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HOME COURSE
Ib SCIENTIFIC
AGRICULTURE
TWELFTH ARTICLE.
FEEDING FARM ANI-
MALSI NO. 2.
By E. W. MIEN, Assistant Director of
the Office of Experiment Stations,
United States Department
of Agriculture.
I.._ N judging the value of a feeding
standard for animals it should
be
borne in Peedin
mind that @
standards are simply a concise
and approximate statement of the
Amounts of the. different nutrients re -
glared by animals, as indicated by the
Results of experiments and observa-
tion. They are intended to apply to
the average conditions. The local con-
ditionswill have much -to do in de-
termining how closely the feeder can
afford to adhere to the standard.
The standard for a cow of 1,000
pounds weight and giving sixteen and
tone -half pounds (about eight quarts)
of milk per day calls for two pounds of
protein, eleven pounds of earboby
-Orates, and four -tenths pound of fat,
(which would furnish 25,850 calories of
heat, but as the carbohydrates and fat
serve practically the same purpose in
nutrition an excess of one may make
up for a slight deficiency of the other.
In making allowance for the differ-
ence in milk yield of different cows
a uniform basal ration can be fed to all
the cows and the amount of the rich-
er grain mixture varied to suit the de-
mands. For example, a basal ration
might be made up of twenty-five
pounds of corn silage, eight pounds of
rowen hay and three pounds each of
-gornmeal and wheat bran, which
avould supply 1.43 pounds of protein
and a fuel value of 23,712 calories, To
this could be added a richer grain mix-
ture composed of two parts of gluten
meal and one part of cottonseed meal,
the amount of this being varied accord -
:lug to the milk yield of.the cow. Two
Photo by Hampton institute.
i IN
THR PASTURE.
pounds of this mixture would bring
;the ration up to 1.07 pounds of protein
and 26,990 calories, which would
meet the requirements of cows giving
twelve to fifteen pounds of milk a day,
while four pounds would bring It up
to 2.50 pounds of protein and 30,280
calories of heat, suitable for the cows
giving twenty te'twenty-five pounds of
milk, and so on, five or six pounds of
the grain mixture being fed to the
heavier .mFacers.
A ration composed of ten pounds of
shelled- corn, five pounds: of wheat
bran, two pounds of linseed meal (new
"process) and ten pounds of corn fodder
'per steer would furnish protein and
energy correspouding approximately to
the requirements of yearling steers.
The exclusive feecling of shelled corn,
'as is often practiced in the middle'
,west, gives a poorly balanced ration.
'i'Admixtures of other grains or by -
Products give better balanced mations,
'and such rations have usually been
sound more profitable. A common
, practice in fattening steers in the south
Is to feed fifteen to twenty-four pounds
La, ° 2J,x�y°:– e
ate
j7
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Are your feet, hot,
sore and blistered ?
If so, try Zam•Buk..
As soon as
Zam-Rtak is applied
it cools and soothes
injured smarting
skin and tissue.
Its rich, refined
herbal essences
penetrate the skin;
its antiseptic pro-
perties prevent an a
danger of festering
or inflammation
from cuts or sores ;
and its healing essences
build up new healthy tissue. l
For stings, sunbtrn, cats.
bons, bruises, etc.—just as ,
effective.
Mothers find it invaluable for
baby's sores!
AU Druggists and Stmt.—ilia. ins.
{(i
s
Fes:
amBuk
or cottonseed huus and six to efgh•E
pounds of cottonseed'meal. This is
not a well balanced ration. It could be
improved by substituting two pounds.
cornmeal in place of an equal amount
of cottonseed meal or by substituting
silage for a part of the hulls.
As a result of experiments made for
several years at the Massachusetts
state station the station recommends
the following proportions of skimmilk
and cornmeal, according to the weight
of the pig:
-Pigs weighing 20 to 70 pounds, two
ounces of cornmeal per quart of skim -
milk. -
Pigs weighing 70 to 130 pounds, Deur
Ounces of cornmeal per quart of skim -
milk.
