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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1926-10-20, Page 2WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20, 192. 0 1%WeAYeA7z_slAYcAYcAML,110 SilverF are is a Modern Necessiv A in what better indication of taste and refinement than a service of celebrated COMMUNITY PLATE The Tableware De Lieza ItOSOLI Of our complete stocks this store is fast becoming known as headquarters for this delight- ful were Prices Most Reasonable J. R. WENDT Jeweler Wroxeter Ontario Perennial Sow Thistle is Worst Weed Farmers Have to Combat Ontario Agricultural College Profes- sor Reports Weed is Spreading Rapidly and That it Threatens to Overrun Fields and Drive Out the Farmers in Some Localities -Alarmed over the spreal of the perennial sow thistle in Ontario, de- clared to be the worst weed that the faemer has to combat at the preesnt time, government repreeentetives are co-operating in a province -wide drive to eradicate it, the idea bs'ne• to edu- cate •farmers to its serious:: esA and the best methods of control. A etutly of the situation has been made by Professor S. E. Hewitt of the hotels- . Ica) department, Ofitaris Agricultur- al College, at Guelph, . Professor Hewitt reports that he has found the COW thistle in almost every county and states that it is spreading so rap- idly and 60 persistently in some parts of Ontario that it tend$ entirely to oreertm the fields and dress out the farmer. An article on the sow thie- tle has been prepared by Peofesser Hesvitt, The Perennial Sow Thissle is rap- idly and widely spread :ay meane of its numerous seeds, which are blown far and wide by the wind and to some extent by its abundant underground rootstocks, which, with remarkable rapidity, spread through a field send- ing up new shoots which soon entire - coyer the ground and choks out all other vegetation," states Professor Revvitt, "The rootstocks when brok- en are often carried from field to field by harrow or cultivator. It has been estimated that an average plant spreads two thousand seeds. There are thousands and thousands of these plants going, to seed on nepeected farms and roadsides and in fence corners. Many more mature plants are harvested with grain an 1 there millions of seeds scattered at harvest time. Is it to bewondered at that the Perennial Sow Thistle i beam- ing such a serious peet in :he Prov- ince of Ontario. Suggestions Mr its Suppresston 1.—Bear in mind that a few pat- ches of Perennial Sow Thistle if al- lowed to mature, may seed down it whole neighborhood. Therefore take every precaution to prevent the seed- ing of patches in meadows, grold fields, fence corners and on the road- side. 2.—Watch for the first two or , three patches in the field and destroy ; them before the pest becomea estab- lished. 3.—Be careful not to hallow or cultivate through patches an i drag the underground routstocks all over the field, 4.—Perennial Sow Thistle thrive.t n.sost luxuriously on rather low, "damp land. Underdraining tberefore'would help to control it. 5. --Sheep are fond of this weed. ; and if turned on a field after harvest ; will prevent it seeding, and by their close cropping weaken the under- , ground roots. itte, .Methods of its Suppression I 'es Crop 'Rotation.—Crop rotatOn itt of utmost importance in dealing with the Perennial Sow Thistle. Sense sharp, short rotation of .crops ehould -be adopted which allows of the free; 'quent use of the cultivator, the sots; ling of the flowers before seeding 1. and the introduction of a ereetheS or :hoed crop. We cannot recommend the system of cropping that will be .suitable for all kinds of farming. Bads farmer Must eelect the rotation , which is most suitable to his condi- tions, keeping in mind those feature ; of rotation which will best enable ; hfin to fight the Perennial Sow This, the I Smothering -e -The aim of this meth- od is to kill the weed by 'delm!song it a light and air. This is accompli.bed .by getting, 'some quick-growthir crop ! such as rime or buckwheat eetablish- el on the lamd while the thiste, jj it weakened condition. trhe -result is that sthe, smother mole soon oecuplet, every s availablo foot of land and 11 belts e (Tense shale in Which the $ thistle in its weaktned. state! cannot continue to grow. Hewed crops.