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BY ceaaRee, INGRAM JUDSON,
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Often vae speale of home making as budget alWAYS Seern to have a re
aomethiog of a job, but we seldom for just such emergencies,
else the word in the sense that ho nie Supppse you were going to bx.
making is a position a economic im- house this SUrraner. You, being o
portance-a real business. ed to Plan -Ding -budgeting-- w
Yet home maltiag is actually the call a contractor, and say, $'1'm•g
biggest business in the world Elnd it to build a !louse and I want yo
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is for homes that all other econsuoic make the Irving room big enoug
enterprises are conducted. To be sure onlan cora or a e. aim the e b
serve
down figures only, unless for some
. reason you feel you would like
a talon' of additional information.
Dees
'goat; It takes very little tifire. Some days
you will spend nothing; eome days
u xlto you will he.ve so many items you may
h t decide to set them down on a scratch
,headings used. in your budget. Rave
a line across. fot each day arid set
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everything ,before you start
the home is not a business run to fireplace large enough for those fine; plll'utteihrg them in, your book. I
logs in the back age:idiot and be stir
Make money, It is run to make happy
and efficient people.
To a large extent the housewife is
the manager of the home business.
You know we live in a day of spe.ciel-
ization. and we attain great skill by
assigaing to each person a definite job
and then deinanding of him leis very
best work. '
So it has come about that men have
the principal responsibility for pro-
viding the income and women the task
if administrating the home. The two
jobs, divided in that way, make a fine
working partnership.
Now this job of manager of the
home concern has many disadvan-'
tages as well as advaatages and it's
not surprising that the disadvantaiges
may sometimes seem pretty big.
For one thing, there is no direct re-
lation beteveen the home manager's
increa.sed efficiency and an increase
in her pay --indeed some home maxi-
agors have hard work finding a sal-
ary, to „say nothing of an increase!
Another big disadvantage is the
lack of competition in the job. Don't
you know how itis -the very minute absolute essentials of living; there to save up pentiy by pennydime c
I ,At the end of the month, add up all
to catch the sunshine."
to have the paritry wiadow face south the columns and put the totals
Your Yearly page at the back of the
He would look a little dazed at such, book. If you are slow at figures as 1 e
rambling instructions and he'd rePlY, I am, it may take you an hour, but
"But where are your blue prints?" I
You, mug opposed to
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plans, Would] think it an hour well epent. i
i when you see th It will
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answer, "Oh, we're not having any,
i You earl see your mistakes -of
plans for this house. 'You just begin, course we all make them, but once we t
and from time to' time as I think of
See them down in' black and white, a
things, I'll tell you and you can put'
we don't make the same mistalee-;,
them in." twice, Indeed, no! •
You couldn't, let a contract like
ow there is one objeetion to all t
Probebly the greatest hindrance to
the profiteble keeping- of poultry on
the ordinary farm is the retentipn of
a lot of fowl that are poor layers, due
either to their being too old or of
type to produce meat rather th:
eggs.
The production of eggs is the en
of the poultry business in which th
poas:itypr:fitprcoadniKbinegmtyaic)lee, issothtehatytp
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that is .best suited to ordinary farm
coeditions.
Generally speaking, the pullet yea
is the nmet profitable period of a hen's
ie. It is advisable, therefore, either
to, mark the chicks when hatched, us -
ng a different mark for each year, or
to band the pullets when tliey are put
nto winter quarters, so that at mill
ng time the age of the different bird
may be seen at a glance and onl
hose that are required for breedin
urposes retained after the firs
ear's production.
For the careful breeder the use o
he trap -nest is the logical means t
ull the flock but the ordinary farme
oes not use trap -nests so that reli
nce must be placed on ,physical char
eteristics. The high producer will le
otind to be of an active disposition
arly off the rodst in the morning an
ate to go to roost at night and al
ays busy.- Her head will be clea
'ft, face smooth and free from
rankles, with bright proxninent eyes
kin soft, pliable and of fine textur
nd a general appearance of health
and vigor.
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FARM WORKSHOP PAYS.
