HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-04-27, Page 3THE EXETER T1MES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1033
SPRING WORK IN THE ROSE
garden
by J. B. Spencer, B.S.A.
Director, Ontario Horticultural
Society
a preview of rose plants from with
in their winter covering would in
dicate that they have come through
with relatively little loss. The first
job for the rosarian after uncover
ing; is the pruning of the plants, and
this requires some courage, particu
larly by the beginner, who hesitates
to cut away what appears to- be
healthy wood. After a few warm
days, growth in the plants will show
itself by the swelling of the buds.
Pruning should then be undertaken
cutting away all the weak limbs, and
shortening the stronger ones accord
ing to their size. Danes no larger
than a lead pencil might safely be
cut to six inches, and stronger canes
to a greater length. Four to six
inches for hybrid teas and eight to
ten inches for hybrid Perpetuals is
a fairly safe rule. Strong old plants
however, may be left longer unless
one desires relatively few very fine
,- blooms, rather than more flowers
of less quality. There should be no
■stumps of old shoots visible above
ground when pruning is finished,
and in most cases the retained
growths should not be over three
years old in the case of strong grow
ing varieties, and two years old in
the case of weak sorts. One should
examine the wood carefully foi* dark
coloured bark, close to the ground,
the upper part of the canes may
look quite sound, but if there is a
ring of brown bark lower down, the
cane should be cut away below the
killed portion without hestation.
It is important that the pruning
be done with a sharp instrument, in
ordei’ to avoid tearing or crushing
the wood. A well sharpened, hooK-
ed-blade pruning knife is the best
implement, but sharp pruning shears,
may be used if carefully handled.
The cut should always be made in
a slanting position, and it is a safe
guard To the plants if a dab of fresh
paint is applied to the newly cut
stub.
Climbing roses, unlike bush roses
produce flowers on the wood of the
previous year’s growth, and should,
therefore, not be severely pruned.
All this is necessary is to remove
unhealthy and damaged wood and
weak growths that cannot produce
flowers. If climbing rose plants
are cut low like bush roses no flow
ers would be produced that season.
Setting New Plants
Even though the rose beds may
not be extended a few new plants
may be needed to fill gaps. When
the new plants are received the roots
in no circumstances, should be al
lowed to dry out. It is a good prac
tice when opening the parcel to
plunge the roots in water for sev
eral hours, or to buy the plant root
and branch in' moist soil for a few
days. Either of these practices will
restore the moisture in the stems
that has been lost during the winter
season. The plants are then ready
to set out.
In preparing the soil it should be
deeply and well nourished, using
well rotted manure or bone-meal
and commercial sheep manure thor
oughly mixed and the soil well solid
ified. Before setting, the ends of
the long roots should be nipped off
and when planting the roots well
spread out in the hole so as -to avoid
doubling back. The . soil must be
firmly pressed about the roots which
should.be covered about two inches
deeper than the union of the canes
with the root system. Before the
hole is completely filled with earth
it is well to pour in a generous
quantity of water which will assist
in bringing the soil and the rootlets
into close contact. If planted on a
warm day it is well to set up a shade
of some sort to prevent the drying
of the stems before the roots have
commenced to function in their new
setting. ’
New plants require even more sev
ere pruning than is recommended for
established bushes. All of the weak
canes must, be removed close to the
stem and not more than two of the
stronger ones allowed to remain
from four to five inches above the
soil,
As with any other crop the sur
face soil of the rose bed should be
kept loose by frequent, shallow hoe
ing and raking. This practice not
only keeps down weeds, but allow's
the air to enter the soil. If after
the leaves open, plant lice males
thei f appearance they should be
Washed off with a garden lioSe or
sprayed with nicotine solution/
known as Black Leaf 40, at a strenth
of one teaspoonful to a gallon of
water. I
TOMI DOBBIN SAYS:
(London Free Press)
Farmers without illusions now
fdee realties of present-day condi
tions. Nonessentials are cut out
and prospects are bright for higher
prices,
Ontario farmers are facing this
year's conditions with a great deal
of courage, and generally speaking
are looking for a gradual rise in
prices. Egg prices have held pretty
well, though we hear no word of the
half dollar or three quarter figure
that were so inviting a few years ago
On the other hand, there has been
a good deal of cutting out of none-
essentials. A great many auto lic
ences have not been taken out this
year. Radio licenses have not
been renewed. Last year’s suit is im
pressed into another year’s service.
Less citrous fruit is being bought.
Children have forgotten to ask for
ice cream and candy, One sees more
“madeovers” and hand-me-downs on
the school children. The tractor is
left in the implement shed while
Dobbin is earning his board and
keep. Harness is being repaired at
home. Homemade carpentry is being
more extensively practiced. Instead
of driving the car to every social
gathering or upon every errand, the
car is required to earn, a salary.
