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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-5-29, Page 7Etrinni ,ro • Conducted by Profes:;br I[enry G. Bell v! The object. of this department is to place. ny the ser• rice of our farm readers the usesice of an acknowledged authority er, all subjects pertnioing to sells and crops. Addrees all questions to Professor henry G. Bell, in care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, and nese erg well :minter in this column in the order in tchieh they are received, When .writing kindly Mention this paper. As share is limited it is advisable where im• mediate reply is necesr:ary that a stumped and addressed envelope Le enclosed with the que.tion, when_ the answer leaf .wiled direct. T, ll.:--.Aindly advise me through your Farm Crop Queries; column how is the beat way to get rid of quack gra::s? Goes quack gratis injure the crap or doess it just starve the moll? An.wcr:--Quack glass appears a little harder on the ground than timothy, bet hi the green state it contains 1.1 per cent, more nitrogen than clues timothy. Otherwise 1' do not believe it is hard on the ground, The growing root stalks sometimes have been known to grow through sections of developing potatoes. The greatest injury the speck grass does is to use up the soil moisture and plantfonl and thereby starve the crops that are forced to grow where it is competing. A clear and defi- nite statement of methods of cem- battf ng the grass pus been published in O. A. C. Bulletin 188. It is as follows: "As soon as the crop is har- vested plow lightly, then harrow with the ordinary harrow, and, if necessary, with the spring -tooth cul- tivator, s shakes Thi ih e roots free from the soil and makes it possible to gather them up with the horse rake. Burn as soon as they have died suffe eptly. Repeat this pro- cess two or three tinter. if the wea- ther at this time ,should happen to be dry and hot, ea much the better. Late in the fall rib up the land into drills, and allow to stand over winter, The frost, in all probability, will render material assistance in the eradirat•on. The following spring plow about the end of May, cultivate well, and put in some hoed crop, o1 summer fallow, sowing buckwheat,` the crop to be plowed in. A care- fully cultivated crop of rape is re- commended ns being particularly ef- fective id destroying this pest." J. J. 1).:-1 have 11 acres clay and loam, rather fiat and with 'hard pan about. 21z feet below surface. 1 have. Failed to grow crops on this land,! reeve tried peas, wheat, oats and. barley. It looks dark on surface and is rather fertile leaking. Peas did well for a while but about blouson time turned yellowish brown in pat- chew, which seemed to spread in size and evcntnally were a failure. Full wheat was very thin and did not ,ripen even or yield. Oats were short and very delicate straw. Last sea:,on I put two Lona of fertilizer on but without any apparent improvement. ( have this fall plowed and wish you -to suggest my best course for this season. 1 have also seeded with clov- er and stunner fallowed, but without any available benefit. This field had been under pasture for a long time. Answer: --Your clay and loam land is in need of drainage, It is un- doubtedly sour, both of which .con- ditions bring about the results that you indicate. The reason the craps turn pale and die out is that after gerrninatioi they are unable to de- velop deep and substantial root growth because the water in the soil shuts qut the circulation of air there- in. The sour condition of the soil which results from bad drainage, and from continuous pasture, makes it impossible for the bacteria on the roots of the legumes to reproduce. Therefore, peas and clover fail to grow on your soil. The impervious subsoil Or hard pan is in need of breaking up as far as possible so that the roots of your crop may have more room to expand. I would ad- vise you to do as follows: Since spring is pretty well advanced, and you -have had the ground thoroughly fall plowed, seed it to buckwheat at the rate of about 11 to 2 bushels per acre. Buckwheat is a medium shallow feeder and should produce you a good paying crop of grain this year. It also thrives on slightly acid soil. As soon as the buckwheat crop is orf put in tile drains and apply at least 11/2 to 2 tons of ground limestone per acre, scattering it as evenly as pos- sible and working it into the soil by disking