There is no part of the farm, equiP-
d alent will? has a greater- share in
aittilYewaecril'n_d•Veine;e0t:elidrile inlaept,itisff a t(htie(mLanParrio prosper-
ity
"shop" I do not mean an alley -
r way to the pig Pene or corn crib, or
an old shed in which are thrown all
the odds and ends of the farm. Nor
does the term suit xne when applied
to a room some 10x12 feet, more or
less, which has a few tools hung on
the walls, a bench or table on one side
.which is so loaded with nondescript
s left -overs, dirt, etc., that one indis-
y tinctively. plaies away from it; while
g the floor is filled, except for a path
extending from the door, to some-
where ie the room, by barrels,
f boxes and discarded pieces of wood
o and inetat Can you picture the place?
✓ Of course, there is no such shop on
_ your farm but you can visualize one
on --)S farm over across the river!
e . Such a hop vein serve as a catch-
, all -a place where search may be
d made for son. bur, bole, odd scrap or-
_ piece of repair material, but it falls
✓ far short of a real farm "service
station."' '
, MOST SHOPS TOO SIVIALL.
e Some farmers have shops vehicle,
while they lack several of the essen-
tials of a real farm 'shop, serve a very
useful purpose. For example, I re -
recently visited a farmer friend. One
of my auto tikes caused trouble while
there. My tire tools were too blunt
to- suit ney host. said: "Just let
me fix those tools for you."' His shop
wee only a few steps away. Kindling
was .ready to start a fire in the forge.
In just a few minutes the tire tools
had been heated' and drawn out to the
desired thinness just as well as any
blacksmith could have done it.
But to speak of his shop. It is a
one -storey building about like a single
garage, fairly well equipped ,with
bench, vise, grinder and forge,. is in
orderly condition, but is too small to
e of the greatest service. It has only
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that! . ' this budget -making business and it's a c
We don't do tha't planless way even
real objection nota:little trumped-up d
thing as making a drese.
in such a relatively unimportant one like h V- „a
Yet in this very important business it, Pm going to
And because I know how te get around a
of epencling mon,ey-the tusinees we drag it right out on f
the page and tell you about it. le
well know is going -to affect our hap -
There are folks who don't like to
piness and development -We say, set down every, nickel spent. To w
'Oh, what's the use of planning?"
the truth, we're all a little that way,' c
But once we have tided planned spend- It isn't that we spend foolishly or w
ing, we would no more live without a wickedly. Rather it is that we event s
budget than without food. It becomes
something to epend just as we like a
a necessity. ' , with, no questions asked or details a
'START WITH THE THREE ESSENTIALS. publiSheCl: • I W lack 0
he malting a biedget, figure first the After all, I ask you, is it Much flint vi;Cull all bird .tba gor, a eluggish lazy disposition, a
cox -se rough head With overhanging
somebody wants something you have, are three -shelter, food and clothing. by clime for a family treat and then' eyebrows an inclination to break
you value your possession; the more? We are interested not. only in hav- have the family open the account book, dew, behind, or that show heavy de -
The mere matter of a spring hat is Mg -a roof ov,er our heads; we want and say "Oh that cost 49 ti • •
quickly decided if the next customer
begins eyeing a hat you had hardly
noticed -376u want the thing the other
woman hankers for. But where is the
competition for dishwashing and
cooking? It does not seem to exist!
THE LUCKIEST WOIVIAN OE ALL.
But when we consider the advan-
tages -we could list a dozen had we the
space! e Tehe freedom—
"Now. don't talk to me, about free-
dom," exclaimed one -Woman, as she
vigorously interrupteclef,alk on my Pet
hobby one day. "How can you sug-
gest such a thing when we are eo tied
down every day?"
I wonder if we are any --different
from. 'other folks and their jobs? Isn't
-every man or woman tied. down to
doing. the seine thing day after -day
-whether it be in office or factory or
kitchen or farm? And as for freedom,
do you know otanyone who may be so
free while doing her daily tasks as the
woman who lives ob. a farm?
She is free to plan. her Work aeshe
pleases, tucking in a bit of recreation
hrn aud there if she is a skillful
lannet; she is free to enjoy fresh
ir and a view as she works; .she is
free to sing and to think as she
works, and to pack infinite variety
into her day's work -cooking, house-
keeping, gardening and poultry tend-
, . . . .
ing are mixed in with sewing and
marketing. .
As we .study our job we find that we
have only tw-o things to work with -
the family income and our time. And
the success and happiness of family
life will depend upon, our skill in gets
ting fullsvalue out of this dual capital.
It is a bit easier to organize the in-
come because it is something we can
see and handle, so we will talk about
it nett,
The first step in organizing the
'money part of home making is to find
the amount of income. Sometimes this
appears so difficult that many well-
meaning people stop right there and
aoaeoever get any farther in lonae organ-
ization. The firmer has has good
and bad seasons.
