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ems | were present at this wedding dinner. | : > | Mr. and Mrs. Raymes were presented: have to cap off and proceed nd give me the answer in! 'was-therefore somewhat sur- Pgared at the window but a "If was none other than Jerry are you doing here, Jerry ?'* I 1 had last heard of Jerry. "Ill water for the radiator, that his old time volubility. "You got-a job?" I continued, not very bril- to do it. J sould not Stang it afound Tome any longer. ad got so cranky. He seemed to blame me for iE. Sa ds fault he had to pay the note at the bank, I could have got. the banker te renew. it. Next year I would have made some money for him at the Service Station." ~~ - "Well, perhaps it is better you are working here, you can send some money home each week; I suppose?" - ~~ "Don't make me laugh when I am filling the tank," said Jerry. "Send money home from this job, may be! I don't think I'll stay over the week, I was going to walk out yesterday. A fellow came up for gas and I put the cap in my pocket when I was filling and he drove off before I put it back on the tank. Well, he came back here sore as a boil, I had the cap ready for him and filled him up for what he had lost. out and did not charge him anything, so he had nothing to get mad over but the boss lit into me as though 1 had done something. I would have walked out on him then and there but I thought he would hold back my pay so I am waiting until Saturday night then I will tell him off." 1 drove away without' saying Jue, the case was hopeless; but all day I kept thinking of Jabez Fairweather and the trouble Jerry had brought on him. 'Mr. Fairweather had lived near my father and was a good neighbour. Father had done most of his usiness for him and he looked to my father for advice in any 'matter of any size for he knew his own limitations. I wondered if ake my father's place and be of any service to him. Ac- could veordingly I wrote a letter and not waiting for the mail, gave it to] a man who had to pass close to Mr. Fairwedther's home and who was kind enough to offer to go out of his way that far to deliver it. Next morning Mr. Fairweather was at my office almost as soon as I was and quite ready to relate his troubles, more than that he seemed to look to me for help. ° ; ; From him I soon learned that whilé he had paid the bank $500 on Jerry's. account, that he had really borrowed this from a - neighbour, who was getting very anxious to get it back. The mortgage was $2000 with arrears of interest and two year's taxes "and he was being threatened both by the mortgagee and the tax collector. His town property consisted of about three acres on which was his home, a large old-fashioned farm house surrounded by trees of the original forest and an acre of orchard, running oft - to the Service Station he had put up for Jerry, to use his own description "It kinda V'd.off and run cat-a-corher like, across the street" the remainer of his holding being in the township. He .added, rather naively, that he thought the opposition gas station, The Green Owl, was on his land and seemed to take it as something of a joke. He further told me that the owner of the said gas station was a bootlegger and had had the police there several times "but had been too smart for them. The police, he thought, were a dumb lot as the stuff was hidden right under their nose, the] precise location Mr. Fairweather proceeded to explain. I said nothing to excite his hopes but I thought I saw somé daylight. - After asking a few-more questions about his Property and looking at an old map I felt sure there was a streak of dawn, to come back in the morning and bring all his title papers. This he did the following day and happened to say that he thought there was something Seing ab the Green Owl that night from what he i the back door. » orc say nothing to anyone and sending him the staff I dived into the papers. It seemed e rival station was in fact on property of his a Deen | aying township taxes. When Mr. Fair- weather retu «fone I'took him with me in my car to the Registry Office where added confirmation was received. So taking 'we three went to Hickville and on running the lines yond a doubt that the rival station was on Fairweather's erty. The proprietor, a man with a Semetic cast of courit- ce who had been watching us now came forward, intimating 3 any "wrong he would be only too pleased to from my position in the rear to shake in time for Jabez to take k Westminster chime clock. 80 told hint} + | Mr. John Doubt, Port Perry, Occasion- | sugar; 4th, Mrs. | lunch was served by the committee in ~ Avenue C, south. All members| of the family residing in the west during the evening with a lovely Mrs. Raymes, Elizabeth Hubbard - before her marriage, was born in Dar- lington, Ontario, in 1863. Her hus-| band, Daniel Raymes, was born in | Port Perry, Ont., the preceding year. They were married in Port Perry on January 26th, 1883, by Rev. Mr. Wil-| son. Before coming west they lived 5 -on Scugog, Island for 18 years. They' moved to Alsask, Sask., in 1913; and came to Saskatoon in 1924. } "Dad" Raymes has been on the regular staff of the Saskatoon Sana- torium since it opened in 1925 and is still employed there. He is an ardent hockey enthusiast and rarely misses a game. He also takes a keen inter- est in church work and while residing on Secugog Island held the position of Sunday School - superintendent at Maple Grove