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^ CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke 1 tried to write this column yc«- terday but it simply couldn't be done â€" two days of almost contin- uous rain just about congealed every thought I ever had. Now the sun is shining and I feel much betterâ€" at least I do as long as I stay indoors. A little while ago I went to feed the chickens and in the yard it was like walking on an oversized slimy, slippery sponge. Why all the chickens don't die in this weather I'll never know. We give them the best care we can but when they are running in and out in the wet the bedding gets damp just about as fast as we put it down. .\nd vet we have lost comparatively few. This has been an ideal year for the development of coccidiosis but we have also managed to keep away from that, mainly, I think, by not feeding the chicks too heavily at any time. In fact we have revolutionized our chick feeding methods altogether this year. The price of commercial feed, as every poultryman knows, is en- tirely out of proportion to what %vc get for chickens and eggs. So, instead of giving the chicks high cost feed we give them one feed a day of growing mash, after that the troughs are filled up with a mixture of rolled wheat and oats â€" from our own grain of course â€" at night they are fed straight wheat. t That has been their menu since tliey were four or five weeks old. I'p to tha time they were fed com- mercial chick starter. Oh, but I forgot one important item â€" they get all the sour skim milk they will drinkâ€" and that is plenty! We pour it into the troughs â€" wooden troughs â€" along with the rolled grain. What will be the final outcome I don't know. I vpect the cliicks will mature more slowly â€" perhaps the pullets won't lay as early nor the cockerels de- velop as fast, but at least they won't have eaten up all our profit in feed. • r Then there are the calves. One of the little rascals went out last week but there are still si:: running around â€" and lively little acrobats tlicy arc. One morning Partner suggested that I run four of them back to the pen where they belong and tic tluni up. Looking at them somewliat dubiously I thought 1 had belter tackle the smallest one first. The first thing wa;. to catch 11 as it gallivanted in and out among the cows and heifers. Then i caught hold of its collar â€" they ;ill have straps around their necks like dog-collars so there is always something to hang on to. Immed- iately this little red fellow felt my hand on his coll'ir he fot con- trary. The more I pulled the more he pul'id â€" only in the o|)posite di- rection. Then he changed Ills mind and fairly raced through the .-.table with ni' hanging on to his collar Ilk" grim death, .^t the en- trance to lii.-> pen he balked again, gave a sudden twist wiilch loosened Illy grip ^o that only my iiulcx finger was left holding the collar. Then he did another merry-go- round- -but of course in the op- posite direction â€" and 1 thought my finger had just about had it. However, It only got a bad twist lint when ' finally had lilin tied in his stall 1 decided that that was iiuiugh for iiic so I toUl I'artiu r I'l' could p;il tlie others in hiin- -self. jncidcntaliy. I was just telling rartntr I was writin'^ about my lll^sIc• with the calf and he said â€" "What arc you talking about Authors Honored â€" These Ijooks, the possession of which meant concentration canip or death in Germany under Hitler, are back in circulation! On May 10, 1933, these same titles were bitriied by the order of the Nazi government in front of Berlin Uiiiversit)'. I'ottrteen years later the day was marked by a celebration in honor of the authors of the books on the .â- ^atne spot where their works had been burned. TEEN-TOWN TOPICS By BARRY MURKAR Thousands of teeners have just finished writing their final exams. Their next step is in choosing a profession. And right here the trouble starts. For a long time we have been thinking about writ- ing on the above mentioned theme and we feel that now is the time to do it. We have asked a large num- ber of teeners during the past few weeks just what they were going to do on leaving high school or col- legiate. Some of them know what they want ; some of them don't. The stickler with them all is not so much what they want to be, but will there be a place for them when they graduate in four or five years. It doesn't seem to matter so much any more about how much education you have it'» how much influence you have and that's where the beef comes in. "him" for â€" that red calf is a heifer!" Oh well . . . they are all calves anvwav. ♦ ♦ » My robins over the front door have left their nest. It was fun watching them. Mother Robin hardly stayed with them at all the last few daysâ€" and the fledglings were fighting among themselves \s the nest becvme cer-crowdcd. Naturally as they jostled for po- sition they forced each other out until there they were, out sitting on the ledge over the door. On it they teetered back and forth, far more uncertain of their feet th.m their wings. Presently 1 opened the -front door to sec if Mother Robin was anywhere around and to my surprise the young robins flew, scolding, to the ground. Mother .<obln was right on hand to protect them and they all sought the shelter of the shrubs. That was the last I saw of them but I still hear them in that same vicinity. AnNWrr I'rrvioua PUMi* U. S. Air Unit Head HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured commander of U. S. 10th Air Force, Maj.-Gen. Howard C. 8 Alarms 9 She 1 1 r->ea.<;on 12 Mother of Aphrodite 14 Depart 15 Small spoon IC Manuscript (ab.) 18 Exist 20 River (Sp.) 21 Di.SKOIvcs 23 Brads 2rj The god- 26 S learnt hip (rb.) 27 Glossy 30 Outer cover- ing of nut 33 Over (contr.) 