Fortunately the law of averages
helps over this difficulty, We may
not know what weniave this year,
but we can find out what we made last
year and the year before that. Go
bacic feve years if you can -never
take less than three -and. add to-
gether all five incomes. Then find
the average. In case of doubt, esti-
mate too low rather than too high;
it is always easier to epend more than
to cut down carefully made plans.
And be sure to remember all the
various side lines of business and
count in all the butter money. the
chickens, garden teuck and the like. ,
Count in all sources of income -it
pays to know.
The probable income determined,
you can now consider the spending.
• A plan Sge spending money is
called a budget. Some people think a
budget is a list of percentages, and
as they dislike Arithmetic they let
budgets alone,
Others think it is a household .ac-
count, which of course it isn't. Some
plan their' spending in their heads and
ate quite unaware that they are fol-
lowing a budget. Of course a marital
budget is better than none; but a
vriteen-clowe. budget is best, for when
figures are actually ort paper they
tom be carefully stu-clied and con-
sidered.
Sometimes people say, "What's the
use of malting a budget? No sooner
do we get started than Susie gets
the measles and theee's a doctor's bill.
Or Johnnie wears Out hie shoes. I'll
epend money when heve it, and
when it's gone, we'll de without ---
that's all there is to it!"
Of eisurse the budget didn't cause
the measles and Johnnie woeld have
ly0111 out his eliciee, anyway -boys
ekwaye do! do that's no case against
„--iidget., And one cannot help but
notiee that families who operete on a
that place warna and light and c
fortable. So under the general he
mg we include. fuel, light, telephone,
household supplies, repairs, taxes and
all the many expenses that are .nec-
essary to make a house a. home. A.
instead of calling it shelter we call
that operating expense, for it all
money needed to operate the home.
Under the heading of food we
chide. all money needed to feed
household. Doubtless some food, p
haps considerable, will be taken fr
the home.garden and will not be paid
for in cash. It is a wise thing to keep
a fairly accurate record of such home-
grown food; also an estnnate of
market value. This record will sh
how the garden pays and will give
courageniene to the gardener:
In allowing. the clothing mon
figure a separate sum for each me
ber of the fan -illy,' and, as soon
possible,- lee the children inane
their own clothing fund. A separa
clothing account balks to encoura
more careful persona and to train t
more careless members a the fan -illy.
• It is a very good idea to have a
double budget for clothing, one for
the least you can possibly manage
get along on and one for a more ge
erous income. Then if this ye
doesn't prove to be veryd,
can manage to get along on the low
income; but if it is a good year, you
have already decided on a fair di-
vision so that all may enjoy the great-
er prosperity. - .
These three necessities planned for,
we must make provision for food,
shelter and clothing in the future.
That means we must set aside some
money for investment. In actual
practice, this investment money shoed
be planned for first of all, because w
are much more likely to save if w
save first. ,
Those four departments of living
important as they are, do not includ
all of life. ,
,We want to be wiser, better peopl
for every year of living. So some o
our money must be spent foe- advance
meat. That means we must allow
money for doctdr and dentist and va „
cation -that's for physical advance- "
posits a internal fat, as evidenced leY
onie other night, didn't it!" We to
ad- keep a little something to ourselves n a thick skin b o en that is
and an a d
• harch,and firm- to the touch. In con-
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NO' QUESTIONS ASKEn. treat te this the heavy layer will have
t
So a our houee we have personal skin that is fine in texture and the
ad: allowances paid monthly' to each mem- abdomen Will be &eft and pliable. Thiel.
an I her of the family. Each person re- last feature- is one on which great
as! ceiving an allowance keeps his or her weight should be placed, but in cullingl
own private account and then reports reliance should be placed on a corn -
in_ to the family bookkeeper at the end bination of features ' rath'er than on
the of the month, giving the totals only' any one feature.
er-
" 1 of moneys spent. These are set clown! ---,--e
om under. the proper columns and 11° How to Start Bee -Keeping. b
4, S. A. f t
But rny husband would never keep S A Strong. Huron wishes.
A REAL womesHoP.
an account," said a wciman at a meet- Itn"r how he should start bee -keeping.
