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address communications to aaroncmiiu 7i adelaide st west torcnu er ncourc tm it really needs no argument to say that birds are useful as well as orna mental with a few exceptions they serve a very important purpose iaj bird lore va keeping tb earths vegetation from j kk is this rct a worthy thought for rural schecs and even rural homes the children are benefited by their acquaintance with birds as there is something esthetic in an interest in i erinore the childrens re and the beautiti home r education i n child first school u the family froebol- your childs idea of thrift by edith lochridge reid how canada compares with per acre canada is unfortunate in other countries in wheat j having the greatest variation from production year to year of any large exporting man as country in the word this uirge var- as the value of the wheat crop on j rot ip between individ- p the air with music birds arc diligent in their consu tion of those insignificant things- cause man so much trouble but we in reci proeating the prairie is normally about fifty per rnttth1kvnaveraees with the deforestation of the land cent of the total value of the entire fjfjl j periods and of hich the hands of man have wrought annual agricultural production of the lsiuslto the harbors and hiding places for brairie rrovinces it is interesting to fve j riojs lheiow bh havebeen j destroyed prairie provinces it is interestin lo fc d r aere ever secure can- h b learn how tne yields of this important r vw ws 10 1 bushels in ln i0 su na aiso oeen lanp- crod in oinada comnire with those in ada as a i 1 o n ored with so that at times their search crop in canada compare with those in m9 whi tho mehest yiew was 210 a nothin- other countries briefly stated can- bu 1915 the fiveyear period ltm tkk l ada has a much higher average yield fnm m7 t0 1921 had an aver bunjc almost entirely destroyed by in- around t become enlarged and when you give vour child his school a procedure by going without luxuries ssasissfis hl the c on monday morning does j of uiat sort the rest of the week would not the last ice storm have he have an idea where it came fromj good habits are so much easier i taught when the child is still in the nsumpj offered a great opportunity of reliev- when you take your daughter down- home or at least in his very early swinging suffering amoig bird friends and town to buy her a nev coat does she school years because then he ha3 at the same time afforded an interest- tnink that the charge it please fewer distractions and temptations ing pastime i settles the account note what is being done in the rnat- ter in the united states to show ai 5 yield of ony 128 bushes per acre iation of birls and what th i while the fiveyear period from 1901 rr tries which import wheat have a high- to 1905 had an averagc v of 212 er average yield per acre than canada bushe per acr australia whilo per acre than any other important wheat exporting country some coun the flve period from 1901 but there are only a few of these such having less variation than canada in are doing for us the city of fort col lins colorado has been officially de clared a bird wmctuary where more and his mind is most impressionable 1 if we can succeed in getting the child i justrwentl to follow a safe and sane schedule a word about driving cars a secondhand bicycle which a chum while directly under home influence it takes four ciuauties to be a good i ha b his fa tod h h there is eood chance of his j driver et an automobileeven the i dl l have the mone i 5 e kee to it cheapest you must be abe to drive safely drive fast not all the time but when it is necessary fast but still safely be easy on your passengers partly a matter of sprlugs but much more a matter of skill i be easy on your engine and car any as the united kingdom germany and j s targer varia- wintev andte prov dwtth f abuse a mac denmark which have a yield consid jn cellt of the aver yield t v f ana pu y ably higher while the total quantity for i in australia in 1903 the produced by these countries is rcative- 1 food and water at times when theyi we know and no doubt you know many drivera who have two of these portant wheat producing country as the outstan facts then in tho france has an average yield of only canadian production of wheat are two bushels per acre higher than can- that the averag yield per acre is ada whilo both italy and rumania h better than in any other ex have lower yields per acre i jng country in the world but that the average yield per acre of unfortunately the variation from year wheat over a period of 23 years for to year is also greater than in any- the following chief exporting coun- other country the reason for this zzzzzzxz and by pete gellert when winter comes we are reraind- tries of the world is as follows can- great variation in yield is due preed of two things blizzards and the ada 178 bushels united states 141 dominately to variation in rainfall old woodsaw the two invariably go india 113 argentine 106 and aus- when the season is dry the yield is handinhand just like santa claus tralia 104 in russia the average sma it is self evident therefore and christmas yield over a period of 15 years was that experimental work is urgently perhaps it is just a memory chord 94 bushels per acre it will be seen required to try to improve this con- j striking a note of joy and sorrow ex- therefore that canada enjoys some dition it is the object of experl- perienced