—The growing of such crops as potatoes, corn and roots which allow of thorough culti- vation and hand hoeingprovide:. a moans by which many weds can be effectively fought. Hoed mops elan, do not vire entire satisfaction it fighting the Perennial Sow Thistle. Tine is largely due to the fact that in cultivating and hoeing the roote are mit but not all destroyed, and in it short time some begin to grow again. • Hoed crops therefore should be used in keeping a pest in hesk ; but should not be depended on alone. . They should be used in coane ; with other methods as outlined fur- ther on. Summer Fallowing.—This method is extremely efficacioue with all sorts of weeds including the Persnnisl SOW Thistle. By fallowing f or this weed a bare fallow is understood or at least one which is given sufficient cultivation to prevent the pest from making any growth above g.round during the growing season, .A ne- glected fallow is nothing more or less than a seed bed and a source ef con- tamination for every field on the farm. The chief objection to fallow- ing is the lying idle of the field for a season but this is probably offset by the effectiveness of the method as compared with other methods which require a great deal more labor, time and attention. A great many farmers in Ontario claim that on the whole this method is the most economic:II and most effective. Digging by Hand.—Small patches can be destroyed by digging out the plants with a fork, roots And all and burning them. This patch :should be watched and if new shoots appear they should be taken out at once. In an ordinary season several dig- gings are required to completely ex- terminate a patch. Detailed Methods Several meflods Of exterminating the Perennial Sow Thistle ase here- in outlined in detail. They should all be used in connection with it rot- ation of crops. If a farm is overrun by 'this weed it should be cleaned up field by field, More land should not be under crop than can be properly looked after. Seeding' down of alf- alfa or sweet clover following, gaol ciliate:tier: will do mucn to hold this (I in check in those fields on th,y term which cannot be properly look- ed after if put in with a cropreouir- ing cultivation. . Method No. 1—This- method is SlIO: gested by Professor Zav its, who found it effective in the eradication of Quack Grass. Cultivate the field until about the middle of June, run- ning over it frequently with Inc cul- tivator to keep the tops dowe and thus weaken the "rootS," Then ap- ply manure at the rate of about 20 tons per acre (12 good loada). Cul- tivate the manure in thoroughly and with a double mould board plow slightly ridge up the land, making the ridges a bout 2 inches apart, On- ihe ridges sow casture tape at the rate of 1 1 the, pee acre. Itis im- portant that the right amount of rape should be sown, for if too little is sown the stand will not be thick en 'nig'h to smother the weeds, an:1 if on the other hand, too mueli is sown the plants will be :too nowded end not grow vigorously enomeh to• keep ahead of the thistle. ,iow Ihe rape when the land is suffieiently moist to insure quick germination of the seed. If the rapt, is slow Im eterting the Sow Thistle 'ragy get a :daet in the rewe end thus necessitate land cultivation there. Cultivate the rape ONTrY week or ten days it it ocoupies an the ground end maks further cultivation impossible. If, when the rape is cu I, or pastured, any Sow Thistle remain, the hill :Mould te ridged up the last thing in the fall and put in with it hoed crop the ollowing year. This :should not be ecessary if a good stand of rape is cettred. THE BRUSSELS POST ) Method No. 2.—This is a system of ; intensive cropping suggested by Pre- fesstoe Zavitz. Al soon as a cereal ; crop.is harvestel, plow the land and Igive frequent cultivation to the first or midclle of September. Th,li sow 1 whiter rye at the rate of about two ; bushels per acre. This can be pastur- (,1 the following spring, or cut for . hay or grain, As soon as: the crop is , off the land, put it ha rape, turnip. ! or buckwheat. The advantage of this I system is that three ['reps are harvests ! (el in two years and the Sow.Thistis fought at the same time. - Method No. 13.—Clover ie followed by it crop of grain, then elover again. The clover is cut in Tune and the land plowed about four inches, deep and given frequent and thorough cultivation during the rest cf the summer. The f ()Bowing eyeing a grain cede is sown, seeding down with 'clover. For hest results the grain crop should be one which can be cut early enough to prevent the thistle from seeding. Method No. S.