The Brussels Post, 1915-4-29, Page 2.11
THE FATE OF AZUI� •
A,
Or, Tho South African Millionaire,
CHAPTER YL ---(Continued).
"Walt on mull possessed you to tell
Stint?" eke -asked. Judith, the that time
they 'had a moment. together, A dietatnt
relative had died, and Lord Glaucourt itad
suggested the cancelling of engagements
at hetet that week, and the two found
themselves, fur the fleet time for many
menthe, dining alone. Later, no donrbt,
someone or other of their "habitues" who
mate and went, would step in on their
, way to parties. The two were reading the
eveningnaperb, both given over to a
feeling of irritation with the relation for
not hewing at out postponed his de•
math bill tho end of the season,
"Do you 'nee that the Ellison girl le go-
ing to be marrfedt" 'Lady Judith realized
the moment elm had uttered the words,
that it had been a. fatal remark to make.
It had brought upon her her mentor's
long pcetponcd question.
los, ao I son . ." then, after a seo-
0 nd'
s interval; "W
tell him?„ 1tnt on earth made you
And because the onbllme moment had
completely gone by, Judith answered:
Upon my word, I don't knows I eel••
tainly shan't tell anybody again.'
"I really think, though it makes you
anguy when I eoy it, that you could do
worse than marry Hugh Glover. after all
it 1s hie fluty, and now that lick wife is
dead , , .
Ito you imagine that -we shall have to
wear black?" Judith naked, and 'by the
expression of liar face, Lady Glaucoma
knew that it would be futile to pursue the
con vernat ion. �y
CHAPTER VIi,
Yes, Hugh Glover's wife was dead, and
he was desperately in want of money.
That seemed worse than hie wife's death,
although that had been accompanied by
the feeling of remorse which comes even
when those we have only pretended to
love die, and we realize that we have not
been very kind to them. The feet of her
death was rendered more emphatic by
the fart that it was her death that im1
richrtheeGtoiere, but what little they been
had been here, and now her father, who
had settled it all upon hie daughter,
avenged the: neglect of her for years past,
invited the Glaucourte at it moment when
he wile away, 11 11 11 Lady Glancourtbored
to death chaperoning Judith through her
first season, and elle had allowed Judith
to go alone, under the chaperonage of
Lady Bill Fenwick with 'what result we
have understood.
And in reply to her suggestion, Hugh
Glover, who had been revolving -thio very
plan for several w'eelni. (tut out the tenth.
ttve remark:
"She wouldu't marry me."
"Why not?"
This time, having full control of her ox.
pression, Mrs. Lorraine raised her serene
'blue eyee, and looked him In the face.
"012, I don't know, because .
The fact that they both laughed, seem
ed to end hie phrase:
"Why, thea',' .the very reason,"
Then elle did know!
Oh, a girl as good-looking as that," he
went on coloring a little.
"Well, she's going on for three and
twenty and haen't married yet and Lady
Glaucoma is
no anxious to get rid of her
that she almost stops the men going np
and dawn the stair: and implores them to
take her away,'
Once more Hugh Glover laughed, but
this time with less mirth. It didn't at,
tract him, the picture, the idea of asking
a, girl to be his wife, whose mother was
offering her to any man. Somehow, how-
ever great necessity is however much
sem one sethat one Is obliged to limit one's
aspirations, and cramp one',, ideals, ro•
mance, and the romance associated with
love, lingers longer and stronger than
anything ciao in the mind, If not in the
heart. The fairy prince, with what re•
inetance the young girl relbtquiehes him,
in order to marry the elderly man with
the bald bead and the spectacles, and the
pimple on his none, while man perhaps
are luckier, and almost at any age can
often find the women of their dreams.
