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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-12-29, Page 7aceirese communieations to Aaron-in:use 73 Aad t, West. woronte Keep Water for Steck at Proper aseertain whether or net theY would Temperature. The practice of heating or warm- ing the drinking, water fer live stock -during the winterhas been followed pretty generally by meet live stock farmers, using anything from an old kettle to a modern tank heater. I remember seeing at one farm on a moderate winter day, a large tank of water brought to such a temperature that I know it was actually ineipid to the cattle which. stood .about it. I do not think it is essential to raise the miperature of water in winterhirery •eh above that of the water aa it genies from the well. Water fresh firm the well, even at winter temper- ature is stimulating th a well-fed ani- mal and it seems to enjoy it. Where water stands in a large tank and ice freezes on it, it gets too cold for the hest results. Live stock does riot seem to relish greatly in E.evere weather drinking through. a hole in the ice. The desire for water in the -winter is just *s great or greater than during the summer meths siece raore dry feed is given and Imre water must he taken into the body to assize- ilate the dry foodstuffe. If stork must drink very cold water during the winter it will be advisable to have it aocessible all the thee to them. In this way they will drink email quantities at frequent ietervals afel toneume suffielent *Neter without -chilling themselves. If they have ae- eesz to the water only onee or twice a day they will comume large qua,n- titiee of ice water at a time which teeds toward Chilling the body ueduly aeti to digestive disonlers sometimes. Tiegn drink more frequently than eat - the theegh sometimes they will de withe.t railer than wade snow or Flreh to get it. There is. 1 believe, a limit to stop at in le:nth:re, the water. Removing the 4.1.11 is eufficiern. We have a sub - ere lee type heater in our sixteen- rei-gellen tank which is used win -gar lee begins to freeze on top. As 7, vs ere 11 quantities of water, pr rieietr :a from fmr to six Minat' re ger- el a rote the water does not freree muh exeept in cold weather. A fee- hours of fire in the heater each day retrieves the chill, cobs, coat or eveli In tired for the purpose. The tempo:awe of the water can be rais- ed quielser if there is a .covering of ice on fop, as the ire prevents the heat from e:raoing. As we have from forty to seventy head of cattle all the time, I 'feel tafe in saying that the heater will return its e.ost every winter in convenience and benefits we de - re from it Irmo a hydro -pneumatic wawr system and win give the rattle a drink at ar.y time by simply opening m a water tap, it would he pretty uch of a jsb to keep this up in severe weather, but it anewers the purpose nU riebt during stun:lice, spring and fall. develop sickness. The fact that but three Ilene out of sixty showed any sagas of the disease, argues well for th.e disease -resisting power of our fowls. One of theee cockerels died and while the others have reoovered they will not he used as breeders. The fact that chickens once having this dis- ease are afterwards inineme has been firmly established, but we hold, in common with others, that the off - suing of diseased birds will =ally be weaker and more susceptible to disease then will the offepring of birds of strcnger For that reason we will not use ae a breeder a female or a male that has been ill or that thews weak vital- ity. No breeder that 'has ever been sick is used in the breeding pen, for the very fact that it was sick shows that its disease-resistingpower is less than that of other birds. Nature if left to her own devices usually weeds out sueli birds, Our flock ranges from 100 to 150 birds, probably about the average foe an ordinary farm, and we know as lite tle about doctoring as do our neigh- bors. But we practice prevention to a greater extent than tlaey practice it, and have a more rigid. rule. It pays to do tide, as shown by the fact thet when our neighbor on one side last heavily through roup, and another found the ravages of chicken -pox cut- ting down Ins profits, wo were not bothered with disease. A slight cold has cropped out occasionally, but the reniova1 of tho cause an4 promptpre- veative measures have kept it from growing dangerous or wining into VIserious Aside from, breeding from only highly vigorous birds and ones- that have always enjoyed good. hesatle w attribute onr good luck to cleanliness in tha ,* 'Le hnues and feels, to oil • that has never been