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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1939-4-19, Page 6tr- News and Information For the Busy Farmers (Fu�nhM1etl by The Ontario Department (Furnished by The Ontario of Ao.�,w,u.e� Agricuture) Get Farm Horses Ready For Spring The nrecllranlcallyminded tractor - farmer no doubt has his tractor thoroughly' overhauled in prepara- tion for the spina, work. The farm- er who depends on horse power may well take a, leaf out of the same book, for AVMS horses attend to their ours repatns, Tneverthelese a cea'bafn ean'ount or 'tuning up" is neees'eary even with horses if econ- amine' power is to be obtained. This is a good time to look into this matter states G. W. Muir, Dominion Animal 1 usirandman, Most idle horses will have been wintered on a good maintenance ra- tion and nightly so, as horses fatten- ed druriny the winter are inclined to be soft and in poor condition for hard spring an summer work. The maintenance ration of rough feeds ,should now be gradually replaced by a medius/ grain ration and better quality roughage, preferablyq timo- thy ban, increasing the quantity tmtil a Fuld working ration is being fed at the start of the heaby spring work. The preparatory grain, ration may consist of Srom 10 to 12 pounds of grain dratly in three feeds. .At heavy work the ration should consist of 1 to 11/t pounds of grain and 1 pound of hay every 100 pounds live weight. A 1,500 pound hoose •wouldl thus receive 15 to 19 pounds of grain and 15 pounds of hay per day. A good method of feeding is as follons: morning, 0 pounds grain, 5 pounds bay noon, 6 pounds grain, 3 pounds bay; even- ing. 4 poundrs• grain, 8 pounds' hay. Rolled oats or whole oats with a little bran are ideal grain rations. A little barley or corn, rolled, may replace some of the oats for heavy working horses. Out the grain ration to one-half on idle days and at week ends, A bran mash on Saturday ndgnt, made with molasses and: an occasional dash of salt petre, will provide benreflcitl both during fitting period. and while at work, Make all change in Teed gradually, Salt, preferably in rock form, should be before the horses at ell times, Allow water freely and fre- quently with the larger supply be- fore rather than after feeding. Water as frequently as possible when working. If the hair is long and heavy clip- ping Is desirable anti' thorough grooming is energy well spent at all times. Clean and rot collars and harness carefully. Daily washing of shouid'ers after the day's work with cold salt water will cleanse anti toughen the skin, especially In Young horses. Particular attention should be paid to the teeth and feet of the horse, r50 necessary, have the teeth examined and "floated" to provide proper grinding surfacers. Trim the feet carefubly, keeping the weaning surfaces level, For work on the land, shoeing le not always necessary, but where needed fre- quency and correction of shoeing is important. Lice, worms, and bats take their toll on the horse's energy and should, be eliminated early in the campaign. Plenty of good feed, timely attain tion; and' thought. not uslrnixed with milk of human. kindness, will work wonders in the development of basic power and rippling force in 1T21111.5 faithfulfriend, the noble horse. A Dog For t•neinirrt' a Ong -and that goes for cleanliness as well as jumping on strangers, sleeping in his own chair and opening your •mall -ex- Petits have- five simple males which, ono might say would be as effective for humans as for dogs. Mere they are: 1. Praise a (inn when. he merits it 5110 <cnti h'm ills 1 P disobeys, 2. Stink to the re lel of worts in p "'"ir•, and disapproving and stick to the same tone of voice. 