HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-6-9, Page 2Bad Odors and Flavors' m
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Creamery owners and dairy insliee-
Ors freque41tl3r experience eolisidert
able difficulty in tracing the seuece
of an ennabural flavor or odor in the
milk delivered by a patron. In such
case.s it is first necessary to determine:
whether or not the alma -mai flavor ori
odor is -present when the milk leaves
the adder of the cow or develops later.
Iff any particular --cow is giving milk
which is tainted it is not due to bee-
teria, but to other eauses.
If the milk fram any number el'
cows shows the taint the feed or some-
thing which the cattle have eaten in
the pasture -is to blame. Carrots,
turnips, wild_ onions, ragweeds, cab-
bages, off-flavared grain feeds and
• ether strongly flavored sehetances will
causettainted-ntilk. Certain foodstuffs
fer cows, not ordinarily considered
likely to produce bad -tasting milk, will
at tiMeS do sa. Where the bad flavor
seems due to feed and there is nothing
in the ration subject to suspicion, •a
change in feed is yet tiesirahle, as the
bad flavor may disappear as a result
Cows that are kePil, in the pasture
will keep reasenably clean,- however,1
if the pasture is so situated that the
cows have access to muddy pools or
stagnant ponds they will often stand
-,inetheswater -up to their knees, fight-
ing flies and plastering themselves
with mud. This mud dries quickly and
readily.falls into' the milk pail. It is
one of the most objectionable forma
of dirt thecause it very quickly finds
its way through the strainers and set-
tles at the bottom of the cans and
battles. It is also loaded with danger-
ous bacterial life which have a deleter-
ious effect upon the milk and its pro-
ducts. Cows that are plastered with
this kind of mud should be thoroughly
cleaned before they are milked.
One of the most prolific causes of
trouble during the summer months is
that of old., sour strainer cloths which
are rinsed, in juke -warm water and
hung up to dry. These cloths should
be put in boiling water and thoroughly
-cleansed before being used for another
milking. Ordinary wire strainers are
worse than none at all. They are very
difficult to keep clean and are almost
worthles's for removing fine dirt and
dust.
There aro certain fundamental prin-
ciples in eleaning dairy utensils that
cannot be ignared. Milk should never
be allowed to dry and become sour. It
is imposenate to clean the utensils
properly after they have been allowed
to become d-ry and sour. If it is
possible to clean them at one, fill
them with water, and they may be
easily cleaned. later. Rinse svith luke-
warm water before scalding. Then
wash with hot water with the aid -of
eome 'cleaning material; if possible
expose them to steam a few minute's
and place them in a place where they
are exposed to the light and sunshine
until the next milking. The best pre-
parations to use in cleaning dairy
utensils are the alkalies and carbon-
ates, like soda, sal soda and lye, be-
cause they have the power to dissolve
the coagulated albumen. Sal sada is
one of the cheapest and most effective
materials, as it is neither poisonous
or corrosive.
Impure water used in washing dairy
utensils frequently introduces danger-
ous bacteria that cause ropiness in the
milk. In some instances impure water
used in ,washing the pails and earls
has been traced. as the source of dis-
ease epidemics. As great care should
be taken in obtaining pure water for
washing the pails and cans as in
providing a supply of 1311 e
the cows to drink.
The Wheel Hoe.
The wheel- hoe is very useful to
both the gardener and the farmer. Its
use is possible in many places. With
labor shortage the investment of from
$$ to $5 in such r tool pays big inter-
est.
I have been using one of these tools
for more than twelve ye.aes. The first
year we had one on the farm I did not
know what to do with it. It was un-
handy, and I thought that ,tt was
easier to use a small garden hoe and
four -tined hook for the garden work.
We had a one-fourth acre of seed on-
ions, and it -';fias quite a job to keep the
weeds out and the soil loosened. New
I can eare for five acres with a wheel
hoe under ordinary conditions, and
have a lot of time to do other work.
In using your wheel hoe it pays to
leak out for the dirt on the wheels.
A rim of dirt a half inch thick will
throw the blades out of balance enough
to spoil its work. This will happen
if the soil is •a little wet or if there
is a. heavy dew. Take a dull knife
or a stick and keep this wheel surface
clean and your hoe will work far
ater foe
Ibetter.
When you buy extra blades you can
save by filing the rivets off and using;
[ the old casting and replacing thel
blades only. Then it is economy to
I get a blade about an inch Lenges than
you wish, and cut the end off a half
inch. Thus a seven-inch blade will
cut 61/0 inches and be thicker all the
way up. If it stieks out a little too
far it will prevent any strips of weeds
being left between the rows.
