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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-6-24, Page 3hddreee `communications to AgronOinist, 73Adelaide &t. West, Toronto Bgckwlteat for Poor Soil, much on poor soil infested with weeds; a good soli may require only two peeks of seed to the acre. Harvesting is not the big job many people think. .An ordinary •grain- binder can be used if the groun'U not toe rough. , Set up ..the up»dlee- - three '• or four together=soon after oaring,' and before .the:; stems . wilt. Begin 'harvesting when seeds from the first set of blossoms are mature,. After standing 'for•ten days -in shocks, the bundles can be stacked or stored in a barn ' They can be threshed with an ordinary flail. Yields vary between fifteen and thirty bushels..to the acre and often go as high as fifty, bushels. Outside of its use for flour, buck- wheat has a variety 'of }saes. The outer hulls removed in milling are used for cattle feed—used principally by dairymen. They have no bad effect• on dairy cows, unless fed as the only concentrate, or in excess. Buckwheat bran and buckwheat feed axe middl- ings and hulls mixed. Whole buck- wheat grain is a valuable poultry food. The straw is readily eaten by stock, Is Your laird poor and thin? Is your soil acid? Or has your corn failed? Try buckwheat. A. short growing own will produce a good 'crop of buckwheat. Therefore, :buckwheat fits in well on land Where spring crops fail. It is the best crop for thin land. It - is a good crop for new ground. Only e, small supply of lime is needed in the soil ;• but it re- quires high elevation and 'cool; nibist weather, especially. at blooming time, .Hot weatherwith constant rain is unfavorable to buckwheat: If your locality fits these requirements; buck- wheat will interest you: - To obtain best results with 'buck- :wheat plow the land early fin the spring, Keep it in good shape by Harrowing occasionally• Late plowed land Should be allowed to settle before planting to make a firm seedbed, Many people plow the land it June just after the crops are planted. This distributes farm labor. Buckwheat is seldom grewit in a de- finite rotation. However, it can be if it has been kept in good shape. worked into a rotation, as follows: Besides being a weed destroyer and a soil 'builder, buckwheat is valuable as a cover crop in orchards.,Field peas are added in order to ave a legume. The plants can be rolled down when the crop of apples is ready to harvest, if the plants get too rank. This will make a bed for the dropping apples to fall on. As a crap for bees, buckwheat is an First year, alsike or crimson clover; second year, buckwheat; third year, 'potatoes; fourth year, rye, oats or wheat seeded to clover. The time to sow buckwheat is after the spring frost danger is past; other- wise the plants will be killed. Likewise frost in the fall wilt kill the crop: so the crop must 'fit in between these two frost period's; and yet the filling excellent source of honey. Many flow - of the grain is best in the cool Weather ers are produced, and they are well of early fall. There must be twelve .supplied with. nectar. However, it is weeks between seeding time and the not advisable to grow buckwheat time of fall frosts. primarily as a honey crop, for it does A grain drill can be used for seed- not come early enough in the year. ing. A drill requires less seed .than Buckwheat honey 'is dark in color and a broadcast seeder, and better results needs to •be sold locally, for the honey are secured. The rate of seeding is trade discriminates against it in favor generally three or foto' pecks to the of white honey from clovers and bass - acre. Five pecks may not be too wood. When to Cut Hay. Cut timothy just as the bloom is falling. If the erop is not too heavy and rank, cut as soon as the dew is off, let it curie a few hours, rake into windrows, and haul to the barn the same day. If the crop is rank, cut it „ yin the afternoon; it will wilt some ' during•, the night and dew will not hurt it. Next day's sun will dry 'it in a few hours, when it can be raked into windrows; haul it to the barn in the early afternoon. Cut clover hay when about half the blossoms- are brown. Cut it as soon as the dew is off in the morning, At noon shake out the bunches, rake into windrows before the evening dew gets on it, and let it lie until the next day. Next day shake out the hay as soon as the dew -is off. You ought to be 'ready to haul on a hot day, by eleven "O'clock, or certainly after dinner,- no r - matter whether you have ten loads or enough to haul with a tractor and two wagons. 