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Encouragement and Truth Two Great Needs in
Training of Children
By MISS AGNES TILSON, Detroit School Teacher.
NCOURAGJXO response to a method of self expression, and
truth from the start, are the two most important factors in de¬
sirable parcnt-eliild relationship. Nothing is more disastrous
to the development of the child mind than parental indifference
to'Lis efforts, no matter whether it is only a house erected with blocks.
If Jiia work is appreciated, he feels ambitious to go on. It eventually
lends to tho child solving his own problems.
Each child has the right to expect four things from adults whether
they he parents, teachers, nurses or friends. They are security, truth,
tfttf Opportunity of self-expression and response to his efforts. A child
P needs to feel security with adults and ho needs truth at all times. He
most have the truth in order to be adjusted socially and the right kind
of co-operation between parents and child conies from giving them the
troth always. It is often difficult but it can be done, and there is never
' » come-back. It is the best w r ay to teach a child to respect its parents’
word.
(Jiving a child the right to self-expression doesn’t mean that he
should intrude at any time, but he should he heard and he should have
the opportunity (o have his curiosity satisfied. Parents need to be pals
, with their children, too, if they are to have a close relationship in later
years.
It is often a battle of wits in rearing children and parents never
should fail to be firm, but gentle. There should he some definite agree¬
ment between the parents regarding discipline and it should he carried
out. At all times children should be respected and their personalities
should be respected. Too often things are done to children which no
one would think of doing to adults, and it often makes a deeper im¬
pression on the child than it would on the adult. Respect your children,
treat them as they have the right to expect and there will be very few
“child problems.”
Stupendous Increase in National Wealth Con¬
stitutes Peril to State
By CHARLES E. HOUSE, Washington Banker.
Americans are living in the golden age of finance. Our enormous
wealth and dominating influence of the present time may tend to weak¬
en the sturdy citizenship of our forefathers and become a peril to the
state. Our plain living in Colonial days is rapidly being superseded
by waste and extravagance. Our background was adversity; our future
ig prosperity. Let us never, therefore, overlook our priceless heritage
which has been handed down to us through the great sacrifices of those
who preceded us.
We are now embarked upon a now period of overseas expansion
which, we believe, will he for the further development of our foreign
trade and a belter understanding with our neighbors.
In our rapidly expanding trade relations, may our merchant ma¬
rine bring back from foreign shores not only the gold of Ophir, but
those more important things in life, namely, good will, a good name and
a reputation of fair dealing with our neighbors beyond the Atlantic and
Pacific.
Today, onr great financial system rests upon a Solid rock of gold.
The Federal Reserve system, which was enacted into law in 1913, gradu¬
ally brought together gold reserves in our country in such vast amounts
that we have been able to more thoroughly stabilize the gold reserve
than could possibly have been done under our old system.
This foreign stabilizing of gold can also be found in the leading
banking institutions of the world. We have no other basis to establish
®uf great system of credits than the gold plan, which is now universally
used. By reason of this enormous gold basis, our great industrial and
financial corporations have shown enormous growth.
Entry of Churches Into the Field of Practical
y Politics Unfortunate
I . > . iSItk Sit
By DR. CALEB R. STETSON, New York (Episcopal).
Church and state should be absolutely independent of each other.
There seem to be indications, however, that churches and combinations
of churches have become active of late years in bringing pressure to
bear upon our legislative bodies to enact legislature of various kinds.
The motive behind such action is a good motive. It is the desire to re¬
form society, and to bring about better social conditions more speedily
Ilian these objects could be accomplished by the slow and tedious process
of teaching and training the individual.
In my opinion, this entering of the churches into the field of prac¬
tical politics is unfortunate and it will in time react unfavorably to the
churches of all denominations. Let t he church as a church keep out of
politics. The place of the clergy is not in the lobbies of congress, nor is
it their business to stir up party strife or to further party interests. We
believe in a free church in a free state, not in a state coerced and gov¬
erned hv the church.
We, as a church, have a right to express our minds about policies
and customs, virtues as well as vices. It is quite another matter for the
church or for its representatives to attempt to dictate the course gov¬
ernments should pursue or to compel the passage of laws by political
pressure.
Alarming Indications That the Home Is Losing
Its Hold on Youth
By WILLIAM J. ELLIS, New Jersey State Official.
A recent survey of 10.000 New Jersey children between eleven and
ceventecn years old showed that as the adolescent grows older his fond¬
ness for homo life decreases. These children were asked why they liked
©r disliked their homes as a [dace to spend their leisure time. It was
found that 70 per cent of the eleven-year-old girls preferred their
Monies and that 60 per cent of the boys of the same age expressed simi¬
lar opinions. From eleven to seventeen years of age, however, the per¬
centage decreased 5 per cent for each year of those who preferred their
homes as a place in which to spend leisure time.