- Inge weighing 230 to 200 pounds, six
ounces of cornmeal per quart of skim -
Pound for pound buttermilk has not
usually given quite as good results as
skimmilk.
But another important cousidoration
where fertilizers or manures have to
be relied upon is the lnanurinl valve of
a feeding stuff. Peeding, stuffs differ
widely in this respect, wheat bran and
irff YOU DON'T
Something Serious /May Heneen..
At times everyone is bilious, the Liver
becomes overworked, had bile is accu
mutated, and enters the blood, and causes
a general clogging up of the secretions.
When this happens no ate can escape
Constipation, Jaundice; Headaches,
Heartburn, Incligestion, Liver Com-
plaint, ander those tired weary feelings
which follow the wrong action of the
Liver.
MILBURN'S LAZA-LIvlm PILLS
late' the sluggish Liver, clean the coated
tongue, sweeten the breath, and clear
matter
and poisonous waste away all the,s•eIorsoi
from the system.
MRS. l:h. A. MCCLARA'T, Rimbey, Alta.,
writes have used MILBURN'S LAXA
I,ivga 'PILLS,` and am greatly pleased
with the results, I had Indigestion,
and such a hitter taste in my mouth
after retiring in ' that was so unpleasant
I could not sleep well, and also had a
deathly
sickness sometimes after I bad
eaten. Two vials of Letee-InVers Pius
have cured me,;'
MILeDRN's .sxn-LIvgR, PILLS: are
25 cents per vial or 5 vials for 81,00.
See that yeti get them when asked for.
Ivlanufactured only by the T. Milburn
Co., ',Meted., Toronto, Ont.
heat, appears to lose a part of its val-
ue as food.
Experiments abroad have indicated
that cooking or steaming coarse or un-
palatable palatable food was advantageous, not
op account of making the food more
nutritious, but in inducing the animals
to eat larger quantities of it. In ten
trials made by experiment ntations
there has not only been no gain from
cooking, but there has been a positive
loss.
The Mississippi station concludes
from three years' work that "the milk
and butter from cows fed on steamed
cottonseed cost less than that from
cows fed on raw cottonseed and but
little more than one-half as much as
that from cows fed on cottonseed meal.
The butter from steamed cottonseed th
superior 'in quality to that from either
raw seed or cottonseed meal." The
Texas station finds it advantageous to
boil cottonseed for steers.
Experiments show that it will pay to
soak corn for steers 1f it can be done
for 0 cents a bushel. Soaking wheal
for pigs is quite generally recent -
mended.
The
ecom•mended-
The Maine station compared the
value of chopped and unchopped hay
for cows and found no evidence that
the chopping had any effect. The In-
diana
ndiana station found that steers made
better gains on cut than on uncut
clover hay. Cutting corn stover Was
found advantageous at the Wisconsin
station.
The use in this country of some kind
of succulent feed nearly the whole
year round, to keep up the appetite
and the general condition of the ani-
mals,
nimals, has become quite general. In
Europe roots are largely grown for this
purpose. In this country roots are
not grown to any great extent in com-
parison with corn, which furnishes a
larger and cheaper supply of food ma-
( terial from a given area than any other
crop. Silage proves more acceptable
to stock than dry fodder, and they will
consume a larger amount of dry matter
in that form. It is found adapted to
nearly all kinds of farm animals, in-
cluding horses, sheep and pigs.
Soiling means the feeding of farm
animals more or less confined on green
forage fresh from the fields. Partial
soiling is much more common, being
relied upon° to carry the animals over
a period when pastures are short. The
, Wisconsin station found that one acre
Of soiling crops was equal to about
two and one-half acres of good blue
grass pasture for feeding dairy cows,,
and the Connecticut Storrs station
kept four cows from Juno 1 to Nov. 1
on soiling crops produced on two and
one-half acres of land. Partial soiling
properly conducted will be found a
profitable practice on many farms.
