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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-1-10, Page 3eolareet, eornmunication; to AoroniiiIrral, 73 eZdelai-eis St. West,. 'Toronto PRUNING OP TREES. It is generally conceded by both ecientific investigators and commetcial rowers that fruit Ire's shueld be pruned during the first- two or thee 1,1Gars of their life.' Shis pruning is deigned .to produce a well-balanced tree with a strong fraxaework capable of carrying heavy crops as the tree grows older, Experiments have shown that as a rule uneruned trees come Into bearing earlier then those which are pruned. Failure to prune trees when they are small, however, com- monly 'results in serious trouble in later years. Such trees frequently.de- velop to many main branches, bad trotches are formed, arid the percent- age of breakage is -heaVy, When the tree has passed the form- ative period the necessity for pruning Is not quite 80 obvious, but most Authorities are agreed that even after the tree reaches bearing age it is etill ....-eenaret; ir4 No matte -71i% ostpotned,' fentilized Vegetable Vitamins—Their "I Never Thought of That." Neighbor Smith and his hired handl An especially interesting article were busy sawin u that blew' vegetable vitamins has been contribtit- down the night before, mashing up a ed by Mr. L. F. Burrows, SeeretarY 'lumber Of bee stands, when hie Pink Oatmeal to Tempt Children—By Marion Brownfield. of the Canadian Horticultural Council, friend Brown happened along. Functions in the Diet. g a tree ..Tdr Fis)me Education *The Child's First School Is the Famliy" Freehold." to the November -December AgricUl-f. "At last," said Brown., "the old tree tural Gazette., "The value • of vege_ you have braced with props and an-' tables as a diet, physiciane say, Ilea chord with Wire for years, to keep it largely in the vitamins they contain froin blowing down on your bee stands , , , . . Red Clover, Alfalfa Sweet Clover, Al- and these vitamins'' are necessary to as e , Y y -slice Clover arid VCrhite Dutch Clover life. 'Plea writer of the article goes bee stands and let the old tree fall," and naturally it is deep., vigorous jute particulars of tile veget,ables that, 'Well," replied Smith, as he slap - seed that the grower wishes to secure. contain this element to the ,greateet. Ped his hand on his leg,. "I never To meet requirement .et m exent. ithought of that." necessary that seed of strOng vitality Three distinct kinds of vitarnins1 The man who does so little thinking and free from weed seeds lie planted have been identified; they have been as to take but one view of his busi- each year, and because all our pres, designated A," "B," and C. Vita.. ness likely to blunder many tines,I inadequate; it is neceseary that the element, food without which chin. and his bee stands. Just such branders ground are dependent one on the other. folkS also need. , Leafy /ilants are 'rhe successful farmer to -day is a t tb ds of cleaning are somewhat min A, we are told, is a mysterious just a3 Smith did With the old tree: • soil be clean, Clean seed and clean Oen cannot grow ..but which grown turn Profits into loss on the farm, 1 valuable foods in this respect, spinach thinking man. If he has a tusk be - Th • us rowth �f newly seeded grass or clover crop which is thick and chard ranking first, lettuce next, f°1'e him he debates in his mind the enough to oceupY the available a,ncl cabbage third, ,Tomatoes are rich many different ways of doing it until ' in this v'tain ' d H bb d h every det '1 h b thoroughly ground, will do much to smother out i in an ti ar squas ai as bean, undesirable growth If seed, " free is said to be a valuable source. Vita- thrashed out and a profitable solution: from the seeds of foreign plants, be nun B is guardian of good digestion, as e'en un . 1 eown year after year in. a rotation, in -land proper furictioning of the liver ' Probably no other business requires' eluding a cleaning crop, clean fermi and other glands. Potatoes, meet and the careful and continuous thinking land will be the result and from it; white, contain appreciable amounts of that successful farming requires., What to do, how to do it and what tie will spring clean seed. Ithis vitamin, but turnips and onions It is no small problem to seetirel are better off, Beets, tomatoes, sabn leave undone are three things that ' 11 k any farmer scratch is clean seed from much of the grass and1hage, spinach, lettuce and parsley also , e I v r crop es harvested. Particularly; contain it, so too:does the loislY danden head and think for all he is worth, advisable to pay it an aimual visit ° true In connection with our lion. Most fruit juices and even nuts if he does them justice. With the pruning