The Brussels Post, 1920-11-25, Page 2Tuberculosis in Poultry.
• Chickens, roosters, hens', turkeye,
all gores of barnyard poultry are sub-
jiect to a particular kind of tuber-
culosis and May show extraordinary
symptoms suggesting some kind of
paralysis. During the epidemics se.
infantile paralysis which have oeeur.
red at intervals since 1908, many
affected fowl were sent in to medical
laboratories or described to physi-
cians as perhaps suffering from in-
fantile parelysis, hut. in the vast ma-
jority of cages, tubereulosie was found
to be the eause of the tread°, "con-
sumption,". as it would be called if
it were the human lung that was
affeeted. This tuberculosis of poul-
try, although a true tuberedosis, is,
due to a germ called the avian or
bird germ which is not the same as
that which causes human tubereu-
losis. This bird germ is related to
ehe human germ but ec. distantly that
It cannot cause human tuberculosis.
There are three tubereulosis germs
to be found en many farms --the
avian, just describee, whish grows and
produces tuberculoses in poultry only;
the. bovine germ, which &TOWS and
preduces tuberculosis in cattle. in
hogs, and also in the human, particu-
larly in children; and the hunian
germ., wheel grows in the human
only: the latter is found a -reeve in
about, 1 per cent. of the population of
the northern half of North America.
The avian germ in poultry often
gives no symptoms of its presence
until the fowl is ()Penal, when white
spots on or in the liver may be found.
'The birds may be fat and well to all
appearance. City health officers are
consulted Thanksgiving and Christ-
mas by purchasers of good looking
birds concerning the poultry, turkeys,
end so forth, they have bought, ask-
ing about white spots in the livers,
whether it is safe to eat these birds,
and if they can get their money back
from the farmer or butcher who sold
it to them!
if cooked, such birds are perfectly
safe for food. Even if eaten raw,
they could net convey tuberculosis to
the consulter, for the avian tethercu-
iosis germs, present in those white
spots, do not hurt human beings. In
• fact, meat from the earm, whether
yielded by bird or beast, cannot be
Named for the spread of tubercelosis
who were dominated and led by the
Pharisees, Jesus says in effect: "We
have each tilled our plata" and done
our divinely appointed work. As chil-
dren of the heavenly. "wisdom we need
no apology, Our works, as wisdom's
works, speak for themselves."
0mitty If)
Have the ducks warm pens for the
winter? While it is riot necessary
to keep ducks housed. except at night
Christmas Gifts From the Farm.
ny MARION ALDMICH.
Last Christmes 1 epeit with a l tiny fancy label on, to 'laden the ree
Verses 20-24 are placed by Luke and during the coldest weather, re- schoolmate who lives M the country. eiseue together, pack them firmly
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of the seventyThe places mentioned id roupBe sum that the oofs are writing to do inet needed quietAt Ruth did Ind the letter she got e
1 saw the tWnee, with My e•Vn eyes,
(10: 1246) in a different cennection, member that any dampness in their I had gone to her home in the early a box and 'lend them. atm*
to himFtt ft bigd outeVer nceas the big
1.`air early in eleptember. It
and are connected "Atli the mission quarters will seedy cause bad colds autumn th board because I had migh Watch his mouth water! toe
d best eehibit, there; an ex. -
were cal the western and north-west- tight end, if poseible, that the walls the same time I neectea the sweet, ft 1 1 h k geet en
min her brei moug e tie qu c
ern sbore of the lake of Galilee, and , Wait, of manlinees and Unlerneee ena
• tl of I of our Lord's gi e eovered with tar -paper, A good pure eoeary air, When We first be- maws to her eyee. II el at
ministry. Their epportunitee to see fpaint will make the houses in . love, Compared with Rea e. i
in the human; of the an real products were the scums muc 1
coat oe g 1 taking of Christmas, fully six To my aeothege wife I s
it is only the cows' raw milk that is ent a small
and to hear had been very great, and , ship-shape, and fill ®Na
the craces were hugs end eorn, cows ane aero -
dangerous, or products made frOm.or eight weeks before that Oath, Ruth, erate of miesel veetables, She wae
•eat also would be their reepon-' evhere vermin lurk.' No roosts are my friend, began the old-time phant: delighted, i sea tineas e I Piene''''
arly eater 1 • • e •
"I know I shall get a lot of ;wetly for her to use them for the Christ.. They had come to the in for a
things from my city friends and rela- yeas dinner. There was a moan well-earned vacation. lint it was not
tives, and what on earth can I get in• week, some (Melee potatoes, onions,. a reale Rooms were hard to tinie
this' old ark that is fit to send than?" beets, carrots, turnips, a cabbage, meals were high priced and not over -
"This old ark," was the village gen- 80111C apples, a dozen bard winter le good. It is hard wok tramp'ng
oral store, where we were when we. pears and a little jar of aelleions city :erects and fair -ground avenues
brought up the subject of Christmas crabapple jelly tucked M, ' all day. The children were not used
giving. To our oict sehool-Macher, still to their shoes. They became tired.
