HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-6-12, Page 3Beep the Garden Growing.
A good many or no gel rid of much
of our g'arde:ling enthusiasm when
the hot weather camas and the gar-
den looks Else it would be !tit hard
by drouth, or the quack grass en-
croaches, or a wet spell lets the tweeds
get ahead of us. it talses courage
then to push right in and insist on
making the garden continue to give
• a good account of Used'. Stili we
want garden truces all the season,
and a good supply for winter use, [Y
lady remarked rite other day that
she canned almost everything, even
rabbits and squirrels, and always had
plenty et' variety on her table and
had little to buy of anything she
- could raise. Tau: is the true spirit.
for all of us tri imbibe, and then the
high cat of titin;, will not frighten
ma There is not much that we will
net I in the vegetable line that we
c'ttn no
n C•roto
€, if tc0 determine to twur!:
for it and if we will g0 et the can-
ning right there is nothing we can-
not can and beat e fm• hinter Use.
rr our garden ba0 been well pre-
pared before planting and has been
kept stirred during the early part of
the season 100 must not neglect it
now or all this early work will he
lost. As the season advances the
need for quick cultivation after each
roe n is most imperative. I rho not
like to let a crust farm at all, but I
want to get cut with my five -prong
cultivating tool and stir that soil just
as saint as it is dry enough so it will
not pack together. It will be neces-
sary to go over it again in a day or
two for this moist soil will settle'
lied allow m:onte moisture to 11110$ up
to the air if this is not clone. After
the soil gets dry down as fur as stir'
-
red it doe's not matter if it to not'
stirred. again until a rain if it is not!
too gong fn coming.
Weeds and grass use ftp plantfood
and make the plants grow weak and
spindling even if there is plenty of.
moisture in the ground, so we must
keep down the weeds in wet spells as,
much as possible For hest results. We
can shave the weeds off at the sur
fee() when the ground is wet, without
injury to the soil, but we cannot dig
in the soil without computing it and
it will not come back into good me
chani('al condition again for a long
time.
there is 0 knack about hoeing to
be effective. I have known people to
hoe and leave the garden with spots
unstirred and with the weeds either,
cut off above the ground or not roti
at all, but buried, while another would
systenlaticatlly cover every inch of
the epane with an even stroke and
the work would be good for a long
time. It pays to be careful to do good
work for the other kind has to be
done over again before the job is
hardly finished. 1 aim to cut the
weeds far enough below the surface'
to keep them 1'torn starting up again
from the same roots. Of couese,I
where e e the shave them al the surface!
in wet weather it is only a temporaryi
makeshift and has to he well done
as soon as we can get at it, I
A good ninny crops mature quick -1
ly and we should plant such plots'
again at once. In order to do this!
effectually I plant with this enol in!
view and make the crops nurturing
together come together in the garden
as far as possible. Even when in
single rows or beds we can easily
plant again, and I prefer to plant toe
some other crop that is not liable
In attack by the same insects, for tree
are pretty apt to have a supply of
these on 'hand by the time the first
crop is off the ground. Plants that
have the aphis on them badly will
provide a mire death to any cam
crop eltbiect to aphis attuelcs if the
same ground is used. Cucumbers are
heat planted where no cucumber has
been grown fur et least a year pre-
, vious, Irate -planted cucumbers will
often bear surer then the early-
; planted, au1l one yeirr I got the very
hest restate from some vines that
came into bearing 111 September,
Owlish they will not .stand frost and
should be L•car'ng before there ds
danger from frost or even very chilly
nights,
Late planting for canning I have
found very effective, I have planted
beans, beets, earn and ignite other
quick -maturing crops so they 100.1111
(.01110 into Pilning condition along in
A1.,,cet and September, and then do
up a lot of canning all at (ince.
Top -dressing the soil with a well
pulverized manure will be a help
where the plants need •feerting, or
where two drops have been grown one
'after the other, especially if they are
both, or either, heavy growers. Bone-
' meal is a valuable fertilizer for gar-
! den use for it is concentrated and
contains both phosphorus and nitro-
; gen and is safe to use by those net
versed in the use of commercial fer-
tilizers. I have used it with good ef-
feet and know that it pays 10011 if
itediciously used. Where planted in
drills or rows the bonerneal can be
sprinkled along the row on either
side and then stirred into the soil.
