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Zurich Herald, 1954-04-22, Page 7T1IIL\LRN FRONT You folks who go in for poul- icy will probably be interested * hearing about a man named Streit, who lives out in Mon- tana, and who, for the past 13 ir ears has Inside a flock of around `00 Leghorns pay him back 6.50 apiece! W ,, 8: He pours the feed to his birds While the ordinary hens eats About 100 pounds of feed in a ear, Streit's hit 131. The laying ouse is stacked with hoppers. ays his wife: "When he has nothing else to do, he's always Seking a mash hopper." Answers treit: "When a bird wants to eat, 1 don't want her waiting /it line until she gets out of the notion." He lets no out -of -production linen loaf in his laying house. To watch him cull, you'd think his only purpose was to get rid of birds. He starts culling ' when the chicks are just one day old -throws out the weak, puny - :looking ones. And he keeps cull- ing thereafter until the entire $•iginal, flock is replaced. e * a Month by month, Streit pulls out any bird, that isn't laying, dresses it, and sells it to private 'trade. Even though he keeps only Single -comb White Leg - horns, customers snap thein up, What's because he packages the birds in attractive plastic bags - makes them look clean and appetizing. Row many eggs do his .layers put out? For the past 13 years, Streit has had a flock average of 250 eggs per hen. Only one year when coccidiosis hit the lock -- did they fall below 200, The highest was 295.7 in 1950. here's how Streft gets hens that will lay that well: e+ a: He buys the chicks from near- by breeders who he knows have high -producing stock. He gives them good care; most of all, he peeps things clean. That keeps his death loss down to 6%. Hidden Beauty -- Lovely nano Gribaudot, recently e l e c t e d "Miss Cotton" of Prance, hides behind e:t ritual veil worn by Moslem women in Ekypt. EEliane was shown this bizarre number while touring the Al-Mouski be zaar district of. Cairo, Egypt, One final touch - Streit was one of the first men in the state to build a good egg room and get a candler, He candles and cartons every egg, and It goes to his private customers with a guarantee. * a �: Is it worth all the trouble? For the 13 years that Streit has kept records, he's averaged 44 cents a dozen for eggs. When you in- clude those years when prices were low -- that's some egg money, * Did you know that it's safe to cut the beaks off day-old broiler chicks? Poultrymen at the Western Washington Experiment Station say that you can take a third of a chick's upper beak off, and it will prevent it from picking other chicks, to the end of the broiler period. When you do the job, just measure that distance from the tip of the beak 10 where the nostril starts. -A gauge or stop on the beak cutter will snake it easier to do an accurate trimming job. Here are some things not to do: ea Don't expect a chick with a trimmed beak to eat through a wire grid. * Don't ask it to pick at feed that's spread thinly over a hard surface. Snow Sculptors At Work -- It didn't take these teenagers long to start having some fun as the season's worst blizzard closed public schools. Shown working on a 10 -foot snowman are from left to right: Dave Chappell, 17; Carl Dohm, 15, and Butch Ridenour, 15. Those beaks are Mighty tender for the first few days. • ' Cutting the , beaks off day-old chicks is not a permanent pro - grain for replacement .pullets. The beaks will grow out again. But you can trim them again later When they need it. THEY MAY BE OLD yi5 UT THEY'RE STILL LIVELY The Civil Service authorities in Great Britain have recently decided to defer the retiring age, which was sixty-five, for they realize (as so many pri- vate firms have already done) that a man's usefulness cannot be measured by years. Within the past decade or two our span, of life has increased. Primitive man was o 1 d at twenty; in ancient Rome twenty- five was considered• a ripe age, and towardsthe end of the eighteenth century the average life=span was just over thirty- five . To -day it is twice that .length, and students of geria- trics, the study of old age, main- tain that within a few days even a hundred will not be con- sidered particularly old. Pitt was Prime Minister at twenty-four; Churchill took on the job a second time when over seventy. Work and an interest in life keep people alive. The death rate among retired clerks, for instance, is high be- cause they leave a busy exist- encee.fo:r a