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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-5-7, Page 6Folks who .waist, the very best use RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE T -e ,Evecrease When.discussing the value of a certain horse, the question of its age always comes up, and someone will say: "Now old is he, Ed?" The person addressed quietly walks over to the animal in question, deftly opens its mouth and, after a short inspection of its front teeth, answers: "He's coming eight:" Though the performance looks like sleight of hand to a person who has never taken the time or trouble to learn this simple operation, yet it is as easy as reading the daily news- paper. First of all, you should know how to open a horse's mouth without in - suiting him. By doing thisin a quiet Ind easy manner wou will avoid all struggling on the animal's part. With the left hand, slip the fingers over the tongue on the left side of the face, just back of the tushes. Grasp the tongue gently but firmly and stick the thumb up against the roof of the mouth. The horse, full of wonder- ment, opens his mouth, and by using your thumb as a pry, you can prevent his closing it. At the age of six, the horse has a full mouth. By what he mean all the milk teeth have been shed, and the permanent teeth have reached their, normal size. The age is determined entirely by the appearance of the' front teeth. In these nippers, or front teeth, will; be found cups, which are small round' or oval depressions of a dark brown( color. Beginning at the age of six,' all the twelve front teeth will be found to have cups. Between the ages of six and seven, the ,cups in the two lower centrals: wear smooth. A year later, the cups of the two: lower intermediates have disappeared.: At nine, or slightly before, the cups; have vanished from the lower corner; teeth. In other words, if you open a horse's mouth at this age, you will find the grinding surfaces on all the'. lower front teeth. There is a period; about this age when it is rather diffl- cut to determine the exact year, and this is the reason why there was such a large crop of colts nine years ago,' About nine and a half years the eups of the upper centrals wear away. At ten the upper intermediates have lost their identifying cups. At eleven the upper corners are smooth, and the animal has reached the mature period of a smooth mouth. After twelve years of age the teeth begin to grow angular; the depres- sions above the eyes grow deeper; gray hairs appear around the ears, and the ribs lose their springy feeling. Of course, the teeth of horses vary greatly, and one may be n- sled sever- al years by using this system alone, or without much practice. For ex- ample, one animal may possess very hard, perfect teeth, which wear down slowly, and at ten years of age may show a normal seven-year-old mouth. Another horse, with rather soft teeth end raised in a sandy country, may at the age of seven exhibit a typical ten -year-old mouth. Topalm of steeds of venerable age on unsophisticated buyers, dishonest traders sometimes "bishop" a horse's mouth. This Is done by making arti- ficial cups in the front teeth with a small chisel, and then marking the de- pression with a dark coloring matter. To carry out the deception, the un- fortunate beast is given a large dose of stimulant, so that it cavorts around like a five -year. -old. Eggs for Incubation. Dealing with things worth ren.eut- bering in artificial incubation, Mr. F. C. Efford, Dominion Poultry Husband- man, has this to say: Good healthy breeding stock is more than half a successful hatch. The fresher the egg the better a chance of a good hatch. Don't let broody hens sit on the eggs several days being being gathered, nor allow the eggs to become chilled. If eggs have to be kept several days be - lore incubation, keep them in a coven- ed box or pail, not in an open basket, as it allows too much evaporation, Keep them in a fairly even temper- eture' of from fifty to sixty degress l+', Select only normal eggs, discard - tug the long, the round, the rough or thin shell, .the double -yoked and all others that have any marked peculiar- ity. Be careful of rough handling at the first of the hatch; treatment that will do no harm towards the end . of the hatch might .kill every germ tho first day or two. • Planting and Cultivating Blackberries. The blackberry, not being a hardy fruit, its commercial planting is re- commended in mild districts only. It should be planted in he. spring, as early as itis possible to properly work the land into condition. A soil should be chosen ' that is not 'retentive' of moisture and not too rich in nitro- genous material. . Good clay loam is recommended by the Dominion Norti- culturist. At, the start an application of well -rotted manure