HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1924-09-18, Page 3ing time of the year,
1 er is
not a _
i soil the fruit will dry up. In selecting
___________ ! a seal, one that will retain moisture
WHICH FERTILIZER SHALL I . phate On the lighter soils the 0-14-4 well should1 be chosen whileJ the soil
Efficient Farming •, when the weath-' manure to most soils will be found de-
’ • .1 ? U1_ T-P 4^ 4-hn Tall thfl
usually hot and dry, if there is
good supply of moisture in the
------ | or 0-12-2 are to be preferred to the should be rich in pmnt food, an ex-
3 know what a«d phosphate for alfalfa or clover cess of nitrogen should be avoided as
farm and why seedings. If the soils are very sandy is liable to induce late growth.
'Tfe"/ and i-t limed two to three per cent. N. torn land -o dad
of nitrogen will help the seedings. in most Places. in gooa upiana ciay
As a general rule, applications of loam, one of the best soils for black
potash have not shown profitable re- , berries, there is likely to be sufficient
turns for general crops on any but, plant food without too much mtro-
the lighter types of sands and sandy , gen. The soil should be well prepared
loams. Here applications of from two l aa for all other bush fruits and a good
to four per cent, of potash has pro- of well rotted barnvard
duced good increases in some of the
small grains.
The use of high analysis fertilizer is
an important consideration for the
farmer. A high analysis fertilizer is
one where the percentage of nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash totals;
fourteen or more. In buying a high
analysis fertilizer more of the farm
er’s dollar actually pays for the plant
food. The cost of mixing, selling and
general overhead expenses is the same
per ton of low grade as high grade.
With a 1-8-1 selling for $29 per ton,
$11.50, or thirty-nine per cent, actual
ly pays for the plant food, while sixty-
one per cent, is used to pay other nec
essary costs. Contrast this with a
i 2-16-2, just twice the strength. The
’ price of a 2-16-2 is say, $40.50; $23,
or fifty-seven per cent., is used to pay
for actual plant food. We have, then,
a difference of eighteen per cent, in
favor of the 2-16-2. On the other
hand, the cost of handling by the
farmer will be lessened. He can use
just half as much 2-16-2 as 1-8-1 and
the cost on the market is only thirty-
nine per cent, more per ton.
It should be evident from the fore
going figures that it is cheaper to uie
> high analysis than low analysis fer-
1 tilizers. Where the difference in plaiit ■ jng to judge, and, since you cannot tell
without opening them, I first dipped
up a little with a knife to.see the tex
ture, for when there are many en
tries you can demand that the texture
USE?
Every farmer should know
fertilizer to use on his 1
he is using it. The use of fertilizers
has increased greatly during the last, (
decade but this increase is of little
value unless the proper fertilizer was*
used. 1
Buying fertilizers by the brand
name has been a practice long follow-,
ed by farmers and should be discon
tinued if he is to get the most out of ’
their use. Such names as “General
Crop,” “Wheat Grower,” “Bean and
Beet Special,” are often misleading
and do not give the farmer any idea,
of the total plant food present or the
amount of each of the important ele-',
ments. The law requires the analysis
to be printed along with the name,
brand or trademark, but oftentimes
this is not noticed until after the fer
tilizer is purchased.
Knowing the analysis of fertilizer
used, will go a long way toward creat-'
ing a more favorable attitude toward
the use of fertilizer, but it is just as
important to know the kind of use
under the different systems of farm
ing, and the different types of soil. |
A complete fertilizer is one carry
ing nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. These constituents may vary,;
but as long as the fertilizer contains
all three it is a complete fertilizer.1
Any fertilizer which has only one or,
two of these constituents is not a com-'
plete fertilizer. Acid phosphate, sod-1
ium nitrate, ammonium sulphate and;
muriate of potash, etc., are not com-j
plete fertilizers and should not be used I
as such. They carry only phosphoric
acid, nitrogen, nitrogen and potash
respectively. Much unfavorable atti-1 food .g not go marked the difference k
tude has occurred among farmers be-, gavi of CQUr wiR be lg but the
cause some of these fertilizers which- tbg of fertilizer the
z»«-»vamat -f-Kzi aud 1 m rrvorliont hQVP! _ _ _ .