shears. The object is thiS clover. It is an easy Tatter -to sep- are said to possess aPP.teciable arn-I One of the most succeesful farmers grate, out light material and other °lints of this vitamin. Vitamin C pre- I ever knew said he paid his hired ' • ' of this is to, remove all interfering vents disease and promotes the gen- 'nen mere willingly foi thinking than eral health. Lack of it, we are in-' for work. . Doirig ferm work unplan- formed.; gives the skin a: bad cokr and:fled Is merely Playing a game ef makes the heart weak. Lemma, limes,. chance that is just as likely to lead to e d f . ' b f .t, . to b - lose as to profit Work preceded by branches and to open out the tree so foreign matter of a size different from that the sunlight can penetrate to the partieular seed we are working each fruit spur. The labor thus ex - with, A good fanning mill with proper vended is fully paid for.„by, the ire - adjustment of sieves and wind velocity provement in the grade of fruit pro - will readily make such a separation. duced. . •e , growerwith the ordinary fanning beneficial in this respect. Again the serious thinking and planning is more The mill is limited, however, to this sep- tomato shows to advantage, its juice, than likely to be a paying proposition The dormant season is the logical time for pruning although when the aration. Foreign seeds of a size and being regarded as equal to that of —1- C. Conger. • wood is frozen the work may not bet weight similar to the seed being clean - very agreeable to the grower, Where ed are beyond the power of his ma - young trees or stone fruits are con - shine to remove. Indeed the separa- eerned it is probably advisable to de - ton of some of our -weeds, including lay the pruning _until late winter or both noxious and non -noxious weeds, early sPring, but bearing apple trees seem to be beyond the capability of can be pruned in zero weather without any of the cleaning machinery now apparent injury. Pruning is the one operating commercially. This fact is major orchard operation which can reflected Sii the large amount of seed be performed to advantage during the that has annually to be classified as winter months. At this time there are rejected according to the Canadian no leaves to interfere with the vision h i Seed Control Act and also in the of the pruner and consequently e s noxious and. other weed seed allowance better able to judge which branches provided in one of. the commercial .should be removed. Furthermore, it grades under the same Act. Is only during the winter that the Out of the numerous experiments now being carried on in the separation of seeds by liquids will eveetually ' grower has the time to give to this Work. Consistent and systematic annual pruning aid hi producing more extra fancy trait. , • CLEANING HOME-GROWN SEEDS OF GRASS AND CLOVER. The production of home-groWn grass and. clover seed on. the .average Canadian farm is confined for the east 'part to the seed of Tirn,othy, come a method of separation that can be operated commerSially at reason- able cost and that will perform the thorough cleaning necessary to good seed production. In the meantime, the least that we ean do is to plant on our farm only seed that is as clean and pure as can he obtained and only such land as is free from -weeds. - POULTRY The4rosting of the comb of either the male or female is one thing the poultryman must guard against. It tan be accomplished by having a house in helping to control or subdue weeds that is well ventilated/ a house in in the pasture fields or in utilizing .. which the moisture given off hY the small pasture lots or fields where the birds in the process of respiration is dairy cows cannot be put in handily. quickly carried away and replaced by They can be made a source of income, fresh oxygeneladen air; for it is a too both from wool. and lambs or from fact that birds will do better in. an ex- well-bred registered stock. tremely cold temperature, provided No animal will do more than sheee the atmosphere is dry, than they will to keep weeds in submission in the In a much warmer temperature where pasture field, if given a chance at the the atnaosphere is heavily laden with weeds while the leaves are still tender moisture. The moisture conditions and succulent. Sheep are particularly seem to be conducive to freezing the fond of the leaves of plants which comb. they strip off, leaving the plant t� die. Ventilation then, with a cold temp- The sheep are wintered. easily, and erature, but plenty of fresh air, is the with the addition of a little clover or first way to counteract the ravages of alfalfa hay they will find a great part ... jack Frost in the winter. That means of their roughage in the stalk fields -egenshould not