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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-01-08, Page 3. . 1 s Se -isse .` , , sigiSn'IS ee,ee ...enlereeeee.ste.' eeeteesietasitereeet eeee'eeetereeesesteleseelerfeereses.;'.StiltsSataleSsrcessSs.relsg',RASTSIP-Ve5'7's.7''''' e • •••••,:r Address communieations to Agr00011118t, 73 Adelaide at, West. Torontd WINTER GREENS MAKE HEALTHY HENS. Poultrymen generally find that the use of green feed in the hen's ration Is a help in reducing digestive dis- orders during the winter. It helps cut down the feed bill as the green feed is one'of the cheap items in the ration. Hens which have access to green feed lay more egg and at the aide time their bodies retain the vigor and stamina necessary to produce hatchings eggs which produce vigor- elealeus chicks. This problem of producing hatch- able eggs is very important because of the large cost of reproducing the pullet flocks each year. On of the greatest complaints expressed by some poultrymen tell of the disappointment at having chicks die in the shell. Feed- ing green feed and sour milk seems to help in platting a strong spark of lift in the eggs. On many farms where clover is used for cow fee a it pays to keep a tub near the mangers. Nearly every day a tub -full of broken clover leaves and fine stems can be picked up for the hens. This is a cheap feed that the hens appreciate. It helps to furnish the bulk that is needed in the ration to balance up the more concentrated grains and dry mash. Watch the hens work over a heap of clover chaff on a cold stormy day' and you realize it . contains the bits of green food which they crave. Certain types of specialized farming produce crops of value as poultry feed. The celery farmer may have some cull leaves which will be relished by the hens, / hear of one poultryman who has used celery for 'poultry feeding at the rate of seven pounds per 100 birds every day and they. have kept in healthy condition and made a fine egg record. Some orchardists have et lot of cull., apples which can be worked into the winter poultry retion. I find that hens like apples and they add a juicy succulent -feed to the ration Which seems to stimulate their appe- tites and help keep them healthy. I have always heard that sudden changes in a poultry ration should be avoided, but do not believe that this applies •to green feed in every ease A change from one green feed to an other seems to interest the birds When they have been on a diet of mangels for a few day e they doubly appreciate some cabbages, cull ap- ples, or fine clover. When hens have - a balanced dry mesh they seem in lit tle &aim of acquiring digestive dis • orders from sudden changes in green • feed. Here is the reason. They al • ways eat enough mashsotheir appe tites are not ravenous for the green feed and they do not gorge on any one, kind of feed. , Mangels are a good source of suc- culence and in general use by poultry- men who must raise a quantity of bulky feed on a limited acreage. In zero weather 1 think it is best to slice the mangels and feed therrillparing;ly so they will be cleaned up without be- ing frozen. Carry, a large knift with the mangel basket and cut them into long strips, possibly four to six strips to each mange'. Then the birds eat them readily. Frozen mangels are not good peultry feed and may cause bowel trouble. Avoid all mouldy or de- cayed vegetables as they are danger- ous to poultry. Cabbages contain some greee in their leaves which I think makes them of more value than mangels for poul- try feed. • Cutting the cabbages into a few slices instead of feeding them whole, helps togive all the members of the flock their share of the green feed. I feed my hens some =Tots and also use Golden Tankard mangels Which have a very rich golden yellow fleS . h This seems to help in produce ing eggs with a rich yellow yolk and such eggs seem to hatch better than eggs with pale yolks. I understand that some of the eastern markets have customers' who like eggs with pale yolks. I find that my private egg eus- toiners like eggs with rich yellow t yolks. I consider this fortunate as the yellow yolked eggs seem to produce thrifty chicks. My only proof of this fact rests on the good hatches of thrifty chicks which have arrived when the hens have been producing eggs with firm rich yellow yolks. 1 Sprouted oats are probably the best liked and the finest source of green -feed for hens. The only objection is the cost of the oats and the time re- quired to sprout them. Many poultry- men find it cheaper to substitute man - gels, cabbages and cull vegetables for succulence and use what oats they raise or buy to compose a third or ;fourth of the scratch grain ration. 