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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-05-29, Page 640' is good ted The ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY makes finer tea and.n ore of it , 1'4 • : C• a ice, �.V' '� Y. .; ,1��}"fr, �� .'-' 1r,ddresa communIeatlona to Aarcnomfs3, 73 Adelaide St. West. Tommie none of us has escaped having sore THE CRITICAL PERIOD IN• is talking about epaz'rows, Mr. Sparrow was very busy searching for insects THE, CHILDREN'S to carry to Mrs.Sparrow, who was HOUR setting on'the pretty nest under the green, tz'oee. When he flew to her side _ and carried her a very nice morsel THE STOLEN NEST. for her breakfast, she told ham she had got one pretty little blue speckled (A Story Founded,on Fact.) , egg hidden away under her soft Mfr, and Mrs. Song Sparrow flew that he flew. up on a lhigh•branch of into the woods one bright May morn- ing and began to look around to a txee near by and sang a so�ig that rind he meant all the birds in the woods just the right plaice to ' build a nest.' to hear. "We've got one pretty egg, Mx. Sparrow said: we've got one pretty egg!" and all the "What do you think of this thick birds heard, him and began to sing green grass right here under" the 'Willihim until the woods was filled trees?" Mrs: Sparrow cocked her with ° beautiful soiigs,. and Alice and pretty head on one side andlooked at! her mother stopped talking to listen. it from a low bough' of a tree. 1 A few days passed by. The sun "I'm a little afraid to build there," I shone brightly. The spring flowers she said. "Once I had a beautiful were . Beginning to blossom in the nest in the grass and a great creature, woods. Mn and Mrs: Sparrow were —I think itwas called a boy—ran, the, happiest little birds in the woods, through the field and stepped on it.' for in the nest "were four of the pret- Fortunately I had no eggs in it, but tient eggs a bird could wish to have: I,think I will put it in a safer place Mr. Sparrow brought Mrs. Sparrow this time: You know it is a great food every day, and she did not often deal of work to build a nest" leave' the nest; but one day she wanted Mr. Sparrow sang: a sweet song to dip her bill in a spring of cool breast. .Mr. Sparrow was so pleased the result of wear iy all cases it and then picked a few insects off the water not far away, so she flaw away FEEDING YOUNG PIGS. feet, and to ne&in too small or too g leaves of the tree he was on, but he just for a minute. She got her drink "Ton litters at six months;" rs the large shoes, that were not the shape was t1s'inki»g, and pretty soon he of`• water and flew back to the bush boasted achievement of a number of of ` our feet. There are seldom two said: where 'she had left . her nest and her Western States hog raisers. One lit- horses that have the same shaped, "That is a very nice -bush you are '.pretty eggs that would soon turn into ter of eleven pigs isrecorded as same size of neck and the same form- sitting on. We could hide a nest in sweet,little birds if she could keep weighing 2,438 pounds when 180 days shoulders, therefore it is liunreason-ar should there under the leaves and it would them safe. old. This is not a very difficult' able to assume that one' co be safe. Nothing could tread on it _ As she lighted on the tree close by achievement even with selects, but edfit several horses. When the collar there:" she stopped on a branch and her little it is not regarded as profitable prat is too wide, the shoulders are. pretty ,Mrs. Sparrow hopped `around"in the :. heart beat so fast she almost dropped tice to aim at finishing so early, be- sure to be made sore, especially if the bush and looked it over carefully. She `off the tree, for something dreadful cause it is better to promote the de- horse is doing hard work in hot wee- flew in it and out of it again, and she was happening. Two girls were velopment of frame for a few wee they. e c - after weaning. Pasture or other ly long and it is important that it fit wife a At last she said, "Very well, reaching out their hands and touching green foods and milk; with a light the whole neck, especially the upper we will take this bush for our home. her precious nest grain feed, make a suitable ration part, or it pinches and makes a sore, I will go right off now and look for It could not be that they were going during the growing period, that is The face of a collar should be made something to build it with. to steal it—her frame that she had until. rthe hogs reach 125 pounds or that it has taken such pains to build, and her more. After that the finishing pro ki bis pretty eggs! Could there be in the. g world such,cruel uel children? cess requires an increased proportion wide, it is sure 1 t the horse to build a nest p y of grain. Every working h h Mrs. Sparrow screamed with pain The all important thing is to avoid titled grass and pulled fie and terror. Mr --Sparrow, who was a check in the growth at the time of just harrying back with a green worm weaning and during the ensuing few to prevent m some but strong. for his mate's supper, heard her, and weeks. The old practice of weaning knew something dreadful