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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-12-2, Page 2..., . Addrese etiouseenIcations to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide ate West. Toronto Muck us a Fertilizer. "I with stravr alone, he will also get re - Peat and muck are accumulated: sults with muck alone. If he has a depoeits of plant remains which have i light soil and straw does not show been "piekled." Muek is a demi the 'results that this same straw posed form a peat. We snap Nestle would after it is used as a bedding, alize a muck swami) as a big straw i then apply' muck freely in the barn- . a ht A Tuberculossis in poultry is not cora- municable to xrian• otherwise it would be dangerous. The main loss is financial. Good layers always seek the top ihour or so, when enly a pile or smols- Mg.-ashes Was left ef their home, the lantilt, came (hiving leisurely home. Traps, Trapper s and Trapping. The city mau has a city he de- Start right.; the start you make in not so cunning -when near the decoy pertinent to protect his property. The trapping is important. If the pelt as away. All in all, it is easy to perches,' while the star boarders are It is nothing short of "penny wise, farm dweller, on the othea hand, is obliged to rely largely upon his own reeourcee in fighting the flames. , hunter is handicapped in any way, see how food, well placed will help generarly his catch will not be so the pelt hunter. preparations, good as if he had made the proper Many trappers make the mistake of starting too early for game. This coutent with the lower roosts, as they pound foolish" folly for farmers to Trappers must plan lotig before the does not pay. Frankly, there is DO require less exeetion, be without lire -fighting equipment of season opens if they wish to succeed profit in taking fifty -cent pelts in Some pullets will be kept for home some kind. With doze is of chemical with their lines, The pelt hunter who October wheri in December, fer in.. use, others will go to market. These, extinguishers on the market, it is not welts until the last minute will have stance, they will be worth approxit two classes ought to be kept separ- ' only poor economy, but exceedingly to take seen d place to the one who mately $5, Yet trappers, not begin ate and fed differently,. For layers, risky for those dependent upon one has everything ready to make his sets rier$ alone, do this very thing, Some the feed should he nourishing, but to refuse to take the "stitch in taee.". ANThee trapping time comes. imagine that furs are prime every istaek with treee and hushes and: Yale/ o niece a e i vti g not so fiesh-making as in the case of It's all right to rely on the 'bucket l Much depends upon the trapping month with an "r in the spelling. leaves mixed through it. These trees' sort of bacteria before it goes to the the birds destined for market. Sep- brigade" if you want to, and provide! grounds. They ehould be selected This is not the case at all. and shrubs have fallen into the N'at:Ifield. Muck and peat are valuable as arate yards and houses ought to be ed you know just when the lire is; with care. Strange as it may seem, and have been preserved with the re- absorbents for liquids and gases, given. . Weather has much to do with maks much more valuable th.an straw. Ls In determining sex in geese, $ome da oiug to Occur. If it happens in the amateurs usually imagine there are ing hides prime. If the fall is cold, e thee wheu every one is up and more skins to be had a distance from skins fur .up morn quieldy than when dressed, you may ,be able to save things with the buckets; but fires. don't work that way. Most countryi ntaies are largely organie matter elicit the barnyard a large part of the am- a the English breeders shut up all nitrogen, with other substances wash -1 menia and nrille maY be saved by the the fowls in a stable, and then. hare - ed in from the surrounding wand: liberal use of muck and peat The (lute a small dog.... The moment the and the eubsoil. The meek farmer is i use - a 1 • e of muck s a ferti mei is past the animal appears the geese lift up their fires occur in the night thee -whentune each day to devote to the Line literally farming on top a a straw. experimental stage. It is being used heads and retire to the rear of the ere asleep, an a re usually,taps are ar an ay 01 a - I . - . seatter- Fur -bearers, fortunately, do not all stack or on the top of nature's silo. land has been. used for years room, but the ganders are defiant folks .d fi When • has a pretty good heed -way, before ed, the pelt hunter frequently uses - ga ^ become od at once Skunks and I Everv orchardist knows how seri- chrets are first After these come As these plants remain eolleet aed. - • and will lower their heads and stretch you get awake and into your clothes most of his energy in traveling about, -1. • ously he needs organic matter and el- out