Just a thin sifting four inches wide
will 1)0 enough if applied to each side
of the row.
' Poultry manure is good but it is
eery strong.and should be mixed with
dry dust and worked over until it is
all broken up and fine. Then scatter
along the row to a width of six inches
on each side, not over a quarter to a
half-inch in depth. Stir into the soil
at once. 1t is never a good idea to
give plants a heavy dressing of this
manure when they have been dry for
a long time until after it has rained,
If the ground is dry when applied, too
much of it is carried to the roots at.
once and often the result will be
drooping and sometimes dying plants
where thrifty ones were before,
Ono Way of Making Good.
Here is a case of two farmers who
-have been under the writer's observa-
tion for a few years. Their exper-
iences prove that a farmer's success
or .failure depends about as much on
his management as upon the crops he
produces. Both came from the same
distant province about six years ago,
and bought hind near us.
The one bought an .improved Isom
of 60 acres for $800, paying two-
thirds cash and agreeing to pay the
balance in two annual payments, He
brought improved implements with
him, and was able to cultivate more
acres than a poorly equipped farmer.
He planted largely of feed crops,
corn, peas, peanuts, and potatoes, and 1
produced much more than he could
gather or house properly. Other farm-
ers produced the" same crops, so only
a dull market existed for them, and
no profitable shipping. facilities were
convenient. Besides his two horses he
kept no livestock, not even a pig and
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the money which he spent for mill(
and butter would have paid for a cow,
110 made 00 improvements, not even
the -planting of a fruit tree; spent ,,
-tea ea
the aiuters in idlrneee,.and got deep-
ly
eep ly 1n debt. IIe sold his farm after four
years, orad, of Cou1•sa, blamed the
soil for his failure, IIe has gone to,
find a Letter place. Ile hes a croup
fulrtgy, 1)1111 with a sufficient number
of pigs and c•11lvee to ren -lime even
the waste be 00111e,1 halal lived indict.
pendent of the credit merchant I
Whatever puree he may select a:; hie
home he 10111 be a failure without a
c'hnnge of ttuuntgente1t.
The other lied only $150 in cad)
after paying; his and -hie family's
teanepart-atien. Ile. invesio 1 this, as
one-half paymemt on a 411-0••r;e fart
with a two -room dwelling, a pt a tis
of a barn, and a weals rail Nene.) a
its store of improvements, ale
brought hie meat andlard for the
first year. With these exce•1tion.; h
had everything to buy on credit, even
a horse. Ile soon lav; the reed of a
cow, so bought cite enc the Metall-
, merit plan, When he had paid allbut $5 the cow died. Ile ell the
' calf to complete the payment, and
bunght another cow on the same plan
as the
first oar
tion to a foreign power. The Phar-
isee exalted 1cinls112 in his prayer,
the publican humbled himself. The
parable dlustratr•s well the sayingof
Psalm 51: The seer lire„ of God are
f 6 a broken spirit; 11 broken and a eon-
INTER.'tT1ON:1i. 1.1aiF,0Y trite heart, O God, thou wilt net de-
spise,' Com)lare also leo, iii: 15. The
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fee has sold Butter enough to go
a long way toward buying needed
• supplies and cattle to the amount of
($0. 'three years ago he borrowed
money and bought a pair of pare -bred
hogs. Besides producing his own
meat and lard he has sold some hogs
at fancy price; for breeders. Itis
Gist hot'se, a plug, died just when he
was needed the most, but he bought
a good mare on credit to replace him.
IIe has built up-to-date fences, a
ptmltry here, and barns, and added
emitter room to his dwelling. He
has a fancily of small children, has
had much sickness and one death, all
causing him heavy expense. IIe has
planted fruit trees every year except-
ing one, and has already begun to
realize a profit from his orchard. He
has paid for his farm, owes no man
anything, and does not believe a bet-
ter place exists for a poor man. He
plans ahead and always has a de-
sired end in view.
Which of the two men makes the
better citizen?
How I Made My Poultry Pay.
