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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-7-2, Page 2141... 411 " • • e .04../ 4 .„ , ....r14,11 e • - ' -* . ' ' ' . " ''' 444.f.' ' Address commenicetlenato AeronoTnlet, 73 Adelaide at, West, Toronto 00 le11101.1 CORN CULTIVATION. More cora is destroyed by cultiva- time than by Pest, storm or drought. The average corn grower planhis GO end doe nothing with it until it is high enough to plow with a culei- vator equipped with a big, broad, sherp-pointed blades and fenders to keep the dirt from covering the corn. Then he sate hiscultivator to plow as deep as possible and as close to the corn as ho COE go, If his corn has been checked, he will plow it both ways in this manner. And he will thus cultivate his corn four or five times, never adjusting his cultivator to plow shallow. Generally at the lest cultivation his corn will be so high that the cultivator will break much of it down. I once had a neighbor who thus cultivated his corn at the last culti- vation, when his corn was so high that his cultivator broke down a large per- centage of it. We were in the midst of a summer drought, and he was making the cultivator's points go as deep as he could make them go, and at the end of the rows when he lifted the points to make the turn they were cluttered with great masses of fine corn roots. Less than thirty minutes after the rows of corn were thee plowed the corn blades began to with- er as they do under a midday sun dux-ing a summer drought. Before he began to thus cultivate that corn it boe every evidence of producing seventy or more bushels to the acre, It didn't produce thirty bushels to the acre, My corn, just on the other side of the fence, cultivated in a way to con- serve the corn roots and conserve moisture, produced nineterebushels the acre. E have • p w- ing corn three inches deep, six inches from the plant, cut the crop six bush- els to the acre, and plowing four Inches deep cut the yield eighteen'• bushe1 to the The best method of cultivating corn , is to cultivate it before planting. Assuming that you have a good seed bed containing an ample supply, of plant food to grow the crop, then this seed bed must be kept free of weeds. The best way to get the good, and ree It of weeds is to Having Planted good seed, the grow- er should start with a harrow and weeder as soon as the corn comes through the soil, If you follow the foregoing method by cultivating your corn crop Were ?beetleg it, and then running over it with harrow and weeder two or exiore times after planting, your job of culti- vating your con is more than half done. And then if your subsequent cultivations are done with cultivator points that will not penetrate more than an inch in depth or just deep enough to destroy weeds and make a Mulch you have properly cultivated your corn crop. „epee, eee eeeeeee, This photo show e Capt. A. W. Stevens with the new Fairchild sex -mile aeriei camera which he will use to photographing the Amazon actin the all: Home Education THICICENING THIN MEADOWS. 'The Child's First School is the Frequently a new meadow is too thin, or has a patchy stand. A 1.60- The Child's Social Problem By Sophie Kitchener acre farmer near us, who has about half of his farm in hay and who pro- In a more or less hushed, expectant, the ethics of their group, their child's duces in the neighborhood of $2,000 unresisting attitude a group of society, bad been violated. The tat - worth of prime market hay each year, dren were waiting for one of their der who, instead of standing up and takes great pains In securing a per.. number, who was at that moment; taking the little hurts they all had to feet and clean stand of grasses and howling his way across the street, to' endure, or fighting it out if it reached clovers in his meadows, reach his mother "to tell her on: such a pan, always ran home to his His method of thickening a thin them." The occurrence was not a new: mother, roaring his chagrin at the first year's stand of timothy to one. In another moment the boy's, top of a powerful pair of lungs with harvest the young, thin fields a little mother would hurry out of the house! no thought of shame, was in a sense • late. He says that it is not necessary In answer to her son's lusty cries a::d an outlaw. to allow the timothy to become over- erose the street to learn what had They were too young to realize that I • ripe for self-feeding, but fully mature.! it was not entirely jimmy's fault. His • happened to him. Then, in harvesting, enough new seed The children were not afraid of her. mother had encouraged his natural • will shatter off M the field to reseed There was rather a sense of long- timidity with her own overweening the land completely and heavily. At suffering endurance in the way they sense of protection. Furthermore she the hay makegood waited for the scolding and her desired to have her mind at .rest same time the will g feed vrith proper handling. , threats that "they would get into • • trouble if they dict not leave Jimmy