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You folks who gp in for poul-
try will probably be interested
in hearing about a man named
Streit, who lives out in Mon-
tana, and who, for the past 13
years has made a flock of around
300 Leghorns pay him back
$5,50 apiece)
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While the ordinary hens eats
about 100 pounds of feed in a
year, Streit's hit 191. The laying
house is stacked with hoppers.
Says his wife: "When, he' has
nothing else to do, he's always
making a mash hopper," Answers
. Streit: "When a' bird Wants to
eat, I don't want her waiting
in line until she gets out of the
notion."
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He lets no out -of -production
hen loaf in his laying house, To
watch him cull, you'd think his
only purpose was to get rid of
birds, He starts culling when
the chicks are just one day
old -throws out the weak, puny
looking ones. And he keeps cull-
ing thereafter until the entire
original flock is replaced,
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Month by month, Streit pulls
out any bird that isn't laying,
dresses it, and sells it to private
trade. Even though he keeps
only Single -comb White Leg- •
horns, customers snap them up,
That's because he packages the
birds in attractive plastic bags -
makes ''them look clean and
appetizing.
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How rnan'y eggs do his layers
put out? For the past 13 years,
Streit has had a flock average
of 250 eggs per hen, Only one
year -'when coccidiosis hit the
flock -did they fall below 200.
The highest was 295.7 in 1950.
Here's. how Streit gets hens that
will ley that well:
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He buys the chicks from near-
by breeders who he knows have
high -producing -stock. He gives
'them good care; most of all, he
keeps tl 'ngs clean, That keeps
his death loss down to 6*.
Hidden Beauty% - love ' Eliane
Gribaudot, recently • e c t e d
-"Mist: Cotton" of Fran }a, tildes
bohind'fq;ritual veil orn by
Moslem women In Eky t. Eliane
yt as shown this bizaj;ra' number
while touring, the AI-Mousk1 ba-
zc;ar district of Cgirar'Egypt.
One final touch -- Streit was
,one of .the first inen in' the state
to build a good egg room and
get a candler, 'He ebndles itnd
cartons every egg,' and it goes
to his private customers with a
guarantee,
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Ts it•worth all the trroublet'.For
the 13' years that Streit hasCept
records, he's averaged 44 cents a
dozen for eggs. When you in -
elude those years when p}'ices 1
were low - that's some egg
money,
Did you know that it's sate to
cut the beaks off day-old baoile>p
chicks?
Washington Experiment SIatidn.
say that you can take a third
of a chick's upper beak off', and
it will peeyent- it ,from pieking
other chicks, to the end of the
broiler period. When you do the
job, just measure that dittance.
from the tip ,of the beplc to
where the nostril starts, A gauge
or stop on the beak cutter will
make it easier• to do ;an accurate
trimming job.
Here are some things ,not to
do:
• Don't expect_ a chick with
a trimmed beak. to eat through
a wire grid.
• Don't ask it to piclq.°5t feed
that's spread' thinly eve a hard
surface. !!
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Those beaks arieimighiy tenEl@tt"
for the first few days.
.Cutting the beaks oft day-old
chicks is not a permanent` pro-
gram for replacement pullets.
The beaks will grow Out again.
But you can trim them again
later when they need it.
She Went Sailing
In Her Own' Bed
It was a dark and bitterly
cold night. Old Ludwig'. Brum-
mer
udwig .'Brum-
mei' awoke suddenly, feeling
thirsty, and get out of bed for
a drink of water.
Returning to the room, Ire got
into bed again and suddenly
felt the floor moving. ,He heard
ominous creaks,
Sitting .up, he looked in the
direction of his wife's 'twin bed
and was amazed to see dimly
:hat it had vanished. '
The floor beneath it had col-
lapsed and the bed, . with his
wife in it, had slid and plunged
ten feet into the middle Orf the
small river which flowed under
the house in Munich.
A concrete pile, one o1 four
supporting the house, had grveni
way, causing the bedroom floor
to sink. And as the 70 -year-old
man shouted "Maria! Where,, ere
you?" his own bed slid sudden-
ly and fell with him intaa4� the
river. Other furniture folldwed,
cline nearly overwhelming .the
old man' as he struggled tit the
water.