their necks, hissing all the time. • minks, raccoons, opossums and wea- To kill a turkey, probably the best way is to tie its feet together, hang home. Often the most profitable flld st is warm. A few chilly days will is close 'to -where the trapper lives, not do the work; several weeks are especially if he has but a limited required. and ready to fight it. Invest a few dollars in your first line of defense against fire. It will and as a result neg ec s e $ . etrieted as to time, if he can use the The fur is no at its best until late all, muskrats prime. And even if. t.he trapper is not re- sels' Last of , winter and early spring. Animals go through this "pickling" process; i trogen. Here is a simple way in voisanoes substances are ferniedsi which to get these materials if there After drainage and exposure to. the, is access to air, these poisonous elements disap- a muck deposit: The muck has at least the manurial .value pear. It =St also be remembered of straw for what it lecke in Impend that we have different kinds a posits, the rearsh graes muck, huckle- de- value it makes up in nitrogen value. In not a single instance where. cow: berry soft -water muck, the cedar posted muck has been used did it fail swamp muck, hardwood muck, and . ree get satisfactory results. the MOSS hogs, so that we would ex- pect different results not only in forming theee area, but in their use as fertilizer. Here aee the filets summarized: Muck or peat can be used for a bedding or an absorbent to a better advantage than straw, Analyses,. of the different types of ,If you have been buying straw, the muck and peat show that they all use of dried muck or peat will save contain Inege quantity of nitrogen, you the high cost of straw, If yots mean that the average woeld be raise grain, sell your straw and use close to two per eent; that he more peat or rauck. than twine the amount of nitrogen A fertilizer faetory in the east so as to bleed freely, It should then riot be money wasted, even lf you whole day, It is human for aim not that get goocl early in the season,- st on a pole, and then eut the throat, . be dry -picked, leaving on the head never have a fire, for you have the to pay $o much attention to the line shed and fade soonest in spring. and wings. After being picked, the pay. Rue, awl that's -worth all you as if it -were conveniently near. Muskrats, for instance, generally may I Heuee, it is easy to see that when- careass should be dipped into hot ' liken gee a mend nee of *4feese--, ever sets are to be made, nearness be taken for weeks after skunks and water, and then in cold to pluma it blear:men to home is an essential, civets ave deteriorated badly; and This treatment also g iv es the elein a Fell maey a man has had Pose trapping too late i$ as bad as too fresher appearance. his back broken and the asecumula- Naturally, of course, when it is eahly. It doe$ eot. pay, Further, tion of years SWept away in one sible to use an automobile, metor- I must be ven a caance to —0.---- eyele, horse or bicycle, distance is net multiply; otherwise they will soon be - so important to the Pelt hunter. But come extinct. when one must walk, especially if the Selecting the Traps, ground is rough and liarcl to cover, once, I can sleep mglits, he said. I the matter assumes ,an importeece Traps are, no doubt, or greatest know that nothing Can come along which can riot profitably be over- importance to the beginner. Primer - lig, there are. two kinds—those with and wipe eut the crops or the ani- looked. Far the smaller animals, generally protreding springs, earried by almost that ss found in the average straw. mals or the house just at the wrong makes fertilizer by allowieg muck to tice was the entire absence cif the time. I've paid the insurance man to sneaking,. rough land overgrown tvith every hardware dealers, and jump These are facts which muss be kept decompose after it is inoculated wiW family. For a while it greatly wor- do the worrying and earry the load, muck as a fertilizer. ried us, for eve feared that they were and We the best job of hiring I leave in mind while considering the use of the proper germs, Ran- muck or peat is clean. Meekr, in that mass of flames; but in an ever doue!" But s rie authorities have said or peat is better for hems' feet than ...nes that in most muck and peat, thi$ straw. nitroget is to a large extent unavail- Muck or peat is from two to seven able, Hewever, we must not make tirnes better as an absorbent of liquid; the mistake that the nitrogen will not than straw and will eave all the vale - be made available later. It would be able potash voided by your animals better- to say that in the condition more efficiently than straw. that mustk or peat is taken from tlie Muck or peat absorbs the valuable sveamp, in most cases the nitrogen ammonia gas of the manure heap two is unavailalee at that particular time, to seven times better than straw. but