Notwtthntandingg that he wits a widower,
and an impecuniove widower of no pro-
fceslon, Hugh Glover had hoped that if ho not given over to dread: and miegivtnge,
was to marry again, and he didn't quite Judith realized that this August in her
see what he woe to do if he didn't, that own home, which gave her as etrong a
he would find, what Ito described a0 a sense of security as anything could, was
comfortable widow, a widow with at least the happiest eho bad spent of late. Some
a competence. of her girlishness returned, and if only
"Don't you think tome woman will find it had not, been for the presence of her
mother the might have been given over
entirely to the enjoyment of the present.
But she felt that, to enjoy with anything
like forgetfulnees, she would have to be
somewhere with her admirer where no
one knew. Her mother's presence remind-
ed her at every turn, and every word she
maid seemed laden with deceit. Once she
lad felt thio so strongly that she had
spoken to her mother about It.
May I'beg •of you not to draw me into
the convereaton whenyou and he and I
are together. I simply can't talk to him
before you. It would be much the same
thing if Madame Dufour were there, can't
you see how trying it ie?" Her voice wee
irritated, peevish, hysterical almost. It
was the first time eke had ever appealed
to her mother, the flret time elle bad lift-
ed the curtain. ever a little bit, from off
ler inter emotion, and Lndy Glaucourt
was mystified. Was It possible, she ask-
ed herself, that Judith really felt it so
much? While she came to the conclusion
that there was that in ]ter daughter which
was beyond her grasp. Was it possible,
she wondered, awakening to a revelation,
that the had thought it was the right
thing to do to tell Sir Hubert?
('To be continued.)
Yee, it eertoinly was ern oxtrootdfnary
Ricco of luck, and Judithwee ammeione
that bald the triumph of it lay 1,1 the Inc
that It wee eo unexpected, lie had been
very attentive to her lout year, then ho
1104 gene away to Washington, where 110
tad he tri that she woe engaged to . Sir•
Habtrt Gresham, People are aiw'aye 60
thud of anticipating Note for fear they
ehOukl00em not to know them early
en0ug:1 'Phis eumwor he had looped to
reanb England on leave earlier In tlr
Year, but it had ,been imnos:lllle, and
wee very fortunate that Ile had not don
so, for if hohad, he would have faun
her considerably 'When tip with alir. Hu
'bort, As it. wan 110 did .not reach Londe
tin the mladf0 of July,and Lady Glatt
court never let go of him till she earrle
Min off to epoud a meek iet Ghtycourt
their piece In Hertfordahiro,
At a matter of fact he was quite Tedd
to be eau ht hold of by Lady G)aucourt
ppprovlded t 0t nee ultimately roteaoed hi
in favor of Inc daughter, -Judith,
When Lady Glaucourt was informed b
Judith that he hod pro weed and the
ole ]md neeefited hfe, she sat down Wald
sighed from slicer relict',
"Vile time I hope Judith , " she b
gen, but Judith ellenced her by sono of rte
most terrible Woke. She could not bele'
to hear hor mother put into words just
what she was going to do. What the re.
suit might be, the did not dare think .just
now. She woe content to enjoy Inc fuck
to the full. to try and care for him and.
put up with hie love.muking, and imagine
that all would be well.' It was good to be
loved, good to forget the must, the future
she did not even dare think of, only the
was content that the marriage ellould
take place ae :0011 as. poeeible. If it
dicta 1, she told herself, .something would
crop up, or her own courage would fail
her.
The ,young malt w06 in a seventh heaven
of delight. He had come over on purpose
to see what was happening, and when he
e aw Judith again, her beauty dazzled Inc.
She would be the most exquisite ambaesa-
driee one day that had ever been seen,
and the fact that she was beautiful and
w ell -elf, gave him that comfortable, con-
tented feeling that Inc was not 'being mar.
sled for' lits money or his position. Last
year ,she had seemed to thine a little cold,
a little stiff, a little hard almost. This
year he wondered why ho end 00ver 00'
lice' how exyviaitely tender her eyes
were, how full •offeeling, how at times
they seemed to be suffused with mitts, at
if she suffered, He did not know that it
was a. look of agonized maternity that
had brought that expression to her eyes.