in most places. In good upland clay
is! sirable. If planted in the fall the
later the better. Strong one-year
suckers are the best to plant. As
blackberries require plenty of space,
the rows should be not less than eight
feet apart and the plants not less than
three feet apart in the rows. Where
the blackberry grows vigorously, four
feet apart is not too much.
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' application of well rotted barnyard | Beecher.
The Sunday School Lesson
SEPTEMBER 14.
(r
WHEN SHALL WE
PICK OUR APPLES?
Jesus Driven From Nazareth, Luke 4: 16-30. Golden Text
He hath annointed me to preach the gospel.—Luke 4:18.
ing the word of his salvation is re
garded as unpardonable, and the Naz
arenes at that moment would have
brought on themselves the guilt of
murder. Jesus, however, protected as
by unseen hands, passes unharmed
through their midst. They are over
awed by something in his bearing, and
• analysis.
I. THE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT OF
Some men move through life as a jesus. 16-22.
band of music moves down the thor-' jj. the great refusal of the NAZ-
oughfare, flinging out melody and har- arines, 23-30.
mony through the air to everyone far ■ Introduction—It might have been
and near who listens.—Henry Ward expected that in Nazareth, where he
Ways to Make Money on Fair Exhibits
BY DORIS W. McCRAY.
| Last year I judged the women’s ex-, day before, as the cakes and
hibits at four county fabs. At one I reach the judges while they are
fair the interest seemed to centre on fresh.
the bread, as several women asked
how soon it would be judged, and by
the time I came to it there was q
a crowd gathered. Each woman had
1 her eye on one loaf which she thought
best, and they watched eagerly as the.
general appearance, lightness, crumb, I
pies
still
had been brought up, the welcome 6Uffer him to go, never to return again,
given to Jesus on his first public ap-i’Till Jesus’ work is done, no evil can
pearance would have been specially befall him. He passes serene and
warm, but ihe contrary proved true. caim through all dangers, because God
To the Nazarenes, as the lesson shows, js -with him.
belongs the supreme ignominy of not:
only giving no hearing to Jesus, but of I
having alone, among the Galilean |
Women who win prizes in one de
partment seem to win in. other things j
ENMITY.
The Jews and their kinsfolk, the
citie,7 ^Ued and p^ditated the'A^bs, have always been eager perse-
S« death.
I. the greai announcement ^P|the Gospel records.
OO _ ___ ___- - . . . iJESUS, 16-22. ____ _________
V. 16. On the first Sabbath at Naz-I longer to speak within the city of
--- It was the custom at such ■ ment to the crowds gathered at fair
services, there being no official minis-! time, his steps were dogged by Abu
i try, to call upon any teacher of reli-1 Lahab, his uncle, who made sport of
I gion who was present, to speak to the; the eager prophet. When the perse-
When Mohammed, permitted no
quite ’ too, and it does not seem to be just areth, Jesus attends the synagogue Mecca, preached repentance and judg-
q -j- „. .. . •»< /-<_•!___u _ j service. It was the custom at suchment. to the crowds Fathered at fair-
j I
luck. Finding that Mrs. Gibney had
won first in every kind of cake, I asked
her for her secret of success. } .......... .....______ __________ __ ___ ___ _ c___
She says she always measures congregation, and this courtesy is here cution became intolerable, the prophet
j turned on him with a fierce curse,
general appearance, lightness, crumb, I She says she 1-----.
and flavor were scored. The little lady; exactly; she sifts the flour before extended to Jesus, about whose recent, t-----2 ... ..