life without purpose. If you wish to reach well beyond the normal span and enjoy your last years, follow the example of Grandma Moses, one of the most amazing women of our time. Un t 11 seventy she worked hard on her farm, then retired for a well-earned rest. To while away the hours she embroidered until her fingers, crippled with arthritis, could no longer hold a• needle. But they could hold a brush, so at seventy-eight she took to painting in oils. One morning Lo u i s Calder, New York collector, spotted two of her paintings• in a local axhl- bition at Hoosick Falls. He asked the name of the artist, then he drove to her farm and bought her entire stock of fifteen pic- rt»�---• 8. Variety of CROSSWORD color nttnicieJ note 10. Uneasy 15. Part of a. 18. Vigilant 40. Foray 29. Breathlu organs 2. 4..Or !niter 28. ]3v birth 27. Allow 2s. Mau PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Mtn or court/, 8. Rostrain 11. Gum resift 18. Banishes 14. Digestare organ 18. (lard gam* 17. Broad street. (ah.) 48. Upright 20. ii1utiu cymbals 22. Part of the., foot- 23. oot28. tweet 24. Measure of duration 28. Single thins 27. Sweetheart 28. Stretched 41. Be aorry 32, Thiel; or 33. Love to exoes>. 24. Wino veseele 35. Com»lotnent of a bolt 24. Cut of iota 40. Str1lte violently 4). Alarm•vhirs;e 42, And not. 44. Defe me 411, BaR•]eeton. IA. Cott ing implements 49, Satisfies 1l. ;>!lgtt of no.: ,ovr 1. bo5Yr o," heir DOWN 4. biturtifio4' littree 2, .Living 8, Embankment 4. Japanese rice paste 3. Calamttout 8, Proper 7, Precise 29. Obr,ervatton 21). Hard 81. Repetition 3 2. Force ,i3, More este eabI. 87. Join 38. Particles. 39. Squeeze 41. Capital of b'4 ji Islands 4,2. cozy home 45. Expire 47, Sailor tures. He urged her to paint on, and by the time she was` ninety she had finished 800 pic- tures, many of which have been exhibited in art galleries. To -day anything Gr a n dm a Moses paints commands a fee of not less than 1,00 dollars:'.•' The phrase "too old at ;.forty" is now dead, Sophie Tugker insists, in song, that life begins at forty and there is much tenth- in enth _- in what slid says. Ozie finds Bernarr Macfadden parachuting from a 'plane at eighty-three. Florence Gunn spent the. first half of her life raising a family and helping her husband to run . a summer hotel. Her children left home, her husband retired to grow fruit and. vegetables, and she was bored with nothing to do. All her life this highly intelligent, cultured woman had hankered after newspaper work, so at the age of fifty-nine she went to see a publisher of 125 weeklies. In the course of their talk she confessed that she had done no journalistic work, but he was so impressed by her alert mind and outlook that she was offered a position as editor, Now Mrs, Gunn confesses that it was "just a natter of working hard, keep- ing my eyes and ears open, and using common sense." Frances Densmore, aged eighty-five, is one of the world's greatest authorities on the music of the American aborigines, But until she was forty her existence was humdrum. She lectured an piano and organ nnusic. Then she went on holiday to a settlement of Indians in the Mississippi r e g i on and was thrilled at her first hearing of aboriginal music. Discovering t li a 1 this old native music was fast dying out, she decided to record as much of it as she could for posterity. Since 1906 she has travelled from Florida to the .Arctic Circle in search. of aboriginal music. She has slept in shacks, tents, and an straw in barns. She has recorded in Dakota heat of 116 degrees and in the Arctie at fifty below zero, Sixty-five is no time to fire an efficient man. It's really the time to employ hila, for hey brings youthe accumulated wis- dom and experience of about: forty years' work, Eubery Owen, the vast engi- neerieg concern at Darlaston, Staffs, has a special department for pen:delvers who do not have tee clock on and off, or worry :about speed. But they put younger men in the shade, 'Ord, Dodge and Henry litaiser, all production geniuses, employ a proporte:en of men over ' ;eixty'five. There is one institution in America. ,-... negates College, Whie?h Tee the law college of the YI1ni ►f:rsity of Celilorinia.... where leo teacher is 4r'cepted unlesl14 t sever 05. The Hastings plan eiarted lit 1940 when its Deal: found 1t dif- fieult to engage a professor. He apprn;-rt?hed int ofc:eor Cathcart, who had been retired from Stanford because he was sixty- five, In 1943 he engaged Pro. fessor Edward