alone." , acreage of meadow, a week or morel: They were quite bored, al - J required to harvest all the hay crop. though they did not know the name Some fields must bo cut first, and some sthe feheling, theT frequency of must wait a week or more. He cuts scious, too, that they did not go out !the fields of thickest stand first, al - of their way to hurt Jimmy. They lowing fields of thinner stand to be handled last, when the seed will be rather liked him and were reallyfrieny. But it was hi el s inability to riper and when self -seeding will result. , play along with them and accept the • Ie d I general give and take of their youth - The method, of course, is both eel society that had become annoying; plow it deep enough and disk and haze.; row it until the soil is fine and the' weeds are killed. And it ought to be disked and harrowed two or more, times. , a disagreeable shadow was cast when On this same farm, where red clover, he joined the group. The shadow was is mixed with timothy, the owner al- specifically that of his mother, ready lows all of the late summer and fall at all times to come out to defend and growth of clover on land of rather' protect him from them. This was, of thin stand to mature and remain in course, because she could not see that the field to fall dawn and reseed the he needed no more protection in his soil. Clover, being a biennial, with social experiences than the rest of timothy will die out after the second them. year, leaving timothy only. But, by! When Jimmy went crying home, allowing late summer and fall clover they knew in some vague way that to pen and remain on the land with; clover and timothy mixed, perpetual C ----- clover in the crop may be secured. 1 . POULTRY. As the time for culling approaches, it is well to spend a. little time and effort in getting together the sort of equipment that will both simplify the actual culling and prevent too serious! discomfort for the hens while this; necessary work is being accomplished.' It should be recognized clearly that, the process of catching and handling: the hens tends to check the produc- tion of those that are laying. It is mportant, therefore, that the hens! be caught in such a manner as to frightenthemtl A catching coop or crate which has a hinged or sliding door on top and, a sliding door in one end is most con- venient for this purpose. The crate' should be set outside the house with, its open end over the regular hen' exit. The hens are then easily driven into the crate from which they may be taken one at a time for individual, inspection. It is often desirable to know just how manyeggsfl k af hens must produce daily In order to pay for the' feed that le being consumed. A very gimple formula for arriving this information is to divide the price of feed a hundred pounds by the price of eggs a dozen and multiply the re- sult by three. The figure thus ob- tained will be the percentage egg yield your hens must show in order to; pay for feed under the price condi- tins stated. If feed is costing $2.75 a hundred pounds and eggs are bringing twenty- five cents a dozen, we have (275-i-25) X3-33. This means that the flock must be laying at the rate of 33 per cent., or thirty-three eggs a day for each hundred hans—ie of the Amer- ican or general purpose breeds—in order to pay for their feed. With Leghorns and other light breeds it Is more nearly correct to use 2.5 as a multiplier because of the lower feed consumption of these breeds, • Under commercial flock conditions is commonly estimated that feed cost constitutes 60 per cent. of the . total cost of keeping hens for egg production. If we multiply by five instead of by three we can arrive at the approdulate production necessary, from the flock to pay all costs of egg production. Write your name each day in gentleness'kindness, patience, cour- tesy. Good deeds are life's brightest stars, They shine in the daytime as' well as in the night -4°1m Wanet-i maker. The optimist is the man who has 'x good time wherever no goo, because he dairies his geed time with him. I through knowing "everything he did."' So she hadcautionedhim to come to her whenever anything went -wrong,' to tell her when anyone hurt him and,, in general, to come running to her; with every petty difficulty attendant! upon finding his bearings in the so- cial order. Nor did she realize that Jemmy would have little innate power to de- fend himself in the increasingly intri- cate social struggles if she acted as a shield for him throughout his child- hood, the determining period of his life. So, with the circumstances such as they were, all Jimmy could continue to do was disturb his playmates and acquire for himself a disposition that would be difficult to escape in man- hood—and simply because his mother brought no real thought to bear on the working out of his problem as an individual and as a future man. THE CHILDREN'S HORSE. Poll evil is just what its name indi- HOUR cates—an "evil of the poll," which in horses denotes that part of the head GOOD-BYE TO SPRING. just between