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The Seaforth News, 1925-01-15, Page 7Address communications to Ayronemtst, 73 Adelaide St. West; Toronto in tee of those insignificant Birds are diligent in their cipsump- HOW' CANADA .COMPARES' WITH per acre, Canada is unfortunate " ificant thin s which n ign g OTHER COUNTRIES IN WHEAT 'having the greatest• variation' from cause man so much trouble. But, we L. PRODUCTION. ' I year' tb year of any 'large exporting wonder if man is as diligent in red - As in the' world. This largevar As the value of the wheat crop 'on iatfon exists not only between individ- prorating: the prairie is normally about fifty per era es With the deforestation of the land, but alsobetween v g Encourage the Birds. ' Is this;' not a worthy' thought for eveural, Itaeally neednc hegurent'to say :rrhueral childreschoolsn, anared bennefitred byhomtheires? that birds are useful as well as erns- acquaintance with birds, as -there is mental. With a few exceptions, they something esthetic in an interest in serve a very important purpose in bird lore. Furthermore, the children's keeping the earth's vegetation from interest in nature and the beauties being almost entirely destroyed by in -.around.. them, become enlarged and sect pests. They do the double duty of they get interested in the conserve protecting`our'food for us and';011ing tion of native the air with mucic. cent.- of the total• value of the entire i nal years n ` a ween a which'the hands of man have wrought, _an rtial agriculturalproduction of the of two successive yea • r periods and o£ the harbors and hiding places for g five `successive 'rear periods. The iow birds' have been'" 'largely destroyed. prairie provinces, it is interesting to setyieldper acre ever secured in Can - Their how the yields of this important in. Their food supply has also been tamp P ada as a whole, was 10,1 bushels Dred with so that;at times their search crop in Canada compare „dee—those in , other colttr'es: Bie ii tat d Can- 1919, while the highest yield was 26.0 for food avails them nothing. n r e y s e , bushels in 1916, The' live -year period, Note what is being done in the mat - perhas a much' higher average,yield- from 1917 'to 1921' had 'an average e . To showan psi -acre than any. other important 12.8' bushelsper' acre; ter r iat. United Stat wheat exporting country.Some noun.-, eeleal of onlyappreciation of birds and what they 1 P g I while the five-year period, from 1901 are doing for us, the city of Fort Col - trio 1' l•t i t h hi a matter of springs, but, much more a tins, Colorado, has been officially de= iter of skill; Home Education - fee 'c Mare First 8ohool te the Family"• --Procure" THE' NATURAL ARTIST Your Child's Idea of. Thrift -By Edith Lochridge Reid . i Many artists are nature fakers, eu When you 'give your child his school a•aproe,edure by going without luxuries ono artist, whose work we have hat allowance on Monday mormi'ng, does of that sort the: rest of the week., the; pleasure of observing- lately, is ab ofrom? Good habits. are . so much • easter solutely true to nature. Fe is one Would hot the last ice storm have he have an Idea where it came taught when the child is still in the:of the oldest artists in the world. His offered' a great opportunity of celiev- When you take' your daughter downs home or at least in his very early Work lacks warmth but he cold beauty ing suffering among bird' friends and' town to buy her a ire coati does she school years, because then he has is enticing... Ike makes mart' pictures, at the same time afforded an interest -please," fewer distractions, and,temptations, sometimes of terrible beatity, but his' think that the "Charge it, Lits pastime? and his mind is most impressionable, work is'temporary, and often: map- - If account? I If we can 'succe'd in gettingthe child w -- Richard wanted to buy' theciatad. This artist is Jack Frost, Just recently YI to follow a safe . and sane schedule. the one who makes coldness beautiful. A Word About Driving Cars. a second-hand bicycle which •a chum, while directly under: home influence, The other day when zero weather had to sell, but his father told him he there .is a pretty good chance of his made our auto have'the.sleeping sick. gime have the mope to spare. "Well, keeping to it. Hess we had to take the street car, didn'taid Richard,and The mother who hands out to.bierlwithout its oa ensa- glue me' a' cheque," sh and it was not,mp when 'Daddy•, explained that there children pennies and molder without tions. For, while in that car, we looked wasn't any more money in the bank,�restriction during their babyhood, will at pictures, not up in the advertising Richard insisted, "Why there is,, too. find them demanding dollars in latter cove where cough drops and beautiful I rely my teacher conic out of thane years with noappreciation