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THE MAGNETIZED
NEEDLF.
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back to the Same position. It pointed
elways 'toward the North Star.
I As we -watched with great interest
' cur friend eaid, "You see what a differ-
ence it makes on the needle when. le
touch it te a magnet Formerly the
neeo'le WAS just common eteel; eow it
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Ihiliat pleasaut ciau our old pester has been magnetized, aid that gives
Addrees communications th Agrottoiiilet, 73 Adetaiee St. West Torento„ wee! He could b dignified enoughe directiou to it, It gives it a flied
With the Ewes and Lambs. Inseetory Your Resources.
The thought a the prudent abepherd It will pey every farmer to make
is ae inventery of the fertility wesourees
alWaYS toward his ewes; if pregnant
be plans to bring them to a safe mid
happy lambing., Day by day he eau-
tiOusly eonditiens them for the eoenieg erop faidures to ft e the nee of pure
of the lambs. FOr bine that. period chased Plant foods. When liee has
a eupreme succepraeeiced a rational se -stem a crop tot
mane ss or miser-
able failure. The responeibilitiee rest
upon his shoulders; and if he loses a
large perceutage of the lazribs at lamb.
and Was always so in the pulpit, but place and a definite reletionship ta
we were petrel, afreid of him, for we other things, As loeg as the iteedle,
new that he felt himself to be hue retna.nis magnetized et will keep this;
f
is in his heartpositioe ori the water. And ix the
One evening, after telling the etory, power that holds a true grows weaker,
f how Febsha -caused tee :eon to swim you need only touch it again to the
n the water, he looked retied the eirele magnet,"
of young faces and asked, "Do you Ard as the needle lay on the water
know anyone besides Elisba who can before us, holding its point firmly to
raalce iron ewiin ?" the north, he told us that the Saviour many de not come at all. Under these tem once a year.
-After waiting for a little while is sometimes called eThe Divine Mate- circumstances, are rex still one a A child who is suffering from mal
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a his land at the start of operations -
rather than waiting ter a 'marked de- *
cline in crop yielde -or a suecession of 1
tation and live stock feediug with 4
elev., of reaintainleg and increasing
soil feetility, and „finds the land be-
eoming less caul lees productive, it is
ena tune it is some fault of Ms man- evident that something is needed to
agereent correct soil conditione or furnish aet
A wise shepherd can feed his ewes tual plant feed fer the growing crops,
liberalty without overloadiug them If clover and other legume erops
with too 111116, fat He can plan to fail to make a satisfactory stand the
e them opportunity to walk about use of lime may prove more profitable
and exercise emu day when the than the purchase of eonuneretal fere
weather is pleasant Be can feed once tilizers, On most stock farms, how-
* day in some distant part of the pas- etiete the judicious use of certain
twee, or adopt sorne scheme to ever. cherilcal pa -t foods along with the
onte the tendeuey te sluggiehnees on supply of fame manure will increase
the part of the ewes. the yield and improve the quality of
reed liberally, but do not overload farm crop& Reports of field tests in
them with too much fat, ineaue that , different parts ex the country indicate
the young lamb, develeping in the body' that phosphorus is the one elemental
0 ita inether, should have an abut.. needed to itereaee erop yields on the
dance of protein, the ingredient a lean. Inajority of stack and &dry farms, al
flesh, blood, nerve and brain. It ebould well 83 en farms Where 710 system of
also have time and phoepliorus to melte animal hilebandre has been preeticed
bones. If the CWO$ have alfalfzi. or for year. Results from the use of
clover hay' and note or ensilege it avid plioephate have been more setts=
balances things up nicely. These feeds factory than raw rock phosphate, due
are richi both in itiesh and beneenaking undoubtedly to the clemency a
materials. If the alfalfa and clover organic matter in the soil.