the ears. It was a lovely morning in June' Starting as a small swelling just hot a cloud in the sky, and only the back of the ears, the owner thinks it gentlest of warm breezes stirring the, has been caused by a bruise or too, reeds. All the wild things had been tight a halter or bridle. As it resistsi up and about since early dawn, hunt - all treatment and goes from bad tot ing, breakfasting, singing and chat - worse, he may lance it himself or sum -I tering, and seeing to their own do-, mon a veterinarian. A careful ex-, mestic affairs. Now there was a hush amination reveals the true condition,' throughout the land as if all were and in poll evil we have one of the weary with the strenuous morning's les to combatan work. surgery. Even spring—that hard -worked The reason for this is because the fairy, was tired that morning. Her puss burrows down under the hig' busiest time was over. The year now cord that controls the movement ofwas fully awake, and everything was the neck. The under part of this i growing and flowering and nesting cord or ligament now becomes diseased, and mating in the full tide of life. and looks much 'like a frozen wattle: So she came down through the reeds on a chicken. Sometimes a portion to the river and sat down by the of this ligament, several inches in, water -lilies where a little furry, length, is taken out entirely, so that, round -nosed water -vole was also sit - all diseased tissues may be removed; ting enjoying the quiet June sunshine. and the poll -evil abscess given al To the river, too, came the children, ebanee to heal, chattering down the winding pathway. Very peculiar foreign objects may On hearing them, the vole slipped cause poll evil. In one case a horse quietly into the water, but Spring for had been troubled with a sore on his once was not in a hurry and led them head, just back of the left ear. When gather round. Boodles climbed into the lump was lanced, a small tooth her lap and Topsy sat by her side, was found to be the exciting cause, while Pepsi lay flat on the warm and after this was taken out, the ab- grass and looked up into her radiant ill h I d "^. Spring is so much the loveliest time a fac"We. ell, children!" said Spring. °I scess rap y ea e . gladam t b you found me to -day, for I Thick Cream and Thin., shall n e here very much longer." Thick cream has less milk serum "Oh!"ocriedthe children in chorus, "You haven't got to go away, have you?" "Why, of coursel" said Spring, smiling a little. "You ean't have me here all the year round!" "Oh dear!" cried Boodles. "I wish we could, ....---. than thin cream and because of this does not spoil as quickly. This is an advantage to the farmer who can not bring his cream to the creamery very often. Souring of the cream is not objectionable, but when it is soured at random, undesirable odors and over ripening may occur, resulting in poor quality butter. Thick cream being lighter than thin cream, the express charges are lower, and there is less bulk for the ereameryman to handle. Thick cream pasteurizes more effi- ciently and larger amounts of starter may be used, which aid in controlling the flavor of the butter. For proper churning, the cream should not be less than 30 per Sent. butterfat, Cold Drinks for Field Hands. During the extreme hot weather met at work in the fields enjoy a drink of cold water. To meet this requirement I took an earthen gallon jug and fitted two thicknesses of as- bestos paper round it, tying seeurely, then covering with barlap, sewing this on, Fill the jug with cold water, dampen the covering, and you will have cold water a half day.—Mrs. C. C. M. "But you love Summer, when she comes, don't you?" said Spring. "Why, Boodles!" said Topsy. "Just think of hot days by the sea, when we can paddle and bathe again," "I'd rather have Spring, with all the birds making nests," said Popsi. "That reminds me," said Spring. "When you were looking for the dra- gon the other day, did you hear a willow -wren singing?" "Yes!" cried Topsy. "We did hear a sweet little warbly song," "Before you came there was a little water -vole sitting here, and he told me that this morning. Mrs. Willow - wren had hatched out four little birds 1" "Ohl Can't we go and look at them?" they cried, all together, "Well, I shall have to make you in- visible I think, or the little mother might be afraid to come back!" "We'll be just as quiet a.. little "Come then!" said Spring, and eilently she led them through the thick undergrowth. "I see the nestl" cried Pepsi sud- denly as they crept on hands and knees through the tangle. "Oh, such a darling little nest! Look! It has a little roof, and a door in the side!" On the ground, in a tangle of weeds was the little domed nest of the warb- ler. It was made of dry grass and roots, and lined with hair and feathers. "Where are the babies?" asked Boodles. "They must be asleep!" "Now," said Spring, "1 will make you all Invisible, and you must lie very quiet, and then perhaps we shall see the little birds being fed." Spring touched them, and the