way back in boyhood days considerable advantage over other ex- mental farms to experiment in order jt a few weeks ago we heard the porting countries this advantage is to discover methods of farming which holiday bells but once more the old due in part to a natural adaptation w reduce the injurious effects of ripsaws scream and snort told us of wheat to the soil and climate of dry years the high average yield that dad was out at work and was this country and also to improved per acre which canada now enjoys in j expecting us to pull on the boots and methods of cultivation as well as to comparison with that of other courij him of timber maybe you have 40 in either case you have enough of a tim ber crop to spend a number of days in winter going through the woods cutting dead lower branches cutting out gnarly crooked trees pruning those trees which are getting too bot tomheavy and weeding out those which prevent the development of bet ter ones if you havent tried it before try it this year and you will be surpris- td to find that probably there are enough dead and waste branches and give me a cheque said richard and the mother who hands out to her when daddy explained that there children pennies and nickles without wasnt any more money in the bank restriction during their babyhood will richard insisted why there is too j find them demanding dollars in latter i saw my teacher come out of there years with no appreciation whatever this noon with some dollars they had and with no idea of their value except given her as they translate it into terms of ice now richard doesnt belong to an cream soda and frills illiterate family nor to a poverty- thrift involves more than the mere stricken one either his father makes putting of money into the bank from a deposit in the savings bank each a stated allowance it is moral train- time he receives his salary cheque ing in selfdenial promptness reason- although ho may run low on his ing and a right attitude toward the chequeing account the last of the family finances and home comforts month but richard although past children taught to save intolligent- nine years old still thinks that banks j y make better men and women they exist in the community to pass out are usually successful in business and money per order by cheque are selfreliant and contented teaching thrift is not only a par- take your boy to the savings bank ental duty but it is a civic obligation next week when he gets his allowance which the family owes to the commun- 1 get him a deposit book like big folks ity to be sure it takes more time and watch his eyes shine and patience to divide up the savings recently our elinor opened a sav- account into respective accounts forjings account and a few days after- each member of the family but any wards when a new little neighbor moral training takes effort why not came over to get acquainted elinor give fiveyearold son his ten or said dont you want to trade at my twenty cents a week and then take bank him down to the bank and show him so the thrift habit and its influenco where to put half of it or a fourth may easily spread the time spent in for safe keeping if he spends the teaching the child to save is a good remainder for candy on the way home investment and will always bring its let him learn the consequences of such own reward better varieties of wheat which have tries is due in quite a large part to folks sawed their own then as trees to supply your home with wood been introduced by scientific agricul ture the results of scientific agriculture now only they could cut and saw there remains yet the difficult task wn came nearest to the ax while nevertheless in spite of this very of reducing the losses suffered in dry j n they must use a good deal of favorable showing in average yield years i forethought and be careful which tree they cut many of them do while a poultry especially since most chicks are not good many do riot on the whole j hatched before march or april however most of us realize that tim- well mac i said i suppose there are reason for this though ber must be regarded as a crop just youre getting ready to mate up your one 0 wn is that the actions of the like oats wheat corn and potatoes breeders now arent you male canbe observed and if he doesl the boys in europe with the cef bruce macdonald gave a hearty not show the necessary breeding qual- could never help admiring the way in laugh you know right well i dont ities he can be removed and another which the french and germans tookj as we a3 tnat 0 the boys saw- for the winter if not a good deal more this may mean a saving of from 50 to 100 how so some one who has a large tract of woods may ask in this way by leaving the good ripe timber which you would otherwise have used for sale to a local market or perhaps a sawmill if you have ripe timber to cut you have or can get reasonably a cordwood saw and use this and your the childrens hour to move all of the blocks with the first ball he will be credited with 200 if five or more are moved only 50 is credited and if less than five are moved the score is five one man should be stationed near the blocks to retrieve the balls and also to act as umpire on close decisions the score to 500 youll enjoy this some ice games a smooth expanse of ice always can run prompts the question what can we game play true sharp skates and strong flipping tub skipper legs give perhaps more fun than any an od watchcase is required first other single thing still