1 answered her, striving to toech the yew* idea how emdlea They could run all day in the
"Rnth Preston,"
"with all the opportunities yon have
for Milking the Meet delightful, un -
The really dangerous tuberculosis. sib
11: 5-30. At that time, Luke (10::
I necessary, but since the ducks emend
raw milk.
germ on the farm is the human germ, 21) shows us that these words were feet are very tender, see to it that
all their time en the ground and their
—the one that produces human tuber— spoken on the occaseon of the return , they have plenty of straw or litter
eulosis or so-called consumption. of the seventy disciples from thenn
and all the bedding tbey need.
Next in order, only about one-tenth mission, which had followed tie of )
as -dangerous to the human, is the the twelTits Theei: l'irlembukee f
a ei g t%wesaineary-ltry, for it 15 mistaken economy. In
Capor- Do not keep (Wylie with other pout -
and hogs, but a so pto ucing aboutJena' taenthat Years was -at this time : the first place, dicks require differ -
bovine germ, chiefly affecting eattle Ila
'greatly disturbed and disappointed. est fedi, which they eat very elowly.
7 to 10 per cent. of the tuberculosis He had hoped for a widespread re- ' They are timed, and should not be ex -
of the human, chiefly in children spouse to these MISSIOnS, and a great!
(they get it only by drinking raw movement among the people, but iti ea" if they
oited or confused, es would be the
'were kept with hens. A
milk); finally comes the avian germ, had not 'come. The rulers weti*e i -
which hurts only the birds. stinately opposed to Him, am the very small chickenean ..dirtve a duck
.
Sick fowls of any kind should never mess of thejeLer had,
le was under their away from the feeding ense
however, this Ducks should not bo fed sleemy or
birds may be isoloted and kept awhile oinnellegrneeea't consolation, that the truth gummy food; they will not eat it.
run with the others. Very valuable n
to see if they will get well. Unless e
-Itch He preached was being reveal- Nor should whole grain be given
to the simple minds of these dis- them. Soak corn for several hours
they are valuable birds they should ciples who believed in Him. Hidden before feeding time. Chopped tur-
be killed at once—and be sure to ex- it might be from the wise, but it was •
nips, beets,' apples, onions 1111(1 cab -
amine them to see what is the mat- being made known to babes. bage are fine for ducks. Many breed -
ter with them. Better still, send the 12: 14. The Pharisees. In strong ers advocate a combination of corn -
fresh -killed bird, carefully packed, to contrast to the patient faith and eour-emeal, cooked vegetables arid bran, fed
the Veterinary Division of the Agree age and hope of Jesus,,, which 111
cultural College, with a letter de- sought to impart to leis gisciples, se in equal parts. Add a little salt
Specialists the growing hostility of the Pharisee , Voice a week. During the laying sea -
scribing, the symptoms,
there will tell you what was the mat -I chief representatives in their day of son it is well to add raw cut bone
' the old Jewish faith. Because Jesus and meat scraps at the same intervals.
ter and advise as to how you caul showed thein no respect and paid no Pekins !have to be fed oftener than
stop further trouble.
An expire says that avian tuber-
culosis in poultry can be readily de-
tected by a test with avian. tuber-
culin, a test which is made quite
easily on the wattles or coribs of tbe
birds. In this way a valuable flock
can be tested out, and the disease
birds eliminated.