1 By writing to the Publications Now let me tell you what are the
ing two ears ago, " 1 ld 't d , -
its
that" - Branch, Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, essentials of% real, honest -to -goodness
he can secure several publications re- maximum profit-making farm work -
OW "Oh, yes you could," I assured her.
en- "Keep an account of all you 'know af-e3r,r4i,iBagess
thereunto, but Bulletin No. shop.
abOut• and simply charge the rest to and How to Keep Them,"le '1. -It should be a separate building
°Zs' him. Don't bother him aboat it. 'Put by C. B. Gooderham, Dominion Apiar-I -a: distinct unit of the group of faem
"L- down all the main expenses as you '
ist will give him all the instant in-lbuildings. It should be placed where
as -know them. That will give you much formation required. No charge is' it will be most convenient to ba.rns,
g2 more knowledge about your home! made either for the bulletin or poet -1 tool shed, hose, and where it will,
age. Incidentally it enight be stated produce the least fire hazard,
ue biesiness than you now have, and with
ge that start yob. will find the way of do- that Mr. Goderham gives the follow -1 2. -It should be somewhat larger
he
ing better." i -
ing equipment as necessary for mak- than a double garage with plent f
ques ions a e
11 door entrance.
to sms
Two colonies of bees in modern where the cars would stand. The most
rushed up to me with open arms. •
lift works, the cried happily, it hives , two hives complete with of this space should be devoted to a
nt! Works just rffine and we're getting; increase;
for these two hives 2y2 and power plant, whether it be motor,
frames; floor boards and covers for work bench, stove forge' drill press
,
a start with two colonies Of bees: space, say twelik feet, in front of
This spring.' saw her again and she -I ing
along wonde ullY. I
pounds . of. light or 'medium 'brood farm electric or gas engine. a.•
al. I knew she meant a budget, for of .
oun a ion, one No. 1 bee smoker; one
or course a budget works .when it's given' be veil. one pound No. 28 tinned
a a c ance.
To Feed Soft Corn .Safely.
Sick pigs and soft corn are twin
troubles for a lot of farmers. They
3. --There should be a lineshaft
overhead and placed so that the tools
wire; one spur or electric wire ern- my occupy as little space as possible,
beddor; one -hive toot yet still be convenient for work. a
Six deep or ;twelve Shallow
For extracted honey production- 4. -There should be a few feet
supers more width to the building than is
fitted with frames; seven and one- required for a double garage. -
cannot avoid having soft corn, but a
few precautions wi. lessen the half pounds of light brood foundation; 5. -The floor should be of concrete.
' '11 tveo wire queen excluders; two bee 6. -The walls, roof, doors, etc.,
Chances for sick Pigs. escape boards fitted with bee escapes; should be as nearly wind -proof as pis -
To take a pig off pasture or sound one -----hontracto "th 12 ' '
y e. t would be very superior if the
d grain and throw him into a soft -corn 18 -inch baskets; uncapping knives. walls were of hollow building tile.
;e field. or throw soft corn to him ie to For comb honey production e Eight Regardless of what the- materials
invite disaster. He should :be accus- comb honey supers; about 300 sec- used are, the point to be attained is
tomed to this new and, to his waY of tions; four pounds thin foundation; to have a shop which !nay be made
thinking, meet likeable feed slowleh two wire queen e 1 d
, . q xc u ers; two bee
, Better give him a two-thirds ration escape boards fitted with bee escapes.
- of oats or learleY with one-third ,, soft -Manufacturer's catalogues giving
a corn far a few days, grach1-1131' ..'inh pricee can be obtained free on appli-
- creasing the corn and decreasing the
.. . cation.
f lighter grains. And at. all times keep
a mixture of salt, soda and lime be-
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fore him. A' lettle care along these
nes will save many a pig. And how.
ey do grow and fatten on soft corn,
meat; fox- books and music, maga.zines
and radio, higher education for the tankage and alfalfa!
children and farm and home clubs for Haphazard spraying s o
ei not grow in a patch which is allowed
the grown -ups -that's mental ad- Little or no benefit,
.usually '
to become a 'mass of plants. '
vancement; money fdr church and
-It is not so much the work we do,
as that we bring to something all, our
best.
Strawberries and raspberries can -
ch arit ye-th at s our material expres-
sion of 'spiritual grewth,
While the children are little a is TRIkINING OiJR CHILDREN
..•••••••••••••••••••,••
an excellent plan to „start an educa-
tional fund building up tow •d th
days when they, will be ready fox. col-
lege, A reserve fund is a big help
and even a small aanual saving Will
count uP delightfully.
