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Proaly) nehOdy will eland; up and
rain over this; but trileetwas to be an
Agricultural fact that the little red
hen is a thing -of the past. ,For my
part, I still have little red hens, and
they ;have not _been subjected to all
the modern' lalaciratery knowledge
;that experts have Wilted tip. My hens
Ave the way hens always have lived
con this farm. I ,expect never to have
hens that will corae• up to standard in
today's statistical poultry industry.
• pay 'tooth attention. to twette, Ile
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, and at random. The hen was a barn-
, yard:4riend who occasionally laid an
bowl. When he was hungrY he would;
left the door open, and life was free
it, he would bring tbe egg all warm
egg, sometimes'in the nest, and if the
up Into the pantry and put it in a
bad a place -for, tbelni and lib usuallY
farmer thought to look, or could find
Iii.ay ,that swore, a .farriser didn't
eat as many as he wanted. Some-
times the hens went long weeks and
even months without rewarding him,
and this iay-off usually meant that
same of themi got picked before they
started laying again.
In this way 'did the ben serve her
master, and those were pretty good
times.
Farmers - fed their hens after no
particularly important rule. A pail
of water and a bucket of boiled tur-:
nips was good- Morning fare, and a
little dipper of wheat or horse oats
In the evening gave the birds a -little
scratching to do••befeire bedtime. No-
body seems to know if turnips make.
eggs, and they probably don't—but
nowadays a farmer daesn't feed, his
,-..bens much that won't be reflected .in
-his income..
Perhaps some of you 'can. remem-
ber the hens we used to have, It
seems as if the old-time hens had
memorable qualities. Perhaps the
one you think of was a Brahma, with
feathers down • her legs,and so big
the floor timber a .gave when she
jumped off the, roost. The soles 1 ref
member Were Ateerican4 DololaYities;
the pea-47=0112001er of breeds and.
the little ,speckled hen Of the nesital-
gic barnyard. She weighed less than.
a pint and laid a small brown -*egg
Pg. Welt twO`for a decent' poach and
three if you ate ,them belled The
Dominiquewas a..folkay hen, her gray
markings, very different frOttt
straight-laced aristocrat of Plyibouth.
Rock., Perhaps there were Orping-
tons in your mebaory, or Andalusta.na,
Wyandottes, Homburgs, and even the
Ubiquitous Rhode Island. Red.. ,
But .yqu'll agree these hens had
charaeter, personality, identity, an fir-
diciduality in the rustic pattern. You
can picture them running like side-
wheelers up from the orchard when
Grammie steppel out with peelings to
toss. You remember how they dusted
in the horse-radieh bed. You rerdetn-
ber how they clucked over a. surprise
batch of new chicks. Maybe it's a
ro6ster yob. remember best—mine is
an, old DordiniqUe -crack swiloae sickle
feathers trailed in the dust. Some
folks tell about in old rooster that
memory says was as big aa a bull—
he would fly at you until one day
Grarnpie decided it was time he got
stewed. Hens used to sing in the old
days—a lilting, happy song that ac-
companied the search for fat worms,
corn kernels, or anything useful.
Well, hens like those good old bid-
dies are gone. The farm scene to,
day, unless you're a rebellious old
'fogey like me, calls for ranges dud'
laying houses, and .the singing and
dusting and intimate deOryard en-
counters are antiquated frivolities of
a sentimental past. The hen is now
an eggmachine.' She is just another.
high -production device of an acceler-
ated age.
Her food is a carefully' corapound-
ed fuel that forces production. An egg
is a product, no longer a warm bonus
to. budin an empty manger where
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Ken/e.
gdwip. and Lois, of-DetrOit, spent'dhe
WeeltseAd with, 1-1- Ze-Pfe and
ether relatiVes:
Mr, And Mrs. Gas Vothe visited 11r
C. D. Simpsono,SIAlidaY•
I'4re. Allan Austin, of-latidons spent
the week -end with her motber, Mrs.
C. Dutot.
Mr. and gre. 4ustiu •Zapfe and
Wayne,of "Deadens, spent .the week -
'end wlth filends in the village.
Mrs. Ross Scott spent a few days
last week with friends in Hamilton.
Mrs. Alice AOhner spent the week-
end with her sister in Exeter.
the hen had contemplated brooding,
We are after- dollars and cents, to-
day, and the lengths to which poultry
farmers go are great. For instance,
they know that eggs weighing from
24 to g6 ounce's to the dozen give the
greatest return for labor and inve,st-
'went. To get hens that lay 24 -ounce
eggs, you hatch eggs that weigh 24
ounces.