Let me say here that I am talking
of a double wheel hoe—that is, one
that straddles the row of vegetables
instead of going in between. I like
this kind because it does not matter
if the rows are not exactly parallel,
or if one row runs further than an-
other. Anyway, it is not possible to
get as close to a TOW with a single
wheel hoe as it is with a double one.
On part ef the blade of a wheel hoe
there is an upright that cuts the soil
arid weeds next to the row. If this is
left sharp is good many vegetables are
ruined by cutting the edges or sides.
File this blunt and save this loss. An
onion, for instance, will be spoiled if
the outer layers of skin are injured.
1 When I file or sharpen my hoe I
grind down the lower side—as it sets
on the ground—and then smooth it
down on the opposite side. I think a
better edge c,an be put o11 this way,
and it lasts longer. I take the blades
off sometimes, and put them an the
grindstone or emery wheel.
After you use -a wheel hoe for a few
years the spindle beeomes worn, and
this prevents close working around
vegetables, because the wheels do not
carry the reet of the hoe where you
want it to go. I bush them when they
are worn by usifig a layer of thin sheet
iron OT tin. It lasts a season, and
makes the hoe work almost as well as
new-. A washer on the end of the
axle will help too. One oan buy new
axles for less than a dollar, but the
other way is about as good, and far
cheaper.
For the ordinary sandy soil the oee
drawback to a,. wheel hoe is that the
soil is 'cut off in a thin layer on top
and then dropped back again, and the
weeds go right along with. their
growth. We have got around this by
making rakes to go on behind the
hoes. A block of wood about five
inches long and an inch and a 'half
square had five or six inch holes
bared through it, and No. 8 wire cut in
pieces about seven inches long is put
through the holes and fastened secure-
ly with a sta,ple. This is boltecl in
one of the slots to the rear of the
blade, and by bending the wires a
little they will break up this slice of
-sea and so leave a fine mulch and
also kill the weeds. This beats the
rakes furnished with some hoes, be-
cause they Oall be easily adjusted by
bending the wires.
I like to have some sort of a box
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We will treat you right.
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WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO
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Wheels turn easier and axles wear longer when they are properly
lubricated with Imperial Mica Axle Grease. Its powdered mica
flakes form a glassy surface for grease to work oyer. Thus friction
is reduced and wear retarded. It costs less than any other grease
because it lasts twice as long.
Imperial Eureka Harness Oil keeps your harms; pliable,
strong and new -looking. It gives leather a rich, black,
lasting finish, protects it from moisture, and adds years
to its life. It is easily applied and is a big money -saver
Ort repair bills.
Imperial Mica Axle Grease and rm-
pariai Earelca Harness Oil aro the
first choice of teamsters, fanners and
liverynzen. A dealer sioar.you carries
llottz in convenient sizes.
Manufactured by
TI -IE CANADIAN STEEL! AND WIRE CO.,
Canada
Lirnitedi
liarniltOn
on the handles of my hoe to put small
stones and trash in as I go along. If
this `is just 'pushed- aside when the
work is done, then the same stuff has
to be pushed around again the next
time. The stones will cause the hoe
to jump out of the ground when a
wheel hits them, and they are no
good anyway. Put them in. the box
as you come to them, and just tip the
hoe over at the end of the row and
they're emptied.
When yonm buy a wheel hoe there
may be a lot of attachments for it
that 1.00k good. I have a 'small set of
disks that I have used. Two small
plows came with if, and the rakes
that I mentioned above. There are
four or six small cultivator teeth
that I find handy, and like them very
much for digging up soil that is bad-
ly packed. The hoes just take the
surface, and sometimes deeper work-
ing seems the proper treatment. The
wheel hoe should have an -adjustable
handle. In some work you want the
handle higher, and in some lower. And
you may have a boy who will want to
run the hoe, and he will be shorter
and so want lower handles.
With the coming of -warm weather
it will be necessary to have shade for
the chickens. Even ,more susceptible
to the heat of the sun are ducklings.
On commercial plants Iow shelters
covered with boards or burlap are
provided, if there are no trees or
shrubs_to -gieeemetection. Some ,such
plan may he followed on a small
place, but often it is quite possible
and more satisfactory to furnish na-
tural shade, which can be done by
growing artichokes, sunflowers, or
something of that ' kind.' The arti-
chokes can be allowed to grow right
in the hen yard if protected until they
get well started, for the hens will not
eat the heaves. Of course, the Jerusa-
lem -artichoke is meant, the so-called
French artichoke being an 'entirely
different plant.