The survey showed that it was not outside interests which primarily
drew the youth away from the home, nor was the reason laid to such
raperficial causes as the type of home or furnishings, but rested almost
entirely upon the predominating spirit of the home.
Children inclined to slay away from home as much as possible also
inclined to criticize their parents for the hitters’ tack of interest in the
koine.
CLEVELAND COURIER
SYMPATHETIC
“I was just taking a little beautj
nap."
“Oh! It’s too bad I disturbed yon.”
HER CARRIAGE SPOILED
Mrs. Mull—They say her carriage
was completely spoiled by the acci¬
dent.
Mrs. Dull—But the accident was to
her automobile, not a carriage, my
dear.
TALKING TOO YOUNG
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“Whose little okutns Is you?"
“Be your age. Jack. I’m your ret,
hot mamma.”
GOOD JUDGMENT
“Your wife tells me that you both
agree in t lie matter of politics.”
“Well, you don’t think I’d let her
know any different do you?"
THEY DON’T WEAR ANY
“Are you opposed to petticoat gov¬
ernment ?”
“Absolutely! Keep nil women out
of politics but tiie flappers.”
THE GREAT DANE
“Did you know Shakespeare devot¬
ed one of his plays to a dog?"
“No—which one?”
“His play about Hamlet the great
1 Dane."
SThe
OVERFEEDING COW
IS UNPROFITABLE
Most Common Error Is Giv¬
ing Excess of One Feed.
Underfeeding of dairy cows is one
of the most common reducers of
| ,
profits for many dairy farmers. Over
| feeding, however, may be just as un
] profitable. A bulletin published by
I j the South Dakota Herd State college. Profit,"
“Feeding the Dairy for
points out that care should be taken
to avoid the latter as well as the
former.
To avoid overfeeding the bulletin
strongly recommends that grain be
fed according to milk production, “if
the cow increases in production,” it
says, “increase the grain allowance.
Continue increasing tiie grain as long
as there is an increase in production.
When no further increase in milk re¬
sults from on increase in grain, it
might be well to decrease the grain
slightly and note if a decrease in
milk results. If tills occurs tiie right
amount of grain is being fed.”
A common error in feeding is to
overfeed on one or two feeds, thus
giving tiie cow too much of one nu¬
trient. For instance, when corn stover
and ground corn are fed in large
amounts the cow is being overfed on
carbohydrates. She can only utilize
a certain amount of carbohydrates be¬
cause of lack of protein. What she
cannot utilize for maintenance and
milk production she must throw oft';
lienee, so far as the cow is'concerned
tills surplus carbohydrate is wasted.
Those who feel that feeding nceord
ing to production takes too much time
and is not practical, are strongly
urged to try it out. “it is safe to pre¬
dict,"-the bulletin says, “that a ma¬
terial increase In milk will result from
the same feeds when fed according to
production rather than by allowing
the same or about the same amount
to each. cow. Tin's, of course, guards
against underfeeding also.”
Off Flavors Caused by
Weeds and Surroundings
Off flavors in cream may be caused
by feeds and weeds, such as wild
onion, garlic, leek, sweet clover, and
ragweed. Flavors nicy be absorbed
from the surroundings. For example,
oil, gasoline, and vegetable flavors
may cause trouble. Another class of
flavors resulting from bacteria! con¬
tamination are called stale, cheesy,
yeasty, bitter or acid. All of these
off flavors result in poor quality of
cream and cause n financial loss to
the dairy farmer. They may be ellmi
nntbd by keeping cows out of pas¬
tures wtiicii contain undesirable
weeds, by handling and storing cream
in clean sanitary surroundings, and
by careful methods in production and
handling. Cooling of cream to 50 de¬
grees Fahrenheit immediately after
separation and frequent deliveries will
help win the battle against poor
cream.
Ventilating System Is
Important for Stable
Avoid damp walls next winter by
starting now to put a ventilation sys¬
tem in your stable, says A. M. Good¬
man of the New York State College
of Agriculture. Build the out-take
flue from the mow floor to the eaves
now while the mow is empty.
A good natural draft dairy stable
ventilation system must have at least
one tall out-take flue. Tills should
start about fourteen inches above the
sfable floor, and extend to a point
about eighteen inches above the high¬
est part of rhe roof of tiie barn. This
flue or chimney may be built either
inside or outside of the barn. If a
farmer plans to have tiie flue pass
up through tiie hay loft, as is the
most common practice, it should tie
built up from tiie mow floor at least
as high as tlie eaves of the barn while
tiie mows are empty or nearly so.
