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The Exeter Times, 1922-10-19, Page 7steatite of heavy precluetion will in .every case whew eonsiderable yellow pigment in both the .beak and eleanks. , .We are no lenger laboring inider the delusion...a t4e-orly- moulting hen fining .the .en"baeleat during the Win- . r of Marathon type rather then the fdteeeb:rvieneleeeew14°nt:ebh1111:1)irnellgt.le7tTeceic'eall7di.:11t1-1Mtrisi!te4t11:14):: sprinter, that covers the distanee of Poultry. Culling and Selectior. Grea'ter efficieney in eaternating egg two hemarea eleiea ar better, Egg The earning caPeeitY of either the Pr°d2leti°2' on be °1)tamed by sti9P1° laYini8. contests are not alwaYa de - individual hen or the fleck del/ends', meriting strictly the eallteeitY measur.," eided until the 14st day of the laYing primarily upon the intensity or rate Merlts by the qeality of the egg saetce year, feetober en Of production and the seasonal clis-1 The degree of qualiter is det'ernlin"ue, Ordinarily, the ,lateneoulting hen bileution. Tri some lesPects hens are, by tile flexibilitY of they 6gfeaerke. alYrnieLteiloevaels t6arr.aleAe apea- hke the mileage varies should Yield' reaziilY epeseu 'although tthe gas supplied is takenreetlY above the keel bone and 'below is due to 'the brialeness of the fea.th- frorn the.same atria. The motor eqpip-1 and between the Pelvic arehes• The ers which lose their oil and moisture ment of hens reveals a e.triidng non-; egg sack shotild feel fell, 11161.1°w' content 'through intensive preelection, trast in speed, east •of oPeretion, aridi warm, and life -like to the touch- The The hen oneraeinary als,play presents durabilitY• It is q•uite ohvieres thet skin 812°uld be f2r2e and 0‘astic, Similar a Meek, well-groomed condition, indi- hen laying six eggs a week produces to the loose Mellow hide eonini°11 .t° eative of her past performance as a them more economically than the hen; the best dai&Y eowm PredUcen--the social parasite of whose inherent capacity lirnits- her to. • Recognized dairy breeders a.eknowle peeltrydom. three during, the same period. Like- edge that the cow with the -fineet Late moulting and quick moulting wise, it does not require any 'inathe-1 handling quniitie of thandeler is the are the pelicies of the heavy layers. enatieal skill tie...decide which hen will most persietent milker, maintaining Early alid PT010/1ged moulting is the -be niore profitable; th,e hen that regis-1 More uniformity of milk flew. The policy a the slacker -element. on the head in selecting for egg pro- ters h,eavy preelection during the wina, same rule is true in egg production. The writer places special emphasis ter months, When eggs are high, or Qualityof egg sack is 'correlated with the hen that responds -only during continued production over' the greater the spring and summer months, I part of the year 'and is associated with -The two terms culling and seleetion, late moulting. should 'have ascribed , to them some- Normally, capacity of egg seek in - what different meanings, according toldieates the rate of yolk elaboration or 'their general •cipplieation. Culling of1 the cycle of,produetion, but 'crastlity of poultry is useally based an, physical egg so.ek dee theterminepersistenee of 'changes that the hen undergoes as a rhythm or the number of 'months the result of production. The weakness of the eoinmonly advocated systems of culling is that the fowls must be rern- • tained from six to eight onths be- fore the testa become -valuable and during this pealed considerable loss may be registered. Selection for egg production eontains greater possi- tildes but requires more skill. Selec- tien involves a close study of type, -conformation, and bead character. Now is the ideal time for the final oulling of the old laying stock. A eombination of tests including the •capecity measurementthe pigmen- tation ansi moulting tests, should be used. The capacity test is quite ac- curate in determining the present pro- cluetion. Refeeence is here made to the capacity, measured perpendicular- ly frorn the tip of the keel to the pel- vic bones, which are located' on each side of the vent. Most of the culling work conducted throeighout the eoun- the latter indicates past production. -bre' is conducted largely on eapacitY A hen may be temporarily'off prodee- measurement, an conjunction with pig- mentation changes. hen will be Productive each year. F-requently, a method, commonly called the public bone' test is applied in culling. This gives Practically the same information that con be secured by rneastiring'between the keel and the pubic hones. The pelvic aeclies spread with production, which is mere- ly• one other physiological change that occurs with- production.