'It spoils clover hay to get too dry. It should never be put into the barn when wet with rain or dew, but a little sap won't hurt it. The time to cut alfalfa, judging by the practice of successful growers, is shortly after the $ret blossoms appear. After that time, the stems 'become woody and the leaflets are likely to fall off. In regions where alfalfa blooms sparingly, cut when the new shoots appear at the crowns. If cut- ting is delayed, the new shoots• will be cut off, and the second crop will be injured. The number of cuttings in a year depends on the length of season and the supply of moisture. Canada has the largest fresh water body fn the world, in Lake Superior, 81,800 square =ilea, Canning Everts Without Sugar Due to the scarcity and high price of sugar the possibility of much of the coming crop of small fruits going to waste is greatly increased. There is a method of canning' without sugar, which is described by Miss Jeanette Babb, Instructor of Household Science at Macdonald College, as follows: "In the first place, in sugarless canning utmost care must be observed and every rule strictly followed, other - ,wise loss of fruit and wasted effort may result. "Fermentation and decay are caused •by, the bacteria, yeasts and moulds, which are ever present in the air, coning in contact with fruit. We must, therefore, destroy these forms of life present in the fruit and in the ' containers and prevent their further entrance into the containers, by seal- ing and sterilizing or boiling. This is what is termed canning. "There are many reasons why can- ned goods spoil. Someofthese are: Because of imperfect jars; use of old or poor rubbers; use of stale products; being too slow; filling too many jars at once; inaccuracy in time of boiling; Were to test jars after sterilizing, and careless storage. ' "The equipment necessary for can- ning is as follows: 'Wash boiler, or Canada's Need "What is the need of Canada at the present time? We have a great debt in this. country. How are we going to ineet it? . We are told to produce. We can produce la the factories, on the land, and In the mines of this country. We have great natural resources that onlyneedto be developed In order to enrich this country; and if we could only develop those resources, to the extent of one-fourth of their value at the present time we would have no trouble in meet- ing our obligations, as a nation. There is ua cause for any per - eon to this country to be dis- couraged about the future of Canada. All we need to do IS to move around this Dominion to realize the great resources we possess; and we cannot help but become, prouder of our country and cannot help but glory In the fact that, in Canada, we have as great wealth and as groat op- portunities• as aro to'be found In any laud in the world to -day, What Is requisite to to encour- age the development of those re- sources, and, given an oppOt' tunity to the people -to take ad- vantage of theWealth that Is in the country, there will be no heed for the CGovornient to worry about the future of Cana- da and no need for the honest, capable and ambitious citizen of Canada to worry about 1t tither,". --iii, A. Buchanan, M,P, In House of Commons, r large kettle, with an airtight cover; fitted rack for bottom of boiler; good jars and covers properly -sterilized; good rubbers; long -handled spoon or silver knife, strainer or clean cheese- cloth for washing fruit, blanching and cold -dipping, boiling water, and clean towels, all of which should be sterile, "To prepare the juts, test them first for leakage, by filling -with water, fitting on rubber, sealing tightly and inverting on a dry table. If no mois- ture is seen on the table the jar is safe. Sterilize the jars and covers• by placing on rack in boiler, cover with cold water, bring water to boiling point, and boil for fifteen. minutes. Oterilfze the rubbers in a shallow dish of boiling water for five minutes. "In the cold pack method the im- portance of the two terms, blanching and cold dipping, should be emphasiz- ed. Blanching isto dip in boiling water, and keep under the boiling water for from a few seconds to five minutes, according as to whether the fruit is of the soft or hard variety. Cold dipping means the immediate plunging into cold boiled water, to set the coloring matter, to aid in keep- ing the fruit whole and to make it easy to handle. - Preparation of Fruit. 1. Select when it is at its best— thoroughly sound, ripe but firm and free from bruises. 2. Grade as to size and quality for sake of uniformity. 