Actual Performance Is
Real Test of Machines
Actual performance on dairy farms
is the real test of milking machines.
It has proved a labor saver in many
medium and large-sized herds and
has been adopted by thousands of the
best dairy farmers In every dairy
state. This leaves -little room for any
objection on the ground that it might
influence production adversely. Only
if it is handled improperly or careless¬
ly or is in poor mechanical condition
will the milker fail to get most of
tiie milk.
Compared to good hand milking, the
milking machine can claim no advan¬
tage on the basis of its effect on pro¬
duction.
Good Cows Best
In a dairy experiment run in Steph¬
enson county, Illinois, it was proved
that the feed cost of making 100 pounds
of milk in the high-producing herd
in the test, which averaged 11.195
pounds of milk, was 63 cents, as com¬
pared with $1.05 for the poor produc¬
ers of the test which averaged 4.OS0
pounds of milk. The high producing
herd of ten cows were partly pure¬
bred and partly grade Hoisteins which
would prove that poor cows are the
most expensive.
YOUTH CAUGHT
BY HUNCH PAYS
WITH HIS LIFE
Policeman Who Couldn’t
Pass “Exams” in Clever
Piece of Work.
Fresno. Calif.— When Allen Ellis.
Fresno minor, was hanged in San
Quentin prison recently, it was testi¬
mony to the worth of a “hunch."
The hunch was that of Policeman
Dana H. Tuilis.
Ellis shot and killed Charles O.
Weisert, Fresno automobile firm ac¬
countant, when the latter scornfully
refused to raise his hands at the ban¬
dit’s command. William Kreiger,
nineteen, drove the light roadster used
by Ellis and t.owel! Davis, eighteen,
in the holdup Job.
The murder took place about ten
o’clock at night in one of the best
residential districts of Fresno last
June 5.
And within two iionrs tlie city of
75,000 persons was fairly aflame with
indignation. Weisert was widely and
well known. The city had suffered a
recent plague of boyish bandits—later
established as the Weisert murder
trio—preying upon gasoline service
station operators, small store owners,
and occasional residential pedestrians.
Not a Single Clew.
All of tiie city’s 175 policemen were
turned out for the midnight man hunt.
And not a single clew was developed!
Then came Dana H. Tuilis, typical
heavy-bodied “Batfoot” beat man, with
a hunch!
“Give me a car and another man,”
he told Police Chief J. W. Walker,
“and i’ll bring those boys in.”
Walker did. And Tuilis brought
them in! Tiie boys were still drowsy
with sleep when they were hauled into
Killed Charles O. Weisert.
police headquarters In the early morn¬
ing hours. They had but fallen asleep
in their beds at Sanger, 13 miles east,
when Tuilis, a second Fresno officer
and a Sanger constable roused them.
Tuilis had seen the youths riding
aimlessly about the city’s streets ear¬
lier in tiie evening. He had known of
them as irresponsible characters.
And, as he explained it, lie had the
buncli!
A curious sequel followed Tuilis’
feat. Officials thought to reward Tui¬
lis hy a promotion to detective ser
geant.
Fails on Examination.
Tuilis failed to pass the civil serv¬
ice examination! He couldn’t read
and wriie well enough!
Kreiger pleaded guilty, and received
a life sentence. Ellis and Davis stood
trial. Ellis, as tiie “trlggermnn.” was
sentenced to the gallows. Davis got
life. Kreiger and Davis both are in
San Quentin prison.
Ellis’ attorney, W. A. White, used
every resource in attempting to free
tiie youth from the gallows’ threat.
He appealed to California Appellate
and Supreme courts, and all without
avail. He rested his ease on the as¬
sertion that Ellis lacked four days of
being eighteen years of age—the min¬
imum age subject to capital punish¬
ment in California—at the time of the
murder. All appeals failed. Califor¬
nia school, court and community rec¬
ords show tiie boy to have been but
four days lacking of nineteen years
at the time of the Weisert slaying.
Beauty Betrays Girl
Sought as Gem Thief
Atlantic City, N. J —Nineteen year
old- Ermyntrude Smith, red haired and
pretty, was arrested on the Boardwalk
here recently on a jewel theft charge
made hy Milton A. Mnekny ot Pitts¬
burgh. her former employer.
He accused the girl, who was a
nurse maid in bis home, of stealing
$ 10 . 00(1 in jewelry and clothing white
the Maekays were visiting in New
York.