- When the banes are spread it indicates that the yolks are in various stages of de- velopment and that the hen in all probability is laying,whereas the closed pelvic arches ,inclieate a nen- functioning ovary or a bird that is not in a laying oOndition. Practically all layinig hens will , show a good spreed in thie region but all are not laying at the ,same rate and therefore, all are not equally, profitable. The capacity test should be supple- mented -with the pigment test because -don due to broodiness, in which case the bones willdelese, initif white legs deletion. A 'definite correlation be- tween each section of an animal al- ways e3dets in a well-balanced indi- vidual. The head indicates more ac- eurateliy the delleacy and effici-ency of the internale mechanism than any other section in the production of eggs. The seeond genrel class inelude the rflrLe tYPo /leads. 'Therefined lead stimuli reveal feminity an alert reeponsive dispoeitioe and a chaeace teeg1;iemticaelticleinel7 rTahnleenllaoolf isbiolef mgeInednuinnei length, avoiding the short, thick con- formation of the, More beefy type, or the long ounformetion of the crow - head type. The skull is modoratelY narrow, likewise the jaw is not heavy er thia. The skin lining the, face should be extremely thin and delicate, giving the face a dished appearance. 'Phe eye should' be prominent, bulging, and placed well beek in an oval eye socket. This gives the placid femin- ine and intelligent appeazance to the face. '1'hore should, be on elesence of all tendencies to throatiness and heavy thick meek. The third general type at head is common to the beefy class. The hRad in this case, is short, heavy, and coarse, with a wide skull and coarse- ly wrinkled skin. In -addition the jaw is usually wide, and the neck short and heavy. The fourth general eless includes all hens showing secondary male sexual , characteristics. . This lass includes, all hent developinit either the reale voice, common to hens cleeeribeel as "Ineomplete l-lermaphre- &tier-reser 'the other group, that take en masculine characteristries due to a.traphy of the ovary. In either ease, the heal lee,00mee gross and masculine and 'theegg sack never shows any , develoiament,, All hens can lee roughly elassified into one of the four f•ollowing groups: Thirst, the crow-lhead' type, .-whith is an indication of low vigor; the long -straight, narrow beak, sunken eye narrow skull, is characteristic of the constitutionally poor producer. This type not only makes unsatisfactory layers, but produces chicks that are slow to feather and slow to mature PeactiCallY -all hens can be directly classed in one of the above mentioned groups. Many hens fall interinediate between these four distinct groups and which make it poesible to detect their -weakness, either as aalayer or breeder. • The head is the mirror of produc- tion, and reveals not only the motor capacity', but also the efficiency of For Horne an4,Country Community Recreation—By Dr. • Annie Ross Sound recreation is a moot question inrnany homeeaand the views of Dr. Ross, Director of Physical Education and Recreation at Macdonald Insti- lute and Lecturer to the Women's In- , stitutes of Ontario, will therefore be of great interest. To each ef us recreation has, pos- sibly, a different meaning. To one, reereation means a game of golf, to The capacity measurement of the are found to be present, and the hen another it may mean a theatre er a -egg seek. fluctuates with the rate of is showing no indication of moulting, quiet hour in the home, hence the ovulation. It indicates only the int- she Should not be discarded because subject is a broad one. But there is mediate rate of production. A good She will undoubtedly' return to early one thing '-of impontance, and" that is layer must have .a large capacity, but produetion. the danger of allowing our -recreation all hens` with•a large capacity areno-t Poultry raisers, a,s a class, are fa- toebe commeircialize,c1 by people who good layers. The weakness of straight wilier with thia, bleaching process, are giving us recreation just for the eapacety measurements lies in the fact connno-nly referred to as the pigrn,en- sake a the money they make out of that ell- laying hens whether profit- tation test. It has a practical value it. You may find eighteen people able or not, dezelop,s'ufficient capacity in milling during