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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-08-14, Page 7if these rags are sorted, torn into them, we 'snow 'enough not to buy a strips and dyed. 1 new one of this style. But iris. possible . to buy ready-, ' In selecting a new figured "±ug; I prepared and dyed rags by the hank, feel that the Oriental motifs are less which are madeout of new material, suited to the farmhouse than to any and these are admirable for crochet. house. The farmhouse idea is quaint- // 7 j' ing. nods, and there is nothing quaint rE �! n• `,p, r:tri The.woven a in about Oriental patterns. In figured • : I t ,Y :,, . rag rugs that cog p figured ew». . ._! room size are very inexpensive, and rugs, therefore, select the small all - they have the added desirability of over pattered that are,notinspired by Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto STRAWBERRY ROOT ROT. 1 diseased plants are pulled up and the 'c During the last two years numerous roots ut transversely 'it is noticed that the entire root and crown is beensent of strawberry root rot have brown or black. Healthy strawberry been in to_the St. Catharines'I plants show a white central core. Dominion. Laboratory of Plant Path- On one:farm this 'trouble has been elegy for exarirination. While some of sago .loco of land for these were without doubt directly duthe due on ears: Various fertiliz- to winter killing, many were brought:the last four y ' ei's were tried but without success. about by some other agency. This' however, this last year this grower same trouble has been reported this set out his strawberry patch on an - year not only from most strawberry other part .of his farand. so far' no sections of Ontario but also from the evidence of root -rot has been appar- States of New York, Illinois, Michigan ent. While as yet we are not able undeteand. Idaho. The cause is given as to state the cause, we believe that con- rganrmined, although certain. soil oiditions of the soil have a great deal con - organisms are suggested. to do with it. We should advise any The leaves of root -rotted plants ,0 grower who is troubled with root rot main small, are bronze in color and to set out any new. plantation on a often become yellow, but eventually piece of land that has not previously the plant, roots and crown dies. Gen- been planted to strawberries. orally the diseased plant dies before This laboratory would be very glad picking time although it is not un- to receive material of any such trouble usual to see patches of diseased plants from any grower no matter where remain alive till sometime after: Such situated. Any material thus sent in plants produce small, green, immature will be carefully examined and re- and worthless fruit. In nearly all ported upon. In sending specimens. cases this trouble appears in isolated kindly see, that they are packed so as spots throughout the field. Some to arrive in good condition, and ad - rows may be affected in their entirety dress the Dominion Laboratory of but this is not the general rule. Much Plant" Pathology,,,204 St. Paul St„ St. more often, it Is only a part of the Catharines, Ontario. -G. H. Berkeley, row that is diseased When such Plant Pathologist. coming from the washtub like new. these sources. Rag carpeting strips may be sewed • Straw rugs, grass rugsand matting together to form a room rug. (are suitable for the farmhouse. But These two types look especially well these should show no pattern other on a painted floor, painted the hue of than a stripe, a block, or an all-over the predominant rug color.' ! tiny figure; and there should be no Quite a bit more expensive, but as stenciled decorations. Linoleum is durable as iron, are the plain -color suitable for farmhouse use, and many; linen rugs which are suitable for use people' welcome this expedient for the in the dressiest farm room. These have covering of rough and unsightly floors. no pile, but are woven thickly and `"-- evenly and lie flat on the floor. - Tapeworm in Sheep. Somethinglike Ike the' linen rugs, but . g,- edifferent reeled of to Sem eight dr re t s tape - f 1 just so mmore desirable as their worm are. harbored by the sheep, but increased'price-would indicate, are the most common type found ins the 1 the' woven wool rugs which have• no province of - Ontario is known as pile. In plain colors these rugs are Toenia expanse. ' This species of tape - delightful and may be had with worm May run from eight to ten 'feet� straight plain borders of contrasting in length up to eighteen feet, and from GOOD-LOOKING FLOORS FOR FR FARMHOUSE ROOMS BY ETA'1~:L 0 Floors are regular bugbears to the woman who is striving to make her home pretty. Like most necessities, conventional floor coverings are apt to make appalling inroads on the income, and even then there is the danger that they• may be unsatisfactory from thel standpoint of choice. Nine times out of ten a woman