8. Can the day it is -picked, and as soon as possible after picking, especi- ally where no sugar is used. 4, Clean fruit and prepare as for table use. 5, 'Blanch in case of hard fruits, 6. Cold dip. '7. Pack products quickly into jars, which have just been removed one at the time from the boiler, using a sterile knife or spoon handle for packing. 8. Fill with boiling water, insert knife to let out air and fill again to top with water running over jar. 0. Put on sterilized rubber, cover, and partially seal at once, 10. When all jars are toady, place on rack in boiler and cover with water of the same' temperature as jars, keeping thejarsseparated. 11. Cover boiler, bring to the boiling point and boil until the fruit is cooked, (a)'G'oft fruits require team 10 to 15 minutes where sugar is used. Whit no sugar is .Used we add 15 minutes more to the required leneth of time with sugar, (b) Hard fruits With sugar require from 30 minutes to one hour plus twenty minutes without sugar. 12, 1.1 ncover boiler at end of tine ter sterilizing or 'boiling, allow steam to escape and teal jars tightly im- mediately uponremoving::ram boiler, Invort until cot], tet$, Vihen coal sercw tight again, was i biltside of jars,, label and put nway in a cold, dry, dark place. From ocean unto`ocean - Our land shall own Thee Lord, And, filled with tree devotion, Obey Thy sovereign word, Our prairies and Or mountains, Forest arid futile field, Our rivers, lakesiand fountains, To Thee- -shall tribute yield. Where error smites with blindness, Enslaves and leads astray, Do Thou in loving kindness Proclaim Thy - gospel day, Till all the tribes and races That dwell in this fair land, Adorned with Christian graces, Within Thy courts shall stand. Our Saviour Icing, defend us, And guide where *e should go; Forth with Thy message send us, Thy love and light to show; Till fired with true devotion Enkindled by Thy word, From Ocean unto ocean Our land shall own Thee Lord. The Welfare of the Home Guiding the Imagination "When my boy was only four years old, I began to punish him every time he told a lie. It took great persis- tence to cure him, but now he is the most truthful child you ever knew. You tan depend upon his word every time," The father spoke with great pride, ignorant that the merry little lad next door who was the companion of his own sullen boy had also passed through three years of "romancing" but with no punishment for lying and consequently no unhappy memories to tarry into later life. Every little child passes through a mental stage when he finds it difficult if not impossible to distinguish be- tween memory and invagination, Five-year-old Harold spent a very happy day with little Jack whose mother had so tamed a squirrel that it cane to the window and ate from the children's hands, "Wouldn't it be fun if it would come into the room and play with us?" "Yes, ttnd get into the doll's bed and sit in a chair and eat from a table." Each child made his contribution to the delightful romance. Two or three weeks later something was said in Harold's pres- ence about squirrels, and immediately there came to his mind all the mem- ories of Jack's squirrel, Memory and invagination became confused so that the little lad thought he was telling the truth when he told of the squirrel which had eaten from his hand, slept in a doll's bed and sat in a chair and he naturally iiesented as an in- justice the punishment which followed. Fact and Imagination. "What is truth?" four-year-old ,Margaret asked earnestly of a loving friend who rebuked her for not telling the truth. The friend, by definite illustration, helped her to understand the difference between fact and im- stgination, and for several weeks the child's stories were followed by the question, "Was I telling the truth that time?" Finally she was able to dis- tinguish the difference and her image inative stories were introduced by, "This isn't true but—" "Once upon a time, etc." 'So she lived in her make- believe world joyously increasing a very valuable mental power, yet being saved the reproof and punishment too often meted out to,chilclren who are not understood.. Miss Elizabeth Harrison in her book, "Misunderstood Children," tells of a little girl who prayed in her own simple childlike way that the wonder- ful gift of Imagination might be taken from her because of the scorn and ridicule with 'which the teacher of geography treated her attempt to pic- ture Arabia, about -which she was studying, instead of merely bounding the country, "Please, God, help me not to see people 'and animals in Arabia instead of an old map on the wall," she prayed. Fortunately the little girl's prayer was not answered and her imagination developed and was so guided and con- trolled by a wise and understanding