had happen - at four or five weeks is never follow- a collar that fits The size crotch of the bush, ed. He dropped the worm and chirp- ed by skillful hog raisers at the press ed loudly to the girls: "Come back,, eat time. Unless one is very anxious e $ h come back. Oh, bring back our nest to secure two litters in the year, lr fl h there h 1'ttl that ;;and our pretty eggs! You will break weaning- should" net take place until fore, the condition of the horse should she was m'akirig fox her mate and her- our hearts!" But the thoughtless the pigs are eight weeks old and some be considered when having his neck self and the little ones she expected girls kept on and went out of the hog raisers allow the litters to wean fitted by and by � �' g ks Th akar should be sufficient _ h• d over it like a busy iittle.house standing by her:bush. They were so a restingplace on the whole shoulder, therefore, `if it is too to hurt work -horse that is is earning money andhe is en "It is not such easy:work as any one might thinkpicking up nice i with," said Mrs. Spar- row, as she searched through the outsome long, n to a good -fitting collar. The only way. roots, very slender, like bits of yarn,. sore shoulders horses is to hive a collar maker make' She wove these pieces together in a the horse. the green leaves of the horses' necks reduce very much below and the green leaves above cov- ering ov- yin • it so that she thought no one could find the dear little home when they are thin, and enlarge con- siderably when they are fleshy; - litters woods car in with them the nest themselves by continuing the family It is true that by using sweat pads She found some moss that she pick= with the eggs still warm from the lit together and feeding them well until of different thicknesses a collar can ed to pieces. with her sharp bill, and' tie sparrow's breast, while all the the pigs neglect to nurse. be so adjusted to the neck that a horse over in a birds in the woods ..were mourning ' Experiments covering a period of if with the sparrows and crying years at the Dominion Experimental wearing o h that a come "Shame! Shame! to steal the nest and; Farm at Ottawa have shown it to be f 1 ' t to make ho h d t the eggs of an innocent bird that has profitable to supplement the mother's the collar fit but most farmers and been cut off' done so much good to your trees and milk of nursing pigs by easily digest- team owner have too few of them. She worked so hard that she hardly plants and flowers" ed meals mixed with skim milk, from the time the pigs are three weeks old. If care is taken in the preparation and handling of this ration, very little: ch •' .'s from weaning. Mid- .cele• I have_ found it a good plan d-: `- with the hulls to weat pads in gasoline or with soap and water- and wee., P hang them out' in the • sun. Much can be done in the adjustment of a collar to the neck by giving atten- tion to the homes, for if they. are too wide apart at the top or bottom,. a horse never works comfortably. See that the hames fit the collar ie the collar fits the horse. Bad -shaped feeding, it will be found difficult to hames often spoil the horse's comfort. bring them back to a thrifty state, ( Now, regarding the saddle. There and without thrift it is impossible to, are so many different shaped backs make any money out of hogs, even that it is absolutely necessary to have though they sell as selects. That is, a nice -fitting saddle, and I am sorry began to listen to the birds,' and they to say, the investment of expensive to say that few teamsters give this sounded so happy that while I was room and said, "I saw two girls, about food in an =thrifty hog cannot re -i matter much thought when buying a listening the: pain went away and "I ten -years old, going out of the woods, turn a profit to the owner. Fuller in-' harness. The result is, if the saddle fell asleep again." and they had a bird's nest in their structions on the feeding of weanlings: does not fit the back and the harness sand pigs of other ages are contained is heavy, it is almost certain to cause Y in Exhibition Circular No. 60, avail -1 soreness, if not a wound. The centre of the saddle should stand away from birds are.building their nests this the ridge of the back. It is also im;- month, and if nothing disturbs them never thought girls would be so portant to tighten the belly girth we'shall have a good many dear little cruel.". , fairly snug to hold the saddle from birds:flying around our garden in the Poor Alice began to cry. "I'm sorry moving too much. I find it is also surnmer and eating the worms and you. told her," said Alice's mania. "I'rn important to have a nice -fitting crup- bugs that hurt our trees and flowers" "The English sparrow isn't good for Anything, is he, mama?" "I think that every bird is of some use, dearie. I have seen the English sparrows eating the canker worms that are so troublesome," answered field where a horse was, is made more comfortable than grazing she got a few long black hairs too big a collar. The sweathad out of the tail of this pad is very useful in assisting fortunate horse whose tailhad not ' ' The sweat pad soon becomes - sto