1 Potatoes are used by some poultry- men when the crop Is bringing a low price. There are always some cull po- tatoes that* can be boiled and mixed I - with bran and given to the hem rath- er sparingly once each day. I find the hens like rim potatoesalthough they seem to like mangels better. Potatoes Icontain more food value than mangels and I do not believe their food value for hens has ever bean felly deter- - mined. • Considering the low cost of ipotatoes, a thorough experiment to - find their value in the poultry ration -1might produce useful information. Non -Freeze Liquid for the Radiator. Automobile owners who drive their Saes during the winter months find anti -freeze solutions for the radiators quite valuable. , There are several brands on the market, all good and worth the prices charged. A similar fluid may be made at home very easily. A garage owner whose supply of anti-freeee solution gave out during an extended cold enap, presented the „following formula to his customers: -Use a mixture of salt, baking soda And water. To each gallon of water add about two pounds of salt and one. fourth pound of soda. The salt and soda should be dissolved in the water while boiling and the solution allowed to boil for ten on 15 minutes. Salt and water should not. be used alone ori account of the corrosive tendency of the salt, which the zeds: will effectu- ally, prevent. This solution is for • temporary use only and should be drained from the' radiator at the earl - lest opportunity. , Alcohol, either wood Sr denatured, is used to make a comparatively cheap and efficient solution. It should be • added to the water of the radiator in quantities varying with the climatic conditions. Where the temperature is likely to fall as low as 20 deg. F. below zero, loam parts of alcohol to six parts , of wafer will be necessary. If nothing colder than zero weather is to be ex- pected, the proportion may be reduced • to one of alcohol and three of water. • It is iadvisable, however, when in doubt, to make the solution strong. Denatured alcohol, although some- what cheaper, is not quite so good as the'wood product and it will be neces- sary to add about 20 per eeat. more of - - this to get the same resells, 1/4) Safety First. • Iteggie--"Ola, that you could be with me in the many flights of thought I ta CO An MY highest Mental plane!" Miss Sharpe -Flights on a good air- plane would appeal to elle as much safer, IVIr, Sapp.'' I Wintering Horses Outside. At the Experimental Station at Cap Rouge, Quebec, according -to the re- pent of the Superintendent for 1923, horses of all ages are wintered out- side, having for shelter only single board, open front sheds, facing south. The sheds are on the side of a wind- swept hill, exposed to bleak winds. Experience has shown that hems wintered in this manner, if left or turned out early in September, go through the winter without colds and apparently without discomfort. Na- ture provides them with a much heavier coat of hair than they would otherwise have and it has bean ob- served that the horses commence to shed their coats earlier in spring than those wintered inside. It has been claimed in some quarters that horses wintered in cold quarters require extra food to kesp up thc heat of e body. The experience at Cap Rouge leads to the opinion that the food that is 'easten accomplishes more, because it is better digested and assimilated out of doors than en the genoral run 0 stables in which the animals are kept tied up. Indeed it is felt that young horseremaining in the open can be developed more rapidly because they are able to consume and take care of a more generous diet. _nee. Trees in Wiriter. They £1.1.0 so strong, the grim, gaunt trees! ' Their sturdy' bodies shaka Beneath the fury of the ,winds— And bend, but ,never break. For they are shorn of shalloW things, Loaves lightly blown away, And birds, the drunken waifs of ioy‘, That never come to stay-. And stripped to spirit form, they stencil Final and wise and strong, Fearing no loss, nor fall, nor flight, Nor silence after song. ' --Louise Webster. How the Canyon Was Sent, 'The tourist and his guide were over- looking the Grand Canyon. 'What 5 wonderful gorge," exclaim- ed the tourisq.. "I wonder how it was forinerl "Well," drawled Abe guide, "it hap- pened like this: One year there was an oversupply of post holes in this necks oi the woods, so the farmers piled them up here" The world menthe -refill) et the Boy Scouts movement is now nearly 2, - „,„mknAvotioq".Nii ""Ue eeeeeeliMetellMeSlaelaleSSASSee PIOMMOPPTCOMAttliP ?zj ?..' This doll house is made or tin and has six rooms, each of which has a miniature radio set. By opening the window of each and turning a switch, differeet reale stations can be heard. • Home Education 'The Child's First School Is the Fenille-,Froeheli, Childish Imitators -13y Josephine,Wernan. "Never mind, nobody'll know," said Maher with a smile at Aunt Edith as she picked up the biscuit which had fallen on the perfectly clean kitchen floor and put it back on the plate. 