If you have birds that are doing
poorly, showing diarrhoea, tending to
be lame, losing weight, perhaps tu-
berculosis is at work. The disease
is no doubt transmitted in the drop-
pings front bird to bird. So, if you
observe this disease amongst your
fowls, you shouldgemove the healthy
Ones to .an entirely new place, where
the ground is not yet contaminated
with droppings from the sick ones,
New chicken houses are .best but the
old houses may be used again after
thorough scrubbing with a strong so-
lution of lye in very hot water. When
this is dry, follow with whitewaeh, to
which chloride of lime has been add-
ed, two minces of chloride of lime
powder to the gallon of vehitewash.
Absolute cleanliness is an efficient aid
against all 'diseases.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
NOVEMBER 28TH,
NOW Jesus Was Received, Matthew
1L'and 12. Golden Text, --Matt.
11: 28.
11: 1-6. In the Prison, The great
preacher John, whom men called the
Baptist, the man of clean heart and
prophetic vision, the forerunner of
Christ, had been imprisoned in the
castle of lelachaerus by Herod An -
tepee, because he had boldly rebuked
that ruler for adultery. The story of
his imprisonment is told in 14: 3-4.
To John's prison his disciples had
come with news of what Jesus was
doing, and John had begun to doubt.
He had believed and declared that
SOWS was the long -promised Xing
end Saviour who would restore the
throne of David, re-establish the in-
dependence of Israel, and set up a
eighteoue and glorious dominion. But
he Atm that Jesus was taking no steps
in that direction. He was not gather-
ing an army, or leading in a revolu-
tion, or asserting Hie claim to a
throne of that sort. What could Ile
mean? Had john, then, been mis-
taken? He sent his disciples to Jesus
Himself to ask the question.
The answer of Jesus WAS to bid
them pimply tell John what they had
seen of the work of His ministry—
elis healing and His teaseling, and to
big him have faith. It was hard to
believe that the world could be saved,
'the powers of evil overthrown, and
he kingdom of Gore people estab-
lished, in that way, but that is. what
Jesus wanted him to see and believe.
It was not by arms and munitions of
war, but by the ministry of love, that
His kingdom was to be won. The
work which He was doing was the
evidence, and such work in every age
is and will be the evidence of His
cburch's right and power.
In vs. '7-15 Jesus bears striking
testimony to the character and• the
greatness of John. Those, he remind-
ed the people, who had gone out into
the Jordan. wilderness to hear John
preach had found ne weakling, no
child of luxury. They had found a
great, strong, self -forgetting' man,
and a prophet, a man of vivion and
of faith. The promise of an ancient
prophet (Mal. 8: 1) had, been fulfilled
in him. -He was indeed great, one
of the greatest of the old order, but
a new day was dawning and a new
order corning in which new powers
would be recognized mid a new stand-
ard of greatness. The old barriers
to the kingdom of God Were being
broken down, its doers were soon to
be thrown wide open, and John him-
self ley his preachieg had prepared the
way for the change. Already the
violence of the new order, the vio-
lence and conquering power of faith,
was taking possession of that king-
dom, 'and it WAS not to be, as John
thought, a kingdom ,ef Israel, but an
empire and dominion of faith and of
the Spirit of God to extend over and
include all men.
11: 16-19. Wisdom is justified of
her childree, or, as in the Revised
Vendee, " by her works." John and
Jesus were very different in their life
and manners, John the man who lived
an ascetic life apart, appearing only
to preach to the multitudes, and Jesus,
who sought the companiveship of His
fellows and lived and ate and drank
with them. But neither had pleased
the Jewish authorities, nor the people
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attention to then. claims of spiritual
authority, they hated Him and would
now destroy Him.
Mixing Poultry Manure.
On poultry and fruit farms the poul-
try manure is a valuable asset for
fertilizing trees. The Massachus,etta
station recommend the following
mixture: Hen manure, 1,500 vowed's;
high-grade sulphate potash, 170
pounds; sixteen per cents acid phos--
phate, 380 pounds. This makes a total
of 2,000 pounds of fertilizer for orch-
ard use. The approximate analysis
is nitrogen 1.1 per cent.; phosphoric
acid, 33 per cent; potash, 4.5 per
cent.