Jerusalem artichokes provide good
shade when planted rather closely,
and once started, will come up year
after year. In fact, there is some
danger that they will multiply and.
spread so fast as to become a nui-
- -
sauce. At least some shouldbe dug
oat each, season.
The simflower hes special merit iq
the fact that the seeds, make exeellaqt
poultry food. Truth be tell, the sun-
flower is not appreciated as it should
be, but of coarse the Russian or mains
moth variety •should be grown. Thee
tall senflowers standing close toge-
ther make -a. good summer hedge and
,screen the poultry yard as wall Rs
PrOVidill, Shade hui the fall.
Fresh water is needed as IMICh RS
Shade. It is best renewed several
times a Amy, but if this requires too
,much labor, a barrel may be elevated
on Meeks and a small hole bored near
the bottom. A plug with a groove in
one side can be driven huto the hole,
this allowing water to drip slowly in-
to a basin "underneath, There are
-patented drinking fountains on the
market which will hold enough to sup-
ply a large flock all day.
Vermin are not a pleasant subject
for discussion, but they must be reck-
oned with when warm weather comes,
Lor then they nrulltNly with almost uni-.
belie-vable rapidity. This is especially
true of the red mites which collect on,
the fowls at night and fill themselves
with blood. They are harder to fight
than 'common lice because they leave
the hens at chickens in the morning;
hiding uncler,the perches or in cracks
in the walls. The simplest way to deal
with these pests is to use carbolineum
or some sunh thick mixture on the
under part of the perches and to spray
the walls with a prepared lice paint,
whieh can be put on easily with a
,common spray -pump. Even if the
house becomes badly infested, all
trace of vermin may readily be done
away with by' this plan, without an
excessive -amount of labor.
Norw:e,glan 'Government exp eel -
/neuters have succeeded in producing
a bread containing 20 per cent`of fish.
Mix cake batter with ice cold- water
instead -of milk. Your. cakes *ill keep
fresh sand moist .much la-n.ger than if
mixed With milk. ,
From a humble beginning with 460
members in 1913, Manitoba at the end
of 1919 had enrolled upwards of 30,-
000 boys and girls in 'farm clubs.
In Saskatchewan their , growth has
been slower, but they are now ,gaining
ground rapidly.
RESTORING THE APP LE ORCHARD
TO PRE -W AR PRODUCTIVENESS
By C. W. Baxter, Fruit Commissioner.,
There is no dfaubt but that a cons of the orchards which had suffered
siderable portion of the loss of fruit from neglect and frost injury.
trees, especially in the province of• Having regard to these conditions,
1 • th e ere of the Fruit Branchehas endeavored to
Ontar o, ui rtge esvwinter
1917-18, was the direct result of war emphasize the importance of growers
conditions. In 1914 the crop was giving the necessary attention to their
large, and when ready to harvest war orchardsin order to pr,oduee the maxi -
had been -declared and marketing was mum amount of fiest-quality fruit, as
in a chaotic condition. Later, owing well as the advantages of propeiemeth-
to the great need of ocean steamship, oda of grading and packing, and the
space for the transportation of troops great neecl for proper niarketing
and materials necessary for the stici facilities.
cessfultsprosectubion of the war, an During the past winter officers of
embargo was placed on the impolite- the Dominion Fruit Branch, in ca-
tion of apples into the United King- operation with the Provincial Depart -
dam; and with restricted markets ments of Agriculture, have held meet -
many fruit growers 'became utterly ings in the various parts of the pro -
discouraged, and neglected their vinces at -which practical demonstra-
archards. The weather during two tions were given in- the proper meth -
growing seasons was,also unfavorable, pcis of grading o.nd packing, annsi the
and scab developed to such an extent advantages to be gained by having all
as to reduce the -vitality of the trees, apples packed in 'a central packing
and many wereeconsequently unable house. Where convenie,nt, demonstra-
to withstand €h. seexe Winter. To titans were also ,given in pruning.
ascertain to what extent fruit -growers Spraying and cosaperative marketing
in the provinces of Quebec and On- were also thoroughly discussed. The
tario rnight profitably undertake the attendance at these meetings, and the
re-establishment of apple orchards, keen interest taken in all subjects tits --
therefore, it is necessary to consider ,cussed, indicate that greater attention
conditions affecting the industry as a will be given orcharde during the pre -
whole; 'also other industries correlated sent season than has been given for
to the fruit industry. several years, arid as the supply of
For several years prior to 1914 nursery stook will no„doubt be greatly
there was a great dentate' for nuts- -increased within the next two Years
ery stock, but, following the big crop and the price correspondingly reduced,
of 1014 (which on 'account of lack of orchards in Ontario and Quebec will
proper marketing facilities resulted in undoubtedly be re-establiehed very
unprofitable returns to - the growers, soon.