are cut and put up at the right time The advisability of using fertilizers
and the roots and silage are properly carrying nitrogen aud potassium de -
stored and preserved they may be Ponds largely upon the fertility a the
adequate. Even then it is usually wise land and the kind of erelle one 1
to feed a little grain feed. A htte rowing, If the soil is &lidera in
oats, corn and bran make a safe midi nitrogen and no manure or
economicel grain ration. It makes1 eroPs are Plowed under the yiehl o
more, 'Vigorous lambs and fills the ewes', ems is sure to be limited to the ame
udder with milk. The we that brings" ount of that element that becomes
forth her lame without having womb 111 available (luring the growing memn o
force stored up in be emiy to 1IU her the seeps. This holds true with re -
udder with milk is not to own!gard to the supply of potaesiuni, aie
her oThpring. There is something' though inost of our soils contain suf-
About an udder full of milk that is ahlileient quantities of this element to
mast akin to mother love. Animal lhaintaill the Yield of general farm
enother love flea more in the udder crops for many years, provided, of
than :n the heart. teourse, that the other eonditions of
Succees hes in never withaoidinglthe soil are favorable for ite becoming
protein and bone -making feeds nor! available at proper period' during the
feeding them too mud. Feed to have growing season.
Many farmerwho have changed
over front crop growing to dairying in
stock raising have discovered too late
that such a synem will not restore
fertility and at the sante time give a
satisfactory profit without the use of
the ewes m good condition at lambing
time, but avoid getting them sluggish
from over -feeding. To feed them along
on the middle -ground requires skill
and experience, but i1 is a proposition
that must be mastered before one can
succeed in bringing a Bock of ewes contraercial plant foods. As a result
thraiigh n eafe and happy lambing they have been foreed to sacrifice good
periGrL animals that could easily have been
Ae lambing time draws Mar it IS, carried some years ago, before the soil
wise to separate from the flock the bad been robbed of its fertility. The
ewes that aro near their time. If ai use of commercial fertilizers in such
' number of email pens are available it quantities as are required to assure
will be well to give each ewe a sepal.- profltuble crop yields, while the soil is
yet in a fair state of productivity, will
result in greater benefit to the farmer
and. those dependent on hine for food
than if the practice is postponed until
the land fails to produce profitable
crops of any kind.- The fart that farm -
sure if one bas proper shelter and ers were able to maintain and, even,
gives the ewes and Iambs painstaking increase the yield of -certain crops dur-
attention. With a comfortable shed, a ing tee period of the war created an
strawy bed and a little extra care, few impreasIon in the minds of manY
lambs will be lost. economists that such a process could,
Rarely is it necessary to assist the continue indefinitely. Those well'
ewe at lambing time, yet it is wen to posted in the problems of the soil,
be on hand as there will be times however, know that the cashing in of
when a little help will mean the sato soil fertility to meet the demands of
ing of a valuable ewe or lamb. If stimulated production bas left many.
twins come no time should be lost in farms in such condition that profitable
getting them nursing, for the ewe ire.. agriculture is possible only 'through
quently forgets to find her second the proper use of fertilizers.
ls,mb, and it beeomes hungry and chill- The kind and quantity of fertilizers
ed perhaps too late to be revived. Ewes to use are problems that must be;
that retuse to own their lambs may worked °et by the individeal accord-,
often be (=Tiered by tying them in Mg to his farm and conditions under
their pens and convening them to let which he is farming. As a general
the lambs nurse. She may aigoeously
resist at first, but restrained from in
the Iamb, she will in time ac-
cept it as her own.
After the lambing period is iafely
over, feed the ewes a good milk -pro-
ducing nation, Make creeps ao that one cart handle to -advantage. All kinds
the lambs' ran go to troughs in the of commercial plant feeds am expert -
alleyways and eat wheat bran, crackedsive, and unless one is ready to meet
corn and a little oilmeal. A few oats the other esentials of crop production
will help out and be especially valuable he is sure to find them unprofitable,
If the lambs are to be developed for both from the standpoint of the year's
breeding purposes, Feed both ewes ptoduction *of crops and the perman-
site pen so that she will ham a quiet
place to lamb. An early lambing, pro-
vided one has good . conveniences,
brings to grass a strong crop of lambs
and to market a bunch of heavy-
weights. Early lambing is safe and
The Gro
wing Child Article II.