3, Always tabrbw a dog what you wart him to do. 4. Don't try to teach your dog anathdng when his mind is on im• Portant matters, g, Don't scold your dog or a Ws take he has rode game time before. Little Chats on Farm Management SIZE FARM BUSINESS IMPORTANT FACTOR Success in farm management is dependent on, the achievement at- tained relative to five farm manage- ment factors. In previous "Little Cl' is an Farm Management," four of these have been discussed where tress, was placed on economy in crop prOdkuotion livestock and live- stock product production, the use of labour, and In 'the use of capital. The fifth factor, the size of trial- re•:rs or scale of operation, unlike the others, Is dependent on the relatively achievement in them. If the rating of achievement in other Meters is low, a loss 'may be sus- tained and it would be folly to in- crease the size of a losing business. For this reason. the farmer should know his, relative achievement in the that four factors before making adjustments in the scale of his farming operation. An. analysis of the business of 361 fluid milk shippers of the. Ontario dairy farm study for 1936-37 shows, that size of business has an import- ant bearing on the net rerturns. The measure used in ratting the size of business is that of adjusted acres. This measure is based' ugon the feed producing acreage of the farm. It is estimated that 10 acres of pas- tured woods and 3 acres of rough pasture provide feed equal to 1 acre of crop land', To the crop land of the farm, one adds one tenth of the pastured woods and 3 acres of rough pasture provide feed equal to 1 acre of m'op land. To the crop land of the farm, one adds one tenth of the pastured woods area to one third of the rough pasture to obtain the adjusted area. The farms under 90 adjusted acres yielded operator labour earn- ings of 5338 and milk cost par 100 Pounds oaf $2.80. The labour earn- ings were increased and milk cost reduced to the case of larger farms. On farms over 150 adjusted acres labour earnings provided 5855 and a risk cost 02 2.05 per 100 pounds. Intermediate acreage provided an intermediate result on both labour earnings and milk cost, The ef- fect of laarying size of farm, though .edgndfi•gantiy Oam:curable to large size, was not so pronounced on the farms .Oram which milk was shipped for manufacture. A more detailed shady of the. data reveals that it Is not so much a mat- ter 0 (size of farm as it is the cre- ation of a large volume of business on the land available. It is reported' that 33 per cent., Of the coaettto-coast pes*enger trade On orae Major airline are Wine t, THE BRUSSELS POST .......... . * * * * * 4 : * * Radio License Fee Unchanged Continuation of the present license fee of $2.50 on radio receiv. Irrg :sets was endorsed: by the Par- liamentary radio broadcasting committee last week on a motion by J. G. Ross (Lib„ Moose Jaw), He said evidence of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation offlcers as to the curtailment of CBC ser- vice "L1rat must result from any reduction In revenue," had been heard and should' be adopted by the committee as a warning what would happen to CBC if the fees Were reduced, The motion ,was. carried by a vote of 0 - 3, and a second notion of Mr. Ross, that the main motion he seat be tiro House as an interim repent, was •Oarried witt:Mut record- ed vote. IN THE GARDEN. * * * * * * * * * Rook Gardens Primarily rock gardens were used to tranfprm some difficult portion at a, garden, into a spot of unusual beauty and chasm. Where the ground sloped away so rapidly that rains loosened the soil, the new kiad of gardening heaped', and it also formed a pleasi;nlg oounactlon for rough land leading up to wood- land at the back of the garden proper. In recent years, however, the rock garden has become sa popular that people are going out of their way to make an, excuse for one. They will build their (awns up an two dilierent levels with a rock garden in. between. These gardens are made to resem- ble miniature alpine names, and in thein alpine flowers are grown. These are, usually tiny short, spraw- ly things. that require little mois- ture during most of the year. They are specially listed in the better seed catalogues. To . hold the sharply sloping *oil, fair size rocks of the roughest possible nature, Preferably welath'eh'beuten, boul- ders; are bunted to about two-thirds of their depth, Good pockets of sandy soil are arranged, between the rocks. The flowers find a foot- hold here and trail over the boul- ders. .Shrubbery and trees are: arauged as backgoundr for these rock gar- dens,. A.n odd tree or bush, near the middle will do no harms as most of the rock plants are accus'tome to some shade, For Tenants W87DN4S13A. ', ATIT1IU, 19th, 1939 ,.. with stook and IMple4n'ewte for mix. ell farming, at 54,000. Admitting that a rifle