whatever ladies'were displayed, but on the win - this noon with some dollars they .had, and with no idea of their value except dows Whore Jack had painted scenes given her." es -they translate it into terms of ice of nature, NowRichard doesn't belong to an Icream soda and frills. Jack made a crystal orchard hard for e' s illiterate family,nor to a povertiY- Thrift involves yvasmoro than themere some weeks aga.ie had the trees stricken one, either. His father makes putting of money into the bank from and bushes ice -'ladened so that they a -deposit in the savings bank each a stated allowance. It is moral train- gleamed cm in a fairy land when lights time he receives his salary cheque, ing in'self-denia1,, promptness, reason- were turned on- them. But it seems although he may run 'low on his ing, and a right attitudetoward the that often Jack can not do his work chequeing account the last of the family finances and home comforts. ; ei beauty without bringing stiffening It takes four qualities to 'be a good driver of an automobele-even the cheapest Yotf must=be abel to— Drive safely; Drive' fast—not all -the time, but when it is necessary—fast but still safely; - Be easy on your passengers—part y s w tic r impor w tea ave a g to 1906, had, an average yield of 21.2 or average yield pr acre than Canada bushels per acre. Australia, while dared .a ,bird sanctuary where more pia but there are.orilya'few of these, such variation than Canada inBe easy on your engine and ear; any hat mg lass birds can seek refuge from the rigors as the United I£ingdam, Germany and bushelsper acre, has a larger• varix- ith fool -can abused good machine; Denmark, which Have a yield consid--• . of the winter and be provided w ' tacit in. per cent, of the average yield. andwater at times when theyWe know, and no doubt you know, ably higher, while the total : quantity, For in Australia in 1903 the food many drivers Who have two of these 1 or example,are scarce, The children are being produced by these c•ountrics is relative- average yield was;only 2.5 bushels per qualities, and some who have three, ly very email. Moreover, the expense g especially interested, and they are be- The ones who have all.four are rare acre, while m 192'1, the highest yield imp urged to feed the birds so, that ih i 1 and'month. But Richard, although est' Children tau ht to save intelligent- is ntc.h cub -of producingwheat in the _ countries; • .indeed: Repair shops, osp to s,g P g g with it. When he gave us the beauty .., high.on record,'et was 16,0 bushels per they •will come to the windows to seek ii nine years still thinks thatbaly make better men and •women; they of the crystal orchard he overdid, is,extreme.y Even such an unpolice courts seldom see them. acr. crumbe. exist in the community' to pass out are usually successful in business and and coated everything with ice, and are self-reliant and contented. and, and and animals starve. When portant wheat producing country as Crum s The outstanding facts, then, in the money per order by cheque. France has an average yield of only Canadian production of wheat are Teachingthrift is net only a par- Take your boy to savings bank two bushels pet acre higher than Can- ;h,at he averse yieldper acre is , ,• g lie' painted those pretty pictures at t 1 g Y Zryr��r� r� an ,d entad duty, but it is a civic obligation next week when he gets his allowance, Christmas time, be brought cold and oda, while both Italy and Rumania much better than in any other export- �r�e6fe �e � have lower ,yield's per acre. ing country in the world, but that, which the family owas to the common- got him a deposit book like "big folks suffering to the poor and unprotected. The average yield per' acre of fortuuatal the variation from year ity. To.be 'sure; it takes more time and watch his eyes shine. In so much of life there is beauty un Y, BY PETE 'GELLERT and patience to divide up the savings Recently our Elinor opened a say- and terror together. Terror itself. is wheat; over a period of 23 years, for year is also 'greater than in any the following chief exporting comm- other country. The reason '"for this When winter comes We are remind tries of the world, is as follows: `Can- great variation in yield is due pre ed of two things—blizzards and the .ala 17.8 bushels, United States 14.1, deminately to variation in rainfall. old wood -saw. The two invariably go India 11.8, Argentina 10.6, and Aus- When the season is dry the yield• is hand-in-hand, just ,like Santa' Claus tralia 10.4. In Russia the average, small. It is self evident, therefore, and Christmas, yield over a period of 15 years, was that experimental work is urgently Perhaps it is just a memory chord striking a note of joy and sorrow ex- perienced'way back in boyhood days. Just a few weeks ago we heard the Holiday Bells. But once more, the old 9.4 