February 1920
TH E LA• DSW0\1AN
Mother Nature
The World' s Greatest Poultry Farmer
8 7 L Godfrey-To-rner
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Al~ LY one morning
In boun tE:ous
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Tho Sttt<'r sat t1ghtcr,
~la.ytune
Yet hi gh~ r and w1dPr.
And shgh tly m ore r u ffic:d
Of f en.thcr a nd t e m per
W as E mma. ttho Si t ter );
And a lso more t h oughtful
H er cJrcu la.r opt tcs
Of carroty a mber,
Aa ono to wh om something
Of momen t h ad h a.ppened,
\V1th more yet to h appen,
.\nd yet more to follow.
And p ul veris(!d fJCbblcs
To help the di~e'~tlOn ;
And spices and pc,wder~
Whose wrappers mformed me
Would fill the nests daily
With e~gs nicely tinted
And han d omely, goldenly
Yolked.
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When they were pa.le-eyed,
.\ nd blinked, and were h11mpy,
And c;toorl in a. ro't like
.\ queue of out-patients,
1 ga.ve thorn their cl\mphor,
And al o their cht~oreoal.
And likP-wi-ver an ~gg
Have they latd me. ho\\C'IIer;
And "Vet
do t he f1 ~'ls
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Of mv unconcern<'d nei~hbour,
The- f urrt>w-faced fa.rmer.
) lake copious response t•
The coa.r.,est of cl'n er,
.\nd chaff- dust o.nd chick\H'C(l.
And te~t-lt"avc~ 1\nd cinfl<•r ,
.\ nd any old litter they
H appen to scratr h m !
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That is m y st ory l
By ter miSSi.cn of tlle A ufhor m d .. The D.lil)l Cht c111icle ••
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)1 uch did I s p end
'T ween t h at morning i n
)lay time
And middle- ~ov e mbcr
I n f('oding the devils.
Gram by
tho s ackful
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At Mand alous prices
bought t he m;
and
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matzc,
B o th the wh ole and the
p o wd ered ;
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A nd bon e-meal a nd m eat-
m eal
To m1x with t h e m iddlings
F or oarly- m or n mash es;
And oo.ts t h at wore g round
f or
A simila.r p urpose ;
A nd sh oll-grit and flin t-grit Some of the Laodairls are rood ahots.
(" Da1111 Mirror " Photo B . Jlart in Re1m iMn.
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