Poultry manure spread on straw-
berries seems to induce a rapid weed
and grass growth and is not condu-
cive to the production of large quan-
tities of fruit. The Massachusetts
station recommend the following
mixture of poultry manure when it
is used on strawberry patches: Hen
=Were, 1,000 pounds; nitrate of oda,
100 pounds; ammonium sulphate, 100
pounds; high-grade sulphate potash,
200 pounds; acid phosphate, 600
pounds.
Do not burn leaves, but save them
for the garden. Mix the leaves with
a little soil or manure, pile in the
garden, and scatter just before plow-
ing. Plow•them under.
Runners.
Have a box of charcoal and an-
other of sand near at ell timee. And
do not forget water. Ducks navel
plenty to drink, even more, than
chickens. Change the water in the
pens several times a day, and take
the chill off in cold weather. It is a
mistake to add grit to the feed, but
it should be kept always available M
a separate dish.
If ducks are well cared for, as they
ought to be, they will begin to lay
during the veinter, the Indian Runners
several weeks before the Pekins.
They should lay from the latter part
of February or early March clear into
July. It is as easy to get winter
duck' eggs as it is hens'. Since
ducks lay on the gromid, the emport-
lame of dean straw and litter, and
a good deal of it, will bo seen. Ree
member this: the eggs won't hatch
well in the spring if the ducks aren't
cared for in the winter.
Ducks can no more be neglected
than can horses or cattle, but if a
man gives ducks geed quarters and
the right kind of teed, they will pay
him for their keep over and over
again. Good oare always pays.
Clean up the orchard and garden.
Do not let fruits and vegetables lie
on the ground to decay. Such prac-
tise is bread and butter for the bugs.
Safety First When Farmers Hunt.
There conies a time in the fall or
winter, after the crops are in the
barns and the hard work of harvest
is finished when nearly every farmer
thinks of getting out his gun and go-
ing after the rabbit, the grouse, the
woodcock, the squirrel, the fox, pheas-
ant or some kind of native game..
A few weeks ago I was hunting on
strange territory and found only two
little bunnies, while a farmer friend
went nut with his beagle and located
five. He knew where they lived and
they were there waiting for him. The
city man had passed them by many
timee.
When one man hunts with other
hunters, a great deal of care must
be exercised. Not that I mean to
preach a sermon on safety first with
the gun, but I have noticed that a
good many accidents occurred in 'cer-
tain places and under certain sonde -
tion, hence there are some cardinal
"Don'ts" that I want to present.
Don't get the habit of carrying
your gun with the safety off or the
hammer up. A good shooter throws
the safety as his rifle or .shotgun
comes to shoulder. It ie ten easy
habit to get and it is a safe one, too.
The hunter who thinks he has to go
into the brush with his gun all set to
shoot at the first movement, is the
one who causes the accidents, and he
generally gets less gone than the
hunter Who takes more time, is more
careful, tend plays the game safely.
Probably more accidents happen
when the hunters are crossing a fence
than at any other place. Possibly
there is a fox hurrying off in the dis-
tance, or a rabbit skipping ahead of
the 'dogs, and every one wants' to get
over the barrier eapidly.and get in a
shot. Right there is the germ of a
shooting accident, for to clamber over
with the loaded' gun in hand, per-
haps with the safety off, gives every
possibility of a dip and a fall that
may discharge the gun. The sane
way to get over any fence is to go
through a gateway if pofssible, and if
it lisrat possible, set your gun over the
fence 'Best arid then climb over your.
self.
Some hunters have the pernielous
habit of getting over first and then
pulling the gun after thern. In that
case the chances are that the muzzle
is directed in the direction of the
body, and many an accident Lhe
BUR of this foolish carelessness. Put
When going from one piece of
woods to another, hunters often show
the greatest amount of carelessness
in the manner of carrying their guns.
The weapons are shifted, into easy
positions with the barrels in a hori-
zontal position that makes the range
of the gun cover some companion's
body. The proper way to carry the
gun, when with one or more people,
is to see that the muzzle is aimed
downward or upward Not straight
up or deem, but pointed so its muzzle
is looking at the ground or at the
sky. With a very little care on the
part of the hunter, a gun can be CRT-
rled in an easy position so that its
load would: never go in the direction
of 'another member of the party.
Accidents generally come as a re -
stilt of thoughtlessness. If one mem-
ber of the party sets out carefully
the others will fellow his example.