Helping the School Teacher
Nothing is so disoouraging ‘te a lewad, the most rtent thingii
watch tire ebeld's weight. In the eatte
a older children this ean best be dime
rn sehool and in child health centre*
where nionthly weighte of ell ehlIdren
should be taken and recorded and eye -
cal attention should be given to those
who do net make a normal gain by the,
'tory euecessful. But eae-e you ever parents, teeehee, or echoel nurse Or
attended these meetings? If so, you doctor if there is one. It is eseential
will have noticed that usually only A that every child of the school age
few parents attend at all regula-rly; ehouid receive. a full inedical examine,-
7:lmy h
aeltlevaletherw,hasiehthemainThdyittpearreennetes and
re-
gard echool work. May of the etmag,
enthusiastic young teachers strive
term after term to overcome thieleer,
tia by regelarly bolding parents meet-
ings, and this xnethed is sometimes,
witeout hearing an answer, he said, "I, net, and that byes that for years may
can," i drift hither and thither without a fixed
We were ready to, believe almost direction may -come in touch with this
ythieg geed and great of our friend, Divine Magnet Autl what a wonder- you are really intereeted. In our not making a non al gam—shoul4 at
but that waa almost teo much for us. ful ehaege ie made by that touch! Nosehool, Visit the teacher in her clue- (Mee 'he taken to a Phreielan and ex -
He must have seen this in inir faces; longer do they drift with the wind and
room atintervals. Find out what her antined to see if any diseaele is develop.,
. Lira g o one 0 he* ex c, l e , h - . e. 0 .g if ' Mg, lh the ease of ehildren zesiding
he asked for a glass of water, a wire aside by every cross current that they in areas M which malaria �r Mello.
hairpin and 4 eewing ecedle. Ile bent racet in life, but they receive a dean- norrn- prevail the pheeekilan eltould
the hairpin into a double hook like, ite direction and a guiding star that searh fer the presence of the pare -
the two fingers a your hand bent. brings them safely into the harbor at ste of these and similar diseases,
forward, apd, placing the needle on: last. It is the touch of Christ that The eldlith whole daily life should be
those hooks, he lowered it gently into: changes lit'es, At his touch we are carefully gone, into to see which a
the water,. As it tomehed the water; traesformecl and eent eu our way with the rule* of health be la vielating and
alines; its whole length at the saute; a definite course and an unswerving whether this pertains to Ida food, hie
time the water eeerned to sag or bend' aim. habits of eating, his hours of play, of
under it; and as the wire hooks went i e
home and eebool work, or of sleep.
down inte the water the needle was To labor with zest, and to give of
left fioatieg en the surface. V1eI your best,
those who complain about abet is tone,' nutrition—that is, one who le -much
and not done in your school'? I below normal weight or one who is
Get out of the rut and show thatl steadily losing weight or One whe 15
difficulbes are and then see if yell
cannot lielp her. In meet inetances you
will be agreeably surprised to find
that the teaclaer is far better posted
on matters or health and sanitation
relating to school children than you
supposed. But oho needs help end
e,ornmunity support ta order to put
these modern ideus into practice.
Uwe you ever heard a the tooth-
brush drill? In nsany of the schools
throughout the gauntry teachers uow
inatruct their cleseea jUat how the
teeth should be brushed. But haw much
geed is such. inetruction if parents do
not make sure that it is not regularly
arried out M the teepee Hes yor
youngster a tooth brush and a sepply
of tooth powder or teoth. paste? DO
proposition it wile pay to use a rather:
heavy application of manure and fer-
tiliser on a smaller acreage and gem:ye
soil -improving trope on the balance a
the tillable land and not attempt to
grow large crops on more acres than
and lambs liberally and judiciously. ent fertility of the soil.
cept the title "good"- as a meee cour-
Ci‘raparati,:ra 'Cost. of Stump
Blasting in Sandi and
Ciaty SOils.
To those unfamiliar with blasting,
steeme ",is% a stump. The ordinary
farmer will point to a etump in a field
and a.sk how much it ouget to cost
to get that staemp out. If you ask him,
"Is it standing in a dere clay eeoil or
lopse sandy soil ?"-he will reply in
serprise, "What difference does that
make?"