’' word! measuring it, never thinks of dipping work in other parts of the country, which, finding a place in the Koran,
1 . . ’ -XI, UonHv hut the Nazarenes have heard. • holds Abu Lahab up to execration, as, then! mto the sack with any cup handy, but moment.'■ n,.
who won first had not said a
until the ribbons were pinned on, __
she proudly announced the prize loaf. is careful to get the one measuring a
was hers. Several women were anx- half-pint,
ious for her recipe.
“But the recipe is not all, that ;s the
simplest part,” she explained. “It is.
all in the way you handle the dough. •
Why, I even use a thermometer in the1
pan of water where I set my dough, to j
see that the yeast will not get chilled,
a*nd another thermometer in the oven.
There is so much to know before you'
can make a perfect loaf!”
The jellies were the most interest- j
“Then, too,” Mrs.jGibney added, “f
cake can just be ruined in the wrong
' kind of an oven. If it is too hot, the'
i cake cracks; there is much to know,
' about ovens.”
Women who love] to do fancywork
ie Nazarenes have heard. i holds Abu Lahab up to execration, as
V. 17. Jesus, at the proper moment/ the Gospels brand Judas.
When the religion of Mohammed
got the upper hand, it was just as in-
be wound on two rollers, which the' “Throughout the land there shall be
reader holds in his two hands, and be-1 no second creed,” ' was the prophet’s
behest on his death bed. And the early
Moslems went forth in a religious
frenzy offering to all, “Islam, exile, or
, ,, . , i I niKiiei viie vi lui cuvcarry only the one ingredient have; * . . f th farmer’s do]_
failed as a “Cure All” for their crops. ’ for lanf food The>
In usmg fertilizer the farmer al frend of fertilizer practices 13!
ch/vn H nn c« 1 ri o v’ t h o cjn.il iirhmh rno 0 _ __ __should consider the soil on which the
crop is grown and the plant food re
quirements of the crop. In general
the use of phosphoric acid is profitable
on all soils and on all crops. This can
not be said of the fertilizing constitu
ents, nitrogen and potash. However,
if acid phosphate is used alone on
some of the sandy soils, the results
will not be as profitable as it would
be if some nitrogen were also used.
The results from potash are variable
but its use is highly recommended for
leguminous crops, particularly alfalfa
and sweet clover.
On the silt loam and clay loam soils
the main requirement is phosphoric
acid. Potash give3 some response to
sugar beets and beans, but on these
crops it is often used in excessive
amounts. Nitrogen is seldom needed
where the farms are badly run, and
green manures are not used in the ro
tation. Occasionally, where the soil
is poorly drained or of a lighter phase,
top dressings of nitrate of soda or sul- i strain of egg production, build up
phate of ammonia, have shown very their body weight which has decreased,
noticeable effects. These effects are' renew the yellow pigment in their bo-
not the same year after year, but will dies through the addition of fat, dur-
be dependent largely on the spring ing which time they grow a new coat
— Ti? 1L _ f _ f 11 - 11 4 I r\ r
toward high analysis goods. Using
the high analysis material does not
mean that the right analysis is being
use, but it does go a long way in fol
lowing good fertilizer practices
The efficiency of fertilizers is de
pendent largely on the soil reaction.
Oftentimes it is necessary to apply
lime first and if the soil is strongly
acid, lime should be the first consid
eration.
In ucing fertilizers it should be kept
in mind that they will not overcome
seasonal or climatic conditions, but
when used with good judgment and
other good farm practices, they will
prove profitable on most Ontario
farms.
have a good excuse for doing it when |
they can win prizes at the fair and
still have the work left for themselves
or to use as gifts for their friends.