experts have shown that nitro- ?qua or peat contains as much gen in the muck or peat may be trogert as barnyard xnanure, if it is made available after it is taken out made available in tbe manure pile. of the swamp and before it is applied Peat or muck is largely organic Get Ready for a Fire. We were passing along a country road last summer, when we came upon a farmhouse that was in flames. We rushed over, searching for some means to fight it. - The first thing that struck our no - night's bonfire. It's all right to wait, if you like waiting, but why not look at the thing the way my uriele did? "Since I learned the value of insure in he field by composting. It may be matter, said that the nitrogen in straw is not Pile muck up closely under cover available, every farmer knows that so that it will dry out, then use it straw is worth more in the manure freely in the stables. pile after it has been decomposed It is quieker and cheaper to add than it is worth spread alone. Every- organic matter by the use of muck farmer knows that old straw is more and peat than by plowing under green valuable as a fertilizer than new 'crops. Sell the green crops and use straw. It would be reasonable to say muck or peat. that one should use muck and peat as I would draw a ton of dry muck he would straw. For example, if a just as far as a ton of straw for the soil is heavy clay and one got results same ;race. HOLIDAY WRAPPINGS 1 see When you consider that "first ire- nressione" are always the most last- ing, you will recognize the importance of making Christmas presents look at- tractive. Especially has this pleasant bit of Christmas work become an art since so many beautiful boxes of all sizes are now manufactured and sold at from one cent up to all sorts of prices. These boxes enable the givers to make the presents more attractive. There are also handsome tags, seals, ribbons, strings, artificial bits of holly, poin- settias and other holiday ornaments to be had for a few pennies which all go to help In the wrapping of the gifts in a manner that will enhance their value in the eyes of the reci- pient. Red and green are the Christmas colors, both being seasonable and sym- bolic. Gold and silver play an im- portant part, however, and white, also Is much used. Such simple gifts as a single hand- kerchief, hair -ribbon, sachet, box of home-raade candy, or a jabot may be made to assume due importance by using a pretty bort—which is wrapped in tissue or Christmas paper, tied with holly ribbon, gummed with !Christmas seals. A novel Christmas parcel has the appearance of a gigantic firecracker. Lt - can easily be made at home. Cover ittne end of a huge mailing -tube -with a disk of heavy cardboard, to the 'centre of which fasten a five -yard rongth of stout red ribbon. To "the Aiebon attach small gifts at intervals exf from ten to twelve inches, then *OM through the tube, snaking the gifts lie on top of one, another. Fill the spaces between with confetti or ;tiny tandres. When the tube is pack- , leave eight inches of the red rib - on to thread through the disk of aardboarcl, This closes the other end. Stick the ribbon down with stickers bearing legericis suelt as, It's Loaded, lend Don't Light (Pull the String) ;Until Christmas. Last year seven small gifts, which ,leame all wrapped in holly crepe paper d decorated gaily with seekand Ily ribbon, one to be opened each tray of Christmas week, gave me the greatest surprise and pleasure. At- taebed to each gift wait a tag with a aheerful greeting on it and the day tend date on which each -package was #) be opened. For the Christmas packages to go to the &sally in the old hotae, hose aeveral small gifts foe each One, arid wrapped these in Alkertalfrvd colored tissue paper, marking them to be opened at different hours of the day. The first package contained some kodak views oi my new home; the last package was a good -night letter to all. Unique candy boxes can be made from oranges. Cut the orange in halves, remove the inside, fill the shells with candy, nuts pop -corn, or raisins, and put the two shells to- gether again, sealing the orange with paraffin. Tie a ribbon around it, and hang it on the tree. When bottles of perfumery or jars of grape -juice or home-made pre- serves, are to be presented as Christ- mas gifts, dress the bottles in crepe - paper costumes, to represent Quaker ladies in poke bonnets, pig -tailed Chinamen, infants in long clothes, hoop -skirted Colonial dames, cotton - bearded and long -coated Santa Cla-uses, and so on. The head and face consists of eotton batting bunch- ed about the cork and tied on with a piece of muslin or white paper on which a face is drawn. The head need net be carefully made, as all of it but the face will be covered by a large bonnet, hat Or cap. The arms are wired rolls of crepe paper... A Christmas bottle thus camouflaged will cause delight out of all propor- tion to the simple task