temb«r 1913 



may not roqiiirc twice as much 

 but it certainly wants more. What 

 we started to do was introduce to 

 our readers an American fruit- 

 |>oultry-bee man who seems to l)e 

 quite pleased with himself and his 

 doinjjs, and who puts the case for 

 his treble event very fairly, we 

 think. 



The labor of both bee keeping 

 and poultry raisin<j is compara- 

 tively lipht work and to one not 

 overly stroncr who feels the need 

 f an open air life there are few 

 occupations which are more attrac- 

 tive and fascinatinc^ and certainly 

 few which require- so little capital 

 to be invested and vet arc capable 

 of fumishinsj one with a jrood liv- 

 in_fif, if not somethint^ besides. 



In keepinsr either bees or poultry 

 it is essential that one apply 

 them..selves closely to the wo'.'k. 

 Althoug-h the work itself is not 

 not heavy nor particularly taxing 

 on one's strensfth, it reqtiires con- 

 stant and svstematic attention to 

 insure best -results. Perhaps any- 

 one very m\ich disinclined to stay 

 at home closely would not find 

 them coni^enial emnloyment, ow- 

 intr to this particular feature. 

 This, however, would prove no ob- 

 jection to the many who have a 

 natural fondness for the home life 

 and its rural surroundiny^s. Tn fact 

 such woi'ild consider it rather a 

 pleasure to stay at home and ei-^ e 

 these interests the care and atten- 

 tion they require. 

 , Our farm consists of only ten 

 .acres and it is devoted to the 

 breedins^ and raisinsc of bred 

 White Plymouth Ro^Vs fo^ d- 

 in^ purposes. Our bu.siest time is 

 during- the fall and winter, with 

 the sellinpf and shipnincf of breedincr 

 fowls and durinp- the sprin?- with 

 the sales and shipments of esfETS 

 for hatchine purnoses. Thus vou 

 see onr work with the bees comes 

 at a time when other work is not 

 so pressing. 



We have quite an orchard of 

 plum trees now well started on the 

 farmi to furnish shade for the poul- 

 try and incidentally fruit for our 

 table and for sale.' Bee keeping 

 has been taken up as a side line 

 and has been found to interfere 

 very little with onr regiilar Poul- 

 try work. The chickens a're allow- 

 ed to run ;among the hives to the 

 'mutual benefit, we believe, of both 

 bees and chickens. From the fact 

 that the chickens freauent the 

 neighborhood of the hives so 

 much and we seem to have so lit- 

 tle trouble from the bee moth, we 

 judge thev catch many t)f the mil- 

 lers and I am quite certain thev 

 ratch a great many drones, al- 



though manifesting a wholesome 

 fear of the workers. In many ways 

 poultry and bees seem to be 

 adalited to occupying the .same 

 ground. 



The combination of poultry, fruit 

 and bees is a unicpie looie, each con- 

 tril)uting to the well being of the 

 other. Shade us one of the essen- 

 tials on a I poultry farm and noth- 

 ing furnishes any more desirable 

 shade for the chickens than an or- 

 chard of ])limi or apple trees and 

 either makes a most desirable lo- 



cation for the apiary, «speciallv a 

 pll'im orchard, for the trees are of 

 a low growth, thus preventing 

 .■swarms clustering too far out of 

 one's reach and in case of its be- 

 ing thought necessary to remove 

 the branch on which the swarm 

 cluste<rs, plum trees are much less 

 lialde to injury from, tnq miseason- 

 able pruning. It is generally 

 known that fowls are of no small 

 benefit to the fruit trees, not only 

 in consuming tnany insect enemies 

 of the fruit, l)ut in the increased 

 fertility of the soil. 



Home Notes. 



How to Feed Children. 



Impaired nutrition and general 

 health are indicated by loss of 

 weight and deviation from the nor- 

 mal rate of growth ; thus, as a 

 rule, during early teething the rate 

 of increase in both height and 

 weight is sub-normal. Children, 

 then, should be very frequently 

 weighed and measured, as an im- 

 portant aid to knowledge of their 

 well-being is thus obtained. If it 

 is £o"ii<i that weight is lost, inlci\uirv 

 must at once be made as to the 

 cause of the loss. In this light it 

 is important to know the normal 

 rate of increase. During tbe first 

 few, davs after birth the infant 

 loses five or six ounces in weight ; 

 but, nevertheless, by the end of the 

 first month it has gained i lb. ; 

 2 lbs. are gained in the second 

 month, after which thel increase in 

 weip-ht is less rapid. The weieht 

 at birth should be doiibled in the 

 first four or fiv^e months, aad 

 trebled by the end of the first vear, 

 during- which time the child should 

 have grown three inches in the first 

 three months, 2ins. in the next 

 quarter, and 2 or 3ins. in the other 

 six months. A child at three 

 years should stand 3ft. hieh, and 

 w^eio-h 32'Ibs.' At five vears it 

 .should weiTh 40 Tbs., and at eight 

 years it should measure 4ft. At 

 twelve vears it .should weieh frlom. 

 r^Tb's. to 8olbs., and m'easnre 5ft.. 

 Most children grow by fits and 

 starts — Perhaps ^ins. in one quar- 

 ter, and not lin. in th-e next half 

 vear. Rapid gro"wth is an indica- 

 tion for care, much nonrishment, 

 and rest ; loss of weight is a 

 symptom of disease or insufficient 

 nourishment. Care must be taken 

 that erowth, shall not go on at the 

 expense of nutrition, as it will do 

 if the child is not properly fed. 

 When this is the case, growth 



takes place without a correspond- 

 ing development, and the general 

 health is injured. People often say 

 of a young per.son under these cir- 

 cumstances that he or she has 

 " outgro-wn his or her strength." 

 If is important to note that if 

 girls do not increase their growth- 

 rate during their eleventh and 

 twelfth vears, healthy development 

 a vear or two later is hindered. 



— Milk. — 



While the food of children should 

 be high nutritive and abundant, it 

 shol'ild also be very varied in kind. 

 In order to properly nourish the 

 system a great variety or food sub- 

 stance is required, and foods a>re 

 more or less complete as . ithev ton- 

 tain a greater or less variety of 

 these food elements. Toe on.y food 

 complete in itself, containing all 

 the necessary materials for the 

 support .of the system, is milk, 

 hence milk is the all-.sufRcinf food " 

 for infants ; but deprive it of some 

 of its elements, and starvation is 

 the result. Thus, although some 

 people mifrht think if they fed a 

 bab-- entirely on cream thev would 

 be givincf it most nourishino; food, 

 in point of fact thev would be 

 starving it to death quite as much 

 as if they fed it whollv on skimmed 

 milk. 



— Older Children. — 



An older child, or even an adult, 

 might live for an indefinitely Ion? 

 time on milk only, but he woi'ild 

 not thrive nearly zu well as on a 

 more solid diet. For as the sys- 

 tem dekelops, the muscular coat 

 of the stomach and intestines be. 

 comes powerful, and it cannot act 

 upon liquids. Thus, if only liquid 

 food is taken, part of the digestive 

 system is idfe, while too mvich 

 work is thro-wn uvon another part. 

 In order to allow the muscular 

 coat of the stomach to act pro- 