is uncertain how any floor treatment will look until it is tried; moreover she sometimes cannot afford what she would like, and must content herself with some second or third choice. But if she gets the trick of knowing what will look particularly well on the floors of farmhouse rooms, she will find a certain economy no hardship, since the somewhat unconventional floor treatments that guarantee the most promising results for farmhouse living are usually quite within her means. Floor treatments are just as im- portant in ,creating a beautiful home as are wall treatments, window cur- tains and the actual furniture to be used in furnishing it. And an effec- tive floor, which includes its paint and stain, as well as its covering, does not require a great deal of money to be spent on it to make it so. What it cloes need, first, last and al- ways, is intelligent thought. The first thing that we must de- mand of a floor that is to be beautiful is that it be quiet in effect. TRANSrORIVIINel SOFT -WOOD FLOORS.' The second is that it has the proper value, which means - that the lower part of the room should be heavier in tone than the upper part. This makes the room keep its proper balance. The third is that the floor should act as an effective' part of the room scheme. The fourth is that the eight floor covering should be selected with vela= tion to beauty, cost, wear and personal preference. I want to tell you what floor treat- ments I consider particularly beautiful and especially suited to the farm- house. These treatments may be divided into two classes: The bare floor re- lieved by small rugs and the room - size floor covering. In discussing the use of small rugs, the treatment of the . bare floor must be solved first, and there are several good treatnfents, that may be suggest- ed for the floor of soft wood, which is the usual flooring to be found in the farmhouse. - If the boards have been carefully selected and laid, and the floor is in good condition, there is a special treatment that well repays for the trouble of. applying. When flnishgd' it will resemble a hardwood floeee I Dissolve a sufficient quantity . of . i burnt umber in linseedthinning it with turpentine to part a pleasant li,.le.lsl'own 0.,,e.,__,aj,aa.Ah the floor. Rub this mixed coloring intothe natural un- finished wood with a soft woolen cloth, taking great care that it goes on very evenly in tone.' When this is dry, melt about a pound of shaved' beeswax in a kettle on the stove, remove from the fire and thin with turpentine. It in necessary to remove the kettle as the turpentine 'is combustible, but after this is poured in, the kettle may be replaced an the stove, so that the mixture may gradu- ally heat and come to the right con- sistency to be applied easily to the floor. This is applied eicenly with another soft woolen cloth; it must he kept hot during the operation:'' After allowing a day to elapse, polish the floor, with a brick wrapped or harmonizing colors; I about 1-25 of an inch wide at the These rugs may be had in small orhead to nearly 1-2 inch at :the tail. room size. I The'entire worm is yellowish white in Among the more conventional rugs color; and is composed of segmental that are suited for farmhouse , modals color' one-quarter of an inchseg long. are the Axministers and the Wiltons.l The experience of the Animal Hua The best quality Axminster rug costs bandry •Department has been that about the same as a low-grade Wilton, lambs suffer more from this trouble hand in choosing between the•highest-tthan do sheep. ,In 1918 and in 1922 1 grade Axminsters and the lowest- the lambs in the O.A.C. flock were grade Wilton there is not the slightest badly infested, but.' the ewes were question in my mindthatthe Armin -1 practically free from the trouble In ster would be the wiser purchase. Ifested sheep or lambs do not thrive, In purchasing a rug like an Axmin-, the skin becomes pale and weakness titer or a Wilton it pays to put as follows, accompanied by a dry condi- much money into it as possible. If tion of the wool and very often by you haven't enough to get a fine Wil- digestive troubles. The surest symp- ton, spend it for a good -quality Ax -'tom is the: finding of segments of the minster. ! worm in droppings. If this trouble is Plain rugs are very fashionable the suspected close observation should be world over for every sort of housed given the droppings of the sheep and They are decorative in the highest de- lambs. gree and no room can fail of beauty Fast the sheeps or lambs twenty- ARPENTER. if it has one on. the floor. four hours before treatment. Then Some housewives object to them, give one dram oil of male shield fern however, because they show foot- in three ounces of castor oil. to a ma- marks, though I myself do not object ture sheep or halfthe dose for a to this in the least, for alar p n rug is expected to show them, and the handsomer the rugthe more it is apt to show