The Exeter Advocate, 1924-7-10, Page 2•
All things considered, I fail to see. any'''.
need :for a dil:erence in, Brice between ! •
Leghorns and. Rocks and Reds of equal
quality, except perhaps in the' case
of large roasters, which can be fur-
nished by the heavier breeds alone.
We Leghorn men could increase our
Address communications to Agronomist, 7e Adelaide St. West, Toronto
LEGHORNS AS MEAT. a they will sometimes turn down Grimes
The other day a customer asked me Golden apples to buy Ben Davis be-,
for a stewing chicken, and when I cause they are red, and refuse .a Leg
offered her a Leghorn hen she refus- horn simply because they have heard'
ed in no uncertain terms. j someone say that it is not good. Deal
"I don't want a Leghorn!" she ex-'
ers in buying from poultry keepers
dforLe
claimed in a tone that would have; invariably offer less a pour g
been a pro riate had I ofered her a!horns than for Rocks or Reds, and
P P
sometimes refuse to handle them at
turkey buzzard. I explained that I'
I cut is not always reflected in the t •
incomes many dollars annually . by
culling out all shall -size indiyiduals
from our flocks and never marketing
a bird that had not been fattened.
Fattening is easily done. t confine'
my birds to be sold in colony houses
for about ten days previous to selling,
and feed them, out of a trough, all
they will eat of a mixture' of three,
parts of yellow corn meal and one
part of laying mash, mixed to a. bat-
ter with buttermilk or even water.
They get fat and take on a nice yellow,
color from the corn meal, and it pays
had nice plump Leghorn hens, weigh- all except at a considerable cut. 7 his big
ing three and a half pounds dressed , 'ally in
that had been specially fattened for j pnarkets where the custorice to the consumer, mer knows
two weeks, and that if she wanted a' nothing of the different breeds of pout -
Re
Red she would have to take it right try, but it goes into the pocket of the
out of the fiock withoutu being fatten -
dealer at the expense of the poultry
ed. That seemed to suit, so I culled
keeper.
out a small Red that night, dressed yet Leghorn cockerels make better
it and delivered it the next day. This broilers than either Rocks or Reds.
fowl was not in as good condition for Maturing faster, they are well meat
the table as the Leghorns which had ed and possess delicate flavor, where
been confined, but it was perfectly the youngsters of the heavier breeds
satisfactory to the customer. Evident at the same age are gawky, scrawny
Iy the name counted for more than a and tasteless. I grow both Leghorns
plump breast and juicy meat.
Some days later another customer,
who conducts a high-class tea room,
called me up and ordered twenty-five
pounds of dressed Leghorn bens for
the end of the week. When I deliver-
ed them I told her about the other
woman who had preferred the unfat-
tened Red to the finished Leghorn.
"1 used to have the same prejudice,"
the proprietor told me, "until on sev-
eral occasions I had to take Leghorns
or do without I soon found that a
and Reds, and when it conies to a
broiler for Sunday dinner it is a Leg-
horn that gets the ax.
On the other hand, the heavier
breeds furnish better roasting chick-
ens, as the mature cockerel is larger
and perhaps juicier than the Leghorn.
When it conies to stewing chickens,
the size of the family should well de-
termine the choice. A small family
requires a three to four pound fowl,
which is about the Leghorn weight.
A Red or Rock of this weight is under -
The Production of Good
Combs.
A good stock of drawn combs is
the most valuable asset that a bee-
keeper can have, especially if one- is
a producer of extracted honey. They
are of particular value in a season
when the honey crop is light, because
they enable the bees to store what
little nectar is available instead of
using it for the building of new comb.
Every beekeeper should endeavor to
have a number of new combs drawn
during a good season to replace any
that may become damaged or broken.
A good comb is one that is straight
and containing as few drone cells as
possible. It must also be firmly at-
tached to the frame on all four sides
and strongly supported in the frame
by means of wire. To produce such
combs, the frames must first be tight-
ly wired; No. 28 tinned wire is most
commonly used, Full depth Lang -
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
RAINY DAYS.