Methodist Church for 18 years. Mr. and Mrs. Raymes have seven ehildren and fourteen grandchildren. Their children are: Herman Leslie, of Saskatoon; Ina, Mrs. J.. Carson, of Monitor, Alberta; Hazel, Mrs. W. H. Orpwood, of Saskatoon; Leola, Mrs, J. McArthur, of Toronto; Cora, Mrs. S.! J. Stewart, of Saskatoon; 'Kenneth Robert, Toronto; and Zelma, Mrs, w.! C. Coates, Saskatoon. ' et AP Neen. = ------ "Watered Stock" has rusted the joints of Industry. WANTED---The oil of human kindness. Poultrymen Who Know Their Market Peel Bros. Have Built Up Their Business By Giving Their Customers What They Want When They Want It.' By H. J. Colson, in "Ontario Farmer." Through successful marketing Peel Bros. Port Perry, have built up one of the leading poultry plants in Ontario. They have developed their egg and poultry production to meet the demands of the best markets and have then gone out themselves to sell "Bill an' Jennie are too proud to beg an' too honest to steal, so they their products to a special trade. just charge things: they know they; can't never pay for." . Theirs is rather different to most partnerships in that they i each have their own separate plant. The younger brother, Harry, operates his on the home farm, while the older, Ronald, has his : own home and plant about a quarter of a mile down the road, just SECOND ANNUAL DANCE AND at the outskirts of the town. Bach operates as a separate* unit EUCHRE STAGED BY THE PORT except that they co-operate in buying and in hatching, the ma- PERRY HOSPITAL WAS A | chines being located at Ronald's plant. BRILLIANT AFFAIR. They have built up their business gradually as they found 'An erioyabla event of Friday, Feb outlet for their produce. Ronald's first venture was in bees which + i. Ee St ry way Ne had built up to about one hundred colonies from which he in 17th, in'the Po Hg dance, | One year took nine tons of honey. With the drop.in price, how- the Intefesting I. ne y borne @ver, he went out of them entirely, having purchased a few Barred Which was put on by the Port Perry pook chickens from the Norfolk Specialty Farms, St. Williams, Hospital. and found that he could do well with them. In the meantime Through the kindness and helpful Harry had been taking the two-year course at the Ontario Agri- efforts of many interested friends the cultural College and had been taking greatest interest in the hall was appropriately decorated and poultry department there. On leaving. the college in 1926 he carried out in the popular Valentine bought 600 of their Barred Rock hatching eggs, the capacity of his colour scheme. One special feature coal-oil incubators, of the decorations, which attracted, The following year a 6000-egg electric incubator was pur- particular-attention, was the well-' chased and this was followed two years later by one with a 15,000- constructed hecrt-shaped lights which egg capacity to take care of their increasing business. Last year were made by Mr. John Farmer. i a further increase wa nade hen & 16,000.02 incubator sud a ; F 5,400-egg separate hatcher were added. In the meantime their pe Sven EE sisted flocks had of course been increasing in size steadily until now the was held in the gymnasium and anout Combined plants are carrying some 3,000 birds; all of which are twenty-three tables were kept busy, Under the supervision of the Ontario Breeding Station Policy. The prize' winners were: Ladies' They are enthusiastic in their praise for the assistance this 1st, Mrs. Bratton, Port Perry; 2nd, Policy has given them and for the close co-operation they have had Mrs. C. Bowerman, Port Perry. { from Prof. Graham and his staff at the Ontario Agricultural Col- OR : 3 ! lege in solving their problems and developing the type of bird Gents'--1st, Mr, Clarke, Oshawa; they want for their purpose. What they needed was a bird that 2nd, Mr. George Crozier, Nestleton. | would not only produce eggs, but would also dress out well for Phe. dancing was held in the As-. market purposes. By careful selection for well fleshed breats sembly Hall with music furnished by they have developed a compact type of bird without loss of egg the Canadians, of Bowmanville. The production. {lucky number dance was won by & They have developed as customers in Toronto such high class couple from Oshawa. trade as a hospital, tea rooms, coffee shops, two high class stores The main feature of. the evening, and as well have two stands on the St. Lawrence Market." Any The Lucky Number Draw, took place surplus is sold to wholesalers. They deliver fresh eggs and dressed immediately "after the close of the poultry every Saturday and at the present time are making a mid- Kuchre. This was in charge of the' week trip as well, To make their deliveries they use two sedan Reeve, Mr. W. M: Letcher. The fol- cars with carrier trunks on the back. With one of these cars so lowing were the lucky winners: 1st, eauipped they can carry 16 cases of eggs. They use heavy duty tires and have had Practically no Houble. hiv stats. the § oh 1 'McFar- | ) eggs are gathe wiee daily, ey stress the import- as a Mrs. | ance of keeping the nests clean, for it saves them a great deal Nestleton, the bag of Of labor in getting the eggs ready for market. They do their own Harold Mackie, Osh- grading into four grades, "pullets", "pullet extras", "firsts", and ) Mextras." They pointed out that they have customers for each of the grades, many of them insisting a certain one as most suit- able for their Purposes he eggs are proved in 3 coo] Foor until p deli y ey 0 each customer just enough eggs charge. Dancing was. continued until nh him to the next delivery day. For the store trade and the 'wee sma' hours' of the morning. 