after awhile of ah the case should j one wort the interest dies down and it is then jg for its original purpose but free bother mating them they just run around and mate themselves yes i agreed maybe they do i paid ten dollars for substituted before the actual breeding care of their trees and forests it ing the wood for your customers some people complain that it is hard to find a local market one farm- season arrives i was a common sight to see old folks further sufficient time can elapse and young walking along the road by the way whertfs thav prize male so that high fertility will result in with a bundle of twigs and small handicap by having bird of yours do you still have him this connection if it is at all possible branches on their backs and in win- mybrotkerinlaw ta a small tos o j j j i ii to run through a preliminary hatch it ter one could see farmers coming from aw blual1 uow say hes a dandy do you know it done so therj can bg the wqods wuh their two yes i still have him he s around no question as to the value of the carts loaded down with tho same kmd male as a breeder early mating also of fuel it was a lesson for any can- permits of selling hatching eggs in adian to see these people spend half addition to hatching for the home a day gathering what we burn up in that the skaters would like to try something else tho three games or contests men tioned in this article all fall under the head of amusements yet any contest omewhere him i suppose this good bird will mate withewery bird on the farm i said well i dont know about that hej replied but i suppose likely he mates with a good many of them look here mac i went on you have a few good birds well why in the world dont you put these birds in a pen with this good male of yours and get something good from them instead of letting them go to waste around the farm the foregoing state of affairs seems to prevail on a number of farms there may be one or two good males j and a few head of standardbred fe- farm bonfires or allow to rot thus stealing from the timber supply which really belongs to a future generation conservation in canada has been preached forquite a few years but preaching and practice dont always i work like twin cylinders coming right down to facts the first question carried the best romance that magazine carries the best ro- malesbut they are running all over m ive ever read the farm the good male mating with yes its ads are particularly in- tiie scrub stock as well as with the tercstlng i think a good females and the males of the scrub stock mating with the good fe males nearly every farm flock has some i provide greens for hens in winter by putting about one peck of oats into farther south take orders then he ships his years crop of wood down in carload lots where one man runs a farm alone he might join with his neighbors in cutting hauling out and marketing these trees without going to the trouble of forming a association ac cording to law you can still unite your efforts so that all timber on the various farms may be taken care of and turned into cash each farmer should keep accurate account of his any farmer will ask when approached io so that the proceeds can be di vided equitably let no tree bo cut without good rea son and permit a tree to stand and on the subject of forest conservation and economical home use of the wood on the farm is what will it save for me one answer is it will save waste of time if we consider it right and figure that many essentials are secondary and that there are only a few primary ones to success there is no doubt but that the greatest waste on the farm is waste of time from dents and should be of the huntingcase type the stem is cut or filed off leaving a perfectly round ob ject tlie interior is filled with lead and requires some skill and practice perj he in a flame with a pair of tongs haps there will be one or more of these i lmt the lead has all melted usually stunts you will want to try i a i should be added to the lead so that the melted metal will sdider the two sides tightly together if this step is a success the case when finished is a single round object smooth to the touch and quite heavy this done it is carried to the ice a line is marked on the ice for the starting point two skaters are de spatched in the other direction to re turn the skipper and also to mark the record distance for this is a thk bottle game in this game each contestant is j provided with a hockey stick and a pop bottle the hockey sticks can vary in style and shape but the bottles must be all alike two lines are drawn parallel on the ice 100 200 or 500 feet apart upon one line the bottles are placed three feet apart at a given signal each contestant dtsvnvetontestto see who can send commences to move his bottc across the gki fa farthest the ice toward the other line and the rf you hftve eyer fl d a oi one who first crosses it with his bottle other silver p wer m ix wil in an upright position wins any con- that any flat object testant who in his eagerness to get thrown a great distance the skipper grow wherever there is room for onei ahead of the rest of the racer3 u however has but a very small spot his bottle is taken from the race so on the under side which comes in con- you see one must exercise patience and tact with the ice and therefore is a very steady hand as well ns perse- more efficient that an ordinary coin verance i overhand throws are barred the bowlinc on the ice i skipper must be thrown with an