It is because of the general ignor-
ence of the beginner as to this feature
of blasting that most of those tryieg
stineip blasting Tor the firse time fail
to obtain eatisfactery results., '
However, the hied of soil in which
a stump is standing makes -all the die-
ereece in the world. A stump sandy
soil 'must be loaded differently and
leaded reueli mom heavily than a
temp in clay soil. I Imote for I eave
been blasting (-1.1uirs fe, nearly forty
years and have mad toile of dynamite
on such work.
To give yeer Leaders a little infor-
mation on thie "tobject, 1 will eite two
me three blaeting jobs that I did in
On Clarenee Bu'owies aerie," the soil
Nablutritiort is cured by earrecting
injurieus habits or weraoving the
thought it was wonderful to see the For the eweeteees and joy of the causes Already meetioned upon 'vehicle
needle swimmer.g on the water, turn- giving; ' depends, Oftendt 15 a raetter a exe
ing back teal forth. end movieg this To help follis along, with a hared and foreing discipline ia the Imee,
way and that as we blew on it. a song,
Senee Hints on Feeding Childrea.
After a little while he dipphd the Why, there's „the real sunehine of
heirpin under the ueetlle asin and living. In dealiete with 'Malnutrition the
lifterl folloainsuggestions regarding chile
it out of the water Then 0- a------
, I g You make sure that lit Qleans his teeth drenia diet may be helpful:
g
ing to the telephone on the wall, he A pure-bred bull will exert a strong- thereughly before going to bed and During infancy tile (Bet should con -
rubbed the needle on the roaenet arid
er lidlueriee upon the progeny when starting for school?
sist Wholly a milk, and since no per-
t,
But now it seemed like a different than when be is mated with pareebrod
needle altogether. No matter how it or b4.1,bturadet.
was laid •Q11, the water or how the ends .
were made to point, they always eame
to one position, north and south. It Spritilde a little ealt in
as US if sone ineisible hand were pan Ledore tieing and the
Illeg it and briegiug it coesteutlyplash all over the stove,
lald the edleagaiuon the water' mated with COWS of mixed breeding
112
And what has your youngeter learn-, feet subetitute for =Merle milk 1$
ed abeut dirty hands? Does he try to known, mama sitegid aiwaye auree
sneak to the dinner table without their babies at 010:gnash, 111.110.1e other -
bis Minds and Soca spick and wise adviatel by a olimpetent phyele
pan? Does he understand how readily' clan.
" tie hands carry disease germs into, At eix months the baby be to b*
le mouth?
able to digeet starch; therefore, at 'Milt
You ean tell that the health teaelte time mall Amounts 0 barley or oat
is effeetive by observing to 'what meal water rimy be given with the
extent it changed the boy's hebite for mill" It is also well to give a tea -
the better. However, the Fealth- 5p36111111 *1 orange juke twke a teaeblng in sehool may be reully very When the teeth 3legill to aPPeut 34
youngsters, your end may cracker or a pieve of awelhatkmay b
e
good, but, like many other careless
promptly Allowed, In addition to this a little
orget to apply the teaching's outside cereal jelly without sugar may be
f school. If that is the case, it pro- eV" on" a day, preferably in the
bably indicates that you have failed morning.
to ftimiliarize yourself with the work At about the fifteenth or eixteentle
a the scheol. By all means do so at mouth smell amounts of baked potae
once, and rneke your child eheinito to, apple sauce, and the pulp of thox.
health requirements at home also. °uglily cooked prunes may be added.
babe% diet
Malnutrition Should Be Treated. to When the thild ls two and are.half
Malnutrition is a conditiou of under- tb
nourishment commonly measured by orree years of age the mother may
underimight It is seen in boys and 0
;gin to give one or two teaspoonfuls
scraped meat, or an egg.. In gen-
girls at any period after infancy or in oral, meat sham be given dory hpore
hil
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THE'SUNDAY SCHOOL
JANUARY 161'H
ly. So far as the letter of the Corn
mandments was concerued, the young
man was blameless. What. Lack I Yet
Our All for the Landon St. Matt. 1 . He knew that he did not enjoy the rest
16.30. Golden Tet—St. Matt. awl satisfaction which go with the
19: 19.