ped to eat anything. Her mate The sun went down and all the long PP twilight the poor little sparrows sat thy and unfit to.wear unless- it sat on the tree close by the bosh sing- g P is cleaned and dried daily,'especial- 1 special- ing such a happy, sweet song to cheer in the tree.looking' down at the bush PP where. a few hours before they had ly>f the horse that wears it perspires her;. that a -:young girl -who. was ilia~. and could not sit and look; out the had such a happy home, and:chirping. wooda �,5a d"'lament' Now they were home- less,=and it: would take. them •a long time; to build another nest. First they would fly far away to some more lone- ly place and try to"get away from children who would rob the birds. "Mother," said Alice, "It seems to me the birds are crying and' worrying about something. I haven't heard sick girl, "You don't know how lovely them sing one'happy song' this after - the birds sangthis morning in that noon, and once they almost made mei cry,. their, voices sounded so sad. I'm, little piece of woodland over the way. I woke up early with the old pain; afraid something has happened to and was going to call you, then I them.". Just then Alice's nurse came in the game -milk, has become the `=ata: + weaning ration at•the Central Farm. In this ration milk is perhaps the most important constitu- ent, as nt that tender age pigs are unable to digest and assimilate much crude fibre. If the pigs are allowed to be check- ed at the weaning period by improper window of a house near'the , was cheered and happy just from lis- tening to the sweet song: At last' the nest was finished, and a beautiful piece of stork. it was. Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow were both. so proud and pleased that they:could hardly stop singing all day. " "Oh, mother," said Alice, the little able from the Publications Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa. HAVE YOUR HORSE'S 'HARNESS FIT, "It must have been a song sparrow hands. I •tried to make them carry'it that I saw flying into the woods yes- back, and they wouldn't". terday," said Alice's mother.."The "Oh, .mania! They have stoles our sparrow's nest—and'girls, too! I The horse is our roost useful dumb per; if the crupper is too small and friend. There is nothing more sun- not well made, the horse heavy -headed profitable as well as cruel than work and check fasten to saddle, the tail ing him in a bad -fitting harness. It is usually made sore, but if the crup- produces almost intolerable pain, per is large and smooth the tail sel- causes him to fret and waste time, dom gets sore. The parts of a har- and consequently he loses flesh. In ness that come in contact with the most cases one will lose the service body of the horse, such 'as the crown. of the horse while sore shoulders, piece of bridle, traces, back strap and backs and chafes are being healed. It breeching, should be smooth or else is impossible to: heal collar and saddle they chafe and make the' skin sore. galls without ,resting the horse. Every farmer and team owner should thread, like silk we call it stringing A harness should be neither too own at least as many collars as he down. They eat the leaves of the small nor too large. If too small it `does work -horses. The- collars and trees and then swing down through inches, chokes the circulation of saddles should be kept clean and the the air onto the ground, lighting on p y our heads if we are under the trees. blood to and from the parts, which harness oiled oecasionall . Never usually results in congestion, followed work a well horse in the harness that They do so much harm that we ought afraid she : won't sleep to -night, she loves the birds so much and their sing- ing:h as made her so happy:" The little' girls' whoa stole the nest carried it home and. played with it a few hours, then threw it away, never thinking or caring how much pain and Alice's mama. ' sorrow they had caused, or how they "What are canker worms?" asked had not only robbed the neighborhood Alice. . • of their sweet songs, and robbed the "They are little green worms that world of four little songsters that come down out of the'trees on a fine would have come out of the eggs and added much to the happiness and good of `human beings.—Anna Harris by Whore or less inflammation of the came off one which had skin disease, bruised part; if too large, the harness sore back or shoulders: When select - shifts from place, causing more or' ing a harness' for your horse, remem- lees friction. her a nice -fitting one costs exactly the Every one of us wears shoes, but same as one that fits poorly. Varieties of Fall Turnips. There is a limited acreage of fall turnips grown its Ontario each year.. Roots.. • this class usually yield more per acre than the Swede turnips but to be very grateful to the English sparrow for eating them." , "Are there many kinds of spar- rows?" asked Alice. • "Yes, there are a good many birds that belong to the.sparrow family, Shortage of Lambs. as we call it, but the sparrows about The noticeable feature of live stock here are mostly the song sparrows movement, as reported by the Domin that you heard singing so