MONEY FOR FUN.
)3ut even all that is not the whole
of living, for all work and no play
make Jack and 3111 very dull neigh.
hors; we want to lay aside sonae
money each year for fun. Budget
makers usually call that luxury
money and they don't mean sealskin
coats and diamonds -either.
They mean movies and trips end
social pleasures and any sort of fun
one wishes. But remember this, fun
money must be as well spent as any
other; it must give us relaxation,
pleasure, and a zest for going bacle
to work. Otherevise it's wasted.
At bur house we make a budget -on
New Year's Day With every member
of the family gathered around the
dining-roni table ready to offer an
opinion or suggestiora But if you
hate never made a budget, don't wait
till next New Yeale-to-day is badget
day foe you. And be stiee to let everg
member of the tirnily sit in on the
conference.
By this time someone has doubtlese
started to say, "Ali that sound ,e eesy.
But after the budget, is made --what
happens then? How eat you tell' that
the budget is followed?"
'fliat'e easy tee, You keep o system-
atic actount---not to tell bow much
The Difficult Parent
We read and hear of the difficul
hushand, the difficult wife, and chil
deka that are diffietilt, but who eve
heard of a difficult parent being dis
cussed. Still there are pletty of them
A child is a human being, even' a
BY Helen Gregg Green
t Jimmy's mother hurried the trem-
bling child off to bed, while I, troubled
r by the 'incident, started home.
- My first room -mate at college, who
• now has two small daughters, one
8 seven, one nine is another exaraple
you and I, although we sometime
impose upon thildren simply because
WO can,
I wee invited to dine with a young
attorney arid his wife not long ago.
Jim phoned, asking us not to wait
dinner for him; he had been. in court
all day and Would be late.
As we finished dinner, he sauntered
in looking tired aid glupx, He threw
his hat on the davenport, giving hia
wife and six-year-old son a perfunc-
tory kiss.
He ate hurriedly; then joined us,
As he entered the -roam, his eyes
turned towards his son, playing on the
davenport. Suddenly he blustered,
"James, Jra you're sitting on my
hat!" In a moment he completely
lost his self-conteol, his teMper flared,
and Shinny, Jr., 'received a SeVere
scolding.
S of such a parent. She is high-strung
The • child turned white,and tetras
atarted &ern' his little cheeks,
"Daddy, I'm eorey.. 1-aea.‘"
"There, none of your tear e and excuses, ;vexing man. Yolfre . a fine
specimen of cai.elessnesS!" Again the
unjust 'anger of the father Was heap-
sa Upon his child, all because he'd
Oat his ease in eoart that deed
and fussy, allowing and encouraging
trifles to worry arid irritate her.
Her children pay the price for these
moods.
Naturally they, too, are developing
a first-class set of "nerves."
One day I met them skipping home
from school. "Oh, gee, Aunt Cassie,
we do hope Mother is in a good hue
mon She's such a dear when she's
happy," anima/aced the older child.
"Yes," hesitatingly, "but I tell you,
she's awful unreasonable, when --
she's cross," offered little Midge,„
"And, do you know, ehe gete cross at
xis over the funniest things!" The
little brows puckered.
Strange, 1st t at, that parents fail to
realize the danger of alienating their
ehildeen's affections when indulging
in these diffieult and uneeasonable
moods/ ,
Plow we all love the person who
tiaderetands our feelings and dialike
the one with whoin We Must eilwaye
bo guarded! 111 them lie becoineS a
bore. And, after all, thildeen are clot
like ;us, , X think theY Mime feel the
same Wily, don't yen/
comfortable for work, in winter Hen
I7. -There should be an abundan
, of windows so that light may b
' plentiful on all sides of any piece o
work that is being handled.
8. -It would be entirely possible to
place the feed grinder in one side of
the shop if the farm does not use the
shop as a garage.
9. -Drawers, shelves, hooks, etc.
should be planned and placed so as to
keep all tools, bolts, nails, screws, ma-
terials, etc., etc., in convenient places,
, xes, e c., for special uses
e.
ce
should be labeled. This will aid great-
ly in keeping things in their places.
10. -It is not necessary to furnish
plans and specifications for such a
building. The size and shape may be
varied somewhat. It may be built of
the finest materials and have the
drawers, etc., made by a cabinet
maker. Or, it may be made of rough
lumber by a hammer and saw car-
penter; A rough lumber shop may
be made very serviceable and also
very attractive by covering with a
heavy, three-ply slated roofing nia-
tenial, strip• g ,up and down on
siciewalls and stripped at laps and
midway between laps. This makes
a good fire -resisting wall, too,
REASONS POR LARGE SHOP.