—Directly after har- vest ploy the land lightly, and then eive fr.:dm:est cultivation as long as the seasen permite. The following ,Arnin,_!: gong -plow, and leave in sum- mer fallow until it is tiine co sow fall wheat. The summer fallow to be at feetive meet be a late fallow. The field must be cultivated theroughly and frequently, with the obj'ect. of keeping the tops down and breaking up tied bringing to the surf:ace of the ground as many of the roots as possigle. The gang -plow should oc- casionally be run over the bell in order to insure- the cutting of the 'vote. Bare summer fallow has giv- enexcellent results on the 'College farm in seasons when other methotls were at best only partially effective. GOOD BOX LUNCHES There are thousands of Men who enter factories and offices every working day with a title paper pack- age in their hands. Tce the home- maker with imagination, those paper wrapped bits of food speak infest. elo- quently. Almost without exception they proclaim an army of perplexed women who cudgel their brains daily to keep lunches from pallieg on fick- le appetites. "Can't you think of something you'd like to -morrow?" is their oft - repeated appeal to their men folk. And almost always the men reply to the same effect: "Oh, just some- thing to eat!" The intelligent woman of to -day, however, knows very well that her problem is not as easily solved as all that. Most that she and her family get out of life depends entirely upon this man for whom she puts up thet daily lunch. Nevertheless, in all that vast army of women there are comparatively few who have accepted the lunches as inevitable and sea:els-0d to make the best they can out of the situation. Of these few is one with this viewpoint: Joy in the Box Lunch "I thoroughly enjoy planning my husband's lunches," she says. "Each day I try to think of something a little different, and many times I tuck in a little surprise, like a chocolate bar or some salted peanuts. And I do not think that just becauss the lunch is for a hard-working man it should not have a few touches of daintiness. I bake individual pies for him in small pie tins, and in packing I put another pan, inverted, on top to prevent crushing; these small tins cost as little as cwo fax five cents. I make his cakes in gem pans, often cutting one in the middle and platting in a filling like a layer cake before icing the top, just, for the variety. "I bought mayonnaise dressing one time because it Was in a half-pint screw-top jar that would hold a bit of sauce for my husband's lunsh. I slip it into his pocket often, filled with cut-up fruit with orange juice over it, relish, salad and the like. On Sunday 1 generally bake a cup custard in it, or some pudding that looks more appetizing that way than when it im broken. If I have to break a pudding, like blanc mange, I fill the jar with whipped eream. Color Contrasts "f try to make everything in hie lunch look as well to the eyt: 1544 it tastee, to piqup. hie curioeity and his appetite, T try to give him well- balanred men, but what geed ie that if ho doesn't care for 'she food? So 1 dress up salads with 5 bit of color cc:Mr:oats and even use them in sandwiches and cakes. Anti I feel well -repaid for all theilefffort I put on this part of my homemaking be - ranee my Mishima really enjoes his lutiches and says that he looke for- ward to seeing what's in pack- ages I've given him.' One TNI.:1011 this part of a hem- maker`e work is difficult ls the; there is no particular place in the kituben tor doing it where at will no; inter- fere with the prepahation of breaks feet, and often the two .meals venset be looked , after at .tho. snare time. LOST AND FOUND Sympathetic Lady: "Aro you lost?" Tommy .(in tears): "No, but I've found a street I don't know!" TWO OF A N.I.ND Teacher: "A biped is some- thing that goes on two lest. Is there anybody that can give me an example?" PupR: "A pair of shoes!" •O es se FREE Lady Passenger: "Do you charge for children?" Bus • Conductor: "Under five W e do not." "Well, I have only three." EXPLAINED "Isn't that a new piece?" "Oh, no! The piano has just been tuned." EXPERIENCED "Were you ever in a position where You had to talk about something of which you were ignorant?" "Sure. I've been through college!" ,ts ss LASS AND 'LASSES "You shouldn't say "lessee'," reprimanded the mother. "You must say Ono -lasses'." Betty (aged five) "But, mum- my, why should I say 'mo-lesses' when I haven't had any yet?" He (during lull in game): "Isn't the grass coming along splendidly?" She (displeased by his lack of activity): "Yes, especially on OUR side of the net" VEILED "This spinach seems to be rather stringy, don't you think so?" "Well, you might try