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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY \ 1927. FEEDING FOR WINTER EGGS Some Practical Suggestions. CURING AWKWARDNESS by ethel g. peterson. BY W. F. TAYLOR. Hie system of feeding should le would be greatly increased. If one! Johnny was a bit shy, and uniform, and during the short davs,1 desires to mix the mash at home, the than a bit self-conscious. As i where lights are not used, all possible: formula put out from our college sequence, he was awkward as a puppy daylight should be utilized. Again,; should be consulted. Equal parts of at almost everything he tried to do. during the short days, plenty of hop-'bran, cornmeal, middlings and ground If he passed a dish at table, he in-per space is important. The sooner' oats, with anywhere from ten tojevitably spilled some of its contents, the hens can breakfast after coming twenty per cent, of meat scrap, ac-jlf he wiped dishes he nearly always off the roost in the morning, the bet-'cording to the amount of milk the, dropped one before he was through. ter; and the chance for the last hun-j hens are getting. This is the formula, gry bird to be satisfied upon going I and it is hard to improve on. Usually to "roost at night, is equally necessary. I one per cent, of salt is added, and Something to drink and plenty of it, is. from one to two per cent, of ground equally important. During the very j limestone (calci cold weather is requires extra effort! to provide warm drink, but it \Ctll pay. ipne wr;ter has c If either the water or the milk ba too; norns jn -which he i cold, the birds will not drink enough ed jn this flock are of it, and what they do drink will tend i w^re batched June I to chill them. | bunch, cockerels ar ration needs egg-producing factors. wfirft aRven weeks ol i carbonate) v practical mash. The average farm flock lays but few eggs during the winter, usually for two reasons: First, it contains a small percentage of pullets, and it is hard during December and January to secure high production from old hens that have laid well during the year. Second, the ration fed the average farm flock in winter will not produce eggs in paying quantities. This is true because, it is not a balanced ration; in some cases corn is fed almost exclusively. Here and there is one who feeds nothing but. wheat. I have in mind one man who told me last spring that his hens had eaten nearly half a bushel cf wheat a day. They get wheat to eat and water to drink, and March J, they were not producing a animal protein needed. There is a very general lack of animal protein in the ration fed the farm . be i feeding a dry mash containing the necessary proportion of meat scrap. There are several kinds of prepared poultry mash on the market. Many of the local dealers are mixing and selling very good poultry mash at reasonable prices. If farmers, generally, would buy this feed and use it, the production of these small flocks bunch of Leg-: getting interest-170 pullets. They . We bought this i all, when they i. To begin with, fed the there were 400 of them, but weasels pretty well and the number was reduced. The birds never ate a kernel of scratch feed after we got them, until they wore four months old. We fed a mash made practically as follows: Seven hundred pounds of yellow cornmeal, 300 pounds of good middlings, sixty pounds meat scrap, ten pounds of salt, and twelve pounds of calcium carbonate. We had it mixed at the mill, which saved some time and labor. As the hours of daylight shortened and the nights grew long, we gave the pullets a feed of corn just before they went on the roost. They began laying shortly before they were five months old. They were five months and nineteen days old yesterday, and we gath-e-red seventy-five eggs from the 170 birds. There are several good methods of feeding hens. They variety of grains. In fact, all the grains' commonly known on the farm except rye, can .be fed with profit. There are many ways in which a good poultry mash can be made, but the principle of the balanced ration must be kept ever in mind, and for growing chicks yellow corn is preferabli the white variety. Sunday School Lesson February 13. Making Our Christian, Ephea Golden Text--Let us I s 5: 25 t 6: 4. Igard the lady who is his companion ' on life's journey. He, too, should not be fault-finding, but chivalrous and generous. A man is not to make a difference between himself and his ! partner. Selfishness is a cruel tra-! gedy in the home. But love, following j the