A considerable number of proprie-
tary articles sold under trade names
are found on the markets in this coun-
try. Analyses of samples of these
feeding stuffs collected from time to
time show that none of them cnu be
regarded as concentrated feeds in the
cottonseed meal braving a high 0)71720- common acceptation of the term. The
rial value, while that of cornmeal is basis of the better ones is linseed or
relatively low. If the manure is care- flaxseed meal or some cereal byprod-
fully preserved a large proportion of uct. 'They are usually sold at exorbi-
the fertilizing constituents of the feed tent prices, ranging from 10 to 20
Is recovered in the manure and goes cents a uonnd.
to enrich the land. Flay from the legu.
-
minous crops—clover lupines alfalfa,
cowpea, etc.—contains about twice the
quantity of digestible protein that hay
from the grasses does, The seeds of
these plants (cowpea, soy bean, etc.)
are exceedingly rich in protein and can
take the place of expensive commer-
cial feeds. 73y grouting and 'feeding
more leguminous crops the amount of
grain required is diminished, the value
of the manure Is increased, and the soil
Is enriched in fertility.
The byproducts resulting from the
manufacture of flour, glucose, starch,
cottonseed oil, linseed oil, fermented
liquors, etc., are extensively used for
feeding purposes and include many of
the richest and most prized feeding
stuffs. hominy chop, meal and feed
result from the manufacture of hominy,
and contain the gum and coarser por-
tions of the corn.
The establishment of beet anger fac-
tories in this country has led to the
production of immense quantities . of
sugar beet pulp as a waste material.
Professor Thomas Shaw 'expresses bis
belief that sugar beet pulp can be fed
more advantageously to cattle and
sheep that are being fattened than to
dairy cows. The New York Cornell
experiment station, however, found
that this material gave good results
with milk cows. In practice about ten
pounds of pulp per day are fed to sheep
and fifty to seventy-five pounds to cat-
tle. The amount in the latter case,
however, is said to depend on the cats
tle, and more may be given up to 100
pounds if they will eat it. The pulp
Is believed to effect a considerable sav-
ing in the amount of ;rain required for
fattening.
Sugar beet pulp can be successfully
preserved in silos and makes a very
fair quality of silage. It is relished by
cattle, even, the slightly spoiled por-
tions, not being distasteful to them.
As the sugar beet crop is an exhaustive
one and the fertility of the soil can be
maintained by feeding the pulp It be-
comes quite' an important matter that
farmers growing Sugar beets should
combine with it the feeding of the pulp
wherepracticable.
racticab
le.
Molasses is another prod0et, of the
beet sugar ''manufacturewhich ac-
cumulates in large quantities. In He-
rope
u rope it has been found to possess eon
siderablevalue for feeding. For this
purpose it hags been mixed with peat,
dried blood, beet pulp or with a mix--
ture offeeding stuffs, such as bran
and palm nut meal, in order that it
might be more conveniently handled.
The effect of drying hay is not to.
lessen its digestibility, as, is often be-
lieved. Hay stored for a long time,OITMallarrAikedAtAirafl-laa 11_916440$04.-0
• OMER HEAT
HAIN) GN BABY
s a30n 0111 year is so din-
g sus to It e '..fu o ..ttle Anes as
i5 tl ,r enrnai e . Tho ex..oes lve h,. at
tltuiws the lettie stoma':i1 out of
retie 50 7700k11''ll at un'e •s pro/111,1
d
a le .;t 'hand the baby m iy 1 e be-
e.. int ail human help I e, ore ,the
r: t 1 eat z05 lit is in, -bilin ne•' fs
• easel when cLarielloen, c U,.era
inn tAin, d,'..:ntrr .ani r.itc a':e
nt eprs a e it. Any one of these
teeen.l. s 1,.1j pros. C d.'aiily if feet
J 10-rolee tr n' e.1, llnrin,e- the elan)
i 1 r t: e fit ither's best fr.e11(1 's
' 1hys�J\e rah I. ts. P1. ess Tog u I tete
'the. newels, sweeten the s :n•ae.h
aiu k e-7 baby healthy. the T.o.b-
I ti a e sones by en dicino dealers or
at 25 ciente a b 7:t tune `1'h e Dr. W .I-
I amt: M, cneiee : o., aroelcvillc, Ont
•
Dalet x of f91 FOPS
1hwo��
arfi;ld-
Feet 25-20
.177111 Sopt 30-0et 1
neresss Ie.