the summer, and. is to pass inspection. In fact,- many essentially a test for the novice. mediocre hens show more capacity The' yellow pigment is evi- than the heaviest producers. dent in the shanks, and beaks a the Allowances must be made according Leghorns, Anaconas, Rocks, Reds, and to the size of the hen. Moreover, a Wyandottes, is re -absorbed and used -heavy-laying hen may 'be temporarily for yolk oeloring. After approximate - off production, due to some environ- ly eighty eggs have been produced, the mental condition. • This would im- legs will have bleached entirely, ehow- mediately be reflected by a cleereaes ing the pale or white condition cern- takes there? He gets a toy ancl holds it until he sees his next-door neighbor has another toy, and he ,immediately goes after that, and gets that one also. His idea of recreatien is to get eyerything for himself and not share up. The indtvidualistic instinct is strong at this age and the idea of play is to see everything for himself, to hear, to handle, to taste., Try to get him -to play with other little mem- bers of the 'party, you are not:success- ful, Trace that instinct of self- preservation in life, and you see that some of :us grown-ups take our re- cre,ation in the same way. There are people whose idea of enjoyment is to see all they can see, to hear all they can hear, to taete everything. Their A OTHER Unless From roubh Mks. George Chapman, Sudbury, Oete writes:—"I am the mother of five chin ,• dren, and inost say that they aro sel- dom sick or in need of medicine. They are, however, sometimes troubled with Summer Complaint, Liarrhoca, and such like, but I always find that these no cause for worry as just give them tiyo of three doses no more, qf Dr. VONVier'S Extract of doses, Strawberry, and tile that all mothers should keep in :Jae trouble scan disnepearTahilat iosIda,eome(eiY home for their ehildrennr and proveu medi- cine for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Cramp e and. Pains in the Stomach, Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Cholera In- fantum, or any other Looseness of the '1)tatta. oiso:ehi7jer7so. years, pre sat btB:1 yec'ewuern:ajellsa'frnell:t:ea 'sahl Pber bowel wbut hae recommend it as the very- best peeper. At the same time we wisa to warn you againet accepting a substitute for the original, the price of which is 50e, per bottle, and put up only by'The Mithurn CO, Limited, Toronto, Ont. when he sees an obstacle on the rcrad; he must not seep to think what to do, he meet do the right thing at once. The same quickness of response a per- son requires when driving a motor car—tha.t co-operation of eye a-nd hand and brain. Some young ladies when learning to play hall—when they do get -the bell—wait until someone tells them what to do avith it. The trained player usee her brain to think what to do with it when her chance comes. This im,plies co-operation. Baseball -beaches mere than that, it teaches how to take defeat gra.ciously. They say that women cannot do that; tha.t they know how to win but they cannot take defeat. Perhaps they did not play ga.me.s as much when they laxation, too meek aeceleration"—not at all, A game with rules mean one must inhibit; there is just as much self:control in a game as there is August Live Stock Trade. The eemments of the Dominion Live Stock branch on the state of the live stock market and the operatione car- work. hard Cabot says, "We are w..ei., releedarioyninclduirciantge ttetnaitentthhe 'oefndAnefiguthset organized for work;- we are stupid. in month the eublook was promising, ow prices generally being rather better our affections, and we do not know how to Play." than in August last year. The excel - You ask for dramas for the girls lent feed situation in Ontario is re- in your community during the winter? ported as creating a etrong demand That is very difficult to answer for for stare cattle and that outlet as one who d,oes not know your girls or sustaining prices of unfinished stoele. your eceranueety• What one would ap- plseirfoeeertia, dtGeeuseoalr,npii.poltihioa.enriejefsVtoellaolcidh .piaifysyou send! same month Last year. have at the Ontario Agricultural Col- I not, but wil.! ma -onto market to the country were wi th al tinhge heaviest esc,et nifporartehdelyviebahr 2t,o90(10e.tien, thebe- 1 Movements of store cattle from the Six car loads to the College Library they will het of ewes were shipped from the same . . were girls as the men clid when they Pleased to send the list. market under the Free Freight Policy were boys. Women do not