To him she seemed more than ever the
embodiment of an exquisite Madonna.
When she could forget, when she was
E l) l' CA'TI4N Co mIN D - TO TIM
MOM%
New hili" Inds C'o1110 Late the Old
Comities of Ontaa'ie—atgt'ietlltar-
n1 Eduetitlolt is More than a
:lame Now,
i, Away back in pioneer days the
d leaders in Affairs, educational, laid
• the foallclation of our public; sehoo•1
"t system. The first schools weren't
d very ornate, and the teachers had
little training, judged by the pre-
y sent standard of qualifications, The
nri
s
three IRs were considered to be
quite sufficient—mental decoration
wasn't at a pretnium—but the pu-
pils were taught obedience and
thoroughness, and many of our
e' greatest )nen arose from those little
r. obscure backwoods schools.
ere eo like poor Ohnrlie?" he had once
y refusing to continue the allowance. 'asked Mn,. Lorraine, while hie own am.
Naturally, be went about abusing Isis fa• bitten was to find someone as little like
poor Mary as possible.
A widow with no children, that was
what he had been looking far during the
past few weeks, and now Mrs. Lorraine
tber-in-lair, white he realized the justice
of his act. Ile had never been eonsider-
ate to poor Mary, nor had he been faith-
ful. hI it Ind not been for her allowance
he might 01611 have in -treated her, Be proposed Judith, Judith who had outlin.
bad a fearful temper and was ae uupria- I ed herself, a, glorious arabesque on the
Meted as a man could be, who yet dot, panels of hie moat intimate thoughts, but
not overetop the limit: allowed by eo. who was quite the last kind of woman ,he
defy. Society, after all is very indulgent, I had ever thought of marrying,
and has widened tho,:e limits ae far lid Naturally, there would be the very
especially for men. On account doubtful satlefantlon of performing his
of his good locks, and ready tvit, and duty in proposing to her now that hie
wife was dead, in fact it seemed to him
that he won ld have to do that in anY
caro, but jm'et the fact of what bad hap-
pened, made him shrink. Wee it likely
that he had been the only one?
The girl was fast, there was no doubt
of that. Of course, she bad been very
young; it wee infamous of him, but some.
hone it seemed to him that she had not
eeemed eo very surprieed, and the fact
that she stili wandered through London.
drawing -rooms, looking extremely beauti-
ful, and followed by her train of eligible
ycung men, .lvbo, as the seasons eueceed-
ed each other, if they grew lees in num-
ber, yet increase)in solidity of value,
and were of a more marrying type, he
told himself that much harm had not
been done, and that 6o long as no one
knew (and because she was a young girl,
because .he wee married, he held his
tongue), it couldn't have spoiled her
chances. Ile did not know that there had
been n childhe had never been an hab-
itue of the Glaucourte, and the episode of
the trip to Paris he had not even heard
about. As a matter of fact, it bad' been in
the winter when the Glancourte would in
any cafie have been out of town, for they
never came to London till the end of
January, and then only for a few wceke.
Lately, the older woman bad developed
asthma, and they had spent their winters
at Nice or in Cairo.
Notwithstanding his brilliant and clever
liosteee a suggestion, he had told himself
that ,Tudtth would not marry him, not un-
lese—a very ugly thought outlined itself,
one he would not have told hie hostess,
for she woo not that sort, not at all. If
she had been. there would .have been an
end of the garden of Eden. On the con
teary, she had, what a Frenoh writer has
dcecribed wittily as ,"une animalite hon.
nue." It really amused her to have fast
people at her house, and to gammble. Half
the women in London would .be far hap-
pier living quietly, and daren't.
file would have been horrified at hie
idea, and possibly have out him ever aF
sw
c
t ords for she bad a code of honor and.
morale rF her own, like mon, only of a
different. kind Her 'social strength lay
In that No, the idea, 0 he ever gave
way to it, •would lie entirely between Lody
Judith and himself, but for the moment
he still hoped tbat the "comfortaible aid -
ow' would take pity on him, He had juet
reached the stage when he confided to her
all the things that had never happened
to him, in order that she might forgive
him and undertake to reform him.