Sometimes a hunter will walk ahead
of nee 'and let Inc gaze into the muzzle
of his loaded gun. It sends such a
chill through me that ask him to
his weapon. He is invariably
glad to do this. I have thoughtlessly
done the same thing myself and have
been glad of the correction,.
Some hunters never 'carry their
guns right when walking along a side -
hill, They "tote" them any way that
happens to suit, and perluspe a slip
is all that is needed to cause a fall.
Falling with your weight on any
weapon is pretty liable to damage it
in some way, to say nothing of the
injury it might cause by exploding.
The -gun should 'be carried en the
downhill side of your body. Since the
direction of tall will most likely be
uphill if you should dip .on a wet
stone, the on will be safest on the
lower slide.
Another problem is to carry the gun
safely in a boat, wagon, automobile
or other conveyance. If the arm is of
the anegazine type, it is better to keep
all cartridges thie magazine,
throwing the top one 'into the cham-
ber when ready •shoot. A loaded
ehotgun a boat should be in some -
Way's hands while the other member
of the party does the rowieg.
Important Nalco: The 'advice of
all fur 'companies es not to trap early
this year. Wait until fur es prime,
and better prizes will be secured,
Every year many skins taken are
practically worthless, and the trapn
the gun over the fence first. But pens complain because they receive
make sure that you dont climb over such, low prices. Conserve the Inc
Ala where the gun is located, so that crop. 11 is a valuable one, Use 'come
a-eall might land you an top of it. mon sense,
al" mak.' meadows and pastures, but an hour
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on the pavements wore them out.
Wiggin's limited stock of cheese and dozen jars of pure honey. o'f, They became Pretty and peevish; one
you should worry about Storekeeper lend who lead a number
usual
'Ti" really worth -while gifts, `.Co fr
chewing tobacco." small ehildven, Ruth sent half a
was suffering from the whooping -
"What do you mean?" gasped tie ales' brought, but it was either bring her
; cough. She should never have been
rittWiLell, you never lived in•the city,
cooped up in an apartment, or in a
house in a big town where the near-
est woods and nearest garden were
miles and miles away? Did you
now?" She admitted that she never
had.
"Imagine that you did live in such
fir tree eighteen inches high, a hes- placed la den anr s .
a place. What would you say if you or something of that sort,
eious deep green, growing in a pret-
ty
h' h h Id- each' those days—and she could have at -
were to receive a beautiful little baby '
little wooden tub painted deep
red? Suppose it came to you care-
fully wrapped in wet burlap so that
the express people could see what it
was and keep it right side up?
"It would be pretty," admitted
Ruth.unel suppose you lived in a big
elevator apasament with a tiny kitch-
enette and a naw maid every week or
so and all the goodies you had you
made yourself or get at a cafe or dug
out of cans with a can opener. How
would you like to get a great big fat
mince pie, peeked in a box so care-
fully that it couldn't crush or break?"
I had set her th thinking. Soon
after that we brought up the subject
once more. I sent back to the city
for two dollars' worth of narrow, red
ribbon, holly ribbon, Christmas labels,
tags and stickers.
"What are you going to send him?"
I,asked Ruth one day as she mention-
ed her very wealthy 'brother who had
lived. in a distant city for twenty
1 11041 114104 140 of jellies and chili. sauce and baby aloag or the whole family stay at
.
pickles and jams anti other preserves! borne.
and condiments WO Bea aim* for The baby show appealed to the.
presents. woman. She had borne a half-dozen;
only three were left. The tears came
To a doctor friend—the oue Who'
sent me to 'inhale the country air for, to her eyes, as she thought of the lit -
six months—I sent two dozen big, 1 tle mounds in the cemetery back
rich duck eggs, quite fresh. On eachhome; of the little hands which once
egg I pasted a tiny sticker, a little clutched hers; of the warm lips which
Santa or Christmas tree or stocking had long been cold. Perhaps if there.
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years.
"Oh dear, Tom has so much money
that anything I could afford would
look cheap!" he complained. "Neck-
ties are silly and I .don't know the
latest styles. I'd love to surprise him
onee—"
"Make fifty of those old-fashioned
big sugar cookies, such as your
mother used to make for you and Tom
when you were youngsters. I know
how they taste—want one right now!