The first of January, 1917, I bought
24 young Plymouth Rock pullets,
gave them good care and fed thein
for eggs. In three weeks they were
.laying finely. I then bought two
incubators. I set my hens' eggs and
added some others to fill up the in-
cubators. I set four hens at the
sante time.
My first hatch came off tho middle
of February. I hatched 266 fine
chicks from 389 eggs. I divided the
chicks among the four hens and a
good brooder. I kept part of the
chicks in the brooder at night until
they were six or seven days old, then
gave them to the hens. For their
first feed I gave them finely crumbl-
ed egg shells and prepared chick feed,
plenty of fresh water and fine grit.
After they were two weeles old I kept
hem '
t in a small building 1
d g wi th clean
litter for them to work in. I gave
them plenty of milk.
I raised 460 good chicks fron 553
eggs. At 3 months old I sold all but
87 pullets which I kept for winter
layers. I received $180.60 for the hens
and young chicks, the hens bringing'
$16.80, which, after I deducted $58
for the feed, eggs and oil for the in-
cubators, left $111.80 for my work
for four months, and my 87 pullets,
Then I began to feed for winter
eying. The first of September I gave
them a noon mash of beef scrap,
chopped bones and bran. After we
butchered our hogs, I fed a mash of
turnips, potato peelings, table scraps
and meat crackling's, with a table-
spoonful of sulphur once a week, My
pullets began to lay December first.
I sold eggs as follows: December,
$18,60; January, $28,63; February,
$35.75; March, $40.45; April, $38.94:
$162.87 in five months. I sold the 87
hens for $73.95 so the total for hens
and eggs was $236.32, The cost of
feed for the hens being $63, I had to
my credit $173.32 for the hens and
eggs, $11,80 for the young chicks,
making the total for all $285.12 .in
sixteen months,
Prizes for Racing Pigs.
Every year a pig race is hold at
Crone -sur -Marne, north of France, a
primo of 2,000 francs (400 dollars) be-
ing awarded the lucky rider of the
winning pig. This race is held in aac-
eardance with the terms of the will of
a wealthy tradesman of the village,
who died forty-two years ago, Ho or-
dered that amongst the amusements
of the annual fete should be included
a race with pigs, to be ridden 0lthee
by men or boys. The prize, however,
Was not to he handed to the winning
condition Jockey except on o tditlon Carat he
worn Cheep mourning for the deceased
for two years after the race. The
municipality accepted the eccentric
bogllaet, and these singular races have
been held regularly over since,
Tho Remedy.
"That young than stayed very late
again, Edith."
"Yes, papa; I was shoreing !nim my
picture post-ceids,"
"Well, the next time 110 wants to
stay late, you shote him genie of my
electric light bills."
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Prayer -.-Matt, ti: 'a-15; Lurie 18: 1.11. U0: went to brag, the other to pra:o.
Golden Text, Phil, d: )i, tine sintids up close, and treads on
Matt, (d: 5-1 The Lord's Prayer
Do not pray, Jesus :aid. "as tht
hypocrites." They pray ,.that they
1nay bL .411)1 1,,!' 10111," tlesirt
as reputation for : atictity which may
heighten their inlh•e, ter.ninon the
people, Better the at:)1'(t prayer
which God hears, the prayer in which
the heart speaks and the soul gee'
out t.0 Him in 410400 11(1(1 211301. Nor
i.; there need of ''00111 rope .,!tions" 01
of "010,11 speal:i,tg•," f.,r God I:new•s
the treed of those wile roll upon Him..
The model prayer wide!) J1'1312 gave
Itis db. iolee is remarkable.. for its
simplicity, it.; '111111, and its coin-
preheneiveeess. Caning upon the
I
heavenly ailll)•, it pl10d4 for the
reverence doe to Ms name, for the
coming of Ilia } .•dem, fur daily
li'ben. the uther dares not septi 311,0
eye;
Ora) nearer to Cod's altar trod,
The other to tho altar's God,"
Perhaps; n., prayer of pe mien •e h,,.<
} f 1
/e ri1 more a ten repeat' 1 Llan t tat.
of l} publican, and it 1100 ufte0 br�en •,
the last tittered prayer of the eo.e1
about to meet it; God. -end it ha:=
, many tint('.= l'r.'11 the tri and ) 13t
to whnne 1110 it f ❑r. 0001'•.-'1•il0y have'
put 10 the te,t and Mise proved the
elav'.aI ,teed that la that hur-1n!-
eth h)uselt :hall 1 e (.. a -t'' 1:'
'11u•t' aro - 0 ueo t 111011118 to he re,
built fn Go' eh vantat_d dietricte of
Prams:, atemding to stat1;)ies given
the Chamber of f11) 11) ,:.v by �!. Le.
