HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-2-28, Page 6BREAKFAST IN
THE SALIENT
PREPARING A MPAL UNDER' OW,
J*•ll" L11 IES,
AN HALL,,
se
1y relilatin for a clay or two ata The Coeik's Production Gould Not Re
to lying in wait for Iridium, It Called a Pronounlced
s ti old -Weeded business, and hate-
, to some of the men, 'With others,
n passion for it grew. They kept
ly of thein victims by Cutting
aches on the butts of their rifles.
I well remember the pleasant Time
Y When 1 fi)' t meta "butt»notcher."
vas going for water, to an old farm -
use about hall.' a mile from our see' :r{tics handing out pandas . axtr
e of trench. It was a day of brigbt to the "plausibye;' who.
nsltine, Peppiee and buttercups fatigue's
igusto oxourte the state ," their
.d taken root in the banks .of earthsoughtt
aped up on either side of the coin- "barrels" by the hackneyed oo"ed ean't
ari eation trench. They Were nodding get it any cleaner,' s11 n
d eir heads, as gayly in the breeze as the man's feet to see that, they had
old did Wordsworth'$ daffodils in been thoroughly "whale -oiled."
e quiet countryside at Ryder Mount, The morning routine having been
was a joytto hat see twas t 11•hi dila gond through, and "Shedder" partaken
ceiling one himself off to hie -dug -oat, a moor was
seven, whatevermightaJoy
wrong with
se world': It was a joy to be, alive, ma Come on,nnobreakfast.
gonna make
joy which one could share unselfish -
• with. friend and enemy alike. The a. start;" asked Slim Worrell. "We
rlossal stupidity of war was never need some dry kindling first."
wre apparent to ane than upon that ; "If you xeckon.•on getting anythin'
ay, I hated my job, and if I hated, dry round this dump, when it hasn't
ay man, it was the one 'who bad in- stopped rennin' "for two days and
Kited the murderous little weapon un. nights straight, you're a bum bunch
nT lunged eto get out on top of the of reck'ners," said Teddy Heaton.
round. I wanted to lie at fultlength "We've already used all the ` rotten
t the grass; for it was June, and Na- 'bath mgq,r,�s' we can possibly spare
ire has a Way of making one feel from the^lhoor of this ditch, ancl, if we
e call of June, even•,3rom the hot- take any more up, Shadder'1l slip in
m of a communication trench seven one of the `drain holes' and, maybe,
et deep. Flowers andgrass peep break bisself in half. No, sir, I've
wn at one,. and white clouds sail done enough fatigues since that hat-
acfdly across chet-faced ghost came among tts,'to
Ste strip of• blue we prisoners call last me for the rest of the war. Did
the sky."
'felt that a must see hof the sky you hear him callin' me down for not
d see it at once. Therefore I setputting enough of that lousy vvhale-
wn my water cans, one on top of dope on my feet ?—as if the smell of
e other, stepped up on them, and what I already have on isn't enough
as soon over the top of the trench, to make me hate myself" •'
awling through the tall- grass to, • "Yes; and. did you hear him insist
and a clump of Willows about ftftY ely on my giving my rifle another pull-
rards away. aves with their passed ooen c two
chid- through," said- clank Mills, "and you
en in depths of shimmering, waving could pun •a blanket through it with-
reen, and found an old rifle, its stock out gettin' a sparkle."
-
eather-warped and the baxreh eatenKindling and Water.
ith rust. , The ground was covered
'th tin cans, fragments of shell-cas
ng, and rubbish of all sorts; but it
as hidden from view. Men had been
ying waste the earth during the long
•inter, and now June was healing the
pounds with flowers and cool green
'055505 .
I was sorry that I went to. the Wil-
ws, for it was there that 1 found
o sniper. Ile •had a wonderfully con-
aled position, which was made bus-
t- roof with steel
SuCcee,
"Stand to" was just over. Mr, 'Hop-
kins, otherwise known by the sobri-
coot of "Shedder," presumably ea ac-
count of his lean„cadaverous features;
had "issued the rum, cemented the
WAR AND FOOD SERIES, A ItTICLL No, 9—MAPLE SUGAR
The term "mails in Canada" aipplies available and as the sap, tuns before
' 1 commences
and there should be a splendid field he should be able t.o A.e in for tapping
for this industry during t:111 next 'few; on an extensive scale, It Will be
y, ears. t • I e n has lar exceeded r the ast the de -
supply
Sugar is one of the ciimrnoditles
that we are asked to . save. The 1 and this year Lt will bee even greater
Allies are calling upon this a:ontinent l owing to the scarcity of beet and
for a considerable portion- of our 1 cane sugar; •
r 11 Va otic out of
normal domestic sugar supply. East Many farms e a g not of
India segue is practically unavail•, maple sugar -making in eece.