example of Christ, brings bright-! ness into faded eyes, smooths the cruel ! traces of care away and transforms i the home into a place of genuine hap- 4: 7. . -ANALYSIS. I. the difference christ has made with relation to husband and wife, 5:25-33. ii. the difference with relation children, 6:1-4 Introduction--Or_. suits of the introduction of Christianity into the previously heathen world was to create a new ideal of the home. The relations of husband to of parent to child in Greek heathen 9 of the first re- He could not be trusted to hand sandwiches around at a party, for sooner or later they would land on the floor. Mother--quick, efficient, capable-- was mortified that a boy five years old should do such senseless things. So she scolded: "Why don't you watch where you're going?" "Do be care ful now, you're going to spill that!' She did not realize how sharp her voice was, nor how her rebuke hurt the boy's sensitive soul. Johnny grew more and more awkward. He dreaded the thought of doing things when Mother was around --if she wasn't, there, things way seemed to go better. He would start and drop whatever he was holding if Mother entered the ro Then Cousin Kate came She and Johnny were pals from the start, for she understood and loved boys. She saw that Johnny acted nervous when his mother where he was playing, and that he seemed reluctant to do small services for her. Yet he wasi a loving little chap, and flew to obey her Quietly, she studied the situation. One day Johnny himself gave her a clue by saying, "Cousin Kate, I try so hard to do it right for Mother, but she always says, 'Now be careful,' and then I spill things." The next morning Cousin Kate had a heart-to-heart talk with Johnny's mother, in the course of which she persuaded her that she had unconsciously been instilling fear into her small son's heart. He wanted so much to please her, and that very fact made him nervous. Then her constant warning before he did anything, and her fretful comment on an accident: "There, I just knew you'd do that. You are the most careless boy!" pleted his discomfiture. Cousin Kate induced Mother first to change her thought about her little son, to feel that he was going to do the right thing. Then she was to pay less attention to him. She could walk away, or turn and look out of the dow after she had asked some favor of Johnny, anything to make him feel though he were doing it "on his own." If sometimes there was.a break spill, she was to treat matter-of-fact way and say, "Oh well, it isn't anything very dreadful; n ' ,.....1 do it right." And wl things did go right, Mother overpraise a little. So it happened that within onths Johnny had very nearly lost that nervous dread--that expectancy Nevertheless, i of failure--and had acquired a new ' " 'ease of action and confidence in his own ability. In other words, he had lost his "inferiority complex." . _.. This is the reason why God i Is of God.--1 John at the beginning said (Gen. 2:24) that when a man marries, the obligations of the new home are to take the first , place in his affections. ' Vs. 32-34. Paul says that the example of Christ's love to his Church is a profound "mystery," that is, indi-; cates a truth which only the Spirit of ' God reveals to human hearts. None but those whom Christ has awakened to spiritual truths can appreciate the ■ spiritual illustration. Nevertheless, I even simple Christians can see that it . means that husbands and wives should I look on their mutual relations as - sacred relations. f had come to be very loose! There II. the difference christ has made was* no doubt a certain amount of na- j with relation to parents and tural affection even in the heathen! children, 6:1-4. world, but there was no reverence.! y j Christ was a perfectly loving Husbands often treated their wives as ; gon to hig Father in heaven, and his though they were slaves or poor beasts exarapie means that sons and daugh-of burden, and children were neglect-1 terg jn the home should show obedi_ ed. If they were weakly, they were <ce to theh. parents. children are often left to die without pity. On the , not to be grudging or discontented or other hand, children were not brought j p^yjsn but are to render willingly up to honor and respect their fathers ! whatever service is required of them and mothers. Only among the few by father 01. mother. was there anything of the beautuul i ys 2; 3. paui reminds the children home life which we know. Lf the fifth commandment. God says, But with the coming of the gospel «jionor