Ile W ic1:`
E ate:
Gen:,rich
Oe t 2 -
Oct 1.
Sept 1.5-16
0 k 17-19
Zi ich Sept - 18-19
S a ur!th --.,-... Sept 1b-19
id Oct -8
• e � i1"ter -- t
Wing, lain,Sept 25-26
THE WESTERN FAIR.
Use them outside, in or
near the garbage barrel, as
well as in the house or store.
All Druggists, ' Grocers
and Genera Storekeepers
sell Wilson's Fly Pads.
rcltary, A. M. hunt, room 302 Do-
minion Savings Building, London,
Or.((ari+o,
IN MEMORIAM.
In •loving remembrance of Isa-
bella 'Leitch,
sa-beiha'Lteeitch, who died July 2nd,
1912, in /Omandon, IIYIann., after an
illness of four months.
t
hard hillsl o climb
You �} iad many
upwia rd,
It seemed if you only might rest,
But elle 'whoappointed : your
•pantion
Knew just wheat was useful and
besft ;
You knew fn 'Isis wood life has
•pllomise'd,
That -your 'strength should Le ,as
your +day ;
But 'theaoils of the road will seem
noithing.
Now you've a'each0d the end of
your ewey.
Tiro' oft you iwas footsore and
weary,
You :can gest now you're safely at
Hem e;
And I know you'd receive a glad
welcome,
For Jesus himself has said—come,
When you think of your Saviour
up yonder,
And' the friends you should see on
at clay.
Oh, the toils of the road would
stheem ni0fihing,
That you've leeched the end of
ithe way.
Now hour last f. e',le step has been
itaken,
And Ithe• gates of the city appear,
And ft he. sound like murmuring
)rafters
Roll down to your listening ear,
When rill (that 1:1 en seemed so
mysterious
Now is bright and et:)ar as the clay
The tells •of the road will seem
n .tthi n g
Now you've •r eached the end of
your Riay.
SEPTEMBER 5ith to. 13t'11.
Th n+anage'
:non t of the Western
Fair London; Ontario, will, present
a programme of attractions this
y eau ithat will commend itself to
alI ri:ghtt thinking peep's,. While
ktepi.ng away from the sensational
t)
pnige a:nn:e will provide all
kind's of amuse ea•t and education
ai f ailtm me There will be some
loingaloe es 0,77body, with music by
s t e .al - binds at evoty perfOl'man
05. Th e e will be 11W10 sprit el
crests 513atl,y which was pitn. idethe
beet. programme toe this depart-
ment ,ewoe seen tat the Western
Fair. More money has b.oen ap-
propriated for. 'ii•e}vorks this year
than ever before and there is no
dlou1St results --'will justify tle,, ex-
pencl,'ture. 1`11e price for the
(Spend Stand will be the same as
05)1301, ,001 Monday afternoon 15e
and the rental ndee of the weep eov-
ei ed' sitland 15c., with a reserved
sr r tOen 50e., or en stand 15e. Tho
programme will 1:o given Itwiee
qtly:'
Peog ammss, price' 'lists, entry
toxins land information' of alb quoad
regarding the Exhibition will be
given en application to the Sec -
jieep Your 'lyes ,
®ii' Thermometers—
Dr. Alsberg's Don'ts.
The last word in hot weather
"don'ts" has been issued in brief form
by. Dr. Oerl Alsberg, chief of United
States bureau of chemistry. Do Als
berg it develops, would, abolish the
thermometer because of its dispiriting
influence on the minds of perspiring
men and women.
Here are his "don't".
" Don't eat to excess".
"Don,t went to many clothes.
Don't drink ice cold beverage."
, Don't look at the thermometer
and keep thinking' how hot it
Iced drink are one of Dr. Alsberg's
abominations for be says they not
only disorcler the stomach but they
also interfere with digestion..