But the idea wouldn't desert him, it
'stuck like a bur, and returned again and
again, rev:siting him, almost with im-
pertinent ins`.etence, a few days later,
when evente crowded together, In order to
make life unbearable. and to bring before
him the :tate of We finances, in a manner
wbich resembled the brutality of near re.
'anent:.
Ht6 father -in -low, through Ile attorneys,
in reeponeo to a letter from Hugh Glover,
intimated that he never wished to hear
from him again. His oldest friend, from
whom be had already borrowed a good
deal of money, in charming language In-
formed him that he was just going to be
married, and wanted. every penny he
could lay hands on, to do up hie country
place. And his tailor refused to give him
any more credit. This WAS very serious,
for without olothet he could not even go
and make love to the widow.
But it would not' be so coca, he told him•
self, to renew relations with Lady Judith.
He had never boon an habitue of the
house in Piccadilly, he did not even fro•
anent the ammo people, and, as amatter
of foot, of late yearn he had not gone to
large ,partiee or dancee at all, unleee it
woe to meet someone specially, and on the
few occasions when they hadmat, ho had
been conscious of a dcatre on her part to
avoid him, while be had been too thiclt•
skinned to read the detestation on her
face, the horror with which ho Inerpired
ler. But ho had left her alone, and the
two, during the last two years, had fallen
completely apart, The episode at the Lor-
ratnes' having ended, so to speak, the as
quaietemee which had ,begun the flret.
year Lady Judith came out, and been can
Tied on very discreetly on account of 1116
wife, at the home of friends, and In car-
nero of beautiful garden, or on the river.
Now he was in a. dilemma. If ho wrote,
she would probably not avower, and if
be called he would probably not be re-
ceived. When they did meet, they owed
it to one of those chances, which venally
living about the minor and poeeible
things we deelre, and width 'would make
one 'believe that a good genius presides
over the details of our life, if it were not
that the same chance ie generally offer -
oil for good and evil alike, and as often
0e not leads to huge oataetropho.
CHAPTER VIM,
It really witted ae If Lady Judith had
been right when she nand that her now
pose would probably bringher luck. Tit
Three weolts after that fearful in
terview with Sir Iltbert ereshem, she
wee proposed to by ono of the most
charming man in London, a 'future peer,
who was already Bret minatory at the
I'lmbsssy at Parte, and whom everybody
oak', would then be minister eomew11.re,
w hat ...mamma had described at "the
pathce of hisenormities," he was even a
favorite. He certainly was very amusing,
and he had excellent manners. IIe bud
not needed the advice of his aetute little
friend, lira. Lorraine, wbo euggeated that
he ehonhl marry Judith, one morning in
Curzon Street, when be stopped at her
door to breakfast with her, after riding
with her in the Park. For Hugh Glover
woo one of those met who have every
thing they need tilt the end, end either
renew their fortunes or go under and die -
appear, but lie would never be guilty of
petty economies, never thong* 00 bis
friends more than mo permiseiblo in a
man, for it is not considered sponging
when a man gracee the board of his
friends, and smokes their hest e'i-gore, the
fact of hie being a man is, in a way, a
vet -off, in thcee days of man•dearth, and
he had naturally n hone, a very good-
looking horse, on which he rode most
reengage in the Park, and reviewed the
situation, for'with him there w -as always
a 6itna0011 to be reviewed. Either he bad
really gone too far in tome flirtation, and
had to consider how to get out of it, or,
hitherto, his wife had threatened to
leave him, or stop paying hie debts, or
tell her father: or :lee bis creditors were
dunning him or someone whom he partic-
ntarly wished to be friends with had giv-
en him the cold shoulder. It had become
o eyetem of his chic, to reviewthe situa-
tion, and plan out a coarse of action,
with a cleverness which, if bestowed on
mor.. profitable things, might have gone
far.