Liar. al11111(1' of liberete•.d terl•ituries,
•ars a foci) de'l,p,tt+tt l'bree loco•
dr,•d ih.auau+i hail.lu, 1wet•)'• totally
1,•:•1r((4'!. while 21(1,20) wore deetroy-
1 in Bart.
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food, for fr re'vc•n of m;inc, enc! for!
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t .11.1 from evil. 'this i, •'U.e •
• prayer that 11a:lces to pray."
Luke 1t+: 1-11. I'::raide:; of Pray-
er, ''The unjust judge." 'file par-
able presents an •trl1,anent from te,
less to the greater witnea. If the
less proves the case, how much more
convincing will the greater be! If
the unjust and seltdsh judge can be
moved be. enntimlal pleading that will
not be denied, how nluetl mere will
the goon and just God he moved to
;let on behalf of His own! Men ought,
therefore, "always to pray, and not
to faint." Faith in Got] means such
trust and confidence in Ilii 0; will
not despair of His goodness, bet will
keep watch, wait patiently, and keep
on praying. "Pray without ceasing,"
"The Pharisee" belonged to a sel-
ect society of men who were zealous
to maintain the ancient 1awe) and cus-
toms of Israel's religion. In their
origin, one hundred to one hundred
and fifty years before the birth of
Christ, they were sincere and honest,
even if narrow, champions of the an-
cient faith against Greek and other
innovations. They became, for a
time, an. active political party, but
now, under Roman rule, they were
chiefly interested in preserving,
through a display of religious formal-
ity, their hold upon the minas of the
common people, and their influence
in the great Jewish council which
controlled purely Jewish affairs of
religion and morals. While there were
still good men among them, many
were merely wearing a mask of piety
and well deserving the name of hypo-
crite which Jesus more than once ap-
plied to then. They "devoured wid-
ows' houses and for a pretence made
long prayers,"
"The publican" was a tax collector,
in the employ of the Roman Govern-
ment, and so was looked upon as 11
traitor to, or as an outcast from, his'
own people, who hated their subpec-i
Dive Little rirolhers.
Fite '.ittle' brother,r set out together
To j':urney the livelong day.
In a •.!rims.1 carriage :all mode of
leather
They harried away, away!
One b!;; 1a•othc,r and three q'.aite small,
And cne wee fellow nes size at u11, I
The carriage was 'hock and no:11 to;,
r'., my,
And they caul•! 11111 move mitt:
The lie tittle 1r.t!urs grow very
gloomy,
and the t 1 a e11e 11"4an to putt,
Till the biggest one w•h.i ,pored, "What
do you say?
Let's :cave the carriage and run
away.
So out they scampere'1, the five to-
gether,
And off arca away they sped,
When somebody found the carriage
of leather
Oh, my, how she shoots her heal'
'Twos her little boy's shoe, as every
one knows
And the five little brothers were
five little toes.
Ex -Empress Eugenie 93.
The ex -Empress Eugenie, who w111
9th on May 5, strikes ail who see Isere
, as the pletul•e of good, but not robust,
health. Prince and Princess Napoleon
are still residing with -'Iter Imperial
Majesty,' as M. Pic•hon (the French
' Foreign Minister) styled her last
1 lututrin when telling a great gathering
of Alsatians and Lorratners In Paris
: that she !tad presented to the French
archives the original letter written to
her in October, 1570. by the K111g of
Prussia (then at Versailles) declining
her appeal to him not to insist upon
the annexation of Alsace and Lor-
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Why Life: is Sweet
he' -,vv heart the chaplain
1 • n a r ,ay from the line of freshly
ru of ,.1.,'-e,' 1(1 which he had just
t ff1 311 '11. It had not been one of
the)0111"l great battles, but it had
• tee en seven lives, and each life taken •
meant a hcartirroken home across the
water,' land carte life 31iu1 been laid
down before its owner bed h<ul a fair
,rte„1100 10 1ite, (111'.' lir ow seven was
a young mart who Lade fair to make
a great difference t , his generation,
had Ile lived - the l:'ol of fellow of
wh011 his friend,, in desrriLing 11110,
•11111ast i110ardab:y said, "lie? Oh,
ire's a prince!" ---and 11,E
On the way Lads the oba;dain turn-
ed to the .cl geont fa eharg e of the
funeral settl1,3,
"Sergeant,” ," he sell!, "I -ash you'd
tell me r.hy- you fellow:; r',iunteered
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't e. saw s 1 thing !het lied 4•n be
dire r everything, w Id .v to pot.