should be plow- ed in. Blackberries should be set in rows eight feet apart and with the bushes threefeet apart in the rows. Constant cultivation is necessary through the first season. When the plants have reached two feet in height they should be pinched back, and in the autumn all canes except three or four of the strongest should be cut out. In the second season pinch back the new shoots as soon as they reach two feet in height. Remove in the fall all but five or six of the strongest canes. After the second year, th the autumn remove all canes that have, borne fruit and all but five or six of the strongest ones. Blackberries are propagated more rapidly by division of the roots, the root being cut into pieces about three inches in length in', the spring or fall. These -cuttings' should be planted to a depth of about three inches in nursery rows and at, the end of one season will have grown sufficiently for transplanting. The varieties recommended are Agawam, SnyderandEldorado, To Keep Crows from Corn. The coal tar treatment is the most effective in protecting seed corn from injury by crows. This treatment is as follows: Wet one bushel of shelled corn by allowing to stand in lukewarm water for ten minutes, drain, and stir in one tablespoonful of coal tar, stirring until each kernel is covered with a thin brown film of coal tar. Spread out thinly on floor and allow to dry. The coal tar is apparently distaste- ful to crows and greatly lessens the injury frequently done by crows and bluebirds. Wires or strings strung across the field at intervals of ten or fifteen rods, at a height of eight or ten feet, with occasional strips of tin or white rags, hung so as to turn in the wind, will aid in making the crows wary of, fields so protected. Scraps. Fashion spoils more clothing than does our wearing. The Master Teacher wants atten- tive boys in his school of life. Thoroughness in spraying is just as necessary as the spraying formula you use. Are you thankful to God for your home and friends? Does anyone guess It, or do you keep it a secret? Our good intentions and promises are swallowed up by our interests, as the smoke from the chimney is dispell- ed by the wind. Thanksgiving, like complaining, is a habit, If we deliberately choose the good habit, we can scarcely drift into the opposite. Someone said that there is no pain without its pleasure. The payin' of taxes undoubtedly brings the pleasure of good roads, good schools, etc. land, buildings, machinery, livestock,, etc., --constitute the largest item in Canada's national wealth, being val- ued by the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics at $0,592,351,789 in 1021. Co-operative marketing organize-, tions having a history reaching back ten years or more, have realized fully that they must guarantee the trade a product of standardized quality. Charles Farley who traded las ten thousand dollar farm for an eight thousnuid dollar house in town is now looking fora farm. Ile says he ran get a six thousand dollar farm for the house. Fathers and mothers like to be thanked for all their rare and kind- liest; to their children, though of course their care and kindness do not wait for thanks. Our heavenly Father has given us everything that makes life poavibie, Now do we' treat A imine -planned garden is often only, half useful. Ask the lady who does the cooking what, sine wants. In the motoring, sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy handl. ler thou knowest tot whether ,shall kd* •prosper either *le ox that, or whether "George, you're soused agalnl they both shall be alike ,good. -..-Fe, "Nothing of the sort, This is the slesiastes XI, 0, sine old souse," "BUCK" LAMBS A BANE IN 'IIIE MEAT INDUSTRY, The last test of quality in a meat - yielding, animal is the meat it yields. The fact scows so obvious when one, about it that it should be un -i necessary for anyone to repeat it( Yet it must be repeatcdeand reiterated throughout Canada if the livestock' industry is to be raised to a level: where it can hold its own with for. eign competition. That fact is at the bottom of the re -,cent action of lamb buyers in Ontario. Last season; it will be remembered, they made a cut in the price of "buck" lambs of $1.50 a hundredweight, which averaged about $1.35 per lamb. Looked at rightly that step meant that every lamb of good quality, profp ery for $1l.35 amore hanildid d athe "buck" lambs; A good deal of pains was taken to make the announcement widely known to farmers so that no one could reasonably say that be did not know "bucks" would be subject to deduction' on the stockyards. Yet markets last fall were flooded with "buck" lambs. There were some notable excep- Canadian lambs trimmed, docked and carefully prepared for market. tions. Many wide-awake, businesslike farmers did respond