them. But run the sweeper over the rug, draw the flat of the broom over it quickly, seeing that the strokes all run the same way, and the rug is as sleek as a pussycat. As the pile of any rug flattens, the footmarks are less likely to appear. When great -wear is required in a room such as a dining -room, a piled rug had better show a small figure. This is also a convenience in the din- ing -room, where spots are apt to de- velop on any rug. But the figure need not be large, more of a self tone or two tone, and the rug should not have a central medallion: Medallion rugs are in very poor taste, and even if we. are still having to wear out some of with a long -handled polisher, until the floor shows a soft glow. ideal back This makes anbackground for g the laying of small rugs, and would have to be renewed only every six months or so. It may be cared for with a dry mop, with the addition of an occasional polishing when needed. Varnish is another finish that is in high favor, and this is usually applied to a bare floor in the form of a var- nish stain of the color desired. Wal- nut or dark oak are the colors to be advised for this. The best varnish stain that money can buy is an economy in the end, and a new coat of it applied when needed is an economy also, because if the floor is allowed to get badly worn, the entire varnish finish must be removed before a new one is applied. Varnish finish should not be applied on top of paint, or vice versa, but al- ways the finish of a different nature should be first entirely removed. If the old finish is cracking, flaking or peeling, it must always be removed by means of sandpaper or paint -and - varnish -remover before the new coat is applied. But of all the finishes that may be used on the floors of the farmhause, there is none so satisfactory, so suit- able and so beautiful as paint. A colored floor, is not too garish, imparts just that note of style and character 'a room sometimes needs for good looks. Paint may be applied to bare boards that have never had any other finish, in which case it may be flat paint or gloss paint which con- tains an on-tains'an admixture of varnish. Var- nish mixed with paint makes it wear better, but paint containing varnish had better not be used on a flat - painted floor, or vice versa, as the new coat is apt to flake off. - Painted floors may be richly colored, the choice of decorative hues being wide. Old blue; peacock blue, which is old blue with a nearly equal quan- tity of green added to it; leaf green, which is grayish in tone; dark apple green; taupe,which is a grayish brown; mulberry, which is a cross be- tween ashes -of -roses and wistaria; and a gray which is not at all bluish in tone -•-a gray more the color of smoke. The paint used on a floor should be darker in tone than the same color paint that • is; used for the standing woodwork On dull brown varnished floors, on pale brown waxed floors, and on floors that are painted, very delightful small rugs may be used. These may be of braided, croeheted'or woven rags, or they may_ be hooked rugs, which in theie,. revived popularity are more than -$lire equal of real Oriental rugs, and much more suitable for use in the av- erage farmhouse. All of these small rugs may be made by the farm wife, as they have been since the beginning of time, and she is as capable as -she always was in mak- ' rug rugs of beauty that the whole world copies with delight. Therefore r wantyou tobe'euro to consider favorably the' beauty 'and suitability of such small quaint rugs laid on the .properly treated bare floor. TREASURES FROM THE. RAG BAG. Woven rag rugs come in all sizes and attractive colors at very reason- able prices_ Rugs braided by machine are very inexpensive ;;.but rugs braid- ' ed by hand are mostly so high priced that this furnishes an added incentive 1 for doing the work at home. Among room -size rugs there are also some thatmay be made at home; Land these are the braided or crocheted oval rugs. They maybe made abso- lutely without expense if the rag ba": is made to yield up .its treasures, asci in woolen cloth or soft carpet, or else lamb. Give as a drench by means of a long -necked bottle. Kamala in Ph dram _doses o s to mature sheep givenin thick gruel or treacle and followed by three ounces of castor oil in a few hours will expel the worms. Keep sheep in aftertreatment until all worms are expelled. This will take from 24 to 30 hours. Put out on new pasture, as if any segments of tape- worm are picked up by the sheep or lambs they will develop. The trouble is most common in wet years and on wet pastures. A deep sense of economy. is 'almost as effective as' the "still small voice." Growing alfalfa brings profits be- yond the hay pay, many grow it alone for the land's sake. Can You Beat This One? Here's a fish story that makes the average rod -wielder look like the youthful George Washington.. The gigantic musky whose portrait is seen above was landed by an Indian with his bare hantl! This is the gospel truth. Some few weeks ago, setting out from Devil's Gap Bungalow Camp, on Lake K of the Woods, enora, an ardent sportsman hooked this tremendous fellow,, a 35 -pounder, -on a` fifteen -pound test black Japanese silk line and an eight - ounce split bamboo fishing rod with a No. 3 Starr double -spinner as a hire, The captive, offering the type of battle anglers thrill to, struggled for forty- five minutes, then, at the critical moment, made a supreme• effort, snapped the line and disa.ppeared. The epertsman groaned, believing all wa.s over. But the wily Indian guide, paddling round quietly, spotted the fish lying ex-. hausted in four feet of water. 