HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1919-5-22, Page 6figure on the', exact amount to buyj ' "So much brown and green made
and had netting left over, In taking the fureilshings a little dark: Notice
off the cover, we did it verycarefully, what we have clone to lighen the
talking particular notice of 'how it effect. Over one book case is a
had been put on. Then we tightened water -color drawing irr a wide gold
the springs, not an"easy job, I'll ad; mat and frame. On top of the case
reit. We 'tacked strips of stout oan- is a gold -framed photograph and a
vas from one side of the frame to low flower bowl of yellow pottery.
the other; one ,Of us holding the On the other book case are two brass
13y Agronomist springs in. place whale ' tee other candlesticks in front of an nil paint -
Thi too ertment is for the use of oar farm readers who want the advlae stretched the canvas, Under the ing in dull colors which .is framed in
of an ex ert on question regarding soli, seed, crops, etc. If your question seat we used strips -of thin wood slip- gilt, And I must tell you about those
to -any
of su6icient ,generl interest, it will be answered through this column. eCe ped under the "frame , to `hold the gold frames," the hostess interrupted
stamped and addressed envelope Is endowed with your letter, a cornpl s cin s until the. canvas Was securel
answer will be mailed to you, Address Agronomist, care of Wlison Pu Us p g Y herself. "Tho one on the water-
Cv., #d., 73 Adelaide St, W. Toronto, lacked. We tacked a square of can- color was especially black and dingy.
vas over the entire under nide of the So we washed an en ape 't d then, lied a
Silage for Young Stock, Humus—Crop Insurance;
l .
seat to catch the bits of excelsior coat of gold enamel. There Pis an -
which these old chairs seem to shed. other in the hall which has been re -
Several years ago a breeder called 'I can make it rain whenever I
n *on t value of corn want to," said a prosperous looking One reason you did not recognize the juvenated,"
n, attention to he fawner n reply to a seed3 individual chair was because ',we have Covered «I thought it was a new framed"
allege for the rearing and developing who at the close of a lecture on soils and padded the wooden fronts to the said the guest in astonishment,
of yours stock, Having two farms, and crops had declared, "Let them "open-work" panel be- "Then you see how well the tall
arms and the
one equipped with silos and the talk all they please and give us all low the seat," green ,jar looks on the dining table
The other chairs look new, What • Lyth ti:a co ex
other not, he had an opportunity to' the advice they want to, but just pp nut bowl beside it,"
his give me plenty of rain and I'll get a' did you who haddo to be them?" asked
elm
continued her 'hostess, "There are the
see the advantage of silage fart crop „ friend, w h been paying os brass andirons, and on the lintel
purpose. I was greatly surprised to What did these men mean, and. attention. against the reddish brown bricks of
note the difference in size and goal- what effect would their directly op -
took
were badly scratched, so we the chimney is a copper tray with
it of the youngstock that were posed courses of reasoning, if wide took o#F the varnish with ammonna, brass handles, and- two small brass
Y n and sandpapered them smooth, They bowls, You see how each of these
liberally fed corn silage with alfalfa spread, have upott the a,�r%cultnlra�l are walnut
hay. The • were not only larger but Preductien of the nation at this time , ,you see, so all the finish
They g they needed was a coat of paraffine
ThTo be sure almost my of us can
catch the light and reflect it. They
help to make the "room lighter on
dark days. and at night,"
l'he visitor thew a long breath and
nodded her head approvingly. "I see
what you mean. And I know I oan
rearrange my possessions to better
advantage after having seen this.
Even if I don't happen to have so
much brass as you have, I can use
the lighter colored' articles to better
advantage. You have done wonders
by using just what you had,"
"It was not all accomplished in a
day You must live with things and
make many changes before seeing
their possibilities and arrange them
to the best advantage. However, it
is wonderful how much more livable
soma rooms can be made by a new
arrangement of furniture, and a lit-
tle stain and polish, backed up by a
happy thought."
"I never had thought this room
needed any improvement. It is so
nice to have plenty of windows. 1'
you going to buy new eurtaline?"
asked the visitor, noticing their ab
senee.