'Mlle and Place—March, A.D. rele dit A Great Demand, 21.26.
Perea, an the eastern side of the Joie
Vs 21, 22..Tezus Said; accepting the
dim, during Jesus' last journey te ,
eoung mans own (estimate of his past
Jerusalem. life. Mark eve (Mark 10: 21), "Jesus
poeseseion of the highest good, and
yet he was not aware a disobedience.
atedlaeds lesson holonga te the to. beholding him, loved 111111," a Penetrate
called ?email of Jos". ing look, like that east upon Peter
. . .
fullest account of this inunstry di (Luke 22.: 011, seeing enough that was e dh"a•
•ingiy to small children during the hot
given in Luke 9: 61 to 18: ad. Mat- good and lovable in the young maids It is an important condition very weather, and an eggshould rot be
od
hew begins eb. 19 of his Gospel with character to make him long to have ften neglected, anwhen neglectedmay lead to serious consequences. It given oftener than once or twice sr
the statement that our Lord departed him for a disciple. If Thou 'Wilt; a y or week to a child three to six years eeld.
from Galilee. This was his final de- test to discolain the foundation for po
ver whether, along with a maY
physical development or ill health in Sugar, other then that obtained
luirture from that provinH
ce. e cross- e
nee of want, there is a eadiness to aeluIt life or may lead to some serious naturally in foods, is not necessary for
ed the Jordan, "and M -this more re- choose the highest things, Be Perfect; a young child's diet Simple desserts,
diseaee like tuberculosis.
mote region where be was less well reach the goal of the true life and such as custards, apple sauce and
known, he resumed his work of teat')." the rest which it brings. Sell . . and Ilow to Recognize 3lalnutrition. prune pulp may be given as early as
Mg and healing" (Plummer) mean- Glee, This Would prove whether or Children suffering from inalnutrie the tv,•eiitietb month and in ainounts
while slowly journeying toward the not he cared supremely for the true
capital. life. Jesus is not hero laying down a
1. A Great Question, 16-20. universal rule, but dealing With a
V. 16. Behold; introducing a strike special case. Treasure in Heaven ethe
mg incidentOne CaineCompare eternal life for which he was seeking.
. .
lien. Corea anti Follow Me; an invitation
Mark 10: 17-22 and Luke 18:
' I ' • 1 f Jesus' di
to Join t inner enc e os -
Luke says that he was a "ruler," corn-
ciples. Went Awt.y Sorrowfule turn -
synagogue,"
taken to mean "a ruler of the
in g away from "the high that proved
synagogue," but Plummer suggests
that A may mean simply "a leading
man in soeiety," an inference from
his great wealth. Mark says that he
"came . , . running and kneeled."
Good Master; (Rev. Ver. simply "Mas-
ter,") that is, "Teacher," "Rabbi."
"Good," however, is found in Mark and
Luke. What Good Thing. He thinks difficulty. Again I say; repeating his
that eternal life is the reward for
thoeght in reply to the surprised, per -
doing some special mysterious good haps incredulous looks of the Twelve.
thing. Have. Mark says, "inherit."
The Jews commonly spoke of the
blessings of the future as an inheri-
team. Eternal Life; "the life of su-
preme blessedness, divine in nature
as well as endless in time because di-
vine; the favorite expression in the
Fourth Gospel' for what is usually
called the kingdom of God in the Sri
-
optic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and
Luke. -
V. 17. Why Callest Thou Me Good?
This is what Mark and Luke say; the
meaning is that Jesus would not ac -
too high, the heroic for earth too
hard."
Vs. 23, 24. Then Said Jesus; dis-
appointed, sad and pitiful as He saw
the rich man departing. He draws
from ells incident a lesson on the
perils f riches. Hardly; with great
is a light sandy type. He had twenty-
eight pine stumps in one of his fields
which he wanted to get rid of. It
requited 149 pounds -of dynamite, 114
feet of fuse and twenty-eight caps to
dispose of them. It cost him $38.77.