Many of whom concluded, there had ..rowers have every reason to feel
been overplanting), this demand auto- ophintitstie as to the future of apple
matically stopped. The nurserymen growing in Canada, The iedustrYas
continued to oare for their plantirigs a whole made'no pa -ogress daring the
for two or three years, but eventually past eight years for the reaSons
al-
hacl to Consign large quantities of ready stated end although prices, for ,
The Sunday Stho4
P i'.14na the WOrld Chtiam.
Golden Text
—
Connecting Links. --Those who have
found the true and the living Go4
want to make Him known' to others.
Ii!Pe°P le°fI:r°iidIlim in
tftYexperie1co:eiriist but
especially in the two great deliverotriee, iireno Egypt and from Bil-bYl0n•
It came to them in the teaching of the
great prophets of the last centuries
before Christ, that they should tell
these experiences to the world. They
had a story to tell to tho nations, and
a song to sing which all the world
should hear.
Israel has been entrusted with the
saving and enlightenifig knowledge of
the true God who can save, and- so is
to be "for a light to the Gentiles," and
for salvation unto the end of the
"The Lord hath, Made' bare his holy
arm in the eyes of all the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall -see
'the salvation of our God."
So also Jesus would have flip els-
..
chiles tell the story of His redeeming
and saving work. They had been with
Him; they had seen and heard; they
were to be His witnesses, telling His
'story to the world. --The apostles and
ministers of Jesus Christ have not
only the story of God's great work for
Israel in 01c1 Testament times to tell,
but also that of Christ and }tis work
for the Kingdom of God.
Isa. 2: 1-10. There shall come forth
a rod out of the stem of Jesse. Isaiah
was expecting the birth ef a child of
the royal line of David, who would be
the Saviour of His „people and who
would be a great and just and glorious
king. First to the weak, capricious,
and unprincipled Ahaz,,and afterward
to the well-meaning but weak Heze-
kifah he precliCted the corning of this
king, and he seems to have expected
that He would come soon, As time
went on he projeeted His coming
farther into the future, and dwelt
upon His character and His reign with
high anticipation and confident hope
offsgreat things.
Micah (5: 2-6) a younger contem-
porary of Isaiah, repeated- the same
prediction. Jeremiah (23: 5-6) took
It up and made of ito. message of com-
fort for those of his time who suffered
at the hands of their enemies defeat,
humiliation, and exile. Ezekiel, among
the first of the exiles, saw Him in a
brighter future as a second David, and
as the good shepherd of His /people
(34: 23). Others, who followed, pre-
served and handed down this great
hope to late.r generations, and seven
hundred years after Isaiah, Jesus of
Nazareth gave it a new meaning, a
new direction, and a fulfilment in His
Kingdom of the Spirit. -
In Isaiah's expectation the coming,
King is to be richly endowed with the
spirit of the Lord, with such -wisdom
and undnrstanding, such counsel and
might, such knowledge and reverent
piety, as only God Himself can impart.
By these high qualities -and gifts He
will be prepated for His kingly office,
to rule wisely and well.
In verse 3 rdad as in Rev. Vers.):
His delight shall be in the fear of the
esso n
Acts I: 6-9.
Lord. That will be the king's supreme
virtue, and implies all other kinglY
virtues. For the king who fears God
will be just and, merctifal.
The rod of His mouth. This and
the following sentence express in a
aflnuteh oPif,et cty o I,. fitahaetriechtl ccioi rnelnate sds aanndd
laws, So also verse 5 declares the
character of His rule—which shall be
one of right and trabh. The wolf,
leopard, lion, and bear and poisonous
eerpents represent the fierce ariTwar-
ring elements of human society, which
shall be tamed and made to live at
peace.
The entire picture here presented of
tl,p reign of -the great Deliverer is of a
transformed society, in whieh peace
with justice shall prevail. Mount Zion,
the place of Jehovah's temple, is con=
coived as swelling , and broadening
until It fills the whole world, and the
world of humanity 'becomes the holy
temple of. the itercl.