"And," says the doctor above all
things keep your eyes iron) the ther-
mometer."
ever the fly crusad'e has been carried
to a'proper degree of completeneee t
has never tailed to have the predict-
ed end—eliminetian of diseases and 1
contagion Carried on the tiny feet of
the terrible fly. Stables, uncovered
garbage piles, and such like places,
aro condemned as the breeding place
of the fly, Anadequate garbage
system would eliminate many of rhe
favorative breeding places of the pia.
gree hut eternal vigilance is being
urged as the only effectual way to
combat the inroads- of the fly.
Spasm No. 2, of the fly -swatting
poet, reads something like this;
I desire no fame or honor,
In the field of politics,
despise the game by ginger,
It's too full of pesky tricks
I'seek not the world to conquer
Or to be mighty in the hunt,
But let me be a private soldier,
In this great'fiykilling stunt.
I'm net like a bunch of people,
Who want that and who want this
Maybe though in feeling this way,
There's a lot of tricks 1 miss,
I only crave some simple blessing,
Even then they're not so few;
But above all things I want dinner
With no flies within the stew.
Intelligent Signs.
On the bank of a small river in
Ireland is a stone bearing the follow.
ing iusetiption:—
"VVhen this stone is out, of sight it
is not safe to ford the river."
But this is surpassed by the famous
post erected some years ago by the
surveyors of an English road. It
reads
"This is the bridle -path to Faver-
sham; if you can't read this, you had
better keep to the main ro
ad"
THEE eWE TERN FAIR.
SEPTEMBER 5fth to 13th.
The Western Fair of London On-
tario will this year without doubt sur-
pass anvthing ever before attempted
by the Assocation. For months past
preparation have been going quiety on
for the great Exhibition and when the
time arrives it will be found that
everything is fn first class condition.
Enquiries of all kinds are coming into
the general offices and the indications
are that the buildings, although en-
larged this year will be filled to over-
flowing. The space in the Main Build-
ing is already about slotted. it i$ ex-
pected that the Agriculture and Hem
ticulture Buildingwill be crowded as
the Fruit exhibits from the different
ecunties will be quite large and very
attractive. The Woman's Iustitute
throughout Middlesex County will no
doubt make a very attractive display
in their cotnpetielou,
Prize lists entry forms and iusorrna-
tion of all kinds regarding the Exhibi-
tion will be given on application to
the Secretary A. A1, Hunt General
offices Rooni 803 Dominion Savings
Building Eondon Ontario,
JULY ROD AND GUN
July issue of Rod and Gun In Can-
ada published by W. J Taylor Limited
Woodstock, Ont. is outwith an intere-
resting and appropriate list of cot•
tents. The illustrations in this issue
are particularly clear and well placed
from the cover cut, which depicts a
typical oldflsherman, on throughout
the issue which reproduces outdoor
life in the various Canadian- proviuces,
Ey Cauoe and Portage in the Northern
wilderness, The call of the strenuous
Life, Fishing fn thee Isootenays,
Fishing off the Coast of Newfound-
land are some of the leading articles
while thoughtful sportsman will. be
interested in reading L+', R, LeFleche's
arraingement of the Ontario and
Quebec Inter -provincial - Fish and
Craure Laws. The regular departments
are well maintained and the issue a
good one for the summer sportsman's
reading.
Canadian Securities
Are Gilt-edged.
Winnipeg, July 4.-"I consider that
Canadian securities are gilt-edged,
said Sir William Mackenzie, president
of the Canadian Northern Railroad,
speaking here in reference to recent
utterances) of Horne Payne in Eng -
lend.
Sir William arrived in the city on
what he termed an administrative trip
ea
eiu
the eves -ince
Lie stated that g
population of towns and cities in
'Western Canada amply justified any
borrowing which they have done in
the past.
Asked regarding the reported sego.
tiations for the sale of the Canadian.
Northern to the Goverment, Sir Wil-
liam said; "It is rot. The Govern
ment has no such intention. and I
think that I would know about it if
there had."'
war
rbc fly
T don't care to be bero.