'Wrap each one in white tissue, stick
egg firmly, marked thein plainly and: tended—those little mounds of earth
they reached the good doctor without would not exist to -day. Through her
a break or a crack. . tear -swimming eyes the looked in at
Every year Ruth's great aunt sends' the baby. show which she could not
herr something of value. This greatattend because of the afflietion from
aunt owns a string of business blocks: which the smallest, dirtiest and tired -
in a big city and. keeps a lawyer busy est of the children eves suffering.
attending solely to her estate. At; And then He appeared. I doenot
my suggestion, Ruth prepared a gomee' know his name. I do not know whence
for the oven, stuffed it, sewed it up He came. I want him to remain just
in a white cloth, and packed it in al an intangible, unidentified He with
box, the corners of which she Med; a capital H. He looked as if He had
with apples and onions for roasting.; never had a care in the world. He
This she sent to Groat Aunt, not with- I was foppish. He was frivolous. The
out fear and trembling. "The very; girl He was with was a vain peacoek,
idea of sending her something to eat"! She brushed by the woman and the
she gasped, "she'll think it an -insult"; child whose cough was causing
She invited a select few in to dinner, mothers to gather their little ones
ehe wrote and boasted of the "home-, to them and scurry away.
grown goose straight from my dear' He grasped the situation in a
niece who lives on a farm." And all glance: The poor, tired mother, her
her guests vaved. .drearos. her regrets, her vain long -
To friends who had children we ings; the afflicted, tired child. The
sent baskets of native nuts: butter- peacock walked on. Somehow I hope
nuts, hickory nuts endthe like, We He never met her again,
also made some delicious molasses "Want an ice-cream cone, honey?"
kisses, wrapped them in waxed paper, He said, stooping down and potting
packed them with sprigs of evergreen the dead when her paroxysms were
and sent them 'along.
If you live in the maple belt you
surely have seine maple sugar lefe
at an end. "I sure do, only nobody
will cat one with me."
God teaches the little children whom
If it is black, melt it over and re- to trust. The child put her hand in
cast the cakes. They will be delicious. his and was content.
Or melt them and stir them into the, "I'll take good care of her," He
soft mania sugar and let your friends said. "There are slides in the play -
use them for genuine maple fudge, ground and swings. I was a kid once
If you have popcorn, tie ep four and I had it, too. Let me take her
bunches, •eix ears in a bunch, with red a While"
ribbon and send it as a present.
Country popeorn "tastes• defferent,"
you lcnow! It -does. I've tasted it.
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Blackie.
Orme upon a time there was anold
mother hen who lead twelve baby
cheeks. They were -all fluffy and yel-
low except one who was so black that
he was called Blackie.
. Every morning the little .girl who
lived in the big faem ,house mine out
to feed the chides.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck," said the old
mother hen, and "Peep, peep, peepl"
cried the baby chicks. as if they wore
saying "thank you" to the little girl
for taking such good care of them.
"Peep, peep," said Bieck*, "now
that I have had my breakfast Pm go-
ing to take & journey." And away he
hopped from his mother anti 111110
brothers and sisters as fast as he 'could
gal
By and by be Caine to a hole in the
fence and out he went He found) lin-
elf on a nice green lawn and very
near a lovely big Rower bed dull of
pretty red and yellow Weeps.
"What a fine world this ie," thought
Blackie, "I'm glad I ran away from
the old chicken yard, for it was nem
so wonderful as this." With that lie
began Enratehing around the tulip bed
to find .something more to eat.
Just then a Menai% nose sounded
quite near hem.
"Bow, WOW , wow!" It was the little
girl's fat brown poppy who was jump-
ing alma on hie funny big feet, his
tongue hanging out In mo ch exeltee
ment.
"What are you doing out of the leen
yard?" ho seed, "Co right back or I
shall make your
"Peep, peep, peep," meted frightened
Blackie and away he ran without look-
ing et all to see where he was going.
Before he knew it be homed right
Into the meddle el a piedelle of water.
Little &Melee do not like water at all,
so poor Blaelde was More frightened
than .ever! Be fluttered his Male
wings, took a great hop mid up he
jumped on to a smooth stone in the
middle of the puddle,
"Poep peep, peep, Mother, Mother!"
he erica, But mother hen was far
away in the ben yard and could not
even hear hint.
