HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-10-28, Page 2The Vann lig look hi Winter.
Litter in a poultry houe'e mast
easily. +cover the scratch wale. so the
hens will have to exercise on cold
days. 'Litter that is damp and tightly
parked together causes the grain to
remain on the surface where it is
•`Xuickly gathered up by the birds.
Then they proceed to hump up in eor-
Pers of the house and lose the benefit
ef their winter exercise. Litter must
be loose and dry to be of much value.
Tough damp litter is only good for
fertilizer but worth enough for that
purpose to pay for removing it and
furnishing the house with clean straw.
Colds are sometimes due to dusty
Boors caused by using garden loam on
the floor instead of sand. When a bird
has watery eyes It pays to isolate her
from the #leek and rub tate head with
camphorated• vaseline. Permanganate
of potassium helps to prevent the
spread os •eoleis in the flock but we do
not believe the birds like the mixture
as well as clear water and never use
it exec pt en rare occasions. Vigorous
bromine, stc'ek on good rations in
open -front hues seem to have the
Vitality to resit colds. But the air
must be free from dust or even the,
strongest birds n:ay sometimes show
watery eyes.
If the.pcultry nese have been nail-
ed tightly to the walls of the house it •
will ray to remove them and l'uild
siesta in small portable sections. These
can le taken tut in the sunshine for
cleaning and spraying. And they will
nc•t furnish a pace where mites and
lice can became seeurely intrenehed.
It pays to have a large hopper for
oyster shells so it will not need to be
filled phare than once in three or four
weeks. The small hoppers soon be-
come empty and if they are not filled
prcmptIy some of the hens will not
receive enough lime to place hard
shells cn the eggs they Lay. It is not
only the soft-shelled eggs that cause
Tosses but also the eggs that look good
but have weak shells. They often I
break in transit and injure the ap
pearence of other eggs in the crate.
Oyster shells are one of the cheapest
items in .the hen's ration and we re-
gard them as one of the most im-
eortant.
The use of commercial. laying mash
often takes a let of worry out of the
poultry business. These mixtures con-
tain much of the materials needed for
egg production. We have been using
a commercial mash recommended by a
practical poultryman in our section
and it has been helping very much to
keep the pullets laying on cold days.
We might mix a mash just about as
good at a slightly lower cost, but this
eemntereiel mixture is doing well and
on cold stormy days it is a great sat-
ff aetion to have bags of mash ready
fee the feed hoppers whenever it is
nfeded. The mash contains green
feed, and when the birds are oh the
range they do not reed that portion of
the ration served in a hopper. We
think we can mix our own mash to
the best advantage in the spring and
sununer but during the winter some
time is saved by having the miller mix
the mash.
Farmers who place eggs in water -
glass for home use find that they are
very desirable in winter when their
fresh stock is bringing good prices.
But such eggs must 'always be labeled
when sold commercially, We believe
nothing is gained by preserving eggs
at home for winter sales. It is bet-
ter to try and produce fresh eggs in
the winter. Buyers appreciate them.
It seldom pays to allow tho layers
outdoors In winter unless the snow
melts and the day is warm and still.
In that case wo believe that it pays
to give the hens a vacation outside.
Their actions prove that they enjoy
the freedom and a few days outside
seems to give them new life and vigor
to stand the confinement when the
storms return. On many farms the
layers are never outside all winter.
They are managed like machines.
However, we believe that a hen is
something besides a machine. She
has her bikes• and dislikes. She enjoys
sunshine on the range and the poul-
tryman is lucky if the hens can have
many such days every winter.
Tho chances for succors with egg
production seems to be growing bet-
ter. The business is so exacting that
competition seems to be growing less
in our section and the farmer with
fresh eggs for sale can induce his
friends with automobilea to visit him
at frequent intervals. When much a
trade is worked up it pays to place the
eggs in neat boxes marked with a
brand, and charge for the service of
grading the eggs and packing them
right. Then it pays to keep track of
feed costs and operating expenses in
such a manner that you can produce
the proof of your innocence as a pro-
fiteer. The egg producer earns his
money, but it is surprising how fettle
some city people know concerning the
production of eggs and poultry meat.