Why dal urge a large shop? There
are Many reasons for it.
1. -Perhaps the foremost teaser' for
it is that it gives room to work in
shelter tied protects from the winter's
blaete or summer's rain, A big stove
May be put in mid the shop made per-
fectly comfortable for many days a
Winter work.
2. -It enablea farmer to do many
of his most expeneive jobs. It costs
money to hire a garage man to over-
haul a tractor or automobile. Most
jobs of fitting Up ferret tools having
broken parts are aegieeted becauee of
the heavy cost of taking the machine
to town for w,ork.
8 -opportunity is given to Make
use of power in euntsing totals. Palen-
ers who have -hooked the grindstone,
drill pike.% and other toole ttp to, motor
or engine DONA' Are the onds who
eealiy appreciate the advantage& of
Whig engine grease rather than (Abe
grease. Such power tools aa .can b
Rat into a good shop are great labo
savers. They add much to the ef
cieecy of the farm. The number and
quality of such labor-saving equip-
ment are limited only by the resoorce-
fulnees of the faviner, '
4, -Opportunity is given to capital.,
ize idle winter days and rainy days
for all kinds of repair work and the
construction of many aew things
which may be used to great advan-
tage on the farm.
If you take your car to town to be
ovethauled--and nearly every auto
should be overhauled each winter -
you will pay $1.00 to $1.50 per hour
for the time of the mechanic to do the
job. Why not make money by doing
the work yone.self in your, own shop?
5. -With large doors any farm Ma-
chine can be taken into the shop for
work. A hay or other reek, etock
crates or large pieces of farmequip-
meat may be made by the fire in win-
ter. Painting or other jobs may be
done. Horses may be taken into the
shop to have their feet trimmed ca
shod.
MOst industrious farmers can make
such a- shop pay for itself in one year,
Nle. re y farm neiOtborhood
• free from friction., 'It
various
causes, Soreeti
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MAY REARRANGE BUILDING.
On many farms there is already a
building or shed -maybe an old house
or one end of a tool shed -which can
easily baremodeled into a good shep.
Just a small amount spent in build-
ing or 'remodeling a shop in which
the "mechanics" of the farm can be
centred, may be Made the means of
saving the faem-or adding to the net
incorne--over $500 per year.
If you have a big boy with a me-
chanical turn of mind give him the
job, with your friendly suggestions
and supervision, of planning„and put-
ting the shop on the farm. Then pay
him good wages for overhauling all
machines which need overhauling.
You will soon discover that the boy
is more interested in the farm!
Crops in Eastern Canada.
In a report dated August 21 on the
state of crops in Eastern Canada, the
Dominion Seed Branch at Ottawa
notes that, generally speaking, the
situation in the Maritime Provinces
is fair, although in some districts,
principally in New. Brunswick,
drought has been experienced with
lightcrops as a result. An average
crop of hay is promised in all three
provinces. In Quebec, forage crops
are good excepting corn, and hay is
up to the average. --Dairymen are
stocking with a supply of feed for
some months, in anticipation of high-
er prices for feed concentrates. In
some districts of Ontarip haying has
„suffered from an excess of rain. In
portions of south-western Ontario a
phenomenal 'crop ,of fall wheat is re-
ported, runuing from 30 to 40 bushels
per acre. Prices per bushels are
around 80 cents higher than last year.
Prices of other farm 'products have
also advanced.
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LITTLE BROWN BUNNIES.
"Oh, little brown bunnies, come out
and play!"
Cried a child at the close- of a sum -
neer day,
As she wandered over a moorland
wide,
Where under the bracken- the rab-
bits hide; •
"I've left my terrier -'Spot' ---at home,
So along with me you can safely
roam!
I've brought you a cabbage, all
fresh and green -
A finer one I have never seen t"
"I've got fresh clover and lettuce too,
I think they will be so 'nice for you -
1 know that bunnies don't care to eat
The sweets and cakes that I think a
treat!"
Then the merry brown bunnies came
,out , to play
When the twilight shadows were
gathering gray,
And they ventured close to the maid-
en's side,
And cabbage, and 'clover, and lettuce
they tried.