To smile is an easy matter
When the sun shines bright,
And if everything around us
Is turning out just right.
But when the day is dreary,
When the dark clouds throng
And when trouble hovers near us
And things are going wrong,
It needs a bero's' courage
To play a good game,
To take the bitter with .the sweet
And still appear the same.
That's when good cheer is needed,
So let's change our ways,
And cultivate a smile or two
To have on rainy days..
—I M. Thomas.
BRUIN AND ROLLY PLAY
DOCTOR.
"Ho, ho, hum—um," yawned Bruin
one bright sunny morning. "The Sun
is up and I must be getting up, too."
As he was dressing he heard a flut-
ter . at the window and "Cheer -up,
Chee—chee--ee," over and over again.
Peeping between the curtains, he saw
a little bird on the window sill sing-
ing just as hard as any little bird ever
could. And how glad that little bird's
song made Bruin feel. •
"A lucky day it will be for me, when
a little bird sings at my window like
that," thought Bruin to himself..
Carefully he put down the curtain
and hurried into the pantry for some
crumbs for that little bird's break -
well -fattened Leghorn was preferable sized and probably •carries less meat strath frames should have at leash fast But when he got back with them
to a fowl of the larger breeds for my in ro ortion to frame than does the four horizontal wires, larger frames . the bird was gone.
pug oses. The flavor is just as good,P P will need mare, It is important that Of course he had to tell his friend
P g J piece thensmallibone bettd er buy. Onhorn. e the Leghorn
a full sheet of foundation be used for Roily Rabbit all about it. But Roily
and I can serve a le and a of
breast to a guest economically, which hand, A large family requires a six- every frame; this must be fastened only laughed at him when he told him and bird and tree, the constant signs for their own lives. But Jesus lived
to the top bars and the wires firmly that this little bird. would bring him of the heavenly Father's wisdom, and in God, and his first task was to re -
embedded into the wax by means of ood luck. of his care for all his creatures. (4) veal to men what God is and means to
tion in the
an electric or spur wire embedder. Now the real part of our story be- Nazareth e went to and there ldiis synagogue
gwould be
of Gad takesfor man. This bprecedence over
The foundation may require trim- gins when •Bruin •was coming baci, be con,:tantly occupied with the revela- all other interests and duties.
ming, as it must not touch the end from the Woodland grocery store that tion of the holywill of God in Old
or bottom bars of the frame by at morns He • was nealin the bend in III. JESUS AT _esus 51, 52.
least one:eighth of an inch or it will g' . Testament scripture, and in the his- Vs. 51, 52..Jesus, with all his unique
the road when a flutter in the bushes tory and hopes of the Jewish people. knowledge, is the pattern of a boy's
All these instruments of education co- lovingobedience to his earthly par -
operated with his own spirit to the r.° has joy in the re -
perfecting of that communion withcot-.His mothe
deeds.
God which is the divine secret of his collection. of sill his words and V.52 is famous as a statement of the
life.fOne other thing we may be sure of. "fourfold life" of the boy Jesus. in -
There carne no shadow of sin between tellectually, physically, religiously,
Jesus and the Father in heaven. In and socially Jesus grows in grace and
the lives of leenaround him, Jesus in favor with God and man, We can-
saw alienation from God, disaffection, not, of- course, divide life into cone,
enmity, brokenness, guilt, failure. IPartments, or separate the Intelr'^�
his own perfect experience there was tual, physical and social development
no cloud of this kind, but only and of an individual from his religious de -
is the
t. Religious growth �
• velopmEn R g
broken fellowship, a joyous sense of true foundation of right development
in other spheres. Religious life must
keep pace with our other acquire-
ments or true development will be
arrested.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
JULY 13
1*
The Boyhood of Jesus, Luke 2: 40.52.. Golden Text --
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor
with God and man.—Luke 2: 52.
INTRRonuCTroN—Nothing is told us with us? Look at the anxiety your
father and I have had in searching
for you."