bushels per acre. It will be seen, required to try to improve this con - therefore, that Canada enjoys some dition. It is the object of Experl- •considerable advantage over other ex- mental Farms to experiment in order 'porting countries, This advantage is to discover methods of farming which due in part to a natural adaptation. will reduce the injurious effects of rip -saw's scream and .snort told us -of wheat to the' soil and climate of dry years, The high average yield that dad was out, at work and was this country, . and, also, to improved per acre, which Canada now enjoys in expecting us to pull on the boots and methods of cultivation as well as to, comparison with that of other coun- join him. better varieties of wheat which have tries, is due in quite a large part to Folks "sawed their own" then as trees to supply your home with wood been introduced by scientific agricul-' the results of scientific agriculture, now. Only they could cut and saw for the winter, •if not a good deal more. I account into respective' accounts for inge account and a few days after- often beautiful and, beauty is often of timber; maybe you have 40. In. each member ofthe family, but any wards when a new little neighbor terrible. either case you have enough of a thn •moral training takes effort. Why not came over to get acquainted, Elinor: Our concluding thought is that each ben' crop to spend a number of days give five-year-old son his ten or; said, "Don't you want to trade at .my, of us should endeavor to so adjust in winter going the cosh the woods, twenty cents a week and then take , bank?" 'ourselves that we may get as much of cutting dead lower branches, cutting him down to the bank and show him' So the thrift habit and' its influence the beauty and as little of the suffor out gnarly, crooked trees,. pruning hero to' put half of it or a fourth `mayeasily`spread. Ther time spent in in in life as ossible. When we carr those trees which: are getting too bot - for safe keeping?. If he sends the teaching thep child to save is a' good get in harmony with the many beau - tom -heavy, and weeding out those p g remainder for candy on the way home; investment and will always bring its ties of life and remain unharmed by which prevent the development of bet- ter ones. let him learn the consequences of such own reward, ' its evils, we become artists in living. ._ _ .,} . _..•.,,_ If you haven't tried it before,tryFresh Beef from the 'to move all of the blocks with thel It this year. And you will be ere are- first "ball" he will be credited with "Boarders." td to find that probablyaste there 200. If five or more are moved, only enough dead and waste branches and THE CHILDREN'S I . Ernest Totman, a farmer'in my g 50 is credited and if less than five are HOUR moved the score is five, One man, locality, made $29.38 on three boar should" d be 'stationed near thee blocks to er cows last winter by butchering the retrieve the "balls" and also to act terfatIs himself. his JarTotman keeps a but SOME ICE GAMES. as umpire on close decisions. The score early 1hams of Jersey he farherd, and A smooth expanse of ice 'always can run to 600. You'll enjoy this terfat record the winter of 923 ferreted prompts the question, "What can we game. out three COWS which were not paying play?" Time,sharp skates and strong imiepcNG THE SKIPPER. , ltheir feed bill. The butcher was nota- fled' and his best price was $110 for legs give perhaps more fun than any An o_old watch -case is required, first the animal's on the hoof delivered to other single thing; still, after awhile of all. The case should be one worth- frimor a'trifile over $36.60 each. the interest dies down and it is then less for its original purpose, but free Totman asked for a few clays to from dents, and should be of the i make a decision, and that evening he hunting -case type. The stem is cut or, decided to butcher and• sell the mean filed off, leaving a perfectly round. ob- himself He called en a few of his tune. There remains yet the difficult task what came nearest to the ax while This may mean a saving of from $60 Nevertheless, in spite of this very of reducing the losses suffered in dry now they must use a good deal of to $100. favorable showing h average yield years, forethought and be careful which tree "How so'?" some 'one who has a they cut. Many of them do, while a large tract of woods may ask. In this POULTRY.especially since most chicks are not 'good many do not. On the whole way: By leaving the good, ripe timber, (hatched before March or April. however, most of us realize that tiro- which you would otherwise have used, "Weld, Mac," I said, "I suppose, There are reasons for this, though, her must be regarded as a crop, just for sale to a local market or perhaps you're get•eing ready to mate up your one of which is that the actions of the like oats, wheat, corn