Firemen, sununoned bythen
people in the house, )shed hint
out in his nightshirt. But Where
was old Maria Brummer?
After three hours they extri-
sated her from the river,/ She
was found jammed by her' ed
and other. -furniture tight against
the river bank, with the swirl-
ing water nearly up to her chin,
"I believe my bed saved me
front drowning," she comment-
ed, To -day the couple are none
the worse for their adventure,
but they now live'in a gr"et}nd-
floor ft t!
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Made A Hobby Of
Collecting Pants
It was indeed a wonderful
collection of trousers,
sit belonged to Jules Pekrorlt, .
who had an undistinguished tai°'
hiring establishment in a side•
street OR one 09 the famous
boulevards of Paris. Wheri he
died recently and went to ,join
his equally undistinguished' an-
eestors, his relatives stoodtWand
tared at the rows of tire sere
Mind hanging at the bac. of
is shop, .
They were not simply the
ne her garments of suits en or -
de , They were all old and some -
w at shabby, mud some of them
to ked very much the Worse 105
wear. Nor had. they been cleaned
or mended, but each pair hung
on a seperato hanger with a' dust
bag over it, so obviously ¥on-
sieur . Pepont chejished every
item in his strange collectin.
Then -the solution was *and.
A little black book found em-
onthe late tailor's possessionso
proved to be the key to the mys-
'etery. MS friends discovered that
M.*Peporit had' been a collector
and historian; and It might be
said that his survey of world
history started at the bottom,
He collected trousers of famous
Men.
t Among his collection of pairs
of trousers or breeches were
those which he certified as hav-
ing been worn by Alexandre
Dumas, Jean , Paul Marat, Gen-
eral de "d`aplle , President Roose-
velt, . and others including Ad-
miral Lord N'elieny" the Emperor
Franz deseph, Rudolph Valentino,
Johann Strauss, dad Count Zeno,^
pelin''
Where he could not manage
to obtain: the tnthentic garment
. (end he trailed all over the
world during hi ' lifetime fu, dist e
'ing his hobby) -Monsieur reliant
lotaiitired'"81'r:- ceet<oopy. But the
majority>'of pieces in his extra-
ordinary collection are genuine,
and they are now to be offered
at auction. -
Snow Sculptors At Work- It didn't' take these teenagers long
to start having some fon as the season's worst blizzard closed
public schools. Shown working on a 10 -foot snowman are from
left to right: Dave Chappell, 17; Carl Daiwa, 15, and Butch
Ridenour, 15. e,
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Collectors' from alI' over
France, as well •as from;, Blitain,
the'U.S.A., and Switterlandhave
indicated ,their intentipik -.to be
present. The unique ' sartorial
aoliecttqnn is expected to fetch,,.a
-tlay' "suili. -"- • ..
Exit. In Mounville, Wk Va.,
five prisoners esca d,froznnCamp
Fair Chance during itisfirst week
of operation. k tl + s
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THEY MAY BE O D'BU1THEY'lk
STILL LIVEL'Ir . ,a
The. Civil - Serviceauthorities
in Great Britain have recently
decided to defer the retiring•-
age,which was sixty-five, for
they realize (es se many pri-
vate firms have already done)
that a than's usefulness cannot
be measured by years.
Within 'the past decade or two
our span of life has increased.
Prifhitive roan was 0 1 d at
twenty; in ancient Rome twenty-
five was considered a ripe age,
and towards the end of the
eighteenth century the average
life -span was just over thirty-
five . To -day it is twice that
.length, and students of geria-
tries, the study of old age, main-_,
tain that within a few ,days even
a hundred will not be con-
sidered particularly old.
Pitt was Prince Minister at
twbnty-four;, Churchill took on
the, job' a secofid time when over
seventy. Wor'c and an interest •
in life keep people alive.
The death rate among retired
clerks, for instance, is high be •
.
they leave a busy exist-
., encs for a life without purpose.
If yeti H'ish to 'reach well
beyond the normal , span and ••
enjoy your last years, follow the
example of Grandma Moses, one
of thpamost amazingf women of ?:
Our time.