disagree •--ed----- of the Dominion Live 'Stock branch, . more often than men; they t.ake and many orders remained unfilled- K‘IT Days in Farming - ' ' A ' 1 note ' th IVIo t - al slights more to heart; they take them - a little too seriously. Theerna.n Just as there are afewh instances A. sPacis n° In e 1-22-e re- selvespert is th,at the edvantage of eaStrat- in public life knows when. he gefs a in each Persen's irie that ave a far- ing and docking lambs we's forcibly reaohing influence ever his whole hfe, . f slight to -day, get another to- illustrated by a load o lambs so marrow, and he has no time to sit and feel sorry for hinrself for the one he got to -day. One of the nicest things in the ga-me is to see the defeated side con - so do we find in each year of any treated from Trois Pistales, Que., farmer's work a few days' labor that bringing a premium of fifty cents per count a hundred -fold more for success hundred over other lambs that were than -does the ordinary daily routine. playing a game of 'baseball and prob- recreation is that of preception; in Usually these days de not come by , sold the same day. ably 1,800 or 18,000 paying to • watch 'ahem the individualistic instinct is . . t Saskatehewen and Alberta were a creation. Watch the child of two or three years • • b nuneber of four and five year old in the capacity measurements, and unless a little ju,clginerit was exercised, many good hems would be discarded: The Winnipeg report etates that accident. They are ke oayn in CI La play. That ie a form of amuse, strong., This, form of culture we spell t 1 e among cattle received from Northern merit, but not the best'kind of re- with a "IC.d!..." • filaedttaintee, the r otphser nw:a xt plans e -ear's e-erk. The careful farmer to see that no other duties deeturb time, we foughtLer , SO you, ,,,„, when it is time to perform these a .- t us ''''''''e' important tasks. steers lacking finish, which were not you were better then we." Le our defeats graciously in the game of For • . . only a drag on the market but were instance, there is the time you life. practically unsaleable. At the same spend selecting seed potatoes for next There is something more in a game. market the hog supplies ran short and year's crop. Days epent at this type . ,, - , prices bounded upward, being two dol - One 'has to learn to take orders from of work are ' e ' et y eays to the Termer. 1 t -1:1 cl s ab v th 1 west The Greeks bad a splendid word in their system of education, the word ,"proportion." We must introduce, into our system of ed,ucation, inix, our Work and into our recreation more proper - mon to hens that arerecommended to eion___more piny for the people who be retained one year longer. The large work too hard, but for !he people who beefy hens that have not' had the are 'epending their time seeking pleasure—more work. If you want to Do You Replize -That You Can Own An Overland Motor Carfully Equipped For TOURING ROADSTER Now $785 Now $785 SEDAN Now $1295 Freight from Toronto and Taxes Extra. COUPE Now $1095 ,UESe Coupon 13elaw VVItlya.Overlancl. Limited Toronee, Canada Without obligation on me, please send, postpaid, your ' latest Catalogue to NAME ....... 041016.00 o 0 o o '4. o POST OFFICE o . No........ find people who are bored to death, do kat gO to the people who are work- ing all the tinie, but to the people who are spending their lives seeking pleasure, for -we must have things in proportion to enjoy them. • You are building your community halls for recreation but you eannot give people recreation that they do not want. You ' muet understs.nd people (find out what they want to play 'and say "let's, play -that"). f am going to outline some of the principles that 'underlie our recreation. Some people say -recreation is good for the health; so it is, but it is more than that. Again they tell us it is a pre- paration for life. That is true. They erator going. upthila. It is t e same work in the tell us it is some' of our mental idimu- them and get ahead of them. That is potato field before the in lifeenthere are always those two' lents, and that is true, but it is more the competitive instinct. You hear regular crop is dug may mean nearly use of the competitive instinct in her nerve ,s,,,Y2°;_g , eat. There not at heart beat that I Don't overlook the key days, whether than that. Recreation or plsty is all them boasting of how they can "down" f,orcest: as much in next year's crop as the anyone, and the good teacher makes Is no govern ,,,b y fwo nerves—one , entire labor for 1923 will accomplish. art