materials required for this game underhand flip though it can be either are ten blocks of wood each four inch- rolled or thrown with tho flat side es square and two pieces of wood six next to the ice havo every tree that is cut worked up into sled or wagon length at once and pile the wood so that it can not freezo down nor be snowed under have it of a length that will cut into sticks for use with the least sawing when drawing and delivering put there are some farms where folks all dry decayed and soft wood into a a coarsemesh sack add an equal work all day long tho year around j pile by itself for use during warm inches square and one inch thick i tho trick of throwing this a great real good birds that are worth breed- q of sand and moisten well but on the majority of farms tho weather- the hard wood is invalu- tho blocks of wood are set up on distance lies in bringing the hand big from these should be selected jh hot water then i place sack wintertime is a period of lighter work j able for it does away with frequent the surface of a triangle there are cos to the ice as it is released one from the rest of the flock and kept by an contents in a large splint baskot and less hurry november to march feeding of the fire and much littering four blocks across each side and one of these skipper has been sent across themselves if there is no real good and g m a warm place where the are usually considered the slack of tho floor let these two assort- in the centre of the triangle there the ice under favorable conditions- male on tho place one should bo pro- 8u can reach it sometime during months on tho farm and no one ments bo kept separate when sawing is a clearance of four inches between m than onequarter of a mile if cured j the day in a short time the oats will wants to sit and listen to tho radio give the housewife the feeling that for blocks the metal is polished it will catch the tho first thing to do is to select out send out green shoots pushing theirj both day and evening i cold weather or special baking days one hundred feet from the blocks suns rays and reflect them a great the birds to be used as breeders bear- way through the sack the same as if if you havo a hired man dont over- she has a store of wood that is depend- a line is drawn across the ice and the distance so it is almost impossible to big in mind the purpose for which it were soil tho basket becomes flllod work him but keep him busy and able and as clean as coal saw the contestants aro stationed behind this ios the piece the birds are to bo bred which in most jh a mass of green and is ready to if you have boys teach them that the wood to one standard length not too oases is egg production all is the first thing health erect carriage prominent eye and pep all go to make and indicate igor a good depth of body as measured from the middle of the back to the front tip of the keel bone and a broad back one that does not cut in toward tho tail aro indications of capacity and birds showing such characters hould bo kept as should birds that handle well that is have soft pli able skin that is loose and velvety to the touch also a bird showing three or four fingers capacity in the ab dominal region is one that should be lepr the birds that should be selected as breeders should be kept by themselves and not permitted to roam all over tho farm the number of males to use de pends upon how many females there are in the pen one male may be used to about twelve or thirteen females of the lighter breeds and about ono mule to eight females of the heavier breeds whero largo flocks are used how- over say of about one hundred this proportion may bo increased s3 lhatj where a flock of this size is used four males will answer matings should be made during january at the latest preferably however during december this seems pretty early to many poultry keepers to be thinking of mating birds vigor above iset before the hens to consider crossing produces stamina but it does damage by destroying the purity of tho breed art of woodcraft is likely to become i long nor too short any crooked pr much moro profitable than tire pastime dirty wood discard for the time being of trapping or rathor trying to trap have all the fuel piled neatly under skunks j cover where the air can circulate perhaps you have only five acres through it life a crust of bread and a corner to sleep in line each contestant using a hockey stick has two chances and a score of 100 is marked down if all the blocks arc moved with the two slabs or balls driven from the line should the contestant be fortunate enough a min to sm an an hourl wee a pint of joy to a peck of trouble and never a laugh but the moam come doublo and that is life a crusl and a corner that love makes precious with the smile to warm and tho tears to refresh us and joy seems sweeter when cares come after j and a moan is the finest of foils for laughter and that is life paul iaurence dunbar the greatest music in tho world s the laughter of a child happy contented singing hens are found in congenial environment they are in the best of health and profit j successful poultrymcn aim to have something for snlo each day oftht year always catering to the domandv i of the season residents of tho now thriving city of new glasgow nova scotia can hardly believe that this photograph shows their town as it was in 1s70 breeding stock should bo purchased early so the fowls will becomo accus tomed to their new homo before the hatching season arrive