U n t i h seventy she worked
hard oner faun, then retired,.•
for a welt -earned rest. To while
'away the hours she embroidered
until her fingers, crippled with
arthritis; could no longer hold a
needle. But they could hold a
brush, so at seventy-eight she
took to painting in oils.
One morning I. o u -ie Calder,
New. York collector, spotted two
of her paintings in a local exhi-
bition at Hoosick Falls. He asked
the name 0£ the artist, then he
'drove 90 her farm 'and bought
her entire stock of fifteen pic-
tures. He urged her to paint•
on, and by the trate she was
ninety she had finished 800 pie-
fures, many of which have been
exhibited in art galleries.
To -day anything Grandma
Moses paints c0mmanda a fee of
not less than 1,00; dollars.
The phrase `100' old at forty"
is now dead, bee hie Tucker
insists, In song, 'that life begins
at forty and there Is much truth
in what she says. One finds
:k'Jereare Macfadd,en parachuting
"from a• 'plane at' eighty-three.
.8'lor' °the Gunn- sent the first
half 01jaer.life missing a family
and .helping hex iitisband 90 run
St Summi r h0t,$1,?'''Iler childtian'
left borne, )ler ltil'band retired
to grow fruit and vegetables,
arid she was bored' with nothing
to do, All her life this ' highly
hitelligent, eultttred .t,'omab had
hankered after newspaper wont,
80 et the 8g9 of fifty-nine she
went to see a publisher of 125
weeklies,'
In the course of' their talk sho
confessed that site had done no
journalistic work, but he was so
impressed by her alert mind and
outlook that she was offered a
position as editor. Now Mrs.
Gunn confesses that it was "just
a matter of working hard, keep-
ing my eyes and ears open, and
using common sense."
Fr a n c e s Densmore, aged
eighty -fire, is one Of the world's
greatest authorities on the music
of the American aborigine. But
until she. was forty her existence
was humdrum. She lectured on
piano and organ music.
Then she went on holiday to
a settlement . of Indians in the
Mississippi region and was
thrilled at her first hearing of
aboriginal music.
Discovering that a h i s old
native, music was fast dying out,
she decided to, record -as much
of it as she could for posterity,
Since 1906 she has travelled
from' Florida' to the 1'Irctie
Circle in search of aboriginal
.music. She has siege in shacks,
tents, and on straw in barns.
She hal recorded in Dakota heat
of 116 degrees and in the Arctic
at fifty, below zero.
Sixty-five :is no time to fire
an efficient man. It's really the
time to employ him, for he
brings you 'the acouihulated-Wis-
dom and experience of about
forty years', work.
Rubery Owen,, the vast engi"
sieering concern at Darlaston,
Staffs, has a special department
for pensioners who do not have
to .clock en and off, or worry
about speed. But they put
'ranger men in;the shade,
Ford, Dodge and Henry
kaiser,- all production geniuses,
employ a proportion of men over
sleety -five,
'There is one ,institution in
A en erica - Hastings College,'
which is the law college of the
University of California -where
no teacher is accepted unless
over 65, r
The Hastings plan started 'in
1040 when its Dean found it dif-
ficult to engage a professor. He
l approached Professor Cathcart,,,'
l who had been retired from'
Stanford because he was sixty-
+ five. ' in 1803 he engaged Pro-
fessor Edward 5. Thurston, re-
tired from Harvard. Their work
was inundated by applications
Inert: students.
Shaw's earnings from hi. pen
were negligible before he was
forty; 'Vanderbilt added $60,000,-
1100 to his fertuste after seventy;
Heinrich Nusslein of Nuremberg
fo
kered never painted a picture be.
It scam, logical that a man
with years of business experi-
ence behind hila is mtgolr snore
likely- tosuceeed in a new ven-
ture after forty, than before it,
for at that age he is a student
of hinnies nature, -a master et his
craft, and knows the mistakes to
avold.-From. "Tit•13its."
GREEN
r �i0rdon, Staid
Fl t Plentingtis
E en in the cookerpartsof the
country the first , actual plant-
ings ere usually carried out 15
March Or earlier. This is the
seeding dr those things that are
usually started in green houses,
hotbeds and window sills. Toma-
toes, cabbages, petunias, asters,
and so on are in this group.