sweetly this ion Live Stock Branch, in the third morning. The clipping sparrow, month of the year, apart from the sometimes called the chippie, which is ' i• volume xe of hos was the a dear, tame little sparrow,' with a they do not keiAp so late into the win- increased �o n g , . t _. Other names for :fall turnips are short supply of sheep. The report red head. He chirps very prettily but vel, Other p , • or White flesh turthi, s. says: "Toronto received only.50 per has no real song: Than there is the Soft turnips p fall turnips have dent of the volume x • March last tree sparrow, the field sparrow, the Two varieties ofp under test at the College year, and for the year to date the been groom g' in eadi of the past seventeen years, shoetage of 'sheep amounts to over and the followinggives the average 16,000' head. Western Canada's alar- i tons per acre of tops ketings have been so meagre as to sariuual results in do p P barely constitute a basis for trading. Despite the light volume of'market- ings, interest in sheep is extremely, keen." The report further states that and the Cow Horn 15,6 tons of roots supplies aro ziadegttate, which would. . indicate the evisdeni of sheep raisers pm .core.. In comparison with these i the test of.the least. year the $ut. conserving for the breeding flock all: n ' Purple To IVtammoth gave 20.8, tot'i a p p and of: roots for each of the varieties t "treed Top White. Globe, 4.0 and• 26.3, and Cow Horn, 5.8 and 19.7 In 1918, the Rod Top White Globe gave 21,2. the a linen's Imperial i al Green • Globe' 18,- , and lielway'a Green Globe, lei -tons •per •acre. the vigorous ewe lambs from good ewes. One <esr, not make bricks .:from straw, nor can nee prodeco good crops irti:• llibie mark a:t i iter Prem boar ;roile Tees most a g W ISSUE No. 21=-•-'24:: nc�� ;,, :�izpars'tition. -:: whitethroated • sparrow, and the fox sparrow. These sparrows look enough alike to make It hard for any one who has not studied birds to tell them apart. Some people who dislike the English sparrow very much want boys to kill hint, but I am sure they would be just as likely to kill some of these other dear, useful little spar- rows, for even grown people cannot always tell then apart" "1 don't see how any one can en joy killing anything," said Alice. thought- fully, "It seems dreadful to me to think of taking the life of a happy little bird, ori frigl teeing or disturb- ing the birds in any_ way." While Alice and her mother were Smith. How to Reduce the Meat Bill. pounced the kindergartner. "She has For every wash -d':• y method INSO •.is ideal fog any wash -day. method you use. You do not have' to change any of your usual steps• -just use Rinso where you used to use oadinary soap. If you like to boil your white cot. tons, Rinso will give you just the. safe cleansing sada you need in. the boiler. If you use a washing machine, follow the advice of the big washing machine manufacturers -- use Rinso. Just soaking with this new kind cif soap loosens all the dirt until single rinsing leaves the clothes clean and spotless, However you do your wash make it easy by using Rinso. Rinse is sold by all grocers and department stores If you use a Washing Machine, soak your clothes•` in the Rinso suds as usual_ In the morning add more Rinso solution and work the machine. Then rinse and dry you will have a dean sweet Snow - White ,leash.. LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO R.4-27 Home Education "The Child's First School Is the Family"—Froehel." Helping Generosity .to Grow `"Pm so worried about Paul," :con- fided Mrs. Miller to her sister, a trained kindergartner: '�� "What is, the matter with' Paul. robed Miss Phyllis. p"He's selfish," agonized the mother. "He clutches his toys. He grabs:liis candy in greedy little fists. He snatch es the reddest apple and refuses baby sister a bite." • "Splendid. little egotist," laughed the kindergartner. Then she sobered before her sister's grieved eyes. - "Paul is neither wicked nor , de- praved," she stated. "Selfishness is: normal for a small child. It is mere- ly a manifestation of one of the great basic instincts, the ego instinct or the instinct for self-preservation. If he, is to live he must have many, many things. Instinct tells him to seize and to hold. Rightly trained, the ego in- stinct is a fine thing. It gives us the self-reliant man, who is a community asset. Miriam Finn Scott in her book 'How to Know Your Child' tells us: "'When we try to analyze the faults of our children we discover that, in the majority of cases, the faults are only an unpleasant and deplorable expression of forces that, in them- selves, were originally : admirable.' Selfishness is a . valuable instinct, per- verted. "Now for methods," continued the kindergartner. "Don't expect some magic to eradicate selfishness over- night. You must grow the .flower of generosity, and that is a long, slow, gradual process." "But Cousin Kate told me that she cured Clara in an hour," protested the mother. "Clara refused to let a play- mate take her doll and Kate flung it into the open grate. Clara cried and screamed, but she was cured. Now she shares her possessions at a