attempt to keep our when these are not snowed . under. birds ia a house that is closely built, They require very little grain until but rather in one whose front is large- they approach the lambing period, Ay- open. Another precaution to take when it will be found profitable to In avoiding frozen combs is to be sure give them oats, which are usually not that the droppings boards and perches high-priced, with perhaps the addition are at the back -of the house, whish is of some corn, though we have not the warmest and best protected, and found it advisable to feed ;very liber - that the perches themselves are a suf- any as corn, which has, a tendency to ficient distance laelow the roof, so that cause them to fatten and lose tie* the combs will not come in contact wool prematurely. itis not necessary with the rafters or boards. to purchase a lot of high-priced feeds Another precaution is to strive in in order to keep sheep. some way to keep the warm air given Nor does it take expensive or elab- off from the birds' bodies around and rate equipment to house sheep. They adjacent to the perches—that IS, have are a great outdoor animal, but they some arrangeenent in the house so that should be protected from rain sleet SHEEP Many dairy farms can support a small flock of sheep to advantage where their usefulness will be found the orange, The Swedish turnip, or rutabaga, is valuable as a source of vitamin C, so also is the carrot, par- ticularly young carrots. Potatoes,ein- Ions, parsnips, rhubarb, lettuceScauli- flower, and cabbage may be counted in. Raw cabbage is said to be espe- cially strong in this Vitamin. Satisfactory Results of Cow Testing. Keep the Dropping Boards Clean. The "classical" poultryman, who is scrupulous about everything he does, may be able to hire his dropping boards eleaned every morning. It is the most sanitary method. But the one-maii poultry plant can not always have it done that way. I know a farmer who cleans his What child does not prefer a nice, give it a delightful pink color. This snowye° tt zn ae aal 1)7 frosted Cis ialckh"he.11dto /4 CdOt d hardly ag:d.al gray egl't etihwYe.aeYaaeteillegiv, teehioletes 'we e h°1alitl* "eand ehfld l s aheivr°1 dri Beosuse of lie does not go out to a pink mixture flavor? Oh no! But because it looked even if it 'happens to be an insipid so dirty! (Cod fish. and boiled pota- gelatine? A it of chopped fresh fruit toes in eombination do make a rather makes cereal tempting as well as unattra.otive colon) Also its 'fibrous palatable. This also can he beaten texture made Me complain, "Mama, through the food. it tastes like 'flannel!" With still other items on the bill Thus a sqneamish appetite may be of are ono should aim for *a pleasing prejudiced against 'wholeaome fool color effect. Many simple desserts heeause of its unattractive appear- ance. This is more often the case with children than is generally real- ized. Of course, a finicky taste is not such as farina, junket, cornstarch pudding 4er custard can be "pinkened"' with the coloring thaf. cornee in pack. ages of gelatine. For the child who to be encouraged but many a time a enjoys chocolate, game will give both little management. will pereuside the color and flavoring' so desired by youngsters to eat plain hearty food him. It is both nourishing and novel until it becomes a habit with them. mixed -with sugar for breakfast feeds. Attractive sabre more than any- Chqeolate se.uce can also be indulged thing else appeal to children. It is in once in a while to dress up plaim true that candy Is sweet, as well as desserts. • bright -colored, but all fruit ie not Even the dishes help make food at- - sweet, yet it is equally tempting to traetive. Pink dishes are worth in- most children because of its cheerfnl vesting in if they persuade a child to enticing color, Brealefast,food, there - 'f -pre, is worth coloring. 1 There are seveeal ways to do this. Fruit joke from a can of straw- berries, peaches de areicots makes a tempting sauce for oatmeal, Fresh fruit juice is even nicer still. A little jam dotted here and there is effective, while a teaspoonful of red jelly can The beneficial effeot of cow -testing poultry house about once a year. Of is abundantly shown by results course it is a sight, and of course he achieved at the Oka, Que., Agricultur- gets poor results. He ridicules the al School. In 1920 the average pro- "book farmer" who is "always fooling duction of 44 'cows, Ayrehires and with his chickens." He is a sainple of French-Canadians, was 6,733 lbs. 