One year I exhibited a white slip
trimmed with Armenian lace sewed on
; by hand, which took the prize over
' ones made much more elaborately of
! colored silk. When I asked the judge
______ ________ _____ how it happened, she said the white
be perfect. A few glasses could be nainsook, while it was dainty, could
eliminated because they were cloudy, be boiled when laundered, hence was
or tough, or syrupy; the others had to1 more sanitary. Judges consider prac-
be scored carefully. The tasting never, ticability and wearing qualities as well
became tiresome, though one would as mere beauty. If you can get a good
think it a bit confusing to sample fif-! result with less time spent on the
teen plum jellies. There seems to be' garment, so much the better, for the
' number of hours spent in its construc
tion does not count .when a garment is
in competition with others.
At one fair there was only one class
for the “best tatting article.” There
were many entries, and it was a mis
take not having a prize offered for the
stands up to read, and the attendant
( hands him a roll of the prophet Isaiah. „„„ .. ___ ______ ...
a | The roll, written on parchment, would! tolerant as its persecutors had been.
I tween them, on the uncoiled portion of
the roll, is the passage which he wish
es to read. It is not certain whether ____v _____o __ __f ___,
the passage which -Jesus here “finds” .the sword!” To Abu Bekr, the mildest
or feathers.
Though the length of the molt is
primarily an inherited trait in that
poor producers molt slowly and heavy
producers molt rapidly, nevertheless
the molt in any hen can be materially
speeded up by providing a few essen
tial requirements.
First of all, molting hens should
nately, manures and legumes can be have an abundance Ox green feed. Try-
substituted as the source of nitrogen.' *ng t° molt out a bunch of hens on a
It is impossible to supply enough
nitrogen through the use of farm ma
nures except where large amounts of
highly concentrated feeds are pur-’
chased, and then only when good care
is taken of the manure to prevent
leaching and loss of ammonia through
fermentation. With the use of lime
and innoculatiori, however, alfalfa
and sweet clover can be grown on
most soils, and therein lies the Ley to
the nitrogen maintenance. However,
this clover should be grown in the ro
tation and some turned under. With
the use of these legumes and the ma
nure produced, the nitrogen bah.nce
should be fairly well maintained,
the sandy soils a top-dressing of
rates in the spring is advisable in
dition to the above treatment.
Where legumes and manure are
used it will be necessary to apply
nitrogen each year. This nitrogen
should not be Applied in the fall in
large amounts. In the case of spring
crops it should be put on just before
planting. On wheat or rye about
twenty per cent, of the application of
nitrogen should be in the fall and
eighty per cent, in the spring^when
the plant begins to grow. Or. the
heavier soils that are badly run down
and no legumes, nor little, if any, ma
nure available, it is sometimes profit-
weather. If the spring is cold’so that
the nitrifying bacteria are not work
ing to their maximum, then applica
tions of an available form of nitrogen
should be made.
Nitrogen is the highest in cost of,
any single element in commercial
plant food and for that reason should
only be used when necessary. Fortu-I
dry bare yard is nothing short of sui
cidal to the health and immediate pro
ductivity of the hens so treated.
Give them a good big range covered
with green grass, and above all things
have it adequately provided with
shade.
Increase the grain ration quite ma
terially to molting hens, thereby en
abling them to build up their body
weight more quickly. Put into the lay
ing mash which you would normally
feed them increased quantities of corn
meal and Old Process oil meal.
A good molting ration is one com
posed of three parts of cracked corn
and one part of wheat as a scratch
feed, and a dry mash composed of
100 pounds of wheat bran, 100 pounds
of wheat middlings, 100 pounds of
ground oats, 200 pounds of corn meal,
100 pounds of meat scrap and 50
pounds of Old Process oil meal.
If one has access to a considerable
supply of sunflower seeds, a few of
them fed at intervals is an excellent
practice.
These rations just enumerated are
extremely rich in fat and oils which
seem especially essential in encourag
ing a quick rapid growth of fine qual
ity feathers. Anything which we can
do to hasten the molt, and thus shorten
the rest period, is an economically
able to use applications of nitrogen. sounf^ practice. ______
Legumes can usually be grown on the j
heavier types of soil without liming. I
Legumes and manure should take the i
place of commercial nitrogen on these minion Horticulturist, in his bulletin
farms. There is usually a large am-' on Bush Fruits, is one of the easiest
ount of organic matter turned under , fruits to propagate. The suckers,
on these soils, part of which is con-
verted into nitrogen.
