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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1937-7-7, Page 3THE BRU SE,.S POST ,News and information for the Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture Close .Attention Needed eC1ose attention should be given the ! • calving and farrowing pCus, Failure to render necessary assistance at • the right time has resulted in. loss and every calf and plg that dies . makes it juet that much more di?. ,f]cubt for those that live to make a Profit on the year's operation. The lsooner young pigs get out in the sun the less danger of loss at three to five weeks of age. Cod liver oil emay be fed to pige as well as chtdicene to ward off trouble. Weaning the it-Mier weaning gives the best results with a litter of young pigs, and to obtain this, feed suitable for 1 Young pigs should be provided is the creep, A good mixture for the pnrpose is a half and half combine. i tion o1 middlings and finely ground oats from which the hulls have been sifted. Young pigs will atert to nibble at feed at about two to • four weeks of age, and by the sixth or seventh week should be eating quite freely. Under such proce- dure shock incidental to more 'ab - ;rept methods is overcome and wear- ing develop; as a natural event. C.ZI LLIAX &SON. ammummitamiriThwimmium Some Pointers on Honey Honey varies In colour from waiter white to almost black. The Colour has little or no effect of los (meetly as a food or as it sweet• nal', it does appear, however, to be associated with flavour, for gen• orally ePeaking, the darker the e1]. our of the boney the strouger is Re flavour, All Canadian honeye gran- ulate or crystalize sooner or later, .but the grauletion is not caused by adding segue to the honey as many people seems to think. Granulate:1 honey can be brought back to Ica licjuld state by setting the container ,in a bowl of hot water for a sheet time, The water should not be heated higher than 150 to 160 de- grees Fahrenheit. Willow Blight The pride of many farm homes, are the beauttitul willow trees grow- ing in the front garden, trees many Years old which in many cases were planted by grandatl or father many Years ago. The lives of these beau. Life] trees are now being menaced by a destructive blight which is gradually working its way west- ward from the 1laritimes where it was first noticed. It has now reach- ed a point within fifty miles of Montreal, The earliest symptoms of this fungus disease appear on the leaves as water -soaked pots which turn greyish and then brown and gradually spread to the twigs, Willow Blight can he controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture used at the eame strength as used for apple trees and potatoes. Three to five sprays are necessary, the first being applied Just as the leaves come out. Prune diseased trees when necessary only in the winter, Give Pullets. Plenty of Room 1t may be well to again remind Poultry raisers of the importance of giving the pullets plenty of room, Crowding in the brooder • house or range shelter is very of'en -detrimental to the birds. The cockerels should be separated from the pullets, and if they are be- ing raised for roosters should be t - kept nn a separate range, if the pullets are then crowded there may be a number of them that are off . type or feuthoring slowly iltitt •couil be picked outanti sold for broilers, iVith higliprlrcd feed making the net returns none too remuuera'iwe he cannot ;fiord to keep anything but the best birds either In the growing pullets or in the laying lloelt. It is better to get what You can on the market for the poorer stuff and give the best a chance to develop normally. Curtailing on the feed for gr'ow- ing pullets niay be false economy. The birds need a full ration of good quality feed in order to keep them growing and developing so that they will come Into production early, True, It is not always wise to crowd a pullet too much an soft feed, as they may not then be aye to eland up under heavy production, but a .good growing mash and hard grain will tend to give them stamina in the digesitive and Productive organs. A strong digestive systet 'must be developed in the bird 11 permit It to come near the 200 -egg mark in its first laying season. Ploughing Practice A series of experiments carried oult at a government experimental station has given some interesting results in regard to ploughing at different depths and times. On an average, over a period of nine years, ploughing four inches deep fora rotation of corn, oats, clover and timothy has given high:: yields than has ploughing seven itches deep, except in the case of oats, in which the yields have been practically the sante, The shallow ploughing is of particular advantage to the corn crop. In the preparation 01 sod land for grain, it has been found that Ploughing in July, as soon as the hay is off and top -working during the summer has not only