mother that when the child grew to womanhood she was able to use that invagination to write stories which have brought joy to thousands of little children, The Wonderland of Childhood. The world of imagination is really the kingdom of the little child in which he lives with the companions we adults choose for him. Let us help him by telling hint, of the great heroes of history and literature, and cease to acquaint hien with the cruel villains and coarse buffoons of the movies and the 'newspaper- headlines. During their early impressionable years, ChB- . The British Empire's Do inions to the Motherland O England, --burdened sore, yet so divine! :We, thy loved daughters o er the oceans wide, : Whose blossoming thy bosom fills with pride, Our. hearts, our all, declare forever thine. How thou hast loved us!• and how carefully _ School'd us in Truth, and shielded us from harm, • Till, grown to nationhood, we the world charm, Which, marvelling at thy greatness, honors thee: Dear, glorious, wondrous Motherland, whose womb Gave unto earth the grandest empire known, Tho' Time (kind Heaven forbid!) should its bond doom Thy`glory aye shall grow thro' good seed sown, Ours be vain Niobe's fate if we e'er prove Forgetful of our debt, thy trust and love! —Wilfred Arthur Hunter. dren are influencedmore by their imaginary companions than by the actual children with whom they come in contact. - "Let's pretend," the imaginative child' says over and over again. "Yes, let's pretend," the wise mother ans- wers, and jokingly may add, "Let's pretend that we are fairies and that all the specks of dust are wild animals for us to chase." Let us pretend and pretend with the children, and .be thankful with rever- ent, humble gratitude when we as grown men and women are allowed to re-enter the wonderland of child- hood, living with the little people and guiding them in their use of this very great gift of Imagination. • Wasting Our Water Powers. Canada occupies an outstanding po- sition in regard to water -power wealth, not only with respect to the aggregate power at sites already de- veloped and in use, but even more so to that awaiting development. The total 0£ our potential load -water,, 24-hour power is estimated at some 19,000,000 horse -power. Although the greater amount of power is produced in large and effi- cient .plants, there are many ineffi- cient small plants. Each of these plants, however, is valuable as a pro- ducer of energy and, owing to the number, the aggregate - amount of power they represent is considerable; moreover, these smaller plants are usually situated in the more thickly populated areas, where power is at a premium. It is interesting to note how condi- tions in some of the small plants can be Unproved at a relatively low cost, as illustrated by the reconstruction of a small hydro -electric plant of some 400 h.p., operating under a head of 14 feet. The original plant was destroyed by a washout, and, in the design of the new plant, all modern and efficient practice and methods were utilized. The new plant is showing narked in- crease in efficiency over the old, due to the increased efficiency of the units and of the method. of operation. The plant has carried for the past two years mare than twice the load that the old plant normally handled and has not yet experienced the shortage of water which formerly occurred each year - in •the late summer and winter ,months. The results at this plant illustrate what reconstruction can ac- complish for small plants operating wastefully, either through antiquated equipment, .leaky dams or other in- efficient works, - 'Canada is the'chief forest resource of the British Empire, A Dominion park has been estab- lished wrong the new Banff -Winder- mere highway, to be known as Koot- enay Park, A potion of the land has been transferred to the Dominion by the province of British Columbia, and a portion of the Railway Belt will be included. Of Canada's Maple Trees AfelL "The maple leaf our emblem dear, The maple leaf forever," Po sang the poet, And as the warmth of the Spring sunshine gleams through the branches of the maples, myriads of dangling little. flower bells greet ye in reel and gold, Leaves of threemain lobos, act op- posite on the wigs, and the twigs set opposite on the branches—in these ale the plain signature of the maples, The maple family is large, but the Ones we know :best are the Silver, Red, Manitoba, Norway, Sugar, Syca- mMoreapl, ,Striped and Mountain or Spiked e, - `Phe 'Silver Maple (Acer Seedier- intim) grows ninety to one hundred feet in 'height, and its branches form a wide spreading head. The flowers are greenish yellow on