'Never mind, nobody know," echoed little Caroline later, picking up a small piece of bread from the floor of the cafe and putting it on the bread plate. "That child is a born imitator," you will sometimes hear a parent say; and then watch amazedly as mother or father do or say something which tliey centainly would not want imitated! All children are natural imitators. How much harder the parents' task would be if the child did not so un- consciously teach himself! I knoev of no other method of so easily giving children the right stand- ards of growth and development than suggestion and example. Here un- doubtedly lie the father's and mother's joy and duty. It is for them to sug- gest in stories, in pictures, in play, as well as in their own personal lives, just what they wish their children to be. Let them wish it hard enough, have ftith enough to try hard enough for it, and, as in the old magic tales, the wish is bound to become reality! Have you ever heard a kindergart- ner ask, "What does the Little Pig do with his two little ears?"—and the children eagerly respond, "Why, he listens, he hears, with his two little ears!" How much easier, then, for the teacher to obtain and keep the at- tention of her class! Dr. Dewey, of Columbia University, tells of a child who quickly picked. up a dolts dress ftom the floor: "I'm not goingeto teach my child to throw her clothes on the floor," she said. So very often the children's play with their dolls, which to them are so ac- tually identified with themselves, will present the opportunity for a sugges- tion of lasting value. "How sorry Dolly will be to have to sleep in such a rumpled beds" or "I am sure that Dolly must like the nice way her things are put away." For this rea- son the wise mother will provide a box of the proper convertible shape if her little girl has no trunk for dolly's clothes. What little girl doesn't long foe a trunk for her baby's small be- longings? Stories and pietutes are particular- ly valuable for eight suggestions. Not that every story must have a moral, hat rather that good stories invariably s-uggest a nobler, lovelier way of liv- ing, an act of 'courage, a gentle thoughtfulness, or a sustained en- deavor which at the story's end will bring its own deserved reward. IT parents only realized how susceptible children also to such suggestion, that they could 1' h much by merely presenting the right pictures and stor- ies, certainly they would examine more carefully the books and pictures plac- ed before them. "Oh, Robert, don't do that's" ex- claimed a mother when she discovered her small son distorting his -face be- fore the mirror, '• • STOCKING THE LINEN CLOSET Something About the Skin and Wisdom Needed for Bargain BY GEORGIA BELLE ELWELL. • "When is a bargain net a bargain?” You have probably known women who t ehep without alai or pnepose, having a no list of needed articles •but who i watch the bargaincounters and when especially attracted by the price or appearanc,e of- •something, make the Purchaee without really stopping to consider whether or net ehey need the aeticSe, 'Sometime's this may prove profitable but sometimes the money is t ied ;up a long time befpre the pun- eheser gets the money's worth out of tee. so-called bargain. There are other buyers who need certain articles but fail to determine the quantity necessaey for the definite purpose and so, when, seeing what ap- pears to be a good buy, they purchase an amount sufficiently large to insure them -against making an ,extra trip for more and quite frequently it happens that there' is a remnant left which is probably never used. pin before starting to cut. When cer- ian that they are placed to the best clvantage, cut and sort before remove ng the pattern. Now is the tithe to teplenish sheets and pillow cases, but whether it is better economy to make them or pur- hase them ready made must be deter- mined by each housewife for herself. If time spent in making is considered, here is little advantage from a money NOT ALWAYS A BARGAIN. An advertised sale does not always indicate bargains. The regular coun- ter may have better bargains than the advertised bargain counter. To really get good bargains from a lowepriced purchases standpoint, one must be a close observer of qualities regular "I'm trying to look like the boy in prices and store policies. When a mere the picture," he answered