Usually they are very reasonable
when they understand the situation.
Disgruntled customers can always be
told that there is nothing for gale
and the producer is soon rid of them,
The statement will be true because
there are always plenty of desirable
fresh egg customers for all a farmer
can produce.
We have been using a commercial -
coal tar disinfectant in place of kero-
sene oil for spraying the roosts to
keep down mites and lice. One gallon
of the dip makes one hundred gallons
of spray dope by nixing with water
and it can be distributed with a small
potato sprayer when there Is a large
area to cover. The cost is much Ices
than for kerosene and the spray im-
parts a rather ;clean and pleasant
odor to the poultry houses. There are
lice paints on the market which pro-
tect roosts and nest boxes for several
months and they are being found de -
investments
sizable by practical
poultrymen.
The writer hopes to attend at least
one good poultry institute -this winter
and several poultry shows. They bring
large returns for the investment and
they' help make a poultryman more
interested in his .business. The bred -
to -lay stock are fine, but the poultry
business of the country would not
amount to near as much if it were not
for the fanciers who like fine feathers
and organize and support the exhi-
bitions. Farmers who can attend a
good poultry show will obtain much
information if they visit -with breed-
ers who have had years of practical
experience.
!ME SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
OCTOBER 31ST.
Flew 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
nituch 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
rho 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
wort 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
as 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 we wholly
bad, although they may appear inno-
cent, and may make loud +profession
of good. Jesus would have then
tested, not by their ^rretenslons and
their 'boastings, but (by their fruits,
Is life and conduct geed? Do they do
good to those wham!. the teasit?? Dd
ou find thein symp thy w a..
and
hthem elping on every, good 'eau e? The
The One Thing All Farmers Want
By ROSS B. JOHNSTON,
"What do feemers want?" Is the
question that es. meet in the minde of
the people to -day.
The answer is so simple that it may
be a surprise to many people. The
real farmers want to stick to thelia
farms. Down deep in their hearth
they want to live out their lives on
their farms and hope that some of
the children may stick after then.
They are distrustful of the future of
Canada If great industrial and comm
mere's)l centres continue to draw the
youth of the country until industries.
overbalance agrieuiture in our nation-
al Life, so as toswing our ideals and
our standards too far away from "the
more humble and prudent practices
of the past."
They
arenot 1
mere grumblers.
carry out the every -day tasks of the
farm, the home, and the ctommunity,
and remain, as they have always been
good citizens, conservative and
thoughtful,_ 13pt farmers sometimes
decide that, in recent years, they have
not been favored equaully with .people
of the .city, Vann products too often
sell at prices that do not pay for the
used soil fertility, or for the family
Tabor. Nigh schools are too far away,
Goods roads are often only between
cities and not arranged.- with due re-
gard to accommodating the farming
sections..
Farm women see with anxiety the
prevalence of disease of various forme
in the community. They learn that
water -supplies are often impure. They
sigh for some home conveniences,
bathrooms, running water, etc„ and
envy city people their homes with
mare tastefully decorated interiors
and more attractive exteriors. Farm-
ers know that matters of marketing
and of legislation can be influenced
little by themselves individually, and
that only in collective action is there
hope of results.. They resent the
growing wage demands of their help-
ers and their steady drift into the
manufacturing industries or other
city employment.
Farm Life Most Satisfying.