"That is another of my convictions
were in better condition, i
s con- ' oil; well rubbed. in with a rag,
vineed me that the silo should be grow bumper crops when conditions: these tasks were finished before All
an I are just right. To do so is no test of : r
ueed more for have sande that tihis me often found ex-. our ability, The real tact comes when, put on the new tapestry. We too
things ea dead wrong• i particular pains in selecting the par-
an,?,Ie�s to prove the value of sllega Now; of all the adverse conditions" tear, and I think the eombianatio,a of
for ys�at.i, growing stock, l. The there is nothing disastrous than blob ns and greens harmonizes eery
breeder of pure-bred stock, whether t „ = nicely with the other furnishings.
dairy or beef cattle, has much, need a draught, The cont rued glassy, You see how we cut the material so
for silage in the economic develop -1 sky dsasornclneexful ese Even tate mostot conducive either to , that the'back and seat would come
meat of his herd. The cost of the y eng
lthwise of the material, By
product, whether beef or milk, is the optimistic of as find it exceedingly leach engthwise
and pinning it
principal item of expense for the difficult to see the proverbial silver. st tlahi stuffing before tacking the
breeder to consider and in this age lining when there are no clouds. It edges, it lyes not difficult,te do neat
of high-priced hay and grain, the is then that eve wish for crop insur-j
edges"
cost of the ration becomes the most ante, for the ability to make it rain. E "It looks as if an expert had done
important item and the one on which Many costly experiments have it," said her visitor admiringly, "Now
depends the profit for the breeder. been conducted in the hope of dis-
covering
is-tell me about that table. I know you
Any man who keeps ten head or prec precipitation. a Fake methodoperaof torsu and. did not make that aver.",
mare of cattle will find a silo an fly-by-night folk have from tame to, Yes, but we did. It was light oak,
ie ie Hie equipment on his farm, It Rand never hatched anything in the
time proclaimed their ability to pre -
is necessary for nine -tenths of our duce rain on order, and as a result room, You see the piano, music cab -
mill and cream producers to grow have reaped a rich harvest of eon' inet and two chairs are mahogany,
and develop their young stock and from the over credulous Still men the book res, couch and library
the sung which furnishes the sue- foi and table are �,
k
A NEW LANDED GENTRY
>3y S 0. S.
want an vain for s Dryers, mc he •r * and the woodwork
et=lent ration to the reach cows will tis as near like both woods as we could And always he wears a complacent
every country, drought takes heavy!
hind f ration or get it, We had this furiture Allen smile.
the house was built and have tried to There ]ass been a lot of disapproval
keep to harmonious calors. As you voiced lately against the importation
d of the
also form the best o f toll—sometimes in every decade.
the young stock. 1 What, the - did Mr, Prosperous
Liberal feeding is the only profit-, F
an ner arse:.. when he said that he , ave use ane alta s rr
able kind, for there is no money in could make it rain whenever he .~nowd theIat of titles personally we can't see what
half feeding stock. An animal must
be hoarded and if only a boarding
ration be given there is no profit but
really a loss. It is that part of the
ration which is over and above the
food of maintenance, or board, from`
which we derive our profit. On this
basis, an animal will earn money in'
proportion to the amount of food
she consumes, and this is largely;
true. Good feeding is supplying ani-
mals with their required nutriment'.
at the lowest possible cost. Anyone'
with plenty of money can feed an i
animal well, lint to feed an animal;
well and economically requires'
knowledge of the subject. The two
great food elcments which are neces-'
sary are known as carbohydrates,'
and protein. Cern silage is our cheap-
est form of earhohyd'•ate, and clovers,'
or the legur.:ea, furnish .our protein'
in the cheapest farms. Young stock,'
from the time they are weaned, will'
make a splendid .growth and develop-'
meg en e' rn silage and clover or al-
falfa hay without any grain, and this
ration is a cheap one and within the;
reach of practically every breeder.
The silo will prove of great e, on
omy not only in the growing and de-
velopin; of young stock, but also the
growing of colts or maintenance of
idle horses. Silage has been likened,
to pasture and it es very properly;
considered from this viewpoint when .
used for the growing and develop -i
ing of all our live stock.
room for a diniing room, an g
he wanted to? Being a sensible man, oak table never looked well. Besides all the row is about, It surelycann
couldot
theabilityto cause clouds to gatherwe had to keep a cloth.on it because hamper a man's usefulness halite j
to have a few initials hitched on to the
the touhad Ione since lost its polish.
and rain to came panning down, What Our s
rear end of his name or for that mat -
the ure in really , Qsuccess with the chair inspired
the soil,he us to refinish the table. We foundfoo have a "Sir" drum -majoring in
had carefully the moisture thatconserved against the it possible to apply an oil stain
season of need. The "dark cloud" (matching the woodwork in color) to On the other hand we do view with
that this man relies upon is just the legs of the table without relnov- concern the growth of the Landed
under the surface, not far above it, ing the varnish. What little varnish Gentry whom the farmers of Ontario
It is the soil—and good soil is the there was left on the top, was re- are unconsciously creating. In every
most satisfactory substitute for a town and village you see the creating
shower.