pointing to chant is overstocked in any comma the colored supplement. dity, he makes every effort possible to Duncan came to dinner recently move the stock by advertising and ate with a big bump over his eye. "No, I tractive display but this does not nec- haven't be -en fighting," he said in ane- essarily mean a genuine reduction in wer to his mother's inquiring look. price Only careful observation of the "I interfered and the fellow I wanted quahty and prices of the reuglae stock to help didn't understand and struck will enable the consumer to know me. He doesn't seam to know much whether bargains really are bargains. anyway. He's a great big chap and There are usually two kinds of sales only in the second greele. The fel- that are well deserving of the pdre lows were going to punish him for chaser's attention. The pre -inventory throwing stones at them." sales are, as a rule, worth investigate "Why did you want to prevent Mg. The Annual sales, which have be- come traditional with many stores, are usually a matter of great pride to the concerns which put forth every effort to make these sales a credit to and a drawing card for that par - them?" asked his mother. "1 felt scam for him. Somehow he always makes me think of Patsy." "Thee Patsy of Kate Douglas Wig- gins' story'?" "Yes, he looks like him only he's ticular store. older. Poor kid, I guess he must have Practically every stere in the coun- lost some years like Patsy." try has one week in January devoted "Rave you read the story recently?" to the sale of all types of white goods "No; you read it to me when I was from yardage materials to table linen, a little chap; don't you remember?" bedding, towels and so forth. It may "Yes," answered his mother thought. fully. • Care of the Windmill. be stock that has been on hand and has been reduced for the occasion but more frequently it is apt to be mere chandis'e especially purchased for the sale and bought at a price which en - On a great many farmsethe wind- ables the merchant to sell at a lower mill is the source of power dependedthan usual figure. upon to supply water for the live To- get the most and best out of stock during the winter menthe. We, thesse January white goods sales we depend quite largely upon the mill be-Ishould know the normal prices of cause it is a cheap source of pewer; standard goods and have a list of and very reliable. My windmill has articles needed carefully, thought out. been in operation for over thirty years The buyer is then prepared to recog- and is giving as good service to -day AS nize bargains when they occur and the day h was put up.-- may take advantage of them. If the I have been very careful to keep' buyer cares to be even better posted, the mill well oiled. I think with the it is advisable to watch the market as with any, other machin- quotations on raw materials in the daily papers of the larger cities. If ery, proper lubrication as very essen- tial and quite largely upon it depends you have been watching these, you the life and service of the mill. I now know that the price of rim cot - During the winter frequent oiling is ton has advanced and that the goods very important. The older type of, now in stock can be sold for less than windmills, like mine, do not possess that which will replace them. a reservoir lone wieioh thc nil splashed over the bearings or work- ing parts. So, during cold weather • BUY BY THE PIRO& It is a common practice with many when lubricatioa is much more diffi- householders to buy nainsook, cambric cult than in warm weather, this work or long cloth at the January sales by must be watched closely. I endeavor the ten or twelve -yard bolt and ma - to oil my windmill every two weeks mence work upon the summer under - winter and summer, with a good qual- wear for the family. If there is any ity of medium oil. considerable amount of underwear to One of the great causes of short -life be made, much may be saved by cut - to windmills is Sailure to keep the ting from the large piece. If all the standpoint in making them, as the cost of ready Medea compares very favorably with that of the home made; but there is an advantage in making them if one does not desire the stan- dard sizes in which the ready mades can only be procured. In the home we should be equally careful that the sheet is long enough to protect the sleeper from any possible germs lurk- ing in the blankets and comforters as well as to protect them from soil by contact With hands that possibly were not too carefully washed before retir- ing. The feet are entitled to the same protection from'cold as the rest of th,e body arid so the sheet must be long enough to insure secureness at the foot of the bed, and there should be