Tho old tabby cat was curled up in
the shin on the ebeepe of the farm house
porter, not far quay. The litt1 girl
had given her a goad sewer of milk
and she was nappeng after her break-
fast. I saw horses for which $50,000 lead
"Peep, peep, peep!" cried the baby
chick froin his atone in the pudelet, "I been refused, I saw millions of dol -
want my motherlars' worth of stock. But I saw God,
!"
The old tabby cat heard hem and there in the children's playgrounds,.
and Heaven in the thankful eyes of
came doom to see is she could help.
the mother when she returned' th
She put one paw into the Water but
drew it out in a hurry ansi shook -o111 elairn her -child.
the deeps then she eat d.own as if she •
I watched them, and He was as
tender as a mother; a gracious, rol-
licking playmate. The tired lines
were wiped out of the tear-stadned
face of the child. She was too yoling
to know about Prince Chiming. But
He was that, in very truth.
—,e_—
were trying to think of some other Get every piece of farm machinery
way for tabby cat did not lilee to wet meer cover before 'now flies,
her feet
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"Peep, Peep, PeePl I want nar cry, if -cold. Gil usually flows slowly
mother, I'm afraid Pm going to in cold weather. It will pay to change
drown," to a lighter oil for winter use.
Bang! went the screen door and
. —
clown the porch steps ran the little Light creosote oils properlyeinject-
giell .13e she did laugh when she ed into wood apparently will prevent
saw little Blackie and the trouble he deoay until the wood wears out, or
was in. until it checks so badly that the un -
"Never mind, Bleckee, I'll bake you treate,l portions are exposed.
back to your mothersh
," e said and _
picking him up very carefully, she. Mulch strawberries with straw,
carried him back to the old 'nether, leave, covnstalks, or wild hay as soon
hen. I as the ground freezes.
WinterinBProtect raepbeaties, blackberries
g ees. and bush fruits from severe winter
Large numbers of colonies of bees' weather by bending the canes down,
are lost in Canada even' wilder pegging them with sticks stuck int
through lack of proper oath and fore- the soil, covering with earth. If canes.
thought. Serious losses are due to tend to break remove earth near the
want of timely and intelligent pre- Toots, on side toward which the plants
peration. Mr. F. W. L. Slarlen, Do- d are bent Bend all the same way.
minion Apiarist, in Bulletin Number'
48, 2nd Series of, the Experimental Clean ditches and tile outlets this
Farms, 'nukes the statement that long eall before the ground freezes. If
and cold wintering in many parts oe absolutely safe, open ditches should
Canada, is not so hard on the bees be bunted out now so tbey will be
as might be imagined. In some re-', ready for use early in the spring, A
sputa he says,. winterin,g is easier single tiny fill in the ditch where the.
here than in mild countries, Eke ling- ' wagon or cae crossed last summer
land or in the Southern States, This may hold emelt enough water to keep
is because bees rest more completely you out of the field a week later,than
during the winter in Canada. One of your neighbor next spring. The out -
the most importaet things for good let from the tile should be clear, since
wintering is a populous colony, eon-,
gating mainly of young bees; an -1
other is an ebunclant supply of whole.;
some stores ie the combs, and the
third is an adequate protection from
the cola.
This 'bulletin, entitled "Wintering
Bees in Caneda," is available at the
Publications Branch of the Demme-
ment. of Agrieulture, Ottawa. In &-
scribing the wintering of bees in the
cellar the Wmperatueef or the cellar
kegler the temperature for the cella'
' procaine:es as regards the spring
manst''eement of bees are recorded in
I '
the bulletin,
Put the necessary wietee overcoat
on the strawberries,
water allowed to back up in the tile
and stay at this time of the year will
freeze end injure the tile,
That old straw stack left over from
last year is good for use as a mulch
on winter wheat or winter eme-flekls.
Where the winter wheat or winter rya
has been sown in corn stubble or
graiit stubble, a mulch oe about twa
tens of old straw an acre will be l
distinct advantage to the crop, be•
cause at will protect it during winter
and will else aid in holdisig the mole-
ture about the roots in the 'eyeing, In
November mid early December itt
good time to spread the straw -There
aro several good streee-spreaders en
the market,