On the
or 2-16-2
wheat or
soil acid
as well,
phate is usually sufficient,
fa or
used,
alone,
barley
more
On
nit-
ad-
not
poorer types of soil a 2-12-2 i
fertilizer should be used f -r •
rye; on the better types cf
phosphate can be used jest
F<z corn or oats,acid phos-
For alfal-
should be
or clover
clover, some potash
If seeding alfalfa
or with a nurse crop, such as
or oats, an 0-14-4 might be used
profitably than the acid phos-
The Blackberry.
The blackberry, points out the Do-
some confusion as to the difference
between conserves, as several glasses
were entered in the wrong classes.
Mrs. Kenton went to her county fair
prepared to -win. In the long winter
evenings she had been busy crocheting
articles listed in the old premium list
and pretty sure to be in the next one;
these crocheted things were intended
also as Christmas presents,
as the new catalog came out she
checked entries she intended to make.
It was in August that she bought
woolen material and made a school
dress for her daughter, trimming it
in red braid and carefully binding the
seams. Of course it would win over
some last winter’s dress taken from
the attic at the last moment. Not
everyone would take the time to make
a new dress to exhibit, but in that way
her daughter had it ready to wear on
the first cool day.
Mrs. Kenton started her canning
when the first tender asparagus show
ed above the ground. Green peas,
sweet corn, beets—in fact, everything
from the garden was canned when at
its best,
were graded as to size, perfection, and wondered why, but’one look at the in
ripeness, as is customary in canning ’ side of the garment} with its unfinished
factories. That way the pieces in each' seams was convincing. The seams
jar were evenly cooked; there were would pull out, andjthe garment would
especially good jars for exhibit and not wear well with)many launderings,
fnr rnmnanv whilp nthprs ivprp f nr i Qne farm womait Said to me:
“I have learned several things about
were uniform, wide-mouthed, and of sewing. I " ’ ’
clear glass rather than of glass having
a blue tinge.
Every week in the year Mrs. Ken
ton makes bread, cake, cookies, dough
nuts, and pies, standardizing the
recipes and striving toward perfection.
It is a sort of a game she plays with
herself trying to make the bread just
right every single time, and lucky is
the person who happens in for a meal
on the day she has baked.
The night before she plans going to
the fair she sets the sponge, at the
same time setting the alarm clock for
an early hour. She kneads the bread,
and while it rises she makes two
cakes, and as soon as they come out
of the oven she builds up the fire to
get the oven good and hot for the pies.
which she has rolled out from dough
mixed and kept cool from the day be
fore. By the time the family is up
for breakfast the bread is molded
ready to go in the oven. She pro
ceeds with the baking until everything
is in readiness to take. She says this
early rising is better than baking the
As soon
............ 7
This is a continuous and decidedly
important question. One never gets it
settled permanently, and it requires
all of a man’s best judgment to dispose
of it eren temporarily.
Of course there are certain consid
erations which might be called general
principles and which one may settle
fairly definitely once for all. But even
then there is a lot left to settle; for
when one has finished the Yellow
Transparents it is a question whether
to begin on the Oldenburgs or wait a
week; and when the Oldenburgs are
out of the way shall we start on the
Wealthies or not?
We may perhaps clear the question
up somewhat by balancing the argu
ments in favor of picking apples early
against those arguments which favor
letting the apples hang on the trees
late.
There are two main reasons for
picking apples early: first, that one
may get his apples on the market early
and while the price is still good; and
second, that one avoids the loss from
windfalls.
The first of these would usually ap
ply only to early varieties like Yellow
Transparent and Red Astrachan.
When such varieties are in season the
market is usually bare and the first
consignments may bring considerably
better prices than later ones.