from twelve to eighteen inches at the side according to whether one or two occupy the bed. Therefore the sheet should be from twenty-four to thirty- six inches longer and wider than the mattress, Too large a sheet is hard to handle and launder and is therefore as much to be shunned as the too small sheet. They should always be torn to be straight or they will .never be satisfactory. Ready made ones that have been torn will Ise so stamped. PILLOW TUBING. . Pillow tubing is more desirable than seamed cotton as the ironing usually causes the greatest wear at the seam. Rip the bottom seam of the tubed case after it begins to show signs of wear and turn 'the tube so that the former edges are together m the centre and sew a new seam at the bottom, This gives the case more even usage. Making the hems of sheets of the same width, insures more even wear as either end will be used at head or foot, and if made long enough to pro- perly tuck in at the foot, there 14 -lit- tle danger of reversing head and foot when making the bed. January is a good time to stock up on towels for both kitchen and per- sonal use. Linen is preferable to cot- ton. Crash and huckaback are more serviceable than damask although the latter is more beautiful. Here again tbe question arises as to the advisabil- ity of making or buying ready made. Usually -a saving is made in making the -crash towels but with the others it is merely a preference of hand work to machine work, for if one counts the value of time no money can be saved by making. The marking of all articles in the linen closet with the date of purchase in indelible ink is a very splendid prac- tice if one keeps a note book with no- tations made as to the firm and cost of purchases. It is thus possible to know which brands or makes have given satisfactory service and one can tell what to avoid or reorder in future purchases. If marked in the hem, parallel to the selvage, it is very in- conspicuous but most valuable for fu- ture reference or when buying again. SLIDING SHELVES. If beds are of several sizes, the size of the sheets should be plainly marked so that they may be easily sorted in putting away the linen and also that they may be readily found if needed in the absence or illness of the house- wife. el Ire planning a new linen closet, it • will be found a great convenience to make the shelves sliding, with a slight Sedge on the front and sides and a , higher back. These can be drawn out • similar to drawees but are less ex- pensive to build and are less eumbee- some to handle. Tleey work similar to the wire racks supplied in the cup- board sections of some of the kitchen joints and adjustments tight'. During patterns are gathered 4ogether at the the winter the windmill is subjected to beginning of the cutting and the vari heavy winds. The braces on the tower ous pieces of each pattern are marked should be kept tight. The wheel also, with some distinguishing colon or em - should be gone over 'carefully and all, biem so that they can be easily sorted bolts and braces adjusted and tight- 1 after the cutting, for example—Al ened.—R. L. - A2, A3, in pencil; Bl, B2, B3, in col- -. ored crayon, or ink; 01, 02, 03, in Fill 'Em Again. another color—it will be found that Myra, eight years old, was taking a pieces ef different patterns will often great interest in everything she saw There is no line of activity which requires as varied duties as am ieut- time. In industry each has hie set line of work. The productioe depart- ment the selling department and the cost department often have work so - distinctive that they might well be called other businesses. Even in the various 'departments each man has distinctive work and often knows lit- tle of what the other mar is doing But the Sarrrier is supposedly ,e- quired, in order to farm reecesseully, to know how to produce a peodurt, the process of which is constantly chang- ing because of the vagaries of nature. Ile is supposed to know the cost of ,production, whieh is also constantly changing because of the vagaries re- ferred to above. And he is supposed to sell to the best advantage Hewever, this is an age of speeial- izatien. By devoting ones' time to the study of selling, one becomes more proficient in selling. To devote ones' time to the study of production one becomes better enabled to prodoce. In specialization one learns the little things 'which are big factors in the final results. It is difficult to specialize on the in- dividual farm because of the multi- plicity of duties. Specialization must come by conferring many of the spe- cial duties to others outside of the feign. The agricultural colleges and experiment stations have numerous specialists who delve into the