Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
DONT YOU LOVE IT!
Hi everyone, sorry about lack of posts, Computer has been down. yes I have other computers and yes I should back up more, to move files. 7 other people in the house limits me to any chance on the other computers, and I have been busy editing some lovely colour plates that I have recently recieved, about 150 different ones in the last 3 months, with more to come. Hoping to list some soon. well , we are getting a very interesting mix of viewers now. CANADA, PHILLIPINES LATVIA, PAKISTAN, FRANCE, GREECE,IRELAND, INDIA, KENYA, . A GREAT MIX.thanks to all the viewers, will try and get more up for you all. busy breeding at the moment, getting plenty of eggs, so hopefully some chicks out soon for the early shows next year.. THANKS AGAIN....
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Did You?--J.W .Foley written in the 1930's similar times to now--bigtime..
Did you give him a lift? He's a brother of man
And bearing about all the burden he can.
Did you give him a smile?He was downcast and blue.
And the smile would have helped him to battle it through.
Did you give him a hand? He was slipping down hill.
And the world,so I fancied,was using him ill,
Did you give him a word?Did you show him the road.
Or did you just let him go on with his load?
Did you help him along? He's a sinner like you.
But the grasp of your hand might have helped him through.
Did you bid him good cheer?Just a word and a smile
Were what he most needed that last weary mile.
Did you know what he bore in that burden of cares.
That is every man's load and that sympathy shares?
Did you try to find out what he neede from you.
Or did you just leave him to battle it through?
Do you know what it means to be losing the fight,
When a lift just in time might set everything right?
Do you know what it means-just a clasp of a hand.
When a man's borne about all a man ought to stand?
Did you ask what it was-why the quivering lip?
Why the half-supposed sob, and the scalding tears drip?
Were you brother of his when the time came of need?
Did you offer to help him, or didn't you heed?
Don't you know it's the part of a brother of man.
To find what the grief is and help when you can?
Did you stop when he asked you to give him a lift,
Or were you so busy you left him to shift?
Oh, I know what you meant--what you say may be true--
But the test of your manhood is , what did you do?
Did you reach out a hand? Did you find him the road,
Or did you just let him go by with his load?
And bearing about all the burden he can.
Did you give him a smile?He was downcast and blue.
And the smile would have helped him to battle it through.
Did you give him a hand? He was slipping down hill.
And the world,so I fancied,was using him ill,
Did you give him a word?Did you show him the road.
Or did you just let him go on with his load?
Did you help him along? He's a sinner like you.
But the grasp of your hand might have helped him through.
Did you bid him good cheer?Just a word and a smile
Were what he most needed that last weary mile.
Did you know what he bore in that burden of cares.
That is every man's load and that sympathy shares?
Did you try to find out what he neede from you.
Or did you just leave him to battle it through?
Do you know what it means to be losing the fight,
When a lift just in time might set everything right?
Do you know what it means-just a clasp of a hand.
When a man's borne about all a man ought to stand?
Did you ask what it was-why the quivering lip?
Why the half-supposed sob, and the scalding tears drip?
Were you brother of his when the time came of need?
Did you offer to help him, or didn't you heed?
Don't you know it's the part of a brother of man.
To find what the grief is and help when you can?
Did you stop when he asked you to give him a lift,
Or were you so busy you left him to shift?
Oh, I know what you meant--what you say may be true--
But the test of your manhood is , what did you do?
Did you reach out a hand? Did you find him the road,
Or did you just let him go by with his load?
Friday, August 5, 2011
SOME GOOD POULTRY TIPS--CIRCA--1894--chick care--
Better keep the growing chicks shut up nights,there are other enemies to be looked out for after they get too big for the cat.
If you are through breeding, don't keep those best hens laying after they want to sit.If you want to show them next season, let them sit three weeks and thus reduce the surplus flesh.
See that the drinking water is placed in a shady place,and that dishes are well cleaned once a day and refilled at east twice a day. A growing chick must have pure water at all times.
If you have any surplus breeding stock for sale send an add now. Dont carry them over till fall, thereby crowding the growing stock, but sell enough now to make the proceeds raise the chicks,,
Seperate the sexes as soon as you can tell them and they will both grow faster, It is also a good plan to take the cocks away from the hens, as soon as you are through breeding, providing you have room;but we do should advise doing so at any cost, as soon as they begin to moult..
Just as soon as the setting hens are out of the buildings, the entire buildings shuold be thoroughly fumigated by burning sulphur. Take a pleasant day and shut all the fowls out and see that each door and window is closed tight and left so all day. The same process should be repeated in the fall just before cold weather.
Feed rice once a day to the young chicks and keep it up as long as you can afford to,then feed cracked corn, cracked wheat and boiled oats once a day after they are four months old.We believe that cooked food and cracked grain is much better than whole grain and uncooked food for growing chicks.
Feed as early in the morning and as late at night as you can ,and three times during the day. When the chicks get older and do not seem hungry three hours from the last feed, then is the time to begin feeding one less feed per day, and not until then.This rule can be followed until but three times a day will do, morning noon and night.
If the little chicks have no natural shade,put up some small sheds or shelters.A good shelter can be made by driving four posts in the ground and nailing a roof on by using one side of a large dry goods box for that purpose.If several of these are placed in a yard where the chicks are confined, they will be much enjoyed by them and is much better than to compel them to huddle together in their coops in case of a shower.
If you are through breeding, don't keep those best hens laying after they want to sit.If you want to show them next season, let them sit three weeks and thus reduce the surplus flesh.
See that the drinking water is placed in a shady place,and that dishes are well cleaned once a day and refilled at east twice a day. A growing chick must have pure water at all times.
If you have any surplus breeding stock for sale send an add now. Dont carry them over till fall, thereby crowding the growing stock, but sell enough now to make the proceeds raise the chicks,,
Seperate the sexes as soon as you can tell them and they will both grow faster, It is also a good plan to take the cocks away from the hens, as soon as you are through breeding, providing you have room;but we do should advise doing so at any cost, as soon as they begin to moult..
Just as soon as the setting hens are out of the buildings, the entire buildings shuold be thoroughly fumigated by burning sulphur. Take a pleasant day and shut all the fowls out and see that each door and window is closed tight and left so all day. The same process should be repeated in the fall just before cold weather.
Feed rice once a day to the young chicks and keep it up as long as you can afford to,then feed cracked corn, cracked wheat and boiled oats once a day after they are four months old.We believe that cooked food and cracked grain is much better than whole grain and uncooked food for growing chicks.
Feed as early in the morning and as late at night as you can ,and three times during the day. When the chicks get older and do not seem hungry three hours from the last feed, then is the time to begin feeding one less feed per day, and not until then.This rule can be followed until but three times a day will do, morning noon and night.
If the little chicks have no natural shade,put up some small sheds or shelters.A good shelter can be made by driving four posts in the ground and nailing a roof on by using one side of a large dry goods box for that purpose.If several of these are placed in a yard where the chicks are confined, they will be much enjoyed by them and is much better than to compel them to huddle together in their coops in case of a shower.
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