or harrowing. This should put your ground into good shape for a profitable crop of grain next year, Painting the House By ADELINE B. WHITFORD. Next to a copy 0f any of the wel illustrated, well colored seed eata- loguea, which come out in quantities about the first of February, there is nothing more stiraulating to the im- agination than one of ,hose folded- in•a±,d-out, forty -two-color paint verde, such as we pick up in the hardware shops, or the drug stores, shout tho last of April, or the first of May. At the close of the long, gray win- ter veu0on, •you and I Instinctively turn to color, and while the seed catalogue lures es with promises which can only be fulfilled in the slow processes of nature, amt even then seldom ae gloriously as we had anti- cipated, the paint caul imposes no conditi:us of time or quantity, but trusts ne implicitly and proves it by throwing every combination of the rainbow Into our hands at once, and telling us that, at the price of so much per gallon, we may on this very day carry bones one or any number at its hoes and spread them out over •large surfaces, to be looked at inde- finitely. It is just possible that while we all know that this is the language of the paint card, we do not dwell thoughtfully enough upon all that its statement .implies; for if we realized as we look at those fascinating bits of color, one-half by two inches in size, that they only represent a mil- lionth fraction of the gallons which eve are to "spread out and look at in- definitely" we should hesitate longer than we do over the privilege of be- ing entrusted with so much liberty. An old-time artist, upon being questioned as to how he obtained car- tain results in colo,', answered, "I mix the paints 'with bra, ns'." To- day's house paints cone ready nixed but "brains" are still needed to direst the buyer to those few charmed gal - lone which really should be hers. When once she finds and uses them, she will discover that she not only bought weather -proofing, bnt at the same time, and at no extra cost, se- cured for her properly a pleasing outward appearance, which has sud- denly given the whole place n touch of distinction and individuality. In every paint pail then, there is something more than paint, end the householder must not choose at ran- tlon, Ono of tho fleet denotes offered by the paint card lies, as has been said, in the fact that ite ninny color samp- les aro so reduced to sire as to appear perfectly ]t.,rrnle s, No matter how !lovely -the cleaver reds, greens, yel- t tows, yellow -browns and Clark grays t tray be ,in the tiny patches shown on t i''+r+ advertisers' folders, they arc 't I delusion and a snare to anyone who Icannot imagine how they would look 'when used in large quantities. Indeed, the unimaginative person usually has two chances for disappointment in the house paint selected: the first r from making the above mistake of buying colors which are too strong; I the second, front an attempt to use some unusual combination of colors, Iwith an idea of making the house ap- pear striking by this mark of so-cal- led originality. The architect, or trained house- , painter, knows that success, and sat- isfaction, are only gained from study- ing the problem from a different standpoint—I might say by letting the house and its surroundings decide what the color whom shall be. ITe will consider the style of its archi- tecture as a whole, end pay attention also to the smaller details such as doorways, windows, porches. He will think it important to take into ton - sideration the color of whatever buildings there are near the house, and what its background is; whether the house is seen against other build- ings, woods, hills or distant fields, whether shadowed by trees and vines, or stands out baro and alone, an ob- ject which must rely mainly on its form and color to be made interest- ing, Thisltakes really close study. Now as to the matter of strong contrasts of color which have been used to give importance to house "trimmings," they should beavoided always. The legitimate use of contrasting color is -only to accent cave -moulding, window and door openings; to use it for cutting up wall spaces by bands, and zig-zags, cheapens the whole effect. The most carefully plumed paint- ing to -day, makes use of but three colors at most: a roof stain of med- ium tone, the wall coloring and the "trim' -'—meaning the outliuinga of eaves and openings. "Tvimminga" of fussy woodwork and contrasting Oe -brings are no longer considered in good taste, We are learning to culti- vate vine and tree-shedotvs, letting obese play their part in eoter!or house decoration. There are several reasons why a white house with green blinds seems right in any Canndhun landscape, Ono is that it is. purely a colonial iuher!