intri- cate problems of production, and are ready to serve the man next to the ground. They should be consulted when problems of production present themselves. • Sales methods most always emeseat problems. A farmer is -rarely a good salesman. Even if he is, he has not the time to devote to proper selling. Co-operation with an efficient sales- man in charge of the co-operative sell- ing is, without doubt, the solution of the problem. It is true that co-opera- tion has failed in many cases but that was not the fault of co-operation but of the inefficiency in the use of co- operative methods. ICeepings costs are also hard for the farmer. He finds it difficult to adapt enY system to his farming, But, even so, in agriculture cost keeping has • es advanced. The Babcock test and the SA trap nest are essentially cost anethods. A merribehship in a cow testing asso- ciation is one of the best ways of 1 learning costs in dairying. Cost keep- ing has shown the economical value of good seed and the use of Sertilizers. As in industry, it seems that the trend in foaming should be toward simplification. The efficient farmer will try to keep from doing double duty, but will endeavor to get others to do as much as possible so that he can devote himself to the imnsadiate problems on the farm. He will make use of all possible public agencies to help him in his work, and will thus tend to make himself a specialist in- fl stead of an all-around- man, Calf Feeding for Rapid -Growth. It is common knowledge that a young animal, whether it be calf -or colt, if allowed to become stunted in youth, is not only slow to mature to full usefuhiess, but does not make as good an animal. With a view to deter - fit in so that only a fraction of an on her unialle's farm. At length milk. inch is wasted. If only one garment cabinets. • Mg time came and she was permitted is cut, the larger pieces are of such to watch the job. She said nothing ' curves and angles as to prevent such until the work was about finished, close fitting in or dovetailing. then piped up with this leading ques- ' don; "What do you do 'when the cow's pockets are. empty?". It is a great back -saver to raise the table about eight inches for the cut- ting -out operation. Lay all- the patterns in place and ..–..---- , • • . , eel SPI"' • 0111111110.e- %Vitner tourists .,at Glacier 11at.io sal 1?,arli" are givon a taste of the veal thing. This dog, team was brought rrorn the north country to provide visitors with a taxi eerviee, , • Radio have a crystal, set in a match box" Fair One—sind rather have a crystal Set in -a ring" After farming in Alberta for five years, Nick Chyelte, a Norsensaner iean from Montana, steps into th international limelight by winning th championship for alfalfa at the grea Chicago Show. Chyelte farms on th Bow Slope in the C.P.R.'s irrigation block in the Brooks district and ha made a special study of alfalfa, which thrives in that area. 41 mining the most economical system oE feeding calves, the Experimental Paeans have concluded many experi- ments. In the eport of the Experi- mental Station at Morden, Manitoba, for the year 1928, obtainable from the Publications Branch of the Dept, of Agriculture at Ottawa, the system of ve calf feeding being folloed is outlined. The calves are started on a five pound allowance of whole milk per day for the first ten to twelve days. The amount is gradually increased to fifteen pounds per day and this allow- ance is maintained until the 011 is two months of age when it is gradm ally substituted by skim -milk and fat substitutes. At eight weeks of age the calves are started on a grain ratio consisting of a handful of whole oats twice each day. This is gradually el - creased as the animal develops and at the end of the first year a grain ra- tion of three pounds per day is being, fed. When the calves are able in C011- -mune roughage, alfalfa hay or a grass hay is fed in just such quantities as they will consume. Young calves dur- ing the summer months- do well on such succulent feed n4 grass, or sorg- hums, cut and fed in tho green state. Old China! Love is such a fragile thing To use for every day, I keep mine like china, one Ilpoe a shelf, away! But when there ±0 a lroliday I take it down witle.care; Its beauty all untarnished from The daily wear tine tear! --Eleanor Allen. -' They had one of their usual tiffs be- cause hubby was late for supper. "You're always late!" sho said in- dlgnistly"Yon. were . even' late ,at' " the church the day wo were Married:" .,.. O s'Yes," he., answered bitterly, 'Mat t 'not late enough!' , Hogs need rotationethe same as tee s field erops. LikePotannesepige shouid neves be grown 'whete pigs voi,o grown the Year before. •eee. SIN