Many persons who investigated the
farming problem a little, got started
off on the wrong foot. They had an
idea that perhaps farmers faced some
big problems and that they had some
difficulties to meet; but they were en-
tirely wrong when they thought that
farmers wanted to plow corn and feed
hags only long enough to get money
enough to move to town. Th could
not believe that to the real farmers
county life Is' theroost - satisfying
form of
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,
anti 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 of so many of their
fellows? Do they not see that 'for
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-
tricted, 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. Teere are
those who will snake loud profession
of being followers of Jesus,but whose
�rxofessions :are false. ere again
tfte test isto be applied, Only, said
hems, lie that doeth the will of my
Fatherwhish is in heaver.. Only he
shainto th:these
dom. In ,ese
days many eoatflthing theories, of
which bud taildng of p aistent ad-
vocacy a
vocacy of neer relig+ ournd social:
doctrines and ideas, the warning of
Jesus moat be !heeded. Not the boast -
. With ,thisview of the situation, is
it any' wonder that the answers to the
farming question were all ao far from
the truth? These answers could only
be in terms of dollars and cf,>ute, to
the exclusion of everything else.
While there are many communities
where conditions are very satisfying
in •spite of small farm incomes, it is
undeniably. -true thatthe amount of
money the farm folks have to spend
really determines the kind of homes,
churches, • schools and roads, for
"money makes the mare go."
Few, if any, farm families living
amidst conditions that now exist are
self-suffieient. They need the aid and
co-operation of other farm families.
The most logical and natural group,
then; for the farmer to join is the
organization unit that year In and
year but means 'most to him, the com-
munity club, .the. small neighborhood
group where the people know each
other well and trust eaoh other and
are •unselfish enough to work for e
common cause.
In a hilly country, of small farms
and bad roads, the community club
may be a very small neighborhood
group indeed --twenty-five to 100 fam-
ilies. Where the roads are good and
farming operations are on a bigger,
scale, the community group may take
in a whole county, or where the coun-
ties are not too large, even two coun-
ties might belong to the same com-
munity. For these folks, the most.
important things outside their own
households arid of their own farms are
a local school° Where their children at -
tend, the ebureh whore they worship
the stores where they psrchase, and
the roads Over which they hove to
travel,
Vaal i eommunity must thus proceed
with theconsideration of its own local
problem or problems. Bach comtnun-
ity has eonditione that tare Peel -11%147
its own.•tamust have its own medi-
I
eine prescribed, bTo community pa.
tent Medicine that would eure the ills
of every eomniunity can be prescribed,,
So every one of these real farmers
who makes hie living right from the
ground, has a right to demand, for
himself and for his family, the kind
of standard phis community should
have. If that As true, hie duty is to
help establish these tame 'standards.
Row b unit
fi v oes Your Gomm y Measure
Up?
I-lere are some Points that make a
perfect .community, where farmers
will stick to their fauns:
History mutt play Ito beg part, for
early life and ancestry meant mush to
a community. The community, whose
early tettlors were sober, ind'ustrioue,.
God-fearing persons, always had a
big load. Government is considered
second, for the life of a community
depends largely upon familiarity with
the law, respect for it, and the natural
observance of law that comee from
that respect. 13usiness includes such
matters as access to markets; raising
produce and; stock that has the best
market, good roads, telephones, united
action in :buying and selling, and gen-
eral co-op•eration of the people of the
community for the common good.
Farms are the most important
single factor. Whether the farms are
rich or poor, level or hilly, well tilled,
etc., largely determines the wealth of
the community. Is the type of farm-
ing suited to the markets and the
locality? Do farmers know how to
get the beat results from their land?'
Do they farm according to improved
methods? Do they use much farm
machinery? These and many other
questions are 'considered in scoring a
community.
Are there clubs that work to build
up the ;community and add something
to its social life? Do the clubs have
a definite idea of work that ought to
!be done for individual and community
welfare? -
Do the farm women have homes
with ordinary conveniences, running
water, etc.? Are the homes attractive
outside and inviting inside, well fur-
nished, and decorated in a pleasing
and suitable manner? Is there a good
home spirit prevalent, so that the
family works in close harmony? Are
there plenty of good books, magazines
and papers in the homes?
Do the schools show growth? Are
the buildings well lighted, and have
they adequate equipment including
playgrounds? Are. the .teachers paid
sufficient salaries to insure properly
trained ,instructors? Do the children
attend school the full term? Is . the
school building used for general com-
munity meetings so that it becomes
a real community centre? Do par-
ents support the teacher and school
officials in every way?