of dressing it. —4- — Co -Operation and the It is very natural that the first ap- peal of co-operation should be to bring an economical a.nd just mode -of business into operation and such has been the history of co-operative a - forte But once the business of farm- ing is placed upon an equitahle plane with other industries, then it is rea- sonable to suppose that the co-opera- tive movement will be extended be- yond the market plaee and the halls of husiness education and become a powerful ally in bringing about a constructive environment for the members, one that will provide for their ,social needs as well as for their business demands. But the criticisin is made that Co- operation tends to discourage indivi- dual effort, that organization -will do many thisig-e for members that they naturally would do for themselves Experienee abroad GeeIllg to teach otherwise. There co-operation has rather worked to.give to the indivi- dual greater sell-respeet first through impresing his economic outlook and then by making it potable to enjoy those finer things of life wfhich came with an improved enviromnent In other words, democracy M business and social enterprises appears to have the same uplifting effect upon the individual that desnocracy has hod in politics. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL '0.1111•COIR. TUE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON DECEMBER fiTIL The Growth of the Kingdom—St. i'vlattbew 13; 1-43. Golden Text—Psalm 37: 1, Parable of the Sower (vv. 1-9). See Mark 4: 1-9 and Luke 8: 4-8. The scene was by the sea, side. It was, probably, a narrow bay, or creek, in which ihe boat was anchor- ed, and the people were gathered all about on the shore. Beck from the lake Tose' the hills, upon the slopes weeds and brush, or timber with small streams, lakes, ponds and marshes, furnish the best trapping. traps. The jumps are compact trap, smaller and lighter. The name is given because they actually leap when As a rule, fur -bearers of the type sprung, catching high on the leg and just mentioned prefer the ravines insuring a good hold. The first style rather than the hills, since the former offer more protection for dens and runways. This does not mean, of has been on the market longer and is better known. Some of the advent tages or the jump trap are that more course, that ammals ean not be eai be curled, and they ean be lo - I error, and bow evil often clings to caught on high ground, hut more oatecl in trimmed plane; also, they the action of good men, He was not traps can be located where it is came are easier to conceal. The only dis- prepared for an inquisition which- paratively low, in most communitk% advantage is in setting during Old would search out and destroy the evill and preserve only the good, nor as Locating the Fur -bearers weather. With lingers card, it is The beginner is handicapped 'unless harder. However, no one needs to His kingdom to be achieved in that way. Be was willing to be patient and to have His followerstbe patient, sem c i e . and to watch the steady and strong ' g 1 b11 t has many advocates Also, there is a trap designed especially growth of the good seed, knowing remember: Skunks and civets like weed patches' for the marten trapper where there that it must ultimand roughstony groundThey seem ately prevail. For, is deep snow. Lateln, a trap that , , as said the ancient proverb, to have little fear of man, locating kills was invented. While suited for „Great is truth and it will prevail!' His dens under houses and near barns. most small game, its advantage is kingdom will come, not by the violent Minks prefer the small, mg. eanderingreatest for muskrats in shallow en, but the persuasive and purl.. fiteas to et sap_ Water. y m rooting out of wrong ideas or of evil streams, the ereeks where is Size of trap to buis a debetable subject. In general, be guided by what the maker recommends, Later, changes can be made if necessary. Never set new traps, as they are un marshes, ponds, lakes and r•vers hard to hide from the cniug anis . ought not be overlooked. However, mals. Rust them, and then stain with a dye made from walnut husks or cer- the best trapping for minks, as a tain barks and boiling water. A rule, is along the small streams. Raccoons generally are near tins- simpler way is to wire the bunch to- • " t he knows where to look for the varie rerec an , ' which ous fur -bearers. To guide him in his Then there is the wire -spring- trap, foliowin of which enby ight have been seen the fying and stimulating1 b ndance of h power of the for food, Further, the banks are cultivated fields, and where, even as true and the good. usually covered with brush and Jesus spoke, the sower might have . The interpretation of the parable is found in vv. 36-43, and is plain enough growths that, supply protection for been going forth with his basket at precious seedor the green sprouts to him who can