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PUTTING THE PiJLLETS 1N Pullets and older hens should not
WINTER. QUARTER.be kept together. The same amount
1f you have not already done so)! feed to produce good egg produc-,
get the poultry house In sha!,e for the' tiro in pullets may cause hens to be
inlets. Fix doors and windows, be come overfat. i start la *iii
p When the pullets first _3 g,
cine that roof does not leak, cover some. of them may lay oir the floor hi
creeks so that there will b no drafts •; the corners of the paultxy house. If
The amount of open froet that you !they persist, catch them when about
have depends upon location and cli-
mate. Two sides and the back of the! to lay and put them on a hest, As a
house must be absuiutely tight so as rule this will break them of the habit.+
toprevent drafts. It fs bad to have eggs. on the floor as
` if they become broken, the habit of ,
Thoroughly clean the house. Nest egg eating gets started. Egg eating
boxes should be taken outside and
sprayed with disinfectant; also poul- seldom is found in a flock where the
I birds are not confined.
try house itself, roosts and dropping
board, top and under. When changing the pullets from the
Glean litter ha straw chaff corn range to their winter quarters do not
Y, , aim. The
husks, leaves or sawdust, must be pros' keep the house much too w I
vided in which the grain can be scat- i bird results coldcatch egg and
pthis prevents;
reV pts
tered. Litter absorbs much of the g g
droppings, fowls on range have been in fresh air1
You will now begin to see the re- night and day so that any changes in
sults of crowding at night by the
young stock. If . you allow all sizes
of chicks to run together, the smaller
ones huddle under the larger` birds at
night to keep warm and in the morn -
ed surface is in bad condition or shows
a clumsy aceumilation of many pre-
vious coatsof paint, a paint and var-
nish remover should be applied thor-
oughly with a brush,-al'iowed to pene-
trate and then scraped off with 'a
knife that has not too sharp an edge.
After all the old stain or paint has
been removed, the -piece should be
washed with soap and water and
dried. When absolutely dry it should I
be shellacked,
After the shellac is entirely dry, it
should be lightly sandpapered. .Icor
all the sandpapering that isdone be-;
twee• h
the temperature of their quarters
should be gradual. Dry fresh air
even if cold is much better than warm
damp air.
Provide thebirds with a plentiful.
ing they become chilled, and then you supply of grit and oyster shells and
have an epidemic of colds which may see that they have all the green food
develop into roup. they will eat up once a day. The same
You can check colds by every night ration they had on range should be
immersing the bird's head in hydrogen continued for a time. The change
peroxide. Do this for about ten days. from range to new conditions upsets
Should any of the birds reach ` the the pullets for a week or two and if
li coats t e finest sort of sand-
paper should be used. After dusting,
the furniture is then -ready for the
first coat of paint. If two coats of
paint are to be used before applying
the final one or two coats, these first
coats should have the chief feunda-
tion of white lead with turpentine and
dryer, and without oil. They may bo
about the color that has been decided
on for the final coat, but this is not
necessary; if there is some other paint
of somewhat the same tone value, that
can be used up.• One advantage in
painting the piece the color you think
you would like it to be in the end is
that you can see how it is going to
look before it is finished.
The first coat of paint should be
put on just as carefully .and well as
the last coat. Little paint should be
taken om the brush at a: trine; the
paint should be brushed in with even
Istrokes, working it in so hard that
'the brush makes a slapping sound.
The brush strokes should be in one
direction.
.Allow the first coat to dry thor-
oughly. Sandpaper lightly and. dust.
! Then apply your second coat of paint.
The third coat may be of paint or of
eggshell enamel, and must be identic-
ally like the coat that is to go on last.
You will have to use your judgment
as to whether you will need to put on
all four of these coats. Sometimes
two coats of paint and one of enamel
are enough; sometimes one coat of
paint and two of enamel are preferred.
If the last coats are of paint instead
of enamel they should be protected
with a waterproof varnish, applied
the very last thing of: all.
If you have used an eggshell ena-
mel for your last coats, after the
enamel is thoroughly dry it should be
rubbed with powdered pumice and
water if its color is light. If its color
is dark, it should be rubbed with
powdered pumice and oil.
The foregoing directions for fine
painting, if followed carefully, result
in a product so perfect that no decora-
tion is needed for its further beautify-
ing.
The amateur who is able to produce
a perfect painted piece isnot always
able to do • a perfect bit of decoration.