'milk, the old-time farmers, who are grow - 257,7 lbs. fat, and 383 percentage. In ing less every year, thanks to the ex - 1922 the average production of 46 periment stations and the agricultural cows of the same bred s was 8,901 lbs. press. milk, 346 lbs. fat and 3,88 percentage. Between the two extremes, cleaning The average increase per cow in milk in three years was 2,168 lbs. In 1920 only eleven cows the herd produced over 300 lbs. fat; in 19,22, thiity cows exceeded this amount, or over 66 per cent of the animals in the herd. In All the year I add phosphate (phos- phoric acid) to help make the drop- pings a balanced ration for the gar- den, eat the despised potato. Milk, which many parents pay a child to drink, will sometimes be cheerfully taken if It can be drunk from a certain ellur- hag mug the child has fancied. Where " this inducement is held forth, the coveted dish or mug must not be used for other items of diet, otherwise it, loses it e novelty and "special ocal e -w ipp g casions" value. For Years I. Didn't. For many years I farmed and only jotted down what I paid out and re- ceived in a small notebook, and let it go at that. When on sorne cold win- ter day I would look over my book, I found that I really did not understand A LITTLE BOY SAVES BRUIN. it rayself, and*could not see my finane Bruin groaned in the tight grasp of cial conditien. the man's trap. How his foot ached Then I started systematic bookkeeP- and pained! Twist and squirm as he haveerIeomando uesct eatetrlse saocicdo,uort inwchl ue adt- in matter in what position he stood, the might, he could not get loose. NO pain was no easier. To Bruin it seemed a long time. I was losing money. Yes, a very long time, since the little My poultry account shows a. profit stranger Squirrel had started with hie Before I kept books I could not tell He knew Roily Rabbit would bring / message to Roily. cost tlloyr how nmoutohlarey, ate.what Now the when.fe e d help as soon as possible. But he wish - I bill a 10 -bushel box I debit the poui- ed he would hurry, or— try 'account and credit the feed 84' No sooner had he thought this than. count with the cost of it. he turned to see a man coming, winde Whenever I take a trial balance-- ing his way among the trees. 1 1 THE CHILDREN'S HOUR account, one oats, one flax, etc. From my hog account I learned that the dropping boards once a week ( )1 His heart went thump. Forgetting seems to fit in with the one-man plant. usually once a Yeat—lt sliws me 1 the trap, he started to run, But he In the summer I sprinkle -ordinary dry gain or loss on any elle of the ac- thern. In winter, sifted coal ashes. ables me to Twice a businesslike state - year on the whole; and (3) during the i it eni of the trap c'ut deeper into his flesh. dirt on the boards after I have cleaned counts; (2) gain or 1°as could not get away. The sharp teeth , "Ah, Ha. At last I have you, you The man came running toward him. trahearittI ihiavIneYtoiripea°ymienciosraleartga.ex.—enBou. enough "Ah, rascal. What a nice fur coat you will make me, Mr. Bear," he said. "Now to get you home." Bruin could not understand what the man meant by these strange noises, but his tone made him more afraid. Taking some shells from his pocket, the man put them in his bang, bang, gun. Bruin had never seen a gun like this before, but he remembered about ped. what happened to Mrs. Roily Rabbit. Cranking to start it brought one or , His knees trembled and he was weak., two explosions, but it would not stat. I Just as the man raised his bang, The truck was towed home and ad bang gun to shoot straight at Bruin, examination made. The plugs were a little boy came running up behind, -taken out and put on the cylinders him. and the engine turned over by the "Don't shoot him, father. He is so small and cute. Please, can't I take community need be without recreation. efforts resulted in a larger attendance ills crank. The spark was very weak; in fact, it could hardly be seen at all. him home?" asked the little boy. "1 tion, Inc., has proved that no rural would be of benefit to the church. ., In three short years it has revolution- at church services and a good repute- The coil was taken off and tested at have the muzzle and rope right here." a near -by service station. It gave a The man thought a. few minutes, very weak spark and another one was then answered, "Perhaps he is too used. Still the spark was not good small for a coat anyway. Yes, we will Kent County, Ontario, by following the cow -testing 3nethod, conducted by the Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch, an average of 7,48& Ibs. niuik and 246.5 lbs. fat was increased to an average for eleven cows in the same three years to 10,235 lbs. milk and 346.4 lbe. fat, an increase per•eow of 2,74'T lbs. milk and 99.9 per cent, fat. —_ Modern agriculture must be organ- ized agriculture. He who would look with contempt upon the farmer's pursuit is not wor- thy. of the name of a man.