Through several generations of
arithraetical" recordings- of avoirdu-
pois, you evolve egg machines that
lay 24 -ounce eggs. Presumably, you
can keep -going. ,'You cross breeds to
make bigger birds. You go through
the year thinking all *he time of what
you can do to the poor, hen to make
her a Money -getter. And to make her
more and more unlike the old-fashion-
ed barnyard biddie—the little red or
the little speckled hen of the mellow
years. '
This is good business, of course,
and I know it's good business. Agri-
culture has made great stride. But
I still like my random flock of plain
country liens, and L think I get a re-
turn from them that doesn't show up
in' the egg - money. One of them
comes when 1 whistle, and will jump
three feet to peck corn_from ny on -
held ;fingers. She isn't worth a cent,
and hasn't laid all summer. But P11.
keep her, and you can have a mod-
ern, tabulated, R.O.P„ Pullorum-free,
blood -line, trap -nested flock of 80 per
cent producers. IVly ;hen hasn't much
else, but she has personality.
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OTTAWA
. A Message offiHope
Perhaps it- is appropriate that as
the.Christmaa ;season approaches, we
should have.?'enceuraging reports from
returning cattadian delegates and ob-
servers to the meeting ,or the general
assembly of the United. Natiens. at
New York, „Thette• molts are con-
Mmed by Semite'. Wishart Robertson
of the ;Canadian 'delegation whose re-
cent address made a rciaited itnpreS-
sioh on the assembly. Despite the
controversies and what appears -to be
bitter debates., be reports that real
progress is.being made oward under-
standing and. owe, Itis well to re
mind ourselves that thia.proiress is
being made against great obstacles.
Differences of re and; culture, dif-
ferences of language, national pride,
economic ,interests and difference' of
religious backgrounds all have to be
overcome. When it is considered that
only g little'over a year has elapsed
since the most terrible war the world
has ever peen, this progress is quite
remarkable and denotes an intense
will. to peace among, almost all the
peoples -of the world.
The Path To Peabe
Tie experiences of the United Na-
tlens and the discusSiona regarding
them has caused much heart-search-
ing in the 'ranks of Canadian. observ-
ers. Where is the path to -peace?
What are . Canadians contributing?
The courage of her sons in war and
the resourceful and tireless support
given by her "home front" earned for
Canada an influence in world affairs
far beyond that commanded by the
size of her population. Are we meet-
ing the challenge of our opportunities?
On this it is interesting to note the
Christmas message, issued by Cana-
dian ChUrch. leaders, Through them
all runs one common note, -Canada's
part in the struggle for lasing peace
must start from within each Cana-
dian." •.•
Through there all runs,.too: the faith
that the Christian theory of behaviour
is actually translating itself into Prae-
tice in the relationships of individuals
and in the .relatianships of Nations.
In all 'the attempts at present being'
made to smooth and ease these var-
ious relationships, it is • the Christian
categories, although they Ingry not be
recognized as such, that are the im-
pulse of the effort. Peace. justice,
fair. dealing on a basis of human mu-
tuality. Toward this the world, in
spite of great difficulties and many
obstacles, is struggling.
• .Support Bracken
John 9, Diefenbaket, M.P., speaking
to a P:C. business men's luncheon in
Toronto,' made it plean that the Pro-
gressive Conservative party is ,solid-.
ly behind its' leader. "Any suggestions
that party members ':are not ,solidly
behind federal leader John Bracken
is wrong," Mr. Diefenbaker emphasiz-
ed. "Mr: Bracken inay•not be a dyn-
amic fighter, butweare all with him"
he said.
Equality For All ProvinCes
Hon. Brooke Claxton, in one, of his
first public addresses...sinee returning
from the Peace Conference. at Paris,
outlined in Montreal the objectives of
the goVernment of Canada.
'In its proposals to the provinces,
the Dominion government has tiled to
put the -provinces in-a'position where
they would be able to carry' out their
'constittitiorial responsibilities proper-
ly. The Dominion is trying tb aivoid
double taxation and treat all 'Canada
Cif an equal basis,- Mr. Claxton said.
Of Interest
Canada's contribution to the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation ad-
ministration (U.N.R,R.A:) was 154
millionsiollars in two years—the third
largest contribution. In view of the
great world need for food the Cana-
dian government is anxious. that U.N.
R.R.A. be continued.
Sweden hasspromised to send to
Russia. 3Q0 million dollars worth of
laclustrial goods inthe next five years:
There -is much criticism in SIveden of
this ,agreement on the ground that'the
Swedieh people will haVe to go short
'in order to supply goods to other coun-
tries.