- t'ane , poring cone to 05 from a time when green and white and a dull red were about the only colors oar 0000- tre'a paint resources nlfas led. An- other reaa011 e -an nolistia onto -•-,is, !tat white reflects any color neer it, tad 11 ,o shows shadows clearly; on hese rcoints it is Only sharply slige t h:-eo the sae dillies it. Out OREAM WANTED We are In the market for r'returt all through the year. We pay the highest rnurla„t p11 ". to business glace 1900. prop un a into for particular:,. Mutual Dairy & C'1'carttery CO. 743.746 King St. West - Toronto of sunlight, white is of nearly middl value, where vines and trees make ! green and a hedotwy; it is alwaye more cheerful than light grays and greens, which do net 'milieu. serruundbtg colors, We should always use em; haeizing paint for window sail. In colonial effects this may be white or medium green, and for other styles of house, a dark green or blue whi •h is nearly blade. Well -painted window siteh are a rich, crisp finish to the whole house, end any painting scheme which does not include this detail ha; missed an int;:ortant feature. It is w : e to have nothing whate-rcr to clo with the blue -toned gray., or slate colors; they do not reflect other colors, and are chilly and disconsolate in themselves. Thera are, however,' many fine tones of warmer gray, , those for instance resembling old-' fashioned tubber gum, putty, and , dull sand color. One of the handsomest groups of farm buildings which I have ever seen, had its barns, small buildings, - and silo, of a middle -value gray or putty color, with white trim; the win- dow sash was dark green, nearly black. The farm house was white its roof a weather -stained gray. Ver-' ended' roofs and• roofs of the bay; windows, were painted a green of middle value, a little duller than ap- ple green. As the building was old fashioned, the doors were carefully sandpapered, and painted the same green. For every gallon of dark gray, floor paint, a full pint of this green was added, time harmonizing the ver-' andah floor with the doors, though the floors were several tones darker,' The window sash were green -black,; There were no blinds but the interior; shades were olive. There were a few trees near the' house, vines over the verandah, sim-I ple, well -kept grounds and driveways, and from the top of the gray e.11o,1 which looked from a distance like the tower of some old castle, there floated i the three finest colors in the world.! If one can imagine the whole, it i unnecessary to add that it made beautiful picture, and one which wa interesting as far as it could be seen, proving that even a grow of old- fashioned buildings, if painted in a! carefully chosen color-sceme, mays come to have distinction and an indi,1 victual style. It is not the unusual which secures these results, either in hoose paint -I ing, furniture or dress—not the strike! ing, startling combination but the right one, the sensible one—even the usual one, done well. and which is yet to fill the whole world 8-10, So "Abraham" obeyed what he knew to 1.m the call of trod, .and led his recede out from an idolatrous .qeetv and corrupt community to a new and strange land, where lie relight worship INTERNATIONAL- LESSON aw'ording co his coneeiceete and found JUNE 1. a new seciety deeetcel to the rewire Les:'tel IX, Faith, what It Is and What It Does, Itoh. 11:1-13; 12;1,2. i Golden Test --John 11: 1. 11: 1. Now Faith. sWeithils t the • 1 ,'rseruted Jews whe hrd i nter:e e l! the Christian fnith, tie uuhnr of tris epittte cdeetve then their i 'luw;slt r, with the 10011 of filth of every Io'•lnr Age, with I:nm d1 . rel id•)•eh and ham and 01ose5, end man;: another who had believed and sulfercel and served in their thy and renttrtet.iun, their fa'th in Gorr eiia')lecl them to do the pi .ant duty, `incl to look be- yond the present to the future glori- ous fulfilment of clod's premises. having little, they heeame heirs of all things, and the !sojo• Ater dwell- ing in teats looked for and po =c -serf the city of God. Hit faith leeeene for him the title -deed of wealth as yet unrealized, the evidence and assur- ance of the glory which was to be. Faith is the certainty of hope, the open eye of the soul which looks upon realities unseen and eternal. For the Christian it has become a personal relationship to Jesus Christ, in whom and through whose Spirit he sees the working of those powers which are building a new world, in which he himself shall have, or ra- ther has already, his citizenship. 