—Beecher. It is those things which he is not compelled to do—the just treatment of the h-'pless—that test the -fibre of man's character. How Our Community Amuses the Young Folks The Rutland Community Assoeia- friendly relations between the two Two Misses at Once. When. two or more troubles come at the same time the car owner has it real puzzle, as one recently found out. He was running a truck along the road, when the engine started to miss. In the course of a few minutes it be-, came worse, and soon the engine stop - our social activities and provided us an inexhaustible store of enjoy- ment. Three years ago -our social centres were the rural schools and. stores and tion for the association—Marion Frink. ----e Our community organization is known as the Evergreen Sporting As - and the engine missed so much that take him home, son, and you may have him for a pet." it would hardly Examination of the distributor "Just see how frightened he is, poor, run idle. little fellow," said the boy. church. These were very well in their sociation. The name was adopted way, but—Friday night found most of more than twenty years ago, when the the nearest city. young men, and the side which killed? the showed the trouble, The contact screw had loosened until the contacts hardly He talked to Bruin in gentle soothe ieringltywothrdats,thiletinitanwasandweithe boysomefind aififilye:, our young people journeying toward principal event -was a hunt by Soine of the older people were dis- the most game was banqueted by the met when closed, and when open had satisfied with this state of affairs, losing side. From that small beghi- four times the ordinary gap. The got the muzzle fastened on him. They thought there was a remedy, and ning our club has developed until now contacts were adjusted and the engine' so they formed a community associa-1 everyone is eligible to membership, e 4. ---- ran smoothly. tion. They got the young people into; from the smallest school child to the Dairy Products to Britain. them up until they became enthusi- • During the year we have the hunt, Denmark during the nine months muzzle over his head was very un -1 Bruin was very doubtful as to just what they were going to do with him, and he cuffed on. every side with his paw and tried hard to get away. The it, made them officers, and stirred oldest grandparent. astic, a field mee , thee ball s, three t gaine0 h' d 1 ^99 ending September 8 , s ippe ,0 ,e . might, he could net get it off. comfortable, Out try as hard as he „470 cwts. of butter to Britain; Aus- . . Atlast lie became too tired to re. - Our first aim was a communitya literary and musical programs, and a building, the site of which was con-, grain, liveetock, and domestic science ti alt 444,671 CWts , New Zealand tributed by ti- man having two girls, exhibit. Points are counted on eaea r,,94_0,120 cwts. and Canada 10,714 cwts. sist any longer. And after weary) Dell- miles of vralking, Bruin found himself and a --------------- amiMq.neY for t event, and competition is so keen be- The Ne:therlarands, including birds does not immediately escape • mark shipped in the same time to the fttom the house. We do tions or hurdles are very hand whencheeaesaen,cleAstui,8ntara„ha 39,24, ewts. New seen before in his life. The man and net,m, earl that catching cold. Low removable parti- subscription, partly by loans, and, Greens, that out of a total of twenty . house, bigger than Bruin had ever this air must be confined rigidly to theI ' Y partly y earni g .1 p dif- z b 'n it Plays were' thonsand obits there is often a cl'f same lambs begin to arrive, to keep the given, and a field day was held on fere,nce of less than one hundred. At 1 d 1 211 986 cwts and Canada the boy left him alone and went int few days. If ewes are bred t hthousand li'l ed b th losingd ffi ' Dominion Day. Donations in nioneY: the end of the Year a banquet is serv_ 558,030 ewts• A leading British firm, ewes with young lambs separated a this big house. the house, but let us find some scheme the house will be gradual, thus avoid- o have exceeded two dollars, w i e y e side, an new o cers reports that recent shipments of but- . where the change of warm' air from f the lambs come during the month of carpenters and other workers ..gave chosen for the next year's work. New • • , -ter from Canada have been very sat, Ing drafts. This earl be accomplished May most of the lambs may be drop- their time. Notes were issued for sides are chosen each year, and fam- „ee „nen,. isfactory and that quotations are 188 by dropping a board or a curtain per long hundred - ped in the pasture field, as some farm- b t tl a d d 11 ilies that were rivals one year ie ' -“'" '''"""L's doeim from the roof just over the front k a ou one iousen o ars. y woe . . . . d ers ma e a practice of doing when When the buildingawas completed, together the next. weight, or a little over forty cents a fastened to a tree. Nearby was 8. big, the warm air as it is breathed by the and falling 'snow to prevent their the building we obtained partly by tween t e two SI es,te esan • . tion 149 007 cwts of - , of the droppings hoards, Have it role barn sPaee is too limited to house all the association now' ineerporated, had We have a neighborhood picnic each P°11, Ild* inches.. • ' almost doubled its membership. The year at the time of the field meet. We ' officers of the association zwere the also have a party once a month, At Feeds Cornmeal to Cows. president, vice-president, secretary, these pe.rties the host and hostess It hasbeen my experience that dur- treasurer, and the council. This coun- urniSh the house and provide for the itig the summer months a too lioeral president. Each of the other five of one hundred People may be accom-1 is wasteful e yet in the winter time, I ten or. twelve the ewes and early Iambs comfortably. s Another Mighty valuable way to de- . • • 7-- SP fe,a.i old Jack Frost in his winter ram-' page is to turn on -the lights about half an hour before daylight,giving the birds a grain re ion at this t This will get them to work quickly. If you have ever observecl your bens in the early morning and stand aroami on the floor of the house, waiting for It to get light so that they can get to eating. This seeins o be the time when most combs are touched or frosted, If, abmit half an hour 13efore dawn, the lights can be switched on and the birds fed they will( enne -down quickly, be- come active immediately aed their blood stream is set in rapid circula- tion, and the danger of frosted conibs is lessened. The milk in a cowls 'adder runs in retty exact ratio sirit.4 the milk of ktadneus in the ,boom ef the perm who tales nails of her. To Make White Lotion. "V,Thite lotiou" for treatment of barbed- wire wounds and other sha - low wounds is composed of one ounce of acetate of lead, six drams of sul- phate of zinc, and one pint of soft water. Label the bottle "poison " and shakewell efote using. -Other medicines useful for wounds are tincture of iodine, permanganate of potash, borie acid, calomel, and ox- ide of zinc ointment. Calomel is used for."thrush." Bluestone In solution is the most effeative drug for root rot of sheep and cattle, ---Dr. A. S. Alexander. When leaving e lunch ready for a belated dinner, place a tin or granite pan o'er each, plate or bowl o eat-. able*, and they will keep moist 'and treat many hour ,1111••••••••••• / • cil is a body of six, headed by the seating and halftime' so that a crowd feedieg of cornmeal to the dairy cows members represents one of the follow- modeted. One committee furnishes and believe it is very profitable to laclude ing branches of work carried on by the serves the refreshments, and another it in fairly liberal quaptities. association; social, athletic, dramatic, Provides the entertainment, The quantity to mix in the ration, educational, and musical. Our neighborhood is near _ two depends upon the roughage ration. 'Ile whole countryside is interested to s4 where the young folks attend When I feed corn silage and clover or in the work. People ific,e to attend the 'high schools. The social committee alfalfa hay, then I. plan to feed from doings. They like te know what things Often lias 'trouble to find dates that four to five pounds of cornmeal in the are going on. Best of all, they feel proud that their community is truly up to date. Of course, there was opposition. Several well-intentioned people They called our new building the "Devil'S Playhouse." Others content- ed themSelves With disapproving of it. thought it would hurt the church. will not interfere with school pro- ration of etch cow. per day. -1... C. R. grains, but the E. S. A. parties are always first in importance even with Half-hearted effort will never bring the school folks, success in poultry keeping or any other We are glad that our children are line of endeavor. In order to accorn- growing up with a love for the farm plfsh anything, you must be_ entbusi- and an appreciation of their privilege astic and get a 'hustle on. of being'a member of a neighborhood organization like the Evergreen -Sport- More prisoners attribute their fall WO vrere fortunate in posSessing aling Aseeciation.— Mrs. Itaymend to betting than to any other cauSo.--- sensible' minister. Ile realised that Pains. ' Detective -Inspector Thompson. shock?" l!" Wifie--"Graciou, did you get a, Hubby (dropping 'phone receiver) ---,"That was a. close cal A Close Call it to jantol Hubby—"No; next door. The ITIOSt luiport,ant net re the ts tor is the it on the .5eat