Is the community over•-churched or
under-churched? That is, do the
churches meet the religious needs of
the community without imposing an
unnecessary burden on the people? Ii
there a willingness to comf&ine a num-
ber of weak churohes, irrespective of
denomination, into one strong church,
if that would better serve the com-
munity? Is the pastor's salary
enough to attract a competent man
who is a real community (leader? Is
the church building adequate, with
necessary equipment for meetings and
instruction of all sorts? Are the
Sunday -school teachers properly train-
ed for their work?
How about health conditions? Do
the people understand questions of
health and hygiene? Are homes pro-
perly screened against flies, wells pro-
perly located and curbed, refuse dis-
posed of safely, etc.?
Put your netgliborhood to the test
of these questions. But do not end
by criticizing. Work to make it mea-
sure up to this excellent standard.
ing of clever men who claim to have
cisme great things, but their character
antt faith should commend them to us.
Are they seeking to do the will 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 dank.
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 foundation rock
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 rock,
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
foundatiop. He who builds -upon its
principles of simplicity, sincerity,
honor, and faith will build well. It
is ripen such principles we wouuid build
our nation, seeking to establish her.
in righteousness, and justice, temper-
ance and self-control.
Rub new tinware well with lard and
heat it thoroughly in the oven. Tin-
ware treated thus will :lever rust.
Art
r?
Address all communications for
this department to Mrs.. Helen Law,
53 Lyall Ave., Toronto.
Discouraged; There are no; etech
things as "black ;sheep," so If people
have told you that you are one, do not
"believe theta. If you are not attrac-
tive, you can make tip for it in many
other ways, by being sweet and gra-
cious and thoughtful, se people will
come to like you better 'thanthe g(lrl
who loaves curly hair and peaches-
and-cream complexion. As for the
lack of ether qualities, that rests en-
tirely with yeu. We can be what we
want to bee, bo if you stay a "black
sheep" it is your own fault, But you
are not one aitd I do trot want you to
have that thought about yourself.
Doubtful; Is it correct for a girl to
thank a stranger for holding a door
open for her? When should she thank
the person who overtakes her along
the road and invites -her to ride in his
automobile, on enteringthe car or
leaving It? It she has `companions,,
do all express thanks? '
It le correct to say, "Thank you,"
for any service rendered. If the habit
is cultivated early in fife, there will
Abe no uncertainty or doubt as to its
use. Thank the person wlio invites
you to ride, and thank him again on
leaving the car. Every one invited to
Tide should express thanks.
X. Y. Z.: You are too young to -think
seriously of any young man so there
is lets of time before you will need
to decide upon a husband. In the
meantime, I would go with other
young men friends as much as I could
and it may be.you can find someone
you will like and at the same be .pleas-
ing your parents, Try it, anyway.
Maxey: So many freckle .remedies
contain a poison which causes serious
local as well -'as internal tioublee, that
I cannot recommend them. Besides,
no matter what is used, freckles re-
turn. If you must make en attempt
to remove them try this, foi' it cannot
'injure the most delicate `skin one
ounce of glycerine, one ounce of rose-
water, ten drops of carbolic acid and
ten drops of tincture of benzoin.
Schoolgirl; You and others have be-
seiged rite with requests for new
Penes. Frankly, I always like the old
ones best but here are two that may
help out . he planning fail and winter
parties.
The first one is called Poor Pussy.
The players sit in a circle, one being
chosen out. This one kneels before
each player do turn and says in piti-
ful. tones,. "Meow!" Each e player
when addressed must answer without
"" "Pussy
,sanding, Poor Pussy!" d ad-
dresses
dresses each player three times, try-
ing her best to make the players
laugh. If the ane before whom she is
kneeling does laugh, they exchange
places, but if not, Pussy moves on to
the next one.
Then there is a game called Guesses.