to the sugges- tion. Not only did these escape the penalty by properly preparing their lambs for market but the general quality of their lambs was so much higher that the average price paid for their loads was noticeably en- hanced. Thus there was the double effect the farmer who produced. the article to suit the market demand got an enhanced price, while the man who refused to do so paid the price of his negligence. It has now been determined to eon- tinue the same po:icy in lamb buying this year and even to increase the price difference paid for the lamb that is wanted as against the one that is not wanted. Last year's experience should prove that there will be no exception. What the market really wants is nicely fleshed ewe and wether lambs, finished at 80 to 85 lbs, live weight. But why should anyone have to bear a loss that can be so easily avoided? Is it not an illogical posi- tion? The lambing season is just be- ginning. All that farmers have to do to escape he price cut next summer and fall is to castrate their male lambs and to dock all. Buyers hope' that last year's campaign has been taken to heart and that this year there will be few "bucks" on which the penalty will fall. But on them it will fall, sharp and sure. fallen oft. Buying firms will no longer be able to take' the risk of puts ting theca lambs into storage. For lnEreased consumption in Can- ada, where about ten pounds of mut- ton and lamb are eaten per head of the population compared with twenty- six pounds in England, is it not beta ter business to supply the consuming public with meat from owes .and we- ther Iambs of, good quality and ap- petizing taste? Nor can the export trade be extended if farmers persist in producing unsuitable livestock. ' Mr. L. F. Swift,, president of the Chicago peaking 'firm, in •e statement quoted last month says; "Prices of sheep and lambs averaged 75 per cent. higher' in 1923 than in 1918. Active consumer demand exists for choice quality lamb. The problem of supply- ing this quality will be solved if `buck' lambs are made into wethers and all lambs aro docked, properly finished and marketed' at the right ages and weights, Records of 31,600 lambs marketed last year show that wether lambs returned more than $2 per hun- dred above the price paid for buck lambs. Previous to 1920,. Kentucky marketed less than 10,000 'trimmed' lambs annually. " During 1923, nearly 200,000 `trimmed' lambs were market- ( ed, which average) two to six per cent. `seconds', while 'untrimmed' lambs marketed, ran 16 to 33 per cent. `seconds'," The Greens That Grow in the Spring. "I never feel that I've really cast the winter sloth out of my blood until I've enjoyed a good mess of greens," declared Mrs. , Paisley. "Why aren't greens as good a spring'tonie as the stuff you buy in bottles, doctor?" I do not intend to argue the point. I think they are. I'll go a step fur- ther and admit that I know of no spring tonics confined in bottles, cap- sules orpilis that are anything like as good. And while I am stepping I will even step fax enough to assert that these green things are good for one, not only in the spring of the year, but also at all other seasons. Vitaminesl Certainly. They abound in two important classes, lrnown tech- nically as B. and C., being the vita- ines that make for proper nutrition m and prevent scurvy. That, in itself, is enough argument for greens as a spring tonic. As to clearing out im- purities, if prepared properly and: We shall see in the lesson of to -day; and solemn ordinance, when the crown eaten in sufficient quantity, they are. a similar battle in Judah fought to a'ewas put upon the king's head there good scavengers. No bugle call at'finish. For a king of Judah had taken; was put into his hands a copy of the reveille is necessary for their devoteesi to wife a daughter of Ahab and Jeze-, Law. (See Exod. 25:16 and Dent. who d of So lira. Paisley is right. Greens, Jerusalemrand set ought eup for hint there r Baal with her `.his duty )botheto read was uand knos w the may be her tonic, whether they be a temple with altars, images, and, Law and to observe and enforce it, dandelions mustard, beet -tops, chard; nests an offence and a menace to It must have been a strange e-xpern t.' CHEVROLET -cane be bought on easy terms PT'IIE low cost and easy terms' of Chevrolet has brought the great utility, comfort and convenience of a 'fullyeequipped auto - 11101311C within easy reach of a large number, of Canadians. And, Chevrolet price ---though it is the lowest of any quality car in the World—is the full and complete cost of the car. 