A line of contrasting color, either put
on with a striping brush or else drawn
in first with pencil and ruler and care-
fully painted in with b. camel's-hair'
brush; a line of contrasting color run
on a bevel or turning here and there;
the spindles in a chair back, the edge
of .a table, the under side of a flap lid,
the inside of a desk, the interiors of
dresser drawers and shelves all done
in some 'vivid hue that is in contrast
to the decorative dull color of the
piece itself—this is as far as the sen-
sible amateur will go in decorating
furniture.
Paint your furniture, but keep it
plain.
There are certain colors that are
particularly suitable for the painting
of furniture. Dull olive green is very
decorative in certain rooms, and if in
doubt about this color, look a; an
olive and get a painter to mix this
color for you. Apple green -heed,: be
used in smaller quantities, or c 'en-
- nee _._.
roupy stage icili and burn or bury the ration is changed also, it gener-
them, The greatest prevention for ally takes them longer to get back to
this condition is to keep the growing their normal condition.
birds from crowding and the different If pullets do not start laying
aizes separate. See that too many promptly, a wet mash should be fed
birds are not allowed in each house at noon. If you can secure fresh
even if of the same age and size as bones and have a green bone cutter
the results are the same: colds and this feed will be found to be a splen
roup. I did stimulant in starting egg produc-
By October first and sooner, if the tion. Too much green bone may start
a slight bowel trouble but this is sel-
dom serious. Just give less of the
green bone. Beef scrap can be given
the birds in a hopper. At first the
birds niay eat more than seems good
for them but, their first greed satis-
fied, will eat only what they should.
birds are large enough, they should be
put in their laying quarters so that
they will not have to be moved once
they start laying. Moving pullets
when they start to lay or just after,
may check them and sometimes they
will not start again for several weeks.
For the Farmhouse Painted Furniture
BY ETHEL CARPENTER.
There is no doubt at all that paint
lends a special beauty and effect to a
piece of furniture. And especially is
this true of inexpensive furniture
that might be quite unassuming in its
original state. Added to this, there
is no place where simple painted fur-
niture is so at home as in the farm-
house.
simple antique pieces of Colonial fur-
niture are already possessed—cherry,
maple, or mahogany chests and slat
back chairs, corner cupboards, setters,
old kitchen chairs, drop-leaf tables of
mahogany or pine, shelved dressers,
crickets, four -post beds, all of which
are usually too fine and valuable to
paint, but which have been kept in
So, when this beauty is absolutely or restored to their original state—
within the reach of anyone at all at even in this sort of home, the rooms
the insignificant cost of a can of will surely need the addition of a few
paint, it does seem as though more simple painted things to add variety
people should avail themselves of this and richness of color. Such simple
easy method of thus transforming antiques are the natural heritage of
their otherwise humdrum furniture. the farmhouse and comparatively few
The two kinds of furniture pre -
that
homemakers were influenced by.
eminently suited to farmhouse use are that unfortunateyears semisophi rte tion of
such painted pieces and the simpler a few years ago to the extent that
types of farmhouse antiques. Any they have got rid of all of them in
farmhouse can be entirely and very favor of what was once mistakenly
charmingly furnished with either fancied to be grander and more suit -
type, but a mixture of the two with able city furniture.
a predominance of either, results in' How the pendulum swings! For city
the ideal farmhouse scheme, and this folk are combing the hedgerow lanes
should be kept in mind as as influ- for farmhouses that are willing still
epee even when buying furniture of to part with quaint treasures! But to
other types. And even if no suitable no home is there such honor in pis-
pieces are at hand, in starting over . sessing just these simple piecesas to
with this new scheme of furnishing in, the farmhouse itself.
mind, it will be found to be quite the I Though it is a pity as a rule to
easiest and cheapest method that will • paint a deserving antique, among the
assure success. simpler pieces there are some that
After a beginning is made, this will lend themselves to this purpose—
scheme may be pursued to completion' the commoner of the kitchen chairs,
over any number of years, real plea- the cruder tables made of wood, a lit -
sure being attained with each new the cricket or a clumsy chest, may be
piece that is painted and each old made very handsome if painted black
piece that is acquired. The home that, or a dull and decorative color.
thus grows from year to year is the; Failing any old pieces that may be
most thrilling and satisfactory kind painted without desecrating them,
to have, and the most lovely in the however, there are very inexpensive
and. quaint new types made in the old spir
THE MAGIC OF PAINT. it which may be mixed in with such
antique pieces as still show their orig-
inal finish. These may be bought most
economically and sometimes even in
ed furniture, chosen for its quaint old; the unfinished state, and are extreme -
shapes, and painted at home, with ly desirable when painted. effectively'
perhaps an antique piece restored to for giving life and variety to rooms.