win to the low scale of prices sale
able, the last crop having been lost • owing
owing to the fact that enormous car-; ing 1ton>: the competition of adulter-
goes of raw sugar were sunk by j ated maple products. The Pure
enemy submarines, • •Maple Sugar law now protects" the
The sugar that we take from Cuba manufacturers of the genuine article,
is lessening the amount thilt the little while the •seareity of cane and beet
island can supply to the Allies, There- sugar snakes it less profitable for
fore, it behooves us to Import as lit- manufacturers to mix cane and beet
tie sugar as poesible and to make sogar with maple extracts.
"use of the abundant supply of nal With an abundant supply available
tural sugar which is available, In and with a certain demand there is no
England the allowance of sugar per reason why men and women, too,
head of population has been reduced should not go into the bush this
to 2 pounds per month. In Italy spring and tap the trees for their na-
it is - only 1 pound per month. tural riches. It is a responsibility,
Canadiane, however, are still con- a duty, All available kettles, pans
sunning between 7 and 8 pounds per and buckets should be routed out and
capita each month. cleaned now. In parts of Ontario
If the maple sugar resource§, were tapping begins early in March so- that
fully organized Eastern Canada alone there is no time to be lost.
tcould produce 'enough maple sugaeto Maple sugar and maple syrup will
supply the total sugar requirements yet be universally foundin the hones
of the Dominion. of Canada, as the finest of substitutes
This is too much -to expect at this for the sugar to which we are acmes -
stage and yet much can be done to tomed. Let Europe have the white
increase production this spring. sugar while we have our own delicious
There are great numbers of trees "made in Canada" maple sugar.
to maple sugar, of it doe to anything tl a farmers quay 5555011
NAD4” U4
CANADA
Magic Flaking Powder costs
no more than the ordinary
kinds. For econorinyt'buY
the one pound tine,
an.otitETi'Coh1fAN? LIMITED
y+inid,Pgy Yq an,.
I. P. yqK punVi"4T
CANADA'S FORESTERS ABROAD. Food�l o
ern
A Splendid Record of National. Servioe : Control
By Youngest Profession, The campaign foe increasing cun-
Forestry, the youngest of till the sumption of fish in Canada is being
engineering professions in Canaria, has se'riouslynrhfie hampered
oinr ma yf peieces
given' liberally • of its manhood to the bythe
on the part of dealers, o The
overseas forces of the Dominion. Nu- prise
nerieally, the ranks of Foresters or Food Controller says that •under the
p'oresters -in•training have , not yet array irmentside by b bhison of efficet to
reached beyond a few hundred. assist prompt
According to lists compiled for the lentho fish to markets astern' end
Canadian Forestry Journal, and which Central Canada, the nubile
at best cannot be free from some able to secure an ample supply at
oinlssions and 'Inaccuracies, there are reasonable prierss, ff the retail deal. -
112 foresters or forestry services or ors were doing their part. Ile added
tached to Canadian forest`serviees or that fish merchants would have no
colleges who have donned the ems- difficulty in obtaining moderately-
forrn and gone overseas. Of this priced Atlantic fish if they would bake
number at least 17 already have been the trouble to order supplies from
killed, while many others have been licensed wholesale dealers.
wounded in action, some repeatedly. Mr, Thomson advises consumers to
Most of Hese men enlisted before demand from their dealers cod, had -
Forestry Battalions were organized. duck, herring,' skate, hake, polloek
A few have been transferred so as to and other moderately -priced fish and
utilize their technical abilities, but it to insist upon the merchants order -
is a striking fact that the greater ing supplies. With the co-operation
nuniber of Foresters and studentsof the public and the trade; he said,
were at the front early in the cam- the per capita.consumption of fish in le,-
paign and chose to take their place as Canada would easily be doubledthos
fighting men. Some have fought in. increasing considerably the supply
y
Mesopotamia, others across the sands 1 Canadian meat available fon' shipment
of Egypt and moat of them in France to the soldiers.