"TIlemyyshbaolilynntaizi,
nothurtdestroy in all
For the earth ,shall be full of the
knowledge of 'the Lord as the
waters cover the, sea."
.Acts 1: 6-9. The kingdom to Israel.
Even to the last the disciples of Jesus
expected Him to establish again the
kingdom of David and to -be a real
king with court and army and royal
pawerso Jesus made no attempt to set
up such a kingdom, yet He did sneak
of a kingdom of God, and He did as-
sert high authority. 'His kingdom was
to be ol a new age and of a new
order. It was to make real and su-
preme the wila of God in the lives of
men. It -was to be as men came
slowly to understand, a mightier pow-
er than that of any earthly kingdom
or „empire—a kingdom of the S'eirit.
Jesus did not answer FIis disciples'
question by a direct negative. He did
not desire to destroy their national
hope of freedom and gneatn,e'ss. But
He did place before them two great
immediate experiences and duties—the
first, the receiving of power through
the gift of the Spirit of GO, and the
second, bearing witness to Him in the
world.
Thus, and thus only would His king-
dom be established in the world—by
the work of His Spirit ,in the hearts
of men, and by witness -bearing. And
thus would be fulfilled the old pro-
phetic 'vision of justice. peace, and the
knowledge of God filling the whole
world.
Application.
It was Mr. -Beecher who once said,
"As soon as a tree ceases to grow it
begins to rot." There is no suoh thing
as standing still either for the indi-
vidual Christian or the Church at
large. We rnest he continually reach-
ing out, extending our activities, and
seeking new fields of usefulness. If
ever a Christian were to say, "I will
cultivate the Christian graces in my
own heart, and let others look after
themselves," we know -that person
could not long remain a Christian. We
Five by growing. We -cannot 'affo'rd to
be provincial in our outlook. As long
as there are parts of the world un
-
Christian or others only partially
Christian, that task is our challenge.
,
The Celestial Surgeon;
If I have faltered more or less
In my great task of happiness;
If I have moved among Any race
And shown no glorious naornieg faLea,,
If beams from happy human eyes'
Have moved me not; if morning skies: -
Books, and my food, and summer rain,
Knocked manly sullen heart in vain,
Lord, thy most pointed pleaSure
A.nd stab my spirit broad awake.
----Robert Louis Stevenson.
Potatoes may not be as .cheap next
fall as they are now.' Better plant a
One million dollars is the enormous
amount e,vhich the farmers paid during
the last three years for the transporta-
tion of weed seeds to Fort William
and Port Arthur.
' lIesalve ta- do a -little reading each
day, if but a single sentence. If you
gain but fifteen minutes a day, it will
-make itself felt at the en -Clef -the year.
--Horace Maim.
Leas than fourteen years ago all the
creameries in Saskatchewan did .not
,Protlace 100,000 pounds of butter, and
last, year more than ,,000,90,0 pounds
of creamery butter Was made in gaa-•
katchewan; the output doubling every
few. three years in thatperiod.
nursery stock '..t0" the br11511 Piles
nlanY agricultoral fre.citicts lave
Follewing the eeSsation 'of -,cinied during the past year, -the 'price
flies 'came a renewal demaed for ours-
ery'stack and, as the ,s -apply was very
far short of the the -nand, prides ad--
vanced. In fact, so great was the ad
'canoe, that, together with the- labot
shortage, the time did not appear
op-
pom to urge the re-establishment
or the best quality of apples has not
shown any corresponding decline, nor
is it likely to do eo owing to the fact
that production, eVeu under favorable
conditions, 'at the present time is esti-
mated to be not greater than it was
twenty-five yam.% ago.
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THE TOYS
What well-meaning pare.R.k has not
saM to himself! Come, let 113 jOill,irli
the great spring urge; let 'us clean up; t
here are the child's toys. His oat -
grown baby ba,sket is full of trucde,
istuff that is fit only for burning. Who
sees him play with this junk anye
more? f Let us up and oast them outl
while he is 'busy elsewhere.
Such a pecaliar collection to bek
sure. Now the Japanese what -is -it I
never worked after the first day- that
can be spared. And, that disgusting
old chewed -up cork. Cork? Where!
did it come from? No medicine bot-
tle comes in that size. One nes few
good corks any imore. He plays:, with
it in his ibatih, too; well, let it go. But
the ingenious little tin "quinine-pill,j,
box; how he lilted it! Does he know,
how to W-eirk the cover yet? Clevfff
little bit; might amuse him spinal
time. Put jus , that one .sitie. And,
by Jove, our old friend, the trick coat -
hanger, So this was his hiding place
for many months? Keep it, by all'
means. One might go travelling;'-and,i
if the gads are kind, one -might event
remember to take it along An his bag.