I used ae high as eighteen pourins of
dynamite unclee one stump, .twelve
under artotherand from one and a
hale to ten pounds under the rest
Just compare the above with the
cost of some stump blasting I did for
Eugene Alien on whose farm a clay
soil predeminates. 1 -le had. eighty-one
stunins to be taken out. I cled it with
fifty-two pounds of dynamite, 150 feet
of fuse and eighty-one caps. The week
cost aim $14,11. The stumps were
eine oak, maple, aele ancl basewood.
These stumps weee about the same
average sez,e as the stumps ori the
Brown Tarn, yet I was able t, . get out
eighty-one ca them for a little, more
,
than a third, wbat A cost to blast
twenty-eight out el seedy soil.
It is a great mistake to put the large
breeds of cattle upon poor, span.t pas-
turtrae et is to put the small, cline -ran
tive breeds -epee a rieh, litatuiaut. pas -
tete, Irhe breed , eliould be selected
to anted hho _gore:Nem, '
....teentiettetee--
tesy In the strict sense only God
is good; man is but 'becoming. good.
Thereeemy be a suggestion that he
who calls Jesus geed must consider.
what that ineans as to what Jesuada.
But Matthew weete: "Why asketh
Camel . . Needle; a proverbial way
of describing the impossible, still cur-
rent in the East.
Vs. 25, 26. Disciples . . . Exceed-
ingly Amazed. Perhaps the disciples
held the Old Testament belief that
riches were a proof of God's favor. At
any rate tleey saw nearly all men
either enjoying wealth or striving
after it. If vrealtle therefore, shut
people out of the kingdom, who could
enter it? Jesus Beheld Them; another
.penetrating look. He sees that His
words have been misutelerstood. With
God . . Possible. Jesus means, not
that it is impossible for a rich man
to be saved, but only that it is the
di -
Vineife.
dolncyof wealth to hinder the 1111. A Great Compensation, 27-30.
V. 27. Peter . . . Said; the spokes -
thou rne corice.rning that which is man as usual givieg 'Voice to the
goocl?" (Rev. Vere, that is, God is
good, and the goodness which he re-
quires is rnade known in the Com-
mandments, which the Inge Tex mew. Shall e ave ;
But; -answering the question direetly. foie following ,Tesus,
Keep the Commandments; which re- Vs. 28-30, Verily; an emphatic
veal the charactee. It is not one good word. Rewaee is certain. In the Re-
act,- but a good character that can win ganeration; theerteve heavet end the
eternal life, and the only good char- new eaeth, which the Meslah would
acter is one -which is liee Geci's char- bring. •Si t I.Tpon Twelve Throne8.
aclae ro'vealed ilde. Connn3mq-
)1-scuts.
vs. 1.8-20: Which; ft question of
perplexity; the scribes veckoned 613
thought in the minds of all the Twelve.
We Have Foitsaken All, etc.; doing
what the inch man had refused to do.
I i 1 What W ? as a Teemed
"The disciples had shared the priva-
tions of the 1Y:tessiah, and they would
shaeo the glories , pe his kingdom
Every One.; net only the Twelve, but
commandments, and tradltlon 11 13 every follo n er• of Jesus. For,saken . •
added still. inore.. Jersus saldfr quoting For 131y . . Sake; because of loyalty
the Si ethe ev nth. Eighth, Ninth and to Ghristl ' Shall IlecelYe an Hundred
'Fifth Conarnalidments, and afdding Fold , Inherit Eveelastieg Life;
Thee Shelf; 1 0122. J,1iv Neighhop- as the truelriehes, wlaich 11111 glean:Ian:ay
TleYeeW, :a.t' the .eeiremirie up of 'the rePaY the giyin,gun of earthly wealth.
secona 'table of the law- Which li 15 to reret . La,st , Last . 11] (3
o'er duty to oer fellow menbuke to the eellecomplaceeey. of. Peter.