chil- dren became one with rode and bush- es and splatter of sunlight. In the The Beauty of Simple Walls BY ETIIEL CAAPENTER, Every woman wants her hero to be fiat ail paint stay be applied directi prate, and If she has striven to make, on the surface. Though coating mor it so she take More pride in WI, et first, this finish wears well an beauty than does in the perfeee`jusilfitsltself in the end, then of its *Winos, and that is etee-' When e wall 1$ of wood, no lotto ing a great doe It gives any legman bow rough or unsightly, it may b keen delight to know that her home painted in one af the oil colors ad is lovely, that it is In style, that it vieed for any interior wall. Or it PM is the pretliest one in the counryside; be covered with wall board, which in other weeds, that she sets the style may be painted or papered. in these matters instead of follow- Well Palm' alwaYs makes de ing gAnt any woman, no matter how or a two -toned paper is the wisest • lightful wall finish, Usually a plain busy she is, could steal a few moments (thole°, and one of these papers is here and there to plan and to aceona what 1 should select myself in for- plish decorative improvements in her nishing most farmhouses. home, if she felt sure she knew what neeeorres wALL PAPHite. honestly would improve it. But occasionally just the right So it is because know fmn' axe 'figured paper may be ueed, This perienee the thing that will work the should be selected for its quaintness greatest ndraela in any home that .1 and should show a pattern similar to say without hesitation that your wells those used in English chintzes or the should receive first consideration. To pear calieo designs. Foliage papers illustrate the absolute necessity f de - proper walls, I must tell you about mane.. a °- of the smaller and less elaborate m y be used and these should some well of mine in a little house signs fifty miles from any big city, be very pale and of a neutral gray the, house first became mite its,down-or PuttY color, without spottiness. In choosing any sort of figured pa- steirs rooms were papered in. "parlor per,. as large a sample as possible raper"f g g should be lastened to the wall for It was of gilt and brown and ecru, , testing purposes, since many designs la garish stripes ad large round are hard on the eyes when actually motifs, and, seen in combination with woodwork of seemingly unfriendly covering the whole wall, gray, the effect was melancholy and But unless professionally guided, depressing Indeed. very few of us are able to choose a WHITEwASH =Wm. desirable figured paper, And so, since the plainer ones are in really better I felt many moment of discourage- taste and allow more leeway in the sent about this house in the month rest of the room furnishings, I should between taking it end roving in, advise the use of one of these smart though I had ordered the paper re- plain papers. moved from the wall and whitewash As I have said, the plain papers applied instead as a temporary may be understood to inelude the self measure. tones and the two tones. In these late The day of moving in stands out in ter may also be included the pale my memory. I opened the door into neutral papers 'showing black cross - the living room, which gave directly bars, atripings and dots. These are on the road, with the impression very effective and result in a practi- atrong upon Ina of the old brown -and- cally one -toned wall. , grayness of ray last visit --and I stood The tones to choose in wall paper confronted by a miracle are ivory, tan, cream, putty or any The walls were the simple and beau- pleasant pale gray. The paper should tiful white that creamy whitewash show a flat ungliatening surface and gives to things. The woodwork was when another tone is used it should be the same gray it had been, but in cam- velvety in texture rather than metal- bination with the newewhite walls it lie. In the self tones, select stripes, had taker) on a mysteriously decor- dots, crossbars or small vine effects. alive quality, so that the room achiev- Some unglistening ceiling papers in ed the effect of space, dignity and a powder design make admirable wall beautiful sim,plieity. The house had, covering at low expense. As a rule, become decoratively now and lovely unless the ceiling plaster is very un - on account of the new treatment of even, a plain flat -finish paper a trifle its walls alone. paler than that used on the wall is I want to tell you just what kind of the best choice. But do not be overly walls accomplish the greatest beauty troubled about uneven plaster. This for the farmhouae and accomplish it la the day of hand -made thinge. Do at no great expense. not try to make your farmhouse too The simplest treatment, and ono sophisticated and ready-made looking. that is very beautiful, is water tint. In selecting a wall tone, whether This is applied to plaster, either it is to be paper, tint or paint, it is rcugh or smooth, and results in a love- a good plan to decide on one pale ly velvety surface somewhat reserre enough so