What Mr. Prosperous Farmer
meant was that through the use of
legumes and green manures, through
approved crop rotations, with a lib-
eral supply of` humus and with the
right kind of cultivation, his crops
continue to grow right along.
All of us have witnessed the with-
ering work of a continued dry spell
et thin land that had year after year
been robbed, of its fertility. Humus
is crop insurance, but we must not,
moved with ammonia."
"Just how did you do that?" inter- under way. In every town and village
rupted the visitor. "I may want to You will find at least one gentleman
make over my table." of Hebrew extraction who delights in
"Apply ordinary household am- the name of Serapinsky, Junitovitch
monis with a paint brush. This sof or something just as suggestive. They
tens the varnish, which may then be
scraped of with a piece of glass. It
is a sticky job, but well worth while.
You may have to apply the ammonia
more than once if the old varnish is
very thick. When you have removed
re son
all you can in this way, use fi d -
paper to finish off. Always rub with
through bad management, allow the the grain of the wood, unless there
are very rough places to be smoothed:
policy to lapse. If we insist upon
working the ground too wet, or if, off. Now apply the stain as evenly
in cultivating our corn, we ridge it as possible with a' wide fiat brush,
following the gr
up in rows that are too high, and grain again, then wipe
lightly with a rag. Wipe with
drought comes later in the summer, it off
the crop will suffer. the grain. This prevents too heavy
All of us must exercise common a coat, which would look like paint.
sense and be ready to accept every The next ,day the table will be dry
truth that science teaches. We must and you can rub it down with araf
learn how to conserve moisture to fine or linseed oil and pumice stone.
make it rain so that crops will not Dip your rag first in the oil and then
grow thirsty. in the powdered pumice. Go over the
T A SFO MI G A LIVING ROOM
"Well, well!" exclaimed the visitor,1
as she stepped into the big living
room. "You've been getting new
fur:4:ture, I see. And new rugs, too,"I
she added as her bright eyes glanced,
from one object to another. In answer l
to the swift denial of her hostess she.
-expostulated, "but I neversaw that
chair before, nor the table and rugs.
How I wished I could' get some new
things for the house this year. But
every cent above living expenses has
gone into bonds and war relief, So
I'll just have to wait a while," she
said resignedly.
"You need wait no longer, if you
care to re -furnish your house the 'way
we have done," said her hostess.
"Thentell me how you did it," was
the quick reply.
Her hostess laughed in sympathy
with the eagerness. "There is no-
thing new in this room except some.
of the pillow covers and the tapestry
on the big chair. We are just going
through a period of reconstruction,
you know. And it extends all the
way fromthe big interests to .our
homes. Really, the thrift habit we
have acquired is doing wonders for:.
ue. We are just beginning to realize
what an abundance of everything we
have, and haw to use it to the best
advantage'
"That is true—in a general way:
But how—?" -
":How did we apply it to this room?
Well, to begin with, all our furniture
looked shabby and worn; and we did
so long for new. There were many
WE SELL, WE RENT, WE BUY
CHINE If
Of all kinds and for alt purposes.
See :us First and SAVE MONEY"
Burns & Roberts, Ltd„ Toronto
entire surface with this and then
with oil alone, and the table is ready
for use. If you rub it well with an
oiled rag every week for a while you
will soon have a fine finish."
things we really needed, but as you "Isn't the table smaller?" queried
say, there were no available funds. the visitor.
It all began with that chair." Her hostess laughed. "The fact of
The speaker indicated a large easy the matter is that the white cloth
rocker. "I went to a furniture store always made the table look larger.
which was selling out, determined to And it seemed to take up so much
buy a new one. Either the reports of room that we pushed it as far back
bargains were exaggerated or the as possible to make it less eonspi_cu-
best things were gone. At any rate, ous.` Now that -we use a runner 'or
T Caine home without a chair. As doily, nt looks less like a dining table
father had always declared that ch•^r- so we pulled it out farther into 'the
to be the ` most comfortable in the room and left space by the window
house, we decided to reupholster it. for :a rocking chair,"
Don't you remember hour it looked? The visitor's interest encouraged
It was covered with black leather, the hostess to proceed. "You rem -
very much scarred and worn. The ember that one book case has always
springs of the seat and back were stood beside the dining table and -the
all saggy and loose." C other one at the far end of the ream
"I never would have thought it opposite the piano. For some time
the same chair," declared the visitor.' I have had a vague notion that I
"How did you do such splendid would like both case : at one end of
work?" 1 the room. Moving the dining table
"In the first place we took off thea farther into the room made this pies-
' cover and used it as a pattern to sisible, and I am more than pleased
cut the new. In this way `we could with the change."