given. high- er yields of oats, but has also left the land free from couch grass. The experiment has shown that on sanely loam soil it does not Pay to either the land or revlough in the fall. Oc heavy clay soil, ribbing or replougli- ing late in the tall gives the frost a chance to mellow the soil and leave it in a better state of tllth. In the preparation of sod land for corn, manuring on the sod and spring ploughing has given higher yields than manuring and fall ploughing. It would, therefore, appear that for corn on sandy loam, the land should be watered and spring ploughed four inches deep, wilily Canadian Pacific Extends Air -Conditioned Service 711. n The Canadian Pacific Railway A Angus Shops at Montreal are humming with activity these days as the Company continues its comprehensive programme of air- conditioning, In the current year, air-oonditiOning equipment will be added to 136 cars, Including standard sleepers, dining ears, tourist sleepers, parlor cars, and day coaches, and these, in addl- tion to the 130 cars air-condition- ed in 1036, will permit a very considerable extension of air-con- dttloned services throughout the Dominion. '0 Provision is made by the 1937 programme to provide air-con- ditioned dining cars on all trains carrying air-conditioned sleepers pr varier caro, besides additional sleeping and parlor ears for use on trains between Montreal and Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa, Toronto and Ottawa, and trains 33 and 40 between Montreal and Saint John, N•13. Air-condition- ing of tourist cars for use on the transcontinental trains between Vancouver and Montreal and Tor. onto is a new and interesting fea- ture of the 1937 programme. This will supplemcut last year's ser- vices which allowed air-condition- ed standard slotpore, eompart' Tent -lounge, bedroom and parlor cars to be used on transcontinen- tal trains between Montreal, Tor- ronto, and Vancouver; the Mont- real, Toronto, Hamilton, Chicago services; and the night trains be- tween Montreal and Beaten. Air- conditioned sleepers emi lounge cars were also provided for the "Mountaineer" service between Chicago, St, Paul, and Vancouver. Some idea of the work connect- ed with air-condttiening is given by lite pictures above. Cars aro stripped, as in lower right, and insulated to keep out heat, cold, and dust. Tile pictures at the lett show some of the material being placed in the ears. The satisfaction written all over the face of the young lady, in "Lower 5," expresses the public's feelings toward this now typo of control- led comfort. In the centre 18 a close-up of the control equipment. by which, as tho arrows indicate, the individual can regulate the volume and direction 01 the Met of air, `19TH Sll, IITIe 7th, 1037 To Operate AiirWays PHILIP G. J'oIINSON Appointed Vico President in charge of operations of Trans- Canada Air Lines, The appoint- ment of Mr. Johnson, an air executive with international rep- utation and former president of United Air Lines, was announced by S. J. Hungerford, President of Trans -Canada Air Lines and Chairman and President of the Canadian National Railway, fol- lowing a meeting of the directors of Canada's new air transport eompany. for grain, it should he ploughed as soon as the liay is off and top. worked. o Combat ,Weed Seeds on Canadian Farms The greatest difficulty in main- taining successful farming, and particularly in producing a more abundant supply of clean rOrage and grain seed, is the prevalence of weeds. New weeds are iutrodueeci on tames with imperfectly cleaned cereal, clover, and other oommercial seeds, and with commercial feed'ng stuffs weti•ch often con tato vital weed seeds. These seeds are spread from district to distrl.et through the various transportation facilities, are disseminated within a locality in stable manure from towns and cities, and are distributed from farm to farm through thresh- ing machines, and from field to field by farm implements. The wind carries weed seeds long distances: streams disperse them along their courses, and herbivorous animal; and seed -feeding birds help to swell the evil broadcast. It is impdi-taat to consider riot only the large number of weeds sown with improperly cleaned grain but also those already in farm soils. Some of the worst weeds in Canada are so prolific in the production of seeds that relatively clean fields may become badly Contaminated in two or three years if these weed seeds are allowed to go to seed. e'er example, a single plant of wild mns- tard, stinkweed. Yoxtatl, pigweed o•. Campion produces from Mato) ,) t 20,5110 seeds, worm -seed mustard about 25,000 shepherd's purse about 50,000, and tumbling mustard about 1,500.00,). \\'itis such pre'duotive. nese!, soils heron( quickly infests with were! seeds, although lite pr.'s. ante of the seeds is not fully realiz• ed at the moment, owing to eh: it inconspicuousness, GODERICH TO SEE PRO BALL CLUBS eerie (ioderic]t, Juull:I.