'Don move' he urged. 'She corn° up!' And, sure enough, the 'lenge presently rose' to within a few inches of the surface. A lightning movemont of the Indian instantly follow; ed and, seizing the :fish through the back- of the. gill, he flung him triumphantly into the canoe.. Next time Yoe swap yas•ns with ycnr pals and want to cap heir best efforts with something that is no le._e remarkable than it is correctinevery particulez : sic them "Can you beat this one?" PACKING RATER FOR WINTER USE I3"Y BELLE MILLAR, DAIRY DEPT., O.A.C. I attended an•Institute meeting one clay and heard one of the speakers' close his address with this little verse: "Good, better, best, Never let it rest, 'Till your good is better, And your better, best." It is the very 'best butter that we can make that must be packed for winter use, Butter undergoes changes in the keeping'. and two things necessary for good results when keeping butter for winter use are best quality of butter and low temperature for holding, Use cream that has a clean, sweet favor. • Churn it at a temperature low enough to bring tht'butter in nice, firm granules in from 20 to 30 minutes. If by any chance the' butter comes soft, be very careful to get rid of the buttermilk. It will be necessary in a case of this kind to use an extra wash water. Salt the butter in the usual way and work it thoroughly. Should'the butter soften during the process of working, put it away in a cool place to become firmer before continuing the working. As butter keeps best in a solid, Crocks or boxes are used for winter use. The boxes have a coating of paref- fine on the inside" and it is necessary to lino them with heavy parchment paper. While many people have a 56-1b. box filled for winter, in some cases it would be much better to have it put in two 28-1b. boxes. • The crocks should be in good condi- tion, free from cracks or breaks in the. glazing. When'P ackiig butter, be sure to pack solidly. See that there are no openings in the sides and that the corners are well filled. If there is 8 or 10 lbs. of butter in a churning, do not put the whole lump into the crock and then try to pack it down. Rather put it in in pieces, making sure that each piece is solidly packed. Finish the top off evenly and cover with parchment paper. A thin layer of salt paste may be put over this be- fore fastening down the lid. With crocks it will be necessary to tie clean wrapping paper over the top after the lid has been put on. All butter should be . stored in a clean, dark place where the air is pure and the temperature low and even. POULTRY. It is sometimes difficult to say just where poor management stops and disease begins, but there is one ail- ment of partly grown chickens that 1s most always traceable to mismanage- ment. Poultrymen often speak of it as "fall colds." As the growing birds increase in size they require more and more air while on the roost at night, If they are kept in close, stuffy houses where the air circulation is poor they are very likely to develop colds. It is well to be' on the lookout for this trouble and to guardagainst it by being ture that the roosting quar- ters are well -ventilated at all times. There is very little danger of draft harming a healthy, well -feathered chicken in warm weather, so it is a "good plan to provide a ventilator of generous size in the rear wall of every colony brooder house. With windows in the front left open and the rear ventilator, also open, there will usually. be sufficient circulation of air to keep the chickens in a healthy condition so that they will not be subject to fall colds. e Taking a Milk Sample. Several years of experience as a cow tester have indicated some' points to me, some points in taking milk samples that are worth passing along. The sample for a milk test for the butterfat content does not need to be large. A half pint is plenty. In taking a sample, when the cow is milked, stir or pour the, milk from one pail to another two or three time, Then dip out what is needed. If the first milking taken is even- ing and the cow gives twelve pounds, then keep that separate, and in the morning take another, sample careful- ly mixed. If the cow. gives eighteen pounds in the morning