a Belgium,
Dates as a War Food. cupful water, 1 cupful sugar. Soften
One food that we frequently should gelatine in cold water, dissolve over
give our families is the date. There hot water. -Chop dates, cover with
are many delightful ways of serving orange juice. Add sugar, rice, van -
dates. They have not advanced as ilia. Add dissolved gelatine. Fold
much in price as other foods and we in wieepped cream. Pour into cold
Il takeadvantage of this in wet mold. Set in cold place to harden.
can we
these days of high prices. Date Cheese Salad. -6 dates, 3 figs,
The fleshy part of the date con i/i cupful blanched chopped almonds,
1 scant cupful cream cheese, 1 tea-
spoonful lemon juice, pinch salt• Mix
the ingredients to a paste and make
into balls. Serve four to. each per-
son on a nest of lettuce leaves with a
mayonnaise dressing to which an
equal quantity of whipped cream has
been added.
Date Cookies. -2 cupfuls flour, 2
cupfuls oatmeal, 1 cupful bro'tcupsu-
n su-
gar, 1 cupful shortening, 1/2
milk 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Mix as oatmeal cookies, spread half
•of the sheet with date paste, fold oth-
er half over, press edges together
and cut into squares or circles. Bake
in a quick oven.
Date Marmalade.—Remove stones
from dates, steam over hot water un-
til tender and then press through a
'colander. This is a good spread on
bread or makes a delicious filling for
sandwiches.
Data Salad.—Wash dates thorough-
ly, then with a sharp knife make an
incision and remove the stone; put
in its place a bit of cream cheese and
close the opening. Dispose three or
four dates on lettuce leaves. Garnish
with a slice 9f sweet green pepper.
Pass a dish of mayonnaise caressing
with the salad, -
"Say,' are you 'fellers gonna argue tains'sugar in a large degree and a
the fat all morning'?" butted in Slim. little protein, Its food value ex
"I don't know how you feel, but I'm pressed in scientific terms is fifteen
that empty, it's only me boots, with hundred and seventy-five calories to
half this benighted country stickin' to the pound. Beef is one of the groat -
'em, that keeps me from floatin' away est of muscle -producing foods and is
like a balloon." rated at eleven hundred and sixty -
"Tell you what," says Teddy, "how five calories to the pound. This
about a .couple of 05 takin' a chance shows what dates mean to the. diet
an' beating it down through the 'sup- when served a few times a week, in
ts' to that farm check, You know, one /item or another. It is health -
o ono that Fritz thinks we use as ful as well as palatable frequently to
ration dump' and drops a few substitute dates for other sweets.
umbs in. every night. There ought The housewife who buys a package of
be plenty of loose,timber there—all a recognized high grade brand
nds of it. We need some water, too, knows that she has a food j roduct
d there's a pump close by, I think. which will furnish energy.
"Colne on, Teddy, my son—you and If dates are hard when purchased,
will slip off while the road's clear they can easily be softened by pour, -
d Heinzie's busy with his concrete ing boiling water over them. 'Tiley
ixev," says Slim. "Hank can stay should always be carefully washed
d draw our rations as well as rustle before rusing.
Date Gems.— • cupful
Ot " from somewhere, o make_Graham
sugar, 1 cupful shortening, 2
" fire to "
"How aboutska m jar to kohl the fulesoda, cupfulslk, ee teaspoon-
raham flour,
ink?" asked Teddy. "Wait a secs 1ounde chopped dates nutme to
d while I slip in the dug -out; there's 1/2 P Pp " g
'o there, I think -one has 'respire- flavor.
r solution' in it, though, 1 believe.!' Yiddish -Date Padding. -1 pound
date, juice of one orange, % pint
Ncig3illorhood of mill 60.
