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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1940-6-19, Page 7BIG QUALITY It's a?guaranteed Goodyear with a full, centre - traction diamond tread at the lowest price ever offered. A tire that will save you money . one you'll be proud to own ... drive In today and choose the great new ... Gootormium MARATHON Anderson's Garage Brussels, Ont. s IN THE GARDEN * * * * * * * * * * By this time the Well started. careful planned garden will rebuire little care and should) be returning hunched per cent dividends in pleas- ure, beauty, and really fresh vege- tables. Aside from, gathering flowers and •salad materials at the door, there is little to. do. Grass should not be cut more often than is necessary to keep it in check. As a matter oR fact, it grows very slowly in hot weather WODNE,sDAY, MINE lett, I54Q FARM NEWS AND = INFORMATION = and unlike the young lade hair it 1 should be alleeved to grow u little Torr iu summed to protect.! Its roots I f ,in the sun, B3oth flowers and ,egetables will benefit from a little cultivation once a week doming JulY at least IR there are any insects or disease present there should be some spraying. le flowers are picked regularly ,the plants will keep on blooming. Weed Killers To prevent grass or weeds grow- ing in drivewvayes gardeners are ad- vised to spray with some of the comvmeecial weed -killers now avail- able. IR not handy gasoline will do the tilde, Care mast be exercised to keep these killers away from wanted grass, flowery or shrubbery. ,Another suitable material for weeds or grass in, driveways is common salt, the cheaper and coarsen• the better. Not only will a liberal ap- plication of this, about one or two handfuls( to the square foot, destroy grass, weeds, poison ivy, etc., but it will alsobind gravel and soil to- gether into an even millrace, keep down dust and repel frost. 'Support Dahlias; tomatoes, large cosmos or nicotine, young shade trees, new climbers, all benefit from some arti- ficia1 support while, they are get- ting started, For tall individual flowers or to- matoes, .sdxdoot stakes of wood or steel are advisable and the plant is tied to these loosely with soft twine or raffia, Stouter and Perhaps longer stakes will be used with shade trees and correspondingly shorter ones for the smaller flowv. For the latter a curt and straighten- ed wire coat hanger with hook left on makes an ideal support. With melee getting ready to cling to fence or wall, string is used or perhaps adhesive tape or staples; where it is impossible to tie. With sweet peas, and ordinary garden peas, one may use chicken wire, from three feet to six feet high, depending on how tall the Peas grow in the reader's praticular part of Canada, 'Old gardeners, however, state that brush or strings are preferable for the peas, as the wire may burn the tender foliage. With tomatoes, dahlias, etc., usu- ally side shoots are nipped off and the main) stern only allowed to grow. Still Tire to 'Plant In most parts or Canada it is still "I was, saying he was just `a friend' of the Family ageArk Minx calfi�+/ LONG D1STJNCE ... and told me they were engaged to be married!" Yes, Long Die- tone is the answer to a maiden's prayer . when she gets her man! lig In fact it meets every situation in life when you must and can ignore distance, for a real ear -to -ear talk, After 7 pan. (and all day Sunday) rates are lower as every 'little mini' knows! • At 7 weeks your chicks are on the way to becoming money -making Fall and Winter layers. Keep them going in the right direction by feed- ing Roe Complete Growing Mash —the feed that has helped hundreds of thousands of Ontario chicks grow into sturdy, strong, productive pullets. This complete feed is of a medium texture, high in digestible nutrients—with the correct balance of proteins, minerals and vitamins your chicks need to -pay you big returns in Fall and Winter eggs. Ask your Roe Feeds dealer. GROWING MASH Sold by EAST HURON PRODUCE, Brussels ALBERT TRAVISS, Walton FRANK HARRISON, Moncrleff VITAMIZED FOR �� c HEALTH—FARM /jam PROVENN FOR �' !1� RESULTS ! Z 1 1 quite possible to have a good veee- table garden even from seeds. It is not a bit (too early for melons, cuounebera, squash and medium and late corn potatoes, beans, carrots and .beets, and 'with wall -started husky plants, .purchased from the nearest seed sttore or greenhouse, one can, set out a whole garden with tomatoes, peppers; cabbage, and celery. To catch up with this late gardening it le advisable to cultivate frequently, water during dry weath- er, and to hurry along 'with a taw applications of good ohenndcal fer- tilizer, especially any newly get out plants applied close to but not ac- tually touching the plants or its moots, HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID ` FOR EGGS AND POULTRY fM1SAMIS' PHONE 80 --- BRUSSELS Wartime Emergency Courses Toronto, June 14—The Canadian Medical Association in executive seselon here todby approved plane for two spebial wartime emergency courses at Ontario. Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph, designed to equip Ontario women to assist in Canada's war effort, One course will teach nutrition to 150 women selected from towns and cities. across the province, so that on their return to their own com- munities they oar deanonstrrate to housewives how to prepare whole eome meals at low cost. This course will have the joint approval of the medical body, the Ontario govern- ment, which has made the agricul- tural college available during July, and the Red Cross, which will select the women, assisted by public heath nurses, the Victorian, Order of Nurses, and alumna of the School of Household .Science. Life insurance companies operating in Canada will assist financially, The other course, to be held at the sauce time, will teach 450 young- er women how to care for the refugee children which governments expect will soon arrive in Canada in ever-increasing numbers. It will be open to any who wish to attend, as distinguished, (from the first course, for which only one or Iwo women from a community will be accepted. "'Id Canada is .tobecome the pantry for war-torn Europe, more of our womensfolk should know hone to gest the utmost in health out of our foodstuffs. We have an ernple supply of food in Canada for our own needs' -but who knows how soon we shall be required to share our stooks with our allies in Europe, ,which many authorities believe is even now threatened by widespread famine? We must not be unpre- pared for any emergency," explain, ed' Dr. T. 0, Routley, general secre- tary of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. G. I. Christie, president at O.A!C., felt that Europe faces early famine and that Canada mush be Prepared' to ship abroad large amounts of foodstuffs, in addition to caring for throngs of refugee children, That is why both courses will feature food conservation, in all its various diepartmenbe cooking, canning and avoidance of waste in preparation. In illustrating the need for this instrudtiont, he pointed out that air ,ince cooks hadup to 30 Percent shrinkage 111 cooking meats by former methods. At O.A.C. they are learning methods, which keep waste to a minimum. "I personally am fearful that both the Allies. and our enemies will be starving in the next few months. There will be no crop this year in holland, Belgium, nothern France .and little produced in Norway, Our navy will prevent grains, with which to feed livestock from reaching Den, mark, In Germany, the extreme cold of last wirier spoiled(; enormous quantities of vegetables 1n pits and the canned goods, kept in reserve al - reader have been alloted to the Nazi array, That Is the development, in my opinion which drove Hitler in risking everything on a single blow. His food is nearly gone and he knows that Canada can, s•hiit abroad, tb our Allies" stated. Dr, Christie. Italy, of Course, was al- ways In .a semi.s1Larwation. condi- tion, so could spare no crop surplus* to help Germany, "Is it possible for our prosperous dominion, to sit idly by in the midst of starving nations? I tell you, it can't be done," declared Dr. Christie, who, ea assletant U.S. secretary of agriculture in the last war helped, Herbert Hoover feed Belgian refugees, Well have to share our food. We can't wait until „next January either, We'll have to prepare now, "Never' before have Canadians we'd' such a Situation, im the last war we sent aid acres% the ocean, We'll have to do that again but, in addition, we're, having our reepon, abilities in the 1'ofmn of refugee ehitdreaa breugh right ,into our homes. And thea* children oaa't - be raised by eld'rty folk, It'la Amr- CREAM PRODUCERS .. All Creamery Butter is now subject to Government Grading. This is why we must be very particular about the quality of the cream. OPEN WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS BRUSSELS CREAMERY PHONE 22 i ,Mmitatl..a - BRUSSELS ten-year job, one for young people,' warned Dr. Christie. The nutrition course, for whic 10 women will be picked by then Meal Red Crows branches, will b based on .the informwI''ion in "Foo for Health in Peaces and Watt" pr pared by the (Canadian Medica Association to protect Canadia fiamilies• against the diseases whic so often weaken nations fu wartime The book is being distributed to 1,00,000 Canadian homes with th aid of the Red Cross and Life insur ante companies. Called the "war emergency course on nutrition," ft, will emphasize practical instruction and actual demonstration in the cooking laboratories at Guelph, so that those' taking the course will be qualified to go back to their home towns and show other women ad- vanced methods' of cooking and areal planning drawn up by Dr. Chri•stie's staff and medical men. ,Cooking has been included in the course for taking care of refugee children, but it will be taught less intensively. 