As to the windfall question, it var
ies greatly in different sections. In
many sections drop apples are almost
a total loss. In such sections one
would be justified in picking early to
make sure that his apples didn’t get
on the ground. In other sections drops
bring a good price, especially the drops
of early varieties, and one can afford
to take a fair percentage of drops if
he is securing other advantages
thereby.
The two great arguments in favor
of late picking are better color and
larger apples. Apples color rapidly
just before they are ripe and, of
course, a highly colored apple is very
much more attractive than a poorly
colored one. And there is a very de
cided increase in the size of apples
during these last days of the ripening
period, often more than enough to
make up for any dropping that may
occur.
Then there is, of course, the ques
tion of the labor available. If work is
slack one would be justified in starting
somewhat earlier in order to keep the
men busy.
So there you are! It is a complicat
ed question. Use the best judgment
you have and go ahead. Don’t forget,
however, that it is generally better to
pick too early rather than too late.
BAGS OR BASKETS.
Another problem in this picking
business is what to pick into. And here
again there are at least two sides to
the question.
On the one hand we have many
growers using some type of picking
bag, which has the great advantage of
leaving both hands free for picking
and, of course, insures that the recep
tacle is within easy reach when the
picker wants to put apples into it.
Both of these mean greater speed in
picking. But along with this speed
goes a considerably greater danger of
bruising the fruit.
On the other hand we have growers
who insist on a rigid receptacle in
which to pick and who never use any
thing but a swing-bail picking basket,
and many of them insist on its being
an oak-stave basket, insuring a
smooth interior surface which won’t
bruise the apples. Some even go so
far as to pad the inside of the basket
with burlap, thus insuring still greater
safety to the fruit.
In the final analysis this question of
a picking receptacle narrows down to
this—if labor is scarce and speed is
the prime requisite use the picking
bag. But if one wants the fruit
handled with the least possible bruis
ing, then some rigid receptacle, basket
or pail, is to be preferred.
II .
j was chosen by himself or was prescrib- ,
- ed by the fixed system of “lessons”
for the day. In the latter case, when
the roll was handed to him, it would be
open at the proper place. All the
more remarkable is it that the passage
to be read, supposing the lesson to be
a fixed one, is one in which our Lord
saw his own divine mission prefigured.
Vs. 18, 19. The passage in Isaiah
predicts the anointing by Jehovah, of
a prophet who should preach glad tid
ings of salvation to the poor, open the
prison of captive souls, restore sight to
the blind, free the oppressed, and an
nounce the year of God’s redeeming
favor. The terms, “poor,” “captive,”
“blind,” “oppressed,” are to be spirit
ually understood. We must think of
those who in patient loyalty to God’s
truth, have suffered impoverishment
and loss, or who conscious of the bur
den of sin, are yearning for forgive-
, ness. Such are God’s “poor”—the
term “poor” in the Old Testament,
has a religious sense,—God is their
- - \ interest and their capital, and theybest dresser scarf and for other dis-, are waiting for God to set up his king-
tinctive tatting articles. The super- ! dom, and to bestow on them his salva-
intendent of the department called my tion. No wealth, no freedom, no sight
attention to a camisole she admired, of the eyes, no wisdom, can compare
and the way she showed it to me I with the heavenly treasure of knowing
suspected that she was trying to get pod, and walking in the light of his
< ___t+ kor„i„ love. Here then we see how the Lordme to give P . • i Jesus apprehended his mission to the
receiving third prize, and she demand- | ration israel.
ed the reason why. Her mother had | yg cq_22. After the reading of the
made it, and the work was beautiful. ■ lesson, the roll is wound up and given
Then I explained that the material of back to the attendant. Jesus sits down
the camisole was cheap and unattrac- (—the usual posture of the teacher,—-
tive, not good enough to combine with and while every eye is fixed attentive-
fine handwork, and that the pink rib-! a breathless silence, he
bon was gaudy, spoiling the daintiness ^.ns , h13. 9^mon .w!th
Y . au -J This day is this scripture fulfilled inof the garment She was surprised your ear* „ What followed is not re.
that these points were considered. corded, but is left to our imagination.