Many people don't bother with
this first seeding at all, but sim-
ply buy the started plants in
April or May and set out. Of
the first seeds planted directly
outside will be the very hardy
group of 'flowers and vegetables,
which a bit of frost will not
hurt. In this group are sweet
peas, cosmos, the,first carrots
and beets, lettuce, pinach, rad-
ish and grass seed.
Then there is the semi -hardy
group, which includes moat
flowers and the hardier vege-
tables. A touch of frost will not
ruin them, though they would
prefer to do without,
In the last group are the really
tender things that won't stand
a single degree below 32. In
this eategory are "dahlias, van-
nas, gladiolus, tomatoes, peppers,
melons, cucumbers and so on.
Make it Last
In a far too many cases the
Canadian gardener thinks just
of a few months in the summer
and even less when it comes to
vegetables. It's a feast or famine.
A few weeks whets the lettuce,
spinach and radishes are just
right. A few' days of feasting on
green peas or flesh corn, a little
longer for tomatoes perhaps,
and cuctunbers acid melons.
That's pretty wasteful garden-
ing. With the great variety
available today, iti' is possible to
spread even relatively short
season things like corn, peas and
spinach over many weeks. Tisis
spreading can be further eft-
tended by planting each varies
ety and type at least three times,
Oat earlier than usual, theft
about the average time and fan-
ally two or three weeks later,
In this way not Only do we get
ear more volume from our vege-
table Pitts, but far higher quake
ity, too,
When Soil is Ready
It is a serious mistake t0 de
any general awing or cultivat-
ing whilethe ground is the least
bit muddy. heavy soil is Injured
and later trouble results when
it is dug or worked too soon, A, .
good test is *lake a little earth
and squeeze a it in the hand. t 1 ,
when released it crumbles but
does not pack it is •fit torr the
spade or plow,\ If it pecks into
a ball, it is pet anti' cultivating
or digging it then will pas
into lumps throjkgh Which no ',
plant can; penetrate.
Living Sneens
There is a wide assts tment of
annual,, both tall and' climbing
for senening or background
purpose. These )Tants will reach ,✓
two to ten feet high tri, a few
weeks. In most seed catalogues.
along with the date of flower-
ing, hardiness and other factors,
will be listed the mature height
and usually some indication of
tie speed these .flowers grow. In
the tall category are cosmos,
hollyhocks, giant zinnias and
marigolds, spider plants, erne-
"inentai sunflowers and 'many
others, Planted well apart and
in :good soil these" will form a
blossoming background for the
regular flowers and will hide
pi'Actical bits of the backyard
,we do peat wish every passerby
to see. For the wine purpose
one -tan also use annual climb-
ing things' like nasturtium's,
sweet peas, scarlet runner beans,
morning glories, annual hops,
etc. i'
Shaving' Used To
{Be A -Lot Tougher
When did shaving for men first
start? It's difficult to give a
definite answer, but Mercury is
reputed by degend to be the in-
ventor, the patron oftcraftsmen
and traders. Some authorities
even claim that barbers' tools
can be, identified among imple-
ments of the Neolithic Age.
The earliest known and actual-
ly recognized "razors", were of
Obsidian stone, dull green in
colour, with a cutting edge simi-
lar to a :piece of broken glass.
These instruments of torture
were used in ancient Peru about
3,000 years ago, when shaving
was compulsory, since the Incas
made laws against the wearing
of beards.
Many folk have started anti -
beard campaigns during history.
Julius Caesar Sealiger, for in-
stance, who averred that htunan
hairs were not necessary; and,
of course, Cicero, who consider-
ed that the beard was of no use
at all, But the man who first
hit the headlines with shaving
was the great Alexander He
ordered his soldiers to. remove
their beards so that their
enemies could not have handles
to hold while .the were slash-
ing a man's throat.
The early Chinese held their
shaving tools in such high esteem
that they used' them as a form
of primitive .money. It is only
during the last twenty years
that 'eeally progressive .develop-
ments have been made towards
eom ertable shaving. From the
"cut-throat" came the safety
razor.
