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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-08-12, Page 6THURSDAY, 4UOTST la, 1»37 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Farm News . ExiuWtion Dates Peterborough, Ont, Industrial Ex­ hibition, August 18 to 21st. Central Canada Exhibition, Ot­ tawa, Augupt 19 to 28. -Canadian National Toronto, August 27 to 11. Western Fair, London, 13 to 18. Exhibition, September Ont., Sept. Canadian horses are in demand in various countries. Of recent ship­ ments to the British Isles, the larg­ est consisted of 70 fine horses for the London market where prices, varying from §200 to slightly over $500, were obtained. Twenty-one of the horses, which were big’, clean­ legged animals, each averaging over a ton in weight, met with a keen demand. Five Canadian horses were re­ cently shipped to Barbados, British West Indies for police duty. ! nus ohld-ups in the work owing to the wet condition -of the fields. Nine separate rainfalls were recorded nt (Chatham during June, totalling 4.7 inches, or double the average amount for June. As is usual with spring seasons -of heavy rainfall, some trouble has developed from brackroot and in­ sect pests. Weeds have grown rap­ idly and without the usual check provided by frequent cultivating Notwithstanding the difficulties ex­ perienced this spring, however, the thinned fields generally show excel­ lent stands and give promise of a good crop. The commercial acre­ age will be somewhat less than the 30,006 acres planned as frequent rains prevented some farmers from seeding the full acreage they had contracted. another suggestion which would make it possible to spray wide strips is that an extra long hose should be used and. that part of it should he held above the plants by a man or by attaching to a long pole or scant­ ling fastened at right angles to the end of the sprayer. SaniUmy M^iswre*-—Late in the fall, burn all rubbish in and around the plantations to destroy any hiber­ nating beetles in it. Note Regarding t’yana mid—Ob­ servations and preliminary experi­ ments indicate that pulverized cyan- amid, at the rate of 300' to 350 lbs. per acre, is the most effective in­ secticide which may -be used to pre­ vent beetle injury during the cutting season. (Jatber Eggs Often Eggs should be gathered at twice a day, and three times a day is better during the hot weather. The time of one gathering should be just before dark or as neai* to it as practicable. This last gathering may not produce a great number of eggs, but since broody hens will commonly search out taining egs after the has ceased, failure to the day is a common tinct deterioration. Each gathering should be in the collest part of the cellar if no other cool spot is available, as soon ac gathered. Eggs should not he put into cartons or cases immediately if this can be avoided. The ideal con­ tainer fox* cooling eggs is a wire tray. A wire basket is the next best and perhaps the most practical. These baskets are ordinarily offered for sale as waste paper containers. least hens the nest con- day’s gather source laying late in of dis- placed I Seed Cleaner at Ridgetown one-storey by 30 feet laboratory are many Control of Asparagus Beetles There is every reason to believe that serious outbreaks of asparagus beetles during the cutting season, such as that which was experienced this spring in some parts of the Niagara peninsula and Norfolk county, could be prevented if a jeg ular practice were made of dusting or spraying all asparagus patches with an arsenical after the cutting season is over. The early injury is done by the beetles which overwin­ ter, and therefore, the logical meth­ od of preventing such injury is to reduce the population of overwint­ ering beetles to very small propor­ tions by applying an arsenical now and by applying it to all asparagus plantations. The application should be repeated when and where neces­ sary. Dusting — Use an 85-15 lime- calcium arsenate dust (S5 lbs. hyd­ rated lime mixed with 15 lbs. cal­ cium arsenate). To insure proper mixing, the dust should be purch­ ased from one of the spray compan­ ies. Spraying — Use (1) 2 lbs. lead arsenate and 2 lbs soap in 40 gal­ lons water; or (2) 2 lbs lead arsen­ ate and i lb calcium caseinate in 40 gallons of water. In order to reduce mechanical in­ jury from the spray rig to the mini­ mum, it is suggested that the spray­ ing should be done from the top ot the tank and that the spray mixture should be allowed to drift with the wind over as wide a strip as possible Long, narrow patches may be spray­ 's d THE LIFE OF AN EDITOR One issue is through, then you sit down (sez you), And you've nothing to do till the next, But alas and alack, this isn’t a fact, For the lino is crying for text. So you take off your coat, and scan every note, And tpe mill you keep driving hazy, And you’ll make a good “rag,” if you don’t stoj) to brag And if you’re not awfully lazy. Foi* the machine must be fed, and let it' be said, It’s hungry and takes lots of feed­ ing, But life’s on its ways and each pass­ ing day, Events are both subtle and speed­ ing You grow old and grey, as each story you play, For headlines are rare and elusive, And you’ll learn as you live, that facts are a sieve, And nothing but death is conclusive. So when one issue’s done, you’ll rest not, my son, But you’ll bear down and be a go- getter; And maybe some day your public will say, “Your paper gets better and bet­ ter.” - e,uv. - .< BosSW'J * C^o„ Tested Recipes HOT MEAL FIONIOS to cabbage and onion; cup vinegar teaspoon salt teasoon mustard tablespoons sugar eggs tablespoons butter .sugar and mustard fogeth- and stir into cook until it butter and re­ Beat until con- a a a Ever since I took up gardening pain ip the neck has caused me lot of annoyance.