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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-09-16, Page 6Page 6 THE WINGHAM TIMES s's"serfalerres• -e• September 16th. 1915 THE FALL ARMY WORM. Working Its Way Northward—How to Deal With the Pest. The department of agriculture has warned the fanners to be prepared to meet the attack of the fall army worm, Which is coming east and north from 7iexag, When they first appear the worms are very small and feed beneath mat- ted grass, etc., but they grow rapidly and suddenly migrate in myriads to the corn or sorghum fields. If the ground beneath the eoru rows is grassy the worms will probably orig- inate there and feed there until partly grown before attacking the corn. There is danger, therefore, that before the farmer is aware of their presence he I will find his corn stripped to bare 1 stalks and his alfalfa to bare stems. Where a close examination of a corn- field shows the presence of the tall army worm actually attacking the corn the department recommends dusting them with powdered arsenate of lead, using three to five pounds per acre, mixed with two or three times its weight of flour. This precaution is, of course, out of the question on forage crops or on corn afterward to be used as fodder on account of the danger of poisoning stock. In such cases 100 pounds of wheat may be mixed with a couple of pounds eitker of paris green or pow- dered arsenate of lead. preferably the former, and the whole mass worked into a stiff dough by the use of three to four gallons of molasses and the juice of half a dozen oranges or lem- ons added thereto. If this is sown broadcast on the ground where the worms are at work they will feed .upon it and be killed. This worm, it has been found, will come to the poi- soned bait from distances of from five to ten inches. In alfalfa fields the immediate cut- ting and curing of the alfalfa is advis- able as soon as the infestation has been discovered. This will not only save the hay crop, but will cut off the food of the fall army worm and check thereby the development of another generation, which may be many times more destructive than the first. 'As soon as the hay has been removed from the field the ,ground should be rolled with a heavy roller or brush dragged, or the poison bait can be used. The habit of the moths of descend- ing an inch or two into the ground in order to pass into the pupal state is of great importance in their control. It has been estimated that shallow culti- vation will destroy from 50 to 90 per cent of the insects at this time, the ef- ficiency of the measure depending upon the thoroughness with which the work is done. In alfalfa the use of the spiked tooth harrow or the alfalfa cul- tivator is best unless it is known that disking is not injurious to plants. Cultivation of the ground between the rows of corn has been found to de- stroy nearly all of these pupae. thereby preventing the development of another generation. Ordinarily there are from three to four or even five generations of the fall army worm in the course of a year, the damage done increasing aseach successive generation spreads. When fields are threatened with in- vasion. but have not as yet become actually infested, a deep furrow should he plowed out around the entire circ cumterence of the field. Into this fur- row, the advancing worms will fall. They may then be killed by dragging a heavy'log through the furrow, or in sections where irrigation is possible the furrow may be filled with water and a small quantity of kerosene sprin- kled over the surface. This will kill the worms almost instantly. The fall army worm when a full grown caterpillar is about one and a half inches in length. The body is striped on a ground varying in color from a pale, yellowish brown to black, more or less streaked and intermixed with dull yellow. On each side there is a broad yellow undulating line more or less strongly mottled with red. When very young, however, the cater- pillar is nearly black. The worm will attack almost any form of vegetation that is encountered and owes its name to the fact that, except in the extreme south, it does not appear until very much later in the season than the common army worm, which it closely resembles. Feed Table For Poultry. I use in my henhouse a table or plat- form on which the drinking vessels and the food and other hoppers are placed. This table is in the middle of the house and is two and one-half {feet high. Both sides of it are fitted i with nest boxes that can be pulled out and closed. The boxes are a toot square and ten inches deep. The back part of the box is boarded up three inches, which eaves an opening for the hen to enter 'the nest from be- neath, the table. Over each nest a door is cut through the top of the table and hinged in place, thus making it convenient to gather the eggs without pulling out the box. The advantages of such an arrangement are: The eggs can be gathered without steeping, the nests are dark, no floor space is Utilised, the food and drinking water ane kept eau, the nods eau be takes i oat goad eleened with little trouble.