that it is possible to do bling whitewash, but much more the ceiling in this tone too. If a tan smooth and fine. It is suited to any or a deeper gray Is selected, the cell.; room and to nearly any house. Ing should be done in a tone a few It creates an artistic effect wherever tints lighter. Do not run borders of it is used, if the proper color tint is any description on your walls. If it selected, and if no border trimming is necessary to have some finish at or stenciling is employed. • the ceiling turn, use the plainest sort The colors which may be advised of picture molding and paint it to are cream, pale putty -tan, pearl gray, match theevvalls or the woodwork, dove gray, pewter gray, honeysuckle TREATING THE WOODWORK. yellow—which may be lightened with; The woodwork should be considered white—and white. It is best to avoid a part of the wall treatment, and any really definite color in most wall since all walls should be made to take treatments, though a tint may lean their place as effective backgrounds, more toward a certain desired color, the woodworkshould be pale and not - by adding a little of this color to a tral and lighter than the walls or. pale and neutral tint. I exactly the same tone as the walls -1 Water tint may be applied to walls with one exception; and that is when by the veriest amateur, the material the woodwork is made to count de. costing two or three dollars a room) coratively by painting it a color cone Walls tinted in this manner may not' trasting with the walls which are be cleaned, but they usually stay fr sit either neutrally plain or unobtrusive - two to four years, depending upon the ly figured. use they receive, and when they do, Colors that may be advised for such get shabby it is a simple and Inex-Ipainting of the room woodwork are pensive Matter to do them over. An- apple green, olive green, peacock blue, other wall finish that recommends gray and a very dull soft yellow. One itself is a covering that comes ready of the most attractive farmhouse „in- to hang, painted in oil on cloth, and teriors I have ever seen depended which may be applied to any flat Bur- largely on its woodwork of olive green, face. A fiat finish in a plain tint is for its charm. There was a great deal to be advised M this material, The elf this woodwork in the living room— fabric wears well, does not fade, peel cupboards, shelves, latched doors, fire - or crack, and may be cleaned with a place surroundings, and in combine - damp cloth. tion with the walls of ivory, the wood - When plastered walls are in good work did much toward furnishing the condition and warrant the expense, them. THE IMPORTANT THING FIRM' 0 Put that down. in your raind, One d of the secrets of emcees on the farna as well as in life, is to learn to do the ' important thing first. You. collie freeh be to your work each morning there are alweiye many things waiting to bo done, you hardly know which way to turn, yon wish you bad been born twins or triplets. But the fates have - only allotted one bode to ono mind, BO moot of us, if we are alive, Oen big things and And ourselves at times well-nigh swamped with work. e. The big secret of accomplishment is to learn to sift the important things out end do them first. No matter how many tasks may be facing Yen, and calling for attention, there is alWaYs a most important one. Concentrate on it and do it, then it is off your mind and your hands forever, and you are free to tackle the next thing. Put it ' off and toerriorrow it is twice as big, put it off again and trio next day it doubles again; the longer the thing is postponed the more energy will be used Up in its accomplisbnient. You may think that there are three men's work staring you in the face for to -day, or this week, or this month, and this thought, of itself, makes you tired and weary. But, it is the work undone that wears ug out. There is a certairt exbilaratio coming from work well done, that gives %ea for more work, and by promptly tackling the things that at the beginning may have looked insurmountable and doing them in the order of their importance, we are often surprised at the ease and speed with which they are put out of the way, and at the manner in which those difficult and discouraging tasks have dwindled, • stillness a little song waa heard. It down a ray of sunshine, there came a began with a long high note; tripleled clew silvery voices down and down, and died away, eat- "Good-bye, children, good-bye! My work is done for this year; when the theft come out, then Summer comes In. . . Good-bye . . Good-bye . " —0liveHocket in "The Pageant of Nature." 