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We have seen Elijah and Llisha in' the temple to surround and protect conflict with Baal of Tyre brouglit the young king. The crown .. the into Israel by Ahab's queen. Jezebel. testimony. According to the ancient or spinach. Even cabbage may file house and the' priests of Jehovah. once for a boy of seven an hour of classed. under the general classifica- �thrLIiing interests and it must have There seems to have been little that tion, and when it comes to vitamins made a lasting impression upon his there are few agents to excel this was e lifer of the heeople in any way mind• Permit. - humble friend, tothe life of people in the Can- ys. 18-18. Atha.liala heard Permit (aanite Baal worship, or in the prat- ted bythe and to come forth alone, 1 guard But don't stop with the spring, l trees of the religion 'f Jehovah which she saw what had taken place in the Take the beneficent greens the whole were based upon it. But there was temple, and with a cry of "Treason, year around. You can get a great r feasting and dancing, sacrifice and reason yd I treason, turned back to the palace. ear more iron into your system by in- offering, fragrant incense and music Her death was the just punishment eluding spinach in your diet, than by, And song, drunkenness and licentious of her fearful crimes. The renewal taking medicine from dark -colored orgies to ;which the priests and priest- of the "covenant between the Lord bottles and being especially careful eases of the altars lent themselves, and the king and the people," and the not to allow the spoon to become dis- and all this had i fascination that' destruction of the house of Baal, com- p Was almost irresistible to a pleasure- plated the revolution, and the little colored. You can prevent and even loving people, The high places, `the ,Iehoash "sat on the throne of the cure constipation much better by eat- ancient sanctuaries, became hopeless- Mugs." ing head lettuce, chard, cauliflower, ly corrupt and . fell under the con- pppLlCAxxOx. cabbage and other leafy vegetables, demnatian of the prophets, with their than by any amount of nauseous stone pillars, their Asheras, or 1..It was an old plan to whielo cathartics. 1 wooden posts, which may originally Athaliah resorted. If people are . in I know of many spring tonics, done havebeen the boundary posts of the theway of your advancement then splendidly in attractive bottles and sacred place, and their sun -images. destroy them by any means a your. p Y From the time of Rehoboam.ontvard disposal,—slander, poison, assassana- elegant cartons. Some are a dollar althese evil customs increased. "And tion—anything. This queen -mother bottle, and some two dollars a bottle, Judah did evil in the sight of the arose and destroyed all the seed. royal and some are three bottles for five:Lord, and they provoked him to jean., (ch. 11:1), and grasped the reins of dollars. But none possess the real, re- ousy with their sins which they had government herself. But this method committed, above all that their fath- vivifying, organ -bracing, toning in d IK• 14:22-24. spring' The simple fact which makes this. action necessary is part of the very elements of the meat trade conditions. Consumers will not eat a quality of meat which they do not like. If a housewife gets a cut of lamb from a ,strong -tasting lamb which has grown rank on the farm through early neg- lect the whole family takes a distaste to lamb in general. The result is a lass of trade and this, by the work- ing of an unchanging economic law, goes back hs a smaller market for the producer's livestock, The "why;' of all this—the step. by step reasons for it all—is not new; it has been stated before but it may well be outlined once more, for the real cure of to -day's difficulties in the interlocking industries of meat pro- duction ro duction and meat preparation is an understanding of causes. "Buck" lambs, before they reach de- sirable weight and finish, begin to de- velop an odor and a strong taste. When consumers get such meat the appetite for lamb is lost and consump- is reduced. This fact influences the packer's buyer and he has to make it known through the price paid to farmers for live lambs. In the last few years new condi tions have comp about in the Can- adian lamb trade which further affect the "buck" lamb. Many farmers, especially In Western Canada, aro feeding lambs for the winter market. The result is that fall" Webs, which used' to be stored to supply.a winter. retail trade are no longer needed in laa:ga nrmther• Buyers are veli rafus ing to take the risk. of buying lambs and putting them into storage as they cannot to the same extent compete with lambs that have been grain - fattened coming on the market in the fresh state during the winter, To -day with available supplies of Canadian grain -finished winter lamb, the demand for the stored produet has of suppressing opposition does not purging out, pushing along, erg nee done, 1 Ings work, o at least it brings so much tonicproperties of the succulent mess 2 Kin 11:1-4. Athaliah daughter misery in its train, that It a always g in the deepest sense a failure. ns.