then save a proportionately larger sample of the morning milking. Mix the two and. that gives you a pretty fair sample. Taking the sample from two days' milkings is better, but one is more practical. The reason for the two milkings is that most cows will produce a richer milk in the evening than in the morn- ing and one sample would indicate lit- tle. Some cows, however, are freak- ish and produce just the opposite kind- of milk. Now that the half pint is saved, care again must be used in mixing the sample. It ought to be somewhat warm as cold cream and milk will not mix any too well. Pouring fromone milk Mottle to another is about the best way to mix. But too much pouring is apt to incorporate air in the milk and make a "shy" sample, because bubbles take up space in the pipette. 1 I like to make two tests of each sample. That is required in official work. The two samples usually are exactly the game, If there is more than two-tenths of one per cent. dif- ference the official testers -are requir= ed' to make the test over. again. I In reading the fat column I've found, a black pencil makes the etchings easy to read by filling them with lead. Cows that are just turned on pas -1 time or have had their feed changed recently or have been or are coming' in heat do not give a fair sample. of milk. Wait until they are quiet. ii THE CHILDREN'S HOUR 1 JACKIE RABBIT AND WILLIE WOODCHUCK GO FISHING, It was an excited little rabbit that went running over to Willie Wood- chuck's house one bright morning soon after school was out. •"Oh, Willie," shouted Jackie Rabbit, "mother says I may go fishing this afternoon if I get the garden hoed. Can you 'gel" Willie didn't wait a minute to 'ans- wer. He just winked his eye at Jackie and waddled into the house as fast as he could. In -a minute he was back again and the broad smile thatstretch- ecl from ear to ear told how tickled he was. "Mother says I may go just as soon as I' get the. berries picked," he said. "Hurray," shouted Jackie. "I know where I can get some nice big fat wiggly worms' that will be just fine for bait," • And off he skipped toward horn to finish the hoeing. So it was that early that afternoon Jackie Rabbit and Willie Woodchuck found themselvse down by the Fishing Hole at' the bend of the big creek. Carefully they climbed out' on the old, log,' that they. always used to fish from. With their hooks baited with big ugly worms, the fish began. to bite fast, but once when Jackie threw out too far, his fishhook caught on a log nearby. He pulleeei it and pulled it and wiggled it east and wiggled it west. Willie did his best to help him and finally off it came. • But what a frightened "Ohl Ohl Oh -h -h" it was that they both cried when they saw what had happened. In attempting to loosen Jackie's fish- hook, the big log they were on had drifted away from shore and they were out in the middle of. the big river, drifting drifting toward the Big Sea. "Whatever, shall we do?" asked Wil - j lie with a splashy tear forming in each of his little black eyes. We can't swim that far." t "Oh, no, no," said Jackie, "we can't swim hardly at all. But sailors don't cry, Willie, and we'll have to play we're sailors. Just sit awfully still so , you don't fall off. Perhaps a merry little breeze will come up and blow us toward shore." But Jackie was just`as scared as Willie as•they went drifting, drifting on toward the Big Sea. ' Horse Barns. Many horse barns, good in most every other particular, have poor floors in the stalls or, hi case of a dirt floor, deep holes tramped out where the horse must stand or lie. After a horse works all day he is entitled to a good bed. Board floors should be kept in good repair and dirt ones well filled to provide proper drainage and an even surface. Horses compelled to stand with their front feet in deep depressions in the stall will develop weak backs, And another bad practice is to leave hay in front of a horse slightly out of reach when, in his effort to get to it, he must press against a manger or other like obstruction. This constant pressure will bruise his breast and start a growth that is practically in- curable and means the loss of the animal. Wash Day. •The next time the wife complains of wet feet on wash day make• a slat platform for her to stand on. The platform is four feet long and two feet wide. The long slats are one inch" thick and two inches wide; and the cleats underneath—there are four --are of the same material-. It is so light that it can be s.: tip on end when the wash is on the lino and quickly dried out. en r 'Phe.inanaUem t of the farm has a two -fold aspect that of a beslness and Starting At It. I•Ier Friend—"When you and Ferdin- and were married he premised you the ' cream of everything. Is he making good?" Mrs. Ycu ipbride-"Pie's making a good start. He earns enough to keen, mo euppliel with cold cream and him- self with shaving dream." that of'a home. THE LAST HALF It never pays to do things by half Sometimes on the farm. in recent years it hasn't paid to 'do them at all. That fact has a tendency to make us hesi- tate more than usual perhaps. It takes courage to plan one's work and drive it through to completion when that work may mean a financial loss. Cour- age is a moral quality that is ever in demand, and one of the prime requi cites for success in any undertaking. "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Neither have 'half-hearted efforts ever won anything worth while. If your work is worth doing at all it is worth doing well. The proverb says, "Well. 