—The sum of 51. - Imo will be spent by the Soder!, h Old Florae Week Committee to put on two games of professional bast. ball on wedncsday afternoon, .tug. gist 4. Through the effort;, of J. B, I Reynolds the committee has been t nit,. to engeee. tit• Ih'troa 81 ire, 1 famous colored team and the All. Slur team of New York State, 111,01.' *, up Of players from class A.1 h,t.1 teams of steal Sae A dutt''te. bead,.: will he played. INFANTS SHOULD CRY EVERY DAY It Exercises Not Only The Lungs But the Whole Body Very young babies should try for halt' an hour each day. The period, of crying should be just before feeds, and the louder and stronger the cries, de healthier the baby, The crying not only exercises the baby's lungs, but also his whole body: if it worries Pts mother elle+ should put hint in another room and remain in a distant part of the house until feeding time• Babies should not cry after a fe'd or in between feeds, le they try after a feed they are either not sat isiied or else the rood dissgraca with them, A row days of text feeding will decide which is the case. If they erg 5.5 other times there is a reason for it, and it can be round out and stopped. MEMORIAL- GATE BEING ERECTED Work Is Now Proceeding On New Structure In Elms Centre Qemetery Atwood, July 3,- A memorial gale is now being erected at the 11111110 Centre cemetery, by Contraoter A. Everitt, 1'hle .gate is being erected at the second driveway, The Pil- lars will be two and one -hair feet square and the arch rw111 be 1e inches square, built of e0nerete sled tei'1'a 0Otta Ibriek, reinforced w]'§ iron. This gate when completed will add much beauty to the cense eery and is being donated by George Locithead, A dance was held Friday night in the Foresters' hall in hoaot' of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Turnbull, who were recently married, Mrs, D. Fyfe and Mrs. Brown, Detroit, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs, D. A. Kidd; Mrs, Harris and Jean, t\'lnnlpeg, at the home of her father, J. R, Hammond. Miss Agnes C. Sweeten has been ,successful in passing the May ex- amination for nurse registration in the province of Ontario, as required by the department of Health. Work at the township pit is la progress in preparation for P ut' - e, it gravel on the township roads, The funeral of Mrs, Fred Swit- zer was held on Thursday after noon. The service was in charge of the Rev. D. A. MacMillan, pastel of the United Church. Geo. E. ens sang a solo during the service. To terment was made to the Elm. Centre cemetery, the pall -bearers being Fred Buck, Wilfrid Smith Nelson Cowan, Russell and Gordon Switzer' and George Brown, Tho floral tokens were most beautiful. William Simpson, of Ethel, I1as purebased the property on King street north, Atwood, from John McNeil, Mr. a0d. Mrs, Chas, Valiance and Mr, and Mrs. Geo. E, Cox are spending a couple of weeks at Muskoka; Miss Jean Young and Master Jack Young, Paris, at the here of J. P. Greenisides, The Coghlin re -union was held Dominion Day at Listowel park, and the Nemtbigging re -union was held at Britton, the home of Mr, and Mrs, Ernest Newbigging, Miss Hazel Long and Miss B.tlt Thompson have lett for Muskok't where they will be engaged at the Nepahwin-Gregory for the summer months, Rev. and Mrs, J. M. McCurlie and family have left on their vasa- :tion- Their first visit will be wit'i Mrs. McCurlie's father, in Massena, N.Y. The other two weeks will b., spent in Parry Sound and North Bay, aliss Eleanor Fisher, leader of the local C. G. I• T., is in charge of girls' camp at Ethel park. fi)oxprorgx==o) 0 io ,... � bl 01""^' '"101C10 g s N 4G SUPREME II EYESIGHT SERVICE RAID'S GLASSES give the miximum aid protection and preservation of Eyesight — combined withi stylish appearance You will find the cost of this exclusive Optemetric Service Very Moderate R.A. REID R.O. „ (Stratford's Leading (Optometrist) o is at his Brussels Office in Miss Hingston's Store EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 2.00 to 5.00 to examine Eyes and needed Expert Eyesight Service. Phone 51 for appointrnent <0IQo�Ot 8OL1Ol tO 01Q0 • afternoon, atter which two baseball® games es were la'ed - a p � , the married men versus the eingle men, also the married women against the single - worsen. Many also enjoyed motor launch rides and sailing on the lake- • P11004s were present from: Tor- onto, Barrie, Alliston, Minesiug, Creemore, Phelpston, Elanvale, St, Marys, Tilsonburg, London, Rres` tionkton, Brussels, Atwood, Gode- . rich, Blyth, Walton, Stratford, Si. Louis, Mich., Blue -ale, \Vroxerer. Gerrie and Fordwich, The next reunion is scheduled for two years hence with Mr. 13arvee Sperling as President and Mrs Sam Robinson, of Fordwich as Secretary - Treasurer. As dismissal "God be with you 1111 we meet again" was sung, after , which a very suitable prayer was of- fered by 81r, Alex. Robinson, { SPEIRAN