Next year I expedt to find the same ( The Nazarenes are astonished at the
’ .“words of grace” which flow from
j Jesus, but inwardly in their liearts
1 they are measuring him all the time
jby human standards, and saying, “Is
I not this Joseph’s son?” They are un- ; willing or unable to realize that “the !
1 son of Joseph” may also be God's Son 1
II. THE GREAT REFUSAL OF THE NAZ- '
| ARENES, 23-30.
j Vs. 23, 24. The admiration, the i
I astonishment, are momentary. The ;
> . - ,words of Jesus provoke the inward;...b. I found I had finished some comment, “But what are the ‘signs’ of 1
seams the wrong way, and have all his calling?” The Nazarenes share the ;
sorts of ideas stored away in my mind common view, that the spirit of God
of the prophet’s successors, even Mos
lems complained of the severity of
Khalid (surnamed “The Sword of
Allah”). “The sword of Khalid,” they
said, “dipped in violence and outrage,
must be sheathed.” “Nay,” replied
Abu Bekr, “the sword which the Lord
hath made bare against the unbeliev
ers, shall I sheathe the same?
be far from me.”
That
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Better Fruit Shows.
We are just entering the fruit-show
season, and from now on until De
cember, one is likely to encounter
them anywhere.
They are always interesting to the
fruit enthusiast, and usually to the
general public, and have certainly had
an important influence in molding and
developing our fruit industry; but one
sometimes wishes that they might be
managed differently in some respects.
The two main objects in a fruit show
ought to be, first, to educate the pro
ducer, enabling him to grow better
fruit and prepare it better for market;
and second, to interest the consumer in
fruit as an article of diet, convincing
him of its value and educating him as
to ways in which it may be used.
It is seldom that one finds either of
these objects very fully carried out
in a fruit show.
In the writer’s experience and ob
servation, the following are some of
the most common ways in which the
average fruit show falls down:
The exhibits are not sufficiently
well labeled. The visitor wanders past
the show of apple varieties with no
thing to tell him whether the big red
apples which arouse his enthusiasm
and interest are Wolf River, Spitzen-
burg or Wealthy. He doesn’t know
what the collections of varieties
intended to illustrate, and there is
thing whatever to tell him what
exhibitors are trying to
package exhibit.
There is not enough
given to fruit packages
exhibits.
to both the grower and the consumer
if properly handled and labeled, and
about fancy work I am going to make, announces itself only in the extraordi- i they ought to be in every show of any
nary and the miraculous. They cannot ' size.
see that God’s spirit is supremely re
vealed in holy thoughts and deeds,
which produce the sense of God’s pres
ence.—Jesus is at once aware of this
negative attitude, this disposition to
say, “Physician, heal thyself,” and he
recalls to his hearers the reception
which Elijah and Elisha formerly met ’
with among their own people. ,
Vs. 25-27. No prophet is accepted in
his own country. When Elijah was!
fleeing from persecution, there was no •
home in Israel to which God could ■
safely send him, and he was directed
accordingly to the house of a widow
me to give it a prize. It barely missed love. Here then we see how the Lord
I
' yoke entered again, but attached to
a different camisole.
A gingham apron unusually good in The fruits and vegetables style did not get] a prize; someone
for company, while others were for
everyday. For exhibit, all the jars'
The suckers, j
i which are produced in great numbers, J
may be used, or if it is wished to t
propagate a variety even more rapidly!
than by suckers, root cuttings can be
planted. The roots, cut into pieces two ,
or three inches long, may be taken i
either in the fall or in the spring and
planted in nursery rows about three ■
inches deep. After one season’s
growth, if the soil has been well culti
vated, there will be good plants avail
able.
