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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-5-22, Page 3For pedicular people.» Roasted and packed same O.1 day in airtight calix ._... r j.... r^ -4e i.ddress communications t AgrongmTst 73 Adelaide St. West. "reroute SUMMER 'SPRAYING AND As distinct in their habits from the DUSTING. eating and chewing insects, aphis or the It is rank foolishness to plant pota- a1 nix and can otily sucke ces be lkilledr by th same insecticide. To fight these pes we have to use a contact poison su as a liquid nicotine emulsion or ker sene emulsion, and the liquid must envelop them. Tobacco powder may be used. The corn -ear worm has become serious pest in some locations. So fa the only remedy that has proved.fair ly successful in the control of th worm ie a mixture of equal parts o powdered arsenate of lead and flower of sulphur. This poison must b maintained throughout the perio that the silks are green and succulen Immediately the silk appears a littl pile of poison .is placed upon it b means of the tin sifter, repeating intervals of a few days until thre or four applications have been give or until the ears are ready for har vesting. Cutworms are a serious pest. A quick and certain remedy is found in a poisoned bait, using a quarter pound of Paris green, five pounds of bran, one quart of molasses and three parts of water. Mix the Paris green with the bran, and in a separate vessel mix the neo - lasses and water. Pour the liquid slowly into the bran -and -Paris -green mixture, stirring continuously until a damp crumbly mass is formed. Small pieces ,of the bait are placed among the plants in the evening, as the cut- worms feed during the night. The bait must not be used where chickens are allowed to run. toes unless you are prepared to spray them. The potato disease is a fungus, the minute spores of which float about unseen in the atmosphere during the late spring and summer. These spores alight wherever they can, but whether or not they happen to rest on the po- tato foliage they can develop only under particular conditions, warmth and moisture each being an essential factor. The potato plant is the congenial host of these spores, and when they reach the leaves or stems they lie inert until the required conditions prevail, when they immediately de- velop slender threads which enter the tissues of .leaf and stem, and as soon as this happens the fungus has in- stalled itself in a fortified position. What is necessary is that before the spores have an opportunity to se- cure themselves, the whole surface of leaf and stem should be covered with a chemical film against which the fungus cannot battle. Therefore, in order to make sure of success, the po- tato plants must be sprayed several times throughout the season. In addition to disease there are a number of insects ready to prey upon the potato unless they are held in check. These insects are all of the chewing or eating kind, and we can fight both disease and insects by using a combination mixture, such as lead arsenate and Bordeaux. Spraying first when the plants are six inches high, and continuing at regular inter- vals of two weeks, we can check dis- ease, also potato bugs and flea beetles. The commercial grower prepares his own Bordeaux -arsenate mixture at home, but where only a limited quantity is necessary for the home gardener, there are reliable pastes on the market. SAFEGUARDING TRE ONION CROP. POULTRY: We all ' agree that green feed f. the layers is essential in winter, buk I'm afraid we quite forget it is equal ly necessary in summer. And ether comes a time in late summer when vegetation is not so green and pl'en tiful, Maintaining a crop of green teed all during the' surrmier and early fal' not only aids the birds by furnishing them with a constant supply to eat but it helps to keep from contamina- tion the ground upon which the chick- ens are running. Where birds are allowed the run of the farm. this problem is not so .keen as where they are confined. The birds will get. a sufficient supply all sum- mer where there' is some damp portion of the farm. There comes a time, however, when the growth becomes woody and not available. This is where the following suggestions for a.per.nanent supply of green feed will Pruning the Orchard. or Dealing mainly with the renovation of neglected orchards, the Dominion -1Horticulturist, in Bulletin N. 79, e' gives a. few general principles that apply to the younger and more vigor -lous orchards, In pruning, the oper- f ator must bear in mind that each tree is in itself a proposition, and that 1 each variety has some general char- acteristic which must be considered. ,, To prune the King in the same man- ner as ono would prune the Wagener. is to eourt disaster: Pruning wood growth heavily in'the spring'would induce such a heavy wood growth that matters. would be worse than be- fore, while in the case of the 'Wegener, not being such a vigorous grower, rather heavy pruning in the 'spring might be advantageous. To a certain extent it is true that in pruning it is desirable to cut out all branches that 'grow in towards the centre and also. all branches that interfere with each other, but' if this principle were rigor- ously followed in the case of the King, there would be little left to bear fruit. The whole matter is a case of judg- ment and personal experience. It is quite possible to over -do