eating it with your veil up, dear," TOCi SM.ALL "Why did you move out. of that fiat you just rented?" "Oh, it jsyas too small to read the Sunday papers in!" es. ee oti AND THE APPLES ARE GOOD About this time of year the newspaper editors, who print three lines of news of the day en the front page and continue the rest in the back of the pap- er, want to know why the far- mers put the large apples on the top of the barrel. es es 4. STATUS DECLARED Oswald: "I've been declared a semi -pro I" "How come?" "Pa gave me a nickel for beat- ing Willie Garfinkle in tennis." One woman solved this difficulty by painting an old commode to match the woodwork in her kitchen and using it exclusively for the prepara- tion of lunches, Here are kept par- ing and bread knives, and woe be- tide anyone who used them for any other purpose! Paper napkins:, oiled paper, paper plates and cups, string, jelly glasses with close -fitting covers were all to be found in one of the drawers. In the other drawer were kept articles she had picked up that had good suggestions for lunches, and a notebook in which she record- ed anything that would help her in this work, She never trusted her ancillary for anything along this line, but would make a note on even the margin of a newspaper and copy it under the proper heading in the :note- book as soon as ehe could. Menus , Among some of the menus for well balanced lunches that she had accum- tilted, were, the •following: Cheese sandwiches, orange, dates stuffed with nuts, gingerbread or molasses cookies. Hard-boiled eggs; Imead end butter sandwiches, celery, prunes stuffed with peanut butter or raisins, Baked beans; lettuce sandwiches; apple sauce; small cakes. - Peanut -butter sandwiches, apple jelly roll, cup custard, Tsvo sandwiches; one of brown bread and butter, one of white breed with butter; at hard-boiled egg, dev- Bed; two cookies; an orange. A ;sandwich made of chopped meat and mayonnaise, three olives or three 01811 pickles, a frosted choco- late, clap cake, an apple, a pin l; et A chopped egg and bacon saedwich jelly tumbler of cote 41OW, three cookies,- an orange. Two peanut -batter sandwiches, one ' having chopped plekle, and one jelly, mixed with the peanut butter; au ap- ple tart; three pieces of chocolate fudge; a pint of milk. Two buttered rolls; jelly tumbler of fruit salad; a cup custard; two cookies, Variety may often be introduced into the lunch by varying tile breads as well as the spreads, It is not ut all difficult to make delimous nut bread, raisin bread, whole-wheat bread, finger rolls and steamed braWe bread. Steamed brown bread, gen- erously spread with butter, theu With cottage cheese, snakes it sandwich that is alicious. Add to this a small pot of baked beans, sense fruit and a bit of sweet and . one has in small compass 'a very satisfying meal even for an adult. Well -made corn bread is too seldom found in the lunch. This .with dev- iled eggs, plenty of fruit and some molasses drop cakes or a cherry test will find favor with almost env man. Novelties A few novelties that some home makers introduce into the lunches they put Up are as follows; - A crim stalk of celery, With cheese worked to a paste and put in the concave opening.Nuts added to the cheese give added variety. • A pie crust rolled out thin and cut in six-inch squares and filled with ;1, pound of hamburg steak mixed wlth an equal amount of :raw pota- toes, °areas, celery and onions. All this must be put through the food chopper, seasoned well with ealt and pepper, then rolled in small amounts in each pip crust. The ends should be pressed together and the ,tie baked slowly until tbe meat and vegetables are tender. Vrap each roll in wax- ed papet before packing for the lunch. Meat rolls are also among the sub- stantials men like in a lunch. Chop 1 pound of fresh lean pork as fine as for sausage and season it well with salt and pepper and a little sego or onion. Sprinkle a level tablespoon- ful of flour over the meat, add half a cupful of. cold water and stir well. Make a baking -powder biscuit dough, roll it out about ,A of an inch thick and cut large circles from it—a sau- cer may be used as a guide. Into each circle put two spoonfuls of the meat and fold the dough over com- pletely to cover the filling. Bake it delicate brown. Delicious Filling A delicious filling for pointed din- ner rolls consists of soup meat, after it has been boiled for soup, onion, hard-boiled eggs and celery, bentati together with mayonnaise. Use one small onion, two stalks of eelery and $ eggs to