MOUSE MEAT FOR ROOSTERS 



Mouse Meat for Roosters. 



BY CHARLES H. CRANDALL, STAMFORD, 

 CONNECTICUT. 



At a recent meeting of the Farm 

 Bureau a poultry expert from upstate 

 advised farmers to select their eggs 

 for sitting from their own flocks, fol- 

 lowing suggestions of his, in order to 

 get fowls of great egg producing capa- 

 city. He especially laid stress on cross- 

 ing the choicest hens with the sauciest 

 cockerel on the place, one full of fight 

 and general bumptiousness. 



Well, I am entering a Rhode Island 

 red cockerel for the prize in these qual- 

 ities, for he did under my eyes what ] 

 never saw a rooster do before. I was 

 startled by sudden squeaks and saw 

 my up-to-date rooster battling with a 

 large field mouse. He chased the 

 mouse, striking it with his beak, and 

 soon despatched the rodent, called tip 

 the admiring hens and they soon dis- 

 sected and swallowed the meat. Of 

 course I shall start a new strain of reds 

 for which you will not have to purchase 

 bone or meat rations. 



Henry Ford's Response. 



Men who do big things have a fac- 

 ulty of keeping it up. Henry Ford has 

 granted the British Government the 

 right to make his tractors ad lib., waiv- 

 ing all patent rights. This is a big 



patriotic response to the pressing needs 

 of the British Government to increase 

 its food supply. 



As for America, Mr. Ford is prepar- 

 ing to turn out thousands of farm trac- 

 tors by the first of August. He is not 

 only making tractors under high pres- 

 sure at his Dearborn tractor plant, but 

 he is preparing to turn over both bis 

 tractor plant and his automobile plant 

 to the United States Government 

 should the need arise. 



Germany has cause to beware of 

 some of our eminent pacifists. An 

 American who loves peace and does 

 big things in peaceful times is 999,999 

 times out of 1,000,000 an American 

 first, last and all the time. — Country 

 Gentleman. 



For cultivating colonies of Euglena 

 quince seed jelly is especially recom- 

 mended. The seeds are boiled and the 

 thick juice strained through a sieve to 

 remove particles of seed. The jelly is 

 then diluted with water. 



Daisies. 



Daisies, far as the eye can see, 

 Daisies, a great white company; 

 With ray-like petals, and hearts of 



gold. 

 What starry beauty do they unfold! 

 ■ — Emma Peirce. 



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'DAISIES, FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE." 