2. A Good Report. The great men of Old Testament tinea, the "elders have "had witness born them" (R,V ) in the narratives of the Old Testa- ment, in respect of their faith. It is because of their faith that the His- tory gives so good a report of them. The difference between Moses, of good repute, and Pharaoh, of evil re- pute, is the difference which faith in God makes. 3. Through Faith Wo Understand.. The tremendous fact of God's crea- tion of the world is not proved by historical or scientific evidence. It is known and apprehended by faith. And yet how certain a fact it .is, and e' how sure our knowledge of it! By al faith we understand, s I 4. He Being Dead Yet Speaketh. Faith is the secret spring of right- eousness. So Abel's faith wrought righteous deeds, and assured him by a good conscience that his offering was acceptable to God. And so it is that his voice speaks down through the ages declaring to every genera- tion that the only gift or offering' of worship pleasing to C.od is that of faith and well -doing. For (v. 0) "without faith it is impossible to please him." 7, By Faith Noah, warned of God, prepared the ark which saved his family from the flood. In a world of uncleanness he had kept himself pure, and so had already in himself the assurance and the enjoyment of the "righteousness" which is by faith of the true and living God. ite a•00 only a _nomad shep}1erd, chief of at woad- Can, dwelling in 1ent', but "ire l utt•d for a til y tth,rh 11 tth i r•ndatitm i,it;:, 1 n :der and ruck. e1' is God." 12. li ,-e ail died :n fe!th, not reef keel the premiee a iu.oti thtnt 111ui r: ,1 th •et front a1::r. (lt.V.l T1 at, 1:_, bese Gm e: eerie:a e of !'aiih i11 e.er7 cceo. The Kingdom of Coil ie ceonic11 , l.ut its fuint.:'a and p"0c r and isles:, is not yet. The Pity is Lein;; built, but its tontth and ite riliny man'sihtm are not yet complete. There ie incteh evil in the vverbl at 1 then ai,- .;1r.; in learn the ways of Gad, The heat ; whieh the world looks for ani a: et, • - ives fee lies on before. Fart' eeee the premise from :tree, but hells that promise in easeeeeeion as the irurst thing in life. Though "stt+ngero and pilgrims on the earth•" she men of faith dc^tre acrd ::eek, "n bet' et' ,country, that is an heavenly." Aad therefore, the apostle makes the great and significant reel, ,'titian that "God is not ashamed to ba called their God." - Thera follows a further list of men and women of notable faith, the saints, the heroes, the martyrs, of successive ages, to whom now the records of history do light honer. The promise led them on as a star of 1hope. Bes now in Christ thnri is fuitiimant,—their hope finds hi j'tati- ic:_tion i.nd completion in TIitn, All e.f redemption, :.11 of power, al! of goodness, all of spiritual strength to overcome the world, whieh they had o m sought, is to be found in flint, "Clod bicyclek^ S L VARICOSE VEINS? Wear This rs'ea-Elitatlo paced stootcing 9aiNL1flM,Y r c itey m.y be + l 1 t tit 1. ADJVs'1'anst7 '•,.t trice le 7a,lr.kk•^. !naye Ma,51t )f&'i:siy'meetenn, „cede to 1:gat :1 1.•100' able 510(4., .,ntaIns 1,500,01)0 140L1) ! r EOorSrentofp. 11,(0 . ece h er to a 1.,11111.0 11 oDI ; r 0 ec eGatd. Writ„ te• r ond r'• S 71 t i+'n<r., v,:1 !Unit:. Co..t.ae Math F 5ria1 y Co. //e. Filo New 211::::r; ...eetr eee t he meet :piece—ale men i$ he t.h livee in the t.ttli rpt .a,i fre.h ai end l;l-ps at night. 1)o tSicillilet%i .ng Worth 'While The non .who ventures ,is the only rrit 0 io a:1 the world wlto Itas a gun 1 t:este 11 re than that, he .is the only amen wile clues anything to make the seseicl happier or better, 1 0,1, tray to keep Prem being deo', is never to go neat water. e the lank clurtglinjr your root in ._ water and y0t1 will get no- r '`Slteee eve into deep beater :,u will get somewhere., just as r' • I • as ,t ty f:+llow's night; and the }, tote work with your paddle, •rll'er you will go and the bet - 1e 1 v,!11 1::v e mon whn ventures ratty make me. :. :bee. but the'e i$ not much in st,:t tSr the mart who never crakes a mitt111'. ;+li,r',l: se are the result oft - ! :,, to do s em thing•. They help, not birder. 