in itself, just as music is an art. , aster," and the 1 gives them scope for oilier "beat stoeved,' nee We get proportion, 'because one regulates the It is an ins.tinet. I am going bo talk of three or four instincts of the child claliaas„',4-and you are growing pc•tatoes, or corn, or that first falls on them, and that is in connection with recreation, for OUT 'C°InPO"'"enS' - other. I cucumbers. They are the days that the mother's Or at beet a woman's. an expression of our_ Then, later still, they develop the play should be ;hence, azaLthe instinct that is strong- . - • . . I est in ham is unitabon.. His games are playing house imitating mother and father; playing school—imitating the teacher; playing horse, playing churdh, and all through his play you one's captain, and that is a lesson .. will trace now the instinct to imitate, very difficult for some people. De- l;f he hopes to accomplish more next year than he did this Year or 'last Ya'ar' Lambs and sheep also showed an ttp- 1 point reached dating the month. We make use of this educationally by eicle who shall be the captain, listen then he should count the hours used ward tendency in Winnipeg at the having him play oecupational games, to his voice above all the din and rush in the selection of good seed' potatoes, month's close. Edmonton reports "Carpenter," "Cobbler," etc. of the game. There is on voice to or goad seed cern, as ,a irapo ri. farmers rushing their cattle tomarket hear,—it may he an inner enthusiasm, By working hard, two men possibly 1 in fear of a shortage of feed, but or an outw,ar,d devotion, but following, can ag el and select a sufficient quan- heavy rains 'had so improved the pas - it we ate not drifting along with everyltity of ,pobatoes to plant five acres of , ture that cattle from the Peace River Chance current. ground next year. According to tests district that arrived towards the ead Then there is play the game fair, , and observations, it has been found of August showed goocl quality and for every game has rules, and the 1 t that the average crop from high-class e ,,,,, Some big buying from P '21- airi seed showsan i ease of from twenty goo" "es'iung- game •of life too should be a ved f the United States sustained the Ed- aceording th rules. In every gamel to ninety bushels per acre when eom- the rules inhibit We need rules ini • f t. nionton markee nOe buyer -took 5,50a can" or "1 oan spell better than he life. lit e sometimes forget that m all, ee ry seed. Men who follow close and feeders, ad a lead of."butchers" can" or "I can beat him." Watch tobuerxelestitvhiteiefsornethetrheateracecetereatefasracensd,l, „Teeing of seed year after year are was shipped to Chicago. At Calgary them wrestling and racing. Their i producing, according th our . experts, the market was generally active, games are full of rivalry; they ewe the force that inhibits. When we train- , w f double the yields of potatoes that the many cattle being purchased for ed for discipline, in hbyet.::•oldpudtatiynsg, elel common grower teeurdd to set traps for animals—not far the teansport to the United States, one value of the animal, but to rival his , . - . go- t If this be true, and we have no rea- firm alone taking 2043,head of mg dehrvialm-n shillWbeutnweeed nteede hrathekeasecel- cunning. They lave to catch fish— : son for questioning the conclusions of not for food value, but just to tat& . . . • . 1 these men, then two or three days' stockers. This wonderful instinct to imitate is expressed by the grown-tep, e.g., in following fashions and customs; in the love of drama, etc. A few years later you will find in the child not only the inetinct to imi- tate but the instinct to compete. Lis- ten to the boys talk as they come out of school: "I can run fazter than he . pared with a crop. grown rom or a 1 d f cattle.1,1 stockers "The souls of little children - are marvelously delicate and tender things, and. keep forever the shadow unlock- to you the extra yields and add The first,six years of life make us; selves. Have eou noticed the boy or social instinct. and you find the boys ed inhibiting in our revolt :iglu One who has studied life say, We t to the profit side of the ledger. all that is added Is veneer."