its original finish, lending variety and, Plain chests of drawers; drop -leaf -
charm. tables—Colonial gateleg or the situp-
Though simple and quaint modern ler straight -legged type; Welsh dress -
furniture may be bought in nearly ers; spindled beds; Windsor arid slat-
any new shop, there are very few back chairs; bench tables—many in -
farmhouses that haven't a number of deed are the.: suitable pieces that may
quaint pieces in their possession which be bought with a view to painting.
are not antiques, but rather simple Just how should furniture be
things of humble origin, needing only painted?.
to be painted to show their isndeniable First, let us consider it from the
beauty—drop-leaf tables originally de- standpoint of practical work, then
signed for kitchen use, but lovely from that of the decorative effect.
enough in shape to be welcomed in When painting any piece of furniture,
living and dining rooms; porch Wind= ` it should bedetermined first whether.
sors; candle stands; plain bookshelves the interest lies in obtaining a pro-
without doors, or even those that are fessiona-looking result, or whether
the product of the home carpenter; • the painting must be . accomplished
plain straight chests of drawers;} hurriedly for a quick effect of color.
tomer cupboards with small -paned A really professional result in
doors; wooden spool -turned beds and! painting furniture may be gained in
quaint cottage -dres§ers. I this way: If the piece is new and un
All these pieces, plus some even I - stained, first dust it and then apply
more nondescript in character, may a coat of shellac; ,this seals the knots;
be glorified by the magic of paint, and I and acts 'as a filler upon which the'
farm- interiors may, thus be turned first coat of paint will go more easily.
into homes of beauty that may be com. l PHS STARTING POINT.
pared fiesorably with the most charm -This should be done only when the
ing homes of to -day. I furniture is to be painted or enameled,
Even in the farmhouse furnished not when it is to be stained.; If the
with old things,' where a number of ,. furniture is old and the alteadv naint
When very few antiques, if any,
are available, the farmhouse may be
furnished entirely with modern paint-
bedroom.:furniture. Mix a green to!
match a greening apple. .Add the
slightest bit o•f pink or gray and it
will be sage or leaf green.
naeuetrue• AND SAME BLU1:S.
I have made a perfectly beautiful
peacock blue by mixing together
porch -chair green enamel and asure-
blue automobile enamel. This peacock
blue was dull and rich and a wonder-
ful color for furniture. Midnight blue.
is another favorite. This ' can be ob-
tained by adding black to dark blue,
and if this mixture is too puledish, a
bit of green will make it right. Pea-
cock and midnight blues are the safest.
blues to use for furniture, unless one(
Chinese red is too has had much experience.
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regard. Needless to say this should
be used in very small quantities. An
extremely small piece of furniture
might be done this color, or an inter-
ior of a chest or desk, the outside of
which was painted putty color or
black. Chinese red should be very,
much of a henna, and if I were mixing
it myself I should take a normal bright
red and add brown and yellow until
dull and rich enough.
Black: is one of the most decorative
furniture hues that we have. It should
have a bright surface such as is given
by regular enamel that is not rubbed
dowii very much. • •
Putty color is another color that is
very desirable. This may be light,
and the actual color of putty, or it
may run deeper until it is more the
color of coffee ice cream, -or even of
powdered cocoa.
( Many of these colors come ready to
use in cans of eggshell enamel, but if
putty color must be mixed, I should
take deep ivory and add brown in
small quantities until the right depth
was obtained. If too pinkish, add a
little green. When wishing to change
just barely the tone of a color by add-
ing a little of the opposite or comple-
mentary color, be sure to add only a
brushful at a time, as it is easier to
add more than to take it out after
it goes in.
Gray is another color that is used
for painting furniture, but it should
be sandy, partaking somewhat of the
color of putty. Furniture painted this
color is hard to mix into the usual
room scheme, and gray should be kept
more for the painting of bedroom
furniture.
Orange niay be used in very small
piece.= of fur•niti:re, tut probably even
one who is fond of this color would
not dare have m re than two tiny
pieces in one house,
Avoid cheap colors—pinks, Alice
blues, porch -chair greens, steel grays
and fire -bucket reds. Paint a piece
or so at a time and note the effect.
The European Red 'Mite. .
Apple growers in many parts of the
country have long been familiar with
the common red mite which attacks
the foliage and causes it to turn
brown. The European red mite has
now appeared.