thy father and thy mother,", He does not t all this changed. New values came to ! and gt paul notes that this is the first, they take too attach to marriage and to parenthood. commandment to have a promise at-1 -The home was lifted on to a new plane tachej to it. And the promise is God's through the realization of God as : blegsin~ 0nly those children can ask Pay-Day Selling. A young farmer and his wife, whom I know, have shrewdly worked out a marketing plan whereby they get rid of their surplus products at good prices, and get cash for them. They sell on "pay-day" in nearby factory First, this man has his meats cold and fresh in pieces of convenient size. encourage small sales, as uch time. The women the pay cheques and can buy quantities, so everything is arranged in 10, 15 or 20-pound parcels. A good chunk of beef or pork at from five to eight cents less per pound than the butcher asks is always attractive, while eight or ten pounds of fresh sausage will not go far in a large relations, we c»" -•»» need to show a proper sympatny witn famny. The meat is the very last present passage in Ephesians, which their children and not carelessly to thing prepared, so it will be perfectly forms our lesson for to-day. ; provoke th to revolt. He reminds | « Jf p ^rftT>^. ^ fe<,t hearts I. the difference christ has made them tnat they are responsible for tho with relation to husband and,' religi wife, 5:26-33. , j The husbi Father and the Lord Jesus Christ as j f^^a's b"fessing who Son. Father discovered a duty to be! and obedi€nt in spirit. We should not and obedient---- think that we have a right to live happily and long if we do not submit Christ. jja Wherever St. Paul went, he strove to ! ourse"ve "to the'dutieV'requireVof create a new sense of home duties and , y 4 But paul knows that parents relations. We can see this by the need to ghow a proper sympathy with AN ENGLISH DOMESTIC DESIGN FOR A SOUTH-SIDE LOT By Craig & Madill Archite ' A residence should be designed to suit the lot on which it is to be built and be so arranged as to give the best outlook and the greatest amount of Jight to the more important rooms. Often we 'find the rooms so arranged as to give consideration to the fTiblic highway only regardless of the real advantages possessed by the lot. The design illustrated here is for a t located on the south side of a street having a desirable view or garden in the rear. The spacious living j room has a view on three sides, its planning the natural advantages of ro utilized to the utmost. French doors at on© end lead to the ndah and garden to the south, while a group of three casement windows look toward the street. French doors give access from th© living room to tho dining room. The dining room, like the living room has exposure on three sides. Windows on either s^de buffet look to tho west while a of three casements face south and a pair of French doors lead to the verandah on the east. There is no waste space in hallways in this design and the stairway conveniently arranged at the front of the house with the basement stair under it. The trades entrance to the kitchen is placed at the basement stair landing and also provides an entrance from the side drive to the front hall. The kitchen is of ample size, well equipped with cupboards, broom cupboard, electric range and refrigerator. The same considerations have been given to the arrangement or the rooms on the second floor as on the ground floor. There are tbre~» bedrooms of convenient size with generous closet sipaoe. The owner's bedroom, which has the preference in outlook is the largest and is provided with two wardrobes. Where possible two groups of windows have been provided in the bedrooms to give cross circulation of air. The sunroom. which faces south and has three exposures, opens off two of the bedrooms and may be used as a sun 6ittiug room or as leeping porch. The bath room is ample in size and is- equipped with a built-in tub and pedestal basin. The stucco exterior is relieved by red brick base, sills and trimmings. The roof is in keeping with tho general design and is carried cown with pleasing effect over the front entrance. English cottuge casement sash and shingles and woodwork stained brown complete the effect. The cost of the building - xclusive of land would be in the neighborhood of $9,500. Readers desiring further information regarding the .rians and specifications for this house should communicate with the architects direot. Address, Craig & Madill, <J6 JJloor St. West, Toronto, Ont. '^rcOND-fLCDlL-PUN- A