Bach guest receives a slip of paper
and pencil. The leader begins by say-
ing, "Guess how high the door is,"
"Guess how thick that book Is,"
"Guess how tali' Mr. Blank is," "How
far does this chair' stand from the
floor?" He 'allows a few seconds after
each question for the players to write
their . answers and, after twenty or
more such questions, the papers are
collected: The leaden' then proceeds to
determine the answers to the ques-
tions, which are checked up, and a
prize given to the one who guesses
the reuatest number correctly. This
can be made very funny—more so
than it sounds.
H. H.: When should wedding an-
nouncements be sent out? We are
'planning to be married secretly and
•surprise our families.
Announcements are mailed the day
the ceremony takes place, or as soon
after the wedding day as possible. A
secret wedding is very bad form, and
considered unpardonable by the ma-
jority of people; so I hope you
will change yotir minds and plans.
Surely you owe it to the parents• on
both sides to letthem know when you
take this important step. Surprises
of this sort are not popular and often
cause unpleasant comment. You can
plan your wedding . ao that it will be
as quiet as .you please, either having
it in your' own home or going to the
minister's ` house, but the church is
really the proper place for the solemn-
ization of Marriage,. `
•
To Start the Evening.
Every girl who has given a party
,knows that the few moments before
the guests become acquainted are
often likely to be uncomfortable un-
less some activity is at once introduc-
ed to make those invited forget them-
selves in the fun and interest of what
they are doing. Few things put an
end to formality quicker than a paper
millinery contest.
'Gave every person ten pins and two
seets of different -colored tissue paper
folded neatly together in some attrac-
tive form. Then announce that the
boys have to mace hats for the girls
and the girls to make hats for the
boys. Everyone must use one of his
sheets of paper to make the hat, the
other to make the trimming.
Needle sketching is almost as much
fun. The hostess cuts out rectangles
of white cambric, eight by five inches
in size, and writes the name of some
animal across the tap of 'each piece.
Then she stocks a needle, threaded
with three-quarters of a yard of color-
ed worsted or coarse' colored' thread,
into each piece of cambric. With kis
needle and thread every guest must
snake the outline of the animal •as-
eigned to him. After a given time the
finished pieces are collected and pin-
ned on the wall for the company' to
judge.
W. L.: Can you tell me what ails
our chickens? The old fowls act like
young chickens that have the gapes.
They gasp for breath and have what
looks like cankers in the mouth and
windpipe. They don't look right, then
get diarrhoea and die.
Canker is a disease that affects the
mouth and throat and the inflamma-
tion of the membranes causes the bird
pain in awaliowing. It usually devel-
ops from exposure which has first
brought on colds or roup. The tumors
which form can be taken out with a
sharp knife and the wounds painted
with full strength Zenoleuni. Wash-
ing the wounds with peroxide of hy-
drogen may also be beneficial. Isolate
the :sick birds in a brood coop where
they can easily be caught for frequent
doctoring. It sometimes takes quite a
whileto bring a bird back to health
when suffering from canker. Dike sell
poultry diseases prevention is, of
course, the .most satisfactory.
For ham croquettes, to one cup of
choppedham add one -cup of cashed
potato, one cup of bread crumbs, one
tablespoon of cream or, milk. Mire
wall, form in balls, roll in, crumbs,
then in beaten egg, then in crumbs
again. Fry in hot lard,
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Good company cui a journey
males the wait' seep shorter.
Dependable Partridge Tires
should be your companions on
all your motor trips, They shor-
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to travel in comfort—free from
the annoyances, delays and
expenses, caused by tire
troubles.
Partridge Tires, like loyal,
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HOW DO YOU MEET
OBSTACLES ?
11a o:bstaelee, obstructions in .you*
path, discourage you, or do they raaisd;
you the more determined to overcomer
or ,surmount them? Do the difiie w'
ties which unexpectedly arise epOdk
you en with a firmer resolution 'IA.!)
conquer? This is a good test e9
your mettle.