Sipes that latter invention, even
further progress has been made
in the form of electric shaving,
eliminating brush. blades, soap
and water.
SCHOOL
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Jesus hopes the Okoss t:
John 12:20.32
Memory 'Selection: He tbiit
loveth his life shall loco it; rice,
be that *teeth his life,. In Ibis
World shall keep it unto 111*
eternal, 3' bn 120,
"We Weted see esus." This
was the' desire et the Greeks
who heal come unite Jekusalere
kr' the annual, feat of the pease
osier. They. •hadtursted front
their pagan religion e, and had
accepted the Jewish faith, They
has heard i about Jesrlts. They
wa ted t0 eet him, end speak
with him. They directed' their
inquiry t Philip, His was a
'. Greek name and he:' probably
, spoke Greek, Philip mentioned
it to Andrew, _. Andrew was a
good contact swan. He wean't
one of the three leading dieei-
plea but he made a good fOurth,
He had brought Peter to Jerisus,
He also brought to Jesus the+lad
whose lunch was blessed to feed
a multitude. Now Philip and
Andrew brought the Greek?! to
Jesus.
Most probably it was ,the
Tuesday before the ,crucifiation.
Jesus was facing the cross. He
would die. But life would fol-
low; not only life for himself,;but
eternal life for all would ver
believein him. He, illustrated
from nature. The seed must the
that fruit may follow,. So it is
in the spiritual. If we slive
selfishly our lives Will`be baleen.
But if we lose ourselves: for
Jesus' sake we .• shell ,ear much
t,.fruit. My cousin with her 'hus-
band were on furlough„from
service in Chula. In 1946'' per-
mission was given for him o re-
turn alone, It ponditions s tled,
his wife and family could 'come
later. I saw him off a the
station. He kept smiling. But
one could sense that he was
fighting hard to look brave. He
„kissed the children and then his
`wife. I never know what her
last words were until seven
years later. They gave him
strength as he went on alone.
They were, "Willie, we do this
for Jesus' sake and for the
Chinese". A year later she and
the four children left from the
same station. There was an
atmosphere of gaiety. They
would soon join husband and
father.
Have you accepted the cross
of Jesus Christ in your life?
Have you forsaken all to follow
him? This is the way of life for
yourself and bringing light and
blessing to others,
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All -Purpose Glassware
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:'i!' yours Is to beJune wed-
ding, it's none too` soon to start
thinking about what you want in
tableware and glassware, St may
be that your idees will be
clanged eompletely when you
eaten to look around.
Perhaps you still entertain the.
nation that you shotild have one
stat tet tableware and glassware
for ")test," another for practical,
everyday use. Thlt is an idea
that's becoming outmoded.
Living 'friday is less formal
than it used to be, and this means
that brides 'frequently pick .one
pattern in tableware, one in
glassware and one in silver or
stainless sleet to serve for all oc-
easions.
According to industrial de -
Agnes Freda Diamond, the new
shorter -stemmed, well - balanced
glasses have been designed espe-
cially so they will nota topple
easily nor break readily. It's
this deslgnrr't'epithets that lovely
glassware should require a mini«
Mum of care.
Almost all of today's glassware
serves more than one purpose, A
Sherbet glass may also be Used
for fruit cup, shrimp or oyster
ao0ktaii or even for champagne.
rhe tow -stemmed wine glass will
double for breakfast juice, and
Is .Poi. ular
In keeping with today's trend toward Inlet -nen bat gracious living.
'this i,890e has autism almr'lo• mtae,c•.•,.ruwaed ciar*ware and rout -
Wed it with surer -rimmed Auras ptatee.
the tall pflsener glossa are often
used to hold parfait
Itt short. if a glass suit,; the
purpose for which you need it,
then It's the correct Minas.
One of the newest designs ere-
1Pri;du L'iuunoud is a holy
steneued. platinum-beedod pat.
tern •-shied "sateen:" M elassie
cane simple and medium prised.
And there's a complete line of
stenfware es well as tumbler, in
ated esperrsslb for the bride by various heights.
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