HEARTLESS VALENTINE PARTY BY BEATRICE PLUMB. i fresh. Scrapple, pigs' feet, hearts, s upbring[ngTfTne^unXanS;Hvers and all the scraps are used. I insists on the children being taught to I Then there are kraut, vinegar, cot-. I rule their lives by the fear of God, and ! tage-cheese, live chickens, eggs, late ,, ! on their being" instructed in God's vegetables, pears, apples, dried corn wife not to tyrannize over her as the Wor(] The regu]t wil, be a tru]y d do^ns of other things. Frequent- Krtolworce Vrf SnS J.wXd i ^stian home^__ ly h b to run home for a second forbidden divorce, Mark 10:9, Matt. . , *n . „ and third load. The more perishable 19:6. Even philosophers among the | Lime in the Llairy earn. things go first, then the canned stuff: Greeks doubted sometimes whether j ^ sack 0f air-slaked lime around and the vinegar and fruit. He stays j women had souls. So there was cruel-; tbe dairy barn jg a mighty useful mostly in the district where factory: ty and neglect on a great scale. But i h- Sprinkled on the floors and ;n I workers live, finding them excellent now Christ's ove for his Church. «Jrg ^ ^ odo„ ■ trona on pay_day. They have the Mttotoh i wife If we Sift at! down? dry up the floors, kill many bac-' money and lay in a supply of cheaper what a sacrifice Christ loved his re-! teria, protect against foot rot, and : food than they can get down town. He J deemed ones when he died on the J when it goes out in the manure it will juves them good measure and first j 3s, it will put gentler thoughts into put the soil in better condition, j quality stuff. , , I kind 1 mrill not only be Ground limestone will not do so well.! By taking a wh.ie day and getting • dear ones, but we will. M farmers put down some two-: out a large quantity, he does much a them. Men who have been fa . t k shallow box just better than to break up a number of Vs. 26, 27. Christ loved his Church J three inches of dry lime in this box. j the money ready. H. R. in order to make it holy. The sacra- This is an absolute preventive of foot j___$- merit of baptism, by which we enter i rot and keeps the hoofs in better con- j into the church, indicates that we | djtion To get customers, an Iowa farmer should live purified lives. The words | The cogt of the )ime is not much! who ghips eggB has the ends of the spoken at- baptisni1 namely, In the ; thfln the nd iimestone> • crates neatly stenciled. This plan ad^ aXflhe^rSruV' d^laS S iwhen used in this way we>t a vertises his ^tt»J. - his we belong not to ourselves but to God. j value from it m four ways-in the \ shipments on depot-platforms. Fas-Christ wishes his church to be like a ; stable and get its full value on the tened by a short string to one corner beautiful lady, shining in the light of j land later without having to handle it1 of each box he puts a number of de-God. He does not look for faults in it,! especially for this purpose. j tachable tags, each bearing his name like spots or wrinkles. He sees only] -:-.J.- |amj address, and the current price of the beautiful qualities of his church, j Hungry hens, those ever ready for Ms eggs by parcle-post. Painted Could anything be more original! than a heartless Valentine Party? Here is the invitation: Although a Valentine affair My party is a heartless one! The girls will give the men the :.ir-- Of course I only mean in fun!-- e'll show no heart at all, but then You'll meet some cultured girls who sing, And lot? of promising young men-- In fact, they'll promise anything! Hearts have no place at your pavty. >o:ng doves, lovers' knots, cupids and bows and arrows may be used instead. You cculd have an ice-cold atmosphere by a liberal use of white crepe paper cut into 'a f-ringle of icicles, with cotton batting for snow. When the girls are upstairs taking off their wraps hang strings over the banister. Leave one end of each string where the boys downstairs can reach it. To t. e top ends fasten doll-size: gloves. These are illustrations cut from 6 glove catalogue and pasted on card board. Explain to the boys that some girl has each one of them on a string and that the heartless one will shortly walk downstairs and band him the mitten. He must immediately attempt to propose to her and continm attempts throughout whenever an opportunity oc Warn him that the hearties." one do all in her power to prevent from completing any proposal. A prize will be given to the boy who first; ceeds in popping the question to partne , another to the 0 of his church,, J "■r^^Sit8S»!