and potatoesa sawmill. If you have ripe timber to breeders now, aren't you?" I male can be _observed ;and if he does The boys•in Europe, with the C.E.l+., cut, you have or can get reasonably a Bruce MacDonald gave' a hearty not show the necessary breeding qual= could never help admiring the way in cord -wood saw and use this and your laugh. "You know right well I don't fries, -he can be removed and another which the French and Germans took time as well as that of the boys, saw - bother mating them; they just run substituted before the actual breeding care of their trees and forests. It ing the wood for your customers. around and mate themselves." season arrives, was. a common sight to see old folks "Yes," "maybeFurther, sufficient time can elapse and .young, walking along the road Some people complain that it is Yes, I agreed, they, doll hard to find a local market. One farm- Bythe• we where's -that prize male so 'that high fertility will result. In with a bundle of'twigs,and small er has solved this handicap by having ird of yours? Do you still have him?" this connection, if it is at all possible branches on their backs. And in win - his brother-in-law in a small town "Sayhe's a dandy, do you know it? to.run through a preliminary hatch it ter one could see farmers coming Irene 'farther south take orders; then he Yes, I still have him; he's around should be done, so that there can 'be the woods with their two wheeled ships his year's crop of wood down in no question as to the value of the carts loaded down with the seine kind) 1 d lots. somewhere, I paid ten dollars for car oa him, male as a breeder. Early mating also of fuel. It was a lesson for any Can - permits of selling hatching eggs in adian to see these people spend half Where one man runs a farm alone "I suppose this good bird will mate addition to hatching.for the home a day gathering what we burn up in he might join with his neighbors in 'with every bird on the farm," I said. atin. bon -fires' ar- show to rot, thus stealing cutting, hauling out and marketing (from the timber supply which really "Wen, I don't know about that," he these trees, Without going to the replied, "but I suppose likely he mates belongs to a future generation. trouble of forming a association ac - with a good many of them." at Conservation in Canada has been cording to law, you can still unite "Look here, Mac," I went on, "you Irl SI�rF z>preached for quite a few ears. But your efforts, so that all timber on the Well, whyin , '� R°' \ reachin andpractice don'tvarious farms may be taken care` of have a few good birds.e• , Qu ��111\r,® preaching - the world don't you put these birds in a pen with this good male of yours' and get something good from them, instead of letting them go to wa$te around the farm?" The foregoing state of affairs seems to prevail on a number of farms. There may be one or two .good males l Carried the Best Romance. , and a few head of standard -bred fe "That magazine carries the best ro• males, but they are running all over mance I've ever read,," the farms, the good male mating with ryes; it's ads 'are particularly la- the nthe scrub stock as well as with the teresting, I think. good females, and the males of the stock mating with the good ft -1 I d f h ewinter, work like twin cylinders. Coming and turned into cash. Each farmer right down to facts, the first question should keep accurate account of ,his anyfarneer will ask, when approached logs, so that the proceeds can be di- vided equitably. Let no tree be cut without good rea- son, and permit a tree to stand and grow wherever there is' room for one. Have every tree that is cut, worked on the subject of forest conservation and economical home use of the Wood on the farm is: "What will it save for that the skaters would' like to try something else. The' three games or contests men- tioned in this article all fall under the ject, head of amusements. Yet any contest The interior is filled with lead and neighbors and made a trip through a, held in a flame with a pair of tongs,. on s,' nearby village; and was surprised at , lg the demand for : home -slaughtered until the lead has nIl melted. Usually beef. He listed the meat by quarters, requires some skill and practice. Per- haps there will be one or more of these stunts you will want to try. a little solder should be added to the .and before the. journey Was finished THE BOTTLE GAME. lead so that the melted metal will he had contracted all the orders he In this are, each contestant is solder the two sides tightly together.' could' fill. With the aid of a hired g If this step is a success, the case when' man,Totman butchered the animals. provided with a hockey stick and a finished is a single round object,! Each customer came for his portion or pop bottle. The hockey sticks can to touch 1 vary in style and shape but