And the idea bad already occurred to
him 'which embodied all that ane: contain-
ed in her euggeet)on, when Mrs. Lor•
thine. to ar,.wer to his plaintive remark:
"Why I haven't enough left to pay for
any washing. I11 have to wash my einirte
myeelf, and hang them up on the paling:
in Hyde Park," had said:
'Why on earth don't you marry Lady
Judith 'leech?'
Ile laughed a little awkwardly when she
added:
I really think you ought to."
lie tried to meet her lye but the turn-
ed them punpoeely away, gazing with on
intensity at the teapot which that object
did not ceem to justify. He wanted to
know what she meant by "I really think
you ought to," Did she know? -
E,' the did. the wasn't going to tell any
body, for it would tbrow a great deal of
d'ecredit on her hoase•partiee, which were
cotteidered already -•well not exactly "Mo.
tber'e meetings," as Lady vane Herrin
had remarked.
"It le not place where one can take
the "jeune Rile," someone had said per.
Peeely to Lady Glattt'onrt wftorwards, and
Lady (llaucourt had felt guilty of earo.
Resew, and had been obliged to take up
the Lorraine. so as to make thein all
right.
But young Phillip Lauder declared it
wasn't, a place you could take your old
mother to, even.
Then who on earth goes 1" eemeore bad
asked him,
"Only the very ripe.'
And Mee, Lorroine'e country house had
earned the unenviable name of "The Gar•
den of Eden."
Perhaps, as someone ss,id, all that sav
eel it from the police, an Mus. Lorraine's
franknoee, She had been described ae
"one of the pure to whom all things aro
shite,,."
I don't pretend to be good," she used
to sty, ",end 3 dou'a pretend to be shock-
ed. I am simply doing openly what
everyone else does hypoerittoally. Of
retiree the right thing to do is to go to
the Moulin Rouge with a prayer book in
your hand, but I think it would em Mos.
phemove. When I reach the pitch of de-
spair, which I hope won't be for a long
time, whom I want 10 read my 17ray0r book
ehoil do so in Church. After ail what
egnetltutes eoolety—the dcolre of one p0r-
son to see another, and if people meet et
my house 19110 11110 !Heinle instead of bore:
why elouldn'tthey?"
So it had beocme the fashion for people
to atter little, screams of surprise at find-
ing their partfoular friends at the Lon,
rai1100', and while everybody .played very
high, and very late Route were kept, no
oneso far, had addedto the distinction
of their partite by having boon discover•
ed cheatingg and no divorce court had yet
revealed that the erring ones had met at.
the Lnraines' house, So, ,for the moment,
Resided by a very charming husband
who was in the city, making a lot of
money as a steak -broker, things were go.
Ing om0otbly, And at thio date, lire, Lea -
thine, wee ]tad •110 right whatever to be
in the smart world, .played the part, eo
to :peak, of female quack doctor to Lon.
doll soolety'e soul, and fr0zu throe to flue,
'When the beauties wore resting 'for their
(afternoon drive, could he consulted in
her boudoir oh the etubjeot at assailed.
She was not 111010ttu'ed, and had certain.
1y givoit some vary good adviett at differ.
ent Mame.
'When ole bad invited Judith Reath, eho
had no arrlere ponce°. She had rather a
feeling about eceme trifle, and rarely ask•
od them to her parties.
,She had, as •a meter of fact, intended
herparty to be a very oxoltiaivoone, and
A Doubtful Compliment.
"I can't just make out what he
meant," said the conceited man.
"What do you mean V'
"Whether he was praising me or
not."
"What did he say V'
"He was agreeing with something
I had just said, and he added, 'No-
body in this city knows as mach as
you think you know.' "
Growling ?mems to afford a lot of
comfort to some men, but it is an
abomination to the rest of the pub-
lic.