V. 49. The answer of Jesus is the
earliest of his recorded words. "Did
you not know that I had to be in my
Father's house" (or "at my Father's
business")•? The words are remark-
able (1) as the expression, thus early
in the life of Jesus, of a necessity to
which he surrendered himself, the
necessity of always obeying the guid-
ance
early years of Jesus, certain things of God as it revealed itself in
are clear. (1) The mind of the boy consciousness (2) as a confession of
his sense of God as Father. In.Jesus'
day it was not uncommon for men to
speak of God as the heavenly Father,
but none put into that name the won,.
drous depth of loving meaning which
Jesus put into it, because no other
shared his unique experience. Men
spoke of God as Father, and yet did
not see God clearly and rightly, and
did not draw the proper inferences
of the early years of the boy Jesus,
except what is related in this passage
of Luke. In later times fanciful gos-
pels came into existence, pretending
to give narratives of the holy child-
hood, but the good sense, of the church
refused to accept these fantastic le-
gends. How much more reverent and
impressive is the silence of our canon-
ical gospels! But while we cannot
remove the veil of mystery from the
Jesus was in these years ripening to
that perfect sense of sonship to the
Father in heaven which afterwards
forms the deep foundation of all his
work and teaching. (2) Jesus grew
up in simple and unquestioning ac-
ceptance of the duties which the home -
life at Nazareth imposed. (8) He
was in close contact with the life of
nature, and saw in field and flower
I could not do with a larger fowl.
These two incidents set me to think-
ing about the unreasoning prejudice
against Leghorn meat that is fostered
by undiscriminating housewives and
cunning poultry dealers, at a cost to
the poultryman of many thousands of
dollars annually. Many housewives
purchase by the eye or by the name;
pound fowl or larger, and would find
the larger breeds preferable, as there
would be only one fowl to clean,
whereas it would take two of the Leg -
horns to make the weight. Of course,
if the Leghorns cost less a pound, the
difference would again be in their
favor, as there would be more drum-
sticks and second joints to go around.
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buckle after giving it to the bees.
Foundation well fastened in the frame
will not melt down or sag and the
nearby made him stop.
"What was that?" asked Bruin to
himself. "Guess I'll have to go over
finished comb will not have distorted and see."
Carefully he tiptoed in among the
bushes that he might not frighten it
away with his clumsy feet. He looked
and of a sudden he saw a flutter right
cells and will not break in the ex-
tractor if carefully handled. Bees will
not work on foundation unless there
is a plentiful supply of nectar coming
in, therefore, it should only be given byhis bigfoot. He had almost step -
during a good flow. To get the combs pd on a little bird. It lay so very
well attached to the frames, the foun- still that Bruin picked it up. One little
out in extract
' n shouldbe drawn
dation
wing fell limp at its side. de -
always s an unmteilu ted and un- supers, as bees seldom attached ;, -
the combs be the bottom bars in a ou poor little thing," said Bruin P
your wing is broken. How did yell
oneness with the holy will and loving
brood chamber. ever do it?" purpose of God. IIere was a fact
When extracting the honey front -.But the bird•could only answer him which must have imprinted itself in
new combs, first take only part of by a faint little "che—chee," with a delibly on the consciousness of Jesus,
the honey from one side, reverse thenote that told bow dreadfully it did and the meaning of which he must
comb and empty the other side; again hurt him. have deeply and wonderingly ponder-
turn the comb and finish the extract «I'll takeyou right home with me ed. The evangelist tells us that as
i�rg; this will prevent breakage. If g e he grew he was filled with wisdom,
P g and see what we can do for this, which here means spiritual wisdom,
all the honey is extracted. from ane said Bruin. I and that every sign of God's gracious
side without removing any from the Although the bird did not know the favor could be seen in him.
other, the weight of honey on the in animal language, he seemed to under- I. PASSOVER, 41-45.
ner surface of the comb will crack stand what Bruin meant and nestled Vs. 41, 42. When Jesus was twelve
or even break out the whole centre. friendly in his arm. years old Joseph and Mary took him
—C. B. Gooderhani, Dominion Apiar-
ist."What •have you there?" asked
Roily as Bruin came in.