'Begun is half done," but let us remem- ber that half done is not finished. When we have made a good beginning we have only fired one barrel. We must see the thing through with the best that is in us. Final accomplishment,.: does not come from reserving your strength for a sure thing. It comes from putting the best you have into your task, from firing both barrels every day. The hunter that does not shoot conies home with an empty game bag. The farmer who does not farm has nothing much to sell. You have only to look about you on every hand to see what fine farms and fine homes young men of the passing generation' have built up by hard work and well directed effort. They should be an inspiration to us. Times may have changed since father was a boy, but the essentials of success are much the same. The same effort, the same faith, the same patience and persever- ance, the same hard work every day will get results to -day -as then, They took good aim and fired both barrels. O Porch Floors. Laying concrete porch floors suc- cessfully, especially after the rest of .' the house has been built, is a pains- taking job. Usually the cost of the floor is materially decreased by filling a large space at the centre with rocks or even tamped earth, But the fill settles and cracks the floor and con- siderable time and materials have been consumed in form making. Here is a method that has proved to be a distinct improvement in several cases. No forms are required and the floor is re -enforced so that subsequent settling of the fill does no damage , Moreover, the plan does not require excessive time. A concrete. footing is set well under the ground surface for the front edge of the poreh floor. Upon this concrete blocks—or a solid wall, if desired— aro built up to the height of the house foundation, lacking about two inches which is required for proper drainage slope. Siding is torn away from the building where necessary, and the in. terior filled with earth which is packed. by soaking with water and leaving fox several days. This done, the top of the fill is crowned carefully and the edges brought on a Ievel with both porch and house foundation. When every- thing is ready, this is covered with an inch layer of concrete and woven wire laid upon it. Then the floor is laid up to the desired level, flat on top. Should the fill later settle, the re - enforcing embedded in the concrete will keep the floor from cracking, or the 1111 can even be removed without danger of damage if for any reason this should be necessary. A Useful Fruit Ladder. A •useful ladder for use in fruit picking and other purposes, one that can be rested in the crotch of the tree and remain firm, can be made out of a single pole. Select a pole or timber with straight grain and free from large knots. With a saw split one end for a distance of about three feet. At the end of the saw cut, bind - the 'pole with a piece of sheet iron to prevent further splitting. Spread the two pieces out as shown and fasten lb that position with a strip of board nailed across about one foot from the bottom. Nail another strip one foot above this, then at intervals of one foot nail short pieces of board to the. pole. To give strength to the ladder it is best to cut notches in the pole to receive these steps, to the depth of one inch. First Attempts at Music. The beginnings of music -making, as it is practiced by uncivilizied people, offer curious reading. Among savage tribes, it is said; the earliest asquired' musical phrase is derived quite elk-, Snotty l -- tinotly from a simple howl, the notes gliding down or up a scale by semi- tones. ' And savages- repeat over ' and over again one phrase, their satisfac- tion in having mastered which is child- like. As the people 1'180 in the scale of lnntelligence their favorite musieial phrases grow larger and become more elaborate, until a systematized making of music canbe clearly discerned. When you have many broilers to market it pays to line up your mamket a few- weeks in advance, especially if you depend on a local dealer with a limited demand for such stock. 11 is a great waste of time and money to. finish broilers for market and then find' that your dealer is fully supplied. Music is free from the jealousies which often spoil the best efforts of. human will . and capacity. -Dr. Mo_ Cormick.