'l'licy chow. where we -Missed it and h'iw we. may hit it fair and :,quare next time. limy many times does a man who never did any such work before white!: t tl:e,Ineed of a abat before he gets tics be tan tut it every time! Oh, the sore fingers we all have while we are learning to strike twice in the same place! But the only way to learn le to strike and strike again, finger -nails or no finger nails, until we know where the head of the nail is and 01111 hit it squarely. Some things yon attempt may be so big they will get you down; but 1't is 110 disgrace for a man to be knocked down in a fell. fight. What puts the brand 'of shame on him is t lie where o lie fell and let all the dusty feet of the men pressing on toward success daub hint over from head to foot. Getting up is the best thing about falling, -. Out back of my neighbor's house is a pile of big chunks of wood. Every one of them has been hacked and pounded by the axe till it is like the face of an old veteran of many wars. And the more scars there are on those blocks the finer the story they tell. There is annther farm where you can not find suelt a pile of knotty sticks. Why? Because the man who lives on that farm did not quit, un* he had split the last one of the blocks. And if you ask that man how those knots burn, he will tell you that when winter cotes and he wants a fire that will drive out t e • frost anti stake ire chimney' rale Ile ,goes down to the shed and hunts up one of those hard, tough, ugly -look- ing, knotty sticks end lays it on the andirons and sits down to toast his shins! Good-bye wintry wind! He is happy because he has mastered the knots! If you waist to be happy—really and truly happy—do something. worth while. You may come out of It all covered with scars and scratches, but you will be happier than you ever were before. Thirgu Yo -u Want to Enov. The temperature for churning should he front 52 to 58 deterees at this time of year-v-hc-n cows are fresh and feed is watery. Under aver- age conditions churn, ng eltould re- quire from twenty to thirty minutes. A shorter perind ind •staS drat the temperature is too high; the result will be inferior 'tuttez. A good :he+p dip i:' male a.s (11 - lows: For 1(1' gallons of dip cure four pounds of unslake;l lithe end twenty- four pounds of sulphur made into a thick paste. rivd thirty gallons of• water and .bet] fm' three hours. Add seventy gallons of water. The dip should lie lul ewty nt when used. Thele are geed ecnimcrcial dips on the market. The hest time to •raslrate pigs, as a rule, is about weaning time. Lasso,§ - seldon occur from castration 11 strict sanitary measures are observed, and disinfectants aro need liberally. If inexperiellred, have a veterinarian or good live -stuck man do' the work. Beep elle pigs in a clean pen fox a,sev- eval days after the operation. Should any tumors or abscesses form, they must be opened and allowed to drain; then wash thoroughly with a snitt- tion of standard sheep dip,etwo table- spoonful's of dip to ono - quart of water, Repairing Grain Sacks. fttti m'. •dt R. FARMER INVEST YOUR :MONEY �pb In an Ask your LUMBER DEALER For Plans and Prices. having provided" in Him "some bet- ter thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect (v, 40). 12. 1-2, Witnesses. The figure is drawn from the ancient races in which swift and hardy runners con- tended for the prize. Great multi- tudes assembled to witness this fas- cinating sport. The runners laid aside the outer garment and every impeding wOght, that they might run lightly and freely in the great contest. Such is the life of faith. The witnesses at'e the great multi- tudes of tisa faithful who have gone before, Jesus who started us in this race waits at the end with the !laurel wreath which is to crown the victor, that is immortality with Himself in heaven. He has set us the example of faith, courage and steadfastness in trial and suffering. He is "the author and finisher of our faith." A Pointer on Tying Fleeces. Some weeks ago .a party of county agents were being shown through a wool -scouring mill in a lar're city. They wanted to learn things that they could take back to help their home folks. At one point the manager' of the mill called their attention to the kind of twine to use in tying fleeces. He picked up a handful of partly scoured wool and pointed out