the bottles arranged local dealer, the must be' an alike. This done it is carried to the ice Two lines are drawn parallel on the ice, 100, 200 or 600 feet apart. Upon one line the bottles are placed three brought $39.78. This was $180.88, or $20.38 over the butcher's price, and Totman reserved enough beef to repay in an upright position wins. Any con -him for all handling expenses, know that any ,flat object can be "I am confident that I could have torrent who, in his'eagerness to get 'thrown a great distance. The - skipper, sold twice that amount of beef if I me?" One answer is: "It will save ahead of the rest of the racers, upsets however, has but :a very small spot had had the animals," Totman told waste of time" hos bottle, is taken from the race. So on the under -side -which comes moon- me recently. "My teems were cash If we consider it right and figure' up into sled or wagon length at once, you see one must exercise patience and tact .with the ice and, therefore, is and I did not peddle it out pound by that many essentials are secondary and pile the wood so that it can not a very' steady hand as well as parse more efficient that an ordinary coin. pound From conversation with my and that there are only a few primary freeze down nor be snowed `under. veranee. Overhand throws are barred, The customers I find there would be •a good ones to success, there is no doubt but Have it of a length that will cut' into BOWLING ON THE ICE. skipper must be thrown with an demand for home cured beef, should that the greatest waste on the farm sticks for use with the least sawing. Materials required for this game ! underhand flip, though it can be either the market be poor at slaughtering scrub provide greens or en in t t is waste of time. When drawing and delivering, put are ten blocks of wood, each four inch- rolled or thrown with the fiat side time, and in the future I intend to males. ' `Iby putting about one peck of oats into There are some farms where folks all dcy, decayed and soft wood into a es square, and two pieces of wood six next to the ice. investigate the home trade for beef Nearly every farm flock has some a coarse -mesh" sack, add an equal work all' day long the year •around. pile . by itself for use during warm inches square and one inch thick. I The trick of throwing this a great before dumping my cows into'the town real good birds that are worth breed-' quantity of sand, and moisten well, But on•the . majority of farms• the weather. The hard wood is: invalu- The blocks of wood are set. up on distance lies In bringing the hand butcher's pen." smooththe andquiteheavy.; -ran ed for its deliver . The hides were shipped to a ea er, A line is marked on. the ice for the surplus tallow found a ready market starting point. Two skaters are de-, in town, and afterward, Totman did a spatched in the other direction to re- little figuring' and here are the results: feet apart. turn the skipper and oleo to mark I cow Na 1. brought 47; Nie, 2, the record distance. For this is a $43.60, N•o. 3, a very light animal, At a given signal each contestant distance contest to see who can send: commences to move his bottle across the skipper the farthest. the ice toward the other line, and the If you have ever flipped a dollar or one who first crosses it with his bottle other silver piece over the ice ,you will ing from. ' These should be selected, with hot water, , Then I place sack; winter -time is a period of lighter work able, for it does away with frequent the surface of a triangle. There are closeto the ice as It is released One from the rest of the flock and kept by and contents in a large splint basket; and less hurry; November to March feeding of the fire and much littering four blocks across each side and one of these skipper has been sent across Curing a Cribber. themselves. if there is no real good .and set in a warm place where the' are , usually considered the slack of the floor. Let these two assort- in the centre of the triangle. There the ice, under favorable conditions, h male on the place one should be pro-` sunlight can reach it sometime dueingI months on the farm. And'no one meets be kept separate: when sawing. is a clearance of four inches between more than one-quarter of a mile. If cured. ( the day. In a short time the oats will' wants to sit and listen to the;radio Give the housewife the feeling that blocks, the metal is polished it will catch the The first thing to do is to select out send out, green shoots, pushing Choir `both day and evening.'cold weather or special baking days, One hundred feet from the blocks suns rays and reflect them a great bargain because the animal was a crib - the birds to be used as breeders, bear-' way throgh the sack the same as if •.