But what might these—e-r----woederi
legs be? Oh, stocking ,stretchers,in-
deed. Small size; they eiin be given
to the poor—or don't the poor hay*"
woollen stockings? Well, those
things cost money. Set them aside
taid ipperhaps some neighbor can .use
hrrm.
Ah, here's his string of buttons.
Remember when he was sick and his
Mommy strung ep ,eight lovely big,
pearl buttons that belonged on' her
summer ',skirt? They kept him from
crying -so hard. What an anxious
time! iti l' ii'' He took them to'becl
with him, like the child in Coventry
Patmoire's poem. They „make , you
blink, and it becomes necessalee to
stop and cleian the spectacles. Sup-
pose some buttons are broken and the
rest too scratched and dull, for use,
still the,.y are precious and should not
lc'te scorned.
Next an unspeakably dirty washrag
i-abbit. But he learned its name
among his first words. Surely there
is a corner in some old trunk for the
poor, shabby creature. That aged al-
phabet book he cane still use; the
cardboard horse, too. Red rubber
doll, Little glass bottle, bent tea
strainer—why, he cut teeth on every
one of them.. There are a thou -sand
things i11 the basket! Ancient 'soap .
dish, wooden cat's head, fancy battle,
top—treasures all, of a bygone day;'
treasures yet, if you dare to admit it.
Half a candle, leather strap and a
round little, red little wheel—put ,
oft
them back into thevbaskett- Say 11
loves them still, say you haven't tAifte,, ,
to sort them over, say ,anything but
that they are doomed. Take the vic-
tim that your vicious tyranny has
I 'exacted from his S'arr3r collection and
make off to your impious bonfire.
Yet stay—here comes Trouble on the
run with great tears spilling:
"Daddy, no, no, no! Mine!" And
his grubby fingers clutch at yours in
frenzied appeah --
, Who said trash, and who said junk,
and who is the judge of values? Ala
crabbed worldling, fewer things seem
tworaile,ss when your years are said
with a one and' a two and a three.
War on Hawks.
The --skill in protecting men and
munitions from air raids suggests a
protection from hawks. _ Why eot
camouflage? -If -the hawk does not
see the chicks there will be no raids
on the flack. Possibly one of the rea-
sons LOT the popularity of the Barred
Ronk On the farin is the fact that the
young stack axe dank, with occasional
blotches of white: ,As they grow
older the black and white bars ap-
pear. Bath combinations of color
deem to fade into the landscape and
the bit& are visible for only a short
distance-. 'In our experience Barret] n
Rocks have snffered much less from
the tlepreclations of hawks than White
Leghorns which can be picked out
against the range for a' long distance,
The same might 'be true of any of the
darker breeds- as against the white
breeds. ,
In raising white breeds they can be
protected, in the same manner, truly
the camouflage must be furnished by
the poultryman. In other words,
Shelters muSt be provided to enable
the -,chicks to hide from hawks. Rasp-
berries form A dense shade and if the
chicks are allowed to range among the
heavily leafed 'ea -nes, they will be fain-
ly well protected from the attacks of
hawks. Evergreens, Sunflowers, and
rows of corn will help to keep 'hawks
from seeing the chicks,
Sometimes steel traps on fence
,
posts will catch hawks. A good watch
dog cari be, trained to start for hawks
Whenever they swooP down upon the
ra.nge, A shot gun will frighten thena
and sometimes score a -hit l'bri6fco
farmer ear_ keep enough shot guns"
leaded to procluec., an antl-liawl !Bar-
rage Whenever these birds of prey fap-
pgoach the po u I try range, Bright.
pieces of metal or pieces of 1)rolcen
mirror swinging -from a pole will
sometimes frighten them and...some
breeders have sueeeSs,,full,v protected
their elii,rits by suspending bits' of pa-
Lts
vc.f toLfg
the yard.
-Undoubtedly eamouflage is the best
method of saving the chicks. Give
the ;‘,7crung birds a shaded range and
they are not visible for a long distance
:front the feem. This Ivihl inceease the
dicfiaulty off the liawlc t“.:,.oing the
eh,lea aha deerease the nember of
j visits that he. Will make to the feign.