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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



"Lady Eglantine" died August, 1916, 

 of enlarged heart, probably the out- 

 come of poultry show exhibitions in 

 New York and Philadelphia before she 

 had recovered from the weakening ef- 

 fects of moulting The night of the day 

 she completed her record at Newark, 

 Delaware, she was taken by train to 

 Maryland, with an automobile trip to 

 the farm. She laid next day as though 

 nothing had troubled her. That was egg 

 three hundred and fifteen but did not 

 count in record. She laid for some 

 months after period of moulting. 



What I have said of egg records 

 covers all breeds of chickens including 

 Langshans. Every straight bred fowl 

 is good and makes honest, sensible 

 appeal to men and women. 



We hold to Leghorns because they 

 can be bred to produce the most dol- 

 lars' worth of eggs per year. Fall lay- 

 ing, non-sitting, late moulting are 

 traits best held in Leghorns. Their big 

 white eggs bring highest prices always. 

 Money — there must be always some 

 measure of expression. You would 

 prefer a gardenia to a common ro-:e be- 

 cause harder to make of greater value. 

 A. A. Christian. 



sibility of ownership, some of their 

 time will be profitably employed, and 

 they will become producers and good 

 citizens. 



"America needs a good navy on the 

 land as well as on the sea. In the land 

 navy there are three ships. The first 

 of these is ownership — let a child have 

 a garden of his own — give him an op- 

 portunity to earn a dollar and he will 

 know better how to spend it. The sec- 

 ond ship is partnership — the parent 

 and community cooperating to make 

 possible the best kind of training for 

 boys and girls. The last ship is citizen- 

 ship — in these days of the unsettled 

 condition of nations, what is of greater 

 importance to our own country than 

 this? It is a result of the building of 

 the two previous ships, and as the 

 builder's experience and usefulness is 

 enlarged by building, so is the experi- 

 ence and usefulness of boys and girls 

 enlarged by the accomplishment of 

 tasks worth while. 



A Garden for Every Boy and Girl. 



In view of the high cost of food pro- 

 ducts all possible use should be made 

 of the small and large plots of ground 

 in cities and villages, writes A. J. Brun- 

 dage, State Boys' and Girls' club leader 

 of the Connecticut Agricultural col- 

 lege, and continuing, says : 



"By careful planning and diligent 

 effort Fmall areas are capal)le of yield- 

 ing vegetables in quantities that will 

 markedly supplement the family bud- 

 get. The small garden areas may im- 

 part, in addition to the vegetables har- 

 vested, pleasure, exercise under health- 

 ful conditions and moral and mental 

 development through contact with the 

 soil. 



"Boys and girls learn to work by 

 working or learn to loaf by loafing. 



"The home garden offers an ideal 

 opportunity for them to learn to work, 

 and if this is carefully planned and 

 supervised the boys and girls, in addi- 

 tion to the practical gardening experi- 

 ence, will learn how to keej) simple 

 records, will realize the joy and respon- 



Two Beautiful Cover Illustrations. 



We are indebted to Mr. Herbert W. 

 Faulkner, Washington, Connecticut, 

 for the beautiful illustration of dalTo- 

 dills, and the scenic effect, on the cover 

 for our April issue. The cover illus- 

 tration of this number represents the 

 wild pink azalea, and the swallow-tail, 

 yellow butterfly. The shrub is gener- 

 ally known throughout New England 

 as the "s\Vamp apple," because of a 

 certain curious, juicy, delicious growth. 

 Although it may be the result of dis- 

 ca.^e, as the technical scientists say it 

 is, it is delicious. Many country people 

 think that it is the fruit of the shrub, 

 and still others mistake it for a gall, 

 the result of an insect's sting. It is, 

 however, caused by the irritation of a 

 true fungus growth. 



Though maize in North Dakota is 

 an uncertain crop for the white farmer, 

 the native Indian tribes, from time im- 

 memorial, have cultivated a dwarf 

 race of corn that bears regularly. 

 There is a project now under consid- 

 eration to cross this old native strain 

 with some of the newer varieties, and 

 thus, it may be, extend very consid- 

 erablv the commercial range of the 

 plant. 