allowed toberome contamieated and to feeding Epsoin salts at the rate of a. teaspoonful per bird at least once every month during the winter. We believe that the fowl which. is dean inside as well as out- side has greater resisting power than one which is the opposite. We also feed green food, either sprouted oats, znangele or the left- over vegetables from the garden, and believe this to be necessary to keep the hen toned up to a proper pitele Proper drowsing is, of touree, essen- tial to goad bealth. A damp house is a constant source of trouble. Our houses aro given a thorough cleaning twice each yeau—once in early spring and again in the fall, about the time the young stock is plered in them. The twills, floors and fixtures are crubbed, the house is thoroughly fumigated. The interior is kept whitewarthed, as this gives a eheerful appearance to the inside of the house, makes it lighter arid more sanitary during the dark winter days. The raree is kept clean, no refuse is allowed. to accumulate, and whenever we believe t•he soil is in danger of be - twining eontaminated it is plowed up sera planter. to some erep. The hens are fented out -Mule the crop !s get- ting ttarted. After the crop is oft' the soil is -put in glees and allowed to run for a few years. Under this plan we have never been troubled wih t soil contamination. Itigliting Disease Before It Comes. Ger.'', health ean be bred into It floelc, arse • • rer s II! tnr:ti" ni.:as'ares ra:!:Air. it. Recently we .exposed our reek, er part of it, to elticlCon•pox when we bought some cockerels and turnoi them ieto the breeding house, without first keeping them in gasman - tine for a length of time sufficient to The exact emote of warts is un-, Farming in Northern Ontario and Quebec. The Welfare of the Home Valuable facts regarding the pros- pects for welter:tare in Northern On- The Value of Responsibility—By Barbara B. Bunter Imown. Excessive nutrition of the slant term and Qucbec are to be gathered is present, and bruieing niay have frtie report a the Dominion Ex- perimental Statiorw, at Kapuslersing, ,Itese'mlsr. , a straege feet that one% far easier for a Mother to do 4 thing something to do with. the condition. Warts often grow where sores have herself thee to eereceed in getting the children are &maws conducted in live steck feeding Ont., and La Ferree, Que., receetty neigenors • published. Experiments are beteg • New be found teen worth, the aline 441 uljd boy to do it but in the end the effort healed Warts that have narrow necks wretchedly brought up We co , may be snipped off with scissors. a few at a time. If this is done, ar,ply field euggeat ilinumerable raeare nd husbandry, dairying and other lines. methods of impreving upon the "small • feel it a duty to make. one which a theughtful fernier sheerlai a little pine tar the following 'ay. At Kapuskaeing, the iiewls ecnsist in fry" aeross the way, while even at The little -girl who shares the task Exeessive bleeding- may be stopped; beef cattle of. fifteen grade -Shorthorn the moment our own youngsters run a diatwashing wult lier mother, and 4.0 for every 100 birds) ithe drinking water about twice a month, • peund n makes a satisfactory substitute. Balanced rations consist of a swatch mixture and a mash. The scratch mixture, usually composed of three or more grains, keeps up the hod.y weight of the bird and supplies heat. The ma.sh, consisting of ground grains or their by-products, being high ie digestibility and rich in pro- tein, is more directly available for egg production. Heavy mash consumption goes with high production, and the quantities 01 seratch pains fed are designed to he sufficiently low to en- courage heavy ines,h consumption. Foe coltie place a small ainount of keroeene o.n top of the drinking -mates. Feed each hen a eanall teaspoonful ot Epsom salts mixed with a wet m•aeh in the morning. Fowls fatten in a short time when fed on ground rice, well scalded and :nixed with milk. Add some coarse sugar. This should be fed in the day- time, but only a little at a time. The mixture should be very thi•ek. Green feed must' .never be given when it is frozen. Of sprouted oats, give one square inch per hen daily. In .no epee will the greatest ewe in feeding offset dark, damp, poorly - ventilated quarters, excessive expos - are, Leek of exercise or the use of eerub stock. The dry mash generally used is composed of equal 'parts by weight of wheat, bran, Wheat middlings, ground eats, cornmeal and meat aerate It is fed in hoppers, end kept -continually betel.," the birds. • Careful feeder$ watehetheir birds and regulate the quantity of acratch feed so as