pruning, and it is a good idea to prune no more than you have to. The orchard hav- ing once been put in good shape, the. removal annually of dead wood and diseased wood, with now and then a healthy branch that is inclined to' the obstinate, will suffice. The bulletin quoted is- available on application to the Publications Branch of the Do- minion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, If possible, some permanent sod should be prov'id'ed. Alfalfa or clover, especially the former, is desirable. Where it is not possible to maintain such a permanent sod other arrange- s ments may be made. Green feed may is be provided by putting in a succession ch of crops. e.. To allow the birds to ' run outside and at. the same time provide green feed it is necessary to have a double yarding systein. Under such a system a one yard is growing a green crop r while the birds are feeding in the - ether; when the green crop is entirely o consumed the other should be ready f to take its place, and so on. s The following rotation may be used e in sections where, in general, the d growing season is not very long. t. Yard A—April 1, oats and peas; e June 1, birds feeding; Aug. 1, soy y beans; Oct. 1, birds feeding. at e n Finch Dairy 'Station Proves Profitable. The charge often made that a gov- ernment establishment can not be con- ducted with profit has been disproved by .the success of the dairy "Station operated by the Dairy Branch of the On some. soils and in certain sea- Dominion Department of Agriculture at Finch, Ontario. This station is sons the onion crop may come through operated as a combined cheese fac- safely, but on the other hand the tory, creamery, and milk and cream plants aro liable to be attacked by the shipping station. Its milk supply is onion fly, or if they escape that received from about 120 patrons scourge, a visit from thrip is always farming within a few miles of the to be feared. plant. Last year the factory handled To prevent the fly from damaging 8,213,531 pounds of milk, of which the crop, mix one cupful of kerosene 107,156 pounds were sold. as whole in a pail of sand and strew it along milk. As cream 210,579 pounds of the young plants, or spray with kero- butter fat were disposed of. Prom sene emulsion. ' the balance of the milk there were The emulsion is preparedly mixing manufactured 20,302 pounds of but - three pints • of kerosene and half a ter and 148,479 pounds of cheese. The sta.tidh is used not only to demon- strate, the Handling of these products according to modern methods; but also to conduct eeperiznents and investiga- tions relating to the manufacture of butter and cheese, and, with other things, to 'study the economics of dairy factory operation. In Pamphlet No. 44 of the Dominion Department of Agriculture reviewing the work of this station it is shown that during the seven years of operation the sum of $93,029.60 was distributed among the patrons over and above what they would have received if paid for at'the the plants for some time before its average price paid for cheese milli in Ontario. This amounts to an average presence is discovered. The thrip is yearly premium to patrons of the sta- such'"a small microscopical rascal; but tion of m6re than $13,000: in spite of lack of size it can ruin the i crop if not checked. ,The spray used Milking by Machine. may be either kerosene emulsion or - nicotine. Once a week is not too often to' spray. Tomatoes are subject to certain dis- pound of soft soap—or whale -oil soap --with one gallon o.,f boiling water, mixing thoroughly by churning with a hand pump, and adding seven gallons of warm water when the onions are young, and six gallons when they are forming bulbs. The spray should be applied in the form of a dense mist, repeating at intervals of two or three 'days, and always after heavy rains. Another method is to dust the plants with lime and flowers of sul- phur, mixing one part of the latter in six parts of lime. Onion thrip may be present among A special _circular on the milking; machine issued by tate Dominion Ex -1 perimental Farms, states that the'ex eases such as blight, •represented by berience of practical 1 farmers, couplednof an um- the sudden' wilting of the plants. Any that of a number of the experimental plant affected in this manner should farms and stations, goes to prove that the machines are decidedly advanta- geous. Three Years' experience' also shows that the cows do not dry oft any a bacterial disease; sometimes all the more quickly than when minted by fruit on the plant will; beeef ected. To hand. Some of the advantages of the prevent the above and other troubles; machines are: that it is,a partial It is advisable to spray the plants with solution of the labor problem; that it Bordeaux just after they are planted, tales' the place of a •hired "ratan that and two mole applications:, thereafter it is always ready for work;.that its ,at intervals of ten days. work is noted for uniformity; that • one man with a macbine can do the A DOUBLE-BARRELED WEAPON. work of three men at hand milking; Cucumbers and .melons are subject that the cast of milking is reduced; to the wilt disease. Troubled quite ex- that much of the drudgery of the tensively at one time with the wilt farm is eliminated, and that if the disease, we now have practically ellen- machine is kept clean the milk will inated the disease by regular spraying be as good, or better, than that pro - with Bordeaux.: Start with a Bol- duced by hand -milking. Old cows used deaux-arsenate spray as soon as the to hand -milking may object to the vines begin to run, repeating at regu- machine, but heifers take to it readily, lar ten-day intervals, and it will take Stripping by hand after taking the care of both insect pests and disease. machine off is advised. The operator Aphis are -to be feared when'they must be quick and quiet, have an eye: find lodgment on ,the melon vines, for for details, and know the machine and as they work on the underside of the the cows. leaves they are difficult to get after. A man's bobbyrides him a great, deal oftener than he rides it. be dug up and burned. Bordeaux mixture will help to keep the disease in check. Fruit rot as it appears on the blossom end of the tomato fruit is ISSUE No, 20--'24. Yard B -April 1, birds feeding on fall -planted crop; June 1, buckwheat; Aug. 1, birds feeding; Oct. 1, wheat and rye. These dates' may vary two weeks either way, depending upon weather conditions and climate, and the crops -may vary some with the locality, The main idea is to get something in that will make a fair growth and will sup- ply green feed for the hens. The crops need only be three or four inches high —just so the birds can get some green feed. Another purpose that green feed serves is the supplying of vitamins, necessary alike to old birds and young. The question of green feed in the summertime brings up another, name- ly, the cultivation of the land to rid it of worms. Whenever these pestspop up it is a good plan to keep the birds confined to the houses, closing them up accord- ing to the recommended methods and 'removing and burning the litter at frequent intervals, at the same time plowing up the land on which the birds are to tun later and liming it at the rate of two tons of lime to the acre. ,The longer the birds can be kept off the land the better, but in the meantime a crop of some sort can be grown on 'it. If green feed can be supplied all during the summer to keep the birds in shape and if plowing and liming can be done occasionally to keep the land in shape, good results ought to follow. Remember this 'about growing green crops. They keep the birds in good health; they help to maintain egg production; they supply vitamins to the birds; they maintain proper sanitary conditions "'by.. keeping the soil from being contaminated. - "A few more flowers strewn on the pathway of life And fewer on graves. at the end of the strife." as When a man feels the reprehension of a friend seconded in his own heart, he is easily heated into resentment. Potato Inspection and Certification. Arrangements have.been made fo the continuation of potato inspectlo and certification during the comm season, and forms of application ha ve already been forwarded to all potato growers whose fields were inspected last year. These forms are returnable up to July lst, so that there is still ample time for any other growers who may desire to submit their fields for inspection to write for a form and secure any particulars they may de- sire in respect to the work. Letters (postage free) should be addressed to the Dominion Botanist, Central Ex- perimental Farm; Ottawa, who will see that every attention is paid to re- quests for forms and additional infor- mation. He will arrange for the carrying out of inspections at the ap- propriate time during the season. Two field inspections will as, usual be made, the first as near as possible to the blossoming period, and the sec- ond one three to four weeks later. The standard for the field inspec- tion will be the same as that applied last year, and any fields, as the result of the two inspections, found to mea- sure up to this standard, will be con- sidered eligible for certification, sub- ject to au inspection of the tubers after harvest and the grading out of any which may appear undesirable for seed purposes. Mother's prpscription OHNNY is taking a prescription. His careful mother —the family health doctor—ordered it. Her daily ounce of prevention --Lifebuoy Soap—works wonders in combating disease. Every day your children touch dirty objects and cover themselves with germ -laden dirt. Give them Lifebuoy —the health soap. . Lifebuoy protects The rich creamy lather of Lifebuoy carries a wonderful health element deep down into every pore. The skin is completely purified, and cleansed—delightfully stimulated. HEALTH SOAP More than Soap - a Health Habit The odour vanishes after use, but the protection remains. LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO Lb -4-92 ✓ Comparative Yields from High n „ and Low Testing Milk in g Cheesemaking. Watch for Clogged Oil Holes. The connecting -rod bearing had burned out and a new one was instal- led. This burned out almost imme- diately and though the crank shaft appeared all right a careful examina- tion was made. The shaft"was one of the well drilled kind through which the oil is fed under pressure to the bearings by a pump. The hole lead- ing to the bearing causing the trouble was tested by forcing oil under pres- sure through. it. It was found to be clogged with metal from the burned - eat bearings. Careful. cleaning of this oil hole put a stop to further trouble. Therefore, in replacing burned -out bearings it is a good plan first to test the oil holes by sat. least forcing air 'through thein, as it is an easy matter for the melted metal to run in and clog them, causing further trouble. Handy Built -In Ironing -Board BY WALTER "Every time I cw. ant to iron," said my wife one day, "I have to dig the ironing -board out of the closet, put one end on the sink and the other on a chair -back, and then get the electric iron from a drawer that sticks when I try to open it. Next I get a chair, balance myself on it, reach up to the electric -light bulb, unscrew it, screw in the iron attachment, step down and put the chair away. After the iron- ing is done I have to go through the ,same unhandy performance in reverse order. Isn't there some way to make things more convenient?" I put down my newspaper and tried to fix my mind on the tragedy, for stick it evidently vas -to her. And tragedies in the home,- give a fellow an uncomfortable feeling that pre- vents a calm 'enjoyment of the daily news. Besides, I like to see the little wife happy and singing. "I'll' think it over," ` I remarked hopefully. Whereupon she looked so comforted that I was intrigued into adding: "And I'll fix things handier for yeti." But the more I thought of it the more hopeless I felt. What did 1, .a mere man, know about the innermost ethics of well-behaved ironing -boards? All of a sedates I remembered a bun galvice owned by one of my friends who was always bragging about his wonderful built-in conveniences, Per- haps he might give me a hint. So T dropped oiler to his house one night, ANDREWS. • and, luckily, found him at home. :Humbly I laid the problem before him. He laughed. "No problem at all,. my' dear fellow. Come out in the kit- chen and I'll show you." He led the way and I followed: Hope was begin- ning to bud in my "bussum"—as Hank Peters used to say, when I was a boy on the farm. "See this long, narrow door in the kitchen "wall?", asked my benefactor, whose every -day name is Henry. I saw it. Also I watched hint. open it. Inside was a new kind of double- johated ironing board with a very up- right and tiring disposition. He pulled it down easily; a hinged leg dropped into place. and presto! there was the board all readyto use. Then he grab- bed an iron from a handy little shelf beneath the : board,inserted the ,plug in. an electric socket close by in the same wall—and his benefactions were complete. With his permission I drew a little sketch of the whole handy contrivance. But don't tell that to my wife, please. She thinks to this day that. I am "the most wonderful pian." All I did was to go home, look wise, and tell her to be patient for a few days. A car- penter and an electrician did the rest, and the bill wasn't much either. Now I can read my newspaper in peace on. ironing -day. I need only adil that it would be equally convenient and de- sirable in any kitchen, even' `though' electric power• were not available. The board is a handy thing in itself. Investigations carried out by the Dairy Department and the Chemistry Department of the 0. A. College with low and high testing milk used in the manufacture of cheese gave results that are interesting to cheese factory patrons. The low testing milk con- tained 12,01 per cent. solids and 3.41 per cent. °fat. The high testing milk contained 12.29 per cent. solids and. 3.62 per cent. fat --not very much dif- ference between the two samples. The yield of cheese per 1,000 lbs. of milk was 89.85 pounds from the low testing lots, and 95.84 from the higher testing lots, or nearly six pounds of cheese more per thousand pounds of milk for a very small increase in. the percent- age of fat and total solids. This is further evidence "of the injustice of paying for milk on the basis of weight only and not considering the fat and solids content of milk when dividing money among patrons of cheese factories. • Export of Live Stock and Products. Exports of cattle from Toronto in March were 3,836 compared with 5; 382 in the corresponding month of last year. The cattle export from Canada to the United States in March this year totalled 7,596 compared with 6,356 last year, and to Great Britain 11,886 head compared with .11,373. .Calf exports to the United States were 2,381 compared with 1,810 and you let it fall.—.Holmes. for the quarter this year 4,168 com- pared with 3,067 last year. Beef ex- ports to the United States in the first three months of this year were 1,650,- 100 lbs. compared with 892,500 lbs. last year, and to Great Britain 1,414,- 100 lbs. compared with 3,645,100 lbs. Bacon exports to Britain were 26,- 404,000 Iles. compared with 27,074,000 lbs., and to the United States, 118,500 lbs., compared with 48,000 lbs. Pork exports to Great Britain am- ounted to 1,277,600lbs., compared with 1,202,000 lbs., and to the United States 351,000 lbs., compared with 248,900 lbs. Mutton exports to the United States were 2,400 lbs., com- pared with 700 lbs. I Begin Galling Early. Does it pay to null chickens? It certainly pays me. I cull mine for the first time when they start feathering out. All that feather out quickly, across the back, with all feathers lye` ing down smooth in the wings, with, good shape of head and body, I mark for breeders The rest Ise 11 t a nine weeks of age for broilers. This saves feed and work, gives me more room and more profit. Then what I have saved I watch closely. Whenever I see any that are not developing prop-' crier, I cull them out at once. In fact; I cull the year around. 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