34 Cereal grain 3.5 Nickel (ab.) 36 Nervous 41 Note of scale 42 Oo7.es 44 Spoliation 46 Girl's name 47 Wagers again 48 Force VER'nCAL ISoil 2 Arabian gazelles 3 Large vein 4 Sufibc (pi.) 5 Dal iiegno (ab.) 6 Native of Ohio 7 Type of light 8 Spain (ab.) 10 Royal Navy (ab.) 11 Painful 12 Accomplish 13 Man's name 14 School of whales 17 Call for help at sea 19 Church official 20 Stair part 22 Cravat '/4 Burnt coal 27 Male child 28 Hawaiian wreath 29 Retainer 30 Hidden enemy 31 Greek harp 32 Sheltered side 36 Lowest tide 37 We 38 Native metab 39 Forbidden 40 Quote 43 Type measiir* 45 Nova Scotia (ab.) 47 Recording secretary (ab.) The Bookshelf â-  â-  Victory Cook Book I agree that this is a little off my usual line of guff, but we young people do think a tittle on the serious side at times and many of us are doing just that at the present time. However, back to the theme. A young fellow 1 know, of European parentage, tried for a good position with a city firm recently. He was turned down. Not on the grounds that he couldn't handle the job, nor that he didn't have enough education; but rather because of his racial descent. It was a great blow to ' him. Why wouldn't it be? He was very clever at school and so were his sisters. He has finally landed a job and seems very happy. I hope that some day the man who turned him down because of his creed will reali:^e what a mistake he made. * * * In conversation with a group of young university men recently, I learned that what they feared most after graduation was: If I can get a little pull ahead of the other fellow, the job will be mine, hut if his dad knows somebody there, I'm sunk. Fear of the influence the other fellow has through his own or someone else's connections is hard on the nerves of a young man who has spent four or five years of exhaustive study, only to be flunk- ed because some lame-brain's old man knows somebody who knows somebody. Some will argue that the boy or girl with the brains will wia over influence. Don't kid your- self. Every man has his price and if your pop is buying from a certain firm and then tries to get you a job with that firm, I'll bet dollars to bubble gum, you'll be hired in place of the person who has more between his ears than vou have. * » ♦ This gane of life is no easy game, and I've been around only a littleâ€" but long enough to know that few care about you, but your- self, and when it's all boiled down, it's every man for himself. A short time ago I tried to get a job as a reporter on a city daily. The city editor told me there wasn't a chance â€" they were filled up. Well, I knew a lady who was a friend of the associate editor and had her speak to him. In less than five days I was part of the fi.xtures of the editorial room. Docs in- fluence count? You bet it does. My advice â€" if anyone cares for a little â€" is to get your big fat feet in there solid and stay anchored. If you have a certain line you want to follow start now to make post- graduate reservations and then you'll be sure. * * « Let's face it. When these thou- sands of veterans finish their courses along wil'i all the civilians ' who seek higiicr education, there's l| \')'h, when the war was rag- ing^ the Carletan County women's Insliliitesr 'fiS^i'tnches) decided, through their cqtfinty organization, to pnt)llsh a cook book, the pro- â-  "cecds 'fi"6m the' book to be utilized to purchase an ambulance for the Carleton & York Regiment. Members gave their fovorile re- cipes, paying 10c to have them pfa(:(<d In thi i:ook bbok. 700 copies â-  (if 'the book were given to the Institutes to sell, 'fhev soldi rapidly and all money ($2,900.00) was turned in to the Central Fund. On publishing the second edi- tion, it was decided to share the profits with individual Women's Institutes, the county organization to act as distributor, and local branches, by selling books, to get a small profit for their own branch. When thes, books are all sold, the Carleton County Institutes "will have sufficient money to aug- ment their funds, so that they can give a $100.00 yearly scholarship, to the child of a veteran of Carle- ton County. The money may be used to further their education, or to take training for any occupa- tion. They must have completed Grade IX and be 17 years of age, furnishing certificates of health and character. They are recom- mended by the local W.I. A Women's Institute Committee makes the award. Victory Cook Book Compiled by the Women's ., Ji^ftit^te of Carleton County, . , New Bru/iswick Price 50 Cents going to be some fun trying to place them all. If you are there first â€" youHl no doubt be the lucky one and if you miss â€" well, let's face it again. There was a time, not so long ago, when men with degrees were digging ditches, with their diplomas plugging up the holes in their pants. Yes kid- dies, now is the time to think â€" and think hard. Cet your foot in now at the early stage, and when the flower blooms, you'll get a snifter of it. Education vs In- fluence is hard to cope with, but you'll have to â€" so make your mind up to it. I sure 'lope you stayed with me long enough for me to wish you the best of luck and also to re- mind you that we are still open for comments, re this column. Until next issue, happy holidays. Holland's Industrie* Rapidly Recoverins Wollcn mills in Holland are now producing 120 percent of their 1939 output records. Their cotton mills have reached 60 per ce: t of prewar levels. That's a record established against overwhelming odds by a country which knew the crushing effects of the German military heel early in the war. It's apparent that the Dutch, wliile '' willing to accept a helping hand, are not above helping themselves. Thy offer an example in which many another nation might well find in- spiration.â€" Kitchener Record. Keep Away From It "For safety's sake, hold your nose wlien you jump into deep water," advises a writing doctor. For great- er safety's sake, don't jump into deep water. â€" Kitchener Record. U.S. Farm Workers The number of farm workers Lit the United States today is estimated at 9,242,000, compared with »,12l,(KKI at this tlini- last year and 12,052,- 000 before the first world war, the Department of Agriculture says. Of this number about 7,500,000 are dew- ignated as family workers and about 1,700,000 as hired hands. The aver- age wage, not counting board, t*- ay is $4.77 a day, compared with $1.44 during 1935-39. 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