each three-quarters of a pound of the meat put through the food chopper. Chop the eggs also and the celery. Probably the greatest help one can have in putting up lunches with var- iety to them is a well -supplied lunch shelf. If every, time the homemaker buys groceries she gets something for this, the task will soon become a plea- sure. One gets inspiration for all sorts of good things if one has. on hand pickles, jams, nuts, peanut but- , ter, potted veal, potted chicken, mar- achino cherries, marshmallows, rais- ins, baked beans, canned pimentos, salad ()dressing, cheese, cookies, dates figs, olives, sweet chocolate, preserv- ed ginger, graham crackers, acacia crackers canned peas and beets, and relishes. PENSION FOR THE SIGHTLESS With every conceivable effort be ing made to mitigate the hendicape Of the blind and to render life' com- fortable and happy for them, it is not surprisint that the Canadian National Institute for the BMA, Toronto, has included in its rernelial program gov- ernment pensions for sightless per- sons, For two years this matter has been under consideration, arid Capt. P. A - Baker, general secretary of the. C. N. I, 13., dealt with it at some length in his last annual report; when he re- commended that "the Institute sec- :ure provincial legislation leading to the establishment of old -age pensions foe relief by the provinces for nec- essitous blind pen:ties 50 • years of age aed over." "This," said Capt. Baker, "is an -obviously necesary measure, since, 'first, very few in this class are em- ployable, • eren when measured against low working or earning sten- dente; and, second, oar indus'mie3 are already becoming crowded with in- dividuals past this ige limit, and tor whom other provision must he Made, Unless such proviaion is secured the Instittite ts :faced with the necessity, in the not fae distant future, of em. - playing a large majority of ite funds in supporting uneMployeble people, to the exclusion and detriment of young, induetrially capable, and am- bitious blind individuals desiring, spec - •••••••••••••....mv, ami*aorma Aormaamr.amme.......a• anada s Iest Piano 1 —Pe -ices from $375.00 up TERMS TO SUIT ALL Do not waste time Solving' puzzles but get in touch with thes old established and reliable firm and get full value for your money. Mason Lsch 97 Ontario St. Phone 171 Stratford. 1 The Car Owner's Scrap -Book I 1 ••••1•1.2". ; (By the Left Hand Monkey Wrench) CAUSE OF VALVE TROUBLE Valve trouble is often traced to back pressure from the muffler. In case of back pressure remove the. muffler and clean the soot and car- bon from the plates Or tubes .or re- move one of them.. -- UNDERINFLATION RUINS TIRES Underinflatini a high pressure tire to make car, riding easier causes the side walls to bend to such an ex- tent that they give out long before they should and the life of the tiro is greatly reduced. There is ills) con- siderable waste of fuel in running on soft high-preszure tires. CARBURETOR MIXTURES Carburetors can be made to supply safe mixtures or dangerous ones. The carburetor should be adjusted so that stepping on the accelerator will make the car jump out of dans ger. If stepping on the gas chokes the engine and causes it slow down, it is as dangerous as brakes that fail. STARTING ON MINIMUM OF GAS After the car has rust out of gas- oline it is necessary to primt the carburetor by turning the engine over with the starter until the vac- uum sucks enough gasoline through the feed line to start the engine. It is sometimes a good plan to remove the plug from the top of the vacuum tank and pour in a half pint of gaso- line. Or, if the vacuum tank is hard" to get at, remove the cover frm the float chamber of the karburetor and pour in enough gasolme to keep the engine running for one minute. OILING HIDDEN PARTS The best way to lubricate conceal- ed parts of the car without getting under the chaassis is to drill small holes through the running board aprons, dash, car flooring and under the rear 'seat compartment directly afove the part to be oiled. The size of the hole required de-Amds an the accessibility of the part under it. If only the oil -can spout is to bs, flaco- n -iodated, a half-inch hole is sufficient but if a grease cup is to be reached, a four -inch or five -inch hole with tin cover should be cut. Many leads can be reached with a piece of copper gasoline pipe, drilled in th.. floor board, and the oil fed to a bearing by dropping into a tube. The wise motorist donsults an ex- pert before having any adjustments made on