It is the weakling who is discourage;
ed by obstacles, and w'ho turns ht
back on his goal in the face of dee
couragement.. It is the weakling whti',
sees obstacles through the small encs
of the telescope.. A Napoleon ,looks
at them through the big end, making
them appear email and far away, in•+
stead of magndf,dng them,
Obstaelee mean little to a strong'
ebaracter, He dues not say, "I hop
�,""
dothis thin but T will duit. •
to iii Z
g,
know I can do it and I shall do, it."
It is the Napoleon who says, "There ,
shall be no Alps," no matter how
formidable they may seem to others„
IIe does not see the mountains of die.'
ficulties as the weaklings about him
see thein. To hint there are no im. v
passable Alps at any season.
Detenmdnation and will have made:
ai gt"cat singer of many a poor girl!
who had no chance in the estimation •
of all who knew her. "Retufned with
thanks," has sealed the fate of many
a manuscript and prospective anther,
yet ft has made many an unknown
writer who had determination.
The late EIla Wheeler Wilcox,
whose versatile pen brought cheer and ,, ,
nie
courage to many a despairing heart,
once told me that her first manuscript
was returned by nineteen different
publishers before she got a cheque
for it. It le not unusual for an author
to try for years to get a work pub- .
Idshed and then to. have it numbered
among the "best sellers."
An editor of a London magazine re-
turned the manuscript of Thackeray's.
"Vanity Fair" and said there was no
enlerest whatever in the story. Many
publishers turned down De -T`oe's
"Robinson Crusoe." Milton's "Par-
adise Lost" ultimately brought a pried
which many -a modern author would
spurn. What a lesson we learn from
the experiences of others!
Those of us who would despair or
lose heart under our struggles must
remember that "great works are per-
formed not by strength but by perse-
verance," and that, according to Lu-
cretius, there is "No rock so hard but
that a little wave may beat admission
in a thousand years."
It is the stout heart that tit _phs
over the difficulties that bldck thee
progress of many a well-intentioned
man. If you would' suceeed, `take
courage, grit, and perseverance as
your watchwords. These will help r
you to overcome the most formidable
obstacles that crowd the pathway to
your goal.
Blessin • s .0
The Common gf.
Country Life.
In order to be out daily in the. open
air and still make enough money for
his expenses a young countryman,. took
a position as a rural letter carrier.
During his terns of service, which: was
in a rich fruit region, he was hardly
ever asked to share the bounties of
the orchard. The farmers were not
stingy, and the young people were his
friends; they simply underestimated
the blessings of an abundance of
fruit, flowers and vegetables. .
Young people in the country are so
used to the blessings and privileges
peculiar to farm life that they often
ignore them. A city girl who sought
to interest her.country cousins in the
! work of giving away windfalls-, and
cull peaches teethe poor of the nearest
city had a hard time to convince them
that anyone could possibly want such
things. On the farms the pigs ate
the windfalls, and it was bard to :be-
Iieve that in cities•: there were little. ,
children thankful even for the waste
things ef the country. .
A young girl from the•'countre who
spent a summer in a city flat end saw
earth for window boxes • sold at fifty
cents a bushel went home with more
respect for her flower bed than she
had ever had before.. After that she
shared with city people the blossoms
that once she had thought too poor to
give •away.
If all the young linen and the young
women in the land would only organ-
ize themselves into a Waste Products
League, they could wonderfully in-
crease the sum of 'human happiness.
Without ever parting with anything
that they could sell on the farms or
that was needed at home,,bhey could
furnish good cheer ane -happiness to
numbers of invalids, olds people and
children in the cities.
World's Mothers.
According to' statistics compiled
ci
the British national birth rate a
niiiesion is to which rati.es of people
produce the ibeft mothers, 11 was
found that the Jewish another' ranks
first, with the Irish mother second.,
and the English third.
Buy Thrift Stamps.
The doctor's eon wars •enter'.
tainting a friend: in his father's ofilee
and they were looking meth awed ad-
miratlon at the artieuiatedv skeleton:
in the 'eloset. "Where did you get it?t',
asked the small guest in a whisper,
"Oh, he had it a long time. .I: goes*
maybe that's hie first patient." - ''