0 Warrn.Weather Shipping. This is' the season when greater care should be given the loading and ahipping of all, kinds of livestock but more especially hogs. A midden rise in temperature', increased humidity, too much bedding, overloading, a stock' ear sidetracked where all breeze is cut oft' by other cars, buildings or sheds may easily mark up mudden Maims by death of excessive shrinkage. All livestock should be kept as quietly as possible hefor18 loadingt, Undue and unnecessary assorting, noise and disturbance should bo avoided, Excessive manure should be remelted from cars before fresh bed - klieg is put in. Cars to be loaded with hogs should have no bedding other than sand which should be well web - tad, Load e.omfottably full without OVertro'Wdinge yet tdo light loading occasions jostling which in turn catis- es increased shrinkage, —'-0. Time is gold. How to Raise Geese. One of the most important things in raising geese is to start with good stock. Purebreds are preferred, as they are larger, more certain lay moreeggs, eggs, are quieter, easier th handle, and more easily confined in yards fte they do not fly. The breeders should be selected in the fall and mated during the winter, by confining the gander with from one to three geese which may be bred to him. They amulet be confined together for about a week, and then in the spring each gander will lead forth his flock. Ganders will not mate with strange geese, unless confined closely together, especially with more than one. It is usual to have one gander for two geese, but this depends upon the physical vigor of the gander. The breeders should not be kept fat in the spring, but should be just in a healthy, vigorous condition. If too fat the eggs are likely to bo infertile, and the geese will not lay so many and will want to sit earlier. It is not at all necessary, contrary to general opinion, to have a pond or any body of water to raise geoce During the summer a tub, or a half - barrel, sunk in the ground and kept filled with water, will provide all they need. The laying season commences very early in the spring—almost as soon as the gander can go out and dig his bill in the mud Nests should be made on a heap of straw, placed on the ground. In early spring the eggs should be gathered often. Geese have a habit of covering up their eggs, and must be watched. Tho number of eggs laid will vary con- siderably. Some poor geese will lay only twelve or fifteen but good pure- breds -will go es high as forty or fifty. Twenty eggs is considered a good farm average. Usually, geese Tay every other day, early in the morning. After they have laid ten or fifteen they will want to sit, but should be broken up and made to lay another clutch, when they may be set with abciut San eggs eaeh. Heng make bet- ter hatchers than geese, end jot as good mothers. Tho incubation period Is about thirty-one days, The newly -hatched geese do not re- qu re any food for a day or two, but should be left alone with the mother, as they require plenty of warmth the first couple of dive. They should then • - be given some green grass or sprouted lee sweetly, into the air. At once froin the other aide tame another note—a sharp call, and out of the nest -door popped four little heads with big hobbly eyes and wide- open mouths. The lovely song of the father bird had only soothed them to sleep, but when mother called like that —then there was something worth waking up for. Out came the little heeds, and in a flash the mother was there with a caterpillar in her beak. and away the mother -bird flew, while Into the throat of the nearest it event, the four heads vanished into the darktess of the nest. "Peep!" Again came the call; again the heads appeared. This time No. 2 swallowed the titbit, and all was quiet as before, For an hour the children lay and watched, Sometimes the mother would' roma with grubs sr dies, and eometimee the fathee, until at last all were satisfied. Then the willow -wren oat again on the brainble- bough and went on with his own little plaintive song. At last the childrett could keep still no longer. They jumped up and rounded for the fairy Seloek- I , I. King George and the King of Italy are here shown Nowisore w leaving Vietoria eae , - to be wing Station for Buckingimm Plee°during the Italian monarch's visit to London, qten, • Oril theeeselieLter at noot, ringing oats, if available, and awe° bread crumbs, soaked in skim -milk. When about a week old they can be fed a mash of moistened cornmeal. The mash should bo moist but not sloppy. They must have plenty of water at all times. The cornmeal mash should be given night and morning, as long as they will oat it, which is usually about a moth. One teventeepound sole of Cornmeal will feed about fifty goslings till they are ready to forage for them- selves. The golings should- be out- side as much as posible, but should be driven in on cold or rain'? day. On vary hat days they should have abelter. Geese should be kept in a yard or run by themselves, and not permitted to wander around the farm, as they tramp down large quantities of field crops. A close hog -wire fence, ono and a half eeei, high will keep them in. As soon as the weather turns cold in the Inle the geese for market should be put in a small enclosure and fed heavily en eerie or wheat. They need plenty of grit and water or milk Centuries of experiments in clothe Ing have failed to give woman a MO able place to strike te Match tee ligiet the kitchen range.