cream, 1 cupful boiled Tice, 1 tea -
having got an empty jar,. the pair spoonful vanilla, 1/2. box gelatine, 2-3
thetit started out, leaving Hank he-
ad to make the rest'of the arrange- 011 the firing step," he said to Hank,
ents for cooking the breakfast. They and continued to gaze. across at the
nsisted of "drawing the twenty- enotlfy's lines. Hank, who had pre-
ur hours' rations from the PiatOOn• vieusly collected the other two's mess-
nd
Of the relatively small group of 1 The very ghat difficulties in the
graduates and students of Toronto , way of compulsory, rationing in
'Cniversity Forest School, under Dean Canada puts an additional respunsi-
Fernow, twelve 'men have made the' bility for voluntary food service upon
supreme sacrifice, while twelve others i every Canadian, no matter what his
wank or circumstances may be. With
have been either wounded, gassed or
victims of shell shock. From the a tremendous stretch of country;
Toronto school alone, there went sparsely settled, except in a compare -
forth 4 captains, 29 lieutenants, 8 lively few districts, the 001000emo1.t
N.C.O.'s, and 24 privates. Indeed, the of compulsory food economy on any
only men who did not go were those' general scale presents serious obsta-.
debarred by physical defects. The cies, It is hoped that the Greater
profession of forestry in the degree
Production campaign, which is now
to witch the graduates and students being started, will snake unnecessary
`
service of their cortntry and
promptly placed themselves at the' any
resort to compulsory rationing. in
...dully this country. At the saute time our
people Hurst realize that efforts must
rgeant for the trio and locating a tin
make the fire in" The sector of
'ench occupied by the company of
hick our worthy pals were members,
as situated in the salient close to
ill 00, - and, although the neighbor -
eel gealthy,ybein alcsubjectedng was dat ecided-
fro-
unhealthy, 6
eat intervals to somewhat sharp
tach, b a,'a so to ofere places in it,
mutuaily ender-
ick, by
od agreement were often allowed to
sin a semblance of ;peacefulness. It.
harclly necessary to state, though,
tt this condition of "pax" was never
be relied upon. One battalion could
t in its six days' duty there, and en-
v almost a period of convalescence,
ire the one that subsequently lo-
ved it might get s similar• period of
terundiluted hell.
tins, and split the one dixie of tea into
three equal parts, left Slim's share,
together with his bacon and bread, on
the step as directed, and proceeded
to the next traverse, where Teddy
_vas at his pint. The latter was all
ready and waiting 'for his breakfast.
"That's the style, chef, old son, he
remarked—reaching for tit tin out
of Hank's hand, and immediately tak-
ing a gulp. "Ow-----," a 10115 half
smothered howl, followed by a terrific
spluttering, seared the next sentry,
and woke the occupants of an ad-
jacent dug -out,, into a blasphemous
chorus of enquiry as to what the
blankets -blank, different colored
kinds of hell ailed him? Did he want
to bring -a nrillibn blasted rifle gren-
ades over them? etc., -etc.
accepted a tragic record of casualties
surely stands in the forefront of all
callings. Many have given their lives
whose services were sadly needed by
Canada. Letters from the wounded
from Wren in desolate core
not be relaxed to canserve Woe, fon.
-the need is very great.
The following figures indicate howl
great is the demand from oversees
to meet their shortage: -
ane
ners of the field of war, thorougbly In addition to Canada's total ex -
homesick and tired of the business of portable surplus and the 75,000,000.
fighting, nevertheless refuse to com- more bushels which is absolutely the
plain against conditions or express re- minimum that the Allies must have
cast that they were called to a peril- from the United States, 15,000,000
ous and exhausting task. bushels must be found for Belgian re-
lief ancl. 10,000,000 bushels for Cuba
and other neutrals upon wlulm the
Allies are dependent for other foods
in return.
Before the -war the American ex-
ports of beef averaged 1,000,000
mule a month; for the next three
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE -• e!
Can anyone who has not seen them
imagine what it is like to be a prison-
er in this present war? Someo1e,
who saw the first French, English,
Russian and Canadian prisoners months' British ships are beteg sent
to American and Canadian parte for returned or escaped, writes of over 70,000,000 pounds a month. In
them: "They have an expression t of ork products, the Allies took 50,000,-
their own, a concentrated, unuttered 000 a month before the Wet. They
now ask for 150,000,000 pounds. 'rho
sharp reduction- of rations among
every one of. the Allies -a -for Creat
As 80011 ,as poor Teddy could
speak, he turned a convulsed face on
Hank and enquired, almost with
tears in his voice, "For the love o'
mike, what the 'ell have you pat in
the tea?"