` ' "I found this little bird down the
The man who is putting a For Sale road, Roily. It has a broken wing.
sign on his term now has gone And, do you know, Roily, I think it is
through the worst of it, and is offer-
ing some other man the opportunity
to buy low and get in on farming on
the comeback.
In
APPLICATION.
My Father. We study to -day the
portrait of a perfect boy. Jesus pass-
ed through all the experiences . of
childhood. Ile was born, lived and
grew, loved by, acid obedient to his
parents. And just as his birthday
was before his development from
babyhood to boyhood,. so there came
the great day of his personal con -
up with old,
to Jerusalem for the sciousness that he.'was at the thresh -
Passover festival. 'The law required old of a new.larger life. His first
every pious Israelite to make a triple recorded words are about that spirit -
pilgrimage to Jerusalem every yearual experience. . Before this, most of
but in practice only one was possible his decisions had been• guided by
for Israelites residing at a distance Mary. Those older than he was would
the same little bird that was singing,froni the capital, and this would usu- say, "You must, and he would obey.
on my window sill this morning," an- ally be made at the Passover season. But this day the guidance came, not
swered Bruin. I Passover was the supreme festival of from without, but from within. He
"No matter what bird it is, we must the Jewish people, commemorating as made a great decision. No one could
it did the deliverance from Egypt, make it for him. An inner voice of
and the birth of the Jewish national- duty, from God, taught him to say, "1
ity and religion. At this time Jesus must!' A similar change came to lit -
was in his thirteenth year, the period tle Samuel about the same age. His
of life about which every Jewish boy kindly teacher taught him to say in
was expected to take upon himself' reply to the voice, "Speak Lord, for
the duties of the law and to become, thy servant heareth." Jesus gave to
Hole Education
'The Child's First School Is the Family"—Froebel."
as it was called; a bar -mitzvah or the voice a new meaning and its true
and beautiful name. He said "my
Father." After this his parents knew
that their boy was growing up. What
a happy world it would be if all boys,
at that momentous turning point in
their lives, would decide, as Jesus did,
to do in all things the will of the
heavenly Father.
Jesus entered upon the high path-
way of fellowship with God. In God's
favor he "increased." "He grew more
and more to be such a young man as
was pleasing to God, for he had more
and more capacity to use God's grace
and make it effective in his life." Open.
confession of religious life makes it
easy and natural to know and obey
God more perfectly.
When any young rnan has a healthy
body, a trained mind, and a personal
knowledge of God, he will soon find
favor with men. Nature, travel, his-
tory, patriotism, industry, art and
commerce will all provide open aven-
ues for wholesome contact with fellow
pilgrims, Jesus, the young Tian, four-
square; being example, inspiration
and hope to all who, in his dame,
chose .to he about the Father's busi-
Getting Up in the Morning—By Florence J. Ovens. "son of the commandment." We read
"G'by, Ma," called Norton in a Nevertheless,from, time to time; when to Jo his ks wlethaa ofthage Lawofours
� teen his knowledge of the was
stage whisper at the door of his she was annoyed by Norton's "lazi-'so full and exact that even prominent
mother's sleeping room. "Nat is out- ness" in the morning there would men of Jerusalem came to him for
side waiting for me." come to her mind a recollection of his information. In the case of the boy
"Is Nat going to have breakfast eager animated littler face as she had Jesus,would the solemn duties
iesroof this period
with Philip,too " she asked. seen it on the morning of the fishing y present o his
„ trip._ He certainly had felt the inner. mind, and would give the visit to Jer-
Yes, and Mother, his sunny face usalem a wistful significance.
overcasting, "I couldn't find the extra urge on that occasion and had' res- II. JESUS AND THE DOCTORS, 46-50.
fish hooks." ponded. She' felt certain that if she Vs 46-48. Jesus, searched for by.