understand. There is dens and runways, Of course, , showing through the dark soil. Some nothing in it to discourage or forbid writers think, however, that the par- war against evil that is in the world. able was spoken at a mare advance Jesus Himself preached repentance season, "when the fields gave first and turning from sin, and denounced promise of a harvest to be gath,e,rehl in the strongest language the false - in due time." Edersheim says, e hood and selfishness and hypocrisy can almost picture to ourselves the which He saw about Him. He saw Sa.viour seated in the prow of the clearly, and would have His disciples learn to see and distinguish, the tares, and not to confound, them with the wheat. But it was with such clear- sighted vision and understanding, and with unfaltering faith in the virtue and potency of the gospel of Christ, not with the strong hand of the zealot or the persecutor, that He would have them labor and wait for the harvest of the kingdom in the field of the world. The zealot and the persecutor ly received but quickly forgotten, in religion has too often been narrow some into deeper soil of rich and gift- in vision and harsh in judgment. He ed natures, where, however, its growth has lacked the patience and gentle - is -choked, by weeds of vice, and some ness of Christ. into good and honest hearts. It is in The tares, according to the comnion these last that the hope of harvest view, were a species of darnel, grow - lies and the coming of the kingdom ing plentifully in cornfields, the heads of God on earth. of which resembled wheat but bore Why Jesus Taught in Parables (vv. poisonous seeds. In Palestine, when 10-23). In answer to the disciples' harvest- approaches, and they can be question, Jesus gave them a great and readily distinguished from the wheat, eomforting assurance. It was theirs they are weeded out by hand and as true disciples, as seekers after light burned. end knowledge, to know the mystezies. The Mustard Seed and the Leaven The hidden things are revealed to (vv. 31-33). The se -called Black earnest souls. Those who have and Mustard has a very small see& to prize the little knowledge and seek that in Palestine the _saying, "small for more will be given more, but the as a mustard seed," is common. The prow of the boat, as Ile paints His hearers to the rich plain over against Him, where the young corn, still in the first green of its growing, is giv- ing promise of harvest." Jesus com- pares to the work of the sower His own ministry. He is sending out broad- cast His seed of truth, ancl some of His words fall upon hard and unre- sponsive hearts, some into frivolous and shallow souls, where it is quick - ignorant and careless and indifferent lose what little they have. Such is the Taw of life ---the inexorable law. The truth lies hidden in the parable. The earnest and inquiring soul will plant grows rapidly to the propor- tions of a small tree, and is some- times eight to ten or twelve feet in height. The birds feed on its seeds. Leaven is often used as a figure of seek and find it. He will penetrate evil influence or corruption, but here and discover the mystery. But to the it is a ferment of good. The new careless multitude, or to the enemy, it will be but a tale, a picture, noth- ing more. The penalty of their in- difference or hostility is the harden- ing of their hearts and the closing of ultimately transform and renew it. their eyes. But, Jesus says to his own The kingdom of God, planed by His questioning disciple% Blessed are your teaching, though small in its begin - eyes, for they see: and your ears, for nings, will grow and 'fill the world. they hear. Parable of the Tares (vv. 24-30). This parable occurs only in the Gos- pel of Matthew. Here the truths taught by Jesus, or the men who re- ceived into their hearts these truths, are tempered to good seed sown in the field. Falsehood and hypocrisy, or false and insincere men who make profession of faith, are eempared to tares among the wheat. Christ is the househelder. His zealous servants would root out and destroy these conceptions of life which Jesus sets forth in His teachings and in His active ministry ,are working already as leaven in human society, and will There , seems to be no good ground for interpreting these parables as signifying the growth of evil in the world. It is sufficient to point to the fact that Jesus said, The king- dom of heaven Is like unto a grain of mustard ,seed, is like unto leaven. The kingdom is not like something evil. But it is -yet in the growing stage It is yet incomplete and there - ‘are mingled in its elements of error and Of weakness. But the faith of the great Master sees it grow to ber and running water. 