A woman mounted the step of a
car carrying ion umbrella, like a re.
versed sabre, The conductor touch-
ed her lightly, saying: "Excuse me,
madam, but you are likely to put
out the eye of the manbehindyou.
"He's my husband," she snapped,
with the tone of full proprietorship.
As vil)ages grew into towns and
towns into *thee, the ambition of
educational leaders grew with
them, howevef•, Teachers became
better qualified, new subjects were
added, and higher institutions
were established until the present
compliearted and complex system
was evolved. And the citizens,
generally, were very pleased there-
at, and prided themselves that they
were wearing the latest in educe
Menai fashions.
Now, as the system developed a
paradox developed with it. Tho
ave -rage farmer, while respecting
education and agreeing that it was
a very attractive decoration to
have when it wasn't too expensive,
did not cafe to invest very' heavily
in it himself . A feeling that farm-
ing
arming couldn't be learned from books
grew so strongly that it became a
trait of rural character. The sys-
tem might have been at fault, but
the educated preferred to blame
the farmer himself for these condi
tions.
"Was there ever such a man !"
they cried. "He is so bound to
tradition' and practice that he
doesn't care for education. He will
not develop the scientific view-
point, nee will he allow his children
to do so. The majority of those
who stay on the farm never attend
high school even. He is satisfied
with the methods and knowledge
that were possessed by his fathers
before him,"
An Idea That Fell Down.
But the farmer had his own
views of these matters, and, like
most of his views, they were the re-
sult of hard experience. He didn't
always advocate them where every-
one could hear thein, but he rea-
lized none the less clearly certain
things that his critics did not. We
can imagine a shrewd, intelligent
man addressing a lad fresh from
school,
"My fine fellow, you have gone
through a process of absorption
and have acquired considerable
mental trimming. You can talk
more correctly than I, you are
vaguely familiar with a quantity
of historical dates and foreign
phrases, you can write a graceful
essay, you have some aptitude for
figures; there are other things that
you have that I know little about.
So! are you practical? Can you
tell me anything about the soil or
earth or clouds that will be of prac-
tical value to me ? What do you
know about trees, plants and crops
—what will make them thrive, or
why they fall? Can you perform
the operations of farming even as
well as when you left for school?
Cam you do practical calculations;
have you a working knowledge of
banking and of the wo'rld's busi-
nese transactions? No! You have
not? You were never shown these,
only were told about same of them
vaguely and some not at all, you
say.
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"Now, theme is my son Henry.
He has not had the schooling you
have had. He dad not even parrs
the high school entrance; but he
was educated in the practical
school of life. He is skilled in farm
operations, is enthusiastic, aggres-
sive, quick in emergency, and
strong in action. After all your
education he has a better training
in those things that make for suc-
eessful farming than you have.
Of course, the farmer saw the
question from only one angle. He
didn't appreciate the joy of know-
ledge for the sake of knowledge,
and his ideal may have been too
much the money ideal. But he was
not far astray about the practical
value of the system. It fitted a
few for professions, but fitted very
poorly, or misfitted, a multitude
for commercial or agricultural oc-
cupations. So, after all,the sys-
tem was to blame rather than the
farmer. His children wouldn't get
much knowledge that would make
them better farmers from the
schools that had been the product
of so much thought and expense.
And this was the situation before
the people of the Province became
impressed with the fact that agri-
cultural training was necessary.
For a long time after the Agricul-
tural College was established at
Guelph, very many were doubtful
of the value of the course. Some
ate doubtful of its value still, but
the majority of the farmers realize
that it is a good thing, They know,
of course, that the practice of farm-
ing must always be learned upon
the farm; but they believe a good
deal of theory can be blended to
very great advantage with the prac-
tice. It all rests with the student
himself as to whether he can return
to the home farm and apply his
knowledge in a sane and practical
manner.