--OitswIpeetioht rarm Eland naw* 1/11 N re" 1-11, 10410•Sltiiv►1^41.4110101~11,11011-11s110441111-111111"1.11.11,1116,11itelessi ONIL one's most intimate friends go to one's home uninvited, and the dea extent of one's calling list is determined by the number of one's calls, In business the same facts hold. Every merchant of Wing. ham knows scores of families here and ;n the country round • about, whose custom he does not possess. Mutual acquaintance is the first To the Merchants step towards getting these fami- lies as customers; and acquaint- ances can most surely be devel- oped by invitations or calls made through the mecV,Im of advertisements in ,the W.:ekly Times. ©f Wingham Show your desire for business by asking for it. A merchant who does not ask for business is supposed not to want business very keenly. Shop Where You Are Invited to Shop HOME-MADE CORNED BEEF. That home-made corned beef should be used in more homes than it is at present, is urged by a contemporary. in an article calling attention to the need of variety in the meat supply, with less dependence on pork. Some parts of the beef carcass can be used to better advantage when corned than if used fresh. The cheaper or thinner cuts from the carcass, such as the rump, flank, shoul- der, plate, cross ribs and brisket, are commonly used for corning. The car- cass should first be thoroughly cooled before it is cut. The parts to be corned should be cut 'into pieces about six inches square. Try to cut the pieces all the same thick- ' ness in order to ret an even layer when packing them in a jar or barrel. After the meat has been cut, weigh out about ten pounds of common barrel salt for every hundred pounds of meat. Sprinkle a thin layer of salt into the bottom of 'the vessel and then pack a Layer of meat. Springle another layer of salt and then a layer of meat. Keep on in I this manner until the meat is packed. Try to have enough saltpetre left from •your brine mixture to cover the last layer. • ' For every hundred pounds of meat packed, weigh out four pounds of brown sugar, four ounces of saltpetre and two ounces of balling soda. Dissolve this mixture in about one gallon of boiling Iwater and let stand until colored; 'then pour it over the meat in the barrel. Add enough cold water to cover the Imeat and then weigh the latter down !by putting a round piece of clean board i and a stone on top to keep all parts in the liquid. The object in using the ingredients mentioned is as follows: The salt has an astringent effect and will preserve the meat, but if used alone will harden the muscle fibre. The sugar is to soft - 1 en the muscle fibre and at the same time add flavor to the meat. The small amount of saltpetre is used to retain the Inatural red color of the meat, which is destroyed if only salt and sugar are +used. The baking soda will aid itkeep- ing the brine sweet. Meat pickled in this way is ready to be used at the end of from 20 to 25 days, but should be left in the brine until used. The vessel with the meat • should be kept in some cool place, as the sugar will have a tendency to fer- + ment if it becomes too warm. A cool, well -ventilated cellar is an ideal place to keep it. In case the brine becomes thick and ropy, it should he poured off, the meat washed with clean water, and a fresh brine put over it. Beef when properly coined will keep long into the summer ur fall. ,The Tidies till Jan. 1st, 25c. THE GOSPEL OF LABOR [Henry Van Dyke. j But I think the King of that country cornea out from his tireless host, And walks in this world of the weary as if he loved it the most; And here in the dusty confusion, with eyes that are heavy and dim, He meets again the laboring men who are looking and longing for Him. He cancels the curse of Eden, and brings them a blessing instead; Blessed are they that labor, for Jesus partakes of their bread; He puts His hand to their burdens, He enters their homes at night; Who does his best shall have a guest, the Master of Life and Light. And courage will come with His pre- sence and patience return with His touch, And manifold sins be forgiven to those who love Him much, And the cries of envy and anger will change to the songs of cheer, For the tolling age will forget its rage when the Pririce of Peace draws near. This is the gospel of labor—ring it, ye bells of the kirk— The Lord of Love came down from above to live with the men who work. This is the rose He planted, here in the thorn -cursed soil; Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of earth is toil. Nothing Like 1t For Colds. Mrs. Holland Ferguson, Sheffield, N. B., writes: "Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine has cured my children and myself of severe colds. We are never without it in the house. There is nothing like it for colds and throat trouble, and it is so soothing and pleasant to take, my children would drink a whole bottle if they were per- mitted. POWER OF GOOD HABITS There are many people who go through life apparently indifferent to the power of good habits. So they are continually at the mercy of circum- stances. Each day they renew their experiences without profit. Sometimes it seems as if they began each day with almost no knowledge of the lessons brought them by the days gone before. So the new day is like a battle to them. waged without skill ending in defeat. At the end they sink exhausted into sleep, older and no wiser. If you look into their lives you will find, in nearly every instance. it is the little things that have caused the ex- haustion and the defeat. On the other hand, there are those who are never bothered by the little things. These they have placed in the realm of habit, where the little things of life are so quietly attended to, so easily, so effectually.