Andwear medals on my breast;
I don't want to be a comic
And be famed for quip and jest;
T don't hanker for a million;
Sorid riches are my dread,
I just want to be piopected''
So the flies won't bite my bead.,
"Swat the Fly" season is here again
'
It is more than here, The annual
p'onouncements against theliterrible
ily are being made' by the medical
health otic It officer and other i health of-
ficials, Fly traps,; 'fly screenes, fly
poison, and fly squatters are holding
full sway.
Crusade Effective.
According tothe authorities where -
NS IL.
or
GI
Ali
SUMMER COLDS
rapidly reduce human strength.
e
and illness i s easily y contracted,
but Scott's Emulsion will
promptly relieve the cold and
upbuild your strength to
prevent sickness.
Scott & BOWNE
TORONTO, ONT. 13.28
11l
mauve the Law.
Under the international law a mon-
arch is above 'any legal consideration
such as barnpers a subject, however
illustrious. Should he refuse to pay
his hotel bill he could not be sued
for it. In the improbable event of the
King of England knocking down a
Frenchman in Paris or a Prussian in
Berlin no policeman could lay hands
on him. As a matter of constitution-
al law the Ring of England was at
one time a sort of prisoner in his
own country. Before the advent of
the Guelphs the 'act 'of settlement
forbade ,the. sovereign to go outside
his dominions without the consent of
Parliament. The act was only repeal-
ed after the accession of George I.
FROM THE GROUND UP.
Gardening -For Girls le Practical Prep-
aration For Home Keeping.
The relation of the subject of home
vegetable e ardeniag to a good course
in home economics is much closer
than one would at first spppose. No
one will argue the fact that the home
garden plays a very important part
during the entire summer, both in
supplying an abundance of fresh, pala-
table products as well as in giving
much pleasure and some profit in rals-
ing them.
It is of vital importance that any
person having a course in domestic
science should kuow how to grow a
certain vegetable properly, economical-
ly and, most of alt, know what partic-
ular varieties to grow for particular
purposes. Different varieties are very
different in flavor and texture, and it
does not matter how proficient a per-
son may be in the preparation of the
article for the table the guilty of alio
variety will tietertnlne to some extent
the- palatableness when ea teem :y;
The subject of home vegetable gar-
dening Is taught in the Pennsylvania.
State college daring the junior year,
from February to June. This gives
the student an opportunity to do all
phases 00 the week. There are two
recitation periods each week in winch
a teethed: is used, supplemented by
lectures. The following subject§ arc
taken up in the order gives;
"Seed Growing."
"Seed Sowing."
"Transplanting of Plants."
"Soils."
"Tillage Tools."
I "Stable Manures,"
"Commercial Fertilizers."
"Green Cover Crops."
"Construction of hotbeds."
1 "Cold Frames and Greenhouses."
"Impel thouY
"Packages."
"Insects and Diseases."
"Cultural Methods of Each Vegetable
Separately,"
The practical periods, which include
'two hours each week, are especially in-
t c
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t sten;' to the .tudent.
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BRITISH OFFICIALS fJAINTAIN
ELABORATE SPY SYSTEM.
Special Inquiry Department Is Divid-
ed Into Two Sections, Those Who
Watch the Public and Those Who
Render Confidential Reports on the
Behavior sI the Civil Servants--
Walking
ervants—Walking the Carpet.
Tell a rural letter -carrier -pay, tell
those wiseacres who extol the art of
spying as it is practiced in France
and Russia — that the postoffice in
Great Britain has the most perfect
system of espionage in the world, and
you will surely be laughed at for your
pains.
Yet such is the fact. More than -.
that, the system forms an 'integral-
part of the machinery by which the
Postmaster -General controls the larg-
est staff in the country—a staff which
now numbers more than 233,000 pee -
sons.
The spies of the postoffree mostly
belong to the Special Inquiry Depart-
ment, which is divided into two sea-
tions—the upper and 1' lower—for
spying on the public and the star
respectively. Those in the lower divi-
sion, as well as non -official detectives
who work side by side with the sort-
ers, etc., are known to the men as
"Pinkertons," or, for short, "Pinks,''
and the duties they perform are of a
remarkable character.