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They frolicked about in the falling
And the little girl watched the funny
crew,
But footsteps were heard, as they
leaped and played, •
And the pretty butnies were much
afraid
With a flash of tails, soft, fluffy, and
white,
in an instant they all had. taken
And the child just whispered, "Good-
bye! Good-bye 1"
As Site went towards her home, 'teeth
the sunset sky,
-Maud E. Sargent.
Jack Prost, nature's sheriff, will
soon put his crisp seal on the door of
Mother Earth, for she 18 not earning
so much heat these days and has very
little to spend dining the longer,
cooler nights. Perhaps, indeed, there
Will be a couple Of rainy days when
Mother Earth will earn no heat at
all; then if it eletat off hi the night
Jaek will each het surely.
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lino fence that Cal/SUE:I the trPUb10.
,Again, it is district school alTairs, ar
drainage problems, or Tr7/01.11).d01.814-141d-
ings about sviro is to thresh tiret, or
just plain incompatibility.
Very cloe0 to one hundred per cont,
of these differences are petty. The
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lest terms,- any advantage gained is
invariably outweighed by the bitters
nese that accompanies it. Selfishness
is a trait of human nature. Gener-
osity is a counter -trait to it. It is a
very easy thing to find fault. It is
;lust as easy, and much more enjoy-
.
able, to see and talk of the good
things about others. The people we
like best are these we know best.
Friendliness and understanding will
overcome frietioo; they often meek
the dividing line between selfishnese
and geom. sity.
These thoughts are brought about
by an ice cream party that has mark-
ed the Wind-up of operations of the
threshing ring in one of our good
neighborhoods. This particular neigh-,
borhood has not been without its
rather serious ,as well as petty differ--
ences, but at the close of a successful
threshing season they all got together
and spent a very pleasant evening in
friendly confab and neighborly sot
debility. The effect on this particular
neighborhood is at once noticeable and
is like oil poured upon troubled
waters.
THE SCRUB HEN STILL EXISTS,
In spite of much agitation and
education on the subject a pure-bred
fowls the scrub chickens continne to
give worry to the progressive farm
ers. Of course, a man, may keep hens
producing thirty, to fifty eggs yearly
•11 he wishes, but the old Bible truth,
"No man liveth to hiroself " surely is
true on the farm where neighborly
traditions are strong and where peo-
ple will bear a good deal beforesoing
to law for their rights. I well remem-
ber years back when several rieighbore
would trade eggs for hatching with
my mother, bringing their little, ill -
shaped product in exchange for her
Inc large eggs. It was good luck to
trade, they said blandly, and she was
too neighboely to remind them that
she had to sell their eggs at a loss or
eat them because her awn were selling
at an extra price for hatching in a
large hatchery. Now many people did
say at that time, and would to -day,
that it was Jan owp fault if she al-
lowed herself to be ixnposed upon, but
such people have never lived in a
country community where work must
be, exchanged and people depend upon
each other in emergencies.
And another thing is the trouble
the ranging chickens make. You can
hardly fence against the wiry, tiny
scrub hens and roosters. I saw a hen
displayed for sale the other day that
In her best estate could mit have
weighed more than two pounds. Wiry,
scrawny, tough, and with not a bit of
yellow fat anywhere visible, she had
'been contributed to a Grange ex-
change. Such a hen can, and clam,
creep through a knot hole. One of our
corn fields used to be over-een with
ozens of these wiry fowls always
ating and never getting enough, and
he owner said truly that no fence
ould turn them, but still he clung to
he belief that it was expensive busi-
ess to start with pure-breds. If yeti
re buying a neve farm it is well to
eeifyour nearest neighbor keeps
rubs.
But the most serious trouble about
O scrub hen is that it discourages
e women and girls on the farm and
ekes them wish to move to town.
hile the neighbors are going with
erflowing baskets and full crates,
d getting top prices, or are shipping
red to the city, the owners of the
rubs are humiliated with low pro-
etion and the poorest market. There
small incentive to a boy or gild to
ke an interest in chickens when
kinds and sizes and colors are in
e farm Yard.. It doesn't coit much
get rid a the scrub roosters, get
me pure-bred eggs and put the
ub hens to work to raise little
ick s if you cannot afford an incu-
tor or brooder. One season with
illy good fowls will convince the
st Skeptical that the scrub is hardly
to be oaten, much less to be a gone -
rola' asset on the modern farm.
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wishes to succeed, mid there should
be no place left for the scrub fowl in
any community.-1111da Richmond.
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