range earl' not be planted anyw'lreu'e in a corn' triunity, and also believing chat it nerd not be placed' in some specific spot in a community, we believe ex- planation xplanation le' clue for the extraor-din ary contrast In prices In these two cases, and the choice of property valued out more than 5800 an were, It le 11005550117 to have expensive land' for bullets to whizz over or is land of any kind expensive when Governments buy it? The people of this country are re- belling at Governor elk enbreva- ganee, They grit their teetIIa when they see expernelitnres of this kind, knowing that nu 'prudent individual yould pay 598,000 for 117 acres of land on which to set up targets for riffle practice, They grit their teeth when they read' supplement - any estimates like those published on Saturday, calling for the expendi- ture of 500,000,000 on public works. No member of Partjaanen,t will rise in the House and' kick at ex- travagance is his constituency, al- though he may be quite aware that when 5200,000 is a,ppoapniated for `. public building one-quarter the sums would provide an adequate struc- ture it one is needed. What are the people who pay the bills going to do about thins of this kind? Few of them who think at all but know that Governments pay more than an ordinary business /ran yould for the same purpose, It is not necessary to say that any of the items on the public works pro- gram could be let out although .11 is quite probable. But the chances are that every necessity could be meet appropriately by a total ex- penditure one-half or one•third as heavy. This is the ervbravaganee protest- edr, the cause of high and multitud- inous taxation and public debt that threaten a crash. Isn't it time for the people to wake up and take things into their own, hands? Globe & Mail, Pleasures of gardening are not confined to the owner of property. Elven the tenant who moves regu- larly every spring may have a garden which will rival that of the most perlanetn nature, Of course the tenant is not inclined to spend a great deal of money on shrubs and trees. These 'things take some years to reach mature beauty, He can and, does, however, get Misch the same effect with annual flowers, and vines. There are at least a score of big bushy annuals like dahlias, cosmos, African nrarigomds and castor beans which mill reach a height of three I to eight feet by ,mid-July. These mull furnish ample background for the hundreds of dwarf to medium height annual flowers which. are lite in any seed. catalogue. To screen verandahs Cr unsightly fence, such things as scarlet runner bea.nrs. morning glories or haps will do the job in a few weeks. Don'ts The average amateur starts opera- tions days or sometimes weeks too soon and stops long before satisfac- tory gardening can continue. With the, general run of flowers and vegetables, there is no advantage in getting things in while there is still danger of serious frost. One setback from a cold day or two completely offsets the early start and may indeed mean replanting the whole garden. This caution. of course does' not apply to very hardy vegetables or flowers or to grass seed. These should be soma just as soon as ground it Rt to work. A second common mistake Is planting too deeply. Authorities recommend as a general rule only Planting to a depth, of :four times the diameter of the seed. This means, that seeds like peas and beans will be covered with. about an inch of soil but tiny things such as lettuce and poppies will be freely pressed in, ;Spacing le Important as even the enthusiast does not care to spend much, time kneeling and thiandng. Labor oats be saved by propea0y spacing the seed as planted. Corn, beets, peas anal aInilLar Plants, with hug seeds can easily be sown: et the distances arlvOcated on •the packet, With tiny seeded lettuce or alys- sums, however, it is practically im- passible to space by hand but If the seed is first mixed with, a little sand and the whole sown carfully, plants will be spread out, Prominent Mason Honored John M. sunray, well lcnoyn fig - ere in Ontario Masonic circles, was honored at a gathering in' Mitchell when he was presented with the 25.. year Past Prtnerpal's ,Pewel. The presentation was made by Grand Scribe 10., 10, Smith, London. Mr. lPmpey Is a