dark fibres, These, he said, were the fibres from binder twine which were left in the fleece when it was unbound at the warehouse or mill. IC is the caetem • of •the fleece handlers to cut the cord holding the fleece together and pull ?,t out. If common binder twine is used some of the fibres are sure to •catch in the fleece and be left there. They do not take the dye and so -are very objec- tionable to the woolen manufacturer. He will not pay the price for such fleeces that ho will for those which do not have the fibres mixed with the fleece. The manager of the mill said it cid not pay to pick out the fibres, and showed how a good cotton or paper string pulls out of a fleece without leaving fibres. Tf a few cot- ton fibres should be left it should not be qatarerful, as the cotton takes the dye, The paper twine has a hard, smooth surface and is best from all stand- points. It probably costs no more than eny other kind of tying mater- ial, probably less than binder twine Once it hes soared to present prices. _ Do not let' ewes and lambs run on Old paotures so full of parasites which will prove destructive to young lambs, se What would you think of a man w'ho refused to join the local cow - testing ltosocintiot because it would make it impossible tor •him to C. itis poor cows to leis neighbor.,, •m+er:amyar.m.„nodi„-aK,m att.sr,c SMATR. .'t1lghest igloo paid for best grade 11500 goose, duck. chicken and turkey feathet•t. Geo. kI. Heefs, S -on 6 Co„ Ltd. l 276 Davenport �see vonpoot Roosd Toronto seeace, Tp 0 i (' tall ivai^ s wa080 ;:t a ND Ready Roofing, V ot.h alt sl rte t1011 0 - lee t'nll 1 )mrd, 1111, dint; i'anere, 18ret' I'afnty 010. Write f,1 In'ires "1 1 n Aare 1001155 by uuti't allege Mc41ir;Rl'trill9 811 70 os.c.t.c.outnta^-, "Unquestionably the Best Tires Made" For speed, safety and thoroughly satisfactory service, be sure to ride on "Dominion" Tires. The extra mileage makes them the best and cheapest to buy. 10 Sold by :he Leading Dealers Do you object to a fly lighting on +,_•j;,; the enol of your nose, and then trans- gram ferning its proboscis to some other tender spot when you wave your. hand? If not, just think of the many' flies which are teasing the life es' well ae. the good nature out of your, cattle in the moist woods, "Protection" For Your Home --- N "Free Trade" With Decay Everything with a surface needs surface protection. Not only the outside of your home, but every part of the inside—the floors, walls, furniture, , woodwork and meta parts. To paint, means protection and pre- servation and money saved on repairs, for wear and decay always start at the surface. To leave a surface unprotected by paint or varnish, means "free "100% Pure" Paint Tho Paint for wear ned weather. Senonr'sFioorPaint WeaThoreol.d reliable— it Vents, and wears, and "Neta" Tone" The sanitary agesheble F1nt Oil 1'n,nt for Anterior Decorations. "Wood•Lae" Stains Improve rho now — renew the old. "Y9'tavble-ite" Tho ono parfeet floor tinislt•-will not mor of arrateh white, under hardest weer, "Varnolesiiln" R ecu t ills s and pre.orve o Oi1C1.1thmul LinoWuar. trade" with decay and waste.at1a V,T- Yrtrt e J n 17. STIa-SUOMI They are the greatest material proi:ectoi,•a you can use—and the cheapest—because they spread easier, cover more surface and last longer. 136 �/�7tYy•�, jr�N�? I(;�` r�`r }• t� fj -;.ti +•'�r y , ati45 .F> C.iA MAT ti'`. a Lrti::,.ft ai �'"( `V 4 ll lf?4'i 8�1) CREENSIIIELD'S AVENUE, MOil 1 REAL bet eatetre The next time you have sacks to repair, instead of at'ki n.; the women folks for a needle and thread, ,just mix up some flour aed water into a thick paste. Turn the ancata wrong side out, cart t:atclt consider ably lager than the hole for each mace to be mended, cover the path with resin, slap it I in place and metes dry tvitlt of hot i All. lxltt tttn 5 r e+ la tl ,•„t, i The' sacks tenet be turned right Side nut before using. so the 'vetc'hes will be on the inside.- Give nside.Give • }tie method a to t l and you I will find that the pat.hee nre just as secure, and that they will last s jest es long, as if yott had t;pent hears of thn int sawing tltent int pin•e, Y Holland hes tltl yciglic ic,alificd 1 cme t t -yitt to ti; • n tib whom e;V,Vetive bot are not allowed to hold posts in the courts of ,instiee. Fcnte posts am tee coetty t:o'helve out in the weather to rot. Where they are to be atnred falx biome time, they ought 1.o bo •oi'erea over to sited water, -