Hank on whom an inkling of the
truth had dawned, was just about to
beat it to his dug -out, when from
across•. the traverse came flying a
chunk of mud which landed with a
splash full in his face, and a snuffled
voice—Slims—requesting hint to
"Eat that, you something, something
else, crazy, bungling situp."
Hank had mixed the• two jars and
by mistake used the "Respirator So-
lotion."—Sergt.. G., in "The Veteran"
,The Saskatchewan Department of
Agriculture has sent a circular letter
to officials of all urban municipalities
in the Province urging backyard and
vacant lot cultivation.
Doing Another Shift. Fr01111
pirnuSsnSAi•f'�l Agent toFlight Commanderiloevever, at the time our friends,
m Teddy and Hank come into the
atlas, peace reigned." Possibly the - -
ady down -pour had decided both Interesting despatches of incidents then they are seat to Franke. We do
he and British gunners to 1st: thatuIn the
iven in lett§ ato friends mea innwgland all thekloop, inds r oll,f nma make spinningmannose
evil suffice, In due course, S g
'eat, b Acting Flight Commander Graham dives, side slips, and vertical turns:'
He describes how "little excite-
ments" happen when one aeronaut
gets into the "wash, m' slip -stream of
air" made by a preceding navigator,
The letters indicate that Acting Flight
Commander Curtis is a lucky master
suffering in their eyes, an unending
patience in their voices. . There is all
the difference in the world between
d Teddy' returned with eta 1
iter to last the trip in,' They "had,
nigh, only managed to get safe -
,11
u1 water for One full died% of tet,,
t1 thati Iron. a shell hole, the "pump"
ying "stopped one'' in a vital pert.
eves hardly the sore of water one
tali even wash in, under normal
rumstauices still, when boiled with
libeledamountof tea added, it
old make something sort of hot and
1, anyway, th hot parr bein(� the
st essential, Everything was noW
my ante all that needed to be bone
s to start the fere when along carne
platen seegoant, "Two of out
leis copped it, arirl 1 need a canine
sou to relieve right awey..It's
reI luck, boys, .1. know yen, have had
do 'taro on and .two off' all night
1 1 diel think We'd get along with
easy Shil'i; inr the
dbay-t time,ere steins
has been s0 q.' ,
i tc r toss for it, Inst hurry u p as rem
I to detail four leen us stretcher
revs, and, we've few enough, sun-
s on oven for day -time."
'Come on Slim," said Tedtly, "we
ry as well leave Rank to cook the
ealtfast atld we'll do this shift. 1 e
A bring ours along the trench to us
en it's cooked"
"Hanle" as Chef.. -'
With that the pair of them went to
cir posts, end Hank, left to himself
slatted in to gat the. meal
ady, 111 less tha11 half an hour he
Mug the/others bacon dhad dand rone nest e tea made,
o work he lost nd time in taking
sir breakfast to them. Slim was
wing a "pike" 't'hvough his perist'opt',
ying W locate the Bache: snifter who
d dobe so much damage. "Put it
y
Waters Curtis, formerly Industrial
Agent of the Canadian Pacific Rail -
Way in Montreal, who is now a Hying
instructor in England. The school in
which he teaches is a vast expanse; of
country close to,ta beautiful seaside
them and the soldiers returned from Brit:aiti`has had to cut down her com-
pulsoryFront latter,even ration already front against
verely wounded, have a proud, almost
satisfied look, as if in making their`
supreme effort, something of the glory
and exaltation of those fearful mo-
ments still clung to them. 'They are
warriors hurt in the great game,
b g gladly d triumphantly
the oproary osedration
as latewhich
as Nov November
Yapp IT t
proposed
last --is proof of the need.
The, responsibility for savi,}g food,
so that the national total of eating
shall. be less, lies largely with the
broil ht r a ,v anct, the
home, where they know well what work housewife.
of helping fathe Allies by Immerse oe d.
welcomer awaits them. service fails to her. The growing
"How different is the lot of the
allied. prisoners? The sight of them, of a larger supply for the Allies next
of any nation, is an unforgettable re- year is more especially the Canadian
curring nightmare. A voice, weak, man's work and preparations fur it
but insistent, rings in your ears; should nothe delayed until Spring.:
'Won't you help us'1'
"They know that it is to do valiant-
ly, -without praise, to suffer silently
without sympathy, to ache' with home -
skinless, surrounded by the. enemy.
They are the unseen heroes and we
cannot guess at half their pain."