But one thing that distrubs an ob
server is the creeping shadow of fi
nancial distress. Every so often one
comes across instances of farmers
who really are struggling rather
than working hard. All manner of
crippling shifts are resorted to
When taxes and insurances have
been paid, many farmers simply
have nothing left wherewith to make
improvements in seed or livestock.
Even essential repairs must be neg
lected. When sickness or accident
overtakes these people they are
puhed over the line where they can
not carry on at all. How some folks
who have interest and mortgage pay
ments to meet are able to carry on
passes understanding.
Yet everywhere one sees evidence
of courage and enterprise. Farmers
are not grumbling, they are working
with the grim determination not to
be put down. Not for many a long
year have the maples been worked
as they have been worked this year,
even though the season has not been
a good one. Maple sugar has been
made for home consumption in
quantities quite unusual as the farm
ers are aware that sugar is dearer
than it was a few months ago. Maple
sugar will sweeten many a disk of
porridge this year. The women are
getting out the knitting needles,
to the advantage of the farmer for
tunate to own a flock of sheep. The
farm bake board is rediscovered. Lo
cal woolen mills are likely to be
busy this summer. Farmers are won
dering why some of our Canadian
woollen mills are not developing a
trade in Canadian homespun, as there
is a brand of this article that is not
only satisfactory in wearing qualit
ies but attractive in appearance as
well. Torn, only the other day, saw
a prominent farmer wearing some of
this material and both the suit and
the farmer'looked well. Judging
by the appearances a good deal of
home-tailoring and home dressmak
ing is being done, as woman’s wit
never lags behind man’s invention.
Ask Less Credit
Farmers who in 1929 saw that the
clock had struck 12 on the regime
of two dozen years and adapted them
selves to the new day, are getting on
nicely, though scarcely any are mak
ing money. What pleases an ob
server is the way in which the rural
community, generally speaking, has
steadied itself. No end of old., ac
counts have been paid. Less credit
is being asked. Today and pay day
are occurring within the same 24
hours. Pay-as-you-go is more the
order of the times than it was ten
years, ago In this way many folk
actually are getting out of debt. The
farmer who has not eaten his cake
as he has gone along, finds that the
cake is not shrinking. Farm folk
are facing life as it is and are find
ing it good. Self-help is taking the
place of hired help. Less speculation
is being indulged in with the result
that farmers are being better looked
after, Home and local amusements
are being invented and patronized,
thus saving many a dollar for the
home and other local needs, to say
nothing of the development of home
talent. A healthy localism is the
order of the day in a great many
farming communities.
HEALTH HINTS FROM THE PAST
Thousands of years ago a Chinese
sage offered these guides to health
to the people of his age. fiages and
physicians are still giving most of
the same advice:
“Breakfast early in the morning
“Take in the air of heaven thro’
the nose.
“Never leave the house until you
have broken your fast.
“This precaution is all the more
important in times of epidemic or
when one must enter a’ house in
which there are sick people.
“Take a good meal in the middle
of the day. Eat the simplest viands
they are more nourishing.
“Beware of delicate dishes invent
ed only to tickle the appetite.
“Eat slowly; chew well; such
mastication breaks the food into bits
charges it well with saliva and pre
pares it for the stomach.
“Don’t satisfy your appetite to
such an extent that when you get up
from the table you are surfeited;
abundance of food torments the
stomach and impedes indigestion.
“Sup early and frugally.
"Better increase the number oi
your meals than increase the quant
ity of food you take at each one.
“Avoid swift transitions from
heat to cold.
“In bed lie on your right side or
on your left, bend your knees and
go -to sleep in this position.
“Every time you wake up stretch
yourself in bed; this will impart
freedom to the operations of the
heart.
“The heart is to a man what roots
are to a tree.
“If you decline from your origin
al state of prosperity, say to your
self that what you have left will suf
fice for you. ‘They may take my
properity from me,’ say to yourself,
‘but they cannot rob me of my
heart’s repose.’ ”—Literary Digest.
THE WORLD EGG TRADE
In 1900< fifteen countries partici
pated in the egg import trade of
■Great Britain. By 1930 this num
ber was increased to twenty-eight
says S. C. Barry, Department of Ag
riculture, Ottawa. Germany, the se
cond largest importing country, drew
her 1930 imports of 220 million doz
en from thirty-one different coun
tries, There are in the entire world
approximately eighty-five countries
and dependencies. Of these, sixty-
two appeared in the international
egg trade figures of 1930. Of those
that did not appear in trade figures
all but three in South America and
one in Central America were in Af
rica and Asia.