eattirelly ire w:n,u! t0 1111(11 a
hand in it to Dee that it was. rune
right."
"'You mean d, yea," the chaplain
asked, "that you .lid it.to :n::'}:e this
a (tetter world?"
"Yes said the erge:wt, "I think
cha1's it."
The ehaplti311 ihntl 111 of days be -
foie the ,..u. IIe tIr !silt e,• the men
and women who merely eeeeptc•l the
world made '.eautiful t,e lira in ---by
the u•ritico, of others 11 the pa,t—
accepi,'.l it thuughtle+'y e a plil0e
in which to enjoy tet m elven, He
thought of these who Were willing
—ler the salve of money --to make
this a Poorer, meaner. unhappier
world. He thought of all ten brave
lives now baring their breasts to bul-
let and shell, now literally potu•ing
out their heart's blood "to make this
a better world," The chaplain clench-
ed his fist.
"After these sacrifices," be said to
the sergeant, "God pity any miser-
able wretch in the future who for
money would try to make it a poorer
world!"
"I guess he'll need all the pity he
can get, all right!" said the sergeant•
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Holding the Hired Man.
The problem of holding hired men
was solved by one farmer by four
carefully thought out methods. He
declares that these four methods may
be used anywhere.
First, he pays a fair *age by
cheque promptly the first day of each
month, even .if be has to borrow
money at the bank to do it,
Second, 11e makes the rest hours
of -the help comfortable by satisfac-
tory sdeep,ing quarters and a comfort-
' able sitting room of their own, This
last point is one of which be makes
much. For years the hired help stay -
(1 around the barn, were in the way
n the kitchen, or came into the fam-
ly living room. This was not always
leasant and prevented the privacy
he family really desired. Ills daugh-
er at last pointed out that a one-
torey room could be built at one
orner of the house and heated from
the furnace, at reasonable expense.
his room is plainly but comfortably
urnished. It has linoleum on the
oar which can easily be .cleaned, a
ceding table with books and maga-
hies and papers, comfortable chairs,
rattan couch, neat muslin curtains
ind a few good pictures. The couch
as cushions with washable covers.
verything has been selected with
e idea that it is not going to be too
ood to use nor too difficult to keep
nice condition if men come in for
n hour's rest at noon after work in
he fields or at the barn. A second -
and but good talking machine helps
add to their enjoyment.
Third, wholesome and satisfactory
eats are furnished regularly. What
gger inducement could be offered
hired help?
Fourth, a standing offer of $1 is
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years 1913 and 1914, when there wore �
very heavy revenues in the form of
bon01 es, eousetjuent illian thio roireiva1 .,
of timber tipenses, The feereet rev.-.,
enues for the year ended (7etober 31,
1918, aggregate $582,538, This figure
includes $80.555 from tho fire protec..1
tion tax. The aggregate of forest rev -
0111100 (10•{15 the preceding year was
$443,848. These figures show the ex•
tent to which the Provincial Govern-.
merit is dependent upon fie revenues
from (,rot'n timbei lances to mcet;,tlto
('0pcitkes of ailnlimstratimn of the Gov=
ernment. Now Brunswick has a well
organizers forest service which is
erting every effort to protect the
forest Iamb; of the province, with a
view to the perpetual maintenance ot
their productivity.
"No life is wasted in the great
worker's 3111116,
The gone too poor to polish in
itself
We grind to brighten others."
--Philip Juvnes Bailey.