word." "Kate hasn't cured selfishness," pro - —Ry Martina Gardner memory. That is like curing a wart on the finger by the major operation of cutting oif.the arm; like destroying weeds by a powerful chemical which poisons the:soil against; all growth. True generosity can never, grow in a flame -seared mind. "The correct way is to emphasize the joys of generosity," Miss Phyllis pointed out. "Don't nag about sister's tears when Paul is selfish. Smile about her happiness when brother is generous. Give him the privilege of passing candy to all your guests at table. Teid stories which emphasize the desirability of generosity, as.. Russ kin's 'King of the Golden River.' Se- lect others from books and current literature. If he persistently refuses, to share a toy, tell him,' 'The fire en-, gine can't stay with a selfish boy,' and put it away for a week. Plan games, which involve the sharing of toys. Do something daily to strengthen the, generosity habit. The young child isy incapable of genuine altruism. Above - all, be honest." "Meaning?" queried, the mother. "I was thinking of dangerous•de, vices, descended• from antiquity," ex-' plained her sister. "Probably prehis-1 toric woman, sitting before her cave,' observing 'ser offspring clutching an; unshared"bone, covered her face with her hands and shrilled: "•'Mother'll cryl' "Probably the child gave his plays mate a gnaw from the bode then, but,. • the 'steenth; time she tried the plan it didn't work. He had discovered that. she was shamming and trading' on his love to the point of ;hypocrisy. Be honorable. ' "One more suggestion. ' Cultivate, sensible selfishness yourself. The most ungenerous children I've known have belonged to sweetly sacrificing moth- ers. Don't give,up your own` desires and preferences when it. is really not best for Paul that you should do so." Owen The Canadian people are relatively heavy consumers of meat, the quantl- ty per head of population, according to official figures, exceeding that of any other country, As pointed out in Pamphlet No. 43 of the Depart- ment of Agriculture at Ottawa, en- titled "How to Reduce the Meat Bill," beef is an ecpensive food 'because it is so -much the _subject ofextraordi- nary wastefulness.' , Tho pamphlet in question;: which ,is procurable at the Publications Branch of the Depart- ment Of Agriculture at Ottawa, points out that a live animal weighing 1,800 •poundas well finished; will yield a dressed careass of 700 pounds, , but only 200 pounds of this is really prime beef, "namely, sirloin, porterhouse and. club steaks, and the prime ribs of the fore quarter, These are the cuts that are most in. demand 'told sell at the highest prices, The preparation and use of the lower priced cuts is dealt with in this pamphlet, which divides the carcass into eleven divisions. Tiy the'use'of a earcitss chart, the location months later I saw him at our 'month- ._ f these cuts is shown,eriabl- l meeting. I .asked why he diel not of each o _ y : tisewife to select the most come' to See our Red pullets: IIis reply ing the hot suitable pieees foe the purpose requir- was: �, aids well begun rs t to sell ma ground; in other words, ed • A zlttmber of redipes for ebolting 'lire next, time you welt!: instilled fear and etched a bitter Price. write. I did not know but what your Now INerne My tree Ip the statin t eprice was more than I cared to pay.",' I lost a sale by not, g I lost the sale because I did not state the price, for I had goodutility stock and the price was reasonable, --W. E. F. when answering an inquirer. I have learned that the majority of inquiring writers first of all want to know the price, with quality a. close second: For several years'I have done some advertising in the poultry columns. •Frorniksw which li ch' specify a given price Bathe the Seed Potatoes. All seed potatoes should he treated orders without.any .prey in a corrosive, sublimate •bath to hi l: I got manyab and blackactirf, Use four• ,, From those.. potato sc i 'urinary correspondence. priceence: of the corrosive sublimate in specifying. no price I had many.re- ounces thirty gallons of water. Soak the po.. quests for •:•prices; and.catalogues, but f a smaller percentage of. r one hour. If!o orders. tatocs in the solution meeting inquired there are many. potatoes to be treated A ,farmer ata x e q solution, enough water should, concerning some Rhode Island Red in the after peach bath, to make the pullets, I described them, stating no be added aft of solution its original volume and two- prico because I had riothought f :an ounce of corrosive sub- galling them. Shortly afterward Icls- thirds o s R imate should also be added. Use no tided to sell them,. ana,irnmedately ;. : .. this solution, wrote him. to come and see thein. I metal conteiners svith Wooden vessels are best, This ma- stated no price,' thinking he would - oisonotis and. seeing them first as he lived tenial is also very p prefer oshould not; be left Where anirna•1s may,; only about severs miles tlistartce. Two ' consume it. One of the last tithes, to duitivatO some crops aro to tore they are fa ' the ire given.sotrtething state your. price 'whets you half dello.