There are at present more than a
million and a half Allied prisoners of
war in German hands. The Prisoners
of War Society, of. which Principal
Hutton of University College, Toronto,,
is president, is appealing through the
churches of Ontario for money to help
provide the bare necessaries of life to
these unfortunate -heroes. Congrega-
tions who have trot yet contributed
may send their donations to the treas-
aver of the society, Hugh Fletcher,
Esq., 5327tturon St., Toronto.
Acting Flight Catipnander G. W. Curtis and his machine just after a
'S i'asis." at a training camp in Englan (1,
retort. 31e writes; 'The view from of the high school in which he soars,
the ah' is superb, and we often fly out Ile says; "We have a lot of smashes,
over the sea, afid dive dawn near the hut very .few deaths, considering
British warships tied wave to the sail- everything, Note of my pupils has
ors. When`dlving we only travel at heen killed yet."
Acting Flight Cominanoi' ()ergs
his
has lately been recatnmendod by
commanding officer for a fleet lien-
tenancy, and expects to be sent to
I'ranee at any time,
c1-15 johied the
e
Royal Flyieg p.
111111, 1016.
the rate of, about 175 miles an hotu'l
J am kept very busy instructing and
am turning out a lot of expert picots,
The school I am connected with is one
hi which flyers finish their course of
¢,rattling• A lot of cheer front:*Borden
some to as to get final lessons, and
WAR DEVELOPS ODD FRl AKl.
Many "False Prophets" Have Risen
in the British Isles.
'Fortune tellers, crystal gazers,
soothsayers and many others who lay
claim to the power to look into the fu-
ture are making large sums in Eng-
land despite the vigilance of the police,
Persons with relatives at the front
are the ',principal victims. "Prophets"
have risen all over the British Isles
who ,foretell everything frons the date
of the ending of the war to the small-
est details of the reconstruction per-
iod, both In Great Britain and on the
Continent. Sonne dire predictions at-
tracted the attention of the • secret
service and it was found that German
gold bad been prompting the sayings,
01(1 Moore, who can point to a long
list of "predictions that came true,"
says in his Almanac of 1915 that the
peace treaty will be signed in Berlin
this year and adds; "As regards the
future of Germany, I antictpate a re-
volution, alt entire break up of the
empire, the end of the Ilobenzollstn
dynasty and the ignominious 'flight of
the kaiser to find death in obscurity."
bard tat l the. home, an
then in the field, is the only solation
of the difficulties of those who are
fighting uncomplainingly fon us,
"Food will twin the war," Mr. Hoover
has said. Whose food :hall ,vin...
German or C'anadiau?
A AERO OF TO -11,1 Y.
Indomitable Courage is SI:II a C'harae-
• teriette or the Human Race.
.The war has at least proved that the
Inman race le no lese heroic, no lees
equal to the bulfels of tate or the
crises of the soul than it ever Was. All
the blazoned deeds of the past, says an
article in the Fortuightlt Review, are
outshone daily. There ttati Sir Richard
Grenville of the Revenge; and here i1
Capt. Loftus .Tones, of H. 1N. Destroyer
Shark.
In the battle of Jutland ten German
ships were peering their fire into the
Shark at short range. Steering gear,
funnels, superstructure were blown
away. Half the crew were dead; the
commander himself was severely
wounded. Another destroyer, the
Acaeta, pushed in front of the help-
less ship to shield her and braved cls•
struction herself. But Loftus Jnne-=,
who was the commodore of the divi-
he
Acosta to keep p out(11 the way.sed any aid, and 'thee
a splinter of a shell same stet took off
the captain's leg above the knee; still
he sat on the shattered deck and gave
his orders iced
that the ltfought
.flag had been shot down land
ordered that another should be run up;
and this was done, so that ale Shark
•
went under with colors flying.
When they Nero all in the water the
few r
g chief
on boards aaft.rs Let'scl thavoita song,
boys," he said; and they sang Neen'er,
lely God, to Thee, until that irelorn1n
able soul passed away.
Where 80 early hotbed is deeme'1
necessary it should be built up before
the the 50001111 Ceelt of T'etnr nary at latest
,n,.raezcut+aM'
A healthy hen will lay :from 300 to
500 eggs during lifetime, :Her best:
Whig ing rapacity is during her screed
yens. -