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> Many persons ave not noticed 
te eggs are as distinct as finger 
prints. A slight. difference of shape, 
_ size or color; tiny dots or wrinkies 
at one end, it is easy tor one who 
knows her hens to look over the eggs 
and know which hen laid each one. 
_ Each day, each hen is credited with 
_the egg if she laid. If she missed pha 
ER place was vacant. 
ahs ew lines were left blank at the 
bottom ot each page. Here was en- 
_ tered the amount and cost of feed 
e bought that week; amount of eggs 
_ of chickens used or soid and market 
_ price, and returns on previous lot of 
teed. Also notes about individual 


‘sitter or mother, took too long to 
- moit, etc. Then when I used or sold 
a hen, the least satisfactory was tak- 
en, and the general average of the 
flock was raised that much. 
When a hen was set, eggs from 
the best were used; date of setting 
entered. When she hatched date was 
entered, number of chicks obtained 
and any other points I wanted to re- 
member. As the chicks were from 
the best hens, culling was done on 
basis of health, vigor, masculinity for 
the cockerels, and. fancy points. Then 
a long siege of invalidism, put a stop 
to the practice. 
a * * 
Victory gardens proved their value 
this year, and will be important next 
year, and still more so when we have 
to get down to bedrock and pay for 
the Rooseveltian squandermania in 
addition to the enormous’ war cost. 
Every bit of food we can raise at 
home will be that much help. And 
one of the best helps I’ve found is the 
Pocket Book of Vegetable Gardening 
by Chas. H. Nissley, ex-prof. of Veg-- 
j = ___THE YELLOW SHEETS 
birds, if one was quarrelsome, a poor 
etable Gardening of the New Jersey 
Kixperiment Station. It is for sale 
on news stands and is a first class 
Zoc investment. I’ve been gardening 
ior more than iorty years and have 
learned trom it. ‘o the beginner it 
is worth its weight in wild cats. ‘ihe 
- housewife will tind the notes on vi 
tamins of value in preparing her 
nus. He states average yields to 
expected from 100 feet of row, but 
that applies to the>New Jersey clim- 
ate, and geography cuts quite a iig- 
ure in the matter. ror instance he 
gives 15 watermelons. for average 
yieid of 100 ft. of row. Here in the 
South, with our long, hot summers, 
the yield is much greater. 
Hi 


With so much justifiable cause 
for anxiety, we must trust more 
tully to the Providence of God. But 
our trust must be intelligent to do 
us any good. The Lord works accord- 
. ing to law, and if we want Him to 
notice us, we must toe the mark ac- 
cording to law. He is not going to 
do a thing for us that we cannot do 
for ourselves. If we sit back and pity 
ourselves and expect the Lord or the 
New Deal to swing our job for us, 
we are apt to get left. We got to get 
right up in the collar and _ pull our 
share and what we have to do is ex- 
plained in Divine Providence by Em- 
manuel Swedenborg. The wording is 
quaint, but he reasons clearly, helps 
us to see our part, and if we do our — 
part, the Lord is sure to make good 
on His promises. And we are hust- 
ling in the right direction, we are not 
likely to bother with self pity. 
The book may be obtained from 
Swedenborg Foundation, 51 E. 42nd 
St., New York 17, N. Y. | 