But, despite the value of the agri-
cultural course, or rather because
of it,.the college has its limitations.
It could not accommodate the
young farmers Cf Ontario. It did
good work, but in a -very limited
way. Each year less than 2,000
students, all told, attended the in-
stitution. So the problem became
not how the farmer could go to the
college, but how the college could
go to the farmer.
The district representative
echeme grew from this need. In
1907 six college graduates were
sent into as many counties to act
as agricultural advisers. For
awhile the wisdoul of the plan was
questioned, as it is of every new
thing. But it proved itself. To-
day the number has increased to
forty-one, and these men have gone
to their stations at the request of
the farmers themselves. So the
problem of the college going to the
farmer was partly solved.
It wasn't entirely solved, because
one man in a county worked under
a great handicap, He hadn't the
time to reach a very large propor-
tion of ,his constituents very inti-
mately or personally. And in that
the greatest value of the work lay.
Unless he did it the college hadn't
got to the farm after all, but only
to the county.
This need led to the development
of the Winter Short Course idea
for young farmers. In 1908 the
first course was given at Lindsay.
It had an attendance of six pupils,
In 1915 forty-three courses of from
four to six weeks' duration were
held with a total regular atten•
dance of 1,075. The special atten-
dance was far greater, one course
in Glengarry county halving an at
tendance of 100 at a special meet.
Ing. Nothing could illustrate, the
popularity of the scheme more time
that, nor, by the same token, the
value of it either, for what is 1x,pu
lar with our farmers has usually e
practical value.
The idea of the winter fchool %veil
simply to give tike farm ]ads to
training in elementary agricultural
science—to bring the work of th:e
college to their very doors. Of the
subjects taken up, live stock le
usually featured. A brief review
of the methods employed in treat-
ing this line will illustrate those of
all others.
The history and characteristics of
the various breeds of farm animals
are considered, and a practical
course in live stock judging is
given. The farmers owning the
best stock in the neighborhood in
which the course is held are usually
visited and the merits of their ani-
mals discussed, The boys aro
taught to look for the points con-
sidered by judges in the show ring,
The value of different feeds and
the principles of feeding balanced
rations are explained. Methods of
her improvement and stock man-
agement, the housing of animals
and the construction of farm build-
ings are all considered as fully as
the limited time permits.
That is how all other subjects aro
treated. These very according to
the district and the local require-
ments. At all classes an elemen-
tary study is given of farm crops,
soils, fertilizers, underdrainage,
fruit growing, poultry, bacteriol-
ogy, farm organization and co-
operation and farm bookkeeping.
The courses were held in the
various districts at those centres
deemed most satisfactory, the ten-
dency being to favor the smeller
villages. No fees nor books were
required, and in the majority of
cases no examinations were held.
But, of course, at best, only a
foundation can be given to be built
upon. It is only a stmt. The
value lies not so much in wh,at is
actually taught as in the ability it
gives the student to study for him-
self and the impetus to strive for
higher things. The association of
a number of enthusiastic young fel-
lows -meeting foe a common pur-
pose is in itsdlf a stimulation—an
incentive to organization and inter-
change of ideas such as agriculture
has long been in need of.
But the united work of the clean``'
does- not cease with the termina-
tion of the course. The great ob-
jeet of it is for the boys to put the
ureas formed at the course to the
acid test of practice upon the home
farm—to blend theory and practice
in the way the beat farmers in
every neighborhood have been do-
ing. --Justus Miller, in Canadian
Countryman.
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earned."
"That's nothing. I know a, chap
who,still has .the first dollar he ever
borrowed."