his car or before making them himeelf. The lack of oil in the engine is in- dicated by knocking, overheating, re- duced power and squeaking oe pis- tons in the cylinders. BEARINGS AND THEIR CARE Bearings should last as long as the . car. When they show excer,ivo wear ing, it is principally due to the lack of lubrication. The elements of a ! car, roughly speaking, may be divid- ed into two 'parts—those which aro of themselves practically stationary ' when the car is in motion, such as ' the body, frame and top, and those parts which are 'in action -when the car is in motion, such as the reeip- rocating parts of the engine, the re- volving gears in the transmission and the parts which ireemdiately - aid in the propulsion of the car or that make propul-sion possible. Practical- ly every case of failure of these mov- ing parts is due to 'insufficient lubri- cation, and it Is a' simple matter to grease bearings and the lubrication chart and instruction book will solve this matter in just a few moments. GRINDING VALVES' Tho correct system to lise when grinding valves is as follows': Get a set of new valve cap gaskets, some valve grinding compound, and a valve spring lifter. Remdve the valve caps and valve spring covers. Scrape the carbon off the top of if valve aria see if it is numbered. If not, number the valves with a centre punch. Next slide the valve spring tool under the valve spring cup and raise the spring. The valve will probably lift wlth the spring.. If not, lift it with a screw driver, and then insert a wire under the valve head. Then press dorm the valve, remove the key and let down the spring. The valve can then be pulled out with the wire. Remove the spring. Next scrape Uscarbon off the valve and then smea ra thin coating of the valve grinding com- pound on the valve, put the valve in pike, and with a screw driver or oth- er tool revolve it back and forth on its valve seat, lifting it and giving it a half turn periodically. A thin grey line will form on the valve, and then when this is free from black marks. or "pits" the valve has been ground and it can be replaced ( efter a thor- ough cleaning) and reassembled with its spring. Never park in a puddle of oil; oil eats rubber. Measuring the bores with micro- meter callipers Is the only way to properly determilfe the condition of cylinders. When -passing a car at night, watch !the curb or roadside .ane run as clime to the left .side as safety penults. Do not cast eyes to the glare of opposing headlights, es there isit possibility of a head-on collision or running off the road, ial training or larger opportunity." In choosing 50 as the age at which it blind person may receive it pension, the Canadian National Institnte for the blind has followed the precedent 1set by Britain. An old -age pensions bill affecting the whole. of Canada I and benefiting persons 70 years of age and over,, would also apply—if passed—to blind people 50 and over. It is eStimatol that thcgo 'ole 7000 sightless persons in Canada, 50 per cent of whom are over 50 years of age. Of this percentage, $000 would be eligible for pension, but the cost of assieting them by ttlatns of monthly payments would be, when , brought to a per capita basis, very , 'small indeed. I It usually takes a head to get ahead. l A "pro" and his "Profit" make a "fit" pair. Boys usad to go to college to get a sheepskin, Now they want it rac- coon coat. The cent -a -mile air rate recently predicted will possibly eau -se many a transportation company to go up in the air, Reading about the hog -calling con- test, the winner of which was able to make hiensolf undertsood it mile away, makes one wish that somebody would start a little competition among train announcers at raiload stations, Politician's should remember that it's hard to keep one's balanca on a "wet" plank. A woman was overheard saying that she thought the new movie, "The Scarlet Letter," would make a splen- did story if• it were "novelized!" Shades of Hawthorne! It has been said that courtesy costs nothing, but the toll on the word "please" in telegrams sent in tho United States'amounts, according to the Dearborn Independent, to $10,- - 000,000 annually. Thl'se who have stood amid the book stacks of a great Tibrary and felt overwhelmed by the thousands of volumes, may draw what comfort they can from the statement of Carl H. Milam, secretary of the American Library Association, that .although 288,000,000 volumes are printed an- nually, the libraries of North Amer- ica have been able to aceumulate only 10,000,000,