4} i giands on the market, the eggs are packed in dozen cartons ~The number in attendance was good with the farm name attractively printed on them. By supplying and many guests were seen from 5 good product, uniform from week to week, and with regular de- | Whitby, Oshawa, and the surrounding. rs they Lave built up a confidence that has kept their business 5 x They hiave a continuous supply of dressed poultry for their tea 200 room and 1 tl rm al Chair; 2nd, 'Frank Crozier, awa, the kitchen clock. Following the "Draw" a dainty culls from the breeding flocks. Above: Growing chick- ens in range shelters. Left: Method of mov- ing brooder houses to clean range. Other seasons of the year are taken care of by cockerels and These are pen-fed for about three weeks on the recently recommended 0.A.C. "cafeteria" fattening mash. This ration is made up in the proportion, of 100 white hominy, 50 ground wheat, 50 chopped oat groats, 50 barley chop, 36 buttermilk powder, 1 salt, 2 charcoal. This is mixed for eac feeding with a small amount of buttermilk so that after 12 hours soaking it is in just a nice crumbly state for feeding to best ad- vantage. The birds are killed and dressed on the farm by the semi- scald method. For scalding, water is heated in a wash boiler on electric heating plates to exactly 130 degrees--a dairy ther- mometer is used. For broilers the temperature is 129 degrees. By immersing the birds in the hot water they claim that they get a cleaner pluck and is makes an easier, faster job. They have dressed as high as 300 in a week, but the common run through the summer is about 200 per week. The birds are chilled in a cool room after plucking except in very warm weather when an ice box is used. Possibly they are profiting through early experience in marketing for their father, Joseph Peel, used to operate a milk route in the town to dispose of the output of his dairy herd. Be- coming interested in Holsteins through that great booster of the breed and his neighbour, Bob Holtby, he had for many years a high class herd which among many others good animals produced the All-American, "Sara Ann Duplicate." At present the two hundred-acre farm still supports a few Holsteins, as well as range for the boys' growing chickens. In feeding they follow, with only a few modifications, the recommendations of the 0.A.C. Poultry Department. A feature of their feeding method is that their grain ration is soaked in buttermilk. At the present time they are feeding corn and wheat. This is mixed with buttermilk and allowed to soak in barrels for 48 houss at a temperature of from 60 to 65 degrees. They find that this helps keep their birds in better shape. Its palatability causes them to eat more grain, keeping the body weight and they claim that it has reduced mortality, especially in chicks. Cabbage is also an important part of the ration, being fed at noon. They have close to 30,000 heads of cabbage stored for use this winter. Chicks are started in brooder houses under coal burning stoves, the temperature at the edge of the cover is kept uniform at 90 degrees. They recommend the use of a large stove not only for cold weather but also for warm as the fire can be held in it so much more readily. They place not more than 350 chicks under each stove, dividing them into separate pens if they have a largen number. Crowding, they maintain to be one of the greatest hazards. oi They are feeding the "O.A.C. Cafeteria" starting ration, the first feed being on papérs and after that in troughs. They try to allow at least three feet of hopper space per hundred chicks. When the chicks are three to four weeks old, the feeding of soaked grain is started. When the birds are moved to range they are housed in range shelters, plans similar to which have been given in previous issues of Ontario Farmer. They have put as many as 100 birds in a 5 ft. x 10 ft. range shelter and are enthusiastic for this means of rearing. On range the ration is similar to the starting ration except that the protein percentage is cut. They stress the im- portance of feeding grain as heavily as possible on range. When the pullets are brought fnto the laying houses from range they are given the "O.A.C. Cafeteria" layihg mash, One of the brothers feeds cod liver oil in the laying mash and the other adds it to the soaked grain." Both methods are satisfactory. When the birds are first brought in they are given a dose of Epsom Salts in the drinking water at the rate of 34 Ib. per 100 irds. . The feeding program is a little dry grain in the litter in the morning, cabbage at noon, and all the soaked grain the birds will clean up at night. Great importance is attached to the carrying out of this schedule at regular hours. Dry mash is in front of of the birds all the time in hoppers with water, grit and shell also always available. Lights are used at night and are kept on long enough to give the birds a 12-hour day. The light used is a 100- watt bulb. Ten-candlepower bulbs are 'used afterwards for dimmers. The feeding of the old hens is essentially the same as the (Continued on Back Page) Lac Above: The poultry plant and residence of Ronald Peel. e sw: The plant ir i 3 operated by Harry Peel on thi jt fFelow: 3 Sone he ta