—Olive girl when he goes to hie first children's then. ate -working in teams; thee lil .1Th ce ,, 4( • Schreiner. art aral the form of recreation he -Co talk of "us f-eRows," and they 'love alghori Y, and Pley is too much -re- y, — -- to get together in gangs and clubs Igerves Were Bad After and have pass -words that others know Discharge Fro e rely fellows of their club; they will deny themselves arid sacrifice themselves for the club or the team. This is the social instinct, And their games are social games and group games— games where they haVe to deny them- selves for the sake of the group, games that are a wonderful prepara- tion for life. not. They will not "snitch" on the Th A Wherever there are people who are troubled with deranged nerves they will find MlibUTI1 S e a ( TVe 1 S Heart niNe P'11 a remedy' that will restore the equil- ibriumnof these deranged centres and. bring back the shattered nervous .sye. tem to a' perfect condition. Corp. Glebe, Can. Machine Gun CO/1)5,123lb JaIlleS St. North, Hamilton, As an example a such a game, Ont., writes:—"Since I was discharged take baseball, for it is betber know -n frem the army. Tune 16th, 1919, I have throughout our .eountry than any been suffering with my nerves. I have other game. 'What can you get out had to come hem& froin work, on many of a game of baseball as a matter of occasions, and finally lest my job. training? For those who are just was told to try Milburn's Heart and learning the game, it is hard for them Nerve Pills, I did. ao end after taking to keep their eye on the ball. Yet it ' one box I felt a great change, end since is a good thing to learn through life then I would not be without them, ie to "keep one's eye op the bell," There the house, as I .had tried everything is ciwal'e some one thing of vital ire - people told me about. I recommended Iperbancie; many people are off en them to .two- of ray Owing who were in tangents and overldolc this important tho same unit I Served m'itb overseas/ thmg„ forgetting to keel) their eye on and they have also bran gretitl3r teo ban, The aexe thine to learn is helped."'that the hand and the eye and the Prim) 50a. a box tit all dealers or mail- brain should co-operate to get quiet: - ed direct on receipt of rric,o by „Oho T., nass of -reponse. It is this quieknese o ro8 onao :the engineer must have :thinly:. Go, Liniited ll'oronto, Ont. j• ,t) LIVER BOTHERED HER WAS DR WSY AHD TIRED ALL THE TIME When the livers inactive everything seems to go wrong, and unless you get it working properly a great many trou. hies ,will arise, and yon will become tiied, weak, listless, feel all.goee,. and a thousand. other things seem. to be the matter: with yoti. To get rid of these feelings you must stimulate the sluggish liver into activity, mid for this purpose we know of nothing to equal 114in:rare's Lam -Livor Pills. Mrs. H. D. Hutchinson, 183 London Peterboraigh, Ont.,.a wtes:— I have been using 'elelburnes Laxa•Liver Pills, anti they have clone Inc idt o.f good. ' My liver bothered 3no a great deal; 1 was drowsy and tired ell the thee and didn't feel like doing any- thing, let alone my LW:It:work, I' tried eveeything, itut year 'Pint seenied to aa the work better then aitything ever taken.'' I Price 250. al. till dealers; or mailed itireel on receipt of price 'ID Milburn Co., Limiled, Toronto, Old., Riches. Why aaen't we, every one ,of us, As rich as rich can be? In field and garden, wood and lane, So much 0,1 wealth we see. There's pennyroyal full of "scents," And mint and gold -thread vine, Arid shepherd' -purse and goldenrod, And silver -leaf ashine And nierigolel and moneYwort• And richweed all in stock, And many old and mossy banks Why aren't we, every one of us, As rich as rich can be? In field and •gardet, wood atrel lane, So much of wealth we see. ; --13lanche Elizabeth Wade a , E Guessing and. gambling go together, 'Delo the guess -work out of :farming Ind it will bIt- e less el a Mill:4e. .1 • i Man has an advantage Olier animals in that he can e.ct welhlared even h h ie lot ithout a sign of lock. EE 1TH PSY Used Dean's Kidney Pilts Mrs. Prod Appleby, Heath, Alta, writes us under date of April 39tit. 1921:— "I wish to express to you Vat: benefit I have received from using Doan's Kidney Pills. About ten years ego, when I was seventeen years of age, 1 was in bed nine weeks with a very severe case of dropsy. I was terribly swelled up around my waist and was kept propped up so that the water woubl not get to my heart. The doctor gave me too weeks to live--whon. my Aunt got me "Doan I had passed no water for two weeks, but after I hail taken one box I passed a pint, ansi after ialting three boxes I was up sna quite well again and I have never had any -return of air awful trouble." Doens Inaney. Dille are 50o. box at all dealers, or mailed dire 11'00(41A of Price be; The T. Milburn Limited, 'Toronto, Ont.