—Dr. C. II. Lerrigo. ,_of Ahab and Jezebel, was a woman of 2. Good often appears to spring out of gre g like character with her mother. Itplm p (was an evil day for Judah when Je- of evil. child Joash' was spirited Applies That Are in Defliand, hose hat, of whom much good is told away and saved f"lathe murderous p designs o7` Athaliah. e mounted+the A canvas of wholesale fruit dealers cemented his alliance with Ahab of throne and reit secure, but all the made by the Dominion Fruit Commis -1 Israel by the marriage of his son .Te- while the silent forces of justice were ,,sneer furnishes some interesting evi-1 horam, to Athaliah. It is said of Je- gathering strength, and preparing ktdomad for certain 1 horam that "he walked in the way of , for the dal of crisis. Suddenly the the hints of Israel, as did the house day dawned, Of Ab: for the dau titer of Ahab acne a6 LO mar varieties of apples in different sec and Athulrali's reign wa f Ah g over It appears as if wicked men tions of the Dominion. Out of, seven -,was his wife,' 2 Icings 8:18. Lilco viers not stilts slaver enough to out teen varieties named, McIntosh and i her mother, Athenah tools with bei twit ilio forces that malts fol justice Spy rank fret and second as the most to her new Home her religion, and had in this world. Unknown to then, a popular varieties. I temple and altar's and images of Baal, little child may be in hiding, and their For Prairie 'and, British Columbia +set up in Jerusalem, Iter son Aha- beautiful kingdom and towering Am - markets, following McIntosh in popu- /fele white on a visit to his uncle the i 1 itions suddenly topple into ruins at ]silty tomo Wlnesap, 110(3 in, Weal -117i of Israel at Jezree�,utvas s`ain,the child's appearancethe fabric of his plans , God weaves thy, Spy Delicious and Wegener. For ledg with his ltnc1e bylf t}he, hoe ho SG s. Ontario and Last, the order is as foie l lea Athallnh,tt!oaring the hostility; p13 eThe harvest' of Eli,iah'a earn - lows; of the priests and:devout worshippers paigii. for `the pure worship of Je- Ontario—Spy, Baldwin, Mclntosh, of Jehovah, determined to seize the hovah, alone extended beyond the Greening Snow, throne and to mut to death all possible boundaries of the Noethern T.inydom, Quebec-Mclntosh,:,Fameuse, Spy, rivals. . Her plane., were. frustrated, Although Elijah's work was done in Baldwin, Duchess. however, by the' wisdom,, and courage the North, its influence was felt inthe New Brunswick Gravenstein; Spy, oe the princess Jehotheba, wife of the smaller kingdom to the South, In our chief priest Jehoida, who carried off + own dal this tendency of ideas to 11lclntosle $Ging, Red Astrachan,' Ahaziah's infant son aril hid him in l spread from ova people to another is Nova Scotia-K,ravenst in,' King, her awn' rooms in the temple for six immensely more shaking, Ideas py,' Bough -Sweet, Bishop Pippin, years. I whether good or bud, harmful or Prince ledwar'd Island --Spy, Crnv- Ve, 11, 12. The guard. Jehoidn, the 1 helpful, travel fast. from people to enstein, Winesap, Baldwin King, priest, had entered into 0 conspiracy, people in these days of telegraph, and Popular demand is only one of the to depose Athaliah and to put the radio, and quick. transportation. It considerations to be taken :into an -'young Jehoash (or Joash), who was; all means that we are "embers; one now Seven years old, on the throne of of anotber,' his father. No had secured the sue- 4. The method of extirpatireelleal- . , port of the palace guard. The details {ism in Jerusalem was'vigorous and of the pian are given in vs. 4-10. All uneomproniising, 11:18. In all ovr was now ready. • There were two di judgments of events and men in that visions of the guards, The one, di- far-off time, ;we must bear in mind Aided into time companies, was mai that the eamrair' " count by the grower. In selecting varieties to plant, he will oleo bear In mind such factors as toil, _ilmute, Neeson, and nearness to market. "Bogs 13 co toMaro I around in the mud,," some opponents of sanitation to watch the palace to prevent the+ our Chriatien faith has been menthol. for hogs say. So would children if comingout of any of the personal i Tt was a rough time when ,Tehoida i Iiarento did not turn that natural' in- supporters of Athalfal,. Tlae other ', lived, and rough methods were the clfnation, in two re/meanies, was drawn up al only 01105 po5sib1e4' A. GARDEN FOR BUTTERFLIES Butterflies mei' friendly creatures If you give them an, invitation, they will fill your garden; but the invite - Nan must be of the right kind, which means that you must grow the sort of flowers that butterflies like. For- ' tunately, most flowers that appeal