This new pest was first reported
in Canada in 1915, and has since been
observed in the Eastern States and,
•
California. It is probable that it is
quite widely distributed, but has been!
confused with older forms.
Red mites live over the winter in;
the egg stage on the twigs of apple
I
Home Education
'Thi Child'. First school Is to Family"=FroebN.'
Interesting. Your Children in Books—By Helen Gregg Green
The other day Aunt Emma Lou and
I 'made• -,-a call at Hildegarde's. We
found her sitting cross legged on the
floor with her nine-year-old . son, Jim.
Beside then lay an open boil:, a
pile of dried moss, stones,some small
branches, crayons, a few Indian arrow-
heads, and some sheets of heavy ma-
nilla paper.
"What in the world—?" we ex-
claimed i i one breath.
4 i 01
"We are making scenes from
White's `Boy's Life of Daniel Boone',"
Hildegarde explained, after Jim had
left.
Wo looked' amazed, I suppose, for
Hildegarde continued, "As a child I
learned to detest books and reading of
all kinds. I carne from a home where
the readingof a book was a solemn
rite, performed with a solemn coun-
tenance. Mother and Father never
seemed to have time to discuss any of
the books we read; they simply hand-
ed them to us from dusty library
shelves with a `Here's a book that
will teach you many things you should
know, so run along and absorb its
contents'. I would rim along, sll
righty but often'I hid the book under
a rock:
"When Jim was a littld chap I made
trees. . They are sometimes so abun-I
dant that masses of the eggs may be
easily seen by the unaided eye. The
writer has had no difficulty in killing;
the mites in the egg stage by spraying,
with lime -sulphur diluted at the rate
of one to five. Experiments with!
weaker solutions have not proved very,
effective, but many of the miscible oil
sprays are reported to give a good
percenti:ge of kill.
MEETING THE CANADIAN BUFFALO
Thi$ is, a snap taken at the Empire Exhibition at Wembley the other day.
1, Canadian Pacific Telegraph,meisenger•is introducing his little friend to the
big buffalo thee stands outside' the company's pavilion at Wembley.
up my mind he should love his read
ing. His fatherland I"often,read the
book he reads, so we can discuss •
with hiiii afterward. .Sometimes.
dramatize the scenes in a book togeth-
er. If we have other books- that will
help him to understand more., tutor-
oughly r.the one he is reading, we leave
them lying on the library table, where
they will be sure to catch his eye."
"Well, my dear, you are wise," Aunt
Emmy Lou approved, "and you also
seem to havemede a study keeping
Jimmy interested in the rig». ind of
-
boobs:
"Indeed we have," Jimmy's mother
smiled back. "His teacher tells us he
is the best posted boy in the school."
Aunt. Emmy Lou and I went away.
thinking what a wise little mother
i i1degarde was and wondering why`
we didn't all try so good a plana '
Why don't we, 11 wonder? Aren't
books, after: all, the real foundation of
education? Don't we all know won-
derfully brilliant people who are not
college or even high school graduates?
Ask any of them to what they attri-
bute their success, and they will ans-
wer, "My education came. from books:"
Books! There are thousands of them
available to all of us. Teach your
children to love them..
Taking In the Fair vs. Being
Taken In by the Fair.
As the Fair and Exhibition season
ishere, it would be well for all who
contemplate attending same seriously
to ask themselves this question: "Do
I get as much out of my visit as I
should?"
Fairs and -Exhibitions provide a
means of social intercourse and enter-
tainment for the people of the sur-
rounding community but fundamen-
tally they are educational, particular-
ly to the rural .community. Their main
object is the improvement of agricul-
tural conditions by comparisons of in-
ferior and superior live stock, crops,
etc., and the donating of premiums to
the lattet class.
The pleasure of the social and lure
of the entertainment features should
not be allowed to supersede the inter-
est that should be taken in the educa-
tional features. Every agriculturist
is, or should be, interested in making
the most of his business, and he can
find numerous aids in a day well spent
THE CHILDREN'S
- HOUR
9
JACKIE RABBIT GETS CAUGHT.
IN THE FENCE, Vie.,
When Johnnie Muskrat knocked at
the .man's door in Stoneyville to in-
quire the way back to Woodland and
the pian hiinself came to the door,
how he, Jackie Rabbit, and Willie
Woodchuck ran! Dodging behind
bushes and bunches of grass, they
were soon out of sight.
. They never even looked back' to
see if the man was coming. When they
had left the village, with its stone
houses, far behind, they paused in the . -
shadow of a big hazel bush for
breath.