REUNION HELD AT PiKE LAME An event of widespread inter,‘". took plate at Pike Lake on Juno 26th when about two hundred and fifty descendants of the late John Speiran and his wife gathered to- a re -union, It was fourteen this years since t t , family had met in re -onion before, Oat being the one hundredth an- niversary of their ancestors' m'tr- riege. Great was t he pleasure of friends meeting with friends. At the last Re -Union four of their thirteen children (two -t1ylug in fanny; were prement, and Otte x044':; wife, The cont3,inyd ages of these four children when they .,ince paid. ed away was :;01 years, Mr, and Mrs. Spieran came 1,, Canada in 1810 and lived on a farm in Blanchard 'I'otush:p, near 51, Marys until the'!r death. Thi; elan is still awned by their grandson, , Earl Spelran. When \A•s, yPairan Sr. died a, . :the age of 98 years, forty years ago, sle lett xet•enty'-tw, grauteh•llildr:-,t. 'Cher„ amt, 1ortyt]vc Ticino in sitar generation tachy and 1811 great graud,•hildr„u, One daughter's lam- i 07 of 12 children married uttd settled in the county of Slnwoe, tied the eldost son's family or ten all married and settled in the To,wu- ship of Grey, Mr, George Webster, of St. Marys, was the oldest man present on Sat- urday at the age of 85, and 14 is be- lieved Mrs, Teesdale Whitfield of Brussels, the oldest woman, Mr, Alex. Robinson, of Fordwich, 118 president and Mrs. Wm, Whitfield of Gerrie, Secretary -Treasurer. else 81r. Harvey Sperling, convenor or :aborts deserved credit for the splen- did way in which this re -notion was conducted and made a somas, as everyone enjoyed the bountiful Piu- Pic dinner and supper which was "topped off with tots of ice cream. Races and other sponte fol' old and Ming were enjoyed during the Read it or not—Amsterdam, Hol - cent cigars in this country. The land, has more than 300 bridges, trouble ie that they sell for 15 cents, A MOTH KILLER A Kitchener man whose wife was out for the evening decided to try his luck at preparing ,the evening meal. Rip first move was to the -.refrigerator where he expected in find plenty of "eats." Imagine his surprise --on opening the door of the "ice -box" he spied a collection of in- fants' woollen sweaters, shawls, Ibootees, etc, When his wife arrived home that evening the natter was explained thus, She had been housecleaning the attic and found a number of moths in her 'kee•psakes.' and reading in the newspaper where arctic -clod temperatures hill moths, she decided to transform the refrig- erator into a storage vault for a few days, There are now several good five- eSNAPS!!OT CUIL WHAT PRICE LENS? You don't need an expensive camera for a picture like this. EIDE owning a high-powered de luxe automobile, there is pleas- ure ill owning a de luxe camera with an ultra-rast lens. Whatever ones skill as a photographer, one points with pride to the 6,2 or the 6.3.5 on the diaphragm scale and properly boasts of the Camera's great cana- l -ditty and of the variety of pictures which it can take. No question but that these expen- sive cameras with lenses allowing a maximum aperture of 1.2, 6.3.5 or 1,4,5 have range and versatility that greatly increase opportunities in picture -taking and are a source of much satisfaction. And there is no doubt that in the hands of an ad- vanced enthusiast seeking technical perfection they are a superior tool. But if you are unable to boast of owntug such a fine camera, don't get an inferiority complex. 'You can boast, and Justifiably so, of the fine pictures you can get With the ordi- nary camera at 1.6.3, or even with a simple meniscus lens box camera with but one atop at around 6,11. You may regret that you are not able to take action shots at night of a thoater,,performance or in a night club or step a diving beauty in mid- air. But do not forget that many are the prize-winning photographs that have been made with ordinary cam- eras, box cameras not excepted. You must concede that favorable light conditions are required for your picture -taking, but remember that favorable light conditions are not uncommon phenomena. And dull, cloudy days, the diminished light of early morning and later afternoon and deep shade are not, in those days of fast film, by any means unfavor- able light conditions for au 1.6.3 bons. Beautiful photographs are taken with no lens at all—with a pin-hole, camera. Again the owner of a camera With an 6.2 lens more frequently• uses apertures equivalent to thoae in ordinary cameras because, for most of his picture -taking, he does; not need the 6.2 aperture. As with a high-powered automobile, he has thea speed when needed. Remember that very poor pictures can be taken with costly camerae and very line pictures with inexpen- sive Cameras. If you know what year camera will do and how to use it, whatever the speed 06 the lens may; be, you will always have plenty Of good pictures to boast about. Its JOHN VAN GUILDIIIR,