to them are brilliant and beautiful, 'so that;pianuing a garden that will win the gaudy butterflies by Clay and the more sombrely dressed maths at night becomes a delightful undertaking, Butterflies and moths must be deers - ed together in the butterfly garden; but there is an eaey way to. -distin- gulch them, Most butterflies fold their wings over their back when they alight on a flower, in ander to hide the gorgeous coloring of the upper parts from their enemies, the birds, The moths, on the, contrary, rest with their wings spread, for most of them are creatures of the night, and therefore are abroad only when the birds are abed. Most alluring to the butterflies of all the garden flowers is a shrub from China known as luddleia vlrrlab%lis magnifica, or summer lilac, but com- monly called the butterfly bush. Its lilac -colored blossoms grow in long, graceful spikes from the first of July until the frost comes; new : branches are continually springing up from the base of the plant, and every branch has a flower raceme at the end of it. The shrub blooms the first season, and the flowers are excellent for cutting; but one of the chief charms of the buddleia lies in its peculiar fascine- • tion for the finest of the butteries, scores of which will sometimes hover over a siugle bush. The summer lilac needs a sunny situation and plenty of water. Though it is hardy, it is well to bank earth round the base of it in the fall. In the spring the branches should be cut down to within six or eight inches of the ground; that is to prepare for the flowers, all of which come an new growth. Even if the plant should seem entirely winter -killed, it will usually come up from the roots in time. Another garden flower for which not only the butterflies but also the humming birds have a liking is the gorgeous Oswego tea, or bee balm, catalogued as monarda,., It is a per- ennial, and very showy in the months of July aiid August, when the scarlet flowers seem to flash an invitation, especially to the yellow clover butter- fly and the large black-and-tan, which love to probe its blossoms, The com- mon ommon iris 18 another flower that at- tracts the clover butterfly. Some moths fly in the daytime, but many more appear as night draws on. Then is the time to watch the wonder- ful humming -bind moth, or hawk flower, which belongs to the morning - moth feast on the nectar of the moon - glory family and opens only at the close of the day. It is a fragile white flower with a delicious fragrance, but it has such a long and slender throat that few insects can reach to the bot- tom where the nectar lies. The hawk moth, however, has a tengue six' inches long that, when it is not in use, is coiled liplike a watch spring. The insect, poised on quivering wings, pushes its tongue to the very bottom of the long flower tube. The hawk moth is also attracted by the delicate scent of petunias, ,. Nature's way of using the butter- flies for transferring pollen from blos- som to blossom is shown ina particu- larly interesting manner by the showy lady's-slipper, which can easily be domesticated in a shady confer of the garden. Tho stately wild orchid is visited mostly by a sphinx moth that has a tongue of just the right length to reach the bidden nectar. The sides of the honey tube contain a number of sticky buttons dusted, with pollen; when the moth presses his head far into the flower, the buttons come in contact with his face and daub his eyes with pollen. But since he has large, compound eyes he isnot greatly inconvenienced and flies away to an- other flower of the same Sort, where soot of the pollen i.; 'rubbed off; in that way nature's perpose is accom- plished, Asters are desirable in all gardens, and in the late suminer they attract the dainty butterfly known as painted beauty, a handsome insect that meas. tiro twoinches from tip Lo tip; the under parts of its r logs, marbled with brown, gray and white, are pow- dered.wvith rose•colorod spots. Our largest butterfly is the' mon- arch, often called the nillaveed but- terfly, It is 'brown, banded with black; several rows of white opals trim the edges of the wings. The best way lo entice the monarch irate the garden is to grow red clover, on ilia blossoms of which it loves to linger. It lays its mega, however, on the nii:k- weed. Tn the fall the monarchs go south in enormous companies. C:f course; the Rowers that have been named are 'snot the only ors,; in which betterfliea delight. Most clow• els that, .like the boneyencklc and tho morning-glory, have tubes too long for the bees to penetrnite are favor- ites with the butterflies, The greater the variety of such flowers; you have the longer will be your list of vi.••itiug buttorflies; but there will be u :tri prisingly largo' number if you have only the buddleia and the bee balm,