—John D. Barry. FARE $2 �s5 TO CLEVELAND EVERY TUESDAY THURSDAY .AND SATURDAY °THE STEAMER `.`STATE OF OHIO" (Ante 22nd to September 4th) • Lewes Port Stanley every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. . 11:00 P. M. Arrival *vsland Yolk) In morning . . . . ' . . Lome eland stay Monday, Wednesday and Friday . .. . . 11:00 A. MM. es Port Outlay folbwin morning .s is 1Titmmsa) Fa* 62,56 one way $1.00 round trip. `tonne t onaitt ftreveland for Baf: Point. Fat.fn-nay, Akron, Cofombue Cincinnati Pittsburgh Wheeling and aS pointe south of Cleveland. Ask your ticket: agent for iiokeu via I, 6 B. Line. EXCURSION TO CLEVELAND—EVERY SATURDAY steamer leans Port stanley, smoky, 11300 P. M. and bring yen bark home 61 MI Tuesday wombs, affording two days In 2lu Sixth Ler[.,,cis to a. Miss' MM *WPare 52.25 foe the Round Trip, rot farther information address O.W.WPleaeence, Canadian Mt. Pott Stanley, Ott, M THE CtEVEI.AND & BUFFALO TRANSIITe CO. rl�ar�r+t„ww'.: `.�-++�"'•ii.a i�:`a� ""ai CLEVELAND. 01110 A WOMAN. [By Bayard Taylor.] She is a woman, but of spirit brave To bear the loss of girlhood's giddy dreams; - The regal mistress, not the yielding slave Of her ideals, spurning that which seems For that which is, and, as her fancies fall, Smiling: the truth of outweighs them all. She looks through life, and with a bal- ance just Weighs men and things, beholding as they are The lives of others; in the common dust She finds the fragments of the ruined star; Proud, with a pride all feminine and sweet, No path can soil the whiteness of her feet. The steady candor of her gentle eyes Strikes dead deceit, laughs vanity away; She hath no room for petty jealousies, Where Faith and Love divide their ten- der sway. Of either sex she owns the nobler part; Man's honest brow and woman's faith- ful heart. She is a woman, who, if Love were guide, Would climb to power, or in obscrue content Sit down; accepting fate with change- less pride— A reed in` calm, in storm a staff unbent; No pretty piaying, ignorant of Life, But Man's true mother and his equal wife. CAPONISE FOR TOP PRICES Don't sell late chickens cheap; cap- onize them. Caponize during Midsummer. Capons sell in Winter at from 25 to 30 cents a pound. Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rocks and Brahmas make the best capons. Keep fowls without food for 24 hours before caponising. Be careful to cut away from, and not toward, the backbone when making the incisions. Always dress capons "in style"— leave feathers around necks, hocks, on wing tips and end of the tail. Dry pick capons to get the best re- sults. Ship capons in dozen lots; they bring better prices. HE WAS NOT MISSED. "There is no one," remarked a politican who has been a candidate for Governor of Missouri, "who can take the wind out of a fellow's sails so effectually as an old-time, leisurely Missourian. For example: "Atter a twelve -years' absence, dur- ing which I had graduated at the university, get my name in the paper a few times and bought a new suit of clothes, I went back to the little old country town where I had been a 'poor but ambitious youth.' "I expected a reception committee to meet me, but it did not., However, seeing the grandeur of my new clothes and stiff hat, my old acquaintances came round and shook hands quite cordially—all except old Bill McClana- han, who kept the general store. Old Bill sat at the back of the stove, handy to the sawdust box. He never noticed me; didn't even glance my way. I was piqued -- mad, in fact. I walked hack to the stove and got right in front .of my old friend, so that he had to look upon me in all my glory. "Slowly, casually, he looked up from under the flap of his old white hat, and remarked: " 'Arthur, you been away some- where, haven't you?' " OLD ENGLISH HOUSES, in the Days of Wooden Huts, Thatched Roofs and Clay Floors, The habitations of English common people for centuries consisted or a wooden but of one room, with thelire built in the center. we this hut. if u man increased In family and wealth, a lean-to was added and Inter another and another. The roofs were of thatch, the beds of loose straw or straw beds. with bolsters of the same laid on the floor or perhaps eventually shut in by a shelf and ledge like the berths of a ship or by a small closet. The Saxon tharfe or knight built a more pretentious "hall," a Targe open room like the Roman atrium with a lofty roof thatched or covered with slates or wooden shingles. In the cen- ter of the bard cloy floor burned great fires of dry wood, whose thin' acrid smoke escaped from openings in the roof, above the hearth or by the doors, windows and openings under the eaves of the thatch.. By day the "hearthsmen" and visa. tors, when not working or fighting, sat on long benches on either side of the fire and, as John Elay puts it, "calmly drinked and jawed" or, gathering -at long boards placed on trestles, regal- ed themselves on some sort of porridge with fish and milk or meat and ale. At night straw or rushes spread on the floor formed beds for the entire company in the earlier and ruder days, when the "baser sort" were glad to share their straw with the cows.