Miss Smith was in a rolling chair
when she was arrested. police de¬
clare her attractiveness aided them to
recognize her She was held without
bail for extradition. She confessed
the theft, according to police, and said
she sold the gems to an unnamed man
in the Bronx for $10.
Catch “Wild Man”
Dawson, N. M.—New Mexico’s wild
man, who for more than six months
has lived in a mountain peak cave,
subsisting on sheep stolen from
ranches and eaten raw, has been cap¬
tured and placed in an asylum near
Dawson.
POULTRY
• MTS
EGG PRODUCTION
DURING SUMMER
Poultry Men Agree That It
Depends on Best Care.
Facing poultry men during the sum¬
mer is the problem of preventing a
rapid drop in egg production with the
coming of warm weather, when eggs
bring good prices. Standard egg pro¬
duction in New Jersey for June is IS
eggs per bird, for July it is 16 eggs,
and for August, 13 eggs. Whether or
not a flock makes standard produc¬
tion during these three months de¬
pends entirely on the care it is giv¬
en by the poultry man, announces the
poultry department of the New Jer¬
sey agricultural experiment station.
According to tiie station, successful
poultry men agree that good summer
egg production depends on attention
to little details of management and
not on one outstanding factor. Cull¬
ing the flock, for example, is not the
most important factor in obtaining
standard production, hut just one of
the many factors. In fact, culling
should be last in the effort to hold
production.
'Die laying house should receive at¬
tention first, as a means of holding
egg production. All windows should
be opened to provide good ventila¬
tion and to keep the house cool.
Lice and mites are often the cause
of the flock failing off in production.
Careful inspection of the birds and
coop should he made once a month
for these parasites. It is considered
a good practice to treat the flock for
body lice by using sodium floride or
any lice powder. Generally, one
treatment is sufficient for the entire
summer. The roost, drop-boards, and
nests should be painted with any coal
tar product as a means of controlling
tiie mites. When such cannot be ob¬
tained, a mixture of kerosene oil anil
old crank case oil from the tractor
or automobile can be used to advan¬
tage.
Heavy consumption cf mash, so im¬
portant to heavy production, is ob¬
tained in the summer by feeding only
8 or 10 pounds of grain to each 100
birds; keeping mash always before
tiie birds; and keeping the layers con¬
fined to the house where they will al¬
ways be near the mash hoppers.
Other factors found to be impor¬
tant in feeding are; a daily supply
of fresh green feed such as dande¬
lions, lawn clippings, and weeds from
the garden; and a constant supply of
fresh, clean, cool water.
When production falls below 50 per
cent, it is time to start culling, if
tiie foregoing factors mentioned have
been carefully followed.
Provide Natural Shade
for All Young Poultry
An ideal range will provide natural
shade where the young birds may find
protection from the hot summer sun.
Many poultry flocks do not have this
natural protection, say poultry spe¬
cialists of the Pennsylvania State col¬
lege, so some means of protection
must be provided. Moving tiie colony
houses near a cornfield makes ideal
range conditions. Sunflowers planted
around the colony house also will pro¬
vide satisfactory shade. If the colony
houses cannot be moved near a corn¬
field and sunflowers are not used,
some form of artificial shade should
be provided. Old feed bags placed on
a frame about two or three feet above
the ground will give- the needed pro¬
tection.
Always Make Fowls as
Profitable as Possible
There is a great temptation for the
poultryman who is ambitious to equal
the records made by others. Natur¬
ally any one wants to make his hens
as profitable as possible, and as the
rule generally applied is to keep a
hen only to the end of her first lay¬
ing year and then replace her with
pullets, tiie effect of high egg pro¬
duction on the laying hens apparently
is negligible as she is sent to pot be¬
fore any evil effects of force feed¬
ing can interfere with her laying.
Mistake With Geese
A common mistake made in raising
geese is to try i:o feed them upon
grains without sufficient grazing. If
the geese have good green feed they
will need but little additional. Grit
and oyster shell should always be ac¬
cessible. During the summer a satis¬
factory method consists in providing
one feed a day of equal parts of corn
meal, bran and ground oats. During
the winter the same grains are satis¬
factory, but steamed clover or alfalfa
hay should be added.
Grain for Geese
Geese sfiould not be fed hard grains,
but ground feeds mixed in wiiat are
known as mashes and fed in a-moist
state. A good ration for geese would
be three parts of yellow corn meal,
four parts of wheat bran, one part of
red dog flour or flour middlings. To
this add 5 per cent of meat scraps and
during t tie laying or breeding season
15 per cent. At all times 1 per cent
of fine sifted sand and one-half per
cent of fine table salt. Any kind of
green feed will help.