could supply a strong motive for his his agents is found at length in the
"There is some change on the regular early rising he would respond temple, sitting among the teachers of
bureau," she said, "you had better to it. But there was so little for a the Law, an eager listener and ques
take it; you may have a chance to boy to do when one lived in , -a flat, tioner. The familiar idea that he was
get some." One morning after she had experi- consciously instructing the doctors, is
After he had gone she lay ponder- enced unusual difficulty in getting founded on a misconception, for the
ing: It was only half -past five. ` Usu- Norton'up he. said to her, "Ma, if you sacred text ti says only that he was
ally it was difficult to get. Norton up,,go to -Uncle John's to -day will you ask "hearing them, and asking them ques
at seven: "Nothing like the prospect him some qu,ctions for we abr.ut his tions. What these questions were
we are not told,, but they must peva
of a fishing trip to stimulate the ".small radio?" • had their origin in Jesus' own wonder-
boy's activity in the early morning," , "Yes," she answered with a sudden fill thoughts of God, and they were
she mused. - inepn etion, "and I will tell you what sufficiently astonishing to the trained
How .delightfully easy it had been! he says to -morrow morning et twenty scholars who heard them. But imagine
She had helped him to set the .alarm five minutes after seven if you are the astonishment of his parents—
clock the night before, and be had all ready for breakfast." though in their case astonishment is
evidently obeyed its first suininons. lie griniiec.
He' had bathed and dressed himself "Will you call me?" he asked.
without. a word to: anyone, and when ` • "No," she answered, `blit you may
he had conte to her.room his face had -leave the. alarm clock."
been just glowing with the joy'of ' He was ready at the appointed time.
anticipation.
"I wish he could feel that way about
his school," she: said to ,herself. But
on further consideration she had to
acknowledge that:he was fond of his
school. It was simply ,that he had
always .depeneed on, bei; knowing that
she would get him up in season. Not
at all would he have liked being late.
She wondered how it would do to. give
him the alarm clock and tell pini that
in the future he must depend upon
himself. in this matter. But site was
•afraid he would not get up in tine Then, forestalling her objection, "Oh,
for breakfast and. she was not willing you don't need to keep 'em for bait
that he should ut any more, I'll get up. Gee, there's no
it even as in experiment. Not beil
ig fun staying in bed . half the day. A
able to think a ' fi- fellow misses a lot Sere I'll get up."
She kept this up.. Each day she
told him of - something that she hada
to give, show or tell to him un ; he
follofving' inoiuhfet. Once ft wits his
new suit, once, only an unusual pen-
cil;. very often, and he seemed quite
,as well pleased, it was just 'a" funny
story All this 'time he was -punctual
ity itself.
Finally: one morning he said :to. bee,
"S.ay, Ma, I have a hu heli. Let's have
our surprises at night instead of in
the morning. We'd'have more time."
go to school witho
way out of this dif
eulty, she put ..the question aside.' And he did.
ming�ied with reproach. "Child," said
his mother, "how could` you thus deal .ness.
do something for it, quickly, - said have done. Pll come hack to see you
Roily Rabbit.
So together they doctored the bird
and mended the broken wing with tiny
splinters and fed him everything that
Iittle birds should eat. In a few days
he was so much better that he could
sing to Bruin and Roily for being so
kind to him. It was not long before
he could fly about the house. He would
light upon first one shoulder and then
the other and chirp and sing to them,
but always iii the strange bird -lan-
guage that neither Roily nor Bruin
knew, but seemed in a way to under-
stand.
Then one bright morning Bruin
opened the door and the little bird
flew out, but as he went he- seemed.
to say to his two strange friends,
"Thank you so much for whet you
again."
r. -
Sore Shoulders.
Be sure that the horse's collar lits
right but do not stop there. When
resting the team in the field take a
minute to wipe off the sweat 'under:
thecollar; and at the end of the day's
work try this method: Remove the
harness from the team, bathe the
horses' shoulders with a. weak solu-
tion of cold salt water and then turn
the horses out in the barn lot for a
roll and drink. While your horses are
enjoying this luxury put their feed -in
their mangers and in a: short time
each horse will come into the barn and
find his own :stall.
ISSUE No. 27—'24.