—Na- tional Magazine. SEEING THE WIND. Easy to Watch the Air Currents Flow- ing Like a Waterfall. It is said that any one may actually see the wind by means of a common handsaw. The experiment is simple enough to be worth trying at least. According to those who have made the experiment, all that is necessary is a handsaw and a good breeze. On any blowy day hold the saw against the wind—that is, if the wind is in the north hold the saw with one end pointing east and the other west. Hold the saw with the teeth upper- most and tip it slowly toward the ho- rizon until it is at an angle of about forty-five degrees. By glancing along the -edge of the teeth you can "see the wind." It will be pouring over the edge of the saw much after the manner that water pours over a waterfall. This is doubt- less due to the fact that there are always fine particles of dust in the air, and in a strong breeze the wind forces against the slanting sides of the saw, slides up the surface had suddenly "pours over" when it reaches the top. It is doubtless the tiny particles that make the air dust kr en that can be seen falling over thege of the saw as the wind current drops, but it is about asnearas any one can get to seeing the wind under normal condi- tions.—Washington Post. Humor In Old Wills. A certain Lieutenant Colonel Nash left an annuity to the bell ringers of Bath to "toll dolefully* on each anni- versary of his wedding day, and con- trite Mr. Withipol of Walthamstow left the bulk of his property to his wife, "trusting," he says—"yea, I may say as I think, assuring myself—that she will marry no man for fear to meet with so evil a husband as I have been to her." Mr. Jasper Mayne at least considered himself witty when he bequeathed to his valet a wornout portmanteau, as it contained something, said the will, which would make him drink. The excited valet ripped open the trunk and found a red herring in it. So, doubtless, did the Scotch gentleman who in 1877 left to his son's care his two worst watches, "because," he said, "I know be is sure to dissect them."— Bt. James' Gazette. Wonderful Memory. A few years ago there was a team. ster in Milwaukee named Israel Mullin who was able to tell at the end of the week the number of loads and their weights he had hauled for the six days past without so much as a figure on paper. It would have been useless to furnish him with paper and pencils, his memory was found to be unerring. He was dismissed once for using liquor too freely and a man appointed to his place who used pencil and paper. The first 'week the pencil and paper man made over a dozen errors, and Mullan igot his job back.—Pittsburgh Press. Had A. Lame Back FOR A LONG TIME, Sometimes Could Hardly Turn In Bed. When the back gets•so bad and aches like a "toothache" you may rest assured that the kidneys are affected in some way. Oa the first sign of a backache, Roan's Kidney Pills should be taken, and if this rs done immediately you will save your- self many years of suffering from serious kidney trouble. Mr. J. W. Fraser, Truro, N.$., "tritest "I have had a lame back for a lopg time, Sometimes I could hardly turn over in bed, but after taking six boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills I find that my bads is as strong as ever. I can't praise them enough." Boon's Kidney Pills are 50c. per bol, S boxes for $1.25; at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. When ordering direct sneaifr 4.1 Daws." Made in Canada aa/111111ea11111.1s.a ��3,e a.erawsa --------rt- ..-.10.1......,,._-0 Made in Canada cera!,.®��wae Latest Song Hits Just out ON COLUMBIA RECORDS —and of course they will pia) on your disc talking machine. THOSE CHARLIE CHAPLIN FEET (A. Gottler) Arthur A1780 Collins and Byron G. Harlan, baritone and tenor duet. 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Orchestra accompaniment, THERE'S A LONG, LONG TRAIL. (Elliott) Billy Burton and Herbert 'Stuart, tenor and baritone duet. Orchestra accomp;tniment. THERE'S A LITTLE LANK) WITHOUT A TURNING (Meyer) Henry Burr, tenor. Orchestra accompaniment. WE'LL GLADLY PLAY THEM FOR YOU. HILTON HUNTER, Agent WINGHAM, ONTARIO PRINTING AN0 STATIONERY We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants in WRITING PADS ENVELOPES LEAD PENCILS BUTTER PAPER PAPETEItIES; WRITING PAPER BLANK BOOKS PENS AND INK TOILET PAPER PLAYING CARDS; etc We will keep the best stock in the respective lines and sell at reasonable prices JOB PRINTING We are in a better position than ever before to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and all orders will receive prompt attention. Leave, your order with us when in need of LETTER HEADS .BILI. 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