- If you have a hired man, don't over- she has a store of wood that is depend I a line is drawn- across the ice •and the distance, so it is almost impossible to be. In lessthana fortnight the ani - big in mind the purpose for! which it were soil. The basket becomes filled work him, but keep him busy. And'able and as clean as coal.. Saw the contestants are, stationed behind- this lose the piece. mal was cured, and when I asked how, the birds are to he bred, which in most 'with a mass of green, and is ready to if you have boys, teach them that the Wood to one standard length, not too! line. Each.contestant, using a hockey >-- he said: eases is egg' production. Vigor above; _ much more profitable than the set before the hens. art of wood -craft is likely to becomes longnor too short. An crooked or stick,has two chances and •a score of "Before purchasing this horse I e�- all is the first thing to y time, dirty Wood discard for the being.Life. amined his teeth and found, .as I have 100 is:marked down if all the blocks A crust of bread and a. corner to sleep often found before in the mouths of. arebmoved with the twolislab; ld in, head horses that his front teeth "balls" driven from the ae. n Should A minute to smile and an hour to weep had grown so that they crowded each the contestant be fortunate enough In, other. To the horse this crowding ,_-_-- A pint of joy to e peck of trouble,' . caused very. much the semo sensation And never a laugh but the moans that,you would experience were you come double; to get a berry seed or_ some other hard And that is life! substance wedged between your teeth. You would immediately find, or MI- A crust. and a corner that love makes proviso, a toothpick, but as the horse , preclous, Is unable to de that, lie seeks relief by With- the smile to warm and the tears biting some hard substance. In this to refresh us; he is temperatdly successful, as the And joy. seems sweeter when cares biting aausen the teeth to spread come after, apart, and before long the'. animal is Anda moan Is the finest of foils for sucking wind, into his stomach with laughter;that grunting and groaning noise. that And that is life! Iwo all dislike so much to hear. —Paul Laurence Dunbar. I "Overcoming the dental trouble The ghter t music In the world'is should be the first step toward break mg the habit. This I did'by sawing the laughter of a child. between the teeth with a small saw To further insure against cribbing Happy,'contented, singing hens are until he Could realize that his teeth found in congenial environment. They were again in normal condition, •T are in the best of health and profit, . tacked a strip of sheepskin (woolly Successful poultrymen aim 'to leave side out) 'along tide top of the man - something ger. Few horses will bite upon this something for sale each day of the fuzzy and oily material and, douse year, always catering to the demands gtiently, the animal, relieved of Iiia of the season. former annoyance,' and discouraged against biting, forgot to crib.",—G, IL" Breeding stock shoulddbe purchased early, so the fowls will become accus- Cull out the "ranee h.ens." The tomed to. their new home before the trapuest is •a sure method for detect - hatching season arrives. ing thein. A horseman I know recently bought a fine specimen of horseflesh at a Health, erect carriage,' prominent eye, Crossing produces stamina, but it of trapping, or, rather, trying to trap, ''Have all the fuel piled neatly under and pep all go to make and indicate does damage by destroying the purity skunks. I cover where the air can circulate vigor. ' of the breed. Perhaps you have only five acres through it, A good depth of body, as measured from the middle of the back to thea. front 'tip of the keel bone, and a broad; back --one that docs not cut in toward' the tail—are' indications of capacity, and birds showing such , characters should he kept, as 'should birds that "handle well"—that is, have soft, pli- able skin that is loose and velvetyto the touch. Also a bird showing three' or four fingers' capacity .in the ob.' dominal region is one that should be: rept. The birds that should be selected as breeders shined be kept by themselves' and not permitted to roam all over the'. farm; The number of males to use del pends upon how many females there, are in the pan. One male may be used' to about twelve or thirteen females of the lighter hreeds, and about one idol's to eight females of the heavier breeds.' Where large flocks are used, how eller, say of about one" hundred, his. proportion may be increased, s ;.hat where a flock of: this size is :used,„four males will answer. ' Matings should be made during January at the latest. Preferably, however, darling December;' This seems' pretty early to many poultry;, - keepers to be thinking of mating birds, I;esidenis or the now thriving. city o New G lasgoweva Scotia,` can. hardly believe the . N,. thisn photograph shows; their town as it was in 1870.