•The 'eating. Mae, Only lyfatthew so S'aerifice, he is reminded, le e:.ecellent,
deeceibes him; Al1 These,Things Have bur ole 1[, we'll it /nest go bumility.
TrmI i1 anseeor gi\ien quite' h0110d P1111»spoi18 everyteing.
ton are not only much below normal suited to the age,
weight for height, but they gain much As the thild grows older it nayi
more slowly than they should. At the gradually partake of the 'same recall
ages of sixth ten years, when a healthy as the parents, care being:taken to see
child gains two to five pounds a year, that the diet is mixed and varied, and
they may gain only one or two pounds, that it supplies all the elements -nee-
or even none at all; from twelve to essary to ensure growth. Milk shoule
siteen years, when healthy ehildren be given at each meal.
should gain from six to fourteen (infants should be given e clot (not
pounds n year, they may gain only eold) honed water several times due -
two or three pounds. log the day and older children should
Why Malnutrition Develope. --
be encouraged to drink a glass a
water on rising and en abundance a
Children get into a condition of male water rothughout the day. Scheel
riti
nuton because their growth is not
children should not be allowed to go
watched.. To grow in height and gain to school without breakfast,
regularly in weight is just as mueli a A number of Children, because of
sign of health in a boy or girl of tight eapricious appetite, refuse to partake
or ten as in a baby. Mothers have
of food best suited to their growth
learned to weigh their babies; they and development. This may be over -
must also learn that it is just as im- come, not by insisting on the child
portant to weigh their older boys and eartaking of a dish after he has once
-girls. When children do eot grow or refused it, but by preparing it in a.
gain regularly in weight something is difeerent way for another meal and
\\gong. -If these boys and girls are placing it without 'remark 011 his plate.
weighed regularly every inonth this It must be remembered that a growing
condition of malnutrition would be child needs -milk, plenty of water,
discovered early and not allowed to bread and butter -at every meal, other
go on to serious eonsequenees.
vegetables besides potatoes, partieue
larly green vegetables and fruits, ball
cooked and fresh, in season. '
Filially a child should be taught al-
ways to wash his banda before sitting
at the table or touching feed,
Children should -not be allowed to
drink- tea or coffee.
It is most important to -establiett
regular hours .of feeding and not te
permit the children to spoil their appe-
tites by feeding on candy between
meals
Unless the eondition is recognized
, early and nieasures taken to correct it,
the effects ofonalnittrition hi childhood
may last to adult life. It may show-
, itself as prolonged ill health and
feeble resistance to disease; the indi-
vidual may grow up undersized and
underweight instead of a strong, heal-
thy well-developed man Or woman.
What To Do.
Iii order to recognize malnutrition
before serious consequences -have fol -
Pure-bred poultry have practical
value aside evoin their pleasing ap-
pearauce and the chances of selling
hatching eggs and breeding stock. The
broilere from suck a flock are more
uniform in weight and e.ppeetrance
than a mixed crate of birds of several
types. The eggs will be more urdforin
and bring a 'better price on the best
city merkets. will be easier to im-
prove the egg production by the use
of males from bred -to -lay hens,
• Mene,y can be saved in feeding.poul-;
try
thy
the ewning of the ,useetili
'feed giender,s which are now 101(1
year he corn crop is ge-nerally good
,and cern meal for 22121ash. can be ,pro -
dazed at home. A bon e-grireler in the
cemee of a year evill- turn out quite
a few pound's ef poultry feed from the,
bones that might be wasted. At
slaughtering time there is often a
large stock of bones which ca.n be used
to stimulate egg precluetion.
„
"He who builds no castles an the air,
Builds no easties anywhere!"
Tee most
cattle are the ones who have made
the,inost correct interpretation of the
succe,sful feeders of beef
:
laws ,oe nature.
1 ' 1.1 (les Wool Furs
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1 chP
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FO, 60 VEARS
we ilave "leen giving aur Many
shippers fair and eatiseactory
retiree.
wiLLIAM STONE SONS, LTD.
Woodstock, Ont.
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