the twigs; the leaves are pale green and silver under- neath. In late May or June pairs of winged keys hang on short sterns. The Red Maple (Amer Rubrmn) is a spreading tree of medium size with slender erect branches, The buds that cluster et the joints areredas rabies; so are the leaves when they open. Amid the brilliancy of autum- nal forest lit stands pre-eminent. The Sugar Maple (Acer Berbatum), also known el 'the Rock or Hard Maple, is both 'useful and beautiful. It frequently rises seventy feet with- out a branch, and spreads its leaves one hundred and twenty feet above its base. It can grow as tall as any of its forest companions, and it also lanows how to prosper while young in the shade, so that there is always a young maple ready to take the place of a dying tree, The flowers appear with the leaves, are greenish yellow gold, and in clusters on thread-like pedicels. The fruit or key ripens in early autumn. This is the tree whose trunk is tapped in the spring and the sap boiled in great kettles over an open fire in the woods. When the water is evaporated solid cakes of maple sugar remain. Much of the splendor of the forests in autumn is due to the brilliant coloring of the Sugar Maple, The grain of the wood is fine; and takes a high polish. and shows accidental forms. These forms are curled and bird+s-eye maple. Both these forms are valued by the cabinet- maker. The Manitoba Maple (Acer Negun- do) is planted because of its rapid growth, and is found in our parks. In spring pink ;refuges like corn silk decorate the branches. This is our only maple with compound leaves. Sycamore Maple (Acer Pseudo- platanus), like the Norway, is an ornamental tree, and holds tits leaves two weeks longer than our native species. The. sycamore was a fig tree of Palestine, and in the twelfth century, when miracle plays were pro- duced in Europe, one of the favorite scenes was the flight into Egypt of Joseph and Mary. The legend says that they rested under a sycamore tree, but no sycamores grew in the Tc, Canada 0 Canada, my Canada, Name ever dear .to me, Tho' I may dwell do foreign strand, My thought are all .of thee, Thy wooded Mils, thy rippling Allan Thy Emblem Maple Treet O Canada, nay Canada, There 1s' no•lend like thee, 0 Canada, my native land, To thee my heart is true; I love thy flag witheir essee three, 01 red, and white, and blue. It e'er shall wave .o'er homes of brave, Who fought for liberty, Who gave their liven that we might jive, ' 0 Canada, for thee,] -Mary It, Ward countries where' these .plays were acted, and so this maple, was -chosen to take its place, and such it has re- mained to this day. - The 'Striped Maple Moosewood (Acer Pennsylvenicum) is a lade tree with stripes on the smooth green bark so that at a shortdistance the trunk seems to bo delicately traced with 'white lines. The Mountain Maple • (Acer Secat- unn), another little tree, on which the flower clusters are much smaller than those of the striped maple. - The fruit hangs late in the winter, on the grey twigs, which are brightened by red buds. . The Norway Maple (Acer Platan- ee:des) is our most popular street tree, on which great clusters of yellow flowers appear in the spring The leaves turn bright gold in the autumn. —Owen Staples, 0 Peerless Canada. 0 pees•1ers Canada, Our beauteous Canada, Land of -our birth, Land that our fathers brave On battlefield and wave Fought, bled and died to save, How great thy worth! 0 land of forests rare, ]:road lakes beyond compare - And rivers wide, Land of great mountain chains, Land of vast prairie plains, Land that our homes contains, Thou art our pride. Dear country, heaven -blest, Refuge of earth's oppreet Who to 'thee fly, Land of wealth, youth and Wright, Land of faith, courage, right, Preserve thou e'er from blight Thy liberty, - 0 Lord in Heaven above, Savo the great land we love, Our Canada. May she e'er prosp'rous be, Aye brave her sons and free, Loyal from sea to sea, Save Canasta. —Wilfred Arthur Hunter. Canada sold $50,000,000 of dairy products to British Government, 1918-19. - Canacla has 190 cold storage ware- houses; capacity, 26,958,411 cubic feet. Railways have 4,459 refrigerator cars. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Review -,Tune 27. I San.. 12: 1-5, 18-25, It is difficult to compare great men of different lands and tines so as to do them full justice. Each is the man for his own time and place and serves his own age. Each has his own dis- tinctive work to do. But in 'each and every case the criterion of true great- ness is service. No man is great who does not server Christ is our model and our example. In Him we see greatness in service and greatness through service. "I am among you," He said, "as one who serves." Judging by this criterion Samuel is entitled to be called great. He served the people of his, time through- out a long life unselfishly and well. As servant in Eli's house, in training for the priesthood; as priest, and Prophet, and judge of Israel; as'unider of the divided nation; as maker and counsellor of kings; in all these ca- pacities he proved himself an•honor- able and fearless man and a true servant of the people. The boy who answered So' readily in the night to what he supposed to be the voice of his aged master, Eli, as a pian ans- wered just as readily to the call of the nation, in which he learned to hear the voice of God. Let us consider some of his notable deeds. , While still a boy, and much against hi 171111 he'declaeed the judg- ment of God upon the house of the old. priest Eli, who had allowed his seas to conmmit geese abuses and crimes at the Sanctuary, and to bring the worship of the Sanctuary Into contempt (I Sam, 8), In later years he endeavored to unite all the people of the widely scattered independent tribes of Israel in the pure worship of Jehovah, to the exclusion of all false gods and of all idolatry. For this purpose he called to Mizpeh, and again to Rumah, a first, second, and possibly a third assembly of repro- sentative men of the tribee for eoun- sel- and for prayer. He believed that a. unity of . spirit, and especially the unity of a common worship, would be More effective and permanent thea} a militaty or political organization. HIS own commanding personality, and the great influenlce, of his name and of his blameless eharaot'er, were strong forces malting' for union. Then came the starling and disquieting demand Op Ili i�h.}1 icivato lead Israel's Wes:-Ifo"a tact thought they needed no Icing bet Jehovah only (chaps. 7-8), When the king Was Chosen and the attempt was made to begin kingly rule; Samuel dict two very important things, He ehcso and set a;tart the king in such a way, by anointing with holy oil, 00 to tnipress upon him the 'ham elf the supreme lordship of Je- d rho anti of Iris hovattan prophet, And he wrote in a book the manner of the kingdom, That is to say, he wrote the ancient laws which guaranteed freedom and justice and the rights of the men of Israel as against any nsurpaticn of them, or exercise of arbitrary power, on the part of the king. And so he made the recognition of Jehovah a fundamental part of the constitution of the new kingdom, and he gavo tie king and kingdom an ideal character, as the earthly representativesofthe person and rule of the heavenly King, an ideal toward which the prophets of subsequent times continually directed the hope and ambition of Israel (10: 25). Two great disappointments and sorrows came to aSmuel. The first was the misconduct of his own sons (8: 1-5). The second was the stub- born and childish petulance and wile _ fulness of Saul, who refused to be guided by the prophet's counsel (chaps, 13 and 15), and who for this reason ways rejected from being king and another chosen to take his place. Saul, in breaking with Samuel, sep- arated himself from one who would always have been the wisest and most disinterested of counsellors, who had a very strong hold upon the hearts of the people, and whose faith would have been a constant .source of strength and courage. Saul was it good soldier, but arms alone cannot make a nation great. Saul .with Samuel might have wrought great things. Some. of the sayings of Samuel have been often repeated and are well worth memorizing. For example: "Prepare your hearts unto the Lord -and serve hien only" (7:8). "Hitherto' hath the Lord helped us" (1: 12). "For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name's sake" (12: 22), "Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerjnge and saeri- flees as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams" (15: 22). "Thr men lookotlt on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh On the heart". i10i '7). Samuel's greatness lay in 'service. He was a man 'of his 'own time, with the limitations of his age and tune, but he was wholly disinterested and unselfish, He sought no wealth, worldly honor or advantage, He might have been ,Soul's chief minister if he lend not been true- to his convictions ' and jealous of the honor and authority of his diving King and Lord. tut as spiritual and national Ieader, ardent patriot, and writer of law and history be Wade a vory groat place for him. self In the life of his own people, and n very great and worthy eontribtitiola 'to the good of humanity. 1 A 1 1 4 1 1 4 A 4 • 1