'Other subjects, how- ever, will include sewing so that need garments. can be made over for the little strangers; gardening, and several phases of child-rearing. There will be no charge for the courses, the only cost to the appli- cant being a flat charge of $25 for room and board at the college, Plus trangpontation to and from Guelph. Courses will last four weeks, begin- wing July 2nd, cultivation of Infested meadows and pasture fields. will •eradicra,te it, h Stray plants on road,sidgs, head ✓ lands and waste platen should be e pulled, spudded, sprayed or cut d immediately. This is important e as the whole plant contains a milky 1 juice which enablers it to mature n some seed if it is not destroyed at h once. , Yellow Goat's Beard is on the in- crease, Learn to identify it and e eradicate it before it becomes •estab- Iiebed in your community, advises Mr, MacLeod, THE WEED OF THE WEEK Yellow Goait's Beard A weed with large yellow flower heads may now be observed in flower along roadsides, railway tracks• and waste places in many parte of Ontario, nays. John D. Mac- Leod, Crops, Seeds and Weeds. Branch, Ont, Dept. of Agriculture, Toronto. This weed may at a glance be mioltaken for Perennial Sow Thistle but it is Yellow Goat's Beard, a perennial weed which has been on the increase in recent years and which may be idenflti•ed by its long Blender tap root, up -right stein .frown. 1 to 3 feet high, leaves long narrow and taper pointed„ large yellow flower heads, from 1 to 2*, lynches. broad which are succeeded by oonspicuoua heads of downy seedy, looking like• very large dande- lion seed heads, By means, of these down» heads or parachutes, seeds may be carried long dis- tances by the wind. This method of propagation is the contributing factor responsible for the preva- lence of the weed. Yellow Goat's Beard is in flower from June to September. Seeds are usually ripe and are dispersed by the 'wind the letter part of June and early July to September. This weed does not appear to 'stand cultivation as it is seldom seen in fields under crop, Through Fall Fairs May Be Fewer A Toronto despatch last week said: that whether fairs( and exhibi- tions throughout Canada should be cancelled because of the war ap- Peered to be a matter of divided opinion,. A survey indicated; how- ever, that the annual fairs, would be fewer in number and less, ambitious in most provinces. J. A. Carroll, superintendent of agriculture societies in Ontario, carne out strongly in favor of re- taining, fain, particularly the agri- cultural exhibitions, on, into grounds, to continue encouraging the farmer' in better production, methods, and to keep up the morale of the farm- ing population, He said prantically all exhibitions in Ontario will be held as usual ex- cept xcept in cases where necessary build- ings are being used by the military authorities. In Ottawa, for example, the Central Canada Exhibition was cancelled because Landsdowne Park now is a militancy camp. Although troops are quartered at present wt Toronto's Exhibition Park the Canadian National Exhi- bition is scheduled to be held as usual, Military authorities' are re- ported to have concurred in this decision, MEN WANTED-_ A good business paying good in- come and with' future ,possibilities. Selling Familiar. Products mega and women all ober Canada have found the secret of euceea$', Why don't you get in on it to NO OBLIG- ATION, .Ask for F02:Eb7 catalogue describing 200 neceetsdty products and plan. i1AIMILE,x PRODUCTIS 570 St, Clement sit., MON4PITEAL FREE SERVICE OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD HORSES OR CATTLE removed promptly and efficiently. Simply phone wcOLLecT'' Ie WILLIAM STONE SONS LI/4111D PHONE 21 • INGERSOL6, BRUSSELS — PHONE 72 LICENSED AU CTIONEER for the Counties of HURON ' AND PERTH W. S. Donaldson Phone 35-x43 ' Atwood All -Sales promptly attended to. 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