to keep the Istrde in such a 'condition that they will he eatin,g mash eagerly with no aeournulatiort of,aceateheerrahas in the Wrzezeri combs and wattles may be prevented by ..,arvointing with a salve made of equal parte of vasefline arut Iravosene, rhell rnixed, Apply this at night during very cobi weather. Put it, on thick in eases where the combs d wattles, are already frozen,. This ts also, excellent for colds in the or rattling in, the throat. Winter care of fowls inust in,so 114 possible duplicate ilia natural cone ditions of the regular- production sou -- eon in eprine, and .s1.1711111e1", Thee eeme fee= of green., s•uccelen,t food is very -useful to este the bards in a healthy i:-elention arid their systems in tone, no nice -teem feed ir available, Ep- ee gere (jai it the rate of ene • Time's Up! The close of a year makes un think Of the passing of time. The following maxims, old and new, should make us think of the .value of time: A317 time means no time most times. A man who does nothing never has time te do anything. He who has most time has none to lose. Nothing is mbro precious than time, and nothing less valued. .No 'reward van recover lost time, Be always in time; too late is a crime. The time that bears no fruit de- serves no name. Life is but time; waste the latter and you recluse the former. You may have time again, but never the time. t Take time when thee is, for tirne will away. Time pres.eart is the only time you can be sure of. None can be provident of time who is not prudent in the, choice of his company. A good meat -chopper screeds the saes,a.ge making. • Make a surake-house or buy eee. 'here are good ones en tee me. est by bathing with very hot water or ieews, very cold water, then painting the calves; seven yenriir.gs, ten young shamelessly wild, and are subjert to whose dutyr it. is be east the lieieg.. and a dairy settle ten grade much the entre criticism front that' roem before going to eehool in the wound with tincture of iodine. Nassi Ayrshire and three grade Holstein neighlror herself. es of small warts may be removed in r , moreing, that littlgirl is developing ; cows, son wn tee -year-old Ayrshire But it is not in that spier of trite.' net may her abilities ss a young the course of tine, by immersing the; heiferse five yearling calves, and a eiern I make a. suggestion, rather in 1, heesekeeper, but these characteristics affected teats for ten minutes or herd sire. A feeding experiment was a hope that it may be of heip to some; a unselfislines.s and eervice that are more, twice daily, in water containing made with ten calves in two groups of mother who has a child or two, withh moat ossentiay in ws ow, ell the biearbouate of soda it will dis- wee, Group No. 1 was fed in the the a.ttereling problems, . ; The question crize-s as to when we selve when honor in a ten per cent, fabran and oilmeal cake, 1 to Nova ember 1 on To foster a feeling reepensibli-. im can begin to pese the Ettle duties, selution of washing soda. The oats, from jun° and in; ity in a -child is one of the most blew for serelY a throe year-old can rot be strength of the last-mentioned solud creased in weight from 1,462 lb. to portant eteps in starting him along expected to shovel now. No indeed, tion should he decreased ene-half mer, nee Group No. 2 fed on pasture the right road. It will 'work wonders-, but a ohiid may be trained at a stir - after the first day of use. A thick; for the seme period insreased in with him if Le has his own little tasks, prisingly early age to perfarra deties paste ccmposed of table ealf, sulphur' weight from. 1,472 lbe. to 3,188 Ibte, duties about the house, for which he that lead, es he growa older, te terser and erld-compressed castor oil is :ascii not only making the greatest gam alone le rereoneible. things. effective, and many people use restore but also the cheapest 1 The boy who keeps the grass trim-., W two-yearetii child may be taught oil alone. The latter, however, 1st Dairying, the report points out, is med along the -walks ester the leen to put away his toy, take care of his slow in effect compared with the Other' mixture. of the live stock industry in Northern. ashes from the kitchen range each, aboet the iteuse for his sn.ether. He one of the most profitebie branches' has been mowed, who empties the teat and cap, and run tiette errands The eating of wood, bones, bark, Ontario. Of 106,874 cattle in that day, sweeps the snow from the Irallte, ran rot be trained too soon te wa,it rags, crockery and ether "foreign.' section of emmtry, 39,527 are mileb in winter. picks up hi$ clothes each upon himself. Don't make the ecru - bodies" by cattle ma,y be regarded, cows. The profits on one Ayrshire morning and 11.eaves his bedroom in, mon mistake of being "a slave to as an intimation of the lack of some, for 346 float: is given as $287.53 and order, that bey is beginning we&1 your children." Tea ele them F.eri rel - needful ingredient a a exenplete raw of a Holstein for 321 days as S239.18. When he knews that his family dee imere, give them seme reeponeibility. tion. It is also a cvniMOn habit of, Of eine pure-bred Yorkshire sows, lend upon him for the mail, the , You wit l he lucre then rewarded foe pregnant eows, end in that ease sub -i eight farrowed wail an average of mpoesibility thus !a:liaised will ' your effort when they •attain young sides after calving. Treat by :Allow -len to a litter. In field husbandry strengthen the will to do. It may Ite manhood and womaribood. ing the animals all the salt they euro experimeeta are progressing in crop to take. Add wheat bran freely to the, rotetiou, land drab -wage, and fertiliz- ration, along with other meals, 1.11-". ing. A table is given a the results eludieg cottonseed raeal and flaxseed lest year in the best -mentioned. Par- i meal. If possible supply clover or -dealers are also eantsdned in the ve..j A. frsune house that needs sheeting Arent Lon wan dressing Doily Dimples alfalfa hay. If the habit then pert: port of the sueceeeful cultivation of er weather beards can be made a beside the warm, grote-rire. sista give each affeet•ed animal from; vegeta-blew eeretee, one-half to tele ounce of bicarbonate ; and forage crops. Andre= w house by whiz the old wen- "Tine is the day we start all aver At La Ferree, in the Abitibi district, ther boards with a few hunzhes of to he good," the little girl was saying. of soda tw ce daily in feed or drink- the season of 1920-21 is reported to lath ao as to leave an air chamber a "We call it malcieg res-lushiers. dort't ing water. If that does not suffice have been an excellent one. Twelve two inehee or more for plaster. Nan, you knew. lieve you made any. ,i14.4 have a veterinarian administer two or, head of grade Ayrshires and Holsteins laths on eaeh side of tites straddinewe aaaa,r?" three drams of iodm erystals in a and a pureebred Aseellire bull are, saw the old beards that come off the Anna Lou helped her dostl te nal gelatin capsule. Allowing horses to kept. Experiments were irade in sen. houee so as to ft in between stud- its heel. "I thought you Led, yore deer eat the bark a PoPlah stems and flower growing for ensilaew aad aeeni dings and nail them to lathe. Then old deity. You've reerianed no: te ni le boughs 01ten enusee them to stop h to show that the best method ef, drive nulls about rOilr or five ir.eleca from Ille again. :VAV, Dtoy Iiimenge gnawing wood. I planting le in rows with 36 or 42 apart on both sines of the eh:dd.:roe" isn't that Titre tr.xe?" Dy rx. i - ..........—gan......---- inches between aua the plants 6 or 12 and on feee et enaddings drive the wees agate, FO Area Ine: had . . Stormy Weather Jobs. 1inclies apart. The Feestin for vee- :mite iat just so the euter boards are guessed erieht. tables was oray tinily geed, eerie- as even as poesible with the dooOn our rs, “Bewetoser: Erees..»... • . .dcm we "%e for yeurs frotat sts insurger o zonratees and window -frames ;awl creme; beards. If Rover, as 1.e grew:rod trwe kept a list of jobs posted up where all beans, w, .. • 1 • u.......w.,....g>...n.....r....r-* the hired men would see. We kept our; the studdinga are bard. wood, use Lou. "Ole, Dei:y relreetw n• rer's eyes open to note the things that g Tobacco Growin. ama Eal:S, if tif,*1 weed, use lever ceree te tre-.1 is what ith-, needed attention. Out would -come' Wilsih.en putties; ineals es, nee ten- Lreeg.'"e'elTa4Tn4 ii ra;:lii-TIe't.t8e7,7":1,Itli- Converting a Frame House Anne, Lou's "Reelushuns" Into a Cement House, It via* New Year'e morning, and the ever-present memorandum and, Tobacco has been grown for mnnY peeny the thing jotted down under "Raley years in Quebee, and in the lest qunr- units 4:river. threugh setall vga rye:ate-a net te hal: ta wes so Day Jobs." During a long spell of ter of a ventury has become an hal- atrlPs a ba nt aterat every other, De.'y'a elgthe this ever?" studding ani eight-peney earn at the, "Bow -wow: Bownweel" he . -were; fair weather the list sometimes got nortnet crip inroutheeettern Ontario, frames or eorner beards. When the ad, which, ef eourte, men..'