feasible, in 1914, to estab-
lish one of the largest whitefish hatch-
eries in the province of Ontario on the
Bay of Quante. The work has pro-
gressed rapidly during recent years
and the number of eggs colleoted eacb
year by the new hatchery has in-
creased from 30,000,000 during the
first years of its operations to 221,715,-
000
21,715;000 in 1923.
�s.
Everything Handy.
The old man on his first visit to
London, was greatly interested in all
he saw. Stopping at astreet earner
to light his pipe, he was accosted by
a boy with, "Matches, sir?"
Taking a box from. the boy he
struck a match, lighted his pipe and
returned the box, saying, "Ayee, it's a
wonderful place, London! Every-
thing's that handy!
Some of Her Best Friends.
Marjorie, aged. six, shocked her
mother by picking up the saucer in
which she had bad her strawberries
and cream and licking it vigorously
with her little pink tongue.
"Why, Marjorie!" reproved her
mother, "What disgraceful manners!
Whom have you ever seen doing that?"
"Dogs," said Marjorie curtly.
A Very Weil -Known Name.
"Could you publish a. volume of
.poems for me?"
"Certainly, sir," answered the pub-
lisher, "but the terms will depend on
whether your name is well known or
not."
"Oh, my name is one of the best
known in the country."
"And you so young? Pray honor.
me with it, sir."
"My name is Smith,'
Rules for Care With Fire in the Woods
If Every Person Strictly Observed These Simple Rules, the
Great Annual Loss by Forest Fires Would be
Reduced to a Minimum.
1. Be sure your match is out before you throw it away.
2. Knock out your pipeashes or throw your cigar or cigarette
stump where there is nothing to catch fire.
3. Don't build a carnp fire any larger than is absolutely neces-
sary. Never leave it, even for a short time, without putting it
OUT with water or earth.
4. Don't build a camp 'fire against a tree or a log. Build a
small one where you can scrape away the needles, leaves or grass
from all sides of it.
5. Don't build bonfires. The wind may rise at any time and
start a fire which you cannot control.
6. If you discover a fire, put it out if possible, if you can't,
inform the nearest Forest Ranger; or Fire Warden as quickly as
you possibly can.
IN RABBITBORO
SPRING TONIC .FOR AUTO
In the good old days it 'was the
custom of many human beings to take
a tonic at the first indication of spring
weather. The idea was to ton,e'up the
system after a strenuous winter and
get it in shape for the `warmer slim -
ate, Nowadays it is the human being's
automobile' that comes in for the
spring tonic. After a perigd of hiber-
nation in the family or public garage
or after months of use in cold wea-
ther, bad weather and over frozen
roads) every car needs a tonic to put
it in shape for warm weather use..
The motorist who desires the maxi-
mum of satisfaction in the use of his
machine during the pleasanter months'
of the year and the driver who wishes
to get through the season with a
minimum of maintenance expense will
do well to give his car a thorough
going over at this time of the year.
The automobile that has been in
storage with its various parts proper-
ly protected may meed only a mild
tonic, such as attention to lubrication,
battery, tires and a good cleaning.' It
all depends on what was the condition
of the car when it was put away. To
say the least, a good overhauling will
insure a more satisfactory use : of it
than if it is taken for granted that
everything is O.K;
INSPECTION I8 NEEDED,
The car that has been in use, more
or less, during the winter months, will
need a much more thorough inspec-
tion. The running gear, for instance,
should he carefully looked after, espe-
cially if the machine has been driven
over rutted roads. Such roads increase
side thrust on the wheels and conse-
quently upset the steering apparatus,
wearing`•"the knuckles excessively, also
tho wheel bearings.
' The wheels, if of wood, may need
I
tightening at the hubs. If the wheels
,
' have wire spokes, some of these spokes
Imay need taking up. Spring clips
should be tightened and motor support
bolts should be given attention.
The owner can do this work himself
if he is mechanically inclined and en-
joys tinkering with his car. Or he can
take his machine to a reliable service
station, and let an expert automotive
mechanic thoroughly and scientifically,
check up on various parts of the car,
and administer the tonic in such doses
as will accomplish the best results. Or
the owner can do some of the simpler
things that do not require expert
knowledge and then let the service
station expert finish the job. This last
mentioned method is probably .the
most practical.
Among these items which can we11
be given attention from the stand-`
point of the engine, the vital organ of,
an automobile, are the following:
Scrape carbon from cylinders if nee -i
essary. Valves ground and adjusted.'
Spark plugs cleaned and adjusted.
Vacuum tanktested. Oil reservoir
drained, cleaned and refilled. Engine
tightened in frame. Ignition instru-
ments cleaned, oiled, points dressed
and adjusted. Starter brushes and
commutator smoothed up. Starter
brush springs examined for tension.
Carburetor float, float valve stem and
Mitt valve weights examined for
wear. Carburetor float valve and
carburetor needle valve inspected for
proper seating Carburetor body and
AIDS. TO LIFE` OFt: CAIS
strainer chamber cleaned. Spray noz-1
zie blown out,
LOOK AFTER AXLES.
The front axle should come in for
consideration. Replace fe •taewashers
where necessary, examinee t hear-
ings, bearings should be repacked
with grease and adjusted, yoke pins
and bushings and steering connections:
cleaned, inspected and lubricateda.
wheel hub bolts tightened and .spring
clips tightened. ' The steering gear
housing should be cleaned and re,
packed with lubricant and the
adjusted if necessary.
The rear axle should not be neglect,
ed. Adjust and repack the bearings,
refill the differential case and clean
it, the wheel hub bolts should he
tightened and the spring clips tight-
ened.
The clutch should be looked after,
Lubricate the clutch collar, and adjust
the clutch collar. The transmission is
an important factor, .Drain, clean
and refill it. Tighten the transmis-'
cion support nuts. '
' The brakes represent a major con-
sideration. They should be relined if
necessary. At any rate adjust the
service and emergency brakes. It is
well to give the battery a careful
once-over. Have it examined by. a:
local service station expert.
The wiring—what condition •is..
in? Test for grounds and intermit-'
tent shorts, the worn or broken parts
should be replaced and the wiring
should be tested for loose connection,'
The body, besides needing a bath,'
may require other attention to make,
it look like a car one would be proud
to own. Revarulsh it to renew finish
and protect undercoats if it is needed;
tighten the body bolts.
Having properly prepared your car
for the corning season by this thor-
ough -going tonic method, your mind
will be greatly relieved—for you will
expect to get good service out of your
machine and you probably will.
Lady A Must Have Gasped,
Stories of absent-mindedness are
common, but one that Lord Ernest
Hamilton tells in Forty Years On so
extraordinary that it deserve r' he
repeated here.
Lord Strathnairn, says Lord Hamil-
ton, was .so absent-minded that he
sometimes forgct whether he was din-
ing in his own house or in another's.
On one occasion when he was dining
with Lady A and was in a particularly
absent mood Ito ai ddeuly turned to
his hostess and said:
"My dear Lady A, I really must
apologize to you for this extremely
nasty dinner. I cannot imagine what
has come over my cook. I have never
known her to disgrace herself so be-
fore,"
Obeying Orders,
An Irishman suffered from a stone.
ash ailment. The doctor was called 1
and on his second visit questioned h
patient. -
"Have you been drinking hot water
an hour before each meal as I direct
ed?"
"Doc," said Pat, "I tried hard to do
it, but I had to quit. I drank for thirty-
five minutes and it made me feel like
a balloon."
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Above are shown Mrs. Long, Mrs. Kingswell and Miss B. W. Redding,
England's three new lady magistrates, who were recently sworn in at the.
Portsmouth court.
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