They are largely utilized in con
n
ec-
tion with "confidential reporting,"
which consists in bringing a charge
against a servant on the evidence of
somebody unnamed.
If a man's conduct is in any way
unsatisfactory in or out of the office,
he is certain to be reported sooner or
later. ' It does not matter if he is
merely guilty of such comparatively
venial crimes is "yawning," lack of
energy, or lack of initiative." Nor
does be gain anything by admitting
an offence at the time it is committed
and throwing himself on the mercy of
the court.
A clerk in the money order depart-
ment, being late one morning through
the faithlessness of a clock, brought
clown to the office that errant time-
piece, with weights and pendulum all
complete, to show the controller that
there was positively no deeeptinn, and
then the, wretched thing really had
stoo-eel at a cerlsin hour. But he wasete,
reported all the same ,;-,.• ' .
g
n.
All "major err P'1aiitiea,' in fact,
are reported. As a result, an offender
receives in duo course a "disciplinary
paper," which sets out his delin•
queney, and on which lie is required
to write his answer.
A clerk who had to account once
for being absent on Saturday, was 00-
commnuly Bard put to it'for an ex
ruse; but eventually lie wrote: "My
absence to -day was really not intend-
ed on my part. I mistook the day of,
the week, and thought t0 dol was
Sunday." , E
Better still ,was the explanation of
a messenger boy who was ordered to
state "why you were seen walking
across the sorting -room with an un-
lighted cigarette in yoerr mouth." FIe
promptly complied, as follows: "Be-
cause it is forbidden for me to light
it in the office."
On the other hand, some wretched
culprits fail lamentably. One of the
army of sub -postmasters — who also
are "confidentially reported" upon—
returned a sheet, with the simple en-
dorsr'ment, "Lord, have mercy on
mel"
If the defence lis not satisfactory,
the offender gets "turkey," otherwise
"the bird"—that it, has to work an
hour or two for nothing—is deprived
of his increment, or is punished in
some other way.
One of the most serious penalties
imposed is loss of increment, because
a rise in pay to which a man would
be entitled in the ordinary coarse is
stopped for series of years, La one
ease an officer was practically fined
$1,500—the total amount of progre5-
sive increases in salary -- for being
late.
A peculiar offence is sometimes spe-
cially penalized. This is "talking over
the wires," which is detected by "tap-
ping" a wire at some point between
the two places where a conversation
is married on.
In more than one occasion a con-
versation between two "agitators" has
reached the higher officials in this
way, particularly at times of "um,
rest," and no action has been taken
with a view to bringing the rule break-
ers to book, because it has not been
polite to do so. But in several cases
where conversation has been detected
the offenders have been called upon
to pay for every word they had tele-
graphed to one another.':
Some years ago a couple of tele-
graphists courted bYwit , Unknown
to them, a record *as kept of the
sweet nothings they exchanged,, and
ultimately each was presented with a
bill. ,His was for 800 words, while
hers was for 600. Fortunately; for
them, however, the stony-hearted de-
partment did not exact its uttermost
dues; it charged them at the press
rate.
Now, the chief peculiarity of this
system as that when a charge is made
against a man he does not see the re-
ports upon which it is based, and
consequently does not of necessity
know who is his accuser.
The spies, in addition, are in limb
with the trade unions connected with
the department, a c keep their super-
iors
e
r-
iors reel]. informed of the under -c
r -
rents, At one time when the commit-
tee of the Fawcett Association met in
the library at the General Postofrxee,,
they did this so well that members
o the association began to suspect
f S n
that 111000 must he a traitor in their
body. But it was discovered that a
"punk," who, obtaining access to a
cupboard by a private staircase, was
to helix everything that passed!
ells ea 1a
Y "
Sometimes, indeed, lie has no idea
whom he, has tothank. S
1 o here ' obi
viously,:is scope for the "Pinks,'' ands
as a fat, some of the reports are
made by them: