The Exeter Advocate, 1924-11-13, Page 3--THANKSGIVING UP AT GRAY'S
Adiress communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
PLOWING ORCHARDS IN THE land are turned- under, where this ma-
FALL.tenial becomes thoroughly soaked and
With the right set of conditions it remains so, and if it does
best possible condition to do so early
t actually
Hiram Gray and his sisterMary sat talking matters o'er,
Young Hirem's wife had. been sick in bed a whole six months or more.
And Mary, by way of comforting, said: "Brother, be strong o f., heart,
For methinks the time draws very near when you .and Nellie must' part.
"There is no disease worth mentioning, so Dr. Brow, declares,
It's just a slipping away from life, and all h e's worries and cares.
She'll be a saint before the year's out -she looks a saint to -day;
And, brothel-, there's no use grieving if the Lord doesn't want her to stay."
"We mustn't question Providence"—.here an interruption came
nO From Aunt Rosanne whoseProvi•
d
`begin to decay it at least is in the. same
is advisable and with the wrong set;
it is not. But •I believe that we have l in the spring and thus become of value
the right conditions far. more fre- flees ea
et place,
r - p even block of oech.ard that is plowed I
The principal advantages are: u and laid by in the autumn is just)
First, that late autumn, when this so much work out of the way of the
plowing should be done, if at: all; is a s rip rush.
slack time for the teams on most_. pThat is surely a_fairly strong case
orchard farms. for autumn plowing.
In the second place, by stirring the- Turning now to the negative side of
soil in the autumn we disturb and to the case; the one serious and side
o-
a great extent dettroy those .insect mate argument against the practice
pests which pass the winter in the is the fact that lands which have been
soil or in trash about the orchard. so plowed are more subject'to wash -
Their winter quarters are broken up, ing during the winter and early
they are exposed to the weather and
their enemies, skunks and birds of all spring'
kinds, can get at them better. This is a real argument and is suffi-
(cient reason for vetoing the practice
The lis% of such insects includes
such formidable, pests as the railroad. in any block of orchard which is on
worm or apple maggot, the spring fairly sloping land. Don't do it in
canker worm, the green fruit worm. such a case. But almost every etch-
and the curculio. The last named is' and farm has one or more blocks on
found in the trash and not in the soil, i sufficiently level land so that the prat-
but it is at Ieast considerably incon- i tics is entirely safe.
venienced by the plowing of the land. - I have seen hundreds of orchards
In the third place, the soil in the- plowed in the autumn and never yet
orchard is better exposed to the action saw a case of injury through expos -
of the frosts and snows and rains of ' ing the roots to cold.
winter and is thereby put in better! That is the case of autumn plowing
condition for the following year and! as the writer sees. it. Having prat-
. more of its latent plant food becomes I tired it for years without any bad re -
available. , sults, he feels fairly sure of his
In the fourth place, the cover crop 1 ground. If your orchards are on
and any other plant growth on the reasonably level land try it .out.
xlier in the season.
qui?ntl -than one might think from'I t° our
the of the tactics: And in the fifth and is
' I
fli ed with things as they are. Oef ten,
too they are afraid of changes be -
A NEW STANDARD
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knowwhat the
"If I were you" the good lady said, "Hiram Gray, upon my word,
was short and temper somewhat th
I wouldn't, saddle my own mistakes and meanness upon the Lord"
"I'd be man enough to bear them myself. Five years ago last May
The woman who lies in yon big spare room was married to you, Nephew
Gray.
Her eyes was bright as a happy child's, her face was sweet • and fair,
You seemed to think the whole wide world not worth ,,a lock of her hair.
"Oh, you were a wonderful lover, but lovers and husbands, I find,
Are often different creatures -I am going to speak my mind.
Wish I had spoken it long ago, wish I had cried out shame
When you first began to wear the'life out of her who bears your name.
"She wasn't fitted to do the work of this big house year by year—
A SHUCKING THANKSGIVING
BY LYDIA LION ROBERTS.
"Four quarts of cranberry :jelly," she could make to earn same mmegy"
murmured Mrs. Bronson, her kind and Rita remembered her we derful
gray eyes .watching to see that :every plum puddings, and told her she would
one was served, "and about eight, or try to get orders from the girls in
ten pies. ' She sighed a little, and ab- the office. She's got twenty orders
now."
"The plucky woman!" exclaimed
Mrs. Bronson. "It's a good idea and
it won't cost much more either."
"It won't cost you anything," smiled
Ruth. "It's my present to the jolliest
mother in town,"• and she hurried out
again..
"Well," smiled Mrs. Bronson, "my
sentmindedly smoothed her wavy
white hair. "And two plum puddings,
besides the turkey. DW you .sliealc to
me, Myrtle?" she apologetically in-
quired
`at sounded like a poem in free
verse," smiled the new daughter-in-
law affectionately.'
"`It will taste much better than free list keeps getting smaller and snaller<
verse," spoke up the eldest daughter.g g
"And we have tarts for breakfast, This is a topsy-turvy Thanksgiving.
and mince pie the night before, and What next?"
mother packs a basket :for each of the I ordered a chicken this year," an.
married ones to take home after the pounced Mr. Bronson, the first of the
umt,� ^hild,.o,,.
winner—there's something going on all holiday week:
the time," grinned Ellsworth. they didn't mind if I'd put. what I
"I guess it's mother who is going saved on it toward phonograph
on all the time," quietly suggested the records Pm sure that's getting off
Sather of the family as he rose from for me, so I don't mind," said
the tea -table and went with the others easy bustled cheerfully abo;lt
Haid
Trying her best to get through with it has cost her something, 'tis clear. into the living -room. mother, and
And scant the sympathy that you gave—you were better at complaints, "`Trow would you really like t� spend the kitchen as she planned the un-
And fault-finding is very poor help when a mortal droops and faints. Thanksgiving Day, Mother
"Her
usually small dinner.
"Her life mission was to slave away, that you might prosper and thrive, curiously asked Myrtle, with her When mother awoke Thanksgiving
morning, she was surprised to find
And I tell you .plain that a selfish man is the meanest thing alive! hands in the dish-pan."Suppose some that father was already se and
'Didn't think?' Don't tell me! 'Twas the greed of gain kept you from doing one should give you a present of of the them, and when she turned outt
right. Thanksgiving Day, what would you do
�„ sea what time it was, his watch was
You neglected to cherish the woman you wed—and you're paying for it with nonsensical child," .� gone,too.
g indulgent-
to -night. lv canned Mrs. Bronson, "who ever "I must have overslept," she mur-
"What's that? You love her with all your heart—and have loved her all heard of such an idea? For thirty mured,�and opened the door to ask the
the while? + ,„ tim It ust be late, she worried
Methinks it would be a pious plan to tell her so once in a while,
And not leave her bearing her burdens, uncheered by a tender word,
And then try to ease your conscience up by blaming it on the Lord,
years I've had the big Thanksgiving "" e• m I
celebration at our house." for I hear the children's voices, and
"I suppose you can't even imagine I smell coffee, too."
any other way of spending it then," In answer to her anxious call for
said Myrtle. the time, a merry laugh answered her,
"I wouldn't say that exactly," dryly followed by Myrtle's dark eyes anc�
answered Mrs. Bronson a little dimples beaming at her over a tray.
twinkle glinting over hers face, "for "Here is your coffee, madam," she
sometimes when I've been extra tired curtsied, "with griddle cakes sweet,
I've rested myself pretending what I and fruit to eat," and she put the
would do if things were different. well-filled tray down in front of her
speechless mother-in-law.
"For goodness' sake, what time is
it?" exploded Mrs. Bronson, her sur-
prised eyes resting hungrily on the
dainty and appetizing breakfast
""Time is nothing in your young life
to -day," saucily teased Myrtle, "you
dren, have a light supper and sing have absolutely nothing to do but do.
"When she lies in the big spare bedroom, with her face as white as snow,
Dreaming of Heaven's own peace and rest—and thankful enough to go."
He's away! How he cried at that last; never saw him so moved.
He's in his wife's room, he's down on his knees praying her to live and be
loved.
"Now, Mary, I know you're thinking I should have left him alone. First I think I'd lie in bed an extra
'You've never been married, I have, dear, and have daughters of my own,
And too many wives are wearying for the cheering word and smile— hour, and after breakfast I'd do up
cause they do not w a But, well, from the way Nephew Gray's carrying on Nellie won't be a saint the housework leisurely. Usually I'm
changes will bring. They are usually for a while." in a breathless rush all day—and then
those who have responsibility and father and I would go to church and
therefore want to let well enough Can't you surmise how things will go? As fast as ever she can in the afternoon we'd saunter over to
Nell will get the roses back in her cheeks if only to humor her man. the home of one of the married chit
In nearly every locality, these days, alone.
one can find homes containing many The middle-of-the-roaders are the' The blessed prophecy came true, and this is why to -day
great body of people, sane -minded and They keep Thanksgiving royally in the home of Hiram Gray.
with a realization that there is some "Let us number up our blessings before we sing the grace,"
good in what both the radicals and Speaks up the happy husband with his eyes on Nellie's face.
conservatives advocate. They weigh She smiles at him, and he can but note the dimple in her . cheek and chin.
sanely all things and take the good•""I've so much to be thankful for," he cries, "I don't know where to begin!"
from both extremes and put it to, —JEAN BLEWETT.
practical use. They pull on the tugs 1y
with the load of heritage behind them.
Whereas, the radicals want to be un- Song of Praise. Silos.
hitched from that load and rut ahead We praise thee, God, for harvests In Ontario only one farm in seven
in leaps and bounds, while the con- earned. has a silo. Some counties show a high
and leave
would sit in the breeching The fruits of labor garnered in; percentage, other counties a very low
and leave the load where it is. The But raise thee more for sail unturned percentage of farms using this mod-
middle-of-the-xoaders put into the mill praise
of public thought the grist that the From which the yield is yet to win! ern economic storage construction.
1The fodder storage costs can be re-
radicals and conservatives furnish, • We praise thee for the harbor's lee, duced by the use of the silo to one -
This may be true, but we cannot and grind out a safe and sane pro-' And moorings safe in waters still; sixth of the barn storage costs. The
think it more important to play out gTe$s But more for leagues of open sea, silo has
the full length of a mother's strength, So, it seems that regardless of what. Where favoring ales our canvas
d f thought ' except that' g g
�thful nditions sim ly to it be evil, serve a purpose in this
modern conveniences. The other day
we inspected such a home having an
up-to-date bathroom, hot and cold
running water, a septic tank, electric
lights and power, the latest type of
washing machine, furnace, and, out-
side, a well -kept lawn with shrubbery
and trees arranged to set off the home
from the remainder of the farm build
i*'e and the farm.
One farmer suggested that this lay-
out favored quite strongly the fem-
inine side of the house. He took the
position that a farmer shuold afford
none of this until he becomes finan-
cially independent
and talk around the fireplace," and
mother shook her head at her own
sinfulness.
"I think that's a lovely idea," Warm-
ly defended Myrtle, "and you needn't
look so horrified at yourself for tell-
ing me. I understand just how you
feel," and thought to herself, "I think ed mother.
I understand more than the rest of "Your dinner is cooking nicely and
the family." will be served at noon by Myrtle and
One morning, a few days later, Mrs. David," began her daughter-in-law,
Bronson was making out her list of "helped out by the pies Bertha and I
groceries for father to take to town,
when Bertha ran in. "Mother," she made, the plum pudding Ruth bought,
began, "would you feel too badly if and the chicken Father Bronson pro -
we didn't come to• dinner on Thanks- vided. You are to dress slowly, walk
giving day? The baby is so little, we to church -with father in this crispy
hate to take him away from home all air, rest after dinner, and �� then go
over to Bertha's for supper.
"This—why--this is awful!" gasped
Mrs. Bronson. "I never beard of such
!a Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is
just as you are told."
"Which I won't do unless I'm told
more," threatened Mrs. Bronson.
"Very well, tyrant, so be it," assent-
ed Myrtle, and giggled as Mr. Bron-
son and the rest of the family tiptoed
in to see how mother took the news.
"What's my family up to?" demand
a made possible the extensive day, and I thought maybe you could
use of plants that are not sufficiently arrange to come over to my house for
and to expose the family to unsanitary our trend o. Dug is, fill, palatable in their natural state to be supper instead."
or un ea. co p we se v of great use. The ensilage process "If you think best, I guess that will
pay off the obligation against the world. But, the one thing we are glad We praise thee for the journey's end, when practiced on sunflowers, mus-' be all right," meditated her mother, for the family—not just for me," she
farm a year or so sooner. We venture of is that most of the people are
The inn all warmth and light and tard, coarse, sweet clover and Russian Band it would be pleasant for father protested, eating the grapefruit which
h d 1 David had handed her
that, in many instances, money spent
1 supplying the hone with these
things bring about financial savings
and enhance the family income out of
proportion to the gains that might
Dome by devoting all the funds in
profit -producing investments. A rea-
sonable division of the farm income
between the home and the farm should
augur for the highest interests of the
farmer and his family. -
ea
TTharaksgiving!
When the turks have ceased to gobble,
An' are bein' stuffed to eat,
Are the ducks no longer wobble
On their pigeon-toey feet;
When the odors from the oven
Come to tempt the sons o' men,
It's .a sign that. that of lovin'
Day—Thanksgivin's here again!
When the pumpkin, fat an' juicy,
Is transformed into a pie,
Ani your Ma an' Aunt Jerushy
Keep the kitchen stove "on high";
When the cellar's store ;o' cider,
Pickles, jellies an' preserves,
Makes you.let your belt ,out wider,
To accommodate the curve's;
When the -air is full o' spices,
An' the scent o' things a -bake;
An' the freezer's freezin' ices, ,
An' there's frostin' on the cake;
When the folks—both kin and neigh-
bors,
Start appearin' on the scene,
Lodkin' hungry -like, b'jabersl—
You can guess what it may mean!.
When the guests have all foregathered
'Round the moanin',• groanin' board,
An' their smilin' lips are lathered,
An' their appetites have soared;
When the gobbler's stuffed , with
dressin',
To be •gobbled up. by men,.
You can thank God :for the blessin'.
0' Thenksgivin'„Day, again!
—James E. Hungerford.
The Three'Classes. :
middle -of -t a -roe ens. cheer; thistle makes palatable, acceptableand nee to be at your house for "That's '
That s just the trouble," smiled
But more for lengthening roads that silages. The silo can be made to serve supper." David "Thanksgiving has been all for
Late Cutting of Alfalfa. wend a useful purpose by providing a coed-! The next evening David strolled in + g g
rum through. which weed infested on his wayhome from work. the family and none for you, and now
t•
Alfalfa haying in October is not in Through dust and heat to hilltops
the best interest of the alfalfa plant' - clear.
in Ontario. As
26th of this year the writer noticed
a number of fields of alfalfa in differ -1
ent counties that had' just been cut,
raked and coiled preparatory to ex -1
tracting the last straw possible from'
these fields. This practice can be fol-
lowed without the risk of removing all
profit from alfalfa growing. Past
experience has shown that late cut-
ing leaves the plent
late as October the
We praise thee for the conflicts won,
For captured strongholds of the foe,
But more for fields whereon the sun
Lights us when we to battle go.
We praise thee for life's garnered
gains,
The brings that our cup o'erbrim;
But more for pledge of what remains
Past the horizon's utmost rim!
ith
crops may be handled by being util- 1 "By the way,mother," he said as the family is presen mg you w
ized to save graze, clover and grain he huted for doughnuts in the pan- workless, painless, groanless, gaspless
crops in seasons too wet for haymak-try, "don't make any pies for Thanks- Toa
ing or grain ripening. Well made sil- giving. Myrtle wants to make all the "Go along, you young scamp," scold -
age will keep for a number of years pies this year. Is it a couple of dozen ed his mother, "and you too, you
if not exposed to the air. The sur-. you usually make?" young mischief, shaking a finger at
plus corn ensiled in September of one ""Mercy, no!" said his mother, Myrtle affectionately. "This is simply
year will have a distinct value in chuckling,"not more than six this shocking—but I am enjoying being
carrying the stock over a dry period year as long as Bertha's family isn't shocked!" -
the following sumiiter. 1 coming. It's very nice in Myrtle to and happily along, each hour full of
Mrs. Bronson's day went leisurely
Should your farm still be without help me out."
a silo, why not plan to get the lumber! "Mother," cried Ruth, hurrying into comforts and surprises. When she
giving.
ting or close gran and gravel readyduring the comm
in a weakened, unprotected condition g g the kitchen after David had gone,
and not likely to survive a hard win- Salt is essential to all farm animals. winter. Bulletin 287 may be of assis-
ted "don't make any plum puddings, for .whole family, waiting before the fire
energy-
in
to Ordinarybarrel salt"is the best to tante to you. 1 I have promised to buy two big ones Flare, with the smallest baby gurgling
with sufficient reserve i- I from a 1 in the office.
produce a full crop the following sea -I feedfor the -that 1 C
entered Bertha's home and found the
» at the dancing flames, mother's heart
if fields have been com-1 mhave all thesalt desired, nSalt Cows fed plenty of well -cured leg -1 "What does an office girl know wfull. ��
eon. Alfa a ume hay are receiving an abundance about plum puddings? protested her "It has been a wonderful day,
mothern dignantly. beamed Mrs. Bronson after the good
"Rita doesn't make them," explain- family "sing" around the piano at the
close of the evening, and then she
stopped in surprise.
"You have always packed Thanks-
giving baskets for us," said Bertha,
as she placed several gay boxes and
packages in mother's arms, "with all
kinds of goodies from your big pantry'
and your big heart, so now it is our
turn. Here is some of our Thanks-
giving for you. Take it home and
feast for a week."
Mrs. Bronson dazedly opened the
boxes, while the girls and boys whom
she had served so eagerly and loving-
ly for
man
def pride. y Titers 4vekedk;'r�•hton tP P r ten -
napkins holding nuts, fruit, little
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cakes, chocolates, and other surprises,
and in the longest box of all lay six
golden chrysanthemums. -
"I never saw such goings on in all
dry life!", she exclaimed, as she faced
them with misty, radiant eyes.
"I never was so shocked and I never
ems so thankfull This is the most
wonierfiil Thanksgiving that any one
ever had!"
Despite - the various activities` of
;ife,' people ars divided into, three
reat classes, radicals, middle -of -the -
eaders and conservatives: All three;
'!etre useful in world affairs.
The radicals are against "what is"
find are usually, in a hurry to bring
,tjtopian conditions upon earth; Some
re radical because they want "to at-
xact attention; others sincerely think
hat they can - bring the seventh
eaven ea earth if we would but let
them. The ,ravicals axe usually ahead
of the times in which they live.
The cotiservaataes are batter sads-
pletely lost by the practice of late
October cutting.
Only silage from well -matured corn
should be fed to the sheep.
should not be mixed with the feed
but e•hould be fed in a separate teed
box. If salt is mixed with tho feed
the animal -may get either too much
or too little and suffer as a result.
of vitamines.
It - has proven economical to
down corn '
hog ed Ruth, "it's her aunt in the country.
She asked Rita if there was anything
;5I
CENTRE OF STIRRING ELECTION SCENES
•
results.. A large ,screen was bung over the wail c f the buiidliig.
Trafalgar Square,. where nearly half a million Londoners awaited the election •� w= cf file
g
• they were flasher( cnto it from cne of the s:cle �vii7�'io
to the' extreme right of the photograph and, as the.results were received line
wllirvh is exposed
hi offices which are seen, toward the right front. In.ad�dition to the election results a series or slides slid
Canadian Pacific Railway and<Ste'ams p
illustrating seettasand. industries in Canada were shown, while at the same time, throilgh the largest loud speaker procurable, a lecture was del,,ered
on Canada interspersed' with the Maple Leaf and other Canadian songs
To determine which hens should.be
killed off andwhich kept over for an-
other year, the Poultry Division of the
Central Experimental Farm at Ot-
tawa (serried out an experiment, in
which it was learned that the latest
moulting hens are as a rule the heav-
iest ^avers: It is recommended, there-
fore, that when killing in the late fall,
it is well to reserve those that are not
fully feathered, 'that is is sea, those
that are it the process of moulting,
provided they are vigorous erud of
good type,