S. Thurston, re- tired from Harvard, Their work was inundated by applications from students. Shaw's earnings from his peen were negligible before he was forty; Vanderbilt added $60,000,- 000 to his fortune after seventy; Heinrich Nusslein of Nuremberg had never painted a picture be- fore fifty. It seems logical that a man with years of business, experi- ence behind him is much more likely to succeed in a new ven- ture after forty than before it, for at that age he is a student .of human nature, a master of his craft, and knows the mistakes to avoid ---From "Tit -Bits." First .FLa,ntings • Even in the cooler parts of the • country, the first actual plant- . ings are usually carried out in March or earlier. This is the seeding of those things that are usually started in green houses; hotbeds and Window sills. Tama,- toes, ama-toes, cabbages, petunias, asters, and so on are in this group. Many people don't bother with this first seeding at all, but pim- ply buy the started plants in April or. May and set out. Of .the first seeds planted directly outside will be the very hardy group of flowers and vegetables, Whiebe a bit of frost will not hurt. In this group are sweet peas, cosmos, the first carrots and beets, lettuce. spinach, rad- ish and grass seed. Then there is the semi -hardy group, which includes most flowers and the hardier vege- tabies. A touch of frost will not ruin them, though they would prefer to do without. In the last group are the really tender things that won't stand a single degree below 02, In this category are dahlias, can- nas, gladiolus, tomatoes, peppers, melons, ' cucumbers and se on. Make it Last In a far too many cases the Canadian gardener thinks just of a few ennonths: in the summer and .every less when it cornea . to vegetables, It's a feast or famine. A few weeks when the lettuce, spinach and radishes are just right. A fever days of feasting ort green peas Or fresh corn, a little longer for tomatoes perhaps, and cucumbers and melons. That's .pretty wasteful garden- ing. With the great variety available today, it is possible to spread even relatively short season things like corn, peas and spinach over many weeks. This spreading can be further ex- tended by planting each vari- ety and type at least three times, first earlier than usual, then about the average time and fin- ally two or three weeks later. In this way not only do we get far more volume from our vege- table plots, but far higher qual- ity, too. When Soil is Ready It is a serious mistake to do any general sowing or cultivat- ing while the ground is the least bit muddy. Heavy soil is injured and later trouble results when it is dug or worked too soon A good test is to take a little earth and squeeze it in the hand. If when released it crumbles but does not pack it is fit for the spade or plow. 11 it packs into a ball, it is not and cultivating or digging it then will pack into lumps through which no plant can penetrate. Living Screens There is a wide assortment of annuals, both tall and climbing for screening or background purpose. These plants will reach two to ten feet high in a few weeks. In most seed catalogues along with the date of flower- ing, hardiness and other factors, will be listed the mature height and usually some indication of the speed these flowers grow. In the tall category are cosmos, hollyhocks, giant zinnias and marigolds, spider plants, orna- mental sunflowers and many others, Planted well apart and in good soil these will form a blossoming background for the regular flowers and will hide practical bits of the backyard we do not wish every passerby to see. Forthe same purpose one can also use annual climb- ing -things like nasturtiums, sweet peas, scarlet runner beans, morning glories, annual hops, etc. She :x ent Sailing In kiler Own Bed It was a dark and bitterly cold night. Old Ludwig Brum- mer awoke suddenly, feeling thirsty, and got out of bed for a drink of water. Returning to the room, he got into bed again and suddenly felt the floor moving. He heard ominous creaks. Sitting up, he looked in the direction of his wife's twin bed and was amazed to see dimly that it had vanished. The floor beneath it had col- lapsed and the bed, with his wife in it, had slid and plunged ten feet into the middle of the small river which flowed under the house in Munich. A concrete pile, one of four supporting the house, had given way, causing the bedroom floor to sink. And as the 70 -year-old roan shouted "Maria! Where are you?" his