«r feed, lay the most eggs/ and ! the box, near the string, are the words . :::tjs which are oSto | make the best breeders. Such hens j "Take One," as a hint to travelers who the Old Testament. come first at feedign time, and linger Bee the shipments and wish they could 30. This love of Christ shows! till the last; and yet, while they eat' obtain similar fresh eggs for their ■ head of the house should ro-) the most, they do not become overfat. 0Wu tablea } jges to propose the most times during the party. Now explain the game to the heart-lees ones. Assure them that a lovely prize awaits the girl who succeeds in averting the threatened proposal. On the signal each heartless one walkn downstairs following her string till she finds her "beau" to hand him the mitten. Love stories is a game to start with. Two players, boy and gir stand in front of the group and at th word "Go!" both start talking. Th boy's subject is "My Girl Friend"; th girl's subject is "My Boy Friend. The one who can talk the longest win a gas balloon. Just before refreshments usher your guests out with an all-pop relay. Give each a paper bag and line up your two teams facing the doorway. On the word "Go!" the first player of each team rushes through the doorway, stops, blows up his paper bag, "pops" it and sits down upon the floor. The next two players rush to the doorway and repeat the performance. This continues until all of one team are seated. Pass popcorn balls to t#e losing team. The winners think this a heartless procedure until they discover that the losers must eat the balls without touching them with their hands. blind cupid. Although Blind Cupid is a simple 'game, it is more fun than you can I imagine until you have tried it, and !the Valentine decora! ions of cupids make it appropriate. Give numbered slips to the guests as they arrive, even numbers to the men and odd numbers to the girls. No. 1 and No. 2 will be the first to play the game, which should start before ai! have arrived. Both players are blindfolded. They are placed at opposite ends cf a long table and told to keep one hand upon .the table while "Blind Cupid" tries to j catch his victim and she tries to j escape. Each one must keep one hand ion the table, but can move in either ' direction. The fun lies in the faet-thst j neither knows which way the other is j moving unless one has excellent hear-I ing, and after dodging back and forth successfully for 5: time, they are very likely to turn and have a head-on collision. When "Cupid;' catches his victim, he becomes the pursued and the girl who has been given slip No. 8 j is "Blind Cupid." No 3 then pursues 4, and so on indefinitely. ' "An Endearment Contest" comes j next. Secure partners thus: Give to I the men slips calling for some laugh-j able stunt such as "Snoring," "Do an i esthetic dance," "Smile sweetly upon j j some maiden," "Give an exhibition of ^ j cake-walking," "Dance the Charles-e ton," and so on. The girls are e I given slips of paper telling what kind » of stunts are to be done, and each s girl claims her partner when she rec-i ognizes his stunt as the one called for ' on her slip. When all have secured partners, pencils and papers are passed and the players told to write down as many terms of endearment as they can think of. Later these lists are read aloud and each couple must scratch off every term thought of by any one else. Ten points are awarded for every word no one else thought of, and the couple having the most points is given a box of candy. If a humorous prize is desired, fix up a dainty box with a cake of mush inside. Serve fruit cup, s-andwiches filled with finely chopped ham, celery salad in red apples, strawberry ice cream, date cookies, cocoa with whipped cream and peppermints. Be Firm With Yourself. What is the useless thing you save? Nearly everybody has something-- string, or bottles, or left-over pieces of materia], or crooked old nails, or something like that. May we offer a niece of advice? Thank you. Throw 'em out Sell the stuff if you can, but get rid of it. You think maybe you will need it sometime, but you won't. Or put it this way: if you are not sure whether to keep it or scrap it, scrap it. You will be right twenty times for every one© you are wrong. A Shovel Beats a Knife. When cutting rutabagas, turnips or carrots for the stock or horses I always use a shaip square shovel I made a good strong box from lumber about three feet long by two feet wide, where I put the while cutting thm. This is a much quicker way than to cut by hand.--A. G.