'Possums are almost identical in their choice. No brush is too thick for them. Ditches supply boa places for sets also. Muskrats, of course, are inhabitants of shallow water, ponds, lakes, streams and marshes. So far as the weasels are concerned (these animals when prime are known to the fur trade as "ermine"), they may be caught almost any place where there is an abundance of small game. Some of the most likely spots are in ne-wly plowed fields, rock and log piles. The trapping territory should be selected early. The best time to do this is In late summer or autumn when the animals are moving freely, storing up food and preparing winter quarters. At this season signs are very numerous but later will be hard to discover. The trapper who knows where to make his sets before the season opens will have a great advan- tage over the one who waits until November, for instance, and then - trusts mostly to luck in getting out his line. It is often possible to increase the game by placing food regularly in certain spots. These should be locat- ed, so far as possible, to enable the trapper to make good sets later. When animals find food, from time to time, they get used to coming for it. Often fur -bearers from a dis- tance will locate their dens close to the bait. Outside of the extra game brought to the territory by feeding, one can, from the signs, tell' about -how much of a catch can be expected. Naturally, there is an advantage in selecting spots where traps may be placed Tether than taking -them as they come. Strange as it may seem, too, animals used to being fed seem tares, but their Master is wiser than splendid completeness and power in they. To gather the tame of falee- a future` of glorious realization, when lered would be to root up also, the God's will will be done on earth and wheat with them. Let both, He said justice and righteousness will pre - grew together until the harvest vail. Jesus understood and reckoned The kingdom is indeed a treasure with the complexity of human life. worthy of a ireaf investment, a peati He knew how closely interwoven in of great price, in value beyond all our imperfect thinlsing are truth and the silver and- gold of human wealth, ,•••••••••pe Pot of Apples in Storage. The losses due to the rot of apples in storage are very heavy each year. In some sections it is estimated that .apple rot losses amount to twenty per ceut. of ' the crop. The most tom; mon causes of the rot itt apples are Week rot and blue mold funguses. In helping to keepsdown the ,arriount of rot in stored apples an expert who has had much experience in handling apples, says the storage room should be kept olean. The rot fungus thrives on litter and produces its spores on rotten fruit. If the cellar is kept 'clean and free from refuse, and n� rotten fruits are allowed to remain there, the chances for rot infection are largely eliminated. This authority says the cellar should be kept reasonably free from moisture, and -tlie temperature of the gether and bury for a week or so in slimy mud. After rinsing in clear water, the traps -will be a dead black. Before snaking sets, test each trap carefully, noticing the action. Use a smooth, round stick for snapping, wrapping well to protect the jaws SO they will not break. When a trap snaps too lard, file the trigger slight- ly. Should it spring too easily, bend the metal holding the trigger, toward the pan.' Use Identification Marks. Old traps oughlit to be examined to see that they work as they should arid that they have _sufficient strength to hold the genie. There is no sense in losing pelts when steel traps may be had so cheaply. Where several trappers have lines that cross, it is a good idea to merit traps. Use a steel punch or file for the purpose. Have the identification marks on the metal under the pans. To put them on the jaws or springs -makes weak traps. • For snow sets, traps may be whit- ened by mixing lime and water. The pelt hunter must handle carefully traps so treated-. It is a.good idea to go quite. early in the season over the territory select- ed, -and lay rocks, poles, or something similar, for fastenings where traps can be put. This refers principally to land sets where stakes do not work to the best advantage. Fixed fasten- ings often permit the game to get a straight pull and work out;lherefore, they ought to be avoided as 'rim& as possible. It is not easy- to drive stakes in frozen ground nor pull them, up once they are in. . Make preparations early. How- ever, -do not eatoh any fur until it is of good quality. cellar kept as low as possible, The - less bruises and skin abrasions the . . apples receive an handling the less rot will there be in storage. High temperature, moisiure and stagnant air are all favorable to theA development of rota spots and scalds and at is recommended that a cool, dry storage, with a continuous aup- ply of fresh air is the proper enenrone meet for apples in storage. enteeee,„„„ Work. No man ie born into this world whose work Is not born with him. There is ways who will, - And tools to work withal, for those who work An blessed are the horny hands ai • toil. 7—Lowell.