. -.Vas" zo pretty long, and occasionally when having been first burr lured by the hicerda are en, as far as a few hat -axes Anna Lou. we would have many rainy days in ri" eneh-Canudians settled there* :Mr* of eon -recto telfl go, get a Olial heeket "I guess you're gigot of Wee. now, surceesion many items would get F. C. Charlarel, Chief of Tobacco Di- eheelted oil' and it would get mighty vision of the Deminien Experimental short. but I think most of the good Farms. in a paper reeently published, men who help with the work will tells of the thine that are being done testify that it never quite ran out. to develop and eneourage both in The men soon learned that there were quantity 4ma quality the growth of very apt to be twenty-six full working the univerrally-used article. He nnr- days in the month regardless of wear , rates that the first results of the et - thew A. page taken at random from forts of his Division were the creation one of these memorandums reads as' of the •eigar-tohatwo industry in the follows: f Province of Quebec sled the estehlish- cement Clean tank in barn. Intent of Forting and fermenting ware- dope whitewash. This will last butt•on "Ien't this gowe to 1,e a Grease harmers. houses. In Ontario, telemeo growers give a concrete wall ef from one and wonderful ;wen, tnauglar ..adri,,lly Clear upper harn floor and arrange have sperialized for a number of years onerhalf inrhes to two inches thick Dimple clapped her leaele eith 'cre.. in the cultivation of the White Burley alld you will have something elseaper "And new, my litti te fare:IS': s, n- ,"Pl4u.11 fenpets and plow ferree row. variety, ueed chiefly in the manufac- and better than lumbar. With all the thelea Alum. Leu, esinre eou letve Haul tile. ture of pipe and ping tobacco. The nails driven in the ettualinge, it would told me all e tut- res'insteer, I ems*: Repair float tank. seed from this variety from selectious be hard for the rimerete to get away tell you mine. I'm al eays gene; ta Mount fork handles. t the Herrow Experimental Station from the Wu:Winer% as all would be tidy up my things. anal nrver ery , solid eonsrete. I have built nry house when I get lent, and Lever ere zits Fix box stall. Yield emits sliPerier in weight Nal ef ',hie way an.1 am well pirairce v. ith 114:7Awt Pivzo or elerldan. aed Put new new fluor in hog cot, improve:I quaky comp:wee with there the improvement.—E. L. Halter an tie Salves. eoreing from imported seal. In tinier — a....-__ well, you i,ee, I've ro',It:. '; so umny Ring yomer bulls. o “Lt 41 a C4i. ‘', e( ,,O Of linin.01. ei Found' things that I'm 'fraiti 1 .,% n% re:1:m- ' This little packet memorandum has mteleels in tobar2.0 grOWinZ, a nuns- her half er them; bet. te: t Ste renie, Test Barn Psraelical. of experimental plots have born Recently I visited a large dairy lette all try, very hard • keep, thezn been of gra t service many times. It her every one. has helped to the accomplishment of conducted in co-operation with the where sem° wonderful records were to pour the coriarete between tho Dolly Dimplere area't you? Of eeurro staddings• Then get a hammer and you ere, I w," rim:Lien „Vona Lon. tap beanie, so aa to get tlao cemeet 'Meow: Metre:* (lied litor t.s she tegether. came up eeer the fire. After several days remove all the "Oh, tal,by laraghe the little boards except the top one, and go on girl, "hove e'en res lutel e.:r egein When remi-ving boaraS, knock to tar.gle Delly's hair?" strips eff. Pull the nails from boards "Purr l Purrs" assentef1 ritty. as you will have to use small strips "Do you hear that, done miner' again after the cement is all Fen Irse aF.ked Anna Lou, as she hi -oriel tlie many a task that otherwise would have been forgotten and postponed until mistaiief resulted, The New Year. A smell ship launched upon an un- known sea, A small seed planted from an un- known tree; Such is this strange New Year to you. Whither the vessel and me goete, And how the seed up groweth Gad oely knoweth, But sail the ship and plant the seed, That's done in faith is done indeed. growers themselves. Fall rdowing of bemg made. I was pleased to find the the land to be used for tha crop has test barn well filled with a splendid Proved of adVantage, as it inereases lot of cows and heifers - In question, I resolve: soil moisture, while tending to destroy ing the owner torwerning the economy To he better Harmy laet YUs insects destructive to the crap. A a such a barn, he informed me that hese t study of the various types of seed -bed it was °xis 01 the most Pruntahle has shobuildings he had ever put up. wn that a semi -hot -bed under To beet rum, that being the better glass is the only one that gives abso- way. The barn was simple in structure, To give ef my beat. without an lately dependable results. Tests of but built with the