"Oh me, oh my, I thought he had
ine that time," puffed Willie Wood-
chuck.
"And so did I," said Johnnie Musk-
rat. "Is he coining yet?'-'
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at the Fair: I don t see him. Do you suppose
Speaking more particularly from we will ever get home?" asked Ja
the live stock man's point of. view, Rabbit. "We must hurry backie
he should make 'a point of seeing as woods' and perhaps someone can tell
much of the live stock a spossible ,as t usthe way there."
"Yes, is being judged, so that he can see! I guess the only safe place for
the good and the bad types and eee us is woods," said Johnnie Musk.
rest his own breeding operations• ac- rat,,"and that doesn't seem very safe.
cordingly. Anyway, I'm not going to knock at a
Undoubtedly the spectator will not stranger's door again to learn the
always 'agree with the judge as the wa,
best of them make mistakes (as do Hush! What was that?" whispered
the best of farmers), but to the dyed- Willie Woodchuck.
in -the -wool steels man there is no' With ears alert they all listened.
ie
greater pleasure than to stand at the
ringside and pit his opinion as to the
meritorious animale in a class
against ,that of the judge. It is well
There was a swish, swish in the leaves
behind them. With a frightened look
at each other they hurried off' as fast
as they could go. It wasn't very fast
to remeriTber, however, that the judge though, for they were tired and very
has the advantage in that he is able much out of breath after their long
to handle the animals and view then! run. They never turned to see ,what
from all angles and may see or feel the swish was, or they. would :not have
something that is not evident to the been frightened. They'felt sure it was.--
man at the ringside. •the man but it was only Mrs. Blue
The management of Fairs and Ex-' Bird hunting in the leaves for a big 'see
hibitions should endeavor to plan the black bugs for her little Blue Birds.
live stock judging program so that too Across the fields they went running
many classes would not be going on' until they came to a barbed wire
at the same time. This, of course, is fence. Johnnie and Willie Woodchuck
difficult ata one or two-day Fair but climbed through successfully without.
comparatively easy in the case of a • catching their very much tattered
four-day or full week Exhibition. clothing. But when Jackie Rabbit
Having the judging e'ings located fair -tried to get through it wasn't so easy.
ly close together would help consider-
ably for then two classes of stock caught his trousers on a big barb
could be followed at the same time right where he always sat down. There
fairly intelligently, he dangled back and forth.
"Help! programme of the judging of help! help!" he called. He
live stockshould be published in the . thought sure the swish in the leaves
press previous to the dates of judg- had been the man and that he was -
ing and on notice boards around the right behind pini.
grounds while the fair is going on so' Just as Johnnie Muskrat was al -
that the visitor may go .to the ring most back to
help him, his trousers
of stock in which he is most inter- I gave way. "help
rip!" and down
ested. For instance, at the Central j went Jackie on all fours. In a jiffy he
Canada Exhibition at Ottawa this was upand the three little Woodland
year, notices were posted aroundthe boys trotted as .fast as they could.
groundsgiving the time of judging of toward the woods.
various classes and sections of live
stock.
A day intelligently spent in taking
in the above mentioned educational
features of the Fairs or Exhibitions
which you attend will be something to
lookback on without regrets, as there
is everything to gain and nothing to
lose. On the other hand, the side
shows and other questionable enter-
tainment features
nter-tainment.features invariably take in,
financially and otherwise, more than,
they leave with the community, and
their attendance at Fairs and Exhi-
bitions should be 'discouraged by the
deadly method of withholding patron-
age.
The woman who was thoughtful
.enough tp count the number of times
that duties required her to be at the
stove, cupboard, sink, basement, din-
ing -room table, etc., had valuabledata
at hand when her husband and a car-
penter satclown to plan the new
kitchen,
A self -feeder which will supply the
growing pullets with . both grain, and
mash is quite as, necessary to the
economical development ,of next >sea-
son's layers as any other piece of
poultry equipment outside of a good
house. else. -Corel Leverhulme.
Playing Safe.
Askins--"You're drinkin' quite e
bit for a gentleman's gentleman, I
should think you'd be afraid of the
poisonous stuff." '
Opkins="I'm quite cautious. T never
touch it until after my gentleman has
opened a bottle and taken a drink of it
himself.
The farmer who would keep his
pou(itry flock free from white diarr-
hoea will blood -test the bullets and
other hens saved for laying next, year.
This is best done when the flock ie
culled in the fall.
• I.f you are lucky in marriage you
can afford to be unbicky in everything