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,An elderly carpenter who livesin
e city subuiib, has worked oitt some
convendenees for keeping: his flock
of 150 fowls that any poultry raiser
calm easiDopy,
He liesly his inoubatog In his base-
ment. As soon as the young chicks
come they are put immediately into
a homemade 'brooder, which is kept
a few feet from the incubator, This
brooder may be made out of an or-
dinary soap box, the dimensions be-
ing about 20x30 inches and its depth
8 or' 10 inches. It has a movable
bottom and a 'hinge top, and the
front end of the ,box is knocked out
and replaced by a piece of canvas
hung from the torp, The brooder IS
kept warm by a small tank of wa-
ter that may be heated either by a
pipe from the basement furnace or
by a lamp on the outside of the
brooder, Tanks and lamps espe-
cially for !tll'is purpose may 'be had
from poultry supply houses, but
any one with a little ingenuity can
devise his own.
His brooder is placed upon a
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wid shelf -at the south side of the
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bas meat on a level with the groundn
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out ide and just in front of a small
d
vin ow that slides up ,and down. On
warm, sunny days this window is
open ed to allow the youngsters a
chy ce to got out in the fresh air
and exercise. When they become
cold or tired of the outdoors they
can op back through the window
and under the canvas flap to the
was th of the heated brooder. In
addi ion to being healthful for ,the
you n g chicks and convenient for
the aretaker; the brooder is'per-
fectly
er-fectl safe from fire, since the heat
com s from outside. The bottom
of ,t brooder does not have 'to he
loos, but it is more easily kept
clea that way.
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Cleanliness, he insists, is essen-
tial for successful 'poultry raising.
He cleans'his pens every morning
and sprays with an oxide once a
week. Cleaning the pens take's hint
only a few minutes (because every-
thing is detachable. The nests
stand on strips of board, just high
enough ifrom the earth floor to
give ventilation and keep them dry.
The roosts and dropping boards are
above the nests. 'Two-by-fours,"
running lengthwise in the pens,
rest in slots nailed to the ends of
the pens. The dropping_boards
are laid loose across these "two-by-
fours" and at right angles with
them. On three of these dropping -
boards, one at either end and one
about the middle, the supports for
the roosts are placed. The -se sup-
ports ore made of one -inch boards,
a few inches wider at the -back end
than at the front to, give a "stair-
way" effect to the roosts. Two short
strips of inch lumber are nailed on
the bottom at opposite ends of these
supports to make them stand up
and afford a solid foundation for
the roosts when the fowls are
perched on them.
While the fowls are at breakfast
every morning, he ,goes into the
pens with an empty pail, another
containing slaked lime, and a
trowel. With the trowel each piece
is scraped as it is lifted from its
peace, the droppings falling into the
empty pail. When the last piece
has thus been removed and cleaned
the trowel and lime pail are put
into service, and each piece dusted
with the lime as it is put 'back into
position. Ft bakes but a short time
and he has found it a euro prevent-
ive both of lice and red mites.
A sitnple but effective plan of
ventilation also is incorporated in
these poultry -houses. They have
shed roofs with the high sides of
the houses towards the south. The
"two-by-four" atuddings are about
four feet apart, and the .rafte'rs,
which rum crosswise, are equally
distant. In each of the pens the
?pace between two of the atuddings
and the corresponding tiro refers is
sheeted up, with the exception of
about eighteen inches at the bot-
tom.
Under this system of caretaking,
his 116 White Leghorn hens last
year produced an average of a lit-
tle 'better than 127 eggs each, with
a net profit of more than two dol-
lars apiece. Ilia total income front
his flock was $443•02. Of this
amount 1,23234 dozen eggs brought
$357,57; .spring chickens sold net•
ted $21.95; twenty-nine.hens and
roosters sold to the ibitecher brought
814; four getting liens sold fol' $4
and 104 pullets and cockerels re-
maining at t•1te end of the year
were valued at *411,90, For feed,
lime, medicines and ,cuter incident-
als he spent during the year
$241.49, leaving n net profit 1f
$105. •19.
He has a natural fundeess for
birds, and 'Inas been keeping a small
flock, partly as pets, for tale lest
twenty years. In view of his ati-
aneing age he is- increasing his
oak gradually to about e00 birds,
hieh, he believes, will support him
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