August. 1913 



duic, they in.ikv a li\v ixxiiuKs dif- 

 fcrenoo l>ct\\\H>n entr\ (%.h?s and 

 prize iminey, tlicv kt^'p the birds 

 for the best year of thoir lives and 

 — they lose nioncx' — or so it has 

 be^n said. In th« fac« of this 

 they talk abont ponltry keepinjj 

 for a livdnjj, which in effect, is 

 saying — Nve lose money, you coinc 

 and lose some, too. It is said 

 that the trouble is labour. Well, 

 it w-ill take a whole lot ol labour 

 on eijjht hundred birds to e.Kplain, 

 say, ;G.S(H), which is about the 

 amount to l>e actx)unted for : less 

 coinmis.sion, overhead charg'es, in- 

 cidentals, etc. As w€ have al- 

 ready said, poultry pcx)ple are en- 

 tirely reasonable mortals but thev 

 may be excused if they would like 

 to know how it comes about that 

 it costs about 12/- a year to look 

 after, not feed, a fowl, and pay a 

 few expenses on her behalf. To lose 

 money on that extremely liberal 

 tariff is — well, unexpected. 



THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



141 



The early morning meal should con- 

 sist of a warm mash, containing two 

 parts pollard to one part bran, with 

 a pinch or two of salt, to which add 

 house scraps such as potato peelings, 

 turnip eops, cabbaCTe leaves, etc., boil- 

 ed and mixed with pollard and bran, 

 and given hot. Plenty of green food 

 should also be given, and a few 

 onions sliced up occasionally will add 

 to the egg yield. In the evening feed 

 wheat about a handful to each bird. 

 A good plan is to have a scratching 

 shed thickly covered with leaves or 

 chaff, and throw the grain amongst it 

 and let them scratch for it ; the ex- 

 ercise will keep themi in gfood health. 

 Begin by feeding the birds on the 

 ground and when they seem a little 

 lazy in running after it give no more, 

 in this way you will soonleam the 

 quantity required for a certain num- 

 ber of birds, after which you can 

 feed in troughs, but in all cases rather 

 ander-feed than over-feed. Always 

 kciep them supplied with a liberal 

 supply of grit, so that they can help 

 themselves ; they are the best judges 

 of what they require in this respect. 



Home IVote^s. & 



The Worst Variety of Fool. 



The gfreatest fools are tho.se who 

 cannot take advice. Next come 

 those who are too ready to take 

 advice. There are men who have 

 played the fiddle for forty years 

 who yet are not musicians; there 

 are men who have followed the 

 plough for forty years who are 

 not yet fanners— and yet both are 

 honest in their belief that no one 

 can teach them either to "fiddle" 

 or to " farm." There is a great 

 deal more to hope for in the* case 

 of a boy just going on to a farm 

 than from a man who has been 

 there a whole lifetime and can 

 grow nothing but wheat or hay. 

 The farmer can, if he chooses, pro- 

 duce everything he wants for food 

 or clothing within the four lines 

 of his fences, and the less he buvs 

 of these things the better and the 

 more prosperous farmer is he. No 

 man has a right to say, ' It can't 

 be done," whilst nn- '-th:r farmer 

 is able to do it. IBefore wheat 

 was first grown in this colony 

 there were plenty who said, " It 

 can't be done," and wheat fought 

 its way northward mile by mile 

 against cries of "It can't be 

 done." " Can't " is the crA^ of 

 cowards, and is a bogey which 

 flies before honest effort. " I will 

 try " has effected wonders. Before 

 " I will do it " " Can't be done " 

 melts away like dew at mid-dav. 



Don't Get Fat. 



The amount of food one eats 

 really has very little to do with 

 one's weight. The heartiest eat- 

 ers I have ever known were the 

 slenderest people. If one has a 

 tendency to put on flesh, all food 

 is as.similated, and there is no- 



thing to do except avoid starches 

 and sweets. Fresh ' air in the 

 .sleeping room, and walking or ex- 

 ercise in the fresh air will help. 

 Also a cold sijonge bath in the 

 morning, with the hot tub bath 

 at night. Ivat fresh fruits (except 

 bananas) and green vegetables, 

 stale bread, drink plenty of water 

 between meals, btit no lic^uids while 

 eating. This will keep you from 

 gaining any more flesh. 



Youth and Age. 



Between youth ^nd age there 

 will be found man^^ differences 

 of temperament, the youth sym- 

 pathiiising more with the gladness, 

 fulness, and magnificence of things, 

 and the gray hairs with their com- 

 pletion, sufficiency, and repose. 

 And so, neither condemning the de- 

 lights of otners, nor altogether dis- 

 trustful of our own, we must ad- 

 vance, as we live on, from what 

 is brilliant to what is pure, and 

 from what is promised to what is 

 fulfilled, and from what is our 

 strength to what is our crown, 

 only observing in all things how 

 that which is indeed wrong, and to 

 to be cut up from the root, is dis- 

 like, and not affection. — Ruskin. 



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