member 0f B11iat1 Chain ter 24, Royal Areh'Masone, Mitchell, Masons ta'am Stratford, Goderlolr, Seaford; Clinton and St, Mary at- tended, "Oh, darling," cooed the wife of one of our married men, "I'ye set nip react on a new studio couch," ntecieed?" came (back our churn, "Well, sweetness, that's the only part Of You that ever will set one one." Canadians Greatest Telephone .Talkers ,Canadians courtinie to lend the World as the greatest'telephone talkers het have yielded sevon t placer to Nee Zealand in the platter of the number at teles Y1aones per 100 orf populations according to the 010et reee•Lrt figures our world-wide derelopmint anal usage just releas- ed by the Sbatdstieal. Deparbinant o4'; the American Telephone and Tele- graph lcentpany. 'hese figures bring the. record to January het, 198'8. For some years °anode has rank- ed first iii the number of yearly cora versatioua Per esipita and with 236:0 for 1937 compared' with 222.4 of the years previous thin' lead in talking by telephone is well maintained. O'r.tda's nearest 0011100801 for this honor 1 ethe United Sitatew which re- ports 220,2 conversations for the average man, woman, and child dur- ing the year. Newt in; order came Repmtark with 182.0, Sweden with 170.5, and Norway with 101.1. The people of Great Britain (and North- ern Irelandl) apparently do not use the telephone to the same extent as the pebpie in North America, for the former have In one year onlly 46.4 conversations per capita, but even then it is sufficient to lead Germany, which with 40.1 is ranked Oar down the list. New Zealand has at last wrested from Canaria the coveted position, or being second to the United St1tes in Point of View of telephone develop- ment. These two Dominions .have tied) with each other a long period with Canad's 11.90, The United yith Canada generally holding a slight advantage, hut now New Zealand reports 11.97 telephones per hundred of population compared with. Canada's „1.90. The United Slakes is well to the Sore with 16.09, while listed among the first five countries are to be found Sweden withr 11.7'5, Denmark avi-bh 11.25 and Switzerland witb 10.26, The average figure for the world is 11,79 which indicates there are not quite two telephones for every hundred people in the world. Figures for the large communities reveal that Vancouver leads Canada Ian cities with 28.37 telephonse per 100 population and is listed tenth How Governments Squander Information tabled to the Ilottse of Conumone on March. 29 showed the purchase dor a title of 110,7 acres of land in tine Township of North Grintsiry et a cost of 598,900. On the same day an actvent.tae- metnt in a Toronto newspaper offer- ed 100 scree for sale near Vineland, FREE SERVICE OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD HORSES OR CATTLE removed promptly and efficiently. Simply phone "COLLECT" to WILLIAM tMTONE SONS LTED PHONE 21 INGERSOLL BRUS'$ELS PHONE 72 among 05 of the world's leading cities, Toronto with/ 25.2(7 ranks second 10 Oawada and eleventh in the nvorid. Waslaingteny leads with. 38,32, followed by son Francisco with 9813 and Stook_ holm wdtlh 1't is Interesting, to note that tore Continent of Norbit America, with 21,660,000 telepbones. has over half the ins'truenents in the world, and that the City of New York with over 1,023;00 telephones ba.s more than the combined total of Russia, Ohtna, and British India in which oounM'ies oast be found approximately one- half the world's pap/debtors. Five Huron Farms Selected For Experimentation Five Huron Country farms have been selected for soil fertility testa by the Dept. of Chemistry, O,A,C., Guelph, and the Herron agricultural office. Three ars In 'Puckersmlith and MO in Stephen township, Of the former, Alden Crich will dem• onstrete with mixed grain craps, Bert Garrett with/ turnips and Nor- man Pepper with Erban oats, and In Stephen, George Link will experi- ment with field yeane and Thomas Lamport with field corn. Half - acre plots will be selected. After the soil has been analyzed in the spring suitable fertilizers • will be supplied and. the demronstrationis are designed' to determine the differ, erne in growth and yield as between the properly fertilized and the- mn, fertilized soils. 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