The most notable developments of
the past decade have been the ten
dency on the part of Great Britain
and Germany, the two largest im
porters, to produce more of their
own requirements, and the. trend to
wards greater production and ex
ports in the Southern Hemisphere,
principally in South Africa, Austral
ia and Argentina. These countries
are favorably situated to export to
the Northern Hemisphere by reason
■of the fact that theii' flush spring
production comes during our winter
months.
Wlith increasing production and
increasing export competition addi
tional outlets are necessary in order
to maintain a well-balanced interna
tional trade. As eggs are now being
used in practically all civilized
countries the most practical way tc
broaden demand is by offering a de
pendable, graded product to consum
ers.
STAIRS MADE HER
GASP FOR BREATH
Mr. Nelson Bougner, who has
been section foreman on the C.N.R,
Seaforth, for several years has been,
transferred to Milverton, His place
in Seaforth will be taken by -JTr.
■George Moubray, of New Hamburg,
cer-
a re-
such
years
Penalty of Excess Fat
Although she has lost but 7 lbs. of
her overweight, this woman finds
that 7 lbs. has made a remarkable
difference to her. There can
tainly be nothing wrong with
ducing treatment that brings
increased energy and vigor.
Her letter reads; “I am (53
old and'my weight is .5 ft. Last year
I weighed 154 lbs. Foi' six months
I live been taking a half-teaspoonful
of Krusclien Salts, making no-change
in my diet. Now I am less round
the hips, and only weigh 147 dress
ed. But I feel lighter and can now
run upstairs, which before used to
make me gasp for breath. Everyone
says how well and fit I look, as I am
in a store and get no walking exer
cise at all. The results may not be
startling, but the fact remains that
I feel much better than of late years
-^-not so heavy—and I now enjoy
dancing.”—(Miss) J. H.
Kruschen is based on scientific
principle—it’s an ideal blend of six
separate minerals which help glands,
nerves, blood and body organs to
function properly and maintain a
splendid d’egree of health—it builds
up energy and strength all the while
you’re training yourself down to a
point of normal weight.
For good results advertise in the
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JUST A MITE OF DIFFERENCE
This new generatioh
Is famed for its hustle,
While the one that has passed
Was 'known for Its hustle.
ZURICH
Mrs. H. G. McKinley and twin
daughters, Jean and Joyce, of Tor
onto are spending a few weeks with
Mi's. McKinley’s brother Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. H. Meyers.
Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Heideman,’
and children and Mrs. R. F. Stade
attended the funeral of the late H
H. Happel at Kitchener.
Sorry to report that Percy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bedard of near
(St. Joseph, met with a very painful
accident one day last week, while
cutting capers with other young
folk triped and fractured his .thigh.
Miss Kathleen Durand is very
rapidly recovering from a very ser
ious operation which she underwent
at St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, a
few weeks ago.
Miss Catherine Merner spent last
week with friends at Kitchener and
Elmira.
Mr. Gerald Bedard of the Toronto
teaching taff spent the vacation at
his home here.
Miss Euloine Geiger, who is teach
ing school at Rye, Ont., spent the
week with her mother, Mrs. L. Gei
ger and Newell.
Rev. and Mrs. S. N. Knechtel and
Miss Elizabeth Rennie, of Kitchen
er, visited at the home of Mrs. L
Geiger and will attend the Confer
ence at Crediton.
Rev. and Mrs. K. Gretzinger and
son Laverne and daughter Norma or
South Cayuga, spent part of last
week at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Smith. Mr. Gretzinger is at
tending the Conference at Crediton
Word was received here of the
passing of Mr. Amos Overholt, of
Star City, Sask., a former resident
of Hay Township, and well known
to many of the older residents. Mr
Overholt passed away on March 28.
and loaves to mourn his loss his wi
dow and one son and a daughter
being ill only a few days with heart
trouble. It is about twenty-five
years since the family moved out to
the West.
Late Herbert, Henry Happel
Word was received here of the
passing at his home at Jackson, in
Michigan on Saturday April 15tli, of
Mr. Herbert H. Happel, aged 48
years and 3 days. Deceased hati
been a sufferer of diabetes for a
number of years. The deceased was
born in Zurich but when quite young
moved with the family to Colorado
until about 15 years ago when he
returned and was then united in
marriage with Miss Emma Heideman
of Zurich, after this union they mov
ed to Kitchener for a time, then to
Jacksoh, Mich. Surviving are two
tehildren, a boy and a girl, also his
sorrowing widow, an aged mother
and a sister,
Within the past ten years legisla
tion affecting the egg trade has been
introduced by a number of the more
important exporting and importing
■countries. For the most part this
legislation has not been such as to
identify quality to consumers and in
this way increase consumption. It
is contended that a broader applica
tion and appreciation of grading by
all countries would be in the inter
ests of the poultry industry and of
the international egg trade.
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