As the blackberry ripens at a try-
show in
are
no-
the
the
prominence
and packed
These exhibits are valuable
It is fun to exhibit! besides the pleas
ure of spending a cheque from the fair
association. This year I am going to
buy a pressure cooker. My premium
j money is just to beijpent as I please.”
I Beulah Hatch, a twenty-year-old
1 girl, exhibited canned fruit and vege-
' tables at six neighboring fairs last
I year. While she had won prizes in the
■ junior department, |she had not mus-
i tered courage to compete with women
! twice her age. It was interesting to
note that where she entered two jars
of fruit one would take first and the
other second prize. Where her mother at Zarephath in heathen Sidon. When
had entered a jar, hers would receive !
second prize, and the blue ribbon:
would go to Beulah., The mother won I
$75 in prizes and Beulah won $150, ’
with $25 for her fancywork in addi
tion. She is certain that it pays to
exhibit at county fairs; but, like the
woman said about ovens, “There is
much to know about it.”
Elisha was in Israel, the only leper
cleansed was a heathen Syrian, named
Naaman. Naaman alone had faith in
God’s word, spoken through the pro
phet Elisha, and came to God from
idols. God’s messengers, the prophets,
found no faith among their own peo
ple, but had to turn to the Gentiles.
Vs. 28-30. This prediction that God
will look past the Nazarenes in send-
The preservation of the old household arts is one of the things which was featured at the recent Royal
Dublin horse show at Ballsbridge. The Irish peasant women are working on a big patch quilt.
There ought to be an exhibit of
cooked fruit in every fruit show. Let
people know that there are other ways
in which the apple may be used be
sides in pies.
The exhibit of varieties of fruits on
plates ought to be changed. More
1 prominence should be given, to collec-
, tions of commercial varieties. A prize
! offered for the best collection of five
1 commercial varieties of apples has
real value for anyone in doubt as to
what he ought to plant.
In many sections prizes for adver
tising exhibits may be made a valu
able feature. If growers are selling
either at their farms or through local
groceries, the exhibit may be one suit
able for a store window or a roadside
stand, and the competition may be am
ong the growers themselves, and many
valuable suggestions may be passed on
to less ingenious people.
Or, if the fruit show is in a city, (
the prizes may be offered to the stores v;„id
which put on the best advertising dis- T+.'
plays. In this latter case we not only
get the advantage of passing on to
others good ideas in advertising, but
we get .the advertising value of the
exhibits themselves.
Doubtless many other improvements
might be made, but if the above could
be injected into our fruit shows it
ought to put most of them on a more
useful plane than they now occupy. |
Fewer Hens—More Eggs.
It is almost always true that the
annual egg yield, expressed as an av
erage for each hens, is a reliable indi
cator of profits when a comparison is
being made between flocks that are
similarly managed. Flocks that show
a high average egg yield show a rela
tively high profit for the labor ex
pended on them. Low-producing flocks
show lower returns for the time spent.
One would naturally expect the to
tal cash receipts per hen to bear a
direct relation to the total annual egg
It is also true, however, that ex
penses per hen increase as egg yield
per hen increases. The amount of
labor per hundred hens and the feed
cost per hen go up in the same way.
As long as receipts increase at the
same time and by more than enough
to offset the increased expenses it
follows that the extra time and money
constitutes a good business investment.
It is well to aim to keep the smallest
number of hens possible for a given
size egg crop. Fewer hens kept and
more eggs per hen means efficient
management.-----*------
A drove of “floating islands” was re
Head-hunting is still the main oc-cently encountered by a steamer off
cupation of the cannibal tribes of the the coast of Borneo. The largest was
Upper Amazon; the captured heads about seven acres in area, and con-
• are shrunk until they are as small as tained palm trees -r a hundred feet
1 oranges, and then kept as ornaments, high.
Ancient Experts in Dyes.
The people of Tyre were such
perts in dyeing that Tyrian purple
mains unexcelled to this day.
Head-hunting is still the main