Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-20
Let the Boys Care for the Poultry.

In this way it may serve the
double purpose of furnishing good
lv share of the income of the farm
and contribute largely TO the whole
some training of the boy in those
habits Of care and industry which
may make all the difference, in his
mature years, between 4 man among
men, and loafcr. The y. y. Her
ad has this paragraph on The sub
ject, and the comments added below,
are from the pen of correspondent
of the Poultry Yard; Let one Of
the children assume the care Of the
poultry yard, if you have not time TO
make it feature of your farming.
Encourage him by selling him fowls
at fair price, allowing him to pay
for them in eggs, which YOU buy at
the regular price, or which are sold
and placed To his account. Get him
to keep his own account ; let him pay
for the feed purchased also by sale
of eggs and chickens. The boy will
bc happier for the experiment, and
gain habits of industry that will be
valuable 10 him all his life"
Now, that's what call sound preach
ing There are moro than fcw men who
20 to ruin financially and morally, bee
cause they are not trained tu 'nnuBgr
thiug-' when they are young. ] began
thrrr years ago with my boy The very plan
dr.cr,bcd above, and 1t has worked fret
rate 90 far II must be- done right No
humbug about IL. This giving dime 60
a child a. go g. b-d On and then taking 1t
away ~ the morning, wont pay, ] have
known parent 90 give "A child q little
white chicken, and then when IL was
grown XIII o, Tor family consumption, aud
give the child wing for bis .barr pr.
wortc yet, cell the carcass tn the market
man, aud give the juvenile owner not one
cent of the proceeds.
Such training IL training In injustice
selashuc-s and theft, and worse than no
training 81 alI. If you pretend to give
your boy flock of fowls stick e. the text
| have quoted above, and DO not allow e
pound 81 chicken or a. much as one egg 10
De used In The family or otherwise disppscd
Of without paying each f"r H.
Teach your boys how 90 handle money
without burning their fingers with II, and
it will be- worth ton times. Yea. one hun
drrI tmcs, As much a. them as the money
Itself Teach them the worth % dollar
ty showing them how much hard work ior
care or patience, which are harder than
work it tskrs to earn q dollar. aud then
they will know the worth of a dollar A.
thsy grow old enough show them how TO
buy their clothes and a. their finances
augment have them select aud uay for
every suit they wear. and then compliment
them before Your intimate friends on hAy-
ing earned the clothes they stand iu hy
their own systcmaiic otIorts. Thus YOU
will build up habits 81 sclf-reliance and
sclf.rcspcCt But before they are old
enough % bug their own clothes carefully
watch their habits oi spending money
and when they make q good investment
commend and encourage them FOR IL, with
out being too severe when they make a bad
bargaiu-"pay too dear for the whistle"
Keeping poultry is one Of the best
things for children to begin with. Gar
deuing is good, in i,s way bat docs not
avail in winter, and even in summer IL
don't demand that constant morning
noon and night and between whilcs" care
and vigilance that poultry does. There Il
nothing quito 50 good for the industrial
training Of the young folks as fowl keep.
ing.