idea of making it varieties have proved that White warm and easy to ventilate. apology that it'e no better. Burley and Comstock are hest suited Steel To try to avoid the necessity of try, to this country, and are in. no way furnished tome for eome twenty-four pens on both sides in two lone ' rows try, try again. To better- the good in me, and then inferior in product to the same var- head. Each pen Wag supplied with a laws imported from the United impr•ove en that. aw States. Canadian grown seed is re- commended. January 1st. 1 Am -- am the open door to a new chance in life a chance to try again, an opportunity to bring victory out of defeat. ' am the beginner of new things. I blot out the past and open up a new world for king and peasant alike—a world filled with new hope, new inspiration, new promise for the future. I present you with a new book without blot or blur or blemish in which will appear the record of your chance and what you have done with it. have nothing to 'do with what you write. 1 give you the materials to make a good record. No page in your new book was ever turned before. No wird has yet been written in it. Every word you write therein Itgal speak foe or against you. I am very, very young, but 1 arn the heir Of all the ages, richer than Solomon or any Potentate or millionaire that ever lived. I bring great possibilities to all who accept my gifts- in the right spirit. But if you treat me lightly or indifferently, if you make no effort to utilize the treasures 1 bring, you will never be able to make good your loss. I am no respector of persons. 1 show no 'favoritism—but shower my gifts on old and young, on millionaire and beggar Resolve that you will no longer sonander my gifts, buL will put them out to interest, and you may yet be what you long to be. mark the succeeding steps of your life and proclaim to all who know you whether you are going up or down in the lawman scale. Wiite to -day on the first page of your new, book your am- bitions, your deeires, your heart longings, your dreams of the future, and then register your vow to make your dreams come true. Am The New Year. S. Marden water bowl, manger and cement floor, To doony level hest to do better, with drainage to one end. A feed To make the beat of things until carrier through the centre furnished things are better. an easy means of bringing! in Silage To do the right and let the wrong and grain, while st Etter eitiaiew at be beet, each side made it easy and eenvenient To ere a little. good towards better - to remove the manure. To coastruct such it barn true must ing bad things. To be :good up to my eapacity, and know definitely what cow comfort means. Cows do not require fancy and expensive buildings. They are very praetical in their tastes. They do want, however, freedom in their stall and it pen 'permitting them .to move about at will. They like their food elean and at legatee, periods. They like a sumly of fresh ratan water always at han. They prefer a light, well ventilated stable to one that is dark and p.eorly ventilated. Th,eas cow requirements ,dernand nib& en? equipment, which is not ordw to the cows' liking but also saves much hard work and time .011 the part of the caretaker. Begin 1922 With a Kindiv Deed. Amidst the stress and 'storms of life, When you feel worn and weary Just help eebrother in -the strife And make his path more -cheery. For blessed is the one who lesidts A hand to help a brother, And God will bless reau, though your* iriends May leave you, for another. Twice bleseed is the kindly deed— Flowing enward like a river; Blessing those who; feel its need, The receiver and the giver, not ray inclination. To keep these resolutione—in use. Wintering Idle Horses. Pecrste as it inlay mem, the ehief danger in wintering idle horses is in overefeeding them. If one haa bay, corn stayer and straw qf sufficiently, good quality he ean put the idle horsed through the winter in reasonably geed ghape withoat grain, feede, Where the roughage is lacking n qualite- then moiler .grain should be added to sup, ply the deflerearts- ,not mere than one- half a work ration, and preferabb lege. Give the enimale exercise. The horse is en votive creature. Rest is hie greet enemy. Turn in; a yard dust ing pleasant days,. Stables should be , 000l and well ventilated but the horses should always be protected from eirait and extreme weather. .--. "I see not a step betore me As I tread en au,other year, tut the path is still in God's keeping The fattaw His mercy ehaN eleart And what looks dark ihz the distance , May heighten QS 1 draw -near." o. , Better: be silent Oen speek with 111 will. • 4 1