The United NatiOns Food and Agri-
cultural (1'.A..0.) will draw up a food
plan for Europe at its meeting in Lon-
don De,cerober 3. A branthin Eur-
ope; to take over the organization winds up
will be -ohe of the propoSalsaticuss-
ed.
As price controls were removed 111
the -United States'. this month, head-
lines reported soap tip 50 per dent, a
jurop in linseed oil from -16 to 35
cents, General Motors cars up an-
(ther l00.and an additional raise of
!) per cent 00 ,farrn implenteuts and
tractors. •
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;'You YotlOg • PrIo.ere •0,4441-1-g
;on a Dettoa promiebeg more stability
and security- than any- in, the Whole
agricultural history of tutir oolintry,"
Mr. Taggart told junior elub members
at their anal lun91W4 in Ottawa:
He reminded them that, in the past,
the prices, of agricultural prednetts
have been far trent steady, cFaintess
have had no assurance of the price
they would get for their produce and
consumers have never known what
.they would have to pay. No wonder
everyone has been dissatisfied With
Priee fluettlattoari ii feeni,:,especially
when the •eating habits of mankind
remain fairly constant!
Against this background has 'dpvel-
°peg a desire for sta.ble prices for
farm products—not absolute stability,
Mr. Taggart explained, as too rigid a
Price structure would produce disas-
trous surpluses of some foods and
shortages of others. But flexible con-
trols, suck as Canada enjoyed during
the war, gave the farmer security of
adequate returns and to the consum-
er gave security against unreasonable
ptice increases.
'"Today, most of us take the view,"
he went on, :"that all the food that
can be produced is needed. Either it
is needed far immediate use or for
future use if it is a product that eari
be stored. To meet the needs ot the
hungry and to plan his production
with security against loss),*the farmer
„benefits by price stability," Mr. Tag-
gart .declared.
But as no nation can live to itself
and as this is especially true of
Canada which depends on exporting
from '25 to 40 per cent of its agri-
cultural produce to maintain the
Canadian standard of living, stable
prices must extend to the interna-
tional field. For supervision of
worldwide stability of food produc-
tion and consumption, F.A.O. has
come into being. Even if only limit-
ed success attends the efforts of ' gov-
A golfing novice had driven his ball
along the. e airway, but, unfortunately,
it disappeared down a rabbit hole.
"What club will you take now?"
asked the caddie 'with a Bustle. •
The noviee sighed wearily. as be
scratched his head in doubt.
Then at last he said hopeibill*:
"Have,you got on Shated like a fer-
ret?" "
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world. more confidence a.#d better opOq-
will help to give the 4rmer.S. eXer. V,10 1443re'099`4#114;'4,cso,
ermenv3 to stabilize food 'pekes, '# tili:9:textr;tulic:he1344)orru4';74V::0.1:::;;0,1;:,
Portunities than ever before.
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OTHERS ARE ASKING
there a ceiling price on fuel
wood? If so, what is the ceiling on
16 -inch dry wood.?:.
A.—There is a ceiling price on fuel.
wood. It.variessac,cording to the type
of wood and the section- in whick it
is sold. Will you ,please contact the
nearest office of the Wartime Prices
and Trade Aoarw,i,and you will be giv-
en the fuel wood order which' will
give you the desired information.
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Q.—I bought some jam the other
day and later saw it two cents a jar
cheaper in ,another store. When I
asked the dealer,frotn whom.I bought
the jam to exchange it and return my
coupons he said the coupons wouldn't
be any good to me. Is he right?
A.—Yee: It is illegal to give loose
coupons for any rationed foods, There-
fore, even if the dealer had returned
yours to you, you couldn't legally
have used them.
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Q.—Is there a regulation that we
must pay cash or give tickets for milk
when it is delivered at our home?'
A.—The Wartime Prices a,nd Trade
Q.—I am a dresemaker. •Witly101,11;...
please .tell asic what are the 'restrin-
tions on women's fashiena nowl
A --All restrigtipwls were remove -
on woreen's clothing some weeks ago., -
Why is it that the:ceiling_prie0-, .
of eggs varies at different times.
A.—The, ceiling price of eggs Rola
to the consumer depends on the pricer- .
paid by, the retailer to his dialer. The
'retailer is permitted a six-eent marks-,
up on kis price to his dealer. When
eggs are plentiful the wholesaler pays
less than when they are scarce awl
the retailer bases his price on the
cost. •
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it's always so hard to know
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Here is is the perfect Set for Her.
Beautifally modern, it completes
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For the woman qf impeccable
good taste we stiggest a girt of
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Your ins.peetion are Sterling and
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Onee again
our stock is
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make
WATCHES
set in h,and
Same cases
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ly Yule
Gift.
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