own bed slid sudden- ly and fell with him into the river. Other furniture followed, some nearly overwhelming the R. Barclay Warren, 1B,A„ 9il,i Jeans Faces the Cresta John 12:20.32 Memory Selection: He this, levet': his life shall. lose it; and he that hateth his life h4 tide world shall keep it unto life eternal. John 12:25. "We would see Jesus." This. was the desire of the Greeks who had come up to Jerusalem to the annual feast of the pass - over. They had turned froth their pagan religion and had accepted the Jewish faith.. They had heard about Jesus:' They wanted to meet him and speak withhim. They . directed their inquiry to Philip. His was a Greek name and he probably spoke Greek. Philip mentioned it to Andrew. Andrew was a good contact man. He wasn't one of the three leading disci- ples but he made a good fourth. He had brought Peter to Jesus. He also brought to Jesus the lad whose lunch was blessed to feed a multitude. Now Philip and Andrew brought the Greeks to Jesus. Most probably it was the Tuesday before the crucifixion, Jesus was facing the cross. He would die. But Life would fol- low; not only life for himself but eternal life for all would ever believe in him. He illustrated from nature. The seed must die that fruit may follow. So it is in the spiritual. If we live selfishly our lives will be barren. But if we lose ourselves for Jesus' sake we shall bear much fruit. My cousin with her hus- band were on furlough from, service in China. In 1946 per. mission was given for him to re- turn alone. If conditions settled, his wife and family could come later. I saw hint off at the station. He kept smiling. But one could sense that he was fighting hard to look brave. He kissed the children acid then his wife. I never know what her last wor s were pntil. S('yen years .later. They gave hire strength as he went on alone. They were, "Willie, we do this for -Jesus' sake and for the Chinese". A year later she and the four children left from the same station. There was an atmosphere of gaiety. They would soon join husband and father. Have you accepted the cross of Jesus Christ in your life? Have you forsaken all to follow him? This is the way of life for yourself and bringing light and blessing to eothers. old man as he struggled in the water. Fireenen, summoned by other people in the house, fished him out- in his nightshirt. But where was old MariaeBrummer? Alter three hours they extri- cated her from the river. She was found jammed by her bed and other furniture tight against the river bank, with the swirl- ing water nearly up to her chin, (Upside down to prevent peeking) '5 .l. 0 el as Edi 'd 3 1 a .1. a 'ICs >VIa .R N ii a CI ✓ N N 1 S 3 i,.N e .iP tis'ei .1. let 73 All -Purpose Glassware Is Pop r da�r- Y 1►iaL1 S Tlr yours is to be a, J'une wed- ding, it's none too soon to start thinking about what you want iie tableware and glassware, It may lie that your fdeax wilt be ()hanged completely when you start to look around. Perhaps you still entertain the, notion that you should have One scat of tableware and tglaysavearc for "hest," another for practical, everyday use. This 16 yin idea that's becoming outmoded. I.,iving today ie Lest ;formal than it used to be, and this means that brides frequently pick .once pattern in tableware, one in glesswar.2 and one in silver or gainless steel to serve for all oc- casions. According to Industrial de- signer Freda Diamond, the new shorter -stemmed, well .' balena.ed *lessee have been design:. tape - tally so they will not 'topple easily -nor beak readily. lt'a this designer's opinion that. lovely ylilsswar.t ehould rsqulre is mint. Mum oil mire. Almost all of today's zllallawaree k4erves there t ate out pUtetQ8L A ebsrbet glass nilly else bat Weld 1!<Atr MAR 047¢1, ahridTor or oyster .+8oektt111 or even for champagne. The 10Wetternmed wine Blas* will double for brenakinst juicer, and lien keeping with today's trend toward informal but redoes living. titles bride has ('Resit simple, sire:r-batnde4', classware and ramt4- bitied it with sileer•rii.es>ted chili. plates. the tall pilsleaner glasses ars oiler, I1",edu Dialuo: d IF a tow - used to hold parfait. ttletynued, pial intim-handed pat In short, it a glass" auris the I tern Palled 'native" Is.'s cyassi' purpose tot which you used it, calls• simple and medium piiecd. then it's the comet glass. And there's a complete line of One of the newest destrriis cre-stemware as well as tumblers in eepecialt for the bride,by!various heights.