—Letter in Weekly Paper. He’s not the only one with neighbor who persists in offering ad­ vice, a 8322A <^g 3 The technique of picnicking ad­ vances with the times, In ether days, sandwiches were all that was considered necessary in the way of food, but with modern picnickers an essential of a. successful day seems to be the capacity of the hostess to provide hot meat and vegetables with the utmost unconcern. An excel­ lent meat for a picnic of this kind is lamb, which slices or can and put into the recipe, Canned Picnic Lamb Far canned lamb, use fresh meat. Remove the meat from the 'bones and cut in convenient slices for packing in jars. Parboil meat with bones ‘15 to 30 minutes, as meat that is not parboiled shrinks about seventeen per cent, in the jar. Re­ move the bones, gristle and connec­ tive tissues, which are not fit for food. Pack meat in the jar. Add the parboiled liquid, filling the jar if possible. Any fats or oils from the meat should be melted and poured over the contents of the jar, as this assists in keeping the pro­ duct. Put on rubbers; adjust cov­ ers, partially seal. Sterilize 3 hours in hot water bath or steam cooker; (or 2% hours at 5 pounds steam I I’m a cheap little mite and I know pressure; or 1% hours at 15 pounds | I’m not big, nor good nor bright, steam pressure), Remove from cook­ er and tighten tops. Jars containing meat should not be allowed to c®ok while inverted as the fat will harden at the bottom rather than at the top of the jar. wholly from the outside. Still According to a United States Gov­ ernment report, fewer chicks are be­ ing raised in the United States this year than in any year since 1927 Canada was the principal exporter* of wheat to the Island of Malta in the Mediterranean in 193 6, and fol­ lowed Australia as the leading con­ tributor of flour. A travelling salesman, detained in a certain village overnight was introduced in the town’s hotel to a crazy little billiard-table and a set of balls of a uniform, dirty-grey color. (Salesman: “But how do you tell the red from the white?” Landlord: “Oh, you soon get to know them by their shape.” can be served cold in be prepared beforehand jars. The following is Picnic Salad To serve hot with vegetables warm up a jar of canned lamb, use three vacuum bottles, one for canned lamb one for potatoes and one for car­ rots and used. In lunch can er variety more homelike, the suggested: 1 1 1 1 1 Chop cabbage, and onion, pepper and apple very fine keeping pepper and apple seperate. Add the following dressing £ 5 2 2 Mix salt, er, add beaten eggs boiling vinegar and thickens. Then add move from the heat, sistency of cream and then add the dressing to the cabbage and onion •and mix thoroughly. Put away to cool. When cool add the pepper and apple and stir thoroughly. Garnish with tomato. DOLLAR AND THE CENT A big silver dollar, and a little brown cent, Rolling along together they went, Rolling along the smooth sidewalks, When the dollar remarked—-for the dollar can talk: You poor little cent you cheap little mite, I’m bigger and more than twice as bright, I’m worth more than you a hundred­ fold, And written on me in letters bold Is the motto drawn from the pious creed, “In God we trust" which all can read Yes, I know, said the cent, f o--— o “The horn on your car must be broken.” “No, it’s indifferent,’1 “Indifferent? What d0‘ you mean?” “It just doesn't give a hoot.” 0—0—0 “You can get anything at a mail­ order house,” remarked the lady next door. “Everything, alas, but a male,*' sighed the spinster. And yet said the cent, with a meek little sigh— You don’t go to .chureh as often as I. —Anon “Did they take an X-ray photo of your wife’s jaw at the hospital?” “They tried to, -but they could on­ ly get a moving ipcture.” Sales Books are the best Counter Check Books made in Canada. They cost no more than ordinary books and always give satisfaction. We are agents and will be pleased to quote you on any style or quantity required. See Your Home Printer First , "*‘**""*" ~ ■”■■• ...; .. I r"“■ Work is being rushed on the new seed cleaning plant at Ridgetown Experimental Farm to get it ready for fall wheat. The new structure is to be 60 feet and will include a small for testing soil. There such cleaners and graders through the province. Others in the south­ western area are at Dresden, Wyom­ ing and Shedden. It will also have a small bean picker* and complete dust-removing machine. Farmers will be charged a reasonable fee the same as the us­ ual prevailing rate for such work. The small laboratory for soil test­ ing will be in a corner of the seed and grain cleaning plant, and farm­ ers coming to have grain cleaned will be able to get their soil tested at the same time.i AND YOU' Chickens on Range k Chickens require less attention while on range than at any other time, and, if a few simple precau­ tions are taken, dean grass or clover range will provide ideal con­ ditions for producing well-grown vigorous stock with a minimum amount of labour and expense.' At the Dominion Experimental Station, Fredericton, N.B., the sexes are seperated when the chickens are from 6 to 9 weeks of age. The brooder houses are moved to a clov­ er sod area on which there are no chickens for at least one year and the chickens are confined to a yard until they are between three and four months of age. They are then moved to a range m which there were no chickens the previous year. A pasture field or a meadow from which an early crop of hay has been taken is ideal for this purpose. Range shelters constructed of two inch material and enclosed with wire netting provide sufficient shelter and allow- ample ventilation for as many birds for which roofing space is pro­ vided. A feed hopper which is pro­ tected with a roof is located near the range shelter. If the fields are used for pasture for live stock, a tem­ porary fence which cess only, to chickens is built around feed hopper. Water is supplied in troughs. This method of water­ ing is preferable to allowing the birds to drink from springs or creeks, as these places provides con­ ditions which are favorable for the spreading of parasites. provides ac- Sugar Beet Crop The commercial sugar beet crop ■of Southwestern Ontario, although seeded late, developed very rapidly and the operation of blocking and thinning was practically completed by the end of June., The heavy rain­ fall and favorable growing weather of late May and all through June brought the major portion of the fields to the thinning stage at the same time, and. caused great pres­ sure on the labour supply. This situation ‘was aggravated by humor- i i r COME for just one drive in the new Chevrolet—take the wheel yourself —and you’ll never by satisfied with less! Step on the gas and feel that smooth, un­ equalled 85-Horsepower Valve-in-Head Engine go into action. Find a road that’s really rough, and see how those exclusive * Knee-Action Wheels gZide you over the humps. 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