' The hostess paused, then began.
again as she saw her visitor looking
at the rugs. "Theydo look like new,
i but they, too, are made over. We
learned of a firm who makes` them
! out of old carpet, even using , old
`fluff' rugs and woolen pieces of all
kinds of material. They dye them
any shade you wish. We like that
moss -green. It is warm and rich-
looking. However, ,it seemed so very
'green' that it was necessary to add
more of the same color in the others
I furnishings in order to keep the 'rug
from `coming up and. `hitting you in
the- face,' as someone expressed it.
Consequently, we made a green cush-
ion for the little black chart, and
covered the two :;tools with the same:
With the green tints in the .couch,.
cover repeated in the cushions of the
willow chair and tapestry of the ,easy
chair, there is now enough to blind
the room together.
come to this country' from Russia,
Austria, Hungary, Poland and other
European countries; sometimes with
sufficient funds to purchase an ancient
horse and wagon and rent a storage
yard, but more often these accessories
come later. In either event they soon
THE CHEERFUL CNERU?
The . stearrboa-t :s:a.lIilig
through' the night ,
Lost „n tine cla.rk
rmus i:: ,tea i"ii `'r.nd rot.rn
W]�ile 1 lie. snug aid
psare:'i'i'i die.a-
1 S,zish that it could
Find its. hoiTie.
ii. i`cer4r1
acquire sufficient English to transact
their business of buying and selling
old iron and other materials, .And
their best customers are the farmers.
Icor proof of this statement Just glanee
at the next junk pile you pass and Yon
will see that it is made up largely of l
Wilder, mower and other implement
parts, which through exposure and
want of care on the farmers' part,
have been scrapped. These implements
were cut off in the prime of their use-
ful life.
Now this metal collecting businese'
is a remunerative one, for after a few
years of buying for a song and selling
at a good profit our Hebrew friend Is
in a position to return to the land
from whence he came, where by virtue
of the wealth he has made from the
Canadian farmer he is able to pur-
chase a baronial hall, the original
baron having left his estate for finan-
cial reasons, and being perhaps now
CRM WED
We are in the market for Cream all
through the year• We pay the highest
market price. In business since 190S.
Drop',us a line for particulars.
Mutual Dairy & Creamery Co.
743-745 King St. West • Toronto
that I mean to live up to here afrter,"
declared' her hostess. "I am tired of
washing curtains and I: want to see
out. I don't care whet the neighbors
say about the bare windows. See
that inut-batcch belting himself to
suet on the ,.maple' tree? Froin the
middle of this room we saw the first
blue birds last Sunday. We could not
have seen them if lace curtains had
hung there,"
The visitor looked at her a . bit
curiously, and then at the tree again,
where a downy woodpecker had join-
ed the "nut -hatch. There was a clear
whistle from the sumach bush and a
flash of red a$ a card.nial flew past
the window, "I never see the birds
around our house," she said thought-
fully. "Perhaps—" She turned back
to the room. "At any rate I'm go-
ing to recover Pa's arm chair and.
make over my dining table.' I don't
know about the curtains,"
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we pay $e a pair for ail you raise froth' our
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and contract 10c coin. Nothing Roe
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i;,iighest pricn,s paid for best grade
new goose, duck. chicken and turlaeY
feathers.
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ROOFING
M1,' IL&TXZO ZE &WD
Ready Roofing, Asphalt Slate Shing-
les, Wall Board, Iuilding Papers,
Roof Paints, etc.
Write for prices and samples.
Sae money by buying direct.
McDERsgii® BROS."9ToroIt!
ost,
engaged as a waiter in a Toronto hotel
or possibly employing his artistic '—
talents in creating studies in black
and tan in a shoe shine parlor.
Our retired serapman is now in a
position to live at ease for the rest of
his life. With our mind's eye we can
see him watching his goats grazing on.
the verdant hills of his estate, we can
see his look of pleasure as Itis eye fol-
lows the gambols of his kids both
Jewish and gaatish. Or again, we see
him testing the luscious fruit of his
vineyard. And always he wears a
complacent smile, a smile so broad
tliat even his patriarchal beard cannot
obscure it. For all these good things
are his, received at the hands of the
careless Canadian farmer.
The farmer will continue to plow,
sow and reap; incidentally he will'
neglect to build an implement shed,
